Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Use microfilm copies, Accomack County (Va.) Reels 346-347

Preferred Citation

Accomack County (Va.) Port of Entry Books, 1778-1793. Local Government Records Collection, Accomack County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Accomack County.

Microfilm reels were generated by Backstage Library Works through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.

Historical Information

Accomack County was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. One of the original eight shires established in 1634, Accomac County (spelled without a k) became Northampton County in 1643. The present country was formed from Northampton about 1663. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the county's present spelling.

Scope and Content

Accomack County (Va.) Port of Entry Books, 1778-1793, consist of 2 volumes that record the arrival of ships to Virginia's Eastern Shore ports located in Accomack County. Each entry includes the date each ship arrived, it's name, the ship's most recent port of departure, the type of vessel (schooner, sloop, etc), the ship's size, where it was built, the name and citizenship of the ship's master and owners, and some entries include a brief description of it's cargo.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Related Material

Additional Accomack County Court records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Accomack County (Va.). Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Cargo ships -- Virginia -- Accomack County.
• Masters of ships -- Virginia -- Accomack County.
• Schooners -- Virginia -- Accomack County.
• Ships -- Virginia -- Accomack County.
• Sloops -- Virginia -- Accomack County.

Geographical Names:

• Accomack County -- History -- 18th century

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records -- Virginia -- Accomack County.
• Merchant vessels -- Virginia -- Accomack County.
• Ports -- Virginia -- Accomack County.

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