Richmond County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Richmond County

Parent County
1692--Richmond County was created 16 April 1692 from Rappahannock (old) County. County seat: Warsaw

Neighboring Counties

 * Essex
 * Lancaster
 * Middlesex
 * Northumberland
 * Westmoreland

Cemeteries

 * "Early Tombs in Westmoreland, Richmond, and Northumberland Counties," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Oct. 1902):123-130; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan. 1903):191-195. Available at JSTOR ($).

Church
Church of England


 * "Extracts from the Register of Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):52-64. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * King, George Harrison Sanford. The Registers of North Farnham Parish, 1663 - 1814 and Lunenburg Parish, 1783 - 1800, Richmond County, Virginia. Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1966. Available at FHL; digital book available at World Vital Records ($).
 * "Marriages, Births and Deaths in Richmond County," [North Farnham Parish Register] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Oct. 1904), 129-132 [surnames B-F]; Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jan. 1905):182-192 [surnames F-W]. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Marsh, Beulah Hinton. "The Early Churches of Northern Neck," [Aquia Church in Stafford County, Christ Church Lancaster County, Farnham Church in Richmond County, Lamb's Creek Church in King George County, St. Mary's White Chapel in Lancaster County, St. Paul's Church in King George County, Yeocomico Church in Westmoreland County--Baptist Churches of White Marsh in Lancaster, Morattico Baptist, Nomini in Westmoreland, Farnham in Richmond, Hanover Baptist in King George] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 2 (1952).
 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Essex and Richmond Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan. 1945):3-20. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Payne, Addie V. "Old Farnham Among Most Interesting Virginia Shrines; 200-Year-Old Church Has Seen Depradations of Three Wars; Silver of 18th Century Still Used; Building is Restored," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 10 (1960).

Court
General


 * Simmons, Christine K. "Public Building, Circa 1748," [Richmond County Court House] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 3 (1953).

County Court


 * "Abstracts from Records of Richmond County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Oct. 1908):73-85 [abstracts of some entries from Order Books 1-5 (1692-1713)]. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Morgan, Gwenda. "Law and Social Change in Colonial Virginia: The Role of the Grand Jury in Richmond County, 1692-1776," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 95, No. 4 (Oct. 1987):453-480. Available at JSTOR ($).

Family Histories

 * [Burgess] Burgess, Michael and Mary A.Wickizer Burgess. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, His Son Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King Geoge) County, Virginia, with the Descendants in the Male Line of Edward's Sons: Garner Burgess of Fauquier County, Virginia, William Burgess of Stafford County, Virginia; Edward Burges, Jr. of Fauquier County, Virginia, Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben of Rowan (later Davie) County, North Carolina. San Bernardino, California: Burgess and Wickizer, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [DeButts] Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.
 * [Dodson] Williams, Sherman and Silas Emmett Lucas. The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants. 2 vols. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1988-1989. Available at FHL.
 * [Fauntleroy] MacRae, Lawrence. Descendants of John Daingerfield and His Wife, New Kent County, Virginia, 1640-1928: Including Descendants of Elizabeth Meriweather of Essex Co., Va., Apphia Fauntleroy of Richmond Co., Va., Elizabeth Parker of West Moreland Co., Va. and Their Husbands: Also Thomas Deaderick and his wife of Frederick Co., Va., and Dora Virginia Deaderick and Her Husband, Robert Strange MacRae of Orange County, N. Carolina: De[s]cendants of George Parker and His Wife, Accomac Co., Va., 1650. Greensboro, North Carolina, 1928. Available at FHL.
 * [Glasscock] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. Glasscock Family: Proof that William Glasscock Married Ann Sallard in Virginia and Removed from Richmond County, Virginia to Dinwiddie County, Virginia and from There to Richmond County, Georgia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Glasscock] Meinke, Terry and Arthur L. Glasgow. My Glasscock Ancestors: The Genealogy of the Glas(s)cock (Alias Glassco and Glasgow) Families of Richmond, Prince, Fauquier and Frederick Counties in Virginia; Rowan County, North Carolina; Jefferson County in West Virginia; Adams, Brown, Green and Knox Counties in Ohio; Sangamon County in Illinois and Wright, Morrison, Cass and Hubbard Counties in Minnesota from 1643 to 1933. Palatine, Illinois: T. Meinke, 2004. Available at FHL.
 * [Hammond] Hayden, Richard A. "Early Hammond Families of Richmond County, Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 2001):131-171.
 * [Harrison] Reese, Madeline. The Descendants of Matthew Harrison of Northumberland and Richmond Counties, Virginia. Rio Rancho, New Mexico: M. Reese, 2007. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Lewis] James Lewis, Jr. Family of North Farnum, Richmond County, Virginia. MSS, filmed in 1994, available at FHL.
 * [Morris] Pearson, Sue Morris. A Morris Genealogy: Descendants of Edward Morris (ca. 1705-1752) of Richmond County, Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Newman] Newman, Preston Earl. Thomas Newman, 1620-1700, Original Immigrant to Richmond County Virginia and Some of His Descendants: A Newman Family History and Genealogy. Atlanta, Georgia: P.E. Newman, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Rousseau] Rousseau, Marilyn K. "The Colonial Virginia Ancestry of a Pioneer Florida Family: William H. Rousseau (1818-1870), Florida House of Representatives 1852, Florida State Senate 1865," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):184-198.

Gazetteers

 * Wilson, John C. Creek Peek Collection: From the Piankatank to the Potomac: Locations of 195 Creeks, Coves, Bays, Branches, Prongs, Ponds and Rivers in Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and Westmoreland Counties of Virginia. Rappahannock Press, 199-?.

Historic Residences

 * Wellford, Dabney. "Sabine Hall," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 8 (1958).

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Farnham [North Farnham Parish], Richmond County, St. Mary's Parish, and Sittenburne Parish proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [http://immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Richmond&placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Richmond County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Deeds


 * "Abstracts from Records of Richmond County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Oct. 1908):73-85 [abstracts of some entries from Deed Books 1-2 and Miscellaneous Deeds (1692-1696, 1770s)]. Available at JSTOR ($).

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Richmond County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Richmond County militia officers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Richmond County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Richmond County, Virginia: Claims for Services in French and Indian War, and War of the Revolution, and List of Revolutionary War Officers Commissioned," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr. 1943):220-223. Available at JSTOR ($).

Revolutionary War


 * Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Richmond County, Virginia: Claims for Services in French and Indian War, and War of the Revolution, and List of Revolutionary War Officers Commissioned," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr. 1943):220-223. Available at JSTOR ($).

Militia


 * Lewis, James F. "Richmond County Militia, 1804-05," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1964):66. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

War of 1812


 * Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Richmond County, Virginia: Claims for Services in French and Indian War, and War of the Revolution, and List of Revolutionary War Officers Commissioned," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr. 1943):220-223. Available at JSTOR ($).

Civil War


 * "Two War Letters of Mrs. Eliza Bland Smith Brockenbrough of Belle Ville, Richmond County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 11 (1961). [Written at time of the Civil War.]

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.

Petitions

 * "Miscellaneous Legislative Petitions From The Counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland and Lancaster," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 10 (1960).

Private Papers

 * Sherman, Virginia W. "Records from the Bible of Robert Sanders of Richmond County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):135-136. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * "Two War Letters of Mrs. Eliza Bland Smith Brockenbrough of Belle Ville, Richmond County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 11 (1961).

Probate
Local Court


 * "Abstracts from Records of Richmond County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Oct. 1908):73-85 [abstracts of some wills from Will Books 2 (1699-1708); Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jan. 1909):176-195 [abstracts of some wills from Will Books 3-7 (1710-1790)]. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Headley, Robert K. Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983. Available at FHL.

London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Farnham [North Farnham Parish], Richmond County, St. Mary's Parish, and Sittenburne Parish proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Richmond County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1977):222-224. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Taxation

 * Indexed images of the 1789 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Richmond County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.
 * Indexed images of the 1799 Land Tax List of Richmond County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

Vital Records
Marriage


 * Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800: Marriages and Marriage References for the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Available at FHL.
 * King, George Harrison Sanford. Marriages of Richmond County, Virginia. Fredericksburg, Virginia: G.H.S. King, 1964. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1964):137. Review available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * "Marriage Bonds at Warsaw, Richmond County," [1750s-1790s] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):19-20. Available at JSTOR ($).

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