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Wills--Virginia--Norfolk County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur

 File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence to Elizabeth Wingo from Fillmore Norfleet with copies of abstracts from "Unrecorded Norfolk County Wills" and "Obituaries" of Norfolk County pertaining to the Arthur family of Norfolk and Nansemond Counties.

Dates: 1600 - 2000

Brief Abstract of Norfolk County Wills Manuscripts

 Collection — 4 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-114
Scope and Contents

Three handwritten manuscript volumes consisting of No. 19, 20, and 21 of Brief Abstract of Norfolk County Wills. The volumes cover 1636-1716, 1710-1753, and 1753-1766 respectively. Also includes one copy of Some Emigrants to Virginia belonging to C. F. McIntosh with handwritten inscriptions.

Dates: created: 1636-1766; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/1931

Burgess

 File — Box 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

A photocopy of a will of Robert Burgess of Norfolk County, Virginia dated 1714 with accompanying receipt for goods and services documentation. Associated family names include Malbone and Hodgis. Two Black women are mentioned, Hanna and Jenny.

Dates: 1600 - 2000

Willoughby Family Wills

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-658
Scope and Contents

Two 1700s wills and transcriptions of John Willoughby and his son of Norfolk County, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1777, 1791; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014