King George County, Virginia Genealogy

 United States&#160;  &#160;Virginia&#160;  &#160;King George County Tidewater county in the Northern Neck region of Virginia.  County Courthouse  King George County, Virginia P&#160;O&#160;Box 105 King George, Virginia 22485 540-775-3322 History  The county is named after King George I&#160;of Great Britain</a> (1660-1727). Parent County 1720--King George County was created 2 November 1720 from Richmond</a> and Westmoreland</a> Counties. County seat: King George <span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="Handybook">The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002). Boundary Changes Record Loss <ul><li>Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890 </li></ul> <span class="fck_mw_template"> Places/Localities <img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="" alt="" /> Populated Places Neighboring Counties Resources Getting Started Compiled genealogies are a good place to start research for this area, see King George County, Virginia Genealogy</a>. If you are researching families who lived in King George County, Virginia between the 1720s and 1780s, the Sparacios' books are a great time saver. They comprehensively index several publications covering that period: <ul><li>Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Surname Index of Antient Press Publications. 14+ vols. McLean, Va.: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, Antient Press, 1993-. <span class="fck_mw_template"> &#160;975.5 P22s v. 1-2; publisher's website: Antient Press</a>. (Some of the index volumes have not been printed and it is necessary to contact the publishers to search them.) </li></ul> Research Guides <ul><li>Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Records of Tidewater Virginia Counties," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May-June 1992):53-66. <span class="fck_mw_template"> 975.51 D25t [For King George County, see p. 60] </li><li>Dorman, John Frederick. "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: King George County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1971):193-195. Digital version at American Ancestors</a> ($). </li></ul> African American Freedmen's Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-187210&#160;</a> Heinegg, Paul. "King George County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1815,"</a> ''Free African Americans.com. ''[Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.] <ul><li>Heinegg, Paul. "King George County Register of Free Negroes, 1785-1799,"</a> ''Free African Americans.com. ''[Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.] </li></ul> Cemeteries <ul><li>Tombstone Transcription Project King George County</a> - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb </li><li>King George County, Virginia Cemeteries</a> </li><li>Klein, Margaret C. Tombstone Inscriptions of King George County, Virginia. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; digital version at Ancestry</a> ($); and World Vital Records</a> ($). </li><li>King George County, Virginia Obituaries</a> </li></ul> Census <span class="fck_mw_template"> &#160; King George County, Virginia Census Records</a> <span class="fck_mw_template"> 1890 Union Veterans <ul><li>Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890</a>. Available online, courtesy: <a href="http://www.pwcvabooks.com/index.htm">Prince William County Virginia</a> website. [Includes residents of King George County.] </li></ul> Church <a href="http://genealogenie.net/kinggeorge/bibles.shtml">King George County, Virginia Bible Records</a> Church of England <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /> See also <a href="Brunswick Parish, Virginia">Brunswick Parish</a> <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /> See also <a href="Hanover Parish, Virginia">Hanover Parish</a> <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /> See also <a href="Overwharton Parish, Virginia">Overwharton Parish</a> <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /> See also <a href="St. Pauls Parish, King George, Virginia">St. Paul's Parish</a> <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /> See also <a href="Sittenburne Parish, Virginia">Sittenburne Parish</a> Court District Court of Fredericksburg The District Court of Fredericksburg and later the Superior Court of Chancery had jurisdiction over certain King George County court cases. An index has been compiled: <ul><li>Indexes of Court Records in the Clerk's Office, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1782-1904. Original records, Fredericksburg City Courthouse, Fredericksburg, Va., microfilmed reproduction available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. [Indexes the following records: District Court law book v. 8, 1782-1792; District Court law books 1790-1793, v. A-F 1789-1811; Superior Court of Law law order books v. G-H 1812-1831; Superior Court of Chancery chancery order books 1814-1831; Hustings Court orders v. A-O 1782-1871; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery law order books v. A-E 1831-1875; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery chancery order books v. A-D 1831-1872; Circuit Court chancery order books v. A2, B-C 1875-1904; Fredericksburg District Court (1789-1808) had jurisdiction over the following counties: Spotsylvania (including Fredericksburg), Caroline, King George, Stafford, Orange, and Culpeper; Superior Court of Chancery (1802-1831) had jurisdiction over the following localities: city of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fairfax, Lancaster, Northumberland, Madison, King George, Orange, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Essex, and Westmoreland.] </li></ul> Superior Court of Chancery See District Court of Fredericksburg Genealogy&#160; More than 100 genealogies have been published about King George County families. To view a list, visit <a href="King George County, Virginia Genealogy">King George County, Virginia Genealogy</a>. Immigration <ul><li><a href="Peter Wilson Coldham">Coldham, Peter Wilson</a>. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore:&#160;Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of King George County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.] </li><li><a href="http://immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&amp;givenName=&amp;varientSurnameSpellings=&amp;gender=&amp;dateOfBirthDay=&amp;dateOfBirthMonth=&amp;dateOfBirthQuantifier=&amp;dateOfBirthYear=&amp;placeOfBirthParish=&amp;placeOfBirthTown=&amp;placeOfBirthCity=&amp;placeOfBirthCounty=&amp;placeOfBirthColony=&amp;placeOfBirthNation=&amp;occupations=&amp;religions=&amp;orphan=&amp;familyPosition=&amp;immigrationYearQualifier=&amp;immigrationYear=&amp;portOfDepartureTown=&amp;portOfDepartureCity=&amp;portOfDepartureCounty=&amp;portOfDepartureNation=&amp;placeOfArrivalTown=&amp;placeOfArrivalCounty=&amp;placeOfArrivalColony=&amp;shipName=&amp;convict=&amp;yearOfIndentureQualifier=&amp;yearOfIndenture=&amp;lengthOfIndentureYears=&amp;lengthOfIndentureMonths=&amp;yearOfFreedomQualifier=&amp;yearOfFreedom=&amp;placeOfIndentureTown=&amp;placeOfIndentureCity=&amp;placeOfIndentureCounty=King&amp;placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&amp;agentSurname=&amp;agentGivenName=&amp;agentTitle=&amp;masterSurname=&amp;masterGivenName=&amp;masterTitle=&amp;residenceParish=&amp;residenceTown=&amp;residenceCity=&amp;residenceCounty=&amp;residenceColony=&amp;residenceNation=&amp;landowner=&amp;literate=&amp;spouseSurname=&amp;spouseGivenName=&amp;spouseMarriageDateDay=&amp;spouseMarriageDateMonth=&amp;spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&amp;spouseMarriageDateYear=&amp;spouseMarriageLocationParish=&amp;spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&amp;spouseMarriageLocationColony=&amp;spouseMarriageLocationNation=&amp;deathDateDay=&amp;deathDateMonth=&amp;deathDateQualifier=&amp;deathDateYear=&amp;deathLocality=&amp;deathCounty=&amp;deathColony=&amp;deathState=&amp;testate=&amp;proofServantStatus=&amp;proofConvictStatus=&amp;headright=&amp;preServitudeSources=&amp;postServitudeSources=&amp;comments=&amp;family=&amp;sourceCitations=&amp;interestedResearchers=">List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe</a> who served labor terms in Colonial King George, King and Queen, and King William Counties, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: <a href="http://immigrantservants.com/">Immigrant Servants Database</a>. </li><li>Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Digital version at <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=283">American Ancestors</a> ($). [Todd family of King George County, Virginia.] </li></ul> Land Grants and Patents <ul><li>Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. [Includes King George County.] </li></ul> Local Histories <ul><li>Harris, Nancy E. King George County, Virginia 1720-1990. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; digital version at <a href="http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49049">Ancestry</a> ($); and <a href="http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806345012_nancyeharris1990">World Vital Records</a>. </li><li><a href="http://genealogenie.net/kinggeorge/history.shtml">King George County, Virginia Histories</a> </li></ul> Maps <a href="http://genealogenie.net/kinggeorge/land.shtml">Maps, Deds and All Things Land</a> Migration <ul><li>Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):199-208; Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; digital version at <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285">American Ancestors</a> ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. King George County's 1786, 1789, and 1790 Delinquent Lists appear on 20:199-201; another 1789 Delinquent List appears on 21:292.] </li></ul> Military French and Indian War <ul><li>Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. [Identifies some Westmoreland County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.] </li><li>Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; digital version at <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=X1s_AAAAYAAJ">Google Books</a>. [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 King George County, see pp. 88, 111.] </li><li>Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; digital book at <a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4596&amp;o_xid=8910&amp;o_lid=8910">Ancestry</a> ($). [Identifies some Accomack County militia officers; see place name index.] </li></ul> Revolutionary War Regiments. Service men in King George County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. King George County supplied soldiers for the: <dl><dd><dl><dd>- <a href="3rd Virginia Regiment (Revolutionary War)">3rd Virginia Regiment</a> </dd><dd>- <a href="10th Virginia Regiment (Revolutionary War)">10th Virginia Regiment</a> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> Additional resources: <ul><li>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 <a href="http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf">U.S. Census Bureau</a> and <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ">Google Books</a> ''et. al''. 1967 reprint: <span class="fck_mw_template"> 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, King George County on page 131.] </li></ul> War of 1812 King George County men served in the 25th Regiment.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 116. . <ul><li>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. <span class="fck_mw_template"> 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ">Google Books</a> and <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog">Internet Archive</a>. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, King George County, p. 87. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.] </li></ul> Civil War Virginia, Civil War Service <span class="fck_mw_template"> Virginia, Civil War Service <span class="fck_mw_template"> Native Americans <ul><li>Deyo, William L. A Brief Outline of Recorded History of the Patawomeck [Potomac] Tribe. Colonial Beach, Va.: DeJoux Publications, 2000. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li></ul> Newspapers Indexed images of the <a href="http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm">Virginia Gazette </a>(1736-1780) are available online through the <a href="http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/">Colonial Williamsburg </a>website. 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: <a href="http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/">The Geography of Slavery in Virginia</a>. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia. Private Papers Virginia, <span class="fck_mw_template"> Officials <ul><li>Fisher, Therese. Skeletons in the Closet: 200 Years of Murders in Old Virginia; a Genealogical and Historical Resource. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2001. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. [Identifies King George County's sheriffs 1776-1781.] </li></ul> Probate <a href="http://genealogenie.net/kinggeorge/court.shtml">King George County, Virginia Wills</a> Local Court <ul><li>Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. [Includes King George County.] </li><li>King, George Harrison Sanford. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed: Will of Major John Dinwiddie of King George County, Virginia," [and Dinwiddie Family Notes] The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):51-64. Digital version at <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285">American Ancestors</a> ($). </li><li>King, George Harrison Sanford. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed:&#160;Will of William Berry of King George County," [and Berry Family Notes]&#160;The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 1957):5-17. Digital version at <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285">American Ancestors</a> ($). </li></ul> London Courts <ul><li><a href="Peter Wilson Coldham">Coldham, Peter Wilson</a>. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore:&#160;Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of King George County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.] </li></ul> Taxation <a href="Virginia Tax Lists">How can Virginia tax lists help me?</a> <ul><li>[1782] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. [1782 personal property tax list of King George County.] </li><li>[1782] Stewart, Robert Armistead. "Land Tax List of King George County, 1782," The Researcher: A Magazine of History and Genealogical Exchange, Vol. 1, No. 4&#160;(Jul. 1927):238-239. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. </li><li>[1782-1815] Heinegg, Paul. <a href="http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/kingg.htm">"King George County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1815,"</a> ''Free African Americans.com. ''[Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.] </li><li>[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&#160;Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. King George County is included in Vol. 1.] </li><li>[1787] Land Tax Records, 1787,&#160;Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Nov. 1998). Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. </li><li>[1786, 1789, 1790] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):199-208; Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; digital version at <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285">American Ancestors</a> ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. King George County's 1786, 1789, and 1790 Delinquent Lists appear on 20:199-201; another 1789 Delinquent List appears on 21:292.] </li><li>[1800] Tax List, 1800,&#160;Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr. 1990). Available at <span class="fck_mw_template"> .&#160; </li><li>[1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. King George County is included in Vol. 3.] </li></ul> Vital Records <a href="http://genealogenie.net/kinggeorge/vitals.shtml"><span class="fck_mw_template"> &#160;</a> <a href="http://genealogenie.net/kinggeorge/vitals.shtml">King George County, Virginia Births, Marriages and Deaths</a> Death <span class="fck_mw_template"> The records have also been published <span class="fck_mw_template"> ,&#160;written by Elizabeth Nuckols Lee.&#160; It's on the shelf at the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Family History Library">Family History Library</a>.&#160; Lee copied the county records and they are neatly typed and indexed.&#160; Very helpful. Vital Record Substitutes <span class="fck_mw_template"> Societies and Libraries King George County Historical Society P O Box 424 King George, Virginia 22485 <span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul><li><a href="http://www.mbwm.org/">Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library</a> </li><li><a href="http://nnvhs.web.officelive.com/default.aspx">The Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society</a> </li><li><a href="Tidewater Genealogical Society">Tidewater Genealogical Society</a> </li></ul> Family History Centers <ul><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers">Introduction to LDS Family History Centers</a> </li><li><a href="Fredericksburg Virginia Family History Center#Resources_in_the_Local_Area">Fredericksburg Family History Center</a> </li></ul> Websites <span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul><li><a href="http://genealogenie.net/kinggeorge/">King George County, Virginia USGENWEB.</a> </li><li><a href="http://genealogenie.net/kinggeorge/bios.shtml">King George County, Virginia Biographies</a> </li><li><span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li><a href="http://www.cyndislist.com/us/va/counties/king-george/">Cyndi's List</a> </li></ul> Learning <a href="Help:Contributor Help">How to Edit our Wiki</a> References <span class="fck_mw_references" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="references" /> <span class="fck_mw_template">

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