Gloucester County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1651--Gloucester County was created in 1651 from York County. County seat: Gloucester

Neighboring Counties

 * James City
 * King and Queen
 * Mathews
 * Middlesex
 * York

Resources

 * A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865, Archives Division, Virginia State Library, Richmond, September 1976

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Lower Gloucester County, Virginia, by Harry R. Jordan.


 * Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews Counties in Tidewater Virginia through 1865, 1959, The Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia.


 * More Cemeteries of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Harry R. Jordan.

Church Records

 * A Guide to Church Records in the Library of Virginia

Anglican / Episcopal Church

 * A Guide to Episcopal Church in Virginia, by Edith F. Axelson, Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia, ISBN 0-935931-45-7.


 * Abingdon Parish


 * The Register of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1780, Compiled by Robert W. Robins, Honford House, Arlington, Virginia, (c)1981, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 80-85448


 * Abingdon Church: A Chronology of its History, 1650-1970. (c)1972, Gloucester County, Virginia.


 * Kingston Parish


 * Kingston Parish Register, Gloucester and Mathews Counties, Virginia, 1749-1827, by Emma R. Matheny and Helen K. Yates. Reprinted 2004.


 * The Vestry Book of Kingston Parish, Mathews County, Virginia (until May 1, 1791, Gloucester County), 1679-1796. Transcribed, annotated, and indexed by C.G. Chamberlayne. Originally published Richmond, Virginia, 1929. ISBN 0-8063-4842-9.


 * Petsworth Parish


 * The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793, by Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne,


 * Ware Parish


 * The World of Ware Parish in Gloucester County, Virginia, by Spotswood Hunnicutt Jones, The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia, (1991). ISBN 0-87517-063-3. Library of Congress Number: 91-91176

Baptist Church

 * Dover Association


 * The Baptists of Virginia, 1699-1926, by Garnett Ryland, The Virginia Baptist Board of Missions and Education, Richmond, Virginia, 1955


 * A Chronicle of Christian Heritage, Dover Baptist Association: 1783-1983. by William L. Lumpkin. Skipworth Press, Inc. Richmond, Virginia. (c) 1983, ISBN 0-931804-11-6


 * A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia, by Robert B. Simple. Revised and extended by Rev. G. W. Beale, Pitt and Dickinson, Publishers, Richmond, Virginia, 1894.

Methodist Church

 * Gloucester County, Virginia, Methodist Records, by Michael Pollock, New Papyrus Publishing, Athens, Georgia, (c)2007.

Court
Indexes and images to Gloucester County, Virginia Chancery Records 1866-1931 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Family Histories

 * [Hundley] Chatham, Anne Bassett Stanley and Karen Kampsula Clifford. Tidewater Families of the New World &amp; Their Westward Migrations: Case Studies in Southern States Research: Ancestors of Chatham, Gwyn, Armfield, Gray, Stanley, Walker, Bassett &amp; Hundley Families. Austin, Texas: Historical, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Rich] Jacobus, Donald Lines. "The House of Rich," The American Genealogist, Vol. 21 (1944):234-238. Available at New England Ancestors.
 * [Willis] See Rich.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Abingdon Parish, Ware Parish, and Gloucester County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [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=Gloucester&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 Gloucester County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Local Histories

 * A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865. Compiled by Charles A, Bodie and William H. Steriner. Archives Divisionn, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, September 1976.


 * "...past is prologue", Gloucester County, Virginia, A publication of Gloucester County and The Gloucester Historical and Bicentennial Committee, (c)1973, Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 73-87-914


 * Records of Colonial Gloucester County, Virginia, A Collection of Abstracts from Original Documents Concerning the Lands and People of Colonial Gloucester County. 2 vols. in 1


 * Six Periods in the History of Gloucester County. DeHardit Press.


 * With Reverence for the Past: Gloucester County, Virginia. by Martha W. McCarthney, The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia.(c)2001.ISBN 0-9710690-0-X.

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Gloucester County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Gloucester County militia officers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Gloucester County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]


 * Revolutionary War


 * The Governors' Island, Gwynn's Island, Virginia, During the Revolution. By Peter Jennings Wrike.(c) 1993, The Gwynn's Island Museum, Gwynn, Virginia. ISBN 1-883911-00-1 (pbk.). ISBN 1-883911-01-X (cloth).


 * Revolutionary War - Gloucester District Battlion


 * A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 17741787, Compiled by E. M. Sanchez-Saavedra, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland, ISBN 1-58549-652-9.


 * Civil War


 * Gloucester County In The Civil War, by Ludwell Lee Montague, The DeHardit Press, Gloucester, Virginia.


 * Reminiscences, Confederate Sollders of Gloucester County, Virginia and Other matter pertaining to local history during the War betweeen the States, 1861-1865, written by notable Richmond and Gloucester women of the Confederancy. Collected and compiled by Nellie Shackleford Smith.


 * 26th Virginia Infantry, by Alex L. Wiatt, (c)1984, H. E. Howard, Inc.

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
London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Abingdon Parish, Ware Parish and Gloucester County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Taxation

 * Woodson, Robert F. and Isobel B. Woodson. Virginia Tithables from Burned Record Counties: Buckingham, 1773-1774; Gloucester, 1770-1771, 1774-1775; Hanover, 1763 and 1770; James City, 1768-1769; Stafford, 1768 and 1773. Richmond, Virginia: I.B. Woodson, 1970. Available at FHL. ISBN 0-89308-306-2.
 * The 1789 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Gloucester County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.
 * The 1790 and 1800 Land Tax Lists of Gloucester 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