King and Queen County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to King and Queen County Virginia ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.

Description
King and Queen County is located in the Eastern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia about 50 miles from the Chesapeake Bay and was named after King William III and Queen Mary of England.

King and Queen County, Virginia Courthouse
King and Queen County Courthouse P.O. Box 67 King and Queen, VA 23085-0067 Phone 804-785-2460

Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1865-1898 marriage and divorce records from 1864 probate and court records from 185 and land records from 1782

King and Queen County, Virginia History


The county was named after King William III of England (1650-1702) and his wife Queen Mary II (1662-1694) who ruled the American colonies at the time of King and Queen County's organization.

Parent County
1691--King &amp; Queen County was created 16 April 1691 from New Kent County. County seat: King &amp; Queen

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps" (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1828 and 1833 Courthouse fires caused record loss. More records were destroyed 10 March 1864 by fire.


 * Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890

Research Guides

 * Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Records of Tidewater Virginia Counties," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May-June 1992):53-66. 975.51 D25t [For King and Queen County, see pp. 59-60]

African American

 * Freedmen's


 * Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "A List of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1833 King and Queen County," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 7, No. 2 (August/September 1998):108-115. 975.51 D25t


 * Heinegg, Paul. "King and Queen County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1823," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]

Census
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.]

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):


 * Bruington (1790). A profile was published in Virginia Baptist Register, Issue 42 (2003). A bicentennial history was published in King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin, Issue 70 (Jan. 1991); cemetery transcripts were published in that publication in Issue 53 (Jul. 1982); another history is available in Issue 21 (Jul. 1966):.
 * Exol. Information was published about this church (1775) in Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Feb. 1996). A history was published in King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin, Issue 58 (Jan. 1985). Tombstones were published in the same Bulletin, Issue 34 (Jan. 1973):.
 * Mattaponi (1824). Originally an Episcopalian place of worship. A history was published in the 1920s. Additional information, including tombstone transcriptions, was published in Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Aug. 1992):.
 * Upper King and Queen. Membership lists from 1774 to 1788 have been published: . They are also online at Ancestry ($) in Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Feb. 1992):60-64. Histories were published in King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin, Issue 50 (Jan. 1981) and in Issue 59 (Jul. 1985):.

Church of England
See also Stratton Major Parish See also St. Stephen's Parish  Acquinton Church (see ruins to the right) served King and Queen County.


 * Chamberlayne, C.G. The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1729-1783. Richmond, Va.: n.p., 1931. Available at ; 1980 reprint at.
 * Fleet, Beverley. King and Queen County. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes St. Stephens Parish Petition 1683.]
 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of King and Queen and King William Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct. 1943):440-464. Available at JSTOR.
 * Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1945. Available at ; digital version at . [Includes King and Queen County.]
 * Vestry Book of Stratton Parish Register 1729-1783 Virginia Pioneers ($)

Court
General


 * Fleet, Beverley. King and Queen County. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Crittenden vs. Crittenden.]

Chancery Court


 * Indexed images of King and Queen County, Virginia Chancery Records 1818-1913 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Genealogy
More than 300 genealogies have been published about King and Queen County families. To view a list, visit King and Queen County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies.

Immigration

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

Land and Property
Deeds


 * Fleet, Beverley. King and Queen County. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes transactions with residents of Amelia, Chesterfield, and Essex Counties.]


 * 1704 - Quit Rents Virginia Pioneers ($)

Grants and Patents


 * Fleet, Beverley. King and Queen County. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes patents 1711-1718 and early land grants.]
 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at . [Includes King and Queen County.]

Local Histories

 * Bagby, Alfred. King and Queen County, Virginia. New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1908. Available at ; 1990 reprint at ; digital version at Ancestry ($); - free; Google Books; and World Vital Records ($).

Colonial Militia

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at . [Identifies some King and Queen 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 ; Ancestry ($). [Identifies some King and Queen 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 . [Identifies some King and Queen 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 ; 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 King and Queen County, see p. 111.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at ; Ancestry ($). [Identifies some King and Queen County militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War
Regiments. Service men in King and Queen County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. King and Queen County supplied soldiers for the:


 * - 7th Virginia Regiment

Additional resources:

King and Queen residents' participation in the Revolutionary War.


 * Fleet, Beverley. King and Queen County. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Revolutionary War services.]
 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books. 1967 reprint: . [See Virginia, Eastern District, King and Queen County on page 131.]
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." ; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

War of 1812
King and Queen County men served in the 9th Regiment.


 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, King and Queen County, p. 86. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Civil War
Regiments. Civil War service men from King and Queen County County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company whose regiment in their county or an adjacent county. Listed below are regiments that were formed using, in part, men from King and Queen County.


 * - 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)
 * - 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (12 months, 1861-62) (Mullins') (Confederate). Company E (King and Queen Cavalry).
 * - 24th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company C (Chesapeake Rangers), Company E, and Company F.
 * - 26th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (The King and Queen Minute Men), Company G (The Clifton Guards), Company H (The King and Queen Guards), and Company I (The Jackson Grays).
 * - 34th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate) - There is confusion surrounding the designation of this regiment. Read pages149-156 from to learn the details as to how "Bagby's Company" of the King and Queen Artillery was redesignated as an infantry unit.

Records and histories are available, including:
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index ($)


 * Bagby, Alfred. King and Queen County, Virginia. Baltimore: Clearfield Company. with company rosters on pages 139-148.
 * A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865.

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in King and Queen County.


 * March 2, 1864 = Walkerton, also known as Mantapike Hill


 * Maps of Civil War battles in Virginia: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

Miscellaneous Records

 * 1607-2007 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization

 * Virginia

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. 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.

Private Papers

 * Fleet, Beverley. King and Queen County. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Harris collection and Webb papers.]
 * Fleet, Beverley. King and Queen County. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Beverley Prayer Book, Corbin-Randolph Memo, 1799, Row Memo, The Horrid Behavior of John Pigg, Esq., George Lyne-1780, Hill Diary Excerpts from the Revolutionary Diary of Baylor Hill, Baylor Hill Diary (Notes by Miss Ryland), Richmond Commercial Compiler, Crittenden vs. Crittenden, Col. Holt Richeson, and Bingham-West.]

Probate Records
Online Probate Links
 * 1639 – 1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry.com — index to transcribed records, incomplete, $
 * 1831-1881 Indexes to Wills & Estates at Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1832-1926; 1864-1893; 1894-1913; 1926-1945 Images of Wills & Estates at Virginia Pioneers ($)

Local Court

 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. [Includes King and Queen County.]

Copies of some destroyed wills have been collected and preserved:


 * "Listing of Copies of Wills Held by King and Queen County Historical Society," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 9, No. 4 (February/March 2001):226-232. 975.51 D25t

London Courts

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

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1704] "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28 (1920):207-218, 328-339; Vol. 29 (1921):18-28, 337-343, 402-412; Vol. 30 (1922):21-30, 280-285, 341-347; Vol. 31 (1923):70-75, 153-163, 215-231, 314-318; Vol. 32 (1924):69-75, 144-158, 281-287, 338-343; Vol. 33 (1925):47-50, 359-370; Vol. 34 (1926):113-119, 252-258, 313, 321. Available at ; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at ; digital version of VMHB at JSTOR ($). [King and Queen County appears in 32:144-158.]
 * [1782-1818] King and Queen County Land Tax Lists 1782-1818 (images); digital version in Tax List Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
 * [1782-1803] King and Queen County Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1803 (images); digital version in Tax List Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
 * [1782-1820] Ward, Roger G. "Burned County Gleanings: King and Queen County Land Tax Lists, 1782-1820," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):43-48. ; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Some abstracts of taxpayers, including "genealogical tidbits," such as relationships, land transfers, etc.]
 * [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. Online at FamilySearch - free; . [1782 personal property tax list of King and Queen County.]
 * [1782-1823] Heinegg, Paul. "King and Queen County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1823," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1783] Personal Tax List, 1783, Researcher [Chillicothe, Missouri], Vol. 132 (1987). Available at.
 * [1783] Personal Tax List, 1783, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 91, No. 9 (Sep. 1957).
 * [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 . [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. King and Queen County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1787] "Land Tax List of King and Queen County, 1787," The Researcher: A Magazine of History and Genealogical Exchange, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1928):144-146. Available at.
 * [1790, 1799] The 1790 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of King and Queen County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.
 * [1790, 1798] The 1790 and 1798 Land Tax Lists of King and Queen County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan. 1990). Available at.
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at . [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. King and Queen County is included in Vol. 3.]
 * Tax Books, King and Queen County Historical Society Bulletin, Issue 67 (Jul. 1989).

Birth

 * 1912-1913 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

 * 1660-1800 - Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 (Ancestry) ($).
 * 1660-1959 - Virginia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 (Ancestry) ($).
 * 1936-1988 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Fleet, Beverley. King and Queen County. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes marriages from the Virginia Gazette.]

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1912-1987 - at FamilySearch — index and images

King and Queen County, Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries

 * Tidewater Genealogical Society
 * Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical &amp; Historical Society

King and Queen County, Virginia Genealogy Websites

 * King and Queen Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, history.
 * King and Queen County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
 * Cyndi's List
 * Cyndi's List