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Guide to Richmond County, Virginia beginnings, genealogy and family unit history, birth records, union records, death records, census records, family unit history, and military records.

County Information [edit | edit source]

Description [edit | edit source]

Richmond County is located in the Eastern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In that location is no consensus on the origin of Richmond County's name, but it has been accepted that the county was named for the First Duke of Richmond, cousin to Male monarch William and Queen Mary^[2].

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Richmond County Courthouse
101 Court Street
PO Box yard
Warsaw, VA 22572
Telephone: 804 504-333-3781
Richmond Cunty Website

Clerk Excursion Court has birth and death records 1853-1895, marriage records from 1853, divorce, probate and land records from 1693^[three]

Richmond County, Virginia Tape Dates [edit | edit source]

Information for this chart was taken from diverse sources, oftentimes containing alien dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the canton and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records [4]
Nascence*	Marriage	Death*	Courtroom	Land	Probate	Census
1853	1853	1853	1692	1693	1693	1810
* Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912. General compliance year is unknown.

Record Loss [edit | edit source]

• 1793 Many courthouse records are missing for unknown reasons. By 1793 wills prior to 1699 were already gone.
• 1794-1816 Society books 1794-1816 and loose papers before 1781 are also missing.^[five]
  
• Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890
• Visit the Library of Virginia'due south website to determine exactly what records take been lost and their Lost Records Localities Database to find boosted resources.
• For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

• Burned Counties. Past Michael John Neill at 24-seven Family History Circle.
• When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle'south Tennessee Blog.
• Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

Purlieus Changes [edit | edit source]

• Parent Canton:-- Created from Rappahannock (erstwhile) County, 26 Apr 1692^[6]
  
• County seat: Warsaw^[seven]
  
• Interactive Map of Virginia County Formation History (1790-1897) - animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes
• Virginia Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by canton provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the virtually historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:^[8]

Towns
Warsaw
Unincorporated communities
Farnham Foneswood Haynesville	Lyells Sharps	Village Newland

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.

• 1607-2007 Virginia, Historical Club Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Biographies [edit | edit source]

Business, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]

Occupations

• Hammack, Russell Cralle. "Lumbering in Richmond County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 26 (1976).
• Lewis, James F. "Farmer's Society - Richmond Canton 1851," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 26 (1976).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge and Joseph Belfield. "Doctors of Yesteryear, Richmond Canton, Virginia," Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Mag, Vol. 24 (1974). [Includes Belfield family unit.]

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

• 1800-1986 Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Collection; alphabetize & images
• "Cemetery Records," [Richmond County - Richard Dameron Family Cemetery - Family Cemetery of Robert Christian Sanders - Family unit Cemetery of Stephen H. Sanders of Cobham Park Cervix] Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol.23 (1973).
• "Cemetery Records," [Richmond County - Omohundro Family unit Cemetery at "Hickory Thicket" - Boswell Family Cemetery - Stosch Family Cemetery] Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Mag, Vol. 24 (1974).
• "Cemetery Records, Richmond County," [Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel at Emmerton, North Farnham Episcopal Church Parish - Walnut Lawn, dwelling of Daniel Garland near Warsaw - Shackleford Family unit Cemetery, Warsaw - Menokin Baptist Church building near Ethel Post Role - French republic Family Graveyard well-nigh Newland "on farm owned by Burley France" - Lemoine Family unit Graveyard at Emmerton - Richardson Family Graveyard most Luttrellville on route 600 from Hamlet to Rianswood "these stones were removed from the graves past the owner and placed against a tree."] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. xix (1969).^[nine]
• "Early Tombs in Westmoreland, Richmond, and Northumberland Counties," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. ii (Oct. 1902):123-130; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan. 1903):191-195. Available at JSTOR ($).
• "Packett Family Graveyard at Sabine Hall," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 56 (2006).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Cemetery Records, Cobham Park Baptist Church building," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 27 (1977).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Cemetery Records, Emmanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery; Emmerton, Virginia; Cloverdale Farm, Strawberry Loma, Bryant Family unit Burial Ground near Robley, Clarke Family Burying Ground, Packett Family unit Burial Footing on Sabine Hall, Belfield Family unit Cemetery Records on Belle Mount. All in Richmond County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1971).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Family and Cemetery Records," [Richmond County - Wellford Family Cemetery at Sabine Hall, Warsaw - Carter Family unit- Landon Carter Family-Tayloe Family unit Cemetery at Mt. Blusterous, Warsaw, VA - Doctor's Hall Cemetery "about where Rapphannock Creek (Cat Bespeak) empties into Rappahannock River" - Brockenbrough Family-Sturman Family unit Cemetery on Meadowbrook Farm - Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Beale Family - Middletwon Family Cemetery at Durretsvile, or Emmerton "in field of between abode of Eloise Middleton Mullin and the Jackson Store"] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. twenty (1970).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Packett and Delano Family Burial Ground," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 22 (1972).

Census Records [edit | edit source]

For databases, indexes, and information online, run into Virginia Census.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	6,985	—
1800	xiii,744	96.8%
1810	6,214	−54.viii%
1820	v,706	−8.2%
1830	half-dozen,055	6.1%
1840	v,965	−one.5%
1850	6,448	8.ane%
1860	six,856	6.3%
1870	half-dozen,503	−5.i%
1880	7,195	x.six%
1890	vii,146	−0.vii%
1900	7,088	−0.8%
1910	7,415	four.6%
1920	7,434	0.3%
1930	half-dozen,878	−7.v%
1940	6,634	−3.5%
1950	6,189	−6.7%
1960	6,375	3.0%
1970	5,841	−viii.iv%
1980	6,952	nineteen.0%
1990	7,273	iv.6%
2000	8,809	21.1%
2010	9,254	5.1%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1783 Enumeration

• Richmond Canton Heads of Families - 1783 at U.S. Demography Bureau - free. Canton begins on page 62.

1790

• "Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Twelvemonth 1790, Richmond County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 24 (1974).

1890 Matrimony Veterans

• "Virginia's Marriage Veterans: Eleventh Census of the U.s. 1890." Prince William County Virginia, past Ronald Ray Turner. FHL Collection Includes residents of this county.

Church Records [edit | edit source]

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

• Farnham (1790). A centennial history was published in 1890:
• "Centennial History of Farnham Baptist Church, Richmond County, Virginia, 1790-1890, Probably Written past Rev. Robert Williamson," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Mag, Vol. 22 (1972).
• 1776 Petition of Baptists (ten,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated xvi October 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. After locating your ancestor, view the digital copies.
  – Digital copies at Library of Congress; as well at Library of Virginia using the code word "000606093"
  – Hall, Jean Pickett. "Legislative Petitions: the x,000 name petition" transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Guild, 1983-) online at Ancestry ($) and in book form at various libraries.
  

Church of England

Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Madison County is available online.^[10]

See also Farnham Parish
See also Hanover Parish
See as well Lunenburg Parish
Encounter also North Farnham Parish
See also Piscataway Parish
Run across likewise Richmond Parish
See too St. Mary'south Parish
See too Sittenburne Parish
See also South Farnham Parish

• "Extracts from the Register of Farnham Parish, Richmond Canton, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):52-64. Bachelor at JSTOR ($).
• Marsh, Beulah Hinton. "The Early Churches of Northern Neck," [Aquia Church in Stafford County, Christ Church Lancaster County, Farnham Church in Richmond County, Lamb's Creek Church in Rex George County, St. Mary'due south White Chapel in Lancaster County, St. Paul's Church in King George County, Yeocomico Church in Westmoreland Canton--Baptist Churches of White Marsh in Lancaster, Morattico Baptist, Nomini in Westmoreland, Farnham in Richmond, Hanover Baptist in Rex George] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 2 (1952).
• Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Essex and Richmond Counties," The Virginia Mag of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan. 1945):3-twenty. Available at JSTOR ($).
• Payne, Addie V. "One-time Farnham Among Nearly Interesting Virginia Shrines; 200-Year-Old Church Has Seen Depradations of Three Wars; Silver of 18th Century Still Used; Building is Restored," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 10 (1960).

Presbyterian
In that location was a Presbyterian congregation in Richmond County from the 1750s through the 1770s.^[11]

Court Records [edit | edit source]

Online Court Indexes and Records

General

• Fleet, Beverley. Richmond Canton Records, 1704-1724. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. FHL Collection; digital version at Beginnings ($). [Contains depositions, fines., etc.]
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Richmond County, Virginia, Courthouses (and Predeccors)," Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 20 (1970).
• Simmons, Christine K. "Public Building, Circa 1748," [Richmond County Court Firm] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 3 (1953).

Canton Court

• "Abstracts from Records of Richmond Canton, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. ii (Oct. 1908):73-85 [abstracts of some entries from Order Books i-five (1692-1713)]. Available at JSTOR ($).
• Morgan, Gwenda. "Law and Social Change in Colonial Virginia: The Role of the Chiliad Jury in Richmond Canton, 1692-1776," The Virginia Mag of History and Biography, Vol. 95, No. iv (Oct. 1987):453-480. Available at JSTOR ($).

Chancery Court

• Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index can exist used to search for Richmond Canton chancery records for the years 1748-1958. The records are located on microfilm or bachelor via the Clerk's office.
• * Encounter Virginia_Cohabitation_Records for links to online records.

Officials [edit | edit source]

• "Justices of the Peace, Richmond County, Virginia 1757-1775," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 24 (1974).
• O'Dell, Jeffrey M. "The War of Independence and the Northern Neck of Virginia," [Chapter Four, Richmond Canton, High Sheriffs, Patrol List Captains, Justices] Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Mag, Vol. 21 (1971).

Petitions [edit | edit source]

• "Miscellaneous Legislative Petitions From The Counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland and Lancaster," Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. ten (1960).

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]

For databases and immigrant groups, see Virginia Emigration and Clearing

• Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Correspondence with the American Colonies 1739-1782," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. i (Spring 1998):108-128; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):189-205. [Overseas correspondence of residents of Sabine Hall [Richmond County] and Menokin, Richmond County with the following surnames: Carter and Lee.] FHL Collection
• Coldham, Peter Wilson. Due north American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Farnham [Due north Farnham Parish], Richmond County, St. Mary'due south Parish, and Sittenburne Parish proved in London. These records frequently help constitute an immigrant's place of origin.]
• List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Virginia are online at: Immigrant Servants Database.
  

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]

African American

• 1865-1872 Virginia, Freedmen's Agency Field Office Records, 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Collection; index & images
• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Drove; index & images
• * See Virginia_Cohabitation_Records for links to online records.
• Delano, Robert Barnes. "Free Blacks in Richmond County Virginia," Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol.27 (1977).
• Heinegg, Paul. "Richmond Canton Personal Property Taxation List, 1782-1817," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg bathetic gratis blacks listed in these records.]
• Kegley, Mary B. Free People of Color: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. Wytheville, Virginia: Kegley Books, 2003. FHL Book 975.v F2kf; Available through the FamilySearch Catalog. [Includes information from Richmond County.]
• Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold drove for digitized records related to African Americans of Richmond Canton.
• A Tale of Two Plantations: Enslaved Families in Virginia and Jamaica: Interactive website exploring families on Virginia'southward Mount Airey plantation and Jamaica's Mesopotamia plantation.

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

Compiled Genealogies by Surname

• See Richmond County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a listing of published books and manufactures, or leap to the surname using the alphabet bar.

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families

• Headley, Robert M. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800: Marriages and Marriage References for the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, One-time Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2003. FHL Volume 975.52 V2h.
  
• Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Doctor.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family unit History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes a peachy bargain of data about residents of Richmond County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL CD-ROM no. 3887; online bookstore: Virginians.com.
• Yurechko, John Otto. Virginians Along and Nearly the Lower Rapphahannock River, 1607-1799. ii vols. Westminster, Physician.: Family Line Publications, 1997-1998. FHL Volume 975.5 D2yj v. 1-five. 2. Contents: v. 1. Blake, Brooks (Brook), Churchill, Cook (Erect), Daniel, Dixon, Gore, Kidd, Lewis, Martin, Montague, Taylor and Wood -- 5. 2. Brownish, Clark, Elliott, Fox (Fowkes, Vaulx), Harrison, McTyre, Moore, Pate, Rawlins (Rollins), Rhodes, Sanders (Saunders) and Williams.

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

Land and Property Records [edit | edit source]

For land indexes, records, and databases, encounter Virginia Land and Property, including Colonial and State Land Grants.

Online Country Indexes and Records

Deeds

• "Abstracts from Records of Richmond County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Oct. 1908):73-85 [abstracts of some entries from Human action Books 1-2 and Miscellaneous Deeds (1692-1696, 1770s)]. Bachelor at JSTOR ($).
• Fleet, Beverley. Richmond Canton Records, 1692-1704: Human activity Book No. one, 1692-1693, Deed Volume No. two, 1693/four-1696, Deed Book No. iii, Lost, Miscellaneous Records, 1699-1704. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. FHL Collection; digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Grants and Patents

• Grey, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. FHL Collection; digital version at Beginnings. [Includes Richmond County.]

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

• Bryant, W. Elwood. "Life on a Self Contained Farm," [after the Civil War] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 28 (1978).
• "Musicale at Belleville, from Northern Cervix News December xviii, 1891," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1971).
• Kreiser, Barnette. "Nursery of A New Nation: The Northern Cervix of Virginia," Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975).
• Rice. "Music in Richmond County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 42 (1992).
• Ryland. "An Address Observing the Tercentenary of Richmond Canton, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 42 (1992).
• Ryland, Charles H. "Richmond Canton, An Address past Charles H. Ryland at Mt. Airy on September 30, 1967," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 17 (1967).
• Ryland. "Richmond Canton's Colonial Tavern in Warsaw," Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 42 (1992).
• Ryland. "The Name 'RICHMOND,'" Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 42 (1992).

Historic Residences

• Arnest, H. Lee. "Andrea Polladio, The Venetian High Renaissance And the Northern Cervix of Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 26 (1976). [Mt. Airy]
• Brown. "Cobham Park: Kent, England and Richmond County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 42 (1992).
• Chinn, Esther Ball. "Edge Hill, nigh Downings, Richmond County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1971). [Chinn family residence.]
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Belle Mount Subcontract, Richmond County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Mag, Vol. 21 (1971).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "'Harlyn Lodge' (Sedgely) - Richmond Canton," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Mag, Vol. 22 (1972).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Indian Banks," Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 22 (1972). [Glasscock family residence.]
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Linden Farm," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 33 (1983).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "New Design," [Orchard Grove] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Mag, Vol. 26 (1976).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Wilna - Sharps," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 16 (1966).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Woodford, Originally Farnham Plantation," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Mag, Vol. 15 (1965).
• Pearson, Virginia Drewry McGeorge. "Wrens Nest," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975).
• Wellford, Dabney. "Sabine Hall," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. eight (1958).
• Wellford, R. Carter and T. Dabney Wellford. "Onetime Carter Family Portraits at Sabine Hall," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975).

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

County and state maps, historical and more current, are valuable research tools. For map collections, online and in libraries, see Virginia Maps.

• Wilson, John C. Creek Peek Collection: From the Piankatank to the Potomac: Locations of 195 Creeks, Coves, Bays, Branches, Prongs, Ponds and Rivers in Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and Westmoreland Counties of Virginia. Rappahannock Press, 199-?.

Click a neighboring county
for more than resources

Migration [edit | edit source]

• Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct.-December. 1976):269-274. FHL Collection; digital version at American Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and oft their intended destinations. Richmond County's 1787 and 1789 Delinquent Lists appear on pp. 272-273.]

Military machine Records [edit | edit source]

French and Indian State of war

• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. FHL Collection [Identifies some Richmond County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
• Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: due north.p., 1903. FHL Collection; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding celebrated sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's State of war] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Richmond Canton, come across p. 100.]
• Ryland, Elizabeth Powell. "Richmond Canton Men in the French and Indian Wars," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975).
• Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Richmond Canton, Virginia: Claims for Services in French and Indian War, and State of war of the Revolution, and List of Revolutionary War Officers Commissioned," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Series, Vol. 23, No. 2 (April. 1943):220-223. Available at JSTOR ($).

Revolutionary War

• O'Dell, Jeffrey G. "The State of war of Independence and the Northern Neck of Virginia," [Chapter IV, Richmond Canton, High Sheriffs, Patrol Listing Captains, Justices] Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1971).
• Ryland, Charles H. "An Address Delivered past Charles H. Ryland at 'Mt. Airy,' September 25, 1976, in Connectedness with the Observance past Richmond County, Virginia, of the Bicentennial of the Independence of The Us of America," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 26 (1976).
• Shearman, Virginia West. "Revolutionary War Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of Richmond and Westmoreland Counties, VA (1775-1783)," Northern Cervix of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975); Vol. 26 (1976).
• Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Richmond County, Virginia: Claims for Services in French and Indian War, and War of the Revolution, and List of Revolutionary State of war Officers Deputed," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr. 1943):220-223. Bachelor at JSTOR ($).
• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Human activity for Taking the Sixth Demography]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Drove 973 X2pc 1840. [Run across Virginia, Eastern Commune, Richmond Canton on page 133.]

Regiments. Service men in Richmond County served in various regiments. Men oftentimes joined a visitor (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Richmond County supplied soldiers for the:

- 5th Virginia Regiment

- 15th Virginia Regiment

Colonial Militia

• Lewis, James F. "Richmond Canton Militia, 1804-05," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. eight, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1964):66. Available at American Ancestors ($).
• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. FHL Collection [Identifies some Richmond County militia officers and/or soldiers; come across place name index.]
• Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. FHL Drove; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Richmond County militia officers; see place proper name index.]

War of 1812
Richmond County men served in the 41st Regiment.^[12]

• Listing of Pensioners on the Gyre, January ane, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Part Address, the Rate of Alimony Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Richmond County, p. 100. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this canton in 1883.]

Ceremonious War

• 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images
• 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Marriage Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Collection; index & images
• 1861-1865 U.S., Amalgamated Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Wedlock Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Beginnings — index (gratuitous)
• "2 War Letters of Mrs. Eliza Bland Smith Brockenbrough of Belle Ville, Richmond County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Mag, Vol. 11 (1961). [Written at time of the Ceremonious War.]

Regiments. Civil War service men in Richmond County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed beneath are companies that were specifically formed here:

- ninth Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company K (Richmond County Cavalry).^[13]

- 15th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company B.

- 20th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A (The Virginia Baby-sit).^[fourteen]

- 21st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Amalgamated). Company F.^[15]

- 47th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Visitor D.^[xvi]

- 59th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Amalgamated). Companies A1 (Richmond Lite Infantry Dejection) and E3 (Bruce Guard).^[17]

- 60th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (3rd Regiment, Wise Legion) (Amalgamated). Company 1H (Richmond Light Guard).^[eighteen]

Globe State of war II

• 1940-1945 Virginia, Globe War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

• 1906-1929 Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

For online newspaper resource, see the Virginia Newspapers page.

Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all delinquent advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and transport deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), run into: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Obituaries [edit | edit source]

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Individual Papers

• 1607-2007 Virginia, Historical Club Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Utilise this Drove; alphabetize & images

Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Correspondence with the American Colonies 1739-1782," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. ane (Bound 1998):108-128; Vol. 12, No. two (Fall 1998):189-205. [Overseas correspondence of residents of Sabine Hall [Richmond County] and Menokin, Richmond County with the following surnames: Carter and Lee.] FHL Collection

• [Brockenbrough] "Two War Letters of Mrs. Eliza Banal Smith Brockenbrough of Belle Ville, Richmond Canton, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 11 (1961).
• [Sanders] Sherman, Virginia W. "Records from the Bible of Robert Sanders of Richmond County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):135-136. Available at American Ancestors ($).
• [Williams] Booker, J. Motley and James F. Lewis. "Life As It Was For The Teenage Boy Richmond County - 1853," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 15 (1965).

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

For probate records, indexes, and databases, come across Virginia Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1633-1800 Wills and Manor Records Index at Library of Virginia.

Local Courtroom

• "Abstracts from Records of Richmond Canton, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2 (October. 1908):73-85 [abstracts of some wills from Volition Books 2 (1699-1708); Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jan. 1909):176-195 [abstracts of some wills from Volition Books 3-7 (1710-1790)]. Available at JSTOR ($).
• Davison, Gertrude Sanford. "Henry Asbury's Will, June 12, 1813," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 23 (1973).
• Headley, Robert Thousand. Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983. {{FHL|50580|item|disp=FHL Book 975.523 P2h]; digital version of 2002 reprint: Ancestry ($); and Earth Vital Records ($).
• Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: Westward.L. Hopkins, 1987. FHL Drove [Includes Richmond Canton.]
• Sweeny, William Montgomery. Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia 1656 - 1692. [Lynchburg, Virginia?]: Mrs. Due west.M. Sweeny, 1947. FHL Collection 975.534 P2s and FHL Collection 1421588 Item 4; digital version Globe Vital Records ($).

London Courts

• Coldham, Peter Wilson. Due north American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Farnham [North Farnham Parish], Richmond County, St. Mary's Parish, and Sittenburne Parish proved in London. These records often assist constitute an immigrant'south place of origin.]
• 1717-1725 Images of Wills and Estates Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1753-1767 Images of Wills and Estates Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1788-1794 Images of Wills and Estates Virginia Pioneers ($)
• Images of Wills, Estates, Deeds - 1699-1709; 1699-1724; 1709-1717; 1784-1798; 1794-1822. https://virginiapioneers.cyberspace/counties/countyrichmond.html Virginia Pioneers] ($)

School Records [edit | edit source]

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• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to use this drove; alphabetize. Too at Beginnings, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records [edit | edit source]

For boosted online collections and the value and use of Virginia's taxation lists in your research, meet Virginia Taxation.

Online Tax Indexes and Records

• 1716 Land Owners, 1716, Tidewater Virginia Families. Williamsburg VA: Feb 2003. Vol. 11 Iss. iv.
• 1771 Cridlin, W.B. "Richmond County Election Poll, 1771," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 29(1921):510-512. FHL Collection; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also bachelor as FHL Drove; digital version at JSTOR ($).
• 1782-1814 Richmond County Personal Holding Taxation Lists 1782-1814 (images); digital version in Revenue enhancement Listing Guild at Binns Genealogy ($).
• 1782-1817 Heinegg, Paul. "Richmond Canton Personal Property Revenue enhancement List, 1782-1817," Complimentary African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
• 1783 - Personal Holding (or Land) Tax Listing, 1783; index online at Revolutionary War Service website - free.
• 1787 Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Demography of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Nether 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Doctor's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987.FHL Drove [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property taxation listing. Richmond County is included in Vol. 2.]
• 1787, 1789 Dirt, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct.-December. 1976):269-274. FHL Collection; digital version at American Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the canton and oftentimes their intended destinations. Richmond Canton's 1787 and 1789 Delinquent Lists appear on pp. 272-273.]
• 1789, 1798 Indexed images of the 1789 and 1798 Personal Belongings Revenue enhancement Lists of Richmond Canton, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
• 1799 Indexed images of the 1799 Land Taxation Listing of Richmond County, Virginia are bachelor online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
• 1815 Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. FHL Collection [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Richmond County is included in Vol. 3.]

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

For additional indexes, databases, and details, see Virginia Vital Records.

Nativity [edit | edit source]

• 1853-1866 Virginia, Slave Nativity Index, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; index & images
• 1912-1913 Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Collection; alphabetize & images
• 1584-1917 Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; index & images

Marriage [edit | edit source]

• 1649-1800 Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800: Marriages and Marriage References for the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. Baltimore, Doc.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. FHL Collection
• 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — alphabetize ($)
• King, George Harrison Sanford. Marriages of Richmond Canton, Virginia. Fredericksburg, Va.: G.H.Southward. King, 1964.
• 1660-1959 Virginia, Us Marriages at at FindMyPast — index, ($) — alphabetize $
• 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Beginnings — index ($)
• 1750s-1790s "Matrimony Bonds at Warsaw, Richmond Canton," [1750s-1790s] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. v, No. ane (Jul. 1896):19-twenty. Digital version at JSTOR - gratuitous.
• 1785-1940 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Utilise this Collection; Index; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1802-1842 "William Forester Marriage Annals 1802-1842," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. i (Jan.-Mar. 1966):three-ten; Vol. 10, No. ii (Apr.-Jun. 1966):57-65. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 10 (1966).
• 1853-1935 Virginia, Agency of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
• 1936-1988 Virginia, Spousal relationship Certificates, 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Employ this Drove; alphabetize & images

Decease [edit | edit source]

• 1912-1987 Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Collection; index & images
• 1853-1912 Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; index & images

Divorce [edit | edit source]

• 1918-1988 - Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — alphabetize & images

Research Facilities [edit | edit source]

Archives [edit | edit source]

Listed below are archives in Richmond County. For land-broad facilities, come across Virginia Athenaeum and Libraries.

Family History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• Family History Centers provide ane-on-one assistance, free access to center-merely databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have admission to most center-only databases, merely may not always have full services normally provided by a family unit history eye.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Richmond Virginia Family History Center
• Tappahannock Virginia Family History Heart

• Northumberland Public Library - an affiliate library

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed beneath are libraries in Richmond County. For land-wide library facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

• Mary Brawl Washington Museum and Library
  Website
• The Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Lodge
  Website
• Tidewater Genealogical Society
• Centre Peninsula African-American Genealogical & Historical Society
  Website

Museums [edit | edit source]

Societies [edit | edit source]

Listed below are societies in Richmond County. For country-wide genealogical and historical societies, see Virginia Societies.

Websites [edit | edit source]

• Richmond Canton, Virginia GenWeb and USGENWEB
• "Northern Neck," Wikipedia.

• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Apply Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Inquiry Guides [edit | edit source]

Compiled genealogies are a good identify to start research for this area, meet Richmond County, Virginia Genealogy. If you are researching families who lived in Richmond County, Virginia between the 1690s and 1720s, the Sparacios' book indexes are a groovy time saver. The indexes are bachelor for free online.

• Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Records of Tidewater Virginia Counties," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. one, No. ii (May-June 1992):53-66. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t [For Richmond County, see p. 63]
• Dorman, John Frederick. "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Richmond Canton," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. iii (Jul.-Sep. 1977):222-224. Available at American Ancestors ($).

References [edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Newberry
2. ↑ https://co.richmond.va.u.s./about-us
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: The states, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
5. ↑ Lost Records Localities: Counties and Cities with Missing Records, four, in Library of Virginia (accessed 4 April 2014).
6. ↑ Newberry
7. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s.a. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Volume 973 D27e 2002.
8. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Richmond County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Gratuitous Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed 25 February 2020.
9. ↑ Catalog, Mary Brawl Washington Museum and Library, http://www.mbwm.org/.
10. ↑ William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, ii vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Net Annal: Vol. I and Vol. II.
11. ↑ Northern Neck Presbyterian Churches, Church History, ca. 1720-1780. FHL Film 1490375 Item 6.
12. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 186. FHL Volume 975.5 M2bs.
13. ↑ Robert K. Krick, 9th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1982). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 2.
14. ↑ Thousand.L. Sherwood and Jeffrey C. Weaver, 20th and 39th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1994). FHL Volume 975.v M2vr v. 105.
15. ↑ Susan A. Riggs, 21st Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.Eastward. Howard, c1991). FHL Volume 975.five M2vr v. 72.
16. ↑ Homer D. Musselman, 47th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1991). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr five. 73.
17. ↑ G.L. Sherwood and Jeffrey C. Weaver, 59th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.Eastward. Howard, 1994). FHL Volume 975.v M2vr v. 107.
18. ↑ J.L. Scott, 60th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1997). FHL book 975.five M2vr v. 130.

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