Virginia Migrations : Hanover County. Volume I (1723-1850) : Wills, Deeds, Depositions, Invoices, Letters, and Other Documents of Historical and Genealogical Interest. Volume II (1743-1871) : Wills, Deeds, Depositions, Letters, Marriages, Obituaries, Esta
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Hanover County, one of the Tidewater counties of Virginia, was formed from New Kent County in 1720. Hanover would become the parent of Louisa County, which was partitioned from Hanover in 1742, and much of present-day Albemarle County, which was formed in 1744 from Louisa and Goochland counties. Hanover's most famous son, of course, was the patriot Patrick Henry. In this very scarce two-volume work, Mr. and Mrs. Glazebrook succeeded in extracting those documents pertaining to Hanover County that survived the burning of Richmond in April 1865 and that were not published in William Ronal...
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0806349646, 9780806349640