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Land grants

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

1800s-1840s Collection of Legal and Commercial Documents, Norfolk, Virginia

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: MSS-2016-014
Scope and Contents

Includes handwritten legal/court and commercial documents from the Borough of Norfolk and Norfolk County, Virginia, dated between 1800 and 1835. Also includes a Norfolk County land grant from 1692.

Dates: created: 1692-1840; Other: Majority of material found in 1810-1835; Other: Date acquired: 02/19/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Capps

 File — Box 5, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Pedigree charts, research notes, copies of deeds and wills, and an original land patent dated 1874 for 20 acres of land in Princess Anne County near Back Bay to James G. Braithwaite, Hubbard Capps, and Jepe Davis. Associated family names include Couper and Whitehurst.

Dates: 1600 - 2000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection / Elizabeth B. Wingo Genealogy Collection / Sub-Group 1: Genealogical Records / Series 1: Research Compiled by Elizabeth Baum Wingo / Box 5

Carver

 File — Box 5, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Photocopy and rendering of land description of William Carver's Land Grand Patent, approximately 500 acres, dated July 4, 1664, between Broad Creek (Blow's Creek), Cedar Island Creek, and Julians Creek, pertaining to the Carver family of Norfolk County, Virginia.

Dates: 1600 - 2000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection / Elizabeth B. Wingo Genealogy Collection / Sub-Group 1: Genealogical Records / Series 1: Research Compiled by Elizabeth Baum Wingo / Box 5

Edmund Randolph Land Grant

 Collection — 1 Oversized folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-629
Scope and Contents

One 1788 document granting Richard Smith a tract of land in Russell County, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1788; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Wilson (4 of 4)

 File — Box 22, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Copies of guardian records, land records, and will book records and wills pertaining to the Wilson family of Norfolk County, Virginia. This is the fourth folder of copies pertaining to the Wilson family.

Dates: 1600 - 2000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection / Elizabeth B. Wingo Genealogy Collection / Sub-Group 1: Genealogical Records / Series 1: Research Compiled by Elizabeth Baum Wingo / Box 22

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