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This volume contains records from Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 22, 1738¿1742, beginning on page 1 through page 438, for courts held 20 February 1738 through 15 February 1742. Records generally include the full names of all persons involved in the transaction (grantor, grantee, witnesses, and court officials), sum paid, description and location of property, date of transaction and date recorded. An every-name, place and subject index adds to the value of this work.(?), 2018, 8¿x11, paper, index, 124 pp

This volume contains records from Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 18, 1724-1728, beginning on page 1 through page 380, for courts held 20 October 1724 through 17 December 1728. Records generally include the full names of all persons involved in the transaction (grantor, grantee, witnesses, and court officials), sum paid, description and location of property, date of transaction and date recorded. An every-name, place and subject index adds to the value of this work.(?), 2018, 8¿x11, paper, index, 126 pp

This volume contains records from Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 20, 1733-1738, beginning on page 1 through page 450, for courts held 17 July 1733 through 20 February 1738. Records generally include the full names of all persons involved in the transaction (grantor, grantee, witnesses, and court officials), sum paid, description and location of property, date of transaction and date recorded. An every-name, place and subject index adds to the value of this work.(?), 2018, 8¿x11, paper, index, 130 pp

This work presents marriage records for Essex County, Virginia for the period 1884 to 1921. It continues publication of marriage records after those by this compiler and Suzanne P. Derieux for the period 1850-1883. The major difference here is that the format is condensed to include only the pertinent data rather than reproducing the printed form of either the marriage register, marriage license, or related record pieces.The critical notice to users is that Marriage Register 1, that is titled and runs 1804-1921, contains for the subject period the data for when the marriage was planned. That said, the procedure was that when the groom and bride applied for a marriage license, the court clerk recorded the planned information in the register. This included statistics about the parties: their marital status, age, race, place of birth, place of residence, and the names of their parents. At that time the couple was issued a license that was to be completed by an officiating minister with the actual date of marriage, place of marriage, and signed by the officiating minister. This actual information was not updated in the previously-created register. Because of this, there is routinely a difference between the register information and the license information.Data are presented in a standard sequence that is similar to what is found in the register: name of parties, groom to bride; notation as to race when non-white, i.e. (C) for colored or (F) for free, etc.; date of marriage (planned if no marriage license survives, else updated from license); place of marriage; page and line of Marriage Register 1 in which the data are found; ages of the groom and bride; marital status of the groom and bride; place of birth of the groom and bride; place of residence of the groom and bride; parents of the groom and bride; occupation of the groom; minister officiating the marriage; and remarks, if any, including notation of parental or guardian consent.Several facsimile reprints of original marriage documents and an index to full-names, places and occupations add to the value of this work.2021, 8¿x11, paper, index, 252 pp

Mr. Hurley has made numerous additions and corrections and has included 3,000 more names than the original edition! Volume 1 now contains all the known or probable descendants of Daniel Hurley, the 1676 immigrant of Talbot County, Maryland. Follows nine or more generations, in both the male and female lines. Added chapters include: Jasper Hurley (b. 1825); William Neal Hurley, Jr. (b. 1924); Nancy Hurley (1800-1879); William Hurley (1803-1884); Edmund Hurley, Sr. (1788-1850/60); American towns named Hurley and census records of Ashe County, North Carolina.(1999, 2007), 2019, 8¿x11, case-laminate, index, 472 pp

This volume of the Fauquier County, Virginia series contains entries from Fauquier County Minute Book, 1764-1768 beginning on page 22 and ending on page 185 for courts held September 29, 1764 through July 28, 1766.Court minute books contain minutes 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 court minute books including appointments of county and militia officers, records of legal disputes heard before the county court, appointments of guardians, apprenticeship of children by the overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and registrations of free Negroes. An index to full-names, places and subjects adds to the value of this work.(1994), 2021, 8¿x11, paper, index, 124 pp

This is the fifth volume in a series of land tax records, which offer a wealth of valuable genealogical data presented in a convenient table format with entries listed alphabetically by surname within each section. This volume covers the period 1875 to 1895. It includes four complete years: 1875, 1880, 1885 and 1895, including the tax for public school and county purposes. Taxes for county purposes were collected for eight years between 1852 and 1861 and began again in 1880. The 1890 Land Tax has been published in a separate book, Northampton County, Virginia "1890" Land Tax. Between 1875 and 1880 the author noticed several inconsistencies such as in 1875 a James T. Ashby Est. 167 1/3 acres and in 1880 a John T. Ashby Est. with the same acreage. There are also discrepancies in number of acres in several areas as well. It is interesting to note the sale of Cape Charles lots between 1885 and 1895. A facsimile reprint of an original map that shows the 644 Cape Charles lots is included.Tables include: 1875 Land Tax by John C. Darby, Assessor (Capeville District); 1875 Land Tax by G. R. Jacob, Assessor (Eastville District); 1875 Land Tax by Geo. H. Thomas, Assessor (Franktown District); 1880 Land Tax by John T. W. Custis, Com: Rev:; 1885 Land Tax by Geo. R. Jacob, Com: Rev:; 1895 Land Tax by Zoro. Willis, Com: Rev: (Capeville District, Whites); 1895 Land Tax by Zoro. Willis, Com: Rev: (Eastville District, Whites); 1895 Land Tax by Zoro. Willis, Com: Rev: (Franktown District, Whites); 1895 Land Tax by Zoro. Willis, Com: Rev: (Capeville District, Colored); 1895 Land Tax by Zoro. Willis, Com: Rev: (Eastville District, Colored); 1895 Land Tax by Zoro. Willis, Com: Rev: (Franktown District, Colored); 1895 Land Tax by Zoro. Willis, Com: Rev: (Cape Charles District, Whites); 1895 Land Tax by Zoro. Willis, Com: Rev: (Cape Charles District, Colored); and Land Tax Totals by year 1875-1895.Appendices include: 1875 Named Estates & Owners, 1875 Largest Landowners, 1880 Landowners of 1,000 acres or more, 1885 Largest Landowners, 1885 Lots in Cape Charles City, 1895 Named Estates & Owners, 1895 Landowners by Locality, Cape Charles Lots, and a map of Cape Charles.2021, 8¿x11, paper, 296 pp.

For those on sailing vessels plying Aquia Creek centuries ago, the "Great Rock" referred to the massive freestone outcropping that loomed above the northeast side of the creek. For them, it was a landmark in their travels. For seven or eight generations of Stafford residents, the great rock, freestone, put food on their tables. For the nation, the great rock built one of the most beautiful and powerful capital cities on earth.The focus of this volume is on Aquia freestone, sometimes also called Aquia stone. Massive deposits of this material are found throughout eastern Stafford, especially in the hills framing Aquia Creek. The word "Aquia" is a corruption of an Indian name noted by John Smith during his early seventeenth century visit here. Exactly how the Native Americans pronounced the word isn't known. Whatever the now obscure pronunciation and translation, for some three hundred years "Aquia" has been synonymous with fine quality building stone.The goals of this volume are to: document the scope of the freestone industry in Stafford County; present evidence, both positive and negative, about the suitability of Aquia stone as a building material; dispel some of the erroneous information that has been published about Aquia stone; explore the technical aspects of quarrying freestone, including tools, cutting methods, moving, and shipping of the stone; examine the use of labor in the quarries; record the locations of known freestone quarries, both private and commercial; record the names of people associated with the freestone industry in Stafford; and, list buildings/sites where freestone has been used, both in Stafford and elsewhere.Quarry operations to provide stone for the new federal city began in 1792, and there is little debate that the period between 1792 and 1844 witnessed the greatest, nearly continuous, activity in Stafford's quarries. Documented use of this material long pre-dates the construction of Washington; by the time that project was in the conceptual phase, the stone had been used for over a century, long enough to have established its reputation regionally.A wealth of photographs and illustrations, and an index to full-names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.2021, 8¿x11, case-laminate, index, 622 pp