Northern Neck Wills Inventories And Other Records 1800-1825 Genealogy book new

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Northern Neck  Wills, Inventories & Other Records, 1800-1825
Probate, Estate, Guardianship & Chancery Records for  the Virginia Counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland & Lancaster
Robert K. Headley, Jr.
Softbound volume  totaling
654
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This book contains abstracts of      wills, inventories, estates, guardianships, and chancery court records for      the four Northern Neck counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland,      and Lancaster in northeastern Virginia. The abstracts are organized      alphabetically by the name of the deceased followed by the date the record      was written or ordered, the date the document was probated or recorded, and      the abstract of the record, which might include names and relationships of      family members, names of heirs and beneficiaries, witnesses, bequests,      inventories of estates, and court cases involving money, land, or slaves.
A staggering 20,000 persons are named in these abstracts,      which illuminate family relationships with a higher degree of accuracy than      any comparable set of genealogical records, providing a rock-solid      foundation for building your family history. Along with the index and      bibliography, the book contains appendixes discussing such subjects as      surname variants, nicknames and given names, county families, and slave      names. Besides this rich trove of data, the abstracts are a window on the      times, providing social and historical context for the first quarter of the      nineteenth century, identifying people from both the 1700s and the 1800s.
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Michael A. Ports
Softbound    volume  totaling
358
pages. Book  is in new condition.  Just what you need  for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
The Georgia General Assembly created Bibb County on December      9, 1822, from parts of Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs counties, and established      Macon as the county seat. It also added Bibb County--along with Crawford,      Dekalb, and Pike counties--to the existing Flint (Superior) Judicial      District. The Superior Court held jurisdiction over all criminal matters,      most civil cases, appeals from the Inferior Court and Justices' Courts,      divorces, grand juries, and the registration of land deeds.
The records in this book by Michael Ports are based upon an      original Bibb County minute book for 1822-1842. Mr. Ports transcribed the      contents from a microfilm copy photographed at the county courthouse in      Macon, Georgia, on November 18, 1964, by the Genealogical Society of Salt      Lake City, Utah, and the Georgia Department of Archives and History, in      Morrow, Georgia.
While the original volume is labeled as court minutes, it      contains only the records of criminal cases heard by the court. The cases      appear in approximate chronological order, beginning with Case No 1 in the      November Term 1822 and ending with Case No 1 in the November Term 1842. Each      case entry provides the names of the defendants and the specific charges      alleged. Following the case citations are the actual bills of indictment,      which include the names of the grand jurors, the names and residences of the      defendants, the specific charges alleged, and the dates the crimes were      committed. The bills of indictment often, but not always, include      descriptions of where and how the crime was committed, some even providing      lurid descriptions of beatings, other assaults, and murders; detailed      descriptions of articles stolen; and physical descriptions of any slaves      involved in the incidents. Each bill of indictment ends with the date of the      court term, the name of the grand jury foreman, and the name of the      prosecutor (i.e., the individual who pressed the criminal charge, not the      lawyer who prosecuted the case). On a case-by-case basis, the records may      provide a list of witnesses, names of attorneys, nature of the defendant's      plea, summaries of testimony, and more. Since most of the cases took place      over two, three, or even more court terms, the careful researcher should      consult the actual court minutes to determine when each step in the criminal      court process took place.
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