Amelia County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1734--Amelia County was created 1 February 1734 from Brunswick and Prince George Counties. County seat: Amelia

Neighboring Counties

 * Chesterfield
 * Cumberland
 * Dinwiddie
 * Nottoway
 * Powhatan
 * Prince Edward

Cemeteries
For a detailed list, including addresses, phone numbers, and external links, see Amelia County, Virginia Cemeteries.

The following is a list of cemeteries in Amelia County:

Family Histories

 * [Southall] Warner, Seth. "Descendants of the Reverend Daniel Southall of Eastern North Carolina," The Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall 2007):175-190; Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 2008):107-127; Vol. 22, No. 2 (Fall 2008):221-240.

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
Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Amelia County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

Indexed images of the 1791 and 1800 Land Tax Lists of Amelia County, Virginia are available 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