Around Surry County
Title | Around Surry County PDF eBook |
Author | Evelyn Scales Thompson, Ph.D. |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2012-09-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1439612978 |
From slavery in the 1800s to freedom in the 1950s, Black America Series: Around Surry County traces the footsteps of African Americans through their transition from house servants and field hands to land owners, farmers, and successful small business proprietors. This detailed pictorial history celebrates and honors the strong faith, courage, and determination of the Surry County area's black community.
Surry County, North Carolina, Wills, 1771-1827
Title | Surry County, North Carolina, Wills, 1771-1827 PDF eBook |
Author | Jo White Linn |
Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Com |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Surry County (N.C.) |
ISBN | 0806313463 |
Based on recorded wills and original wills at the North Carolina State Archives as well as "Loose Estate Papers" of intestates, these abstracts cover not only wills but powers of attorney, bonds, inventories, bills of sale, etc. Significantly, Surry County lay within the Granville Proprietary at its formation, and after Lord Granville's death in 1763 until 1778, the Proprietary land office did not reopen, making it very difficult--but for these will abstracts--for the present-day researcher to establish the residence of many individuals during that time period. What is more, as there are no extant marriage bonds for Surry County for the period 1771 to 1780, these will abstracts assume an importance out of all proportion to their customary value.
Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750
Title | Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750 PDF eBook |
Author | Eliza Timberlake Davis |
Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Com |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Surry County (Va.) |
ISBN | 0806308990 |
"This work is a compilation of abstracts of the earliest extant wills and administrations of Surry County, containing abstracts of over 1,250 wills and administrations, with upwards of 7,000 index entries. Typically the will abstracts provide the name of the testator, names of legatees, bequests, names of executors and witnesses, date of instrument, and date of probate. Administrations, of course, usually give the name of the administrator and the date of appointment."--Amazon.
Surry County Records, Surry County, Virginia, 1652-1684
Title | Surry County Records, Surry County, Virginia, 1652-1684 PDF eBook |
Author | Eliza Timberlake Davis |
Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Com |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Court records |
ISBN | 0806309040 |
Deriving from two volumes of court order books--the oldest extant records of Surry County--this work consists of abstracts of court proceedings and legal transactions and includes recordings of deeds, inventories, coroners' inquests, powers of attorney, and bills of sale. In short, this work encompasses all the public records of the newly created county, doubtless embracing references to some 6,000 persons listed in the index.
Early Virginia Families Along the James River: James City County, Surry County, Virginia
Title | Early Virginia Families Along the James River: James City County, Surry County, Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Com |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Charles City County (Va.) |
ISBN | 0806312858 |
Information was abstracted from land records and quit rent rolls.
Surry County Virginia Tithables, 1668-1703
Title | Surry County Virginia Tithables, 1668-1703 PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar McDonald |
Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Com |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Segraves Collection |
ISBN | 0806353589 |
Reprints. Lists originally published in the Magazine of Virginia genealogy, February 1984-August 1986; Interpreting headrights in Colonial-Virginia patents: uses and abuses originally published September 1987 in National Genealogical Society quarterly.
Surry County
Title | Surry County PDF eBook |
Author | Carolyn Boyles |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2000-10-30 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 1439627746 |
Founded in 1771 from parts of Rowan County, Surry County possesses a special charm and an engaging history in the northwest corner of the Tar Heel Statea heritage famous for rolling hills, autumn festivals, and the birthplace of Mayberry, which attracts countless tourists and visitors each season to the countys 15 townships. This volume, containing over 200 black-and-white images, transports readers into the Surry County of yesteryear, a time when the countys unpaved roads echoed with a cadence of noisy wagons matched with the sounds of early automobiles. Through these historic photographs, readers will explore the landscape of a bygone era, from the 1880s through the 1930s, and travel through each of the countys townships: Franklin, Bryan, Elkin, Marsh, Dobson, Stewarts Creek, Mount Airy, Eldora, Rockford, Siloam, Shoals, Pilot, Long Hill, Westfield, and South Westfield. Surry County uncovers the personal side of the countys history by touching upon many elements of everyday life, from family gatherings, church services, various occupations, daily work on the farm, early rural schoolhouses, and people at play. These scenes serve as fitting testimony to Surry Countians sheer will and determination to carve successful and lasting communities into this beautiful setting.