Surry County (Va.)

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.

Scope and Contents

Print photographs that document the history and cultural heritage of Norfolk and Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Scope and Contents One volume originally used as a ledger between 1815 and 1817 listing names of individuals followed by account information of sundries. It appears the volume was then used by several individuals, primarily in 1842, and includes autographs, poetry, and various miscellaneous lines, many of which are written upside down in the ledger. Prominent surnames listed inside the volume include Seawell, Edwards, Wilson, Tyler, Page, Hogg, Carter, Howard, Jones, Hairston, and Claiborne. Geographic areas...

Content Description

33 volumes of the "Surrey Side News" newsletter dated between 2006-2015 and published by the Surry County Historical Society and Museums, Inc. The newsletter is a quarterly publication that features articles about administrative business, events, historical research, and community outreach activities of the Surry County Historical Society and Museums, Inc.