Brunswick County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Brunswick County, Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Brunswick County is located in the south-central portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county was named for the former Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg, which was a British possession in the 18th century.

County Courthouse
Brunswick County Courthouse 216 North Main Street Lawrenceville, VA 23868-0160 Phone: 434-848-2215 Brunswick County Website

Clerk Circuit court has marriage, divorce and probate records from 1732 and land records from 1900.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

History Timeline
Brunswick County is said to have been named after the Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg in modern-day Germany. This is because the county was named, more directly, after the House of Brunswick, which had gained possession of the British throne in 1714. One of the titles of the Hanoverian kings of Britain was that of Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg.

Bible Records

 * 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Cemeteries

 * 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Wilkes Burial Ground, 'Charlie's Hope,' Brunswick County, Virginia. By Charles Fred Wilkes. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):135-136., CD available at: New England Ancestors ($).

Census Records

 * Brunswick County, Virginia, Poll List 1748. William and Mary Quarterly. Online at: Internet Archive.

1810
 * 1810 census (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1810 census index (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1810 Federal Census Index to Online Images, Brunswick County, Virginia (Meherrin Parish: 742-772). c2001. By Joan Ackermann Renfrow. Online at: 1810 census index, Meherrin Parish (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1810 Federal Census Index to Online Images, Brunswick County, Virginia (St. Andrews Parish: 701-741). c2001. By Joan Ackermann Renfrow. Online at: 1810 census index, St. Andrews Parish (USGenWeb Archives)

1830
 * Brunswick Co., Va. Census of 1830. 1976. By Don Simmons. Melber, Kentucky : Self-published.

1850
 * 1850 census index (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1850 census, northern division (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1850 census, southern division, part 1 of 2 (USGenWeb Archives)
 * 1850 census, southern division, part 2 of 2 (USGenWeb Archives)

1890 Union Veterans
 * Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. c1994. By Ronald Ray Turner.  Online at: Ancestry ($).

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places


 * History of Pleasant Hill Christian Church. 1991. By Glennie Clary Bower. Online at: USGenWeb.

Baptist Early Baptist churches (with years constituted): Brunswick County fell within the bounds of the Meherrin Association.
 * 1) Fountain Creek (by 1787)
 * 2) Great Creek (by 1790)
 * 3) James's
 * 4) Reedy Creek (by 1775)

Church of England See also Meherrin Parish See also St. Andrew's Parish
 * Bath Parish Register (Births, Deaths, & Marriages), 1827-1897, of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and St. Andrews Parish Vestry Book, 1732-1797, of Brunswick County, Virginia. 1993. By William Lindsay Hopkins. Athens, Georgia : Iberian Publishing Company.
 * Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 1861. By William Meade. 2 vols. Philadelphia, PA : J.B. Lippincott and Co. Online at: Internet Archive Vol. I and Internet Archive Vol. II. Meade's history of parishes in Brunswick County included.

Quaker Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):
 * Ward's Monthly Meeting (1770-1790) aka Sadler's

Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Court Records. Online at: USGenWeb Archives.
 * Brunswick County Road Orders, 1732-1746. 1988. By Nathaniel Mason Pawlett. Charlottesville, Virginia : Virginia Transportation Research Council
 * Library of Virginia's Chancery Records Index can be used to search Brunswick County chancery records for the years 1781-1942. Originals located at the Library of Virginia.

Emigration and Immigration

 * Items from Southern Record. By Milnor Ljungstedt. The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. . Shows Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries.


 * Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia. 1966. By Katherine B. Elliott. South Hill, Virginia : K.B. Elliott. 2 vols. - Vol. 1 of original edition available at ; 1983 reprints (both volumes) available at ; 1990-1992 reprints (both volumes) available at . Includes individuals who migrated out of Brunswick County to other parts of the country.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American
 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Brunswick County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1815. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
 * Register of Free Negroes and Also of Dower Slaves, Brunswick County, Virginia, 1803-1850. 1983. By Frances Holloway Wynne. Fairfax, Virginia : Self-published.
 * Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans in Brunswick County.

Genealogies
Compiled Genealogies of Surnames A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 * See Brunswick County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list og 225+ published books and articles or jump to the surname using the alphabet bar

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families
 * Bible Records, Brunswick County, Virginia USGenWeb Archives
 * Biographies, Brunswick County, Virginia USGenWeb Archives
 * The Duke-Symes Family. c1940. By Jane Sims Davison Morris. Philadelphia, PA : Dorrance and Co. Publishers. Online at: Hathitrust.
 * Kinfolks, A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stuart) Harllee, Andrew and Agnes (Cade) Fulmore, Benjamin and Mary Curry, Samuel and Amelia (Russell) Kemp, John and Hannah (Walker) Bethea, Sterling Clack and Frances (king) Robertson, Samuel and Sophia Ann (Parker) Dickey ... Their Antecedents, Descendants, and Collateral Relatives. 1937. By William Curry Harllee. New Orleans, LA : Searcy & Pfaff, Ltd. Vol 3. Online at: Hathitrust.
 * 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 Brunswick County, see discussion of cited sources.] CD-ROM no. 3887.
 * The Story of the Myricks. 1952. By Allie Goodwin Myrick Bowden. Macon, GA : The J. W. Burke Co. Online at: Hathitrust.
 * Tillman & Hamilton Family Records With Their Many Ancestral Lineages. 1959. Compiled by James David Tillman, Jr. Meridian, MS : Privately Printed. Vol 1. Online at: Hathitrust.
 * Trotter Genealogy : The Virginia-Tennessee-Mississippi Trotter Line, 1725-1948. c1948. By Mrs. Isham Trotter, Jr. Louisville, KY : Mayes Printing Co., Inc. Online at: Hathitrust.
 * Early Trotters of Brunswick County, Virginia and All the Descendants of Colonel Isham Trotter. 1950. By William Wingfield Wilkinson. Elkton, KY : n.p. Online at: Hathitrust.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records

Deeds
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Deeds. 1991. Miami Beach, Florida : T.L.C. Genealogy.
 * Brunswick County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, Etc., No. 1, 1732-1740. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):73-79; Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1957):124-131; Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1957):163-168; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1958):33-37; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958):87-90; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1958):124-127; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1958):172-176; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1959):27-33; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):65-70; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1959):103-112; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1959):153-161. CD available at: American Ancestors ($), ,
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Land Records. Online at: USGenWeb Archives.

Grants and Patents


 * 821 patents dated 1717-1801 in What is Now Brunswick County, Virginia Placed on a Map. By Hudgins. DeedMapper, 2002. Online at: Brunswick Co. 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.

Local Histories

 * Brunswick County, Virginia, 1720-1975. 1975. By Henry L. Mitchell, Gay Neale, W. M. Pritchett. Brunswick County, Virginia : Brunswick County Bicentennial Committee..
 * Brunswick County and Fort Christiana. William and Mary College Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 4. Online at: USGenWeb Archives.
 * Geography Supplement of Brunswick County. 1928. By Mrs. Thomas R. Witten, Virgie M. Hammack, Lucille F. Keeton, Frances B. Ripberger. Charlottesville, VA : Brunswick County School Board, University of Virginia. Online at: Hathitrust.
 * Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation. Bulletin of the Virginia State Library. 1916. By Morgan Poitiaux Robinson. Richmond, VA : Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Online at: Hathitrust.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration

 * Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia. 1966. By Katherine B. Elliott. South Hill, Virginia : K.B. Elliott. 2 vols. - Vol. 1 of original edition available at ; 1983 reprints (both volumes) available at ; 1990-1992 reprints (both volumes) available at . Includes individuals who migrated out of Brunswick County to other parts of the country.
 * Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist. Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):248-254. Available at: American Ancestors by NEHGS ($), . These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Brunswick County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 254.
 * Some Migrations from Virginia to South Carolina. 1983. By Mary McCampbell Bell. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Spring 1983):97-102; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Spring 1984):94-99.

Military Records

 * Fort Christanna (Historical Marker Database)
 * Fort Christanna (Wikipedia)
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Military. Online at: USGenWeb Archives.

French and Indian War
 * Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. By William F. Boogher. 2007. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive; . Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch (French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's 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 Brunswick County, see p. 68-69.
 * Soldiers From Brunswick County, Virginia, in the French and Indian War. By Mrs. Carstairs Bracey. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):193-194.
 * 1651-1776 Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at ; digital book at Ancestry ($). Identifies some County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.
 * Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. . Online at: Ancestry ($).

Revolutionary War
 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. See Virginia, Eastern District, Brunswick County on page 129.
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." ; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.

Regiments. Service men in Brunswick County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Brunswick County supplied soldiers for the:
 * - 15th Virginia Regiment (6th Company)

War of 1812 Brunswick County men served in the 66th and 96th Regiments.
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... 1883. Washington, D.C : Government Printing Office. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, Virginia, Brunswick County, p. 64.
 * Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. 2007. By James L. Douthat. Signal Mountain, Tennessee : Mountain Press. Mountain Press provides online surname list.  975.5 M2djL.

Civil War Records and histories are available, including:
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia. 2000. By W.M. Pritchett. Baltimore, MD : Gateway Press.
 * Southside Virginia in the Civil War : Amelia, Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, & Prince Edward Counties. c1999. By Anthony J. Gage. Appomattox, Virginia : H.E. Howard. Online at: BestOnlineBooks.

Regiments: Civil War service men in Brunswick County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed here: Additional information for the following regiments can be at, pp. 158-174, and.
 * - 4th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)
 * - 5th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Brunswick Guard).
 * - 5th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Wilson's)(Archer's)(Confederate).
 * - 12th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company F (Huger Grays) and Company I (Meherrin Grays).
 * - 20th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company I (Brunswick Blues).
 * - 21st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company G (Brunswick Grays or Brunswick Guard).
 * - 46th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)
 * - 53rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)
 * - 56th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company E (Ebenezer Grays).
 * - 59th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company B3 (Brunswick Blues).
 * - 66th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Militia (Confederate)
 * - [[96th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Militia (Confederate)|96th Regiment was part of the 15th Brigade along with the precedingly mentioned 66th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Militia (Confederate) as mentioned in titled, A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, page 241.

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1906-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Newspapers

 * Brunswick County, Virginia Obituaries. Online at: USGenWeb Archives.
 * Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online at Colonial Williamsburg. 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.

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records Other Brunswick County probate resources include:
 * 1633-1800 Wills and Estate Records Index at Library of Virginia.SamPubCo has created a free online resource that serves as a good starting place to search for Colonial Brunswick County wills:
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Will Testators Index, Books 1-3 (1732-1769)
 * Brunswick County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, Etc., No. 1, 1732-1740. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):73-79; Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1957):124-131; Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1957):163-168; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1958):33-37; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958):87-90; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1958):124-127; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1958):172-176; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1959):27-33; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):65-70; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1959):103-112; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1959):153-161. Online at: A-G Internet Archive, H-L Internet Archive, American Ancestors by NEHGS ($),.
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Wills. Online at: USGenWeb Archives.
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Wills, Etc. By W. B. Cridlin. Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 22. Online at: Google Books.
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Wills, 1739-1750. Miami Beach. Florida : T.L.C. Genealogy, 1991.
 * Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. 1987. By William Lindsay Hopkins. Richmond, Virginia : W. L. Hopkins. Available at.
 * 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry — index, incomplete ($)
 * 1739-1750 Brunswick County, Virginia Wills and Deeds. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($). Index to Wills and Indentures (Deeds).
 * 1739-1750 Brunswick County, Virginia. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships.
 * 1751-1761 Brunswick County, Virginia Wills. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * 1751-1761 Brunswick County, Virginia. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships.
 * 1751-1769 Brunswick County, Virginia. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($). Index to Inventories, Accounts, Wills, Book No. 3.
 * 1764-1769 Brunswick County, Virginia Wills. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * 1764-1769 Brunswick County, Virginia. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships.
 * 1783-1785 Brunswick County, Virginia Wills. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * 1783-1785 Brunswick County, Virginia. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships.
 * 1740-1781 Online Images of Orphans Estates - 1740 to 1781; 1828 to 1843; 1843 to 1853 Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1739-1750 Online Images of Wills - 1739-1750; 1751-1761; 1764-1769; 1783-1785 Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1795-1804 Online Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories Virginia Pioneers ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, 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
Online Tax Indexes and Records
 * 1748 Brunswick County, Va., Poll List, 1748. William and Mary College Quarterly, 1st Series, Vol. 26 (1917):59-64. Online at: USGenWeb Archives,.
 * Reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, available at.


 * 1782 Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940. By Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle. Reprint, Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. . Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, - images.
 * 1782-1815 Brunswick County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1815. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans.
 * 1783 Personal Property Tax Lists. Online at: RootsWeb.
 * 1783 Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783. Online at: Revolutionary War Service.
 * 1787 The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. c1987. By Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print. . The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Brunswick County is included in Vol. 1.
 * 1787 Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):248-254. CD available at: New England Ancestors ($), . These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Brunswick County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 254.
 * 1788, 1798 1788 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Brunswick County, Virginia. Online at: Binns Genealogy.
 * 1800 Brunswick County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):35-38; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):67-70; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):116-120; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1967):175-178. Online at: USGenWeb Archives, CD available at: New England Ancestors ($),.
 * 1815 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). By Roger D. Ward. c1997. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. . . The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Brunswick County is included in Vol. 2.

Vital Records

 * Vital Records, Brunswick County, Virginia. Online at: USGenWeb Archives.

Birth
. Beth Fridley has published abstracts of Brunswick County births from 1853 through 1896 online at Ancestry:
 * 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1853-1862 Brunswick County, Virginia Births, 1853-62. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * 1865-1873 Brunswick County, Virginia Births, 1865-73. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * 1874-1879 Brunswick County, Virginia Births, 1874-79. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * 1880-1896 Brunswick County, Virginia Births, 1880-96. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Marriage

 * 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages. Online at: Findmypast ($).
 * 1730-1852 Marriage Records of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1730 - 1852. c1976. (Originally published in 1953.) By Augusta B. Fothergill. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Online at: WVAncestry, Geneanet ($), . This compilation includes more than 3,000 marriage records from Brunswick County.
 * 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1750-1810 Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1750-1810. 1953, 1982. By Catherine Lindsay Knorr. Easley, South Carolina : Southern Historical Press. Southern Historical Press ($).
 * 1750-1861 Brunswick County, Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1750-1861. 1997. By Joel Ricks. Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson Book Company.
 * 1750-1861 Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * 1750-1861 Brunswick County Marriages 1750 to 1861 Virginia Pioneers
 * 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index ; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Death

 * Brunswick County, Virginia Obituaries. Online at: USGenWeb Archives.
 * 1853-1855 Brunswick County Death Index 1853-1855.
 * 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection;  index & images

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Archives

 * Inventory of County Archives of Virginia: No. 13, Brunswick County (Lawrenceville). 1943. By The Virginia Historical Records Survey Service Division. Online at: Brunswick Co Archives.

Family History Centers

 * Franklin Virginia Family History Center
 * Richmond Virginia Family History Center
 * Richmond Virginia Midlothian Family History Center


 * Hardin County Genealogy Society and Robert Reed Genealogy Library - an affiliate library
 * Greenwood Library, Longwood University - an affiliate library

Libraries
Brunswick County Museum Website Meherrin Regional Library Website

Websites

 * Brunswick County, Virginia (Brunswick County site)
 * Brunswick County, Virginia GenWeb
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Genealogy (GenealogyLinks.net)
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Genealogy and History (Virginia Genealogy Trails)
 * Brunswick County, Virginia USGenWeb Archives (USGenWeb)
 * Fort Christanna (Historical Marker Database)
 * Fort Christanna (Wikipedia)
 * History of the Town of Lawrenceville
 * Cyndi's List
 * Virginia Pioneers


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Research Guides

 * A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Brunswick County. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1962):34-38. Online at: American Ancestors by NEHGS ($),.
 * Genealogical Research in Brunswick County. By John W. Pritchett. The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 3 (2006). Online at: VGS ($),.