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Accomack County (Va.) Executor, Administrator, and Orphan bond books, 1727-1790. Local Government Records Collection, Accomack County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Accomack County.
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.
Accomack County (Va.) Executor, Administrator, and Orphan bond books, 1727-1790, consists of one Executor and Administrator bond book, 1727-1728; three Executor bond books, 1771, 1777, 1780; and one Orphan bond book, 1766, 1788-1790. Executors and administrators were required to take out a bond with the justices of the court in order to guarantee proper execution of their positions. The obligation was made binding by a money guarantee. The bonds show the names of the administrator or executor and their sureties, the date, amount and condition of the obligation, name of the orphan, and signatures.
Arranged chronologically.
Additional Accomack Fiduciary records can by found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia web site.