Richmond County, Virginia Genealogy

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Essex
 * Lancaster
 * Middlesex
 * Northumberland
 * Westmoreland

Family Histories

 * [DeButts] Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.
 * [Hammond] Hayden, Richard A. "Early Hammond Families of Richmond County, Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 2001):131-171.

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.

Taxation
1789 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Richmond County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.

The 1799 Land Tax List of Richmond County, Virginia is indexed 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