Nottoway County, Virginia
From FamilySearch Wiki
(Difference between revisions)
(ref repair) |
(earliest census) |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
'''County Courthouse'''<br>328 West Courthouse Road<br>Nottoway, VA 23955 | '''County Courthouse'''<br>328 West Courthouse Road<br>Nottoway, VA 23955 | ||
| − | |||
*Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, and court records from 1865; land probate and military records from 1789.<ref name="Handybook" /> | *Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, and court records from 1865; land probate and military records from 1789.<ref name="Handybook" /> | ||
| Line 33: | Line 32: | ||
| align="center" width="16.6%" | | | align="center" width="16.6%" | | ||
| align="center" width="16.6%" | | | align="center" width="16.6%" | | ||
| − | | align="center" width="16.6%" | | + | | align="center" width="16.6%" | 1810 |
| align="center" width="16.6%" | | | align="center" width="16.6%" | | ||
| align="center" width="16.6%" | | | align="center" width="16.6%" | | ||
Revision as of 19:09, 30 April 2012
| Nottoway County, Virginia | |
| Map | |
| |
 Location in the state of Virginia | |
 Location of Virginia in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | 1788 |
|---|---|
| County Seat | Nottoway |
| Courthouse | |
Virginia Nottoway County
Nottoway County Courthouse
County Courthouse
328 West Courthouse Road
Nottoway, VA 23955
- Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, and court records from 1865; land probate and military records from 1789.[1]
| | |||||
| Birth | Marriage | Death | Census | Land | Probate |
| 1810 | |||||
Quick Facts
Parent County
22 December 1788: Nottoway County was created 22 December 1788 from Amelia County.
County seat: Nottoway [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
African American
- Heinegg, Paul. Nottoway County Personal Property Tax List, 1789-1822, Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in this source.
- Records of the field offices for the state of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872 Freedmen's Bureau Marriages 1815-1869
Bible Records
- Featherston "Bible Record of William Featherston (Nottoway Co., Va. - Robertson Co., Tenn.)," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1963):20.
Biography
- Cummins, A. B. Nottoway County, Virginia: Founding and Development with Biographical Sketches. Richmond, Va.: W.M. Brown and Son, Printers, 1970. FHL Collection
Business
- Contract book of the Richmond Cooperative Milk Producers Association, 1930-1931 FHL Collection
Cemeteries
- Tombstone Transcription Project Nottoway County - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb
Census
For tips on accessing Nottoway County, Virginia census records online, see: Virginia Census.
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1800 | 9,401 | ||
| 1810 | 9,278 | −1.3% | |
| 1820 | 9,658 | 4.1% | |
| 1830 | 10,130 | 4.9% | |
| 1840 | 9,719 | −4.1% | |
| 1850 | 8,437 | −13.2% | |
| 1860 | 8,836 | 4.7% | |
| 1870 | 9,291 | 5.1% | |
| 1880 | 11,156 | 20.1% | |
| 1890 | 11,582 | 3.8% | |
| 1900 | 12,366 | 6.8% | |
| 1910 | 13,462 | 8.9% | |
| 1920 | 14,161 | 5.2% | |
| 1930 | 14,866 | 5.0% | |
| 1940 | 15,556 | 4.6% | |
| 1950 | 15,479 | −0.5% | |
| 1960 | 15,141 | −2.2% | |
| 1970 | 14,260 | −5.8% | |
| 1980 | 14,666 | 2.8% | |
| 1990 | 14,993 | 2.2% | |
| 2000 | 15,725 | 4.9% | |
1850
- 1850 census of Nottoway County, Virginia FHL Collection
1860
- The 1860 federal census for Nottoway County, Virginia FHL Collection
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.
Church
Episcopal
- Rev. John Cameron's marriage register of Bristol, Cumberland and Nottoway parishes, Virginia, 1784-1815 and other more recent records, mainly of Nottoway Parish FHL Collection
Presbyterian
- A brief history of the Blackstone Presbyterian Church 1823-1961. This church was formed in 1824 as a branch of the Nottoway Presbyterian Church. In 1911 it became a separate church. FHL Collection
Court Records
Chancery Court
- Indexed images of Nottoway County, Virginia Chancery Records 1818-1968 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.
Correctional Institutions
- A register of persons convicted of felony, etc., 1931-1966 FHL Collection
Genealogy
More than 15 genealogies have been published about Nottoway County families. To view a list, visit Nottoway County, Virginia Genealogy.
Historic Residences
- Turner, W. R. Old Homes and Families in Nottoway. Blackstone, Va.: Nottoway Pub. Co., 1950, c1932. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($). For the index compiled by Colonel R. Bolling Batte and the Projects Committee of the Virginia Genealogical Society available at FHL click here.
History
Land
- Amelia County, Virginia deeds. Prince Edward County, Va. was not cut off of Amelia County until 1754, and Nottoway County was not cut off until 1789, so this book contains deeds for both of these present-day counties. -- Foreword, v. 1
v. 1. Deed book 1, 1735-1743, and bonds, 1735-1741
v. 2. Deed book 2, 1742-1747
v. 3. Deed books 3-4, 1747-1753
v. 4. Deed book 5-6, 1753-1759
v. 5. Deed books 7-8, 1759-1765
v. 6. Deed books 9-11, 1766-1773
v. 7. Deed books 12-14, 1773-1778
v. 8. Deed books 15-17, 1778-1786. FHL Collection - Deed records, 1789-1900; general indexes, 1866-1974. Some of the deed books may have been lost during the Civil War. After the war, the numbering of volumes started over with v. 1. FHL Collection
- Returns of processioners, 1795-1824. Contains land processioning records recorded with the County Court which include the land description and who was present at the processioning. {FHL|1040518|item}}
- Some early landowners in southern Nottoway and northern Lunenburg counties, Virginia and the Cocke (Coke) family who once lived there. Contains maps with tract codes and a list of landowners giving the names of grantor and grantee, tract code, year, number of acres, source, and other information. Includes a list of streams and other landmarks and the Cocke (Coke) family genealogy. FHL Collection
Grants and Patents
- Hudgins and Sullivan. 901 patents dated 1717-1779 in what is now Amelia and Nottoway Counties, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2003. 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.
Maps
- Nottoway County, Virginia land ownership map, 1864 FHL Collection
Migration
- Elliott, Katherine B. Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia. 2 vols. South Hill, Virginia: K. B. Elliott, 1966. Includes individuals who migrated out of Nottoway County to other parts of the country. FHL Collections
Military
Revolutionary War
Nottoway County, Virginia residents' participation in the Revolutionary War.[2]
War of 1812
- Douthat, James L. Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press website. FHL Collection 975.5 M2djL. [Includes Nottoway County.]
- 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. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Nottoway County, p. 96. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]
Civil War
- The Nottoway Artillery and Barr's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery FHL Collection
- Southside Virginia in the Civil War : Amelia, Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, & Prince Edward counties FHL Collection
- Minute book for the Pension Board 1902-1917. The Pension Board handled the approval process and dispersion of pensions for the Confederate veterans of the Civil War. FHL Collection
- The Captain remembers: the papers of Captain Richard Irby. Historical sketch of the Nottaway Grays, afterwards Company G, Eighteenth Virginia Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia. FHL Collection
Newspapers
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 the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia.
Vital Records
- The Farmville Herald: index to births, deaths and marriages. Contents: v. 1. 1893-1912, also includes 1873-1876 of The Farmville Mercury and The Farmville Commonwealth. FHL Collection
Occupations
- Medical register, 1917-1975. Contains copies of medical licenses for physical therapists, surgeons, dentists, optometrists, general practioners ("regular doctors"), and "allopathic" doctors. FHL Collection
- Register of physicians, surgeons and dentists, 1894-1950 FHL Collection
Officials
Probate
A free index to Nottoway County, Virginia wills and administrations (1789-1800) is available at the <a href="http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas08&local_base=CLAS08">Library of Virginia</a> website.
- SAMPUBCO free online index resource that serves as a good starting place to search for Nottoway County wills.
- Will records, 1789-1964; general indexes, 1865-1975 FHL Collection
- Accounts current records, 1867-1915; general index to fiduciary settlements, 1867-1915 FHL Collection
- Fiduciary order books, 1942-1972 FHL Collection
- Record of fiduciaries, 1901-1902 FHL Collection
- Bond and guarantee companies books, 1923-1974. A bond is a legal document wherein a person commits himself, his heirs, executors and administrators to pay a required amount of money to another if certain duties are not performed. These were paid by people elected or appointed to public offices or to act as guardians, executors or administrators of a person's estate. FHL Collection
- Bond books, 1852-1865, 1891-1917; general index to bond books, 1866-1917 FHL Collection
- Bond books, 1899-1914, 1972-1975 FHL Collection
Public Records
- Minute book for the Board of Blendon Township 1871-1875 and the Pension Board 1902-1917. FHL Collection
- Minute book for the Finance Board, 1932-1940 FHL Collection
Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?
- [1747] "Amelia Tithables, 1747," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Nov 2004. Vol. 42 Iss. 4.
- [1782-1822] Heinegg, Paul. "Nottoway County Personal Property Tax List, 1789-1822," Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in this source.
- [1791, 1801] Indexed images of the 1791 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Nottoway County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
- [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist. Falmouth VA: Oct 2002. Vol. 46 Iss. 4
- [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL Collection. The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Nottoway County is included in Vol. 1.
- Minute book, 1915-1916 FHL Collection
- Personal property tax lists, 1789-1850 FHL Collection
Vital Records
Indexes to Nottoway County, Virginia births, marriages, and deaths are available online. These collections are incomplete, but are easy to search. Courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
Marriage
- Marriage register, 1865-1942; general indexes, 1866-1958, 1969-1975 FHL Collection
Vital Record Substitutes
The Virginia Historical Society's Marriage and Obituary Index, 1736-1820 (newspaper abstracts) is available for free online. Images of the original index cards are browseable, arranged alphabetically by surname.
Societies, Libraries and Museums
- Account book, 1875-1877. This is the account book for Council no. 124, F. of T, which is a temperance society. FHL Collection
Websites
- Nottoway Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, documents.
- Nottoway County VA Trails to the Past.
- Linkpendium
- USGenWeb Archives
- USGenWeb Archives backup site
- Family History Library Catalog
 |
Genealogy courses: Learn how to research from an expert in Fun Five Minute Genealogy Videos. |
|---|
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WorldCat 50140092 FHL CollectionHandybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002).
- ↑ J.T. McAllister, Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data (Hot Springs, Va.: McAllister Pub. Co., 1913), 38-39. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 |
This Virginia-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. While this page is under construction, may we suggest Cyndi's List. |
New to the Research Wiki?
In the FamilySearch Research Wiki, you can learn how to do genealogical research or share your knowledge with others.
Learn More