Brunswick County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Brunswick County





History


The county was named after the Duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg in modern-day Germany.

Parent County
1720--Brunswick County was created 2 November 1720 from Prince George, Isle of Wight and Surry Counties. County seat: Lawrenceville

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Brunswick County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1815," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]

Cemeteries
For a detailed list, including addresses, phone numbers, and external links, see Brunswick County, Virginia Cemeteries.

The following is a list of cemeteries in Brunswick County:


 * Wilkes, Charles Fred. "Wilkes Burial Ground, 'Charlie's Hope,' Brunswick County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):135-136. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).

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.]

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Brunswick County, Virginia residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [Fletcher] Descendant of James Fletcher, b. c1680s, resident of Prince George County, Virginia, d. 1733 Brunswick County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled William Fletcher of Accomac County, Virginia/James Fletcher of Brunswick County, Virginia), courtesy: The Fletcher DNA Project.
 * [Harrison] Descendant of Benjamin Harrison, b. c1720, d. 1790 Brunswick County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (labelled H-18, Lineage 2). Genetic signature available online, courtesy: The Harrison DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Harrison] Descendant of John Harrison, b. 1760 of Brunswick County, Virginia, d. 1822. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (labelled H-101, Lineage 2). Genetic signature available online, courtesy: The Harrison DNA Project, World Families Network.

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


 * Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes a great deal of information about residents of Brunswick County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887. Purchase at Virginians.com.

Bibliography


 * [Clack] Pierrepont, Alice V.D. John Clack of Brunswick Co., Va. Typescript, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 1, Cla. Item 1
 * [Clayton] Byars, Neva Fern Young. Claytons of Virginia: Isle of Wight County and Brunswick County. MSS.
 * [Crowder] Crowder, Thomas Warren and Phyllis (Hoggatt) Crowder. "Mark and Anne (Barlow) Crowder of Brunswick County, Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 2006):3-43.
 * [Doyle] Doyle Family Information, Brunswick County, Virginia, ca. 1849-1964. MSS., microfilmed 1975. Item 7
 * [Doyle] Doyle, Leigh Silfred. The Doyles from Winona Farm, Dinwiddie County, VA. n.p.: L.S. Doyle, 2003. 929.273 D772dL
 * [Doyle] Doyle, Leigh Silfred. The Doyles from Brunswick County Adsit, VA, near Smoky Ordinary, VA. n.p.: L.S. Doyle, 2005.
 * [Edwards] Dixon, Elizabeth Williamson. Col. Nathaniel Edwards Family of Brunswick Co., Va. [and] Col. William Eaton Family of Granville Co., N.C. Ancestry and Descendants of These Two Men. Typescript, National Library, DAR. Microfilmed 1971. Item 7
 * [Hawthorn] Hawthorne, Julian A. The Descendants of John Alfred Hawthorn of Brunswick County, Virginia. Richmond, Va.: J.A. Hawthorne, 1981.
 * [Jackson] Staubach, Emilee Mills. Mills, Jackson Families Early Court Records, Southside Virginia, Brunswick, Greensville. MSS., Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Microfilmed 1982. Item 1
 * [Jolly] Raney, Augustus Monroe. Raneys, Jollys, and Trotters of Smoky Ordinary, Brunswick County, Virginia: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1988. Atlanta, Ga.: A.M. Raney, 1988.
 * [Latimer] Schonk, Robert M. Latimers and Medlocks from 1675 to 1998 Especially in Brunswick County, Virginia and Hancock County, Georgia. MSS., microfilmed 2000. Item 5
 * [Lawson] Lawson, Fred Raulston. The Lawsons of East Tennessee. Decatur, Ga.: Looking Glass Books, 1999..
 * [Lee] Lang, Orlene R. and Lazelle Parsons Long. William Lee and Peter Lee, from Brunswick County, Virginia to Johnston &amp; Sampson Counties, North Carolina. Bartlesville, Okla.: Lang, 1975.
 * [Lightfoot] Lightfoot, Mary Hestand and Mable Lightfoot Yokley. John Lightfoot of Brunswick Co., Virginia and Some of His Descendants. Livermore, Calif.: M.H. Lightfoot, 1996.
 * [Lloyd] Collins, Betty Scanlan and Gerald E. Collins. Thomas Lloyd of Brunswick County, Virginia and Orange County, North Carolina Some of His Descendants Who Lived in North Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee and Other Points. Silver Spring, Md.: B.S. Collins, 2000?. ; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Marshall] Turner, Alienne Wiggins. John Marshall, Sr. Genealogy and history of some of the de[s]cendants of John Marshall, Sr. of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1732-1956. Henderson, N.C.: A.W. Turner, 1956.
 * [Matthews] Matthews, William Kennon. Luke Matthews of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1739-1788, and His Descendants. Kobe, Japan: H. Kodama, Printer, 1937?. Item 4; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Mills] Staubach, Emilee Mills. Mills, Jackson Families Early Court Records, Southside Virginia, Brunswick, Greensville. MSS., Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Microfilmed 1982. Item 1
 * [Newman] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Genealogy of the Newman Family, 1618-1900," see Table of Contents; discusses Newmans of Brunswick County.]
 * [Pearson] Rabold, Mary Moltenberry. The Pearson Family of Brunswick County, Virginia. Bowling Green, Ky.: M. Rabold, [1991].
 * [Pritchett] Pritchett, William McCaddin. The James Edward Pritchett Family of Brunswick County, Virginia. Dallas, Texas: W.M. Pritchett, [1967?].
 * [Raney] Raney, Augustus Monroe. Raneys, Jollys, and Trotters of Smoky Ordinary, Brunswick County, Virginia: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1988. Atlanta, Ga.: A.M. Raney, 1988.
 * [Rose] Rose, Christine. Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 A1 no. 56; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * [Sadler] Smola, Joan C. Sadler/Saddler a Record of the Family and the Descendants of Thomas Sadler, Sr. 1720- 1796 and Rebeccah Featherston 1722-1796/99 of Brunswick County Virginia. Sapulpa, Okla.: J. Smola, 1994. ; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Simmons] Bjorkman, Gwen Boyer. The Descendants of Peter Simmons, Brunswick County, Virginia: With Allied Lines of Hiatt, Mills, Patton, James, Harless, and McGriff. Bellevue, Wash.: unknown, 1973. ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Stith] Turnbull, Judge Needham. Stith Family of Brunswick County, Virginia. MSS., 1965. Item 3
 * [Raney] Raney, Augustus Monroe. Raneys, Jollys, and Trotters of Smoky Ordinary, Brunswick County, Virginia: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1988. Atlanta, Ga.: A.M. Raney, 1988.
 * [Twitty] Allen, Cameron. "Anderson-Herbert-Wynne: A Correction; and a Further Wynne Descent through the Wyatt and Twitty Families," The American Genealogist, Vol. 37 (1961):234-240; Vol. 38 (1962):13-19. 973 D25aga v. 38; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Walton] Black, Roy W. Walton Family of Brunswick &amp; Greensville Counties, Virginia and Morgan &amp; Putnam Counties, Georgia. Typescript, 1955. Item 7
 * [Walton] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. The Walton Family of Virginia Abstracts from County Court Houses in Virginia. Typescript, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 16, Walt. Item 2
 * [Walton] Tinney, Joseph C. The Walltons of Brunswick County, Virginia: Descendants of George and Elizabeth (Rowe) Walton. Waco, Texas: J.C. Tinney, 1983.
 * [Woodruff] Woodruff, Howard W.The Woodroof-Woodrough-Woodruff Family: of Surry, Brunswick, Greensville Counties, Virginia, 1700-1825, and Some Branches Who Migrated to Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Texas, 1820-1985. Independence, Mo.: A.L. Woodruff, 1985. ; digital version at Internet Archive. [Revised and updated version of Tall Trees in the Forest (1966).]
 * [Young] Cowles, Calvin Duvall. Young Family Tree Memorial and Family Tree of Michael Cadet Young of Brunswick County, Va., and of His Descendants, 16-- to 1895. Washington, D.C.: C.D. Cowles, 1895. Item 8

Immigration

 * Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Available at New England Ancestors ($). [Brunswick Co., VA surname: Godwyn.]
 * [http://www.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=Brunswick&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 Brunswick County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Deeds


 * "Brunswick County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, Etc., No. 1, 1732-1740," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):73-79; Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1957):124-131; Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1957):163-168; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1958):33-37; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958):87-90; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1958):124-127; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1958):172-176; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1959):27-33; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):65-70; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1959):103-112; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1959):153-161. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).

Grants and Patents


 * Hudgins. 520 patents dated 1717-1801 in what is now Brunswick County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2002. [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

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):248-254. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Brunswick County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 254]
 * Elliott, Katherine B. Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia. 2 vols. South Hill, Virginia: K.B. Elliott, 1966. Vol. 1 of original edition available at FHL; 1983 reprints (both volumes) available at FHL; 1990-1992 reprints (both volumes) also available at FHL. [Includes individuals who migrated out of Brunswick County to other parts of the country.]

French and Indian War

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Brunswick 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 Brunswick County, see p. 68-69.]
 * Bracey, Mrs. Carstairs. "Soldiers From Brunswick County, Virginia, in the French and Indian War," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):193-194.
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Brunswick County militia officers and 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 Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Brunswick County on page 129.]
 * 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." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

War of 1812

 * Douthat, James L. Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press website. 975.5 M2djL. [Includes Brunswick County.]

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.

Probate
SamPubCo has created a free online resource that serves as a good starting place to search for Colonial Brunswick County wills:


 * Brunswick County, Virginia Will Testators Index, Books 1-3 (1732-1769)

Other Brunswick County probate resources include:


 * "Brunswick County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, Etc., No. 1, 1732-1740," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):73-79; Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1957):124-131; Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1957):163-168; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1958):33-37; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958):87-90; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1958):124-127; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1958):172-176; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1959):27-33; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):65-70; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1959):103-112; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1959):153-161. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at FHL. [Includes Brunswick County.]

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Brunswick County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1962):34-38. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Pritchett, John W. "Genealogical Research in Brunswick County," The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 3 (2006). Available at FHL.

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1748] "Brunswick County, Va., Poll List, 1748," William and Mary College Quarterly, 1st Series, Vol. 26 (1917):59-64. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [1782] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at FHL. [1782 personal property tax list of Brunswick County.]
 * [1782-1815] Heinegg, Paul. "Brunswick County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1815," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Brunswick County is included in Vol. 1.]
 * [1787] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):248-254. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Brunswick County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 254]
 * [1788, 1798] Indexed images of the 1788 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Brunswick County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] "Brunswick County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):35-38; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):67-70; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):116-120; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1967):175-178. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [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. Brunswick County is included in Vol. 2.]

Vital Records
Birth

Beth Fridley has published abstracts of Brunswick County births from 1853 through 1896 online at Ancestry:


 * Brunswick County, Virginia Births, 1853-62 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Births, 1865-73 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Births, 1874-79 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Brunswick County, Virginia Births, 1880-96 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).

Marriage


 * Fothergill, Augusta B. Marriage Records of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1730 - 1852. [S.l.]: A.B. Fothergill, 1953. Available at FHL; digital version at World Vital Records ($).

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