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Some examples of abstracts of early probate records are:  
Some examples of abstracts of early probate records are:  


Torrence, Clayton. ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. 1930. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=540441&disp=Virginia+wills+and+administrations%2C+16%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P22t]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=371231&disp=Virginia+wills+and+administrations%2C+16%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29274].)  
*Torrence, Clayton. ''Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. 1930. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=540441&disp=Virginia+wills+and+administrations%2C+16%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P22t]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=371231&disp=Virginia+wills+and+administrations%2C+16%20%20&columns=*,0,0 29274].)  
 
*Hopkins, William Lindsay. ''Some Wills from Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in the Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=537823&disp=Some+wills+from+the+burned+counties+of+V%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P2h].)  
Hopkins, William Lindsay. ''Some Wills from Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in the Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800''. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=537823&disp=Some+wills+from+the+burned+counties+of+V%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P2h].)  
*Currer-Briggs, Noel. ''Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers, Abstracts of Wills, 1484-1798, and Legal Proceedings, 1560-1700, Relating to Early Virginia Families''. Three volumes in one. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1970. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=78100&disp=Virginia+settlers+and+English+adventurer%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P2cb].)  
 
*McGhan, Judith. ''Virginia Will Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=488373&disp=Virginia+will+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P2v].) Excerpted and reprinted from ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', the ''William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine'', and ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''.
Currer-Briggs, Noel. ''Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers, Abstracts of Wills, 1484-1798, and Legal Proceedings, 1560-1700, Relating to Early Virginia Families''. Three volumes in one. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1970. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=78100&disp=Virginia+settlers+and+English+adventurer%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P2cb].)  
 
McGhan, Judith. ''Virginia Will Records''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=488373&disp=Virginia+will+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P2v].) Excerpted and reprinted from ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', the ''William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine'', and ''Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine''.  


A helpful inventory of probate records at the Library of Virginia is:  
A helpful inventory of probate records at the Library of Virginia is:  


Vogt, John, and T. William Kethley, Jr. ''Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, 1987. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=478868&disp=Will+and+estate+records+in+the+Virginia+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P23v].)  
*Vogt, John, and T. William Kethley, Jr. ''Will and Estate Records in the Virginia State Library: A Researcher's Guide''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, 1987. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=478868&disp=Will+and+estate+records+in+the+Virginia+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 P23v].)


=== Online Resources  ===
=== Online Resources  ===


http://www.gunstonhall.org/probate/inventory.htmCampbell County Probate Records Will&nbsp;of&nbsp; Vincent Snow&nbsp;Campbell County Virginia Court Order July 1829<br>Snow Vincent<br>
[http://www.gunstonhall.org/probate/inventory.htm http://www.gunstonhall.org/probate/inventory.htm] Campbell County Probate Records Will&nbsp;of&nbsp; Vincent Snow&nbsp;Campbell County Virginia Court Order July 1829<br>Snow Vincent<br>


[http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/ Chancery Records Index] (search online database with digital images)<br>&nbsp;
[http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/ Chancery Records Index] (search online database with digital images)<br>&nbsp;  


http://files.usgwarchives.org/va/campbell/courts/snow1.txt
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== References  ==
== References  ==


''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Virginia.ASP Virginia Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Virginia.ASP Virginia Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
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