Tazewell County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1799--Tazewell County was created 17 December 1799 from Russell and Wythe Counties. County seat: Tazewell

Neighboring Counties

 * Bland
 * Buchanan
 * McDowell County, West Virginia
 * Mercer County, West Virginia
 * Russell
 * Smyth

Court
Indexes and images to Tazewell County, Virginia Chancery Records 1800-1920 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Newspapers
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 the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia.

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