Mecklenburg County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1764--Mecklenburg County was created 26 May 1764 from Lunenburg County. County seat: Boydton

Neighboring Counties

 * Brunswick
 * Charlotte
 * Granville County, North Carolina
 * Halifax
 * Lunenburg
 * Vance County, North Carolina
 * Warren County, North Carolina

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.

Web Sites

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