Spotsylvania County, Virginia Order Book Abstracts 1730-1732

Order books contain records of all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. A wide variety of information is found in order books including appointments of county officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes heard before the county court, appointments of guardians, apprenticeships of children by the overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and registrations of free Negroes.


Entries from Spotsylvania County Order Book 1730-1738 beginning on page 1 and ending on page 138 for Courts held November 3, 1730, through August 2, 1732. Originally printed in 1990, reprinted 2016