Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Northampton County(Va.) Ended Causes, Court Causes, and Sundry Papers, 1813-1909. Local government records collection, Northampton County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Northampton County and Accession Number 44020.

Historical Information

Northampton County was named probably for the English county, of which Obedience Robins, a prominent early resident of the Eastern Shore, was a native. The county, which originally included all of the peninsula south of Maryland and which was one of the eight shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634, was first called Accomack. The General Assembly changed the name to Northampton County in 1643. Accomack County was created from Northampton County about 1663, but in October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited the two counties as Northampton County. In November 1673, Accomack County was again separated from Northampton. The county seat is Eastville.

Scope and Content

Northampton County (Va.) Ended Causes, Court Causes, and Sundry Papers, 1813-1909, consist mostly of civil suits related to matters of debt and criminal suits also known as commonwealth causes. Interfiled are other court papers such as criminal causes, fiduciary records, jury records, tax and fiscal records, marriage records, bonds, deeds, wills, and other court papers. Not every record type will be found in every bundle of papers.

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

Additional Northampton 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."

Pre-1813 Northampton County Court Records are available at the Library of Virginia.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Northampton County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Civil procedure--Virginia--Northampton County.
• Crime--Virginia--Northampton County.
• Debt--Virginia--Northampton County.

Geographical Names:

• Northampton County(Va.) -- History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Criminal records--Virginia--Northampton County.
• Judicial records--Virginia--Northampton County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Northampton County.

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