Southampton County (Va.) Will Books, 1749-1782

Southampton County (Va.) Circuit Court

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Southampton County was named, in the opinion of many authorities, for Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton and treasurer of the London Company from 1620 to 1624. It is more likely, however, that the county was named for the borough of Southampton in England. Southampton County was formed in 1749 from Isle of Wight County, and part of Nansemond County was added later. In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Virginia, the term "tithable" referred to a person who pai...

Southampton County (Va.) County Court.

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