Publisher's Synopsis
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 Richmond County Order Book No. 4, 1704-1708 for Courts held November 1, 1704, through February 7, 1705/6. Originally printed in 1996, reprinted 2016.
