Joann Riley McKey

Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts, Volume 7: 1682-1690 Joann Riley McKey

These pages comprise a fascinating collection of accounts of boundary disputes, crime and punishment (whipping posts and pillories), hog stealing, runaway servants, contempt of court, fornication and bastard-bearing, assault, church and religion, economy, domestic violence, food and farming, highways and weather, livestock, household goods and clothing, occupations, taverns, tithables and more. Truly, "In wills and deeds the genealogist can learn about his ancestors' relatives and possessions; in court orders he can learn about his ancestors."