Stafford County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1666--Stafford County was created 5 June 1666 from Westmoreland County. County seat: Stafford

Neighboring Counties

 * Caroline
 * Charles County, Maryland
 * Culpeper
 * Fauquier
 * King George
 * Prince William
 * Spotsylvania

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
Images of the 1789 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Stafford County, Virginia are available to browse 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