Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Northampton County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1729-1885. Local government records collection, Northampton County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These records came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Northampton County.

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.) Military and Pension Records, 1729-1885, consist of Revolutionry War Certificates of Service, military bounty land warrants, warrant to enlist men to serve in French and Indian War, 1755, militia fines, militia oaths, commissioner reports to purchase arms, 1861, and miscellaneous military and pension records.

Related Material

Additional Northampton County 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:

• Northampton County (Va.) Circuit Court

Subjects:

• Military pensions -- Virginia -- Northampton County
• Veterans -- Virginia -- Northampton County

Geographical Names:

• Northampton County -- History.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records -- Virginia -- Northampton County

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