Warwick, Virginia

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Warwick (County and later Independent City)

Parent County
1634--Warwick was created as an original shire or county. It was formerly Warwick River. The name changed in 1642. It was incorporated as an independent city in 1952, but merged with the city Newport News 1 July 1958.

Census

 * Matheny, Emma Robertson. 1850 Census of Warwick County. Richmond, Virginia, 1966. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):40. Review available at New England Ancestors ($).

Church
County Court


 * "Warwick County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1647," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):51-63. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * "Warwick County, Virginia, Records, 1663," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):285-287. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Family Histories
Bibliography


 * Harrison, Fairfax. The Virginia Carys. New York: De Vinne Press, 1919. Available at FHL.
 * Harrison, Fairfax. The Devon Carys, 2 vols. New York: De Vinne Press, 1920. Available at FHL.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Mulberry Island and Warwick County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [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=Warwick&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 Warwick County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Warwick County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Warwick County militia officers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Warwick County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]

Probate
London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Mulberry Island and Warwick County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Warwick County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1980):57-58. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Taxation

 * Indexed images of the 1789 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Warwick County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.
 * Indexed images of the 1788 and 1800 Land Tax Lists of Warwick County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog