Orange County, Virginia Order Book Abstracts 1756-1757

Order books contain records of all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. A wide variety of information is found in order books including appointments of county officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes heard before the county court, appointments of guardians, apprenticeships of children by the overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and registrations of free Negroes.

This volume contains entries from Orange County Order Book No. 6, 1754-1763 beginning on page 206 and ending on page 344 for Courts held March 25, 1756, through August 25, 1757. Originally printed in 1998, reprinted 2016.