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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Sam Walters, 05 April 2011 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Accomack County (Va.) Executor, Administrator, and Orphan bond books, 1727-1790 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1208486 Sam Walters

Library of Virginia 2011 Library of Virginia staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Accomack County (Va.) Executor, Administrator, and Orphan bond books, 1727-1790 1208486 Library of Virginia 1 box. English Accomack County (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Accomack County (Va.) Executor, Administrator, and Orphan bond books, 1727-1790. Local Government Records Collection, Accomack County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Accomack County.

Historical Information

Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. One of the original eight shires established in 1634, Accomac County (spelled without a k) became Northampton County in 1643. The present country was formed from Northampton about 1663. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the county's present spelling.

Scope and Content

Accomack County (Va.) Executor, Administrator, and Orphan bond books, 1727-1790, consists of one Executor and Administrator bond book, 1727-1728; three Executor bond books, 1771, 1777, 1780; and one Orphan bond book, 1766, 1788-1790. Executors and administrators were required to take out a bond with the justices of the court in order to guarantee proper execution of their positions. The obligation was made binding by a money guarantee. The bonds show the names of the administrator or executor and their sureties, the date, amount and condition of the obligation, name of the orphan, and signatures.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Accomack Fiduciary records can by found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia web site.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Accomack County (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Orphans -- Virginia -- Accomack County. Geographical Names: Accomack County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century Genre and Form Terms: Administrators -- Virginia -- Accomack County. Bonds -- Virginia -- Accomack County. Executors -- Virginia -- Accomack County. Fiduciary records -- Virginia -- Accomack County. Local government records -- Virginia -- Accomack County.