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Court Records

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Delaware - Statewide

Delaware Slavery Papers Birth records, manumission records, petitions for freedom, and other legal documents related to the treatment of slaves living in Delaware. Legislative Petitions 1737-1847 Orphan's Docket Index, Sussex County 1770-1830 Orphan Court Extracts, Sussex County 1792-1903 Orphans Court Case Files, Sussex County

Maryland - Statewide

African American Records Maryland State Archives description of African American Records. Guide to Probate Records Maryland State Archives description of probate records and the information that can be gleaned from them. Maryland wills abstracts Carson Gibb's abstracts of 1743 - 1764 Maryland wills . Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories 1740 - 1810 Maryland Archives:      Executive Records      Judicial Records      Legislative Records      Military Records      Probate Records

Maryland -Caroline County

Caroline County Wills Small selection of 18th- and 19th-century wills from Caroline County, Maryland.

Maryland - Dorchester County

East New Market wills & probate records Selection of wills and probate records for East New Market in Dorchester County, 1730 - 1929.

Maryland - Kent County

Judicial Records Maryland Archives Online colony, state, and county court records. Kent County, Maryland, Court Database Court records from 17th-century Kent County, Maryland, arranged by theme.

Maryland - Queen Anne's County

Maryland - Somerset County

Judicial Records Maryland Archives Online colony, state, and county court records. Judicial Records 1664-1714 [Database] Database of bastardy, runaway, and indenture cases from Somerset County judicial records. Somerset County GenWeb Wills, estate and other court records for a selection of Somerset County residents. Somerset County Cattlemarks, 1685-1723

Maryland - Talbot County

Judicial Records

Maryland - Wicomico County

Maryland - Worcester County

Worcester County Maryland Estates 1661-1850 Database Will data for the years 1742-1850 and administration data for 1742-1820. Also some MD Prerogative Court accounts and bond and inventory data.

Virginia - Statewide

Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories 1740 - 1810

Virginia - Accomac County

Accomack County District Court Wills & Deeds: Book 1 | Book 1 Scans

Virginia - Northhampton County

1803 and 1813 Orphans' Accounts 1665 - 1742 Cattlemarks The Case of David Nottingham Bull (Bool) 17th - 19th century Wills Inventories, Sales, Appraisals