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Sent: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:43 pm
Subject: [TOWNSEND] Fwd: [VAALBEMA] Virginia Petitions - 1776 to 1865
-----Original Message-----
From: herb_316 <herb_316(a)bellsouth.net>
To: vaalbema(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 9:51 pm
Subject: Re: [VAALBEMA] Virginia Petitions - 1776 to 1865
Dear E. W. Wallace,
Thanks for the post on the VA Petitions.
Found what I had been looking for a long time but never had the exact reference.
Thanks so very much.
God Bless.
Herb Hendricks
Retired NASA Physicist
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Pendleton, SC 29670
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----- Original Message -----
From: Hdanw(a)aol.com
To: MADKY-L(a)rootsweb.com ; VA-SOUTHSIDE-L(a)rootsweb.com ; vaalbema(a)rootsweb.com
Cc: NCCASWEL-L(a)rootsweb.com ; NCGRANVI-L(a)rootsweb.com ; ncgen(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 4:47 PM
Subject: [VAALBEMA] Virginia Petitions - 1776 to 1865
I am copying this from the Louisa Co., VA rootsweb. Please post to websites
to which you subscribe--anywhere Virginians went--North Carolina, and
particularly Kentucky, but also South Carolina and Georgia. Note the dates.
Since
there are manumissions, African American researchers should make use of
this website.
E.W.Wallace
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the completion of the
Legislative Petitions Database. Over 25,000 petitions were entered into
the database between 2001 and 2007 and are available to search through
the Library of Virginia's website at
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/gov/petitions/. Petitions to the
General Assembly were the primary catalyst for legislation in the
Commonwealth from 1776 until 1865. Public improvements, military claims,
divorce, manumission of slaves, division of counties, incorporation of
towns, religious freedom, and taxation were just some of the concerns
expressed in these petitions. The petitions often contain hundreds of
signatures and are a useful tool in genealogical research. Frequently,
the petitions contain supplementary support documents useful in
research, including maps, wills, naturalizations, deeds, resolutions,
affidavits, judgments, and other items.
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