Prince George County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Prince George County

Parent County
1700--Prince George County was created 5 December 1700 from Charles City. County seat: Prince George

Neighboring Counties

 * Charles City
 * Chesterfield
 * Dinwiddie
 * Surry
 * Sussex

Cemeteries

 * "Epitaphs at Brandon, Prince George County, Va.," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):233-236. Available at JSTOR ($).

Church
Baptist


 * Urner, Clarence H. "Early Baptist Records in Prince George County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Apr. 1933):97-101. Available at JSTOR ($).

Church of England


 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul. 1943):249-271. Available at JSTOR ($).

Court

 * "Prince George County Records," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1897):272-292. Available at JSTOR ($). [Discusses record loss in the county.]

Family Histories

 * [Anderson] 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. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Corner] Nowery, Sharon L. Descendants of Mary Eliza Flagg, Wife of John Broadhurst Corner, of Prince George County, Virginia: Descended from Thomas Flegg of Watertown, Massachusetts. Chester, Virginia: S.L. Nowery, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Flagg] See Corner.
 * [Hight] Wallace, Robert E. Hight-Hite Families of Sussex and Surry Counties, Virginia, from About 1634 : 1,333 Descendants, with a Full-name Index of 2,736 Names of Those Who Went to Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, North Carolina and Those Who Stayed in and around Lunenburg County, Virginia with Chronology, Abstracts from the Register of Albemarle Parish, and Records of New Kent, Surry, Sussex, Lunenburg and Prince George Counties (487 Surnames). Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Hunnicutt] Cabell, James Branch. "The Hunnicutts of Prince George," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jul. 1918):34-44; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Oct. 1918):113-122. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Lancaster] Berryman, Ann Williamson. Benjamin Lancaster of Prince George County, Virginia and Edgecombe and Johnston County, North Carolina. 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Lee] Smith, Kathryn Lee. Lee of Prince George County, Virginia: Nathaniel and Bushrod, Southside Lees, Their Stories in Virginia and Arkansas. Zephyrhills, Florida: K.L. Smith, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Lee] Smith, Kathryn Lee. Lee of Prince George County, Virginia: An Addendum. Zephyrhills, Florida: K.L. Smith, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [McCann] Graham, Virginia Wilhelm et al. Ancestral Lineage, Mildred Olive Bates McCann : Adair County, Iowa [from] Prince George County, Virginia. Hopewell, Virginia?: W.R. McCann, 1964. Available at FHL.
 * [Spiers] Kennette, Mary Spiers. Descendants of Henry Spiers: Pioneer Scotsman, Prince George County, Virginia, 1744-1979. Richmond, Virginia: M.S. Kennette, 1980?. Available at FHL.
 * [Spiers] Lane, Marian Spiers. Census Reports of Spiers, Spires, Speirs: Prince George, Sussex, Dinwiddie, Surry, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Temple] Temple, Lucy Temple. William Temple of Prince George County, Virginia and His Descendants. Richmond, Virginia: Temple, 1978. Available at FHL.
 * [Twitty] See Anderson.
 * [Wynne] See Anderson.

Land

 * Stewart, Robert Armistead. "Abstracts of Prince George [Record] Book, 1759-60," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1931):42-49. Available at JSTOR ($).

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.

Personal Papers

 * "Bible Record of Joshia M. Jordan, of Prince George County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jul. 1905):32-33. Available at JSTOR ($).

Probate

 * "Prince George County Records," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1897):272-292. Available at JSTOR ($). [Discusses record loss in the county.]
 * Stewart, Robert Armistead. "Abstracts of Prince George [Record] Book, 1759-60," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1931):42-49. Available at JSTOR ($).

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

1790 and 1799 Land Tax Lists of Prince George 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