Russell County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1785--Russell County was created 17 October 1785 from Washington County. County seat: Lebanon

Neighboring Counties

 * Buchanan 
 * Dickenson
 * Scott
 * Smyth
 * Tazewell
 * Washington
 * Wise

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Anderson. 699 patents dated 1782-1912 in what is now Russell and Tazewell Counties, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. 2007. [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 DeedMapper product.]

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.

Taxation
Images of the 1792 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Russell County, Virginia are available to browse online at Binns Genealogy.

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