Southampton County, Virginia Genealogy

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History


The county is named after the English port of Southampton.

Parent County
1749--Southampton County was created 30 April 1749 from Isle of Wight and Nansemond Counties. Nansemond County merged with Suffolk City 1 Jan 1974. County seat: Courtland

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.]

Church
Church of England


 * Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1945. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes Southampton County.]

Quaker


 * Bell, James Pinkney Pleasant. Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time: Being in Part a Transcript of the Minute Books of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County, and the South River Meeting, Campbell County, Va. Lynchburg, Va.: J.P. Bell Company, 1905. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [Includes Quakers from Southampton County.]
 * Putnam, Martha A. Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1996. Available at FHL. [Includes records about Quakers in Dinwiddie, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Norfolk, Prince George, Southampton counties and Suffolk City from 1600s and 1700s (Blackwater Montly Meeting, Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting, Pagan Creek Meeting, Western Branch Monthly Meeting, and Somerton Monthly Meeting.)]

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


 * Joyner, Ulysses P. They Crossed the Blackwater: The First Settlers of Southhampton County Virginia. Orange, Virginia: U.P. Joyner, 2001/2003. Available at FHL; another edition is also available at FHL.

Bibliography


 * [Fly] Fly, James Whitney. Fly Family. 5 vols. Montgomery, Alabama: J.W. Fly, 1990-1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Fly] Fly, James Whitney. Fly Family History. 8 vols. Montgomery, Alabama: J.W. Fly, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. Camarillo, Calif.: K. Wiggins, 1968?. Available at FHL.
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. 34 vols. 2nd ed.? Camarillo, Calif.: K. Wiggins, 1970?-1971. Available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Haithcock] See Hathcock.
 * [Hathcock] A Research Note on the Origins of the Hathcock / Heathcock / Haithcock Families of Southampton County, Virginia 1740 - 1840. Original typescript, Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library in Smithfield, Va.; available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Heathcock] See Hathcock.
 * [Ingram] Barnum, Dorothy Jeter. The James and Mary Kendall Ingram Family. Moultrie, Georgia: D.J. Barnum, c1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Pope] Austin, Jeannette H. Pope Genealogy. Riverdale, Ga.: J.H. Austin, 1987?. Available at FHL.
 * [Vick] Adkisson, Floy Jean. Vick Family History. Kerrville, Tex.: F.J. Adkisson, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Wellons] Wellons, James Willis. A Historical Sketch of the Wellons Family. Richmond, Va.: Central Publishing Company, 1910. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Whitehead] Davis, Eliza Timberlake. Whitehead Family of Isle of Wight and Southampton County, Virginia. Original typescript, Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library in Smithfield, Va.; available on microfilm at FHL.

Immigration

 * [http://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=Southampton&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 Southampton County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land

 * Brayton, John Anderson. Annotated Abstracts of Southampton County, VA, Deed Book 1, 1749-1753. Memphis, Tenn.: J.A. Brayton, 2001. Available at FHL.

Grants and Patents


 * Hudgins. 891 patents dated 1701-1836 in what is now Southampton County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. 2004. [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.]

Migration

 * Removals from delinquent list, 1797, Southside Virginian. Richmond VA: Oct 1982. Vol. 1 Iss. 1.

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Southampton 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 Southampton County, see p. 100.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Southampton County militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War


 * Proceedings of the Committees of Safety of Caroline and Southampton Counties, Virginia, 1774-1776. Richmond, Virginia: Division of Purchase and Printing, 1929. Available at FHL.

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

 * [Barrow] Barrow, David and James V. Clark. 1795 Diary of Reverend David Barrow: Pioneer Minister - Anti-slavery Spokesman - Founder of South Quay Baptist Church, Southampton, Va. 1776: Wilderness Travels from Virginia through North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Miami and Scioto Valleys in Northwest Territory from May to September, 1795: Index of Names, Places. Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1980. Available at FHL.
 * [Wade] Ray, Gloria E. Wade Family Bible Records. Original manuscripts, Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library, Smithfield, Va. Available on microfilm at FHL.

Probate
Wills


 * Chapman, Blanche Adams. Wills and Administrations of Southampton County, Virginia, 1749-1800. 2 vols. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Available at FHL; 1980 reprint at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?

The original personal property tax lists of Southampton County, Virginia are held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, Va. FHL has microfilmed these records for the years 1782 to 1850. Several of these records are also available in print or online:


 * [1778] Tithable Persons, Parish of Nottoway, 1778, Southside Virginian. Richmond VA: Jul 1988. Vol. 6 Iss. 3. Available at FHL.
 * [1782] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at FHL. [1782 personal property tax list of Southampton County.]
 * [1782] Land tax list, 1782, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Feb 2003. Vol. 41 Iss. 1.
 * [1786] Land tax, 1786, of Nansemond co. residents, Southside Virginian. Richmond VA: Jan 1984. Vol. 2 Iss. 2. Available at FHL.
 * [1787] 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. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Southampton County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1790, 1798] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Southampton County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1797] Removals from delinquent list, 1797, Southside Virginian. Richmond VA: Oct 1982. Vol. 1 Iss. 1. Available at FHL.
 * [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. Southampton County is included in Vol. 2.]

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