Elizabeth City County Microfilm

County and City Records on Microfilm › VA › Elizabeth City County

Date of Formation: 1634 (original shire) Now extinct, incorporated into the City of Hampton in 1952

Lost Records Note:

Many records were burned and destroyed during the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

Reel No.	ILL indicates a copy is available for loan	Local Records Categories and Contents
Reel No.		Court Records
		County Court
		FOR ORDERS PRIOR TO 1731 SEE Land Records
		Order Book
17	ILL available	Order Book, 1731 - 1747 c, [lxxxiii] index, [2], 548 [2] p.
17	ILL available	Order Book, 1747 - 1755, 499 [1] p. (Also contains Minutes, Aug. 1753 - Aug. 1755)
17	ILL available	Order Book, 1755 - 1757 c, 133 p.
18	ILL available	Minute Book, 1756 - 1760 c, p. 96-314 [1]
18	ILL available	[Minutes] Court Records, 1760 - 1769 c, p. 3-649 (Title reads: Court Records, Orders)
19	ILL available	Order Book, 1784 - 1788, 590 p.
19	ILL available	Order Book, 1798 - 1802, 420 p.
20	ILL available	Minute Book, 1803 - 1809, [3], 297 [2] p.
20	ILL available	Orders, 1808 - 1816, [xxvii] index, 437 p.
21	ILL available	Minute Book, 1819 - 1824, [2], 260 p.
21	ILL available	Minute Book, 1844 - 1861, [lxviii] index, 749 p.
27	ILL available	Executions, 1814 - 1837, [xx] index, 170 fo.
31	ILL available	General Index to Judgments, Vol. Defendants, A-C, 1865 - 1966.
31	ILL available	General Index to Judgments, Vol. Plaintiffs, A-Z, 1865 - 1966.
33	ILL available	General Index to Judgments, Vol. Defendants, C-Y 1865 - 1966., (continued)
29	ILL available	Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Book 2, 1896 - 1916, pp. 15-237.
29	ILL available	Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Book 3, 1916, 237 p.
29	ILL available	Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Book 4, 1916 - 1923, 200 p.
29	ILL available	Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Book 5, 1923 - 1929, 203 p.
27	ILL available	Office Judgments, 1832 - 1847, [xxi] index, 64 p.
		Superior Court of Law
22	ILL available	Order Book for Office Judgments, 1809 - 1830, [xxiii] index, 1-7 fo., 8-31 p.
22	ILL available	Orders, 1809 - 1831, [1], [xxiii] index, 203 p.
		Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
28	ILL available	Order Book, 1833-1838, index, paged.
27	ILL available	Process Book, 1837 - 1866, 219 fo., [2] p.
		Circuit Court
30	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 1, 1874 - 1875, pp. 364-500.
30	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 2, 1875 - 1885, index, 800 p.
32	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 3, 1885 - 1891, index, 558 p.
32	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 4, 1892 - 1898, 561 p.
32	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 5, 1898 - 1901, index, pp. 1-381.
35	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 2, 1877 - 1898, index, 634 p.
35	ILL available	Common Law Order Book 3, 1898 - 1905, index, 640 p.
27	ILL available	Process Book, 1837 - 1866, 219 fo., [2] p.
Reel No.		Fiduciary Records
30	ILL available	Fiduciary Order Book 2, 1911 - 1917, 504 p.
26	ILL available	Guardians' Accounts, 1737 - 1748 c, 74 p.
26	ILL available	Guardians' Accounts, 1827 - 1843, Unpaged index, 300 p.
Reel No.		Land Records
		Deed Subgroup
1	ILL available	Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1684 - 1699 c, Unpaged index (partially mutilated), p. 75-281 (Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1684 - 1699); p. 1-170 [4] (Orders, 1692 - 1699, follows p. 281) Film of Original
2	ILL available	Records [Deeds, Wills, Inventories, Orders & Settlements], 1684 - 1699 c, [xv] index, 503 p. Film of Transcript
3	ILL available	Deeds, Wills, Inventories & Orders, 1715 - 1721 c, p. 1-314 (Deeds, Wills, Inventories, 1715-1721); [1], p. 1-240 (Orders, 1715 - 1721, follows p. 314) Film of Original
4	ILL available	Record Book, Vol. No. 10, 1721 - 1723 c, Pt. 1, [3], [vii] index, p. 1-249 (Orders, 1721 - 1723); Pt. 2, [1], p. 1-178 (Deeds, Wills & Inventories, 1721 - 1723) (The index preceding Pt. 1 pertains to Pt.
5	ILL available	Deeds, Wills, & Orders, 1723 - 1730, Pt. 1, p. 2-192 (Deeds, Wills, 1723-1730); Pt. 2, p. 15-96 [2] (Ejectments, 1736 - 1770); Pt. 3, p. 1-345 (Orders, 1723-1729) Note: Parts 1 & 2 are bound together.
6	ILL available	Deeds, Wills, Bonds, Etc., 1737 - 1756 c, p. 2-351 (Deeds & Wills, 1737 - 1749); [8] p. (Bonds, Etc., 1743 - 1756, follows p. 351)
6	ILL available	Deeds and Wills, Vol. Vol. E, 1758 - 1764 c, Unpaged index, 539 p. (index repeated at end)
6	ILL available	Deeds and Wills, Vol. Vol. F, 1763 - 1771, p. 1, 8-440 (Deeds, 1772 - 1786, missing)
7	ILL available	Deeds [& Wills], Vol. Vol. 34, 1787 - 1800, [vii] index, 532 p.
8	ILL available	Deeds and Wills, Vol. Vol. 12, 1800 - 1807, 560 p.
9	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, Vol. Vol. 33, 1805 - 1819, [viii] index, 800 p.
10	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, Vol. Vol. 32, 1820 - 1826, p. 73-546
10	ILL available	Deeds, Vol. Vol. 38, 1825 - 1831, Unpaged index, 540 [2] p.
11	ILL available	Deeds, Vol. Vol. 31, 1831 - 1835, [xxi] index, 502 p.
12	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. Vol. G, 1834 - 1838, [xxi] index, 500 p.
12	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. Vol. H, 1838 - 1842, [xxv], [1] index, 500 p.
13	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. Vol. I, 1839 - 1845, [xx] index, 500 p. Volume re-records deeds from 1837 - 1845.
13	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. Vol. K, 1845 - 1848, [xxi] index, 500 p.
13	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. Vol. L, 1848 - 1850, [xxi] index, 496 p.
14	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. Vol. M, 1850 - 1853, [xxiii] index, 485 p.
14	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. Vol. N, 1853 - 1858, [xxi] index, 500 p.
27	ILL available	Deeds, 1854 - 1855 (incomplete), Various pages
14	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. Vol. O, 1858 - 1859, [xxi] index, 262 p.
15	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Wills, Etc., Vol. No. 1, 1758 - 1899, A - M
15	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Wills, Etc., Vol. No. 2, 1758 - 1899, N - Z
26	ILL available	Land Causes [Superior Court] 1809 - 1826, [i] index, 28 p.
26	ILL available	Land Causes [Superior Court] 1833 - 1836, Unpaged index (incomplete), 115 [11] p.
27	ILL available	Surveys & Plats, 1761 - 1883, Unpaged index, 240 p.
Reel No.		Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
24	ILL available	General Index to Marriages, 1865 - 1944, Females, A - E.
24	ILL available	General Index to Marriages, 1865 - 1944, Females, F - L.
24	ILL available	General Index to Marriages, 1865 - 1944, Females, M - R.
24	ILL available	General Index to Marriages, 1865 - 1944, Females, S - Z.
23	ILL available	General Index to Marriages, 1865 - 1944, Males, A - E.
23	ILL available	General Index to Marriages, 1865 - 1944, Males, F - L.
23	ILL available	General Index to Marriages, 1865 - 1944, Males, M - R.
23	ILL available	General Index to Marriages, 1865 - 1944, Males, S - Z.
25	ILL available	Register of Marriages No. 1, 1865 - 1908, 132 fo., unpaged index.
Reel No.		Wills
16 a	ILL available	[Loose] Wills Volumes 1-3 (Nos. 1-396), 1701-1859.
16 b	ILL available	[Loose] Wills Volumes 4-5 (Nos. 397-677), 1701-1859.
34	ILL available	Will Book 2, 1886 - 1900, pp. 14-300.
34	ILL available	Will Book 3, 1900 - 1910, index, 500 p.
34	ILL available	Will Book 4, 1910 - 1916, index, 500 p.
27	ILL available	Will of Thomas Eaton, 1659, [2] p.
16	ILL available	Wills, Etc., 1701 - 1904, Pt. 1 c, [2] p., 2-278 fo. [1734 - 1800 wills compiled from original wills; abstracted and indexed by B. A. Chapman]
16	ILL available	Wills, Etc., 1701 - 1904, Pt. 2 c, 279-545 fo. [xiii] index.
		SEE ALSO Land Records

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