Deeds

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One March 21, 1900 deed granting Walter H. Taylor land in the City of Norfolk from A. A. H. Boissevain and O. H. Boissevain of the City of Amsterdam, Kingdom of Holland.

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Correspondence and copies of historic legal documents, including deeds and indentures. Boon is listed as a variant name spelling. References to Bertie, North Carolina, Southampton County, Virginia, and Kentucky are made in the research. Associated names include Hart, Nixson, and Cooper, with references to Daniel Boone of frontier and wildnerness exploration.

Scope and Contents Official records from the Norfolk Circuit Court Clerk's Office in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection consists of 317 volumes divided into three sections: General Index to Deeds (1916-1981), Charter Books (1915-1988), and General Index to Marriages (1853-1997). The deeds are divided into two parts: Grantors (1923-1981) and Grantees (1916-1981). Grantee books are labeled with volume numbers, No. 30-47. The charter books are labeled with volume numbers, No. 19-171. Charter books No. 19-82...

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Legal writings including deeds, abstracts of title, wills, and other documents relating to persons and property in or near the City of Norfolk, Virginia. The documents date from 1764-1977.

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Personal and business correspondence, notes, financial records, wills and deeds from his clients, booklets and pamphlets, newspaper clippings about the Civil War, and photographs. Also included in the collection are the personal papers of the Saunders family.

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The Dalby and Stoakley Families Bibles include 19th and 20th century genealogical information for the families of John L. Dalby and Sally S. Dalby Stoakley, both of Northampton County, Virginia. The John L. Stoakley Family Bible was published circa 1875 by Henry F. Cook. The Sally S. Dalby Stoakley Family Bible was published circa 1886 by Charles Foster Publishing Company and presented to Mrs. Stoakley on December 25, 1890 by her son.

Scope and Contents This collection includes approximately 3,800 paperboard-bound volumes (packets) containing deed and mortgage abstracts for properties in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the surrounding counties (mostly Norfolk County). The collection also includes approximately 2,800 land plats, mostly for properties associated with the packets. Guaranty Title and Trust created these records in the course of its business verifying property titles, recording land transactions, and issuing mortgage loans during its...

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One 1709 deed written by Henry Towles, relinquishing 500 acres of land on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia to the elder John Custis.

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Reproductions of family histories, family trees, and other genealogical materials, such as wills and deeds, which have been compiled and edited by members of the Holland family. The information presented dates back to the 10th century and concludes in the late 20th century.

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Fourteen deeds dating from 1763-1769 concerning John Ackiss and his purchase of land, primarily in the Pungo area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Also includes a letter of attorney, list of Revolutionary War militia officers, two letters of correspondence with their accompanying envelopes, and the circa 1900 envelope of attorney A. Johnston Ackiss that at one time housed these eighteenth- and nineteenth-century documents.