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By: William M. Clemens, Orig. Pub. 1924, Reprinted 2017, 106 pages, Soft Cover., ISBN #0-89308-922-2. This is a complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over 600 wills recorded before 1799. These wills were obtained from the courthouse records of: Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Priince William, and Rockbridge Counties. They are arrangedalphabetically by the name of the Testator. There are aproximately 3000 names, mainley relatives, who were listed in the Will, plus the place and date of the will was filed.
By: Katherine B. Elliott, Pub. 1963, Reprinted 2017, 222 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-378-X. Mecklenburg County was created in 1765 from Lunenburg County, VA. It did suffer some loss of legal records but did not as the result of the Civil War. This volume contains abstracts of all the wills and administrations recorded in Will Book 1, 2, 3, and a part of Will Book 4, totaling 1,290 original manuscript pages. There are over 4,000 people mentioned in this volume.
Fothergill's work improves upon William A. Crozier's efforts for Westmoreland County by including abstracts of wills of one entire volume (1665-77) omitted by Crozier, and extending Crozier's period of coverage (in Virginia County Records, New Series, Vol. I) by six years to 1800. About 8,000 related individuals are mentioned in 1,200 will abstracts, which typically give the name of the decedent, dates of recording and probate, heirs, executors, and, sometimes, the place of residence. Crucial for anyone doing research in Westmoreland County.