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Genealogy information for Accomack.
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a brief history of tangier island, virginia
Copywrite by Gail M. Walczyk. Originally written by Reverend C. P. Swain in the 1890s, it relates the history of both the people and the Methodist religion on the island. It is now has been indexed and a dateline has been included.
by C. P. Swain
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a record of baptisms on the accomack circuit
Baptism records of the Cokesbury Methodist Episcopal Church of Onancock VA from 1859 to 1888. Contains data not found anywhere else including birthdates and parents. Tangier Island included.
by Gail M. Walczyk
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accomack county death register, 1853-1896
The Accomack County Death Register 1853-1896 is the product of two years of transcribing data from microfilm copies of these records. This work includes the records of 9,349 deaths between the years of 1853 and 1896 except for the missing Civil War years. From the original records, the present listings contain not only the name of the deceased but also (when known) the gender and race, the parents birth and death places, occupations, spouses, and informants with their relationships. This book also contains an index of over 12,000 individuals (in addition to the deceased). An assortment of other information was also gleaned from the records themselves and included in this work, such as physician names and causes of death. There are several pie charts depicting key sociological data, such as distribution of causes of death, distribution of death age, and other interesting material also provided.
by Gail M. Walczyk, transcribed by
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accomack county [virginia] processioners returns: 1732 - 1792 for accomack and st. georges parishes
Every four years, landowners would ride or walk along boundaries of their plantations from marked tree to marked tree and from creek to creek. They would make sure that the markers were still there, not the ones that are missing and create new ones. Taken from Accomack County Reel #136 and #137 found in the Library of Virginia.
by Gail M. Walczyk
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accomack county, virginia wills and administrations, 1663-1800
The abstracts of wills and administrations in this compilation were drawn from a critical study of the records of Accomack County, Virginia, perhaps the oldest county in America. These abstracts, naming approximately 30,000 individuals, were compiled with several objectives: to locate every record of will and administration, to obtain the names of every beneficiary of an estate, to discover the degree of relationship of the beneficiary to the testator or intestate, and to discover the nature of the inheritance.
by Stratton Nottingham
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accomack county, virginia, court order abstracts, volume 10: 1703-1710
Accomack Countys tenth book of court orders begins with the court session held June, 1703, and concludes with March, 1710. The introduction spotlights the more interesting, revealing or unfortunate incidents found among the court orders issued during those years. These pages comprise a fascinating collection of accounts of assault, accidents, fornication, illness and death, crime and punishment, and slander. Much can be learned about domestic affairs, household items, orphans, religion, roads and waterways, servants and slaves, taxes and more. This chronological collection of court orders is attractively presented and includes a full name plus subject index. "In wills and deeds the genealogist can learn about his ancestors relatives and possessions; in court orders he can learn about his ancestors."
by JoAnn Riley McKey
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accomack county, virginia, court order abstracts, volume 11: 1710-1714
Accomack Countys eleventh book of court orders began in May 1710, and continued through November 1714. Either the populace was generally satisfied with the courts judgments or the citizenry had learned that criticism was counterproductive; complaints about the court and its justices are not as evident as in previous years. The introduction spotlights the more interesting, revealing or unfortunate incidents found among the court orders issued during those years. These pages comprise a fascinating collection of accounts of assault, fornication and adultery, thievery and wills. Much can be learned about the economy, orphans and servants, old age and sickness, religion, household items, mills, roads and storehouses, taxes and more. This chronological collection of court orders is attractively presented and includes a fullname plus subject index. "In wills and deeds the genealogist can learn about his ancestors relatives and possessions; in court orders he can learn about his ancestors."
by JoAnn Riley McKey
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accomack county, virginia, court order abstracts, volume 3: 1671-1673
About 2,000 individuals--Indians, African Americans, indentured servants, planters and commissioners--are named in these abstracts. Besides providing a wealth of names for researchers to work with, the court orders reveal valuable--and often entertaining--information concerning the regions economy, relations between different segments of the population, construction of highways, the justice system, social order and mores. Also included, as recorded in the court books, are tax lists and abstracts of wills and deeds. A page-number reference to the original source accompanies each abstract; and an everyname plus subject index guides users through this goldmine of data.
by JoAnn Riley McKey
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accomack county, virginia, court order abstracts: volumes 14: 1729-1724
These pages comprise a fascinating collection of accounts of assault, fornication and adultery, theft, property disputes and wills, disorderly conduct, drunkenness-a sampling of legal transgressions in a Colonial community
by JoAnn Riley McKey
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accomack county, virginia, orphans accounts 1741-1770
Orphan accounts occur when a father dies leaving the children orphans. If he died with an estate either real or personal, these children were given guardians to look after the estate. When or if a male orphan was 16 or a female orphan was 14, they were allowed to choose a guardian if they wished. Once a year the guardians were supposed to record the expenditures they incurred for and on their charges. These books are the first in a series of five books that document those accounts. Besides including genealogical tidbits like the names of fathers and guardians, sometimes they also note the remarriages of the mothers and the deaths of the guardians. These records also note the names of plantations, slaves and occupations, along with a great window on how our ancestors lived. As the dedication to the book states “to the orphans and their guardians...without them the crumbs would not be found”.
by Gail M. Walczyk
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accomack county, virginia, orphans accounts 1771-1780
Orphan accounts occur when a father dies leaving the children orphans. If he died with an estate either real or personal, these children were given guardians to look after the estate. When or if a male orphan was 16 or a female orphan was 14, they were allowed to choose a guardian if they wished. Once a year the guardians were supposed to record the expenditures they incurred for and on their charges. These books are the first in a series of five books that document those accounts. Besides including genealogical tidbits like the names of fathers and guardians, sometimes they also note the remarriages of the mothers and the deaths of the guardians. These records also note the names of plantations, slaves and occupations, along with a great window on how our ancestors lived. As the dedication to the book states “to the orphans and their guardians...without them the crumbs would not be found”.
by transcribed by Gail M. Walczyk
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accomack indentures, 1798-1835
Consists of thirty eight years of indentures that bound a child to an individual to learn a trade.
by Gail M. Walczyk
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accomack tithables, 1663-1695
Tax lists for each year except 1672 and 1673 which are missing.
by Stratton Nottingham
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accomack [county, virginia] fiduciary accounts, 1780-1787
The third book in a five book series that document the Orphan Accounts of Accomack County. Besides including genealogical tidbits like the names of fathers, and guardians sometimes they also note the remarriages of the mothers and the deaths of the guardians, these records also note names of plantations, slaves and occupations. They list clothes, schooling, and other things the guardian provided for the orphan. The some of the accounts also list the names of slaves and their provisions. These accounts open a great window on how are ancestors lived.
by Gail M. Walczyk
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cd: accomack county, virginia court order abstracts, 1663-1710, volumes 1-10
An original Virginia county, “Accawmak” was formed in 1634 and renamed Northampton and Accomack Counties in 1663 (the northern part receiving the original name). In April 1663, court sessions were first held in the newly formed Accomack Co. The sessions provided news, entertainment and social interaction for the isolated county inhabitants. Besides providing a wealth of names for researchers to work with, the court records reveal valuable (and often entertaining) information concerning the regions economy, indentured servants, relations with Indians and Negroes, highway construction, justice system, social order and more. Also included, as recorded in the court books, are tax lists and abstracts of wills and deeds. Full name plus subject index. ***Vol. 1 contains court orders from 1663-1666. Close to 1,000 abstracts make up this book. ***Vol. 2 contains court orders from 1666-1670. More than 1,7000 individuals are named. ***Vol. 3 contains court orders from 1671-1673. Approximately 2,000 individuals are named in these abstracts. The county, renamed “Upper Northampton,” was placed under the control of commissioners from Northampton County. ***Vol. 4 contains court orders from 1673-1676. By January 1674 the Accomack Co. name had been restored and county commissioners for Accomack Co. had been appointed. ***Vol. 5 contains court orders from 1676-1678. This book documents Accomack Co.s involvement in Bacons Rebellion. ***Vol. 6 contains court orders from 1678-1682. Contains about 1,500 entries, mainly concerning financial disagreements. ***Vol. 7 contains court orders from 1682-1690. This volume contains lists of tithables, deeds, inventories, cattle marks, and odd entries dated as late as February 1698. ***Vol. 8 contains court orders from 1690-1697. During these years the court moved from the original courthouse to Scarburgh Port Town at Onancock. ***Vol. 9 contains court orders from 1697-1703. The introduction spotlights the more interesting or unusual incidents. ***Vol. 10 contains court orders from 1703-1710. “In wills and deeds the genealogist can learn about his ancestors relatives and possessions; in court orders he can learn about his ancestors.”
by JoAnn Riley McKey
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certificates and rights, accomack county, virginia, 1663-1709
The land certificates and headrights in this volume were abstracted from Accomack County court records, the certificates being granted to persons sponsoring the transportation of men and women into the Colony. These lists are of value in establishing relationships, the approximate time of arrival in the Colony, and the locality in which 3,000 immigrant ancestors settled.
by Stratton Nottingham
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graven stones: inscriptions from lower accomack county, virginia, including liberty and parksley cemeteries. third edition
Here, over 15,000 entries have been gleaned from more than 400 cemeteries, of which nine are large public cemeteries, twenty-five are churchyards and the remainder are private family plots. The area covered is the Pungoteague and Lee districts of Accomack County, as well as Liberty and Parksley cemeteries. Most of the dates cited fall in the 19th and early 20th centuries; both blacks and whites are included. This new edition has corrections to the previous editions (published 1986, 1987) and two pages of additional material encompassing almost forty new entries.
by Jean Merritt Mihalyka and Faye Downing Wilson
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individual 1787 tax lists for virginis: accomack
A better substitute for the 1790 census of Virginia. It is estimated that between 95% and 98% of all white tithables can be located in the state.
by Netti Schreiner-Yantis
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land causes accomack county, virginia 1727-1826
This work was originally published in 1930. Has been retyped, reindexed, and reprinted in 1999. This publication consists of land causes or chancery suits for dower, division of lands, ejectment proceedings &c., giving in full the declaration of the plaintiff, the answer of the defendants, the verdict of the jury, depositions, in many instances giving the date of birth, death, and marriage of the parties; land is traced from the original patent to about 1825. The records include those of the District Court as well as those of the County Court. The suits for division or ejectment when any of the interested parties have left the county or State, their then place of residence is given. Also depositions of unusual interest.
by Stratton Nottingham
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marriage records of accomack county, virginia, 1776-1854: recorded in bonds, licenses, and ministers returns
The author has collected all extant marriage bonds on file in the Accomack County Clerks Office and in the Virginia State Library. She has also included bonds for the years 1831-1841 and 1847-1850 which were abstracted by earlier genealogists from records which have since disappeared. Moreover, she has augmented the bonds with marriages recorded only in the Ministers Returns. Also included are the eighteen surviving Accomack County marriage records from the colonial period. Each record is alphabetized by the surname of the groom, and contains the name of the wife and date the marriage was recorded.
by Nora Miller Turman
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st. georges parish, accomack county, virginia vestry book, 1763-1787
Some of our most elusive ancestors left neither will nor deed. Finding them in other official written records such as Court Orders, Judicial and church records presents many challenges, for some of these records arent readily available to us. These vestry records hold riches far beyond an accounting of the tobacco or monies collected and disbursed for the Parish. They hold the solutions to surname and relationship puzzles that Eastern Shore genealogists so dearly prize. But more than this too, for here we have glimpses of the people of Accomack County— their daily lives and activities. Whom did the parish pay to take care of others? Who was being cared for? Who were the widows, orphans, sick, and natural born children? What were expenses incurred for? Housing, clothing, food, a coffin for the deceased?
by Gail M. Walczyk
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the accomack county birth register 1853-1896 volume i 1853-1876
The first of a three-part series, The Accomack County Birth Register 1853-1896, Part I 1853- 1876 contains the recording of more than 7,000 births. It was the parents or informants (some times uncles, aunts or grandparents), who gave the information to the Tax Collector or Assessor as he was called. The tax Assessor then gave the information to the Clerk of the Court or Justice of the Peace. The Clerk then recorded it, sometimes two years after the fact. The entire Register has births recorded from 1853 to 1896 and more than 21,000 entries. For printing, and user handling purposes it has been divided into three volumes, 1853-1876. 1877- 1886 and 1887-1896. At a time when only some big cities were recording births and the mode of collecting the data was lengthy The Accomack County Birth Register is a great source of information.
by Transcribed by Gail M. Walczyk
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the accomack county birth register 1853-1896 volume ii 1877-1886
Contains approximately 7000 records, and includes corrections and additions (to Volume I) that were later added by the clerk.
by Gail M. Walczyk
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the accomack county birth register 1887-1896: volume iii 1887-1896
Contains approximately 7000 records, and includes corrections and additions (to Volume I) that were later added by the clerk.
by Gail M. Walczyk
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the marriage license bonds of accomack county, virginia, from 1774 to 1806
This collection of the earliest 1,000 extant Accomack County marriages by a respected compiler of Virginia source materials gives the names of approximately 3,000 brides, grooms and witnesses, and the dates of the marriages. The material is arranged alphabetically by the name of the groom, with a separate section indexing brides.
by Stratton Nottingham
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tombstone inscriptions of upper accomack county, virginia
Gives almost 15,000 inscriptions from 333 grave sites, which are believed to be all that still exist in the upper half of the county. Death dates range from 1709 to 1994. Entries include Caucasian and African American burials. All inscriptions give birth and death dates, and many include "wife of" or "husband of," war veteran information, etc.
by Compiled by Mary Frances Carey with Moody K. Miles, III and Barry W. Miles
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