Archive for the 'Colonial Virginia social & legal history' Category
TOBACCO ROAD: A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR COLONIAL VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
• December 6, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Colonial Virginia genealogy, Colonial Virginia social & legal history
Will of Edward Dale (d. 2 Feb 1695/6) & its anomaly / how “femes covert” and children may serve as executors of a will / Dale and Carter’s matching deed & the principle of ownership in colonial VA
• September 2, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Colonial Virginia genealogy, Colonial Virginia social & legal history, Colonial Virginia source documents
A TRAIL OF TEARS (notes on the Daniel Harrison family of Lancaster Co., VA)
• February 12, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Colonial Virginia genealogy, Colonial Virginia social & legal history, Colonial Virginia source documents
A CAVALIER ATTITUDE: AN ESSENTIAL PRIMER ON COLONIAL VIRGINIA GENEALOGY
• May 30, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Colonial Virginia genealogy, Colonial Virginia social & legal history, Colonial Virginia source documents
Sir William Blackstone meets Hening’s “Statutes” / The disparate status of single & married women / Virginia Statutes supercede English law (the probate process in 17th century Virginia)
• September 21, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Colonial Virginia social & legal history
