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Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2013. Soft cover. New. No Jacket By: Catherine Lindsay Knorr, Pub. 1957, Reprinted 2013, 142 pgs, Index, ISBN #0-89308-259-7. Halifax County was formed in 1752 from Lunenburg County. The territory at that time included present Pittsylvania, Henry, and Patrick Counties. It is surrounded by Mecklenburg, Charlotte, Campbell, Pittsylvania Counties and the state of North Carolina. This whole area of southside Virginia is one of the most important areas of the state during this pre-1800 time period because of the major migrations across this portion of Virginia into North Carolina and South Carolina, as well as into other states to the west.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2013. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. By: Catherine Lindsay Knorr, Pub. 1957, Reprinted 2013, 142 pgs, Index, ISBN #0-89308-259-7. Halifax County was formed in 1752 from Lunenburg County. The territory at that time included present Pittsylvania, Henry, and Patrick Counties. It is surrounded by Mecklenburg, Charlotte, Campbell, Pittsylvania Counties and the state of North Carolina. This whole area of southside Virginia is one of the most important areas of the state during this pre-1800 time period because of the major migrations across this portion of Virginia into North Carolina and South Carolina, as well as into other states to the west.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2016. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. By: Wirt J. Carrington, Pub. 1924, Reprinted 2016, 560 pages, New Index, Hard Cover, ISBN #0-89308-497-2. According to most scholars and historians, this is probably the best and most complete history of Halifax County to be found. Halifax County was formed in 1752 from Lunenburg County. The territory at that time included present Pittsylvania, Henry, and Patrick Counties. It is surrounded by Mecklenburg, Charlotte, Campbell, Pittsylvania Counties and the state of North Carolina. This whole area of Southside Virginia is one of the most important areas of the state during this pre-1800 time period because of the major migrations across this portion of Virginia into North Carolina and South Carolina, as well as into other states to the west. This book begins with the formation and origins of the county, followed by miscellaneous extracts from Court records such as Deeds. Next comes a history of the town of South Boston after which a… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2016. Hardcover. New. No Jacket By: Wirt J. Carrington, Pub. 1924, Reprinted 2016, 560 pages, New Index, Hard Cover, ISBN #0-89308-497-2. According to most scholars and historians, this is probably the best and most complete history of Halifax County to be found. Halifax County was formed in 1752 from Lunenburg County. The territory at that time included present Pittsylvania, Henry, and Patrick Counties. It is surrounded by Mecklenburg, Charlotte, Campbell, Pittsylvania Counties and the state of North Carolina. This whole area of Southside Virginia is one of the most important areas of the state during this pre-1800 time period because of the major migrations across this portion of Virginia into North Carolina and South Carolina, as well as into other states to the west. This book begins with the formation and origins of the county, followed by miscellaneous extracts from Court records such as Deeds. Next comes a history of the town of South Boston after which a… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2019, (1794-1805 Part 2): 348 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-768-8. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. The Superior Court of the county had jurisdiction over all criminal matters, civil cases, appeals from Inferior Court decisions and Justice's Courts, divorces, grand juries, naturalizations, and registration of land deeds.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1997. Hardcover. New. No Jacket By: Helen & Tim Marsh, Pub. 1997, 348 pages, Hard Cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-662-2. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. This book contains abstracts of Deed Books A-E which covers the years 1794-1802. This book should be quite useful as all federal census for Georgia were lost from 1790-1820.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Book. New. Soft cover. By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2018, 194 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-835-8. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. The Inferior Court tried any civil case except those involving title to land. The court had jurisdiction over county business matters, such as care for the poor, building and maintaining the courthouse, jails, roads bridges and ferries, issuing liquor licenses, nominating justices of the peace, performing naturalizations, appointing guardians, authorizing apprenticeships & indentures, maintaining a register of wills and administering county funds. The Clerk of the Inferior Court kept minutes of the foregoing proceedings--every one of which places individuals in Hancock County at a particular point in time..

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2019, (1794-1805 Part 1): 348 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-757-2. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. The Superior Court of the county had jurisdiction over all criminal matters, civil cases, appeals from Inferior Court decisions and Justice's Courts, divorces, grand juries, naturalizations, and registration of land deeds.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Book. New. Soft cover. By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2019, (1794-1805 Part 1): 348 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-757-2. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. The Superior Court of the county had jurisdiction over all criminal matters, civil cases, appeals from Inferior Court decisions and Justices Courts, divorces, grand juries, naturalizations, and registration of land deeds..

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Book. New. Soft cover. By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2019, (1794-1805 Part 2): 348 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-768-8. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. The Superior Court of the county had jurisdiction over all criminal matters, civil cases, appeals from Inferior Court decisions and Justices Courts, divorces, grand juries, naturalizations, and registration of land deeds..

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2019, (1794-1805 Part 1): 348 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-757-2. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. The Superior Court of the county had jurisdiction over all criminal matters, civil cases, appeals from Inferior Court decisions and Justice's Courts, divorces, grand juries, naturalizations, and registration of land deeds.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2019, (1794-1805 Part 2): 348 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-768-8. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. The Superior Court of the county had jurisdiction over all criminal matters, civil cases, appeals from Inferior Court decisions and Justice's Courts, divorces, grand juries, naturalizations, and registration of land deeds.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2018, 194 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-835-8. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. The Inferior Court tried any civil case except those involving title to land. The court had jurisdiction over county business matters, such as care for the poor, building and maintaining the courthouse, jails, roads bridges and ferries, issuing liquor licenses, nominating justices of the peace, performing naturalizations, appointing guardians, authorizing apprenticeships & indentures, maintaining a register of wills and administering county funds. The Clerk of the Inferior Court kept minutes of the foregoing proceedings--every one of which places individuals in Hancock County at a particular point in time.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2019. Soft cover. New. By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2018, 194 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-835-8. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. The Inferior Court tried any civil case except those involving title to land. The court had jurisdiction over county business matters, such as care for the poor, building and maintaining the courthouse, jails, roads bridges and ferries, issuing liquor licenses, nominating justices of the peace, performing naturalizations, appointing guardians, authorizing apprenticeships & indentures, maintaining a register of wills and administering county funds. The Clerk of the Inferior Court kept minutes of the foregoing proceedings--every one of which places individuals in Hancock County at a particular point in time.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1997. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. By: Helen & Tim Marsh, Pub. 1997, 348 pages, Hard Cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-662-2. Hancock County was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties. It is surrounded by present day counties of: Baldwin, Greene, Glascock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, and Washington. This book contains abstracts of Deed Books A-E which covers the years 1794-1802. This book should be quite useful as all federal census for Georgia were lost from 1790-1820.

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1998. Book. New. Hardcover. By: William R. Cocke III, Pub. 1940, Reprinted 1998, 224 pages, Hard Cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-287-2. Here is a book that any researcher MUST have if he or she is researching in this BURNED county. Hanover County was created in 1721 from New Kent County and in turn the western portion of Hanover County was carved off to give way to Louisa County in 1742. Over 250 families are mentioned at some length in this book. There are 147 Wills or abstracts contained therein , many of them brought to light for the first time after painstaking research by the author. In the treatment and presentation of these ¿Notes¿, which are abstracts of bills & petitions, deeds, power of Attorney, administrators accounts, depositions, receipts and letters mentioning approximately 7,000 individuals. The objective was to extract every detail of genealogical, biographical and historical importance and to arrange when convenient alphabetically in… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2014. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. By: Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, Orig. Pub. 1940, Reprinted 2014, 694 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-829-3 Here is a book that any researcher MUST" have if he or she is researching in this "BURNED" county. Hanover County was created in 1721 from New Kent County and in turn the western portion of Hanover County was carved off to give way to Louisa County in 1742. When the parishes were formed by the General Assembly of Virginia the Vestries were assigned some of the civil administrative functions and all such civil functions were official in nature and the records of actions taken were recorded in the vestry books. Such records contained in the Vestry book among other things are things like: upkeep of bastard children; payment for the upkeep of the ferry; prosecution of fornicators; appointment of road work crews; apprentice young people to others in the parish for training in crafts or other livelihoods; providing clothing

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2014. Book. New. Soft cover. By: Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, Orig. Pub. 1940, Reprinted 2014, 694 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-829-3 Here is a book that any researcher MUST have if he or she is researching in this BURNED county. Hanover County was created in 1721 from New Kent County and in turn the western portion of Hanover County was carved off to give way to Louisa County in 1742. When the parishes were formed by the General Assembly of Virginia, the Vestries were assigned some of the civil administrative functions and all such civil functions were official in nature and the records of actions taken were recorded in the vestry books. Such records contained in the Vestry book among other things are things like: upkeep of bastard children; payment for the upkeep of the ferry; prosecution of fornicators; appointment of road work crews; apprentice young people to others in the parish for training in crafts or other livelihoods; providing clothing, food and shelter… Read More

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1998. Hardcover. New. No Jacket By: William R. Cocke III, Pub. 1940, Reprinted 1998, 224 pages, Hard Cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-287-2. Here is a book that any researcher MUST" have if he or she is researching in this "BURNED" county. Hanover County was created in 1721 from New Kent County and in turn the western portion of Hanover County was carved off to give way to Louisa County in 1742. Over 250 families are mentioned at some length in this book. There are 147 Wills or abstracts contained therein

Southern Historical Press, Inc., 2014. Soft cover. New. No Jacket By: Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, Orig. Pub. 1940, Reprinted 2014, 694 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-829-3 Here is a book that any researcher MUST" have if he or she is researching in this "BURNED" county. Hanover County was created in 1721 from New Kent County and in turn the western portion of Hanover County was carved off to give way to Louisa County in 1742. When the parishes were formed by the General Assembly of Virginia