Order books contain records of all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. A wide variety of information is found in order books including appointments of county officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes heard before the county court, appointments of guardians, apprenticeships of children by the overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and registrations of free Negroes. This volume contains entries from Lancaster County, Virginia Order Book No. 8, 1729-1743 beginning on page 139 and ending on page 245 for Courts held May 12, 1736 through June 8, 1739.
Ruth Sparacio and Sam Sparacio
(1998), 2016, 8.5" x 11", paper, 104 pp.
ISBN: 9781680341881
101-S8188
