Thank you for the clarification on several points. The dearth of vital information due to the several burnings of records has made ancestor hunting a very difficult undertaking. Thank goodness for land records tho they are of a later date than I first sought. George A. Williams ---- Steve Stevens <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Nansemond County was first established as Upper Norfolk County in 1637 from > the western part of New Norfolk County. The name change to Nansemond > (Nansimum) occurred in 1646. The county's name derived from the Nansemond > Indians, who lived in the area in the seventeenth century. In 1769 the first > of two transfers of territory from Nansemond to Isle of Wight County took > place when all lands west of Chuckatuck Creek went to the latter. In 1772 > the territory known as Rascow's Neck was also transferred to Isle of Wight > administration. In 1785 the portion of the county south of the Blackwater > and Nottoway rivers went to Southampton County. Nansemond County was > abolished as a county in July 1972 when it became the independent city of > Nansemond. Two years later, in 1974, Nansemond City merged with the > independent city of Suffolk and took the name of the latter. Nansemond's > records have suffered from multiple destructions. The first occurred in > April 1734 , when a fire at the home of the county clerk destroyed most of > the records stored there. Some deeds and wills were rerecorded, but the > records again were destroyed when British infantry burned the entire town of > Suffolk, including the clerk's office, on 13 May 1779. What survived this > disaster faced a fire of unknown origin which swept through the clerk's > office on 7 Feb. 1866. The remaining few records are now housed with those > of the City of Suffolk. > > Perhaps if you contact someone at this link they may help you: > > http://www.nansemond.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=2 > > Steve Stevens > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "macbd1" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 6:09 PM > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] location of point > > > > Along with a mutual friend, Sara Patton (if you are indeed the person I > > suspect), you once helped me so I have tried to return the favor -- but to > > no avail with your exact spelling. Various search engines keep trying to > > change the name to Chataway, of no help, even though I try to limit > > searches to colonial times. If this place-name is from a court record can > > you relate the source, person's name and particulars as possible help? > > Are you trying to identify a property location? If so, maybe there are > > other leads? > > > > Neil McDonald > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "George A Williams" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 11:15 PM > > Subject: [VA-ROOTS] location of point > > > > > >> Do you know of a place called Chatawatksy point or lake? I appears to > >> have been in lower Nansemond county SW in 1650-1700. Thanks, George A. > >> Williams > >> > >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > >> at > >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > >> > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > > at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html