Southampton County, Virginia Genealogy

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History


The county is probably 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

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Southampton County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1821," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * Heinegg, Paul. "Southampton County Register of Free Negroes, 1794-1832," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * Heinegg, Paul. "Southampton County Loose Papers (Tax List), 1801-1826," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks, mainly by the surname "Artis," but also the complete 1822 list for St. Luke's Parish.]
 * Watkins, Raymond W. Watkins - Doyle - Bailey - Osborne Collection. Manuscript collection, donated by Raymond W. Watkins, Falls Church, Va. Available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes list of blacks charged with 1831 insurrection in Southampton Co., Va., their sentences, and owner's names.]

Census
1808 Nottoway Indian


 * Heinegg, Paul. "1808 Nottoway Indian Census," Free African Americans.com.

1850 Mortality Schedule


 * Almasy, Sandra L. Mortality Census 1850-1880: Isle of Wight, Nansemond &amp; Southampton Counties, Virginia. Rome, New York: Kensington Glen Pub., 1988. Available at FHL.

1860 Mortality Schedule


 * Almasy, Sandra L. Mortality Census 1850-1880: Isle of Wight, Nansemond &amp; Southampton Counties, Virginia. Rome, New York: Kensington Glen Pub., 1988. Available at FHL.

1870 Agricultural Schedule


 * Productions of Agriculture, Virginia, 1870. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. Available on microfilm at FHL. [Southampton County is included on FHL US/CAN Film 29742.]

1870 Mortality Schedule


 * Almasy, Sandra L. Mortality Census 1850-1880: Isle of Wight, Nansemond &amp; Southampton Counties, Virginia. Rome, New York: Kensington Glen Pub., 1988. Available at FHL.

1880 Mortality Schedule


 * Almasy, Sandra L. Mortality Census 1850-1880: Isle of Wight, Nansemond &amp; Southampton Counties, Virginia. Rome, New York: Kensington Glen Pub., 1988. Available at FHL.

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.)]

Court
County Court Minute Books

The original Southampton County Court Minute Books are held at the County Courthouse in Courtland, Va. These records have been reproduced thrice. The Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia) microfilmed these records. They were also microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (now FamilySearch) in 1949 and again in 1985.

The Southampton Project

In 2009 and 2010, in cooperation with Circuit Court Clerk, the Honorable Richard Francis, volunteers of the Brantley Association of America, digitize the entire court book collection from 1749 through the early 1880s and recruited volunteers across the nation, to index some 57,000 pages involving approximately one million names. It has been named "The Southampton Project" (SoH). All the images and indexes shown below, are fruits from the SoH project and have made been made available online, for free. See how it developed at " www.brantleyassociation.com ". Completion of the initial indexing phase is scheduled in mid 2010. Acquired files are outlined in the following table:

County Court Order Books

The original Southampton County Court Order Books are held at the County Courthouse in Courtland, Va. These records have been reproduced thrice. The Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia) microfilmed these records. They were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (now FamilySearch) in 1949 and again in the mid-1980s.

The Southampton Project

In 2009 and 2010, in cooperation with Circuit Court Clerk, the Honorable Richard Francis, volunteers of the Brantley Association of America, digitize the entire court book collection from 1749 through the early 1880s and recruited volunteers across the nation, to index some 57,000 pages, involving approximately one million names. The Court Order books were part of the collection. All the images and indexes shown below, are fruits from the SoH project and have made been made available online, for free. Completion of the initial indexing phase is scheduled for mid 2010. Acquired files are outlined in the following table:

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


 * Chapman, Blanche Adams and Isle of Wight County Library (Virginia). Smithfield Branch. Chapman Collection of Virginia Family Names, Smithfield Branch, Isle of Wight County Library, 1635-1814. Original records in the Blanche Adams Chapman Collection, Smithfield Branch, Isle of Wight County Library, Smithfield, Va.; available on microfilm at FHL.
 * Doyle, Stuart W. Roots Exposed: The Lineage and Interrelationships of 15 Family Branches from Virginia's Sussex, Southampton and Greensville Counties. [Orlando, Florida?]: S.W. Doyle, 2002. Available at FHL.
 * 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.
 * 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 Southampton County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887. Purchase at Virginians.com.

Bibliography


 * [Beale] Claypool, Edward A. Brief Record of the Descendants of Robert Beale. Typescript; available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Blake] Blake, Marlene. The Blakes of the Cape Fear. 5 vols. 2000?. Vols. 3-5 available at FHL.
 * [Bowden] Bowden, Daniel J. The Bowdens of Southampton County, Virginia. Indianola, WA: D.J. Bowden, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Branch] Ford, Ethel Taylor. Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Branch of Nashville, Tennessee and Related Families. Amarillo, Texas: E.T. Ford, 1972. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Browne] Hollowell, Lucy Elliott. The Descendants of Dr. Samuel Browne of Bertie, Northampton, Herford Counties, North Carolina. Woodland, N.C.: L.E. Hollowell, 1972. Available at FHL.
 * [Darden] Stonecypher, May Muse. Elizabeth Darden Tucker. Albany, Georgia: M.M. Stonecypher, 2001. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Davis] Rawlings, Michael R. The Family History of D'earcy Paul and Lula Virginia (McKenney) Davis of Dinwiddie, Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties in Virginia: Being a Genealogical Outline of Their Descendants Covering the Years 1858-1996 and Assorted Sketches of Family Social History from the 1780s through the Present, Including Eight Generations. Spring Grove, Va.: M.W. Rawlings, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Denson] Joyner, Peggy S. Jordan Denson ( -1806): Some of His Ancestors and Descendants and "Beechwood", Denson-Pretlow- Darden Ancestral Home, Southampton County, Virginia. Portsmouth, Virginia: P.S. Joyner, 1978. Available at FHL.
 * [Drake] Drake, Robert Eldon. Descendants of Exum Drake. 5 vols. Orlando, Florida: R.E. Drake, 1977-. Vols. 3-5 available at FHL.
 * [Drake] Dabbs, Miriam Adair. The Families of Matthew Bolivar and Sarah E. Richardson Drake. Clarksdale, Mississippi: M.A. Dabbs, 1984. Available at FHL.
 * [Edwards] Edwards, Howell B. Edwards of Virginia and Georgia. Grants Pass, Oregon: H.B. Edwards, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Flowers] Flowers, Loris. The Indian Branch and Swift Creek Flowers: Descendants of John Flowers. Darlington, South Carolina: L. Flowers, 2001?. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [Gurley] Gurley, A.E. and John Miller Bradley. Some of the Genealogical Notes Collected by the late A. E. Gurley, ca.1700-1937. Typescript, 1951. Available on microfilm 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.
 * [Hasty] Hasty, Warren H. William Jordan Hasty and Descendants. Minneapolis, Minn.: W.H. Hasty, 2004. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Hasty] Hasty, Warren H. Matthew Hasty and Descendants of Martin County, North Carolina. Minneapolis, Minn.: W.H. Hasty, 2005. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [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.
 * [Johnston] Johnston, Coy K. and Hugh Buckner Johnston. William Johnston of Isle of Wight County, Virginia and His Descendants, 1648-1964: A Genealogical Study of One Branch of the Family in the South. West Hartford, Connecticut: Coy K. Johnston, 1965. Available at FHL.
 * [Joyner] Joyner, Ulysses P. Joyner of Southampton: A Study of Thomas Joyner of Isle of Wight County, Virginia and His Descendants in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina with Emphasis on the Joyners of Southampton County, Virginia. Verona, Va.: McClure Printing, 1975. Available at FHL.
 * [Lowe] Lowe, Elgin Madison. Origin of the Lowe Family of Southampton County, Virginia, 1814-1993. 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Lumley] Francis, Don. The Lumley - Lumbley Surname of Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties, Virginia, 1730-1785. New York, New York: D. Francis, 1981. Available at FHL.
 * [Massengill] Butler, Florence Roberta Walker. The Massengills: of Whitby, England, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. n.p.: R.W. Butler, 2009. Available at FHL.
 * [Pope] Austin, Jeannette H. Pope Genealogy. Riverdale, Ga.: J.H. Austin, 1987?. Available at FHL.
 * [Powell] Berryman, Ann Williamson. Powell Families of Isle of Wight County and Southampton County Virginia: Three Generations, Thomas, William and Elizabeth Powell. 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Reese] Reese, Dora Hart. Norton W. Hart Family Tree. 1981?. Available at FHL.
 * [Ridley] Futrell, Katherine K. and Southampton County Historical Society (Virginia). The Southampton Ridleys: Their Contributions to the Growth and Development of Southampton County. Typescript, Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library, Smithfield, Va.; available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Ridley] Hart, Lyndon H. and Bromfield Bradford Nichol. Ridley of Southampton: Being the Descendants of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Day Ridley of Southampton, then Isle of Wight County, Virginia, circa 1700-1992. Pensacola, Florida: B.B. Nichol, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Slade] Slade, James L. Samuel Slade of Southampton County, Virginia: Ten Generations of His Descendants 1750-2007. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: J.L. Slade, 2008. Available at FHL.
 * [Thorp] Nelson, Margaret Van Ness. Summary of Information about the Norman Barnes Thorp Family from Southampton County, Virginia and Clinton County, Ohio. Powell, Ohio: M.V. Nelson, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Vick] Vick, John L., Benjamin David Vick, and Virginia Vick King. A Short Sketch of the Vick Family. Originally recorded in nineteenth or early twentieth century, copied in 1939, recopied in 1967. Available at FHL.
 * [Vick] Perrin, James M. Reverend Newit Vick, Founder of Vicksburg, Mississippi: His Ancestry, Relatives, and Descendants. Hammond, Louisiana: J.M. Perrin, 1990. 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.
 * [West] Stone, Letta Brock and Leonardo Andrea. West Genealogical Research, 1550-1950. Manuscript collection; available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [Whitehead] Dimond, E. Grey. The Reverend William W. Whithead, Mississippi Pioneer, His Antecedents and Descendants: Including Some Notes Concerning the Whiteheads of the Isle of Wight and Southampton;, Virginia; Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash and Wake, North Carolina; Wayne, Indiana Territory; La Porte, Indiana; Points West; and Those Massacred in the Nat Turner Slave Uprising of 1831. Kansas City, Missouri: Diastole-Hospital Hill [and] E.G. Dimond, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Williamson] Dixon, Elizabeth Williamson. The Williamson Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Southampton County, Virginia, Northampton County, North Carolina, Caswell County, North Carolina. Typescript, 1958; 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
Deeds

The original Southampton County Deed Books are held at the County Courthouse in Courtland, Va. They have been reproduced multiple times. The Genealogical Society of Utah (now FamilySearch) microfilmed Deed Books 1-46 and Grantee/Grantor Indexes in 1949. The Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia) has also collected microfilms of these records. In 2001, local expert John Anderson Brayton abstracted Deed Book 1 and annotated the records.

The Southampton Project

In 2009 and 2010, in cooperation with Circuit Court Clerk, the Honorable Richard Francis, volunteers of the Brantley Association of America, digitize all of the first 35 deed books through 1881. Volunteers indexed the entire collection. All the images and indexes shown below, are fruits from the Southampton Project (SoH)and have made been made available online, for free. See how it developed at "www.brantleyassociation.com". Completion of the initial indexing phase is scheduled in mid 2010. Acquired files are outlined in the following table:


 * 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.]

Local Histories

 * Parramore, Thomas C. Southampton County, Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1978. Available at FHL.

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. Reproductions of the original records are also available for free online and on microfilm, see Court Records.

Native American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "1808 Nottoway Indian Census," Free African Americans.com.

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.

Occupations

 * Livingston, Virginia Pope. "Southampton County, Virginia, Apprenticeship Indentures, 1827-1894," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1968):99-105. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

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.
 * [Edwards] Newspaper Clippings Found in the Prior Family Bible, in possession of Mrs. Edwin F. Prior, Apalachee, Ga.; available on microfilm 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

The original Will Books of Southampton County are held at the County Courthouse in Courtland, Va. They have been reproduced multiple times. Between 1947 and 1958, Blanche Adams Chapman published abstracts of the Will Books covering the years 1749 to 1800, which Ancestry subsequently utilized to create a digital book on their subscription website. In 1949, the Genealogical Society of Utah (now FamilySearch) microfilmed the original Will Books 1-22 (1749-1916) and an Index (1749-1937). The Library of Virginia has also acquired microfilm copies.

The Southampton Project

In 2009 and 2010, in cooperation with Circuit Court Clerk, the Honorable Richard Francis, volunteers of the Brantley Association of America, digitize the entire court book collection from 1749 through the early 1880s and recruited volunteers across the nation, to index some 57,000 pages involving approximately one million names. The Court Will books were part of the collection. All the images and indexes shown below, are fruits from the SoH project and have made been made available online, for free. Completion of the initial indexing phase is scheduled to be mid 2010. Acquired files are outlined in the following table:


 * Chapman, Blanche Adams. Wills and Administrations of Southampton County, Virginia, 1749-1800. 2 vols. 1947, 1958; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Available at FHL; 1980 reprint at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1961):177-178. Review available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

Guardians' Bonds


 * Livingston, Virginia Pope. "Southampton County, Virginia, Guardians' Bonds," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1981):125-134; Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1981):171-178; Vol. 25, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1981):265-274; Vol. 26, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1982):13-20; Vol. 26, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1982):118-124; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1982):177-182; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1982):273-282. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [Loose court papers; often include additional information not found in the condensed Guardians' Account books.]

Research Guides
The Library of Virginia's website includes the following research guide:


 * "Southampton County," A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.

Additional guides include:


 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Southampton County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):287-290. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * Historical Records Survey (Virginia). Inventory of the County Archives of Virginia, No. 88, Southhampton County (Courtland). Richmond, Va.: Virginia Historical Records Survey Project, 1940. Available at FHL.

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:


 * [1770] Williams, Gary M. "Southampton County, Virginia, Tithables, 1770," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):243-246. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [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.
 * [1782-1820] Heinegg, Paul. "Southampton County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1821," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1797] Removals from delinquent list, 1797, Southside Virginian. Richmond VA: Oct 1982. Vol. 1 Iss. 1. Available at FHL.
 * [1801-1826] Heinegg, Paul. "Southampton County Loose Papers (Tax List), 1801-1826," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks, mainly by the surname "Artis," but also the complete 1822 list for St. Luke's Parish.]
 * [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.]

Vital Records
Birth

The origial Birth Register of Southampton County, covering the years 1853 to 1870, is held at the County Courthouse in Courtland, Va. It has been reproduced multiple times. In 1949, the Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed register. The Library of Virginia has also acquired a microfilm copy. In 2009-2010, the Brantley Family Association of America, as part of their Southampton Project, digitally reproduced the Birth Register, created an index, and made the images and index available for free online, as seen here and outlined in the following table:

Marriage

Southampton County's original marriage bonds, licenses, and loose ministers' returns are held at the County Courthouse in Courtland, Va. They have been reproduced multiple times. Between 1929 and 1931, a "Register of Marriages," covering the years 1750 to 1853, was compiled as an "abstract of all original Southampton County marriage bonds and connecting papers borrowed by the Virginia State Library from Southampton County Court House," by the Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia). This compilation was microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (now Family Search) in 1947. The records were next abstracted by Joel Ricks in 1936, then by Blanche Adams Chapman and Catherine Lindsay Knorr in 1948, and by Catherine Lindsay Knorr in 1955. In 1965, Virginia Pope Livingston published abstracts of loose marriage records that were missed by the previously mentioned compilers. In 2009-2010, the Brantley Family Association of America, as part of their Southampton Project, digitally reproduced the compiled Marriage Register 1750-1853, as well as Marriage Books 1 to 6, indexed them, and made the images and indexes available for free online, as outlined in the following:

Published Abstracts


 * Chapman, Blanche Adams and Catherine Lindsay Knorr. Marriage Bonds of Southampton County, Virginia, 1750-1800. Richmond, Va.: B.A. Chapman &amp; C.L. Knorr, 1948. Available on microfilm at FHL.
 * Knorr, Catherine Lindsay. Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Southampton County, Virginia, 1750-1810. Pine Bluff, Ark.: C.L. Knorr, 1955. Available at FHL.
 * Livingston, Virginia Pope. "Some Unrecorded Marriages of Southampton County, Virginia," [1759-1825, 1841] The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1965):168-170. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [Livingston states these miscellaneous marriage records were found in loose court papers and were not included in published abstracts of Southampton's marriages.]
 * Ricks, Joel. Southampton County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1751-1853. 1936. Available at FHL.

Reproductions of Original Records

The original records of the second-half of the nineteenth century were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1949. The original records were also microfilmed by the Virginia State Library in 1975 and 1985. Copies of VSL microfilms are also available at the Family History Library.

Websites

 * USGenWeb Project: Southampton County, Virginia. Includes maps, name indexes, history and other information.
 * Family History Library Catalog: Southampton County, Virginia
 * Southampton Project, The Brantley Family Association of America. Digitized images of original court, land, probate, and other miscellaneous records, with indexes.