Accomack County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Accomack County, Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
Accomack County is located on the northernmost portion of Virginia's Eastern Shore. The county’s name comes from the Native American word Accawmack, meaning “the other shore”.

County Courthouse
Accomack County Courthouse 23316 Courthouse Avenue Accomac, Virginia 23301 Phone: 757-787-5776 Accomack County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1784, divorce records from 1850, probate and court and land records from 1663

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Towns:

Communities:

History Timeline
Accomac Shire was established in the Virginia Colony by the House of Burgesses in 1634 under the direction of King Charles I. It was one of the original eight shires of Virginia. The shire's name comes from the Native American word Accawmack.

In 1642, the named was changed to Northampton County by the British, to eliminate "heathen" names in the New World. ("shires" and "counties" were essentially the same in England). In 1663, Northampton County was split into two counties. The northern section assumed the original Accomac name, the southern retained Northampton.

In 1670, the Virginia Colony's Royal Governor William Berkeley abolished Accomac County, but the Virginia General Assembly re-created it in 1671. In 1940, the General Assembly officially added a "k" to the end of the county's name to arrive at its current spelling, which is Accomack County. (from Wikipedia)

Bible Records

 * Joynes, 1812-1891 Joynes Family Bible Records, 1812-1891. Original records; microfilmed reproduction:.
 * Mapp, 1733-1918 Mapp Family Bible Records, 1733-1918. Original records; microfilmed reproduction:.
 * Parker - Bible of John R. Parker, Accomack County, Virginia. By James F. Lewis. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):133-134..
 * Scott, 1817-1825 Scott Family Bible Records, 1817-1825. Original records; microfilmed reproduction:.
 * Taylor, 1741-1780 Family Records from the Ledger of Edward Taylor, Accomack County, 1741-1780. By Conley L. Edwards. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Jul-Sep. 1978):179-180..
 * 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Family Bible Pages at GHOTES

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * Surname index to Accomack Indentures 1798-1835 Petersrow Publishers ($).
 * Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. By Philip Alexander Bruce.   1896. New York, NY : Macmillan and Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.

Cemeteries

 * Many cemetery records are available online at Eastern Shore Stuff.
 * Gravestones of the Eastern Shore of Virginia; images of headstones
 * Old Tombstones in Northampton and Accomac Counties, VA. By Lyon G. Tyler. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):256-262. Online at: Internet Archive, JSTOR.
 * 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Census Records
1790 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

1800 - Exists, but it is not included in Ancestry, FamilySearch, or Heritage Quest Online databases. The original records are held at the Library of Virginia. Microfilm copy:. Abstracts were published in The Virginia Genealogist: 1820 - Exists, but the National Archives microfilm copy of Accomack County, Virginia omits page 6. The missing names have been published in The Virginia Genealogist as well as Shenandoah County GenWeb Project.
 * Second census of the United States, 1800, Accomack County, Virginia. By Annie Laurie Ewald. 1977. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1957):98-108; Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1957):157-162; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1958):13-18; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958); Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1958):128-133; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1958):153-166. ; CD available at: American Ancestors ($); . The census taker was exceptional in that he identified relationships and residences of inhabitants to distinguish between persons of the same name.
 * Virginia 1820 Federal Census: Names Not on the Microfilm Copy. By Gerald M. Petty. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 2 (April-June 1974):136-139..

1850 Agriculture Census
 * Virginia 1850 Agriculture Census. By Linda L. Green. 2004-2007. 5 volumes. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books, ;.

1870
 * Surname index to The Accomack County 1870 Census Petersrow Publishing ($).

1890 Union Veterans
 * Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. By Ronald Ray Turner. 1994. . Online at: Online at: Ancestry ($);.
 * Accomack County VA Mortality Schedules 1850-1860-1870 at GHOTES

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places


 * The Oldest Churches on the Eastern Shore of Virginia; list of churches and when they were built.

Baptist Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):
 * 1) Chingoteague (1786)
 * 2) Matompkin (1785)
 * 3) Mesongoes (1779)
 * 4) Pungoteague (1790) - Church minutes, 1833-1956, including lists of members, survive:.

Accomack County fell within the bounds of the Accomac Association.

Church of England See also Accomac Parish See also Accomack Parish  See also St. George's Parish
 * A Parsonage House for Accomack, 1635. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Mar., 1963), p. 36. Online at: JSAH.
 * Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. By George Carrington Mason. 1945. Richmond, Virginia : Whittet &amp; Shepperson. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust;.
 * Early Episcopacy in Accomack. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct., 1897), pp. 128-132. Online at: JSTOR.
 * Surname index to St. George's Parish Accomack County Vestry Book 1763-1787 Petersrow Publishing ($).
 * Surname index to Meetings of the Overseers of the Poor for Accomack &amp; St. George's Parish September 1787-1819 Petersrow Publishing ($).

Methodist
 * Native Methodist Preachers of the Eastern Shore of Virginia: With Supplements Concerning Methodist Preachers and Methodist Preachers' Children Who Have Married on the Shore and a Few Others. By Arthur Linwood Stevenson. 1973. Brevard, NC : A.L. Stevenson. ..
 * Surname index to A Record of Baptisms on the Accomack Circuit (Cokesbury Methodist Episcopal Church of Onancock, Virginia, 1859-1888) Petersrow Publishing ($).

Quaker Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):
 * Guilford Creek Monthly Meeting (1677-1729) aka Muddy Creek.
 * Swansqut Monthly Meeting (1736-1790)

Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records
 * Mis. Court Records at GHOTES

Chancery Court
 * Surname index to Accomack County Chancery Orders 1831-1845 Petersrow Publishing ($).
 * Library of Virginia's Chancery Records Index includes digital images for Accomack County chancery records for the years 1702-1862. Indexed information and original records available at the Library of Virginia through 1913.

County Court
 * Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore: Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties. By William Robert Montgomery Houston and Jean M. Mihalyka. 1993. Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield Co. ; . Ages taken from court, land, and probate records.
 * The Colonial County Court, Social Forum and Legislative Precedent: Accomack County, Virginia, 1633-1639. By George B. Curtis.The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 85, No. 3 (Jul., 1977), pp. 274-288., online at: JSTOR ($).
 * The Women of Accomack versus Henry Smith: Gender, Legal Recourse, and the Social Order in Seventeenth-Century Virginia. By Irmina Wawrzyczek. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 105, No. 1 (Winter, 1997), pp. 5-26., online at: JSTOR ($).

Eastern Shore District Court
 * Surname index to Eastern Shore District Court 1789-1816 Petersrow Publishing ($).

Orphan's Court
 * Surname index to Accomack County Orphan's Court Accounts 1741-1805 Petersrow Publishing ($).

Petitions
 * A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford (Virginia State Library). By H.J. Eckenrode. 1908. Richmond, Virginia : Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Online at: Google Books.

Emigration and Immigration
The Port of Accomack entry book (1783-1793) has been preserved. Clerks recorded the name of vessel and port of origination, name of master, type of cargo, and amount of duties, but not passengers:. Unfortunately, no official passenger lists survive for the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries.
 * North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. By Peter Wilson Coldham. 2007. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. . Includes wills of residents of Accawacke (Accomack), Nasswadax Creek, and Accomack County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.

During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 1 British alien living in Accomack County.
 * The Women of Accomack versus Henry Smith: Gender, Legal Recourse, and the Social Order in Seventeenth-Century Virginia. By Irmina Wawrzyczek. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 105, No. 1 (Winter, 1997), pp. 5-26. ; digital version at JSTOR ($). [Some of the individuals involved in this case were imported servants.]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American From 1790 to 1860, Accomack County had one of the largest free black populations in the state (721 in 1790; 3418 in 1860).
 * 1788 Tax List - Virginia. Blacks: Accomac County, Accomac Parish and Whites: Accomac County, Accomac Parish, Islands. Online at: Accomac Roots.
 * 1799 Tax List - Virginia. Blacks: Accomac County, Accomac Parish and Whites: Accomac County, Accomac Parish, Islands. Online at: Accomac Roots.
 * Accomac Roots is an online resource with extensive African American information, including genealogy, census data, tax lists, indentures, cemeteries, maps, pictures, documents, and sources.
 * Accomack County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1814. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Library of Virginia. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
 * Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. By Paul Heinegg. 2005-present. Online at: Free African Americans;.
 * 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * The 1850 Slave Inhabitants Schedule of Accomac County, Virginia. By Celestine G. Koger. c1995. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. ;.
 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records for African-Americans in Accomack County.

Funeral Homes

 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Genealogies
Compiled Genealogies by Surname A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 * See Accomack County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of published books and articles, or jump to a surname using the alphabet bar.
 * Eastern Shore Family Data Files at GHOTES
 * Family Journals at GHOTES
 * The Ghotes Common Ancestor Linkage Project at GHOTES
 * 100s of Families from the Eastern Shore, from Charlemagne to the early 1900s at Miles Files

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families
 * McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: For earliest colonists of Accomack County, Virginia; A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007..
 * Carey, Mary Frances, Barry W. Miles, and Moody K. Miles. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. 3 vols. Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004-2007. . Contents:
 * v. 1. Descendants of James Bonnewell, Richard Bundick, William Mason, Edward Thornton, Henry Trader, and Henry Wright
 * v. 2. Descendants of Edward Bayly, Richard Bayly, Edward Byrd, Edward Ker, John Lewis, Samuel Marshall, and Roger Miles
 * v. 3. Descendants of Thomas Elliott (Northampton County), Thomas Elliott (Onley, Accomack County), Thomas Elliott (Wachapreague, Accomack), John Fisher, John Mapp, and Bartholowmew Mears.
 * Available digitally at Eastern Shore Public Library
 * Edwards, Lucy Ames and Nannie Ames Mears. Ames, Mears and Allied Lines. The American Ancestors of Samuel William Ames and Sarah Anne Edmunds Mears of Accomack County, Virginia. 1967. . Discusses 67 Eastern Shore families.
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Allen, Bartlett (see introduction), Bestick (see introduction), Bevans, Bibbens, Blake, Carter, Case, Church, Consellor, Copes, Davis, Douglass, Driggers, Duffy, Duncan, Farrell, Finnie, Fletcher, Fortune, Francis, Francisco, George, Hammond, Hanser, Harman, Harris, Harrison, Hitchens, Holt, Hutton (see introduction), Johnson, Lang, Liverpool, Longo, Malavery, Marshall, Matthews, Mongom, Morris, Moses, Nutts, Okey, Parkinson, Payne, Perkins, Priss, Read, Roberts, Robinson, Rosario, Salmons, Sample, Shepherd, Sisco, Stephens, Teague, Thompson, Vincent (see introduction), Webb, Weeks, West, Wise, Young families of pre-1820 Accomack County, Virginia.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Hacks Neck and Its People, Past and Present: A Collection of Historical Material, A Portrayal of Life and Some of the Customs of These Eastern Shore of Virginia People, A List of Many of Their Names, Their Descendants and Family Connections, and the Names of Land Owners Therein from Colonial Times to the Present. Chicago, Ill.: J.E. Mears, 1937. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Scrapbooks, 1962-1965. 3 vols. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Scrapbooks, 1965-1967. 3 vols. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Scrapbooks, 1967-1970. 6 vols. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Stone, Doris Y. Genealogical Notes Concerning Selected Virginia Families. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society. "Primarily concern early settlers in Virginia's Eastern Shore (Accomack and Northampton counties) and in Surry County, Va. Families represented include Barham, Beckwith, Bird/Byrd, Clark/Clarke, Corbin, Creed, Ewell, Filmer, Gray, Justis/Justice, Killman/Killmon, Lewis, Long, Rew/Rhue/Arew, Shrieves/Shreaves/Shreves, Swan/Swann/Swon, Taylor/Tailer/Tayler, Warren, Watson, and Yeardley/Yardly."

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records

Grants and Patents


 * Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. By Nell Marion Nugent. 1963. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: Hathitrust Ancestry ($);.
 * Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800. By Nell Marion Nugent. 1934. Richmond, Virginia : Press of the Dietz Printing Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.

Headrights
 * Certificates and Rights, Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1709. By Stratton Nottingham. 1929. Onancock, Virginia : S. Nottingham. Online at: Open Library ($);.

Processioner's Returns
 * Surname index to Accomack and St. George's Parishes Processioner's Returns 1723-1792, 1796-1816 Petersrow Publishers ($).
 * Surname index to genealogical analysis of landowners appearing in Processioner's Returns of St. George Parish 1795-1796 Petersrow Publishers ($).

Local Histories

 * The Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1603-1964. By Nora Miller Turman. 1988. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. Online at: Internet Archive;.
 * Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke, or The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. By Jennings Copper Wise. 1911. The Bell Book and Stationery Co : Richmond, Virginia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * Virginia Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Virginia Eastern Shore Maps and Gazetteers at GHOTS
 * Eastern Shore Gazetteer at GHOTS


 * Virginia Eastern Shore Maps and Gazetteers at GHOTS
 * Accomack County Maps at GHOTS
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records
French and Indian War Internet Archive;. 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 Accomack County, see p. 25.
 * Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. By William F. Boogher. 2007. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at:
 * Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. By William Armstrong Crozier. 1954. Baltimore, Maryland : Southern Book Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. . Online at: Ancestry ($). Identifies some Accomack County militia officers and/or soldiers; 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 Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Washington : Blair and Rives. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($);.
 * Index to Revolutionary Pension and Bounty-Land Documents at the Library of Virginia. 2012. Compiled by C. Leon Harris. Online at: Library of Virginia.
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." ; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.
 * Rev. John Lyon Tried by a Court Martial in Accomack County, August 8, 1781. The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct., 1922), pp. 285-288. Online at: Internet Archive.
 * Soldiers and Sailors of the Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Revolutionary War. By Stratton Nottingham. 1995. Westminster, Maryland : Family Line Publications..

Regiments.Service men in Accomack County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Accomack County supplied soldiers for the:
 * - 9th Virginia Regiment

War of 1812 Accomack County men served in the 2nd and 99th Regiments.
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. ; online at Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, Virginia, Accomack County, p. 58
 * Heritage Trail Markers for The War of 1812:
 * Chesconessex Creek at Accomack County
 * Pungoteague Creek at Accomack County
 * Tangier Island at Accomack County

Civil War Civil War service men in Accomack County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed here:
 * - 39th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Companies E, F, G, H, I, and L.

Online Civil War Indexes and Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * Eastern Shore of Virginia Register of Loyal Volunteers (Civil War Era) at GHOTES

World War I
 * Barnes, Alton Brooks Parker. Young No More. [Onancock, Virginia]: P. Barnes, c1994. . [Gives a history of World War I from the viewpoint of men from Accomack and Northampton counties who fought in the war.]

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1906-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Newspapers

 * 1888-1905 Digitized images of the Peninsula Enterprise of Accomac, Virginia (1888-1905) are available online at the Library of Congress Chronicling America project.
 * Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website.
 * 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.

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * Mis. Court Records at GHOTES

Local Court
 * 1671-1674; 1673-1676; 1676-1690;1678-1682; 1682-1697; 1682-1715; 1715-1729 Images of Wills Inventories Appraisements at Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1678-82; 1682-1697; 1692-1715; 1715-1729; 1729-1737 Indexes to Deeds, Estates, Wills at Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1729-1737 Wills, inventories, appraisements, divisions (digital images) Virginia Pioneers ($)

District Court
 * Surname index to Eastern Shore District Court Wills and Deeds 1800-1806 Petersrow Publishers ($)

Guardian Bonds
 * Surname index to Accomack County Guardian Bonds 1819-1827 Petersrow Publishers ($)

London Courts
 * North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. By Peter Wilson Coldham. 2007. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. . Includes wills of residents of Accawacke (Accomack), Nasswadax Creek, and Accomack County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.
 * 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry — index, incomplete ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records
Online Tax Indexes and Records

Officials
 * Tax Lists York County 1782, 1783, 1784; Rent Roll York County 1704, Gloucester 1704, Warwick 1704; James City County Taxes 1768. By Thelma I. Hansford. 1990. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. ..

Original versions The original Accomack County personal property tax lists are kept at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. and the Accomack County Courthouse, Accomac, Va. Microfilm copies: (years: 1782-1850).

Published versions
 * 1674; 1678-1695 Accomack County Tithables at Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1663-1695 Accomack Tithables 1663-1695. By Stratton Nottingham. 2001. Onancock, Westminster, MD : Willow Bend Books. ; 1987 reprint: ..
 * 1666 Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke, or The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. By Jennings Copper Wise. 1911. The Bell Book and Stationery Co : Richmond, Virginia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * 1679 A List of Tithables Accomack Co., Virginia 1679," The Quarterly (Dallas County Genealogical Society). By Mrs. J.L. Lu and Mrs. W.A. Neumann. Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec. 1978):222-224. 
 * 1683 Quit Rent Roll for 1683. Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Aug. 1985)..
 * 1704 Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 1983. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. Vol. 28 (1920):207-218, 328-339; Vol. 29 (1921):18-28, 337-343, 402-412; Vol. 30 (1922):21-30, 280-285, 341-347; Vol. 31 (1923):70-75, 153-163, 215-231, 314-318; Vol. 32 (1924):69-75, 144-158, 281-287, 338-343; Vol. 33 (1925):47-50, 359-370; Vol. 34 (1926):113-119, 252-258, 313, 321. ; Reprinted in Virginia Tax Records available at FHL . Online at: Internet Archive, JSTOR($); . Accomack County appears in 34:113-119, 252-258.
 * 1782, 1790, 1800 Accomack County, Virginia Tax Lists in "U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820," available online at Ancestry ($). Includes 1782, 1790, and 1800 personal property tax lists.
 * 1782-1814 Accomack County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1814. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
 * 1783 Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783; index online at Revolutionary War Service website.
 * 1787 Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. By Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle. 1940. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. . Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, - images..
 * 1787 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. By Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. c1987. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print..
 * 1788, 1799 Indexed images of the 1788 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Accomack County, Virginia - Binns Genealogy.
 * 1788 1788 Tax List - Virginia. Blacks: Accomac County, Accomac Parish and Whites: Accomac County, Accomac Parish, Islands - Accomac Roots.
 * 1799 1799 Tax List - Virginia. Blacks: Accomac County, Accomac Parish and Whites: Accomac County, Accomac Parish, Islands - Accomac Roots.
 * 1815 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). By Roger D. Ward. c1997. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. ..

Birth
The birth registers of Accomack County, Virginia (1853-1896) have been indexed multiple times. Petersrow Publishers offers a free surname search of published abstracts on their website. Ancestry's fee-based databases include abstracts. Beth Fridley's birth abstracts are on Ancestry ($)
 * Surname index to The Accomack County Birth Register 1853-1896 Petersrow Publishers ($)
 * 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Surname index to The Accomack County Birth Register 1853-1896: African American Births Petersrow Publishers ($)
 * 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Marriage

 * 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages - Findmypast ($)
 * 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1771-1943 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * To 1699 Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1784-1785 Bonds at Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1787-1788; 1790-1791; 1792-1798 Licenses and Bonds atVirginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Death

 * 1853-1896 Surname index to The Accomack County Death Register 1853-1896 - Petersrow Publishers ($)
 * 1853-1896 Surname index to Accomack County Death Register 1853-1896: African American Deaths - Petersrow Publishers ($)
 * 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection;  index & images
 * 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Family History Centers

 * Eastern Shore Virginia Family History Center
 * Gloucester Virginia Family History Center
 * Tappahannock Virginia Family History Center
 * Northumberland Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Williamsburg Regional Library - an affiliate library

Societies

 * 1704- Quit Rent Rolls at Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1896 Minute Book at Virginia Pioneers ($)

Websites

 * Accomac Roots (Extensive African-American History in Accomac County Virginia)
 * Accomack County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (genealogyinc)
 * Accomack County, VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Cemetery, census, church, marriage, military records; maps; message boards; surname interests.
 * Cyndi's List
 * MilesFiles
 * Virginia Pioneers
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides

 * A Guide to the Counties of Virginia:Accawmack County. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1959). ; CD available at: American Ancestors ($);.