York County Virginia Wills Inventories and Court Orders 1728-1732

<p>Probate records include the name of the deceased the type of document dates of signing and probate heirs executors administrators and witnesses. The names of all slaves are included. Descriptions of real estate are generally transcribed in detail. Items in the inventory are described but not in great detail. The land records of York County consist primarily of deeds but the early land records sometimes served as a catch-all for recording events including powers of attorney patents articles of agreement acknowledgment of receipt of estate portion deeds of gift to family members contracts and quit claims.</p><p>This volume contains abstracts from Liber No. 16 (pages 546 to 622) and Liber No. 17. An index to full names and places completes this work.</p><p></p><p></p>