Nottoway County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1788--Nottoway County was created 22 December 1788 from Amelia County. County seat: Nottoway

Neighboring Counties

 * Amelia
 * Brunswick
 * Dinwiddie
 * Lunenburg
 * Prince Edward

Court
Indexes and images to Nottoway County, Virginia Chancery Records 1818-1968 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
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 the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia.

Personal Papers

 * [Featherston] "Bible Record of William Featherston (Nottoway Co., Va. - Robertson Co., Tenn.)," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1963):20.

Taxation
1791 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Nottoway County, Virginia are indexed 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