Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800

These 2,000 will abstracts refer, on average, to eight persons (mostly relatives of the decedent) per will, or 18,000 names in all. Information contained in the abstracts includes the date of the recording of the will, exact volume and page number of the original will book, names of heirs, appraisal and division of estate, names of administrators, executors and guardians, and, frequently, references to the parish of jurisdiction.