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===Records=== | ===Records=== | ||
'''Finding the Records'''. Lists of headright grants and the names of persons brought to Virginia from 1623 to 1732 were recorded in the county court records and in the secretary of the colony's records. The [[Library of Virginia]] has these records as well as other grant records and various card indexes. The [ | '''Finding the Records'''. Lists of headright grants and the names of persons brought to Virginia from 1623 to 1732 were recorded in the county court records and in the secretary of the colony's records. The [[Library of Virginia]] has these records as well as other grant records and various card indexes. The [[Family History Library]] has microfilm copies of: | ||
'''Patents, 1623-1774''', 42 volumes; Index, Land Patents, [to] volumes 1-42. {{FHL|584564|item|disp=FHL Film 29318 (first of 43 films); index on Film 29308}}. See below for 1775-1776 and 1779-1781. | '''Patents, 1623-1774''', 42 volumes; Index, Land Patents, [to] volumes 1-42. {{FHL|584564|item|disp=FHL Film 29318 (first of 43 films); index on Film 29308}}. See below for 1775-1776 and 1779-1781. | ||
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*Joyner, Peggy Shomo. ''Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys''. (1653-1781) 5 vols. Portsmouth, Va.: P.S. Joyner, 1985-1987, 1995. {{FHL|476302|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 R2j v. 1-v. 5}}.<br> | *Joyner, Peggy Shomo. ''Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys''. (1653-1781) 5 vols. Portsmouth, Va.: P.S. Joyner, 1985-1987, 1995. {{FHL|476302|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 R2j v. 1-v. 5}}.<br> | ||
The [ | The [[Family History Library]] has several other publications of Virginia land records. These include lists of pre-Revolutionary landowners that have been transcribed and published in: | ||
*Foley, Louise P. H. ''Early Virginia Families Along the James River''. . . . Two Volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Louise P. H. Foley, 1974. {{FHL|76582|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 R2f; Film 1036802 item 5; Fiche 6046679}}. Helps locate pre-revolutionary families in Henrico, Goochland, Prince George, and Charles City counties. | *Foley, Louise P. H. ''Early Virginia Families Along the James River''. . . . Two Volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Louise P. H. Foley, 1974. {{FHL|76582|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 R2f; Film 1036802 item 5; Fiche 6046679}}. Helps locate pre-revolutionary families in Henrico, Goochland, Prince George, and Charles City counties. | ||
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Land transactions after the original patent was issued have been recorded in county deed books. Many independent cities in Virginia also kept their own records. The original deed books are kept in courthouses. You can obtain copies by contacting the appropriate clerk's office—usually the clerk of the circuit court. | Land transactions after the original patent was issued have been recorded in county deed books. Many independent cities in Virginia also kept their own records. The original deed books are kept in courthouses. You can obtain copies by contacting the appropriate clerk's office—usually the clerk of the circuit court. | ||
The [ | The [[Family History Library]] has microfilm copies of most pre-1880 deed books and indexes. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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