A Guide to the Norfolk County (Va.), Lists of Black and White Families, 1782-1783.
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the Library of Virginia
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Preferred Citation
Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Black and White Families, 1782-1783. Local government records collection, Chesapeake (City)/Norfolk County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from City of Chesapeake Circuit Court.
Historical Information
Norfolk County was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691. Now extinct, Norfolk County was incorporated into the city of Chesapeake in 1963.
Scope and Content
Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Black and White Families, 1782-1783. Consists of manuscript list of heads of households and the number of white and black residents of the household. Some lists include both free and enslaved persons while others include only free persons of color. These records are arranged with lists of tithables and taxable property for Norfolk County, but do not seem to have been collected for fiscal or taxation purposes, but simply as a head count. Accordingly, this separate inventory has been created for the records though they remain housed with the aforementioned tax and fiscal records.
Arrangement
The records are arranged chronologically by box.
Index Terms
- Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Freedmen-- Virginia -- Norfolk County.
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Norfolk County.
- Chesapeake (Va.) -- History.
- Norfolk County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
- Census records -- Virginia -- Norfolk County.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Norfolk County.
- Norfolk County (Va.) Circuit Court.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Chesapeake (Va.) -- History.
- Norfolk County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.