Pittsylvania County, Virginia was created in 1767 from Halifax County. It was a important migration path for early settlers moving into Tennessee, Georgia and North and South Carolina. Many of her early settlers were from Pennsylvania, including Germans, Quakers, Welch and Scot-Irish. Also many families through out Virginia relocated here from such counties as: Brunswick, Charlotte, Amelia, Prince Edward, and other Tidewater counties. This book contains not only wills of individuals, but also guardians and administrators bonds; bastardy, apprentice, trustees, sheriffs and treasurers bonds, and inventories of estates. The names of approximately 14,500 persons are found in these legal records of this important county.
Lela C. Adams
2014, paper, 274 pp.
ISBN: 9780893085810
117-VA75
