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 Richmond County Deed Book 7, 1714-1720 beginning on page 99 and ending on page 273 for Courts held March 7, 1715, through April 2, 1718. Originally printed in 1993, reprinted 2016

Deed books typically contain records of land transactions, leases, mortgages, bills of sale, powers of attorney, marriage contracts, and other documents of genealogical interest. This volume contains entries from Deed Book No. 8, 1720-1733, beginning on page 102 and ending on page 120 for courts held 7 March 1721/2 through 2 February 1725.

The bulk of what is presented here are abstracts of items found in Richmond County Deed Books 9 (1734-1741) through 13 (1768-1774). This main run of abstracts continues where previous publication of deed transcripts, by Ruth and Sam Sparacio, ended with Deed Book 8, which concluded with a court term in March 1734. Deed Books 9 and 10, for 1734-1750, were abstracted by T.L.C. Genealogy, but are chiefly found only in libraries and are no longer available for purchase; that period is replicated in this series. In addition, included here are abstracts of a group of deeds and indentures, for 1726-1749, recorded in Account Book 1, 1724-1783, which do not appear in any deed book. The period covered here is early enough that many of the placenames have now morphed into different spellings or names entirely. These records reveal changes in parish and county names and boundaries. Many records detail a chain of title, some for more than fifty years, that links to a patent or grant. Other items refer to papers of the General Court (see Index entry), but the records of Virginia's colonial government have, for the most part, been destroyed. Several deeds refer to Last Will and Testaments, recorded previous to 1699, that are now lost from the records of Richmond County, and in some instances may be referred to in an early Order Book. Also of interest is Deed Book 13 where may be found a description of roads (from point A to point B) and a list of persons appointed to keep each road in repair. For all intents and purposes, these lists show who lived along each of the roads described. From this one might be better equipped to build a neighborhood! Numerous maps and an index to full-names, places, and subjects add to the value of this work. 2021, 81/2x11, paper, index, 320 pp

Entries from Richmond County Deed Book No. 6, 1711-1714, pages 194-274, January 6, 1713, through September 1, 1714. Pages 53, 54 & 55 of this book have some Marriages of Richmond County for 1709, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1715, and 1716.