On this day in Virginia history

November 2 — statewide and county-linked events useful for genealogists.

1621
Early company government experiments statewide
Virginia Company era institutions still frame early paper survival.

Early 1620s company government is background for why personal vital events rarely survive as modern “records.”
1777
Articles of Confederation era (Virginia context) statewide
Inter-state government experiments affect claims and military paper.

Late 1770s confederation politics form background for bounty land and military claims later filed in Virginia series.