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.

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