This volume contains the abstracts of three court order books: Volume 21 (November 1765 to January 1767), Volume 22 (February 1767 to March 1768), and Volume 23 (April 1768 to February 1769). These volumes deal with many lawsuits concerning money and debt, but a variety of other issues are confronted as well. On 25 February 1766, in an act that foreshadowed the American Revolution, the Accomack justices took a stand on the detested Stamp Act. The court clerk and the attorneys were afraid to perform their duties "without having Stamped Paper as Directed by the Act of the Parliament of great...