The Vestry Book of the Upper Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia, 1743-1793

By: Wilmer L. Hall, Pub. 1949, Reprinted 2019, 400 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-560-7. Nansemond County was created in 1646 from Upper Norfolk. And prior to that was part of Elizabeth City County. Even though the county is extinct now, it was originally a large source of early migration into the Colony of Virginia. When the parishes were formed by the General Assembly of Virginia, the Vestries were assigned some of the civil administrative functions and all such ci