Order books contain records of all matters brought before the court when it was in session and may contain important information not found anywhere else. A wide variety of information is found in order books including appointments of county officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes heard before the county court, appointments of guardians, apprenticeships of children by the overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and registrations of free Negroes. This volume contains entries from Prince William County Minute Book 1752-1755; Prince William County Order Book 1753-1755; and Prince William County Order Book 1755-1757, June 25, 1753, through May 27, 1757. Originally published in 1988, reprinted 2016.