Essex County VA (formed 1692 from Old Rappahannock) At a Court held for Essex County 10 Mar 1703. Certificate According to Act of Assembly Granted to Mr. Francis Moore for two thousand & fifty acres of Land Due for the Importation of forty one persons into this Colony, by Name: . . Edmund Murphey . . 3/29/02 - from the files of: Essex VA Beverly Cunningham White