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Norfolk County (Va.)

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Found in 32 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

1920s Hampton Roads Aerial Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-408
Scope and Contents

Thirty circa 1923 aerial photographs of scenes in Norfolk, Norfolk County, and Newport News, Virginia. The photographs were likely taken during a naval air reconnaissance photograph training flight.

Dates: created: 1920s; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Boy Scout Troop 5 Scrapbooks

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-189
Scope and Contents Four 1936-1949 scrapbooks of Boy Scout Troop 5 from Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include photographs and hike records detailing the date of trips, place, officers in charge, weather, list of boys in attendance, summary of the event (salient facts), menu, and supplies purchased. Also, one 1942-1945 scrapbook of Rover Crew 5, a group started during World War II when many of the scouts in the troop were called to military service and wanted to continue scouting while in service. This last...
Dates: created: 1936-1949; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Cartwright

 File — Box 3, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Pedigree charts, family trees, research notes, and photocopies of legal records, such as a will of John Cartwright dated 1694, deed from John Porter to John Cartwright dated 1693, and land records dated 1680, pertaining to the Cartwight family of Virginia and North Carolina. Associated family names include Shipp and Keeling.

Dates: 1600 - 2000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection / Elizabeth B. Wingo Collection / Genealogical Records / Virginia and North Carolina Families / Box 3

City of Norfolk City Manager, Reed Report on Annexation

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: RG 01-0000-001
Scope and Contents

Two copies of the Reed Report submitted on October 25, 1948 by Thomas H. and Doris D. Reed to the City Manager of the City of Norfolk, Virginia regarding the desirability and feasibility of annexing portions of environs surrounding the City. The report includes several tables that cover assessed valuations, assumption of debt, operational expenditures, and estimated revenues.

Dates: created: 1948; Other: Date acquired: 03/30/1949
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

City of Norfolk Department of City Planning Annexation Reports

 Collection — 5 folders
Identifier: RG 08-0000-005
Scope and Contents

Annexation reports of the City of Norfolk, Virginia regarding the proposed annexations of Norfolk County and Princess Anne County from the late-1940s to 1950s. The reports include statistics, charts, maps, and surveys relating to land use, industrial development, population, schools, public works, taxation, and other related subjects.

Dates: created: 1949-1957; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

DeFord Family Bible

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-044
Scope and Contents

One circa 1879 Bible of the Samuel Solomon DeFord Family of Norfolk County, Virginia. The Bible's family record is located before the New Testament and ends with the death of S. S. DeFord on January 1, 1926. Loose papers from the Bible include poems, clippings, and a postcard.

Dates: created: circa 1879-1926; Other: Date acquired: 09/29/2018
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Excerpts from Norfolk County Deed Books, 1637-1793

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-291
Scope and Contents

Photocopied notes comprising excerpts from Norfolk County Deed Books, written in 1930-1931 by Elizabeth French Collins Whitehead of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes a biographical sketch of Whitehead written by Collis Leon Ackiss on August 6, 1973.

Dates: created: circa 1973; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Guaranty Title and Trust Corporation Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-052
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...
Dates: created: 1883-1919; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1963
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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