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Essex County Microfilm

Date of Formation: 1692
Formed From: Rappahannock County (old)
Previous Names: Rappahannock County (old)
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Local Records Categories and Contents
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No.
  Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
456 ILL available Commissioners' Bond Book, 1884-1923, index, 340 p.
121 ILL available Special Commissioners' Bond Book 2, 1912-1956, 188 p.
Reel
No.
  County Administrative Records
120 ILL available Electoral Board Minutes, 1884-1924.
132 ILL available Electoral Board Minutes, 1884-1924.
450 ILL available Overseer of the Poor Minute Book, 1843-1849. [Water damaged]
119 ILL available School Board Ledger, 1873-1880.
119 ILL available School Board Minutes, 1872-1921.
79 ILL available Sheriffs' Returns, 1762 - 1765 and 1767-1768, pp. 527-536
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  Court Records
   County Court
   Order Book
2 ILL available Records [Orders, Etc., No. 1; Deeds, Wills, Etc.], 1692 - 1695 c, p. 1-150 (Orders, 1692 - 1695); p. 151-153 (Acts of the House of Burgesses); p. 154-444 (Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1692 - 1695) Film of Transcript. The transcript preserves the pagination of the original volume by numbers in parentheses; these are the numbers referred to in the County General Index and in Embrey's Index.
1 ILL available Orders Etc., No. 1 [Deeds, Wills, Etc.], 1692 - 1695, p. 1-270 (Orders, 1692 - 1695); p. 17-390 (Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1692 - 1695, follows p. 270) Film of Original. This volume has a separate index which follows the General Index to Wills and Deeds B, 1691 - 1722, on Reel 39; it is referred to in this separate index as "0-1", [i.e., Orders No. 1], and page references are to p. 17-390 of the volume. Also indexed in Alvin T. Embrey's Index of Records of Old Rappahannock, 1654 - 1692, & Essex, 1692 - 1700. (Old Rappahannock County Reels Nos. 15 - 18)
65 ILL available Orders, 1695 - 1699 c, [xxxiv] index, 166 p. Film of transcript
ILL not available FOR ORDERS [ORIGINAL], 1699 - 1702 SEE DEEDS & WILLS NO. 10, 1699 - 1702 (REEL 3)
ILL not available FOR ORDERS [TRANSCRIPT], 1699 - 1702 SEE RECORDS [DEEDS & WILLS 10 -transcribed to 1700-] (REEL 3)
66 ILL available Orders [No. 3] 1703 - 1708 c, 408 p.
66 ILL available Orders, No. 4, 1708 - 1714, Pt. 1 c, p. 1-395
66 ILL available Orders, No. 4, 1708 - 1714, Pt. 2 c, p. 396-635, [1], [many pages are mutilated]
67 ILL available Order Book 5, 1716 - 1723, [xxii] index, [1], index repeated, p. 1-4, 6, [3], 13-777
68 ILL available Orders, 1723 - 1725, 368 p.
68 ILL available Orders, 1725 - 1729, [xxi] index, 300 p.
68 ILL available Orders, 1729 - 1733, [xxiii] index, 426 p.
69 ILL available Orders, 1733 - 1736, [1], [xxii] index, 246 p.
69 ILL available Orders, 1736 - 1738, [xxi] index, 439 p.
69 ILL available Orders, 1738 - 1740, [xxiii] index, 330 p.
70 ILL available Orders, 1740 - 1741, [xxii] index, 350 p.
70 ILL available Orders, 1742 - 1743, [xxii] index, 339 p.
71 ILL available Orders, No. 14, 1745 - 1747 c (Contains Executions), [vi] index, 447 p.
72 ILL available Orders, 1747 - 1749, [xvii] index, (index A - D is missing), 408 p.
72 ILL available Orders, 1749 - 1751, [xix] index, 354 p. (p. 341-354 are numbered in reverse order)
73 ILL available Orders, 1751 - 1752, [xvii] index, 253 p.
73 ILL available Orders [18] 1752 - 1753, [xvii] index, 452 p.
74 ILL available Orders [19] 1753 - 1754, [xvi] index, 410 p.
74 ILL available Orders Book No. 20, 1754, 1783 c, 1754, [xv] index, p. 1-295; 1783, [vii] index, p. 296 - 309
75 ILL available Orders 21, 1754 - 1757, [1782 - 1783], [xvii] index, p. 1-367 (1754 - 1757); [xx] index, p. 368-419 (1782 - 1783)
76 ILL available Orders 22, 1757 - 1759, [xv] index, 304 [1] p.
76 ILL available Orders 23, 1759 - 1761 c, [xxiv] index, 410 p.
77 ILL available Orders 24, 1762 - 1763, [xx] index, 327 p.
78 ILL available Orders 25, 1763 - 1764, [clxxxix] index, p. 9-420
79 ILL available Orders 26, 1764 - 1767, [cxxxvii] index, 534 p.
80 ILL available Orders 27, 1767 - 1770, [xx] index, 532 p.
81 ILL available Orders 28, 1770 - 1773, [xxv] index, 519 p.
82 ILL available Orders 29, 1773 - 1782 c, [xxix] index, 521 p.
ILL not available FOR ORDERS, 1782-1783 SEE ORDERS 21, 1754- 1747, 1782 - 1783 (REEL 75)
ILL not available FOR ORDERS, 1783 SEE ALSO ORDER BOOK NO. 20, 1754, 1783 (REEL 74)
83 ILL available Orders 30, 1784 - 1787, [xxvi] index, 395 p.
83 ILL available Orders 31, 1788 - 1790, [xxiv] index, 333 p.
84 ILL available Orders 32, 1790 - 1794, [xxx] index, 532 p.
85 ILL available Orders 33, 1795 - 1797, [1], [ixv] index, [1], 528 p.
86 ILL available Orders 34, 1797 - 1799, [lix] index, [2], 551 p.
87 ILL available Orders 35, 1799 - 1800, [lxx] index, 510 [1] p.
87 ILL available Orders 36, 1800 - 1801, [lxi] index, 288 p.
88 ILL available Order Book 37, 1802 - 1804, Unpaged index, 622 p. (index continued at end)
88 ILL available Order Book 38, 1804 - 1807, Unpaged index, 528 p.
89 ILL available Order Book 39, 1807 - 1809, Unpaged index, [2], 530 p.
89 ILL available Order Book 40, 1809 - 1812, [1], [lxxxii] index, 652 p.
90 ILL available Order Book 41, 1812 - 1815, [xxxii] index, 607 [1] p.
91 ILL available Order Book 42, 1815 - 1817, [xxiii] index, 497 p. 610 p.
92 ILL available Order Book 43, 1817 - 1821, [lxxxvi], [2] index, [xviii] duplicate index, [2], 610 p.
93 ILL available Order Book 44, 1821 - 1823, [1], [xxv], [1] index, [1], 320 p.
94 ILL available Order Book 45, 1823 - 1826, [1], [xlviii] index, [1], 516 p.
95 ILL available Order Book 46, 1826 - 1830, [xxi] index, 700 p.
96 ILL available Order Book 47, 1830 - 1833, [1] index, [1], 684 p.
97 ILL available Order 48, 1833 - 1836, [lii] index, 451 p.
98 ILL available Order Book 49, 1837 - 1841, [lvi] index, 681 p.
99 ILL available Order Book No. 50, 1841 - 1847, [lx] index, 775 p.
100 ILL available Order Book, 1847 - 1853, [lxxxii] index, pp. 1-617.
101 ILL available Order Book, 1853 - 1858 (continued), pp. 617 - 1138.
451 ILL available Order Book 1, 1853-1858, index, pp. 1-537.
101 ILL available Order Book, 1858, 77 p.
124 ILL available Order Book 1, 1858-1863 (continued), pp. 536-910.
124 ILL available Order Book 3, 1867-1872, index, 721 p.
125 ILL available Order Book 4, 1873-1878, index, 664 p.
125 ILL available Order Book 5, 1878-1880, pp. 1-301.
126 ILL available Order Book 5, 1880-1882 (continued), pp. 300-617.
126 ILL available Order Book 6, 1882-1886, index, 624 p.
126 ILL available Order Book 7, 1886, index, pp. 1-101.
127 ILL available Order Book 7, 1886-1891 (continued), pp. 102-640.
127 ILL available Order Book 8, 1891-1895, index, 495 p.
128 ILL available Order Book 9, 1895-1903, index, 500 p.
128 ILL available Order Book 10, 1903-1904, index, 36 p.
122 ILL available Chancery Order Book 5, 1892-1902, 487 p.
149 ILL not available Chancery Suit, McCall v. McCall, 1779-1785. No ILL copy. See Essex County Chancery Causes Microfilm Reel Numbers 434, image 272 and 435, image 9.
129 ILL available General Index to Court Orders, 1684-1714, 602 p.
129 ILL available General Index to Court Orders, 1714-1728, 123 p.
122 ILL available Memorandum Book, 1887-1904, unpaged.
123 ILL available Minute Book, 1863-1866, index, 311 p.
119 ILL available Minutes, 1843-1861.
   Superior Court of Law
119 ILL available Order Book, 1809-1824.
123 ILL available Order Book, 1809-1824.
121 ILL available Record of Appeals, 1809-1821, index, 138 p.
   Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
452 ILL available Law Order Book 1, 1831-1834, index, pp. 1-101.
453 ILL available Law Order Book 1, 1834-1841 (continued), pp. 100-431.
453 ILL available Law Order Book 2, 1841-1852 (includes Circuit Court), index, 475 p.
128 ILL available Chancery Order Book 1, 1831-1851, index, 435 p.
111 ILL available Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Office Judgments No. 1, 1834 - 1843, [1], [xx] index, [1], 249 p.
455 ILL available Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery Office Judgments No. 2, 1843 - 1858 (includes Circuit Court) , pp. 1-250.
135 ILL available Index to Chancery Suits, 32 p.
119 ILL available Office Judgments, pp. 249-353
   Circuit Court
453 ILL available Law Order Book 2, 1841-1852, index, 475 p.
453 ILL available Law Order Book 3, 1852-1856, index, pp. 1-250.
454 ILL available Law Order Book 3, 1856-1867 (continued), pp. 250-697.
454 ILL available Law Order Book 4, 1867-1889, index, 693 p.
131 ILL available Law Order Book 5, 1889-1905, index, 398 p.
131 ILL available Chancery Order Book 15, 1974-1977 (continued), pp. 102-494
131 ILL available Chancery Order Book 16, 1977-1978, index, 139 p.
130 ILL available Chancery Order Book 2, 1852-1873, index, 717 p.
130 ILL available Chancery Order Book 3, 1873-1877, index, pp. 1-401.
452 ILL available Chancery Order Book 3, 1877-1880 (continued), pp. 400-635.
452 ILL available Chancery Order Book 4, 1881-1892, index, 646 p.
120 ILL available Clerk's Personal Book, 1890 (Harrison Southworth), 200 p.
132 ILL available Clerk's Personal Book, 1890 (Harrison Southworth), 200 p.
135 ILL available Index to Chancery Suits, 1850-1948, 32 p. (includes Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery)
134 ILL available Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Book 8, 1965-1977, index, 203 p.
134 ILL available Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Book 9, 1977-1978, index, 32 p.
133 ILL available Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Book, 1957-1965 (continued), index, pp. 100-200.
119 ILL available Office Judgments, 1843-1866 (continued), pp. 249-353 (includes Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery)
102 ILL available Order Book No. 1, 1853 - 1863, [xlviii] index, [3], 824 p. (Above 1853 - 1863 Orders, as found in Order Bk. 1, are also copied in Order Book for 1847 - 1858, on Reels 100-101)
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  Fiduciary Records
136 ILL available Fiduciary Accounts, 1945, 1952, 1973, 1977, 1978, index, 384 p.
137 ILL available Fiduciary Bond Book 2, 1900-1919, index, 402 p.
122 ILL available Guardians' Book 10, 1857-1867 (continued), pp. 300-434.
120 ILL available Guardians' Book 10, 1857-1867, index, pp. 1-301.
132 ILL available Guardians' Book 10, 1857-1867, index, pp. 1-301.
122 ILL available Guardians' Book 11, 1867-1888, index, 600 p.
120 ILL available Guardians' Book 9, 1851-1857, index, 457 p.
132 ILL available Guardians' Book 9, 1851-1857, index, 457 p.
104 ILL available Guardians' Book, 1761 - 1796 c, Unpaged index, 228 p.
104 ILL available Guardians' Book, 1796 - 1811 c, [ix] index, 260 p.
105 ILL available Guardians' Book, 1811 - 1821, [vi] index, 253 p. (index partially repeated at end)
105 ILL available Guardians' Book, 1825 - 1829, [1], [xxii] index, [2], [vii] duplicate index, 317 p.
105 ILL available Guardians' Book, 1831 - 1837, [1], [xxiv], [2] index, [1], [xi] duplicate index, 508 p.
106 ILL available Guardians' Book, 1838 - 1844, [1], [xx] index, [1], 373 p.
106 ILL available Guardians' Book, 1844 - 1851, [1], [xii] index, [2], p. 2-544
107 ILL available Guardians' Book, 1851 - 1857, [1], [xii] index, p. 2-455 [1]
107 ILL available Guardians' Book, 1857 - 1867, [xx] index, [1], 434 p.
104 ILL available Orphans Accounts, 1731 - 1760 c, [xii] index, 261 p.
138 ILL available Record of Fiduciaries, 1870-1956, unpaged.
SEE ALSO Wills
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  Free Negro and Slave Records
119 ILL available Free Negro Register, 1810-1843.
123 ILL available Free Negro Register, 1810-1843.
120 ILL available Free Negro Register, 1843-1861.
132 ILL available Free Negro Register, 1843-1861.
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No.
  Health and Medical Records
137 ILL available Register of Dentists, 1894, 3 p.
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  Land Records
   Deed Subgroup
2 ILL available Records [Deeds No. 9], 1695 - 1699 (Contains Wills), Unpaged index, 270 p. Film of Transcript. The transcript preserves the pagination of the original volume by numbers in parentheses; these are the numbers referred to in the County General Index, and in Embrey's Index.
2 ILL available Deeds, No. 9, 1695 - 1699 c (Contains Wills), Unpaged index, 346 p. Film of photostat of Original. Indexed in County General Index, and also in Embrey's Index, (Old Rappahannock County Reels Nos. 15 - 18)
3 ILL available Records [Deeds & Wills No. 10], 1699 - [1700] c, Unpaged index, 111 p. Film of Transcript - to 1700 only - of Deeds & Wills No. 10. Preserves pagination of the original by numbers in parentheses; these are the numbers referred to in County General Index, and in Embrey's Index.
3 ILL available Deeds & Wills [No. 10], 1699 - 1702 [Orders, 1699 - 1702] c, 1-137 fo. (Deeds & Wills, 1699 - 1702); [1], [xii] index, p. 1-149 (Orders, 1699 - 1702, follows fo. 137) Film of photostat of Original. Indexed in the County General Index, and also in Embrey's Index. (Old Rappahannock County Reels Nos. 15 - 18)
4 ILL available Deeds & Wills No. 11, 1702 - 1704 c, [xviii] index, 254 p.
4 ILL available Deeds Etc., No. 12, 1704 - 1707 (Contains Wills), [xxi] index, 444 p.
5 ILL available Deeds Etc., No. 13, 1707 - 1711 (Contains Wills), 440 p.
6 ILL available Deeds & Wills No. 14, 1711 - 1716 c, [i] index, 733 p.
7 ILL available Deeds & Wills No. 15, 1716 - 1718 c, [i] index, 266 p. (the index pertains to wills only)
7 ILL available Deeds, Etc., No. 16, 1718 - 1721 c, 335 p.
8 ILL available Deeds, Bonds, & Letters of Attorney, No. 17, 1721 - 1724, [xix] index, 431 p.
9 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 18, 1724 - 1728, [xx] index, 380 fo.
10 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 19, 1728 - 1733, [1], [xii] index, [xxiii] supplemental index, 441 [1] p.
11 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 20, 1733 - 1734, [1], [xi] index, 264 p.
11 ILL available Deeds etc., [ 21 ] 1735 - 1738, [1], [xi] index, 450 p.
12 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 22, 1738 - 1742, [xii] index, 438 p.
13 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 23, 1742 - 1745, [x] index, 327 p.
14 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 24, 1745 - 1749, [xii] index, 447 p.
14 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 25, 1749 - 1752 c, [xii] index, 321 p.
15 ILL available Deeds etc., [No] 26, 1752 - 1754 c, [xii] index, 445 p.
16 ILL available Deed Book No. 27, 1754 - 1757, [xii] index, p. 3-338.
17 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 28, 1757 - 1761, [xi] index, 335 p.
17 ILL available Deeds No. 29, 1761 - 1765, [xii] 356 p.
18 ILL available Deed Book No. 30, 1765 - 1772, [xxiii] index, p. 7-546
19 ILL available Deed Book No. 31, 1772 - 1780, [xxvi] index, p. 39-547, [1]
20 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 32, 1781 - 1786, [1], [xi] index, 440 p.
20 ILL available Deed Book No. 33, 1786 - 1793 c, [xii] index, 500 p.
21 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 34, 1793 - 1798, [iii] index, 544 p.
22 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 35, 1798 - 1802, [v] index, 528 p.
23 ILL available Deeds etc., No. 36, 1802 - 1805, [vii] index, 528 p.
24 ILL available Deeds No. 37, 1805 - 1810, [v] index, 632 p.
25 ILL available Deeds No. 38, 1810 - 1814, [xxii] index, [2], 448 p.
26 ILL available Deeds No. 39, 1812 - 1819, [xxxiii] index, [1], [vi] duplicate index, [1], 728 p.
27 ILL available Deed Book No. 40, 1819 - 1823, [vi] index, 528 p.
28 ILL available Deeds No. 41, 1823 - 1826, [v] index 538 p.
29 ILL available Deed Book No. 42, 1826 - 1829, [xxviii] index, [1], 655 p.
30 ILL available Deed Book No. 43, 1829 - 1831, [xi] index, 598 p.
31 ILL available Deed Book No. 44, 1832 - 1835, [xvi] index, [xi] duplicate index, 538 p.
32 ILL available Deed Book No. 45, 1835 - 1838, [viii] index, 472 p.
33 ILL available Deed Book No. 46, 1838 - 1840, [3] [xxxii] index, 544 p.
34 ILL available Deed Book No. 47, 1840 - 1843, [1], [xiii] index, [1], 520 p.
35 ILL available Deed Book No. 48, 1843 - 1845, 469 p.
36 ILL available Deed Book No. 49, 1845 - 1850, [1], [xxi] index, [2], 734 p.
37 ILL available Deed Book No. 50, 1850 - 1856, [xxviii] index, 857 p.
38 ILL available Deed Book No. 51, 1856 - 1867, [xxviii] index, 786 p.
138 a ILL available Deed Book 52, 1867-1876, index, 1037 p.
139 ILL available Deed Book 53, 1876-1882, index, 800 p.
140 ILL available Deed Book 54, 1882-1887, index, 796 p.
140 ILL available Deed Book 55, 1887-1890, index, 604 p.
139 ILL available Deed Book 56, 1890-1892, index, 500 p.
141 ILL available Deed Book 57, 1892-1895, index, 499 p.
141 ILL available Deed Book 58, 1895-1899, index, 498 p.
142 ILL available Deed Book 59, 1897-1899, index, 499 p.
142 ILL available Deed Book 60, 1899-1901, index, 507 p.
39 ILL available General Index to Deeds 1, 1791 - 1867
137 ILL available General Index to Deeds 1, 1791 - 1867
146 ILL available General Index to Deeds 2, 1867-1904 (A-T), pp. 1-435.
137 ILL available General Index to Deeds 2, 1867-1904 (T-Z) (continued), pp. 434-523.
146 ILL available General Index to Deeds 3, 1904-1936 - Grantees (continued), pp. 350-560.
146 ILL available General Index to Deeds 3, 1904-1936 - Grantors, 577 p.
39 ILL available General Index to Deeds, C, 1722 - 1798
39 ILL available General Index to Wills and Deeds B, 1691 - 1722, p. 1-457: Index to volumes covering period 1695 - 1722, p. 458-460: Index to Wills, 1692 - 1695, found in Orders, Etc., No. 1 [Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1692 - 1695, on Reel 1. Page references in the General Index are to the pagination of the originals; however, the references also apply to the transcripts for the period 1692 - 1700, as these transcripts preserve the pagination of the originals by numbers in parentheses.
143 ILL available Inventories, Accounts, Sales, and Reports of Settlements of Trustees Under Deeds of Trusts, Vol. 1, 1889-1923 (continued), index, pp. 174-387.
138 ILL available Inventories, Accounts, Sales, and Reports of Settlements of Trustees Under Deeds of Trusts, Vol. 2, 1924-1940, index, 79 p.
109 ILL available Land Trials, 1711 - 1716, 1715 - 1741 c, Pt. 1, unpaged index, p. 1-20; Pt. 2, p. 1-207
110 ILL available Land Trials, 1741 - 1760 c, [xx] index, p. 3-220
110 ILL available Land Trials, 1790 - 1818, 166 p.
ILL available NOTE: For Grantor and Grantee indexes to Essex deeds, 1692 - 1700, see also Alvin T. Embrey's Index of Records of Old Rappahannock, 1654 - 1692, & Essex, 1692 - 1700, which is with the film of Old Rappahannock County on Reels Nos. 15-18.
144 ILL available Oyster Plat Book 1, 1892-1903, index, 100 p.
144 ILL available Oyster Plat Book 2, 1903-1924, index, 88 p.
144 ILL available Oyster Plat Book 3, 1925-1959, index, 159 p.
144 ILL available Oyster Plat Book 4, 1959-1978, index, 133 p.
144 ILL available Plat Book 12, 1977-1978, index, 50 p.
145 ILL available Plat Book 1A, 1849-1913, 123 p.
145 ILL available Plat Book 1B, 1820-1850, index, 51 p.
145 ILL available Plat Book 2, 1914-1926, index, 167 p.
145 ILL available Plat Book 3, 1926-1931, index, 205 p.
145 ILL available Plat Book 4, 1932-1940, index, pp. 1-101.
108 ILL available Processioners Returns, 1796 - 1814, p. 1-276, [2], 277-279
108 ILL available Processioners Returns, 1816 - 1837 [1816 - 1820, 1824 - 1825, 1831, 1837], 1-152 p., 153-468 fo., 469-488 p.
133 ILL available Processioners Returns, 1816 - 1837 [1816 - 1820, 1824 - 1825, 1831, 1837], 1-152 p., 153-468 fo., 469-488 p.
108 ILL available Processioners Returns, 1843 - 1856, [1], 345 p.
133 ILL available Processioners Returns, 1843 - 1856, [1], 345 p.
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  Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
136 ILL available Index to Births, 1856-1917
136 ILL available Index to Register of Deaths, 1856-1916, unpaged.
136 ILL available Index to Register of Marriages, 1804-1853, unpaged.
113 ILL available Marriage Bonds, 1804-1812, No index
114 ILL available Marriage Bonds, 1812-1821, No index
115 ILL available Marriage Bonds, 1822-1830, No index
116 ILL available Marriage Bonds, 1831-1839, No index
117 ILL available Marriage Bonds, 1840-1848, No index
118 ILL available Marriage Bonds, 1848-1850, No index
103 ILL available Marriage Register 1, 1804 - 1921, 270(a) folios (Marriage Bonds 1804 are listed on p. 222)
136 ILL available Marriage Register 1, 1804 - 1921, 270(a) folios (Marriage Bonds 1804 are listed on p. 222)
136 ILL available Marriage Register 1, 1804-1892, pp. 1-109.
138 ILL available Marriage Register 1, 1892-1921 (continued), pp. 109-270.
143 ILL available Marriage Register 2, 1922-1934, index, 537 p.
138 ILL available Marriage Register, 1854-1860 (includes Free Persons of Color)
457 ILL available Ministers' Returns, 1850, 1854, 13 p.
103 ILL available Register of Births, 1856 - 1916, 190 folios
135 ILL available Register of Births, 1856 - 1916, 190 folios
103 ILL available Register of Deaths, 1856 - 1916, 69 folios
136 ILL available Register of Deaths, 1856 - 1916, 69 folios
138 ILL available Register of Marriage Bonds, 1804-1853
120 ILL available Register of Marriage Licenses, 1850-1860.
132 ILL available Register of Marriage Licenses, 1850-1860.
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  Military and Pension Records
112 ILL available Record of Confederate Veterans and County Involvement, 1861-1909, indexes, 184 p.
455 ILL available Record of Confederate Veterans and County Involvement, 1861-1909, indexes, 184 p.
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  Organization Records
112 ILL available Daughters of the Confederacy Records, 1898 - 1948, Unpaged index, p. 3-242
138 ILL available Records of the Essex Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1903-1932
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  School Records
455 ILL available District Clerk's Returns of School Census, 1910.
455 ILL available District Clerk's Returns of School Census, 1915.
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  Wills
FOR WILLS PRIOR TO 1717 SEE ALSO County Court AND Land Records
   Will Subgroup
134 ILL available Wills No. 1, 1665-1677, index, 224 p. (Old Rappahannock County)
134 ILL available Wills No. 2, 1677-1682, index, 180 p. (Old Rappahannock County)
455 ILL available Will Book, 1681-1691. (Old Rappahannock County)
40 ILL available Wills, Inventories, Settlements of Estates, No. 3, 1717 - 1721 c, Unpaged index, 328 p.
40 ILL available Wills, Bonds, Inventories, No. 4, 1722 - 1730, Pt. 1 c, Part 1, unpaged index, p. 1-203
40 ILL available Wills, Bonds, Inventories, No. 4, 1722 - 1730, Pt. 2 c, Pt. 2, p. 204-414
41 ILL available Wills No. 5, 1730 - 1735 c, 428 p.
42 ILL available Wills No. 6, 1735 - 1743, [xii] index, 443 p.
43 ILL available Wills No. 7, 1743 - 1747 c (Contains Inventories), [1], unpaged index, 533 p.
44 ILL available Wills No. 8, 1747 - 1750 c, [xxi] index, [1], 430 p.
45 ILL available Will Book No. 9, 1750 - 1754 c, [iv] index, p. 9-345
45 ILL available Wills No. 10, 1754 - 1756 c, [vii] index, 165 [9] p.
46 ILL available Wills No. 11, 1757 - 1762 c, [xi] index, 434 p.
47 ILL available Wills No. 12, 1762 - 1775 c, Unpaged index, 625 p.
48 ILL available Wills No. 13, 1775 - 1785 c, [vii] index, 532 p.
48 ILL available Will Book No. 14, 1786 - 1792 c, [viii] index, 357 p.
49 ILL available Will Book No. 15, 1792 - 1800, [xii] index, 555 p.
50 ILL available Wills No. 16, 1800 - 1806, [vii] index, 444 p.
51 ILL available Wills No. 17, 1806 - 1814, [1], [xxv] index, 530 p.
52 ILL available Wills No. 18, 1814 - 1816, [viii] index, 538 p.
53 ILL available Wills No. 19, 1816 - 1823, [vii] index, 428 p.
54 ILL available Wills No. 20, 1824 - 1826, [xviii] index, 419 p.
55 ILL available Wills No. 21, 1826 - 1829, [iv] index, 424 p.
56 ILL available Wills No. 22, 1829 - 1832, [vi] index, 509 p.
57 ILL available Will Book No. 23, 1832 - 1836, [xxv] index, [1], 471 p.
58 ILL available Will Book No. 24, 1836 - 1842, [x] index, [2], 722 p.
59 ILL available Wills No. 25 1842 - 1846, [1], [xii] index, [1], 515 p.
60 ILL available Will Book No. 26, 1846 - 1851, [xvii] index, 679 p.
61 ILL available Will Book No. 27, 1851 - 1858, [1], [xxv] index, 805 p.
62 ILL available Will Book No. 28, 1858 - 1868, Unpaged index, 792 p.
147 ILL available Will Book No. 29, 1868-1877, index, 827 p.
148 ILL available Will Book No. 30, 1880-1896, index, 966 p.
148 ILL available Will Book No. 31, 1897-1899, index, pp. 1-201.
121 ILL available Will Book No. 31, 1899-1904 (continued), pp. 200-481.
ILL not available FOR GENERAL INDEX TO WILLS, 1691 - 1722 SEE GENERAL INDEX TO WILLS AND DEEDS B, 1691 - 1722 (REEL 39)
129 ILL available General Index to Wills and Deeds, 1721-1798, (continued), pp. 102-296 (typed)
121 ILL available General Index to Wills and Fiduciary Accounts 1, 1717-1901, 512 p.
135 ILL available General Index to Wills and Fiduciary Accounts, 1904-1978, 492 p.
63 ILL available General Index to Wills No. 1, 1717 - 1903.
ILL not available NOTE: For Devisor and Devisee Indexes to Essex Wills, 1692-1700 see Alvin T. Emrey's Index to Records of Old Rappahannock, 1654-1692, & Essex, 1692-1700 (Old Rappahannock County Reels Nos. 15-18)
136 ILL available Wills, 1809-1823 (Superior Court of Law), 13 p.
64 ILL available Wills, Bonds, Inventories & Accounts, 1834 - 1902, [1], [xi] index, [1], 173 p.
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138 ILL available Crop Lien Docket 1, 1931-1959, index, 37 p.
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