Colonial Virginia Research
Colonial Research Subjects:
church
education
indentures
land patents
laws
maps
marriage
money
roads & travel
taxes
wealth
voting
Education
John Willson was a schoolmaster in the year 1726. He most likely lived in Essex, near the Occupacia Creek. He witnessed John Hawkin’s will.
Essex, Virginia will book 4, pg 271
Colonial Cemeteries referenced in records
Legal Notes
- some laws that affected indentured and enslaved individuals
- land patents & land disputes
- chancery
Public domain photo credits for picture at top pf the page. Left to right: 1) Flowers of the Tobacco Plant. 1779 engraving by Copland & Sanson. 2) 1652 pine tree shilling, at National Museum Liverpool. 3) Virginia 3 pound note 1773. 4) 1600’s Spanish pieces of 8, Bank of Mexico. Virginia common coin in 1645. 5) Elizabeth I, 1558-1603, The Royal Mint.
Newman Virginia Roots 