Nottoway County, Virginia Genealogy

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Nottoway County Courthouse
County Courthouse 328 West Courthouse Road Nottoway, VA 23955


 * Some records were destroyed during the Civil War
 * Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, div and court
 * records from 1865, land probate and
 * military records from 1789

Quick Facts


Parent County
22 December 1788: Nottoway County was created 22 December 1788 from &lt;a href="Amelia County, Virginia"&gt;Amelia&lt;/a&gt; County. County seat: Nottoway

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. &lt;a href="http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Nottowaytax.htm"&gt;"Nottoway County Personal Property Tax List, 1789-1822,"&lt;/a&gt; Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in this source.
 * Records of the field offices for the state of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872 Freedmen's Bureau Marriages 1815-1869

Bible Records

 * Featherston "Bible Record of William Featherston (Nottoway Co., Va. - Robertson Co., Tenn.)," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1963):20.

Biography
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 * Cummins, A. B. Nottoway County, Virginia: Founding and Development with Biographical Sketches. Richmond, Va.: W.M. Brown and Son, Printers, 1970. 

Business

 * Contract book of the Richmond Cooperative Milk Producers Association, 1930-1931 

Cemeteries

 * &lt;a href="http://www.usgwtombstones.org/virginia/nottoway.html"&gt;Tombstone Transcription Project Nottoway County&lt;/a&gt; - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb

Census
 

1850

 * 1850 census of Nottoway County, Virginia 

1860

 * The 1860 federal census for Nottoway County, Virginia 

1890 Union Veterans

 * Turner, Ronald Ray. &lt;a href="http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/VirginiaCivilWarVets.doc"&gt;Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890&lt;/a&gt;. Available online, courtesy: &lt;a href="http://www.pwcvabooks.com/index.htm"&gt;Prince William County Virginia&lt;/a&gt; website. Includes residents of this county.

Episcopal

 * Rev. John Cameron's marriage register of Bristol, Cumberland and Nottoway parishes, Virginia, 1784-1815 and other more recent records, mainly of Nottoway Parish 

Presbyterian

 * A brief history of the Blackstone Presbyterian Church 1823-1961. This church was formed in 1824 as a branch of the Nottoway Presbyterian Church. In 1911 it became a separate church. 

Chancery Court

 * Indexed images of Nottoway County, Virginia Chancery Records 1818-1968 are available online through &lt;a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/"&gt;Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index&lt;/a&gt;. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Correctional Institutions

 * A register of persons convicted of felony, etc., 1931-1966 

Genealogy
More than 15 genealogies have been published about Nottoway County families. To view a list, visit &lt;a href="Nottoway County, Virginia Genealogy"&gt;Nottoway County, Virginia Genealogy&lt;/a&gt;.

Historic Residences

 * Turner, W. R. Old Homes and Families in Nottoway. Blackstone, Va.: Nottoway Pub. Co., 1950, c1932. Available at ; digital version at &lt;a href="http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30028"&gt;Ancestry&lt;/a&gt; ($); and &lt;a href="http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdva10107_nottoway"&gt;World Vital Records&lt;/a&gt; ($). For the index compiled by Colonel R. Bolling Batte and the Projects Committee of the &lt;a href="http://www.vgs.org/"&gt;Virginia Genealogical Society&lt;/a&gt; available at FHL .

History
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Land

 * Amelia County, Virginia deeds. Prince Edward County, Va. was not cut off of Amelia County until 1754, and Nottoway County was not cut off until 1789, so this book contains deeds for both of these present-day counties. -- Foreword, v. 1 v. 1. Deed book 1, 1735-1743, and bonds, 1735-1741 v. 2. Deed book 2, 1742-1747 v. 3. Deed books 3-4, 1747-1753 v. 4. Deed book 5-6, 1753-1759 v. 5. Deed books 7-8, 1759-1765 v. 6. Deed books 9-11, 1766-1773 v. 7. Deed books 12-14, 1773-1778 v. 8. Deed books 15-17, 1778-1786. 
 * Deed records, 1789-1900; general indexes, 1866-1974. Some of the deed books may have been lost during the Civil War. After the war, the numbering of volumes started over with v. 1. 
 * Returns of processioners, 1795-1824. Contains land processioning records recorded with the County Court which include the land description and who was present at the processioning. {FHL|1040518|item}}
 * Some early landowners in southern Nottoway and northern Lunenburg counties, Virginia and the Cocke (Coke) family who once lived there. Contains maps with tract codes and a list of landowners giving the names of grantor and grantee, tract code, year, number of acres, source, and other information. Includes a list of streams and other landmarks and the Cocke (Coke) family genealogy. 

Grants and Patents

 * Hudgins and Sullivan. &lt;a href="http://www.directlinesoftware.com/pool.htm"&gt;901 patents dated 1717-1779 in what is now Amelia and Nottoway Counties, Virginia placed on a map&lt;/a&gt;. DeedMapper, 2003. Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of charge (click "Index" next to the county listing); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's &lt;a href="http://www.directlinesoftware.com/"&gt;DeedMapper&lt;/a&gt; product.

Maps

 * Nottoway County, Virginia land ownership map, 1864 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="64" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

Migration

 * Elliott, Katherine B. Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia. 2 vols. South Hill, Virginia: K. B. Elliott, 1966. Includes individuals who migrated out of Nottoway County to other parts of the country. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="62" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

Revolutionary War
&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/virginiamilitiai00mcal#page/38/mode/1up"&gt; residents' participation in the Revolutionary War&lt;/a&gt;.

War of 1812

 * Douthat, James L. Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Free online surname index and purchase details at &lt;a href="http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0697w.html"&gt;Mountain Press&lt;/a&gt; website. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="58" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate"> 975.5 M2djL. [Includes Nottoway County.]
 * 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. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="56" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate"> 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ"&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog"&gt;Internet Archive&lt;/a&gt;. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Nottoway County, p. 96. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Civil War

 * The Nottoway Artillery and Barr's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="54" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Southside Virginia in the Civil War : Amelia, Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, &amp; Prince Edward counties <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="52" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Minute book for the Pension Board 1902-1917. The Pension Board handled the approval process and dispersion of pensions for the Confederate veterans of the Civil War. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="50" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * The Captain remembers: the papers of Captain Richard Irby. Historical sketch of the Nottaway Grays, afterwards Company G, Eighteenth Virginia Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="48" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

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: &lt;a href="http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/"&gt;The Geography of Slavery in Virginia&lt;/a&gt;.

Vital Records

 * The Farmville Herald: index to births, deaths and marriages. Contents: v. 1. 1893-1912, also includes 1873-1876 of The Farmville Mercury and The Farmville Commonwealth. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="46" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

Occupations

 * Medical register, 1917-1975. Contains copies of medical licenses for physical therapists, surgeons, dentists, optometrists, general practioners ("regular doctors"), and "allopathic" doctors. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="44" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Register of physicians, surgeons and dentists, 1894-1950 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="42" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

Officials
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Probate

 * &lt;a href="http://www.sampubco.com/wills/va/vanottoway01.htm"&gt;SAMPUBCO&lt;/a&gt; free online index resource that serves as a good starting place to search for Nottoway County wills.
 * Will records, 1789-1964; general indexes, 1865-1975 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="40" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Accounts current records, 1867-1915; general index to fiduciary settlements, 1867-1915 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="38" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Fiduciary order books, 1942-1972 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="36" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Record of fiduciaries, 1901-1902 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="34" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Bond and guarantee companies books, 1923-1974. A bond is a legal document wherein a person commits himself, his heirs, executors and administrators to pay a required amount of money to another if certain duties are not performed. These were paid by people elected or appointed to public offices or to act as guardians, executors or administrators of a person's estate. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="32" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Bond books, 1852-1865, 1891-1917; general index to bond books, 1866-1917 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="30" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Bond books, 1899-1914, 1972-1975 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="28" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

Public Records

 * Minute book for the Board of Blendon Township 1871-1875 and the Pension Board 1902-1917. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="26" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Minute book for the Finance Board, 1932-1940 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="24" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

Taxation
&lt;a href="Virginia Tax Lists"&gt;How can Virginia tax lists help me?&lt;/a&gt;


 * [1747] "Amelia Tithables, 1747," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Nov 2004. Vol. 42 Iss. 4.
 * [1782-1822] Heinegg, Paul. &lt;a href="http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Nottowaytax.htm"&gt;"Nottoway County Personal Property Tax List, 1789-1822,"&lt;/a&gt; Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in this source.
 * [1791, 1801] Indexed images of the &lt;a href="http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/"&gt;1791 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Nottoway County, Virginia&lt;/a&gt; are available online, courtesy: &lt;a href="http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/"&gt;Binns Genealogy&lt;/a&gt;.
 * [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist. Falmouth VA: Oct 2002. Vol. 46 Iss. 4
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="22" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">. The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Nottoway County is included in Vol. 1.


 * Minute book, 1915-1916 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="20" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Personal property tax lists, 1789-1850 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="18" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

Vital Records
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Marriage

 * Marriage register, 1865-1942; general indexes, 1866-1958, 1969-1975 <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="14" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

Vital Record Substitutes
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Societies, Libraries and Museums

 * Account book, 1875-1877. This is the account book for Council no. 124, F. of T, which is a temperance society. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="10" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">

Websites

 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vanottow/"&gt;Nottoway Co., VAGenWeb&lt;/a&gt;. Part of the &lt;a href="http://usgenweb.org/"&gt;USGenWeb Project&lt;/a&gt;. Maps, name indexes, documents.
 * &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vanotttp/"&gt;Nottoway County VA Trails to the Past&lt;/a&gt;.
 * &lt;a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/VA/Nottoway/"&gt;Linkpendium&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://usgwarchives.org/va/nottoway.htm"&gt;USGenWeb Archives&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://usgwarchives.net/va/nottoway.htm"&gt;USGenWeb Archives&lt;/a&gt; backup site
 * <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="8" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
 * Learning &lt;a href="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Help:Contributor_Help"&gt;How to Edit our Wiki Sites&lt;/a&gt;
 * Nottoway Family History Hall of Fame

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