Virginia County Records

The Glazebrooks succeeded in extracting those documents pertaining to Hanover County that survived the burning of Richmond in April 1865 and that were not published in William Ronald Cocke's Hanover County Chancery Wills and Notes. The surviving materials consist of a great many deeds, wills, inventories, accounts, letters, depositions, etc., pertaining to Hanover County for the colonial and early Federal periods. Many of the suits, in particular, stem from the period prior to the French and Indian War. One of the richest sources examined by the Glazebrooks were the files of the United States District Court at Richmond. With references to nearly 5,000 early inhabitants of Hanover County, this hard-to-find sourcebook will unquestionably be in great demand among researchers.

Vol. 1, new series, was edited by the late William Armstrong Crozier and published posthumously by Mrs. Wm. Armstrong Crozier.

Vol. 1, new series, was edited by the late William Armstrong Crozier and published posthumously by Mrs. Wm. Armstrong Crozier.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

This work is a faithful transcription of the oldest surviving court records for Lower Norfolk County. Virtually all of the entries have the virtue of placing one or more settlers in Lower Norfolk County early in the 17th century.