Nottoway County, Virginia Genealogy

United States Virginia  Nottoway County





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

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Nottoway County Personal Property Tax List, 1789-1822," Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in this source.
 * Records of the field offices for the state of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872 ▲ Pilot, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages 1815-1869

Bible Records

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

Biography
Civil War


 * Cummins, A. B. Nottoway County, Virginia: Founding and Development with Biographical Sketches. Richmond, Va.: W.M. Brown and Son, Printers, 1970.

Business

 * Contract book of the Richmond Cooperative Milk Producers Association, 1930-1931

1850

 * 1850 census of Nottoway County, Virginia

1860

 * The 1860 federal census for Nottoway County, Virginia

1890 Union Veterans

 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website. Includes residents of this county.

Episcopal

 * Rev. John Cameron's marriage register of Bristol, Cumberland and Nottoway parishes, Virginia, 1784-1815 and other more recent records, mainly of Nottoway Parish

Presbyterian

 * A brief history of the Blackstone Presbyterian Church 1823-1961. This church was formed in 1824 as a branch of the Nottoway Presbyterian Church. In 1911 it became a separate church.

Chancery Court

 * Indexed images of Nottoway County, Virginia Chancery Records 1818-1968 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Correctional Institutions

 * A register of persons convicted of felony, etc., 1931-1966

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General


 * Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. Includes a great deal of information about residents of Nottoway County, see discussion of cited sources.
 * Turner, W. R. Old Homes and Families in Nottoway. Blackstone, Va.: Nottoway Pub. Co., 1950, c1932. . For the index compiled by Colonel R. Bolling Batte and the Projects Committee of the Virginia Genealogical Society ▲ Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Jottings about Nottoway. Contains a narrative history of Nottoway County from earliest times to about 1890.

Bibliography


 * [Clardy] Clardy, L. Len. Benjamin &amp; Millicent (?) Clardy: Amelia and Nottoway Counties, Virginia. Atlanta, Ga.: L.L. Clardy, 1986. 929.273 C541c
 * [Cocke] Coke, Ben H. Some Early Landowners in Southern Nottoway and Northern Lunenburg Counties, Virginia and the Cocke (Coke) Family Who Once Lived There. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997. 975.56 R2co
 * [Craddock] Bridges, Kathleen J. William Craddock of Nottoway Co., Va., and His Texan Connection. Beaumont, Texas : K.J. Bridges, 1990.  929.273 C842b
 * [Thomas] Thomas, Woodlief. The Search for Samuel Thomas and Susan Woodlief of Amelia/Nottoway County, VA. Spencerport, N.Y.: W. Thomas, [1994]. 1750823 Item 5; 1994 supplement:  1750825 Item 2; digital version at Family History Archives; 1998 update:  2055527 Item 23; 2003 update:  929.273 T367tw 2003

Historic Residences

 * Turner, W. R. Old Homes and Families in Nottoway. Blackstone, Va.: Nottoway Pub. Co., 1950, c1932. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($). For the index compiled by Colonel R. Bolling Batte and the Projects Committee of the Virginia Genealogical Society available at FHL click here.

History
Biography Civil War

Land

 * Amelia County, Virginia deeds. Prince Edward County, Va. was not cut off of Amelia County until 1754, and Nottoway County was not cut off until 1789, so this book contains deeds for both of these present-day counties. -- Foreword, v. 1 v. 1. Deed book 1, 1735-1743, and bonds, 1735-1741 v. 2. Deed book 2, 1742-1747 v. 3. Deed books 3-4, 1747-1753 v. 4. Deed book 5-6, 1753-1759 v. 5. Deed books 7-8, 1759-1765 v. 6. Deed books 9-11, 1766-1773 v. 7. Deed books 12-14, 1773-1778 v. 8. Deed books 15-17, 1778-1786.
 * Deed records, 1789-1900; general indexes, 1866-1974. Some of the deed books may have been lost during the Civil War. After the war, the numbering of volumes started over with v. 1.
 * Returns of processioners, 1795-1824. Contains land processioning records recorded with the County Court which include the land description and who was present at the processioning. {FHL|1040518|item}}
 * Some early landowners in southern Nottoway and northern Lunenburg counties, Virginia and the Cocke (Coke) family who once lived there. Contains maps with tract codes and a list of landowners giving the names of grantor and grantee, tract code, year, number of acres, source, and other information. Includes a list of streams and other landmarks and the Cocke (Coke) family genealogy.

Grants and Patents

 * Hudgins and Sullivan. 901 patents dated 1717-1779 in what is now Amelia and Nottoway Counties, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2003. Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of charge (click "Index" next to the county listing); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.

Maps

 * Nottoway County, Virginia land ownership map, 1864

Migration

 * Elliott, Katherine B. Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia. 2 vols. South Hill, Virginia: K. B. Elliott, 1966. Includes individuals who migrated out of Nottoway County to other parts of the country. FHL Collections

War of 1812

 * Douthat, James L. Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press website. 975.5 M2djL. [Includes Nottoway County.]

Civil War

 * The Nottoway Artillery and Barr's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery
 * Southside Virginia in the Civil War : Amelia, Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, &amp; Prince Edward counties
 * Minute book for the Pension Board 1902-1917. The Pension Board handled the approval process and dispersion of pensions for the Confederate veterans of the Civil War.
 * The Captain remembers: the papers of Captain Richard Irby. Historical sketch of the Nottaway Grays, afterwards Company G, Eighteenth Virginia Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia.

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.

Vital Records

 * The Farmville Herald: index to births, deaths and marriages. Contents: v. 1. 1893-1912, also includes 1873-1876 of The Farmville Mercury and The Farmville Commonwealth.

Occupations

 * Medical register, 1917-1975. Contains copies of medical licenses for physical therapists, surgeons, dentists, optometrists, general practioners ("regular doctors"), and "allopathic" doctors.
 * Register of physicians, surgeons and dentists, 1894-1950

Officials
Probate Records

Probate

 * SAMPUBCO free online index resource that serves as a good starting place to search for Nottoway County wills.
 * Will records, 1789-1964; general indexes, 1865-1975
 * Accounts current records, 1867-1915; general index to fiduciary settlements, 1867-1915
 * Fiduciary order books, 1942-1972
 * Record of fiduciaries, 1901-1902
 * Bond and guarantee companies books, 1923-1974. A bond is a legal document wherein a person commits himself, his heirs, executors and administrators to pay a required amount of money to another if certain duties are not performed. These were paid by people elected or appointed to public offices or to act as guardians, executors or administrators of a person's estate.
 * Bond books, 1852-1865, 1891-1917; general index to bond books, 1866-1917
 * Bond books, 1899-1914, 1972-1975

Public Records

 * Minute book for the Board of Blendon Township 1871-1875 and the Pension Board 1902-1917.
 * Minute book for the Finance Board, 1932-1940

Taxation
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 * [1747] "Amelia Tithables, 1747," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Nov 2004. Vol. 42 Iss. 4.
 * [1782-1822] Heinegg, Paul. "Nottoway County Personal Property Tax List, 1789-1822," Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in this source.
 * [1791, 1801] Indexed images of the 1791 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Nottoway County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist. Falmouth VA: Oct 2002. Vol. 46 Iss. 4
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at . The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Nottoway County is included in Vol. 1.


 * Minute book, 1915-1916
 * Personal property tax lists, 1789-1850

Vital Records

 * Marriage register, 1865-1942; general indexes, 1866-1958, 1969-1975

Societies, Libraries and Museums

 * Account book, 1875-1877. This is the account book for Council no. 124, F. of T, which is a temperance society.

Websites

 * Nottoway County VA Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site
 * Family History Library Catalog