Norfolk Borough register

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Microfilm of original records at the Norfolk City Courthouse in Norfolk, Virginia.

The city of Norfolk was established in 1680, incorporated as a town in 1736, and incorporated from Norfolk County as a city in 1845.

This record is a handwritten copy (15 p.) of various documents.

The deed for land to build the city of Norfolk was granted by Nicholas Wise to Wm. Robinson and Anthony Lawson in 1682 in accordance to the 1680 act of Assembly.

Contents: Hire of the parish Negroes the 1st January 1789 : the above acct. taken at the request of Mr. William Ingram one of the overseers of the [poor?] by Thos. Newton. (Copy made 28th Sept. 1801.) -- An Act confirming titles to town lands, A.D. 1705 -- An Act for ports &c., A.D. 1705 -- Deed of Norfolk Borough, A.D. 1682.

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