Dickenson County, Virginia
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| + | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Virginia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]'' '''Dickenson County''' | ||
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{{Infobox U.S. County | {{Infobox U.S. County | ||
| county = Dickenson County | | county = Dickenson County | ||
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| seat wl = Clintwood | | seat wl = Clintwood | ||
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| − | == County Courthouse == | + | == Dickenson County, Virginia Courthouse == |
[http://www.dickensoncountyvirginia.org/ Dickenson County Courthouse]<br>Box 190<br>Main Street<br>Clintwood, VA 24228-0190<br>Phone: 540-926-1616<br> | [http://www.dickensoncountyvirginia.org/ Dickenson County Courthouse]<br>Box 190<br>Main Street<br>Clintwood, VA 24228-0190<br>Phone: 540-926-1616<br> | ||
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| width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Vital_Records|Death]]''' | | width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Vital_Records|Death]]''' | ||
| width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Census|Census]]''' | | width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Census|Census]]''' | ||
| − | | width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}# | + | | width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Land_and_Property|Land]]''' |
| − | | width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}# | + | | width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Probate_Records|Probate]]''' |
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| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1880 | | width="16.6%" align="center" | 1880 | ||
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| − | == History == | + | == Dickenson County, Virginia History == |
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==== Parent County ==== | ==== Parent County ==== | ||
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==== Record Loss ==== | ==== Record Loss ==== | ||
| − | == Places/Localities == | + | == Dickenson County, Virginia Places/Localities == |
==== Populated Places ==== | ==== Populated Places ==== | ||
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| − | == Resources == | + | == Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy Resources == |
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| + | [[Image:Vadickenson.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Vadickenson.jpg]] | ||
==== African American ==== | ==== African American ==== | ||
| − | Freedmen's [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1596147 Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865- | + | Freedmen's [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1596147 Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-1872] |
==== Bible Records ==== | ==== Bible Records ==== | ||
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More than a dozen genealogies have been published about Dickenson County families. For a list, see [[Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy]]. | More than a dozen genealogies have been published about Dickenson County families. For a list, see [[Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy]]. | ||
| − | ==== Land ==== | + | ==== Land and Property ==== |
==== Local Histories ==== | ==== Local Histories ==== | ||
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==== Newspapers ==== | ==== Newspapers ==== | ||
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==== Private Papers ==== | ==== Private Papers ==== | ||
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''Dickenson County, Virginia, Family Bible Records, 1934-1935''. Clintwood, Virginia: Mullins Printing, 1999. Available at {{FHL|831379|title-id|disp=FHL}}. | ''Dickenson County, Virginia, Family Bible Records, 1934-1935''. Clintwood, Virginia: Mullins Printing, 1999. Available at {{FHL|831379|title-id|disp=FHL}}. | ||
| − | ==== Probate Records ==== | + | ==== Probate Records ==== |
==== Research Guides ==== | ==== Research Guides ==== | ||
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*Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. ''E. J. Sutherland Collection, Dickenson County, Virginia, 1650-1965''. MSS., available at {{FHL|318813|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Includes Dickenson County Vital Statistics, 1830-1938.] | *Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. ''E. J. Sutherland Collection, Dickenson County, Virginia, 1650-1965''. MSS., available at {{FHL|318813|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Includes Dickenson County Vital Statistics, 1830-1938.] | ||
| − | ===== Vital Record Substitutes ===== | + | ===== Marriage ===== |
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| + | *'''1740-1850''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3723 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850] (Ancestry) ($). | ||
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| + | ===== Vital Record Substitutes ===== | ||
| − | {{Tip|For birth, marriage, and death record substitutes, see [[{{PAGENAME}}#Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[{{PAGENAME}}#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[{{PAGENAME}}#Church Records|Church Records]], [[{{PAGENAME}}#Newspapers|Newspapers]], and [[{{PAGENAME}}#Probate Records|Probate Records]].}} | + | {{Tip|For birth, marriage, and death record substitutes, see [[{{PAGENAME}}#Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[{{PAGENAME}}#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[{{PAGENAME}}#Church Records|Church Records]], [[{{PAGENAME}}#Newspapers|Newspapers]], and [[{{PAGENAME}}#Probate Records|Probate Records]].}} |
| − | == Societies and Libraries == | + | == Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries == |
==== Family History Centers<br> ==== | ==== Family History Centers<br> ==== | ||
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*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]] | *[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]] | ||
| − | == Websites == | + | == Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy Websites == |
*[http://dickenson.horsethieves.com/index.php?title=Dickenson_County_VAGenWeb Dickenson Co., VAGenWeb]. Part of the [http://usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb Project]. Maps, name indexes, history. | *[http://dickenson.horsethieves.com/index.php?title=Dickenson_County_VAGenWeb Dickenson Co., VAGenWeb]. Part of the [http://usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb Project]. Maps, name indexes, history. | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 15 February 2013
United States 
Virginia Dickenson County
| Dickenson County, Virginia | |
| Map | |
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 Location in the state of Virginia | |
 Location of Virginia in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | 1880 |
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| County Seat | Clintwood |
| Courthouse | |
Dickenson County, Virginia Courthouse
Dickenson County Courthouse
Box 190
Main Street
Clintwood, VA 24228-0190
Phone: 540-926-1616
County Health Department has birth, death, and burial records,
Clerk Circuit court has marriage, divorce, court and land records
from 1880 and military discharge records[1]
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| Birth | Marriage | Death | Census | Land | Probate |
| 1880 | 1880 | 1880 | 1900 | 1880 | 1885 |
Dickenson County, Virginia History
Parent County
1880--Dickenson County was created 3 March 1880 from Buchanan, Russell and Wise Counties.
County seat: Clintwood [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Dickenson County, Virginia Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy Resources
African American
Freedmen's Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-1872
Bible Records
Images of the Virginia Historical Society's family Bible collection have been digitized:
- Virginia Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 - browse collection at FamilySearch; free.
Additional Bible records include:
Cemeteries
- Tombstone Transcription Project Dickenson County - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb
Census
For tips on accessing Dickenson County, Virginia census records online, see: Virginia Census.
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1890 | 5,077 | ||
| 1900 | 7,747 | 52.6% | |
| 1910 | 9,199 | 18.7% | |
| 1920 | 13,542 | 47.2% | |
| 1930 | 16,163 | 19.4% | |
| 1940 | 21,266 | 31.6% | |
| 1950 | 23,393 | 10.0% | |
| 1960 | 20,211 | −13.6% | |
| 1970 | 16,077 | −20.5% | |
| 1980 | 19,806 | 23.2% | |
| 1990 | 17,620 | −11.0% | |
| 2000 | 16,395 | −7.0% | |
| 2010 | 15,903 | −3.0% | |
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.]
1900
- Vanover, Gregory Lynn, Joan Short Vanover, and Barbara Kendrick Vanover. Dickenson County, Virginia, 1900 Federal Census. Pound, Virginia: G.L. Vanover, 1984. Available at FHL.
Church Records
Baptist
- Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. Sand Lick Primitive Baptist Church, the First Hundred Years, 1837-1937: A History of the Oldest Religious Organization in Dickenson County, Virginia. 1937; reprint, [Clintwood, Virginia?]: Mullins Printing, 1985. Available at FHL.
Court
Genealogy
More than a dozen genealogies have been published about Dickenson County families. For a list, see Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy.
Land and Property
Local Histories
- Giles, Albert William. The Geology and Coal Resources of Dickenson County, Virginia. University of Virginia, 1921. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
- Schwab, W.G. The Forests of Dickenson County, Virginia. Charlottesville, Va., 1917. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
- Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. Meet Virginia's Baby: A Brief Pictorial History of Dickenson County, Virginia, from Its Formation in 1880 to 1955, with Stress on Pioneer Background. Clintwood, Va.: E.J. Sutherland, 1955. 1975 reprint available at FHL.
- Sutherland, Elihu Jasper and Hetty Swindall Sutherland. Pioneer Recollections of Southwest Virginia. Clintwood, Va.: H.S. Sutherland, G.L. Vanover, and J.S. Vanover, 1984. Available at FHL.
Maps
Military
Civil War
Regiments. Service men in Dickenson County, Virginia served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Dickenson County, Virginia:
- - 2nd Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry) (Confederate). Company B.
- - 5th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry) (Confederate). Companies C and D.[3]
Records and histories are available, including:
- Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
- Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865
- Gobble, Lillian and Rhonda Robertson. Between Brothers: Civil War Soldiers of Wise and Dickenson County [Virginia]. [Big Stone Gap, Virginia: L. Gobble and R. Robertson, 200-?]. FHL Collection.
Naturalization
- Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929
Newspapers
The Virginia Newspapers Project identifies local Dickenson County, Virginia newspapers.
Private Papers
Dickenson County, Virginia, Family Bible Records, 1934-1935. Clintwood, Virginia: Mullins Printing, 1999. Available at FHL.
Probate Records
Research Guides
- "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Dickenson County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1964):124-126. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
Taxation
Vital Records
Indexes to Dickenson County, Virginia births, marriages, and deaths are available online. These collections are incomplete, but are easy to search. Courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
- Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. E. J. Sutherland Collection, Dickenson County, Virginia, 1650-1965. MSS., available at FHL. [Includes Dickenson County Vital Statistics, 1830-1938.]
Marriage
- 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 (Ancestry) ($).
Vital Record Substitutes
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For birth, marriage, and death record substitutes, see Bible Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Newspapers, and Probate Records. |
Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Dickenson County, Virginia Genealogy Websites
- Dickenson Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, history.
- Family History Library Catalog
- RootsWeb Mailing List: SW_VA-L (Topic: Southwest Virginia)
- Cyndi's List
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dickenson County, Virginia. Page 713 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ The Virginia State Line: Organizational Structure of the Virginia State Line, Ranger95.com, accessed 11 June 2012.
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