Virginia Voter Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Voter registrations for the counties of Mathews, Mecklenburg, Nelson, and Surry and the city of Petersburg.

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 * Step-by-Step Virginia Research, 1880-Present

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Magazine of Virginia genealogy Richmond, Virginia : Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983- FS Library 975.5 B2vs
 * Alexandria County, Poll books and other materials, 1902-1948, 1958
 * Arlington County, Voting applications for Clarendon Precinct, 1942-1948
 * Virginia, Bath County voter lists, 1791-1821
 * Virginia, Isle of Wight, voting records, 1900-1951
 * Lancaster County, Election polls, 1752-1799
 * Loudoun County, Poll book, v. A, 1801-1821
 * Roll of voters registered ... in Mathews County, Virginia, 1902-1903
 * List of colored voters registered at Pearsons Store precinct in Palmers Springs magisterial district, Mecklenburg Co., Va.
 * Roll of white voters registered at Lovingston Precinct in Lovingston Magisterial District, Nelson County, Virginia.|Roll of colored voters registered at Lovingston Precinct in Lovingston Magisterial District, Nelson County, Virginia.|List of white voters registered at Lovingston Precinct in Lovingston Magisterial District, Nelson County, Virginia.|List of colored voters registered at Lovingston Precinct in Lovingston Magisterial District, Nelson County, Virginia. (1902-1927)
 * Northumberland County, Election records : lists of voters and polls, 1796, 1839-1899
 * Roll of colored voters registered at all precincts in all wards, Petersburg City, Virginia|Roll of white voters registered at all precincts in all wards, Petersburg City, Virginia (1903)
 * Southampton County, Poll books, 1777-1877
 * Virginia, Surry County, voter records, 1783-1970
 * Voter registration in York County, Virginia, 1902-1960

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * West Virginia Voter Registers, 1866-1890.

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