Prince William County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1727--Prince William County was created 1 February 1727 from King George and Stafford Counties. County seat: Manassas

Neighboring Counties

 * Charles County, Maryland
 * Fairfax
 * Fauquier
 * Loudoun
 * Stafford

Court
Indexes and images to Prince William County, Virginia Chancery Records 1804-1951 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

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

Taxation
Images of the 1788 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Prince William County, Virginia are available to browse online at Binns Genealogy.

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog