Sussex County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Sussex County



History


The county is named after the English county of Sussex.

Parent County
1752--Sussex County was created 27 February 1752 from Surry County. County seat: Sussex

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Sussex County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1818," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * Johnson, Martha C. Black Families of Elizabeth City Co., VA, 1800-1990: Research of Families of Callis, Davis, Simpson, Radcliff, Originating from Gloucester Co., Mathews Co., York and James Counties and Elizabeth Co., Hampton, Virginia. Microfilmed reproduction available at FHL. [Includes information about the Bassette family of Sussex County, Virginia.]
 * Judkins Family Association. The Judkins Journal. [Newsletter] 16 vols. plus supplement. Available at FHL.

Census
1840


 * Evans, June Banks. Census of 1840, Sussex County, Virginia. New Orleans, Louisiana: Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 1990. Available at FHL.

1890 Union Veterans


 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website. [Includes residents of this county.]

Church
Church of England


 * Boddie, John Bennett. Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717 - 1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1998. Available at FHL. Digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1945. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes Sussex County.]

Quaker


 * Putnam, Martha A. Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1996. Available at FHL. [Includes records about Quakers in Dinwiddie, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Norfolk, Prince George, Southampton counties and Suffolk City from 1600s and 1700s (Blackwater Montly Meeting, Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting, Pagan Creek Meeting, Western Branch Monthly Meeting, and Somerton Monthly Meeting.)]

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General


 * Doyle, Stuart W. Roots Exposed the Lineage and Interrelationships of 15 Family Branches from Virginia's Sussex, Southampton and Greensville Counties. [Orlando, Fla.?]: S.W. Doyle, 2002. 929.273 D772ds [Includes Clanton, Graves, Heath, Hill, Hunnicutt, Maine, Massenburg, Reese, Seaborne, Smith, Vaughn, West, Wright and related families.]
 * Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes a great deal of information about residents of Sussex County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887. Purchase at Virginians.com.
 * Ricks, Joel and William G. Stanard. W.G. Stanard's Extracts from Virginia Records (in Three Parts). MSS., 1942-1943, microfilmed reproduction available at FHL. [Includes genealogical and biographical notes about residents of Sussex County.]

Bibliography


 * [Bailey] Wyatt Bailey Family of Sussex County, Virginia, 1817-1818. MSS., microfilmed reproduction available at FHL.
 * [Bassette] Johnson, Martha C. Black Families of Elizabeth City Co., VA, 1800-1990: Research of Families of Callis, Davis, Simpson, Radcliff, Originating from Gloucester Co., Mathews Co., York and James Counties and Elizabeth Co., Hampton, Virginia. Microfilmed reproduction available at FHL.
 * [Bonner] Bonner, Kathryn R. The Bonner Family Record: This Record is Primarily of the Bonners of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia, Those that Went to Wilson, Madison and Shelby Counties, Tennessee, and Those that Went On to Phillips County, Arkansas: Today the Descendants are Spread into Many States. Marianna, Arkansas: K.R. Bonner, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Bullock] Upton, Marie Luter. Bullock Twigs and Branches. Madison, Mississippi: M.L. Upson, 1966. Available at FHL.
 * [Burrow] Phillip Burrow (1) (1774-1861)--and Descendants. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Clanton] Clanton, Velda E. and Lee R. Clanton. Clanton Family History and Lineage Lines. 2 vols. Hagerstown, Maryland: L.R. &amp; V.E. Clanton, [1993?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Dixon] Austin, Jeannette H. Some Descendants of Roger Dixon, Died 1744, Sussex County, Virginia. MSS., microfilmed reproduction available at FHL.
 * [Ellis] McCrary, Dixie L. The Ellis Line from Surry--Sussex in Virginia. St. Petersburg, Florida: D.L. McCrary, 1978. Available at FHL.
 * [Gilliam] Old, Mary A. Gillam Charts (1989). [Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada: M.A. Old, 1989]. Available at FHL.
 * [Green] Staubach, Emilee Mills. Greens of South Side Virginia. Genealogical Loose Papers, Department of Archives and History; also available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Grigg] Grigg, L. Richard. A Genealogical Report to the Grigg Family Covering Horton-Hurst-Pell-Grigg,Pinson and Rambo Lines. MSS., 1978, available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Guilham] See Gilliam.
 * [Hardie] Clark, Robert M. Hardie, Vincent, Gaines, and Related Families from Virginia to Texas. [Dallas, Texas?]: R.M. Clark, 1989. Available at FHL.
 * [Hargrave] DeBruler, Eva. A Historical, Biographical and Genealogical Account of Certain Branches of the DeBruler and Hargrave Families. Bloomington, Indiana: Feltus Printing Co., 1938. Available at FHL.
 * [Hargrave] Gray, Beulah B. Richard Hargrave, Pioneer and Circuit Rider of Indiana: ca.1750-1879. 1942. Available at FHL.
 * [Hargrave] Wanda, Beatrice, Carrie Little Ringer and John W. Hargrave. Hargrave and Allied Families. Cincinnati: J.W. Hargrave, 1954. Available at FHL.
 * [Hargrave] Gray, Beulah B. Genealogical Chart and Notes on the Hargrave Family of Pike County, Indiana. MSS., microfilmed reproduction available at FHL.
 * [Hargrove] See Hargrave.
 * [Harper] Harper, James Edward. Harper, Kennebrew ... Etc. Falls Church, Virginia: J.E. Harper, 1982. Vol. 1 available at FHL.
 * [Harris] Brainard, Emma Harris and Josephine Polk Harris Cumins. The Harris Family of Sussex County, Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland. MSS., Hall of Records, Dover, Delaware; microfilmed reproduction available at FHL.
 * [Hight] Wallace, Robert E. Hight-Hite Families of Sussex and Surry Counties, Virginia, from about 1634: 1,333 Descendants, with a Full-Name Index of 2,736 Names of Those Who Went to Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, North Carolina and Those Who Stayed in and Around Lunenburg County, Virginia with Chronology, Abstracts from the Register of Albemarle Parish, and Records of New Kent, Surry, Sussex, Lunenburg and Prince George Counties (487 Surnames). Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, c1976, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Hight] Wallace, Robert E. Hight-Hite, Prindle-Pringle &amp; Wallace Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000. Available at FHL.
 * [Hines] Hines, Benjamin McFarland. Hines and Allied Families: Some Descendants of William Hines of Sussex County, Virginia (ca.1690- 1760) and a Record of Their Principal Allied Families, Watson (Virginia, Mississippi); Shackelford (Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia); Nisbet (North Carolina, Georgia); and Kennon (Virginia). [Fairfield, Connecticut]: B.M. Hines, 1981. Available at FHL.
 * [Hite] See Hight.
 * [Inman] Inman, Joseph Francis. The Inman Family of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia and Some of Their Kin. Richmond, Va.: J.F. Inman, 1975. 929.273 A1 no. 5404
 * [Knight] Harlander, Anna Knight and E.V. Knight. Ephraim Knight, His Ancestors, Descendants and Allied Families. Pasadena, California: A. Harlander, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Lanier] McCall, Leon Cleveland. Robert and Mary Lanier McCall: South Georgia Pioneers and Some of Their Descendants. Hiawassee, Georgia: L.C. McCall, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Mangum] Parham, James Lynn. Mangum Family Bulletin. [Newsletter] 38 vols. Huntsville, Alabama: J.L. Parham, 1969-1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Mangum] Inman, Joseph Francis. The Inman Family of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia and Some of Their Kin. Richmond [Virginia]: J.F. Inman, 1975. Available at FHL.
 * [Mangum] Parham, James Lynn. Mangum - Mangham - Mangrum Journal. [Newsletter] Huntsville, Alabama: J.L. Parham, 2000-2004. Available at FHL.
 * [Mangum] Parham, James Lynn. The Mangum CD: (Combined) Mangum Family Bulletin and The Mangum - Mangham - Mangrum Journal. Huntsville, Alabama: J.L. Parham, 2004. Available at FHL.
 * [Mitchell] Olney, Adelle Whitby. Mitchell Family Records. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Moore] Lockard, Isabel. The Family of Richard H. Moore and Rebecca S. Clements: and Their Relation to the Shands, Lee, Parker and Jennings Families. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Neblett] Branom, Jeanne. The Neblett-Middleton Connection. Commerce, Texas: J. Branom, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Pettway] Evans, June Banks. Using Virginia Land Records in Family History: Kettlestick, Flat Rock, Tar Kiln and Crooked Run: Blackwell -- Hite -- Ussery -- Pettway. New Orleans, Louisiana: Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 2001. Available at FHL.
 * [Prichard] Horlacher, Doris Melissa Pritchett. Pritchett In America, Waller, Pritchard, Prickett, Phelan, 1987. Orem, Utah: Horlacher &amp; Sons, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Raney] Brandon, Rosa R. Raney Days. Wilson, North Dakota: R.R. Brandon, 1974. Available at FHL.
 * [Rose] Rose, Christine. Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 A1 no. 56; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * [Rose] Rose, Christine. Ancestors and Descendants of Frederick Rose: of Sussex County, Virginia, Orange County, North Carolina, and Wayne and Hardin Counties, Tennessee. San Jose, California: C.C. Rose, 1980. Available at FHL.
 * [Shanko] Shanko, Jay. Shanko Family Geneology. St. Petersburg, Florida: N.H. Shanko, [1966?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Spiers] Lane, Marian Spiers. Census Reports of Spiers, Spires, Speirs: Prince George, Sussex, Dinwiddie, Surry, Virginia. MSS., 3 vols., also available at FHL.
 * [Sterling] See Neblett.
 * [Tudor] LaChapelle, A.G. Leigh. The Genealogy of the Tudor Family, 1720-1987: of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas. Farmington Hills, Michigan: A.G. LaChapelle, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [West] Stone, Letta Brock and Leonardo Andrea. West Genealogical Research, 1550-1950. MSS., 71 vols. Microfilmed reproduction available at FHL. [FHL US/CAN Film 1421740 Item 2 includes West genealogical information from Southampton, Surrey, Sussex, and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia.]
 * [Wilkinson] Wilkinson, George Carroll and Gene Cox Wilkinson. The Wilkinsons of Sussex County, Virginia: Related Families: Magee, Cox, Goodwyn and Other Extended Family Ties. [Dallas, Texas: G.C. Wilkinson], 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Wilkinson] Wilkinson, George Carroll and Gene Cox Wilkinson. The Wilkinsons of Isle of Wight, Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia, and Related Families: Magee, Cox, Goodwyn and Other Allied Family Ties. n.p.: G.C. Wilkinson, 2006. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Wyche] Town, Jan Wyche. Wyche Family History. Burleson, Texas: J.W. Town, 1989. Available at FHL.
 * [Yecoshenko] See Shanko.

Historic Residences

 * Stephenson, Mary A. Old Homes in Surry &amp; Sussex. Richmond [Virginia]: Dietz Press, 1942. Available at FHL.

Immigration

 * [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=Sussex&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 Sussex County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Deeds


 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Sussex County, Virginia Deed Books A-E, 1754-March 1779. Richmond [Virginia]: W.L. Hopkins, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * Bradley, Stephen E. The Deeds of Sussex County, Virginia, 1779-1792. [Deed Books F and G] Keysville, Virginia: S.E. Bradley, 1993. Available at FHL.

Grants and Patents


 * Hudgins. 798 patents dated 1701-1818 in what is now Sussex County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. 2004. [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.]

Local Histories

 * Sussex County: A Tale of Three Centuries. Richmond: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1942. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Migration

 * Elliott, Katherine B. Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia. 2 vols. South Hill, Virginia: K.B. Elliott, 1966. Vol. 1 of original edition available at FHL; 1983 reprints (both volumes) available at FHL; 1990-1992 reprints (both volumes) also available at FHL. [Includes individuals who migrated out of Sussex County to other parts of the country.]

French and Indian War

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Westmoreland County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Sussex County, see p. 101.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Accomack County militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Sussex County on page 133.]
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

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.

Private Papers

 * Family Bible Records of Lamb and Driver Families. MSS., Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library, Smithfield, Va. Microfilmed reproduction available at FHL.

Research Guildes

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Sussex County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1979):127-129. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1777] Tithables, 1777, Southside Virginian. Richmond VA: Jan 1985. Vol. 3 Iss. 2.
 * [1782] Personal property tax lists, 1782, Southside Virginian. Richmond VA: Apr 1988. Vol. 6 Iss. 2; Jul 1988. Vol. 6 Iss. 3.
 * [1782-1818] Heinegg, Paul. "Sussex County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1818," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Sussex County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1789, 1799] Indexed images of the 1789 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Sussex County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1798, 1802] Removals from militia fines, 1798-1802, Southside Virginian. Richmond VA: Jul 1983. Vol. 1 Iss. 4.
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Sussex County is included in Vol. 2.]

Vital Records
Birth


 * Boddie, John Bennett. Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717 - 1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1998. Available at FHL. Digital version at World Vital Records ($).

Marriage

Death


 * Boddie, John Bennett. Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717 - 1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1998. Available at FHL. Digital version at World Vital Records ($).

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