Buckingham County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1758--Buckingham County was created 14 September 1758 from Albemarle County. County seat: Buckingham

Record Loss
County court records were destroyed by fire in 1869. Only one plat book survived the fire and some wills and deeds were recorded later.

Neighboring Counties

 * Albemarle
 * Appomattox


 * Cumberland
 * Fluvanna
 * Nelson
 * Prince Edward



Cemeteries
For a detailed list, including addresses, phone numbers, and external links, see Buckingham County, Virginia Cemeteries.

The following is a list of cemeteries in Buckingham County:

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
Indexed images of the 1788 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Buckingham County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

Vital Records
Marriage


 * Lindsay, Mrs. James R. "Buckingham County Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1784-1794" (Only known marriage records during this period), Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April 1963):13-14.

Websites
Link title
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog