Deed and will books typically contain records of land transactions plus leases, mortgages, bills of sale, slave manumissions, powers of attorney, estate settlements, and more. Deed and will books are a main staple in genealogy research to determine family relationships.

This volume contains entries from Northumberland County Record Book 1652-1658 beginning on page 39 and ending on page 54 for Courts held May 20, 1650, through August 20, 1655. Originally published in 1992, reprinted 2016.