Grayson County, Virginia Genealogical References

Download or read book Grayson County, Virginia Genealogical References written by Brendon S. Burns and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One volume of genealogical references was not nearly enough. There were fifteen years of chancery suits that were unable to fit teh first volume. There were plenty of other court orders pertaining to exemptions, guardianships, removals, and illegitimate children. There were quite a few more references to include! Volume two covers much of teh same territory as teh first volume of genealogical references! included are all references to administrations and executorships on estates that were recorded in the court order books between 1793 and 1870. Additionally, chancery records containing familial information between 1855 and 1870 are included, in addition to more land records and pensions. New sources mined for this book include the records of teh Mount Pleasant Monthly Meeting, the lists of free blacks and mulattos in the county from 1837, 1839-40, and also for teh years 1856 and 1857. If you are looking for something that was not in teh first volume of genealogical references, uou'll want to look through this volume!-- back cover