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Abstractions from Minutes of Military Exemption Board, 1862-1863, Halifax County, Virginia (Danville, VA: Boisseau, 1980), 85 pages, soft cover, 6 1/2 x 9, indexed. $6.00 postpaid. Virginia residents add 4.5% sales tax. For more information about this publication, go here.
The Vestry Book of Camden Parish, 1767-1820, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (Danville, VA: Boisseau, 1986), 200 pages, soft cover & spiral bound, map. $21.50 postpaid. Virginia residents add 4.5% sales tax. For more information about this publication, go here.
Abstractions from Minutes of Military Exemption Board 1862-1863, Halifax County, Virginia.
This publication includes two facsimile pages from the original Minute Book and contains the name of the applicant, his rank, his captain's name, the reason for the application, and the judgement of the Board. The abstracter arranged the entries by the page number of the original book and in the same order as they appear in the original book. Abstactions sometimes give the age, occupation, or family relationships of those making the application.
In addition to the Minutes of the Board, the book contains from the original Records the names of 1865 county road surveyors, with the list of property owners who were assigned to provide hands in assisting with the surveys of particular areas of the county. These minutes of the Exemption Board also provide a rather comprehensive list of county physicians and justices of the peace. The index contains over 600 entries.
The compiler has also summarized the reasons given for the applicant's requesting exemption or discharge, and she has compiled a list of the captains of the militia in the county by regiment, according to their appearances in the Minutes.
The Vestry Book of Camden Parish, 1767-1820, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
This publication is a transcription of the original manuscript found at the Pittsylvania Court House in Chatham, Virginia. The book contains a proper name index for places, waterways, buildings, and people. Since this publication matches the original Record page for page, the index prepared by Mrs. Boisseau serves both documents. Also, the book contains a copy of a page from the original manuscript.
After the Revolutionary War, with the abolition of the Church of England, the Vestry ceased using the book for its minutes. Then, the Overseers of the Poor used the book to record its minutes.
This book will be valuable to historians as well as to genealogists as one is able to trace the value of tobacco and the population of the area through the Church levies. For genealogists, there are some apprentice bonds for orphans, some of which give both parents and birthdates. One can trace the building of the early churches and the care of the pensioners of the parish through the Orders of the various Vestrymen.
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Mrs. Mary Leigh Boisseau
3240 Drury Lane
Danville, Virginia 24540-6130
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Vestry Book
of Pittsylvania County, VA 1767-1820....................................$21.50 _____
Abstractions
From Minutes of Military Exemption Board 1862-63, Halifax Co., .............VA $6.00 _____
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