Books by Sam Sparacio

Records generally include the full names of all persons involved in the transaction (grantor, grantee, witnesses, and court officials), sum paid, description and location of property, date of transaction and date recorded.

Deed and will books typically contain records of land transactions plus leases, mortgages, bills of sale, slave manumissions, powers of attorney, estate settlements, and more. Deed and will books are a main staple in genealogy research to determine family relationships.This volume contains entries from Essex County Deed & Will Book 1699-1701, June 8, 1699, through March 10, 1700/1. Originally published in 1991, reprinted 2016

Deed books typically contain records of land transactions plus leases, mortgages, bills of sale, slave manumissions, and powers of attorney. Deed books are a main staple in genealogy research to determine family relationships. This volume contains entries from Albemarle County Deed Book No. 12, 1795-1798, beginning on page 83 and ending on page 264 for courts held April 1796 through June 1797.

This volume contains records of "Deeds, Bonds & Letters of Attorney" from Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 19, 1728-1733, beginning on page 1 through page 441, for courts held 18 March 1728 through 17 July 1733. Records generally include the full names of all persons involved in the transaction (grantor, grantee, witnesses, and court officials), sum paid, description and location of property, date of transaction and date recorded. An every-name, place and subject index adds to the value of this work.

This volume contains records from Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 26, 1752-1754, beginning on page 1 through page 334, for courts held 21 April 1752 through 16 October 1753. "The beginning of this book contains the remainder of Essex County Deed Book No. 25, 1749-1752." The records in this section begin on page 274a through page 321, for courts held 7 June 1752 through 9 December 1752. Records generally include the full names of all persons involved in the transaction (grantor, grantee, witnesses, and court officials), sum paid, description and location of property, date of transaction and date recorded. An every-name, place and subject index adds to the value of this work.

County court order books contain records of all matters brought before the court while in session. The information contained in these records may not appear elsewhere. The order books typically provide a synopsis of court cases in a relatively organized format. Records you may find include appointments of local officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes, appointments of guardians for minors, apprenticeships of minors authorized by overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and the register of free Negroes. This volume contains entries from Westmoreland County Order Book 1718-1721 beginning on page 344 and ending on page 405 for courts held May 28, 1718 through 31 May 1721. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.