Dinwiddie County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1752--Dinwiddie County was created 27 February 1752 from Prince George County. County seat: Dinwiddie

Neighboring Counties

 * Amelia
 * Brunswick
 * Chesterfield
 * Greensville
 * Nottoway
 * Prince George
 * Sussex

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Petersburg

Court
Indexes (1844-1954) and images (1844-1932) to Dinwiddie County, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical detail.

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 1790 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Dinwiddie County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.

The 1790 and 1799 Land Tax Lists of Dinwiddie 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