Halifax County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Halifax County

Parent County
1752--Halifax County was created 27 February 1752 from Lunenburg County. County seat: Halifax

Neighboring Counties

 * Campbell
 * Caswell County, North Carolina
 * Charlotte
 * Granville County, North Carolina
 * Mecklenburg
 * Person County, North Carolina
 * Pittsylvania

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.

Taxation
The 1789 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Halifax 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