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
		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.
		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.
		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.
		Additional Records
27	ILL available	Executions, 1814 - 1837, [xx] index, 170 fo.
31	ILL available	General Index to Judgments, Defendants, A-C, 1865 - 1966.
31	ILL available	General Index to Judgments, Plaintiffs, A-Z, 1865 - 1966.
33	ILL available	General Index to Judgments, Defendants, C-Y (continued) 1865 - 1966.
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.
		Various Courts
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.
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 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. 2 Only)
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. E, 1758 - 1764 c, Unpaged index, 539 p. (index repeated at end)
6	ILL available	Deeds and Wills, Vol. F, 1763 - 1771, p. 1, 8-440 (Deeds, 1772 - 1786, missing)
7	ILL available	Deeds [& Wills], Vol. 34, 1787 - 1800, [vii] index, 532 p.
8	ILL available	Deeds and Wills, Vol. 12, 1800 - 1807, 560 p.
9	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, Vol. 33, 1805 - 1819, [viii] index, 800 p.
10	ILL available	Deeds & Wills, Vol. 32, 1820 - 1826, p. 73-546
10	ILL available	Deeds, Vol. 38, 1825 - 1831, Unpaged index, 540 [2] p.
11	ILL available	Deeds, Vol. 31, 1831 - 1835, [xxi] index, 502 p.
12	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. G, 1834 - 1838, [xxi] index, 500 p.
12	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. H, 1838 - 1842, [xxv], [1] index, 500 p.
13	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. I, 1837 - 1845, [xx] index, 500 p.
13	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. K, 1845 - 1848, [xxi] index, 500 p.
13	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. L, 1848 - 1850, [xxi] index, 496 p.
14	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. M, 1850 - 1853, [xxiii] index, 485 p.
14	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. N, 1853 - 1858, [xxi] index, 500 p.
27	ILL available	Deeds, 1854 - 1855 (incomplete), Various pages
14	ILL available	Re-Recorded Deeds, Vol. O, 1858-1859, [xxi] index, 262 p.
		Additional Records
15	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Wills, Etc., No. 1, 1758 - 1899, A - M
15	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Wills, Etc., No. 2, 1758 - 1899, N - Z
27	ILL available	Surveys & Plats, 1761 - 1883, Unpaged index, 240 p.
Reel No.		Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
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.
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.
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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