Pittsylvania County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1766--Pittsylvania County was created 6 November 1766 from Halifax County. County seat: Chatham

Neighboring Counties

 * Bedford
 * Campbell
 * Caswell County, North Carolina
 * Franklin
 * Halifax
 * Henry
 * Rockingham County, North Carolina

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
The first taxable tithable records that were found in Pittsylvania County was in the year 1767 and a David Barber was to be one of the first records found on this list. The 1767 list may be found in Maud Carter Clement's The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia (1929). There was a period of time from 1767 until 1782 that was the next year and after that 1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790. This was the first year 1790 that the United States Federal census began. This list is an early time because no census for people was available. This was started because England wanted the revenue and money.

1789 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Pittsylvania 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