Essex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives History - Books .....Essex County History 1845
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Book Title: Historical Collections Of Virginia By Henry Howe

Essex, p. 253.

Essex was formed in 1692 from a part of (old) Rappahannock county. It lies on
the S. side of the Rappahannock, about 30 miles NE. of Richmond. Its length is
28 miles; mean breadth 10 miles. In the western part it is slightly hilly, and
its soil, except on the margin of the streams, generally sandy. The county,
however, produces large crops of corn, considerable wheat and oats, and some
cotton and tobacco. Pop. in 1840, whites 3,955, slaves 6,756, free colored 598;
total, 11,309.

Tappahannoc, port of entry and seat of justice for the county, lies on the
Rappahannock, 50 miles from its mouth in Chesapeake Bay, and contains about 30
dwellings. It has a good harbor, and all the shipping belonging to the towns on
the river is entered at the custom-house in this place; tonnage in 1840, 4,591.
Loretto is a small village one mile from the Rappahannock, in the NE part of the
county. 

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