Chesterfield County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Chesterfield County





History


The county was named after British statesman Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773).

Parent County
1749--Chesterfield County was created 1 May 1749 from Henrico County. County seat: Chesterfield

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Chesterfield County Tithables, 1747-1821," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * Kegley, Mary B. Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. Wytheville, Virginia: Kegley Books, 2003. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes information from Chesterfield County.]

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

The following is a list of cemeteries in Chesterfield County:

Census
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.]

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 Chesterfield County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887. Purchase at Virginians.com.

Bibliography


 * [Bailey] Howe, Mary Ellen. Richard Bailey of Chesterfield and Tazewell Counties, Virginia and His Descendants. 2 vols. Springfield, Va.: M.E. Howe, 1984-2003. 929.273 B155h
 * [Botton] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. The Botton Family of Henrico, Chesterfield, Amelia and Other Counties in Virginia, Sparrow Family of Virginia Notes. Typescript, 1958. 858787 Item 10
 * [Bridgewater] Thompson, Stella Pocahontas Anthony. Court Cecords of Chesterfield County, Virginia Pertaining to the Franklin, Brintle, Bridgewater, Nunally and Related Families. Columbia, Mo.: Mrs. J.F. Thompson, 1934. 1697595 Item 9
 * [Brintle] Thompson, Stella Pocahontas Anthony. Court Cecords of Chesterfield County, Virginia Pertaining to the Franklin, Brintle, Bridgewater, Nunally and Related Families. Columbia, Mo.: Mrs. J.F. Thompson, 1934. 1697595 Item 9
 * [Buck] Ewers, Dorothy Wood. "Cornelius Buck of Chesterfield County, Virginia: An Unhappy Story," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1966):99-108. 975.5 B2vg v. 10; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Butler] Crandol, Robert H. Genealogy of Robert H. Crandol: Includes Crandol, Butler, Tignor, Ironmonger, Butler [and] Wright of Chesterfield Co., Presson of York Co., Warwick Co. and Richmond Co., Virginia. Typescript, 1990. 1682968 Item 4
 * [Cheatham] Moseley, Lucille Cheatham. Descendants of Thomas Cheatham of Chesterfield County, Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1981. 929.273 C41m
 * [Crandol] Crandol, Robert H. Genealogy of Robert H. Crandol: Includes Crandol, Butler, Tignor, Ironmonger, Butler [and] Wright of Chesterfield Co., Presson of York Co., Warwick Co. and Richmond Co., Virginia. Typescript, 1990. 1682968 Item 4
 * [Eanes] Eanes, Richard Henry. The Descendants of Edward Eanes of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties in Virginia. Washington, D.C.: R.H. Eanes, 1940. 929.273 Ea67e; digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * [Eanes] Eanes, Richard Henry, Jenevie Eanes Knight, and William Clayton Eanes. The Descendants of Edward Eanes of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties in Virginia. Washington, D.C.: R.H. Eanes, 1968. 929.273 Ea67e 1968. [Revised and enlarged edition of 1940 work.]
 * [Flournoy] Rathbone, Bettye S. Some of the Ancestors of Francis Flournoy, Sr. of Chesterfield County, Virginia. Austin, Texas: Nortex Press, 1985. 929.273 F668r
 * [Fowler] Traver, Jerome D. Some Descendants of Three Early Henrico (Chesterfield) County, Virginia, Settlers: James Hill (1655-1708), John Puckett (d. 1678), and John Fowler (ca. 1638-1687). Williamsburg, Va.: J.D. Traver, 1992. 929.273 H553t
 * [Franklin] Thompson, Stella Pocahontas Anthony. Court Cecords of Chesterfield County, Virginia Pertaining to the Franklin, Brintle, Bridgewater, Nunally and Related Families. Columbia, Mo.: Mrs. J.F. Thompson, 1934. 1697595 Item 9
 * [Friend] Friend, Carter Watkins. The Descendants of Captain Thomas Friend, 1700-1760, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Alexandria, VA: C.W. Friend, 1961. 929.273 F915fc; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Hardaway] Hubert, Sarah Donelson. Thomas Hardaway of Chesterfield County, Virginia and His Descendants. Richmond, Va.: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1906. 1017405 Item 13; digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Hill] Traver, Jerome D. Some Descendants of Three Early Henrico (Chesterfield) County, Virginia, Settlers: James Hill (1655-1708), John Puckett (d. 1678), and John Fowler (ca. 1638-1687). Williamsburg, Va.: J.D. Traver, 1992. 929.273 H553t
 * [Ironmonger] Crandol, Robert H. Genealogy of Robert H. Crandol: Includes Crandol, Butler, Tignor, Ironmonger, Butler [and] Wright of Chesterfield Co., Presson of York Co., Warwick Co. and Richmond Co., Virginia. Typescript, 1990. 1682968 Item 4
 * [Jefferson] Martin, Richard T. The Jefferson Family: A History of the Jefferson Family from Thomas Jefferson, Who Died in Chesterfield County, Virginia, in 1697, to Judith Jefferson, Aunt of Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence: Including the Branch, Bostock, Field, Hatcher, Soane and Venable Families. Spring, Texas: R.T. Martin, 2007. 929.273 J359mr
 * [Lacy] Lacey, Howard Elton and Hubert Wesley Lacey. The William and Elliott Lacy Families of New Kent and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia with Forebearers and Descendants. Chelsea, Mich.: E. Lacey, 1996. 929.273 L119Lhe
 * [Moody] Park, Clara Lorene Cammack and Wilbur Goolsby Park. Francis Moody (1769-1821); His Ancestors, Descendants, and Related Families and All Moodys in the Early Records of Chesterfield County, Virginia. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1984. 929.273 M772p
 * [Moseley] Stutesman, John Hale. Moseley Families of Henrico, Chesterfield, Etc. Counties, VA after 1688, Compiled from Original Public Records. MSS., microfilmed 2004. 1573683 Item 11
 * [Nunally] Thompson, Stella Pocahontas Anthony. Court Cecords of Chesterfield County, Virginia Pertaining to the Franklin, Brintle, Bridgewater, Nunally and Related Families. Columbia, Mo.: Mrs. J.F. Thompson, 1934. 1697595 Item 9
 * [Nunn] Smith, O. Norris. The Nunns of XVIIIth Century Virginia with Roster of 1300 Descendants of the Henry County Clan. Greensboro, N.C.: O.N. Smith, 1984. 929.273 N923s
 * [Perdue] Pardue, Ida M. Asa Perdue, b. 1817, VA., m. Frances Pucket Amelia Co., VA., Chesterfield Co., VA., Dinwiddie Co., VA. Typescript, donated 1988. 6038586
 * [Puckett] Traver, Jerome D. Some Descendants of Three Early Henrico (Chesterfield) County, Virginia, Settlers: James Hill (1655-1708), John Puckett (d. 1678), and John Fowler (ca. 1638-1687). Williamsburg, Va.: J.D. Traver, 1992. 929.273 H553t
 * [Rhodes] Farnham, Charles W. "Holden Rhodes (1797-1857) A Vermonter Who Became a Southerner," The American Genealogist, Vol. 36 (1960):84-47. Available at New England Ancestors.
 * [Tignor] Crandol, Robert H. Genealogy of Robert H. Crandol: Includes Crandol, Butler, Tignor, Ironmonger, Butler [and] Wright of Chesterfield Co., Presson of York Co., Warwick Co. and Richmond Co., Virginia. Typescript, 1990. 1682968 Item 4
 * [Watkins] Watkins, Francis N. A Catalogue of the Descendants of Thomas Watkins of Chickahomony, Virginia Who was the Common Ancestor of Many of the Families of the Name in Prince Edward, Charlotte and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia. Virginia: F.N. Watkins, 1852. 1036817 Item 14; digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Weisiger] Weisiger, Benjamin B. The Weisiger Family: An Account of Daniel Weisiger, the Immigrant of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia, and His Descendants. Richmond, Va.: B.B. Weisiger, 1984. 929.273 W435wb
 * [Wooldridge] Wooldridge, William C. The Wooldridge Family Wooldridge Surname Descendants to ca. 1900 of John Wooldridge (ca. 1678-1757), Blacksmith of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia. 2 vols. Fredericksburg, Va.: Sheridan Books, 2002. 929.273 W882w v. 1
 * [Wright] Crandol, Robert H. Genealogy of Robert H. Crandol: Includes Crandol, Butler, Tignor, Ironmonger, Butler [and] Wright of Chesterfield Co., Presson of York Co., Warwick Co. and Richmond Co., Virginia. Typescript, 1990. 1682968 Item 4

Immigration

 * Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Available at New England Ancestors. [Chesterfield Co., VA: Branch.]
 * [http://www.immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Chesterfield&placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Chesterfield County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Bannister. 604 patents dated 1638-1790 in what is now Chesterfield County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2002. [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

 * Cox, T. Bransford, John B. Watkins, and Chesterfield County (Va.). Board of Supervisors. Chesterfield County, Virginia, Its History and Present Condition: Prepared Under the Supervision of John B. Watkins, as Authorized by the Board of Supervisors of the County, August, 1906. Richmond, Va.: Williams Printing Co., 1907. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view).

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1977):167-171. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Chesterfield County's 1788 Delinquent List appears on pp. 115-116.]

French and Indian War

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Chesterfield County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [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 Chesterfield County, see pp. 70, 107.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Chesterfield County militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Chesterfield 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." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

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 Chesterfield County.]

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.

Private Papers

 * King, George Harrison Sanford. "Bass Family Bible, Chesterfield County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1965):81-83. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virignia: Chesterfield County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1963):174-176. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1747-1821] Chesterfield County, Virginia Lists of Tithables and Insolvents, 1747-1821. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [1747-1821] Heinegg, Paul. "Chesterfield County Tithables, 1747-1821," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1747-1778] Chesterfield County - the Colonial Tithe Lists 1747-1778, CD, available for purchase at Binns Genealogy.
 * [1756] Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. Available at FHL; digital version at Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes annotated 1756 tithe list of Chesterfield County.]
 * [1786, 1788] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. 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. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [Sources for this publication are the 1786 personal property tax list and a partial reading of the 1788 personal property tax list (only published names that do not appear on 1786 list). Chesterfield County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1788] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1977):167-171. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Chesterfield County's 1788 Delinquent List appears on pp. 115-116.]
 * [1790, 1801] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Chesterfield County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1791, 1802] Indexed images of the 1791 and 1802 Land Tax Lists of Chesterfield County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] "Chesterfield County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):254-258; Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1972):23-28; Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1972):89-95. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Chesterfield County is included in Vol. 1.]

Vital Records
Marriage


 * Knorr, Catherine Lindsay. Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Chesterfield County. Pine Bluff, Ark., 1958. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):91-92. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

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