Appomattox County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Appomattox County, Virginia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.

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Description
Appomattox County is located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named after the Appamatuck people who were shown on Captain John Smith's map of 1612. The name eventually evolved into "Appomattox".

Appomattox County Virginia Courthouse
Appomattox County Courthouse P.O. Box 672 Appomattox, VA 24522-0672 Phone: 804-352-5275

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce and probate records from 1892, court and land records

Appomattox County Virginia History


The county was named after the Appomattox River.

Parent County
1845--Appomattox County was created 8 February 1845 from Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and Prince Edward Counties. County seat: Appomattox

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, visit "Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps" (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss


1892 All county courthouse records except land tax books were destroyed by fire in 1892.

The Appomattox County VAGenWeb page identifies surviving church and vital records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county: \

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Appomattox County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1960):79-80., online at: American Ancestors ($).

African American

 * 1865-1872  images, or browse by county
 * 1935-2009, index and images, or browse by county, incomplete
 * Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans in Appomattox County.

Cemeteries

 * 1800-1986 -

Census
1890 Union Veterans
 * Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. By Ronald Ray Turner. c1994. Prince William County Virginia, ..

Funeral Homes

 * 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete

Genealogy
Compiled Genealogies by Surnames
 * See Appomattox County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of a few + published books and articles.

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families
 * Featherston, Nathaniel Ragland. Appomattox County History and Genealogy. Baltimore, MD: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co., 1998. ; digital version at World Vital Records ($). This book contains numerous genealogies for families of Appomattox County. For a list of surnames please see World Vital Records ($).
 * Heritage Book Committee. Appomattox County, Virginia. Summersville, W. Va.: S.E. Grose and the Appomattox Heritage Committee, 2001..

Historic Residences

 * Clover Hill. Early History of an Old Appomattox Landmark. By Ethel Marion Smith. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 57, No. 3 (Jul., 1949), pp. 269-273. Online at: JSTOR ($). Includes information about the Patteson family.

Land and Property
Grants and Patents


 * Bannister et al. 482 patents dated 1739-1828 in what is now Appomattox County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2010. [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

 * Appomattox County History and Genealogy. 1998. By Nathaniel Ragland Featherston. Baltimore, MD : Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co., Available at ;.

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 ; 1983 reprints (both volumes) available at ; 1990-1992 reprints (both volumes) also available at . Includes individuals who migrated out of Appomattox County to other parts of the country.

War of 1812

 * 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.: Governnment Printing Office, 1883. ; online at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Appomattox County, pp. 61-62.]

Civil War

 * - 2nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company H (Appomattox Rangers)
 * - 18th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company H (Appomattox Grays).
 * - 20th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Confederate). Company C.
 * - 44th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Appomattox Invincibles).
 * - 46th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Liberty Guards).

Records and histories are available, including:


 * 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service
 * 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry ($)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry
 * Hopkins, Luther W. From Bull Run to Appomattox: A Boy's View. Baltimore: Press of Fleet-McGinley Co., 1914. ; online at: Ancestry ($).

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War Battle
The following battles were fought in Appomattox County.


 * April 8, 1865 - Appomattox Station
 * April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
 * Maps of Civil War battles in Virginia: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

Miscellaneous Records

 * 1607-2007 -

Naturalization
Virginia

Petitions

 * A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford (Virginia State Library). By H.J. Eckenrode. 1908. Richmond, Virginia : Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Online at: Google Books.

Taxation
Bibliography


 * 1764-1792 - Personal Property Tax Lists of Buckingham County Virginia, Vol. 1, 1764-1792. c2017. By Randy F. McNew Crouse. n.p. : Crouse. Available at: Randy McNew Crouse's Books on Virginia ($), FHL;.

Appomattox County was created in 1845, in part, from that portion of Buckingham County that lays south of the Appomattox River. Buckingham residents living there then, and following the division of the county, became residents of Appomattox County. Crouse's book is a comprehensive transcription of all extant tithe and personal property tax lists (over 12,000 records) for Buckingham County, Virginia from its formation in 1761 through 1792. Includes 1764, 1773-4, 1782-1792. All proprietors are named (male or female) along with many additional white males over the age of 16, number of white tithes, number of slave tithes, names of slaves over the age of 12 (until 1783), carriages, ordinary licences, horses, cattle (1783-1788) and acres of land (1764). Comments and annotations are included, as found in the original lists, describe familial relationships, marital status (widow), physical characteristics, race, occupation, nationality, religion, place of residence and more.Transcribed records are ordered as they appear in the tax lists and, in addition, are ordered alphabetically in a 160 page index section. Includes an introduction and guide to use, a table and graphs to summarize statistics, extensive bibliography, table of alternate surname spellings, list of abbreviations and appendices.


 * 1792-1802 - Personal Property Tax Lists of Buckingham County Virginia, Vol. 2, 1792-1802. c2017. By Randy F. McNew Crouse. n.p. : Crouse. Available at: Randy McNew Crouse's Books on Virginia ($);.

Crouse's second volume includes the monumental tax list transcription effort. Comprehensive transcription of all personal property tax lists (over 13,700 records enumerating over 47,000 tithes) for Buckingham County, Virginia from 1792-1802. All proprietors are named (male or female) along with many additional white males over the age of 16, number of white tithes, number of slave tithes, carriages, ordinary licences and horses. 130 page index. An illustrated appendix on Riding Carriages is a very interesting added feature.


 * 1845 - Appomattox County, Virginia Tax Lists, 1845 Only Extant Record for the First Year the County was Established, Includes Land Tax Rolls, Personal Property Tax Rolls. 1975. By Harriett A. Chilton. Falls Church, Virginia : H.A. Chilton. FHL;.

Birth

 * 1853-1866 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1912-1913 -

Marriage

 * 1660-1959 - Virginia, United States Marriages - FindMyPast ($)
 * 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 Ancestry ($)
 * 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
 * 1853-1935 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1936-1988 -

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 -

Death

 * 1912-1987 -

Appomattox County Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries

 * Central Virginia Genealogical Association

Appomattox County Virginia Genealogy Websites

 * Appomattox Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, history.
 * Appomattox County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
 * Cyndi's List
 * Cyndi's List