Wise County, Virginia

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}} ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Virginia|Virginia ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Wise_County,_Virginia|Wise County]]''  
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}} ''[[United States|United States&nbsp;]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] &nbsp;[[Virginia|Virginia&nbsp;]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] &nbsp;[[Wise_County,_Virginia|Wise County]]'' <br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Virginia Southwest Virginia] county.  
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== County Courthouse  ==
 
== County Courthouse  ==
  
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Wise County Courthouse<br>206 East Main Street<br>P.O. Box 1248<br>Room 245<br>Wise, VA 24293<br>276-328-6111  
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'''Wise County Courthouse'''<br>206 East Main Street<br>P.O. Box 1248<br>Room 245<br>Wise, VA 24293<br>276-328-6111  
  
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*Circuit Clerk has marriage and divorce records from 1856 as well as probate and land records.<ref name="Handybook"/>
  
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== History  ==
 
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<h2> Resources  </h2>
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== Resources  ==
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<ul><li>Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. <i>Some Sandy Basin Characters</i>. Clintwood, Va.: Hettie Sutherland, 1962. 1985 reprint available at <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|573586|title-id|disp=FHL}}</span>.
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*Sutherland, Elihu Jasper. ''Some Sandy Basin Characters''. Clintwood, Va.: Hettie Sutherland, 1962. 1985 reprint available at <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="34" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">.
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<ul><li>Adams, James Taylor (1892-1954). <i>Wise County Historical Inventory: Family Burying Grounds</i>. St. Louis, Mo.:&nbsp;R.R. Seibel and D.A. Griffith, 1971. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|572529|title-id|disp=FHL}}</span>.  
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</li><li><a href="http://www.nkclifton.com/cemeteries/Cemetery6.html">Ben Bolling Cemetery</a>, Flat Gap, Wise Co., VA  
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==== Cemeteries  ====
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</li><li>Kilgore, Paul. <i>Butcher's Fork, American Legion, Skeen's Ridge and Back Valley Cemeteries of Wise County, Virginia</i>. [West Virginia]: Wis<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1269270521553_691"/><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1269270521553_546"/>e County Historical Society (Va.), [1997?]. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|1123637|title-id|disp=FHL}}</span>.&nbsp;  
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</li><li>Kilgore, Paul. <i>Powell Valley Memorial Gardens: Located in Beautiful Powell Valley, Wise County, VA</i>. Wise, Va.: Wise County Historical Society (Va.), 2003. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|1393012|title-id|disp=FHL}}</span>.
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*Adams, James Taylor (1892-1954). ''Wise County Historical Inventory: Family Burying Grounds''. St. Louis, Mo.:&nbsp;R.R. Seibel and D.A. Griffith, 1971. Available at <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="32" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">.
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*&lt;a href="http://www.nkclifton.com/cemeteries/Cemetery6.html"&gt;Ben Bolling Cemetery&lt;/a&gt;, Flat Gap, Wise Co., VA  
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<h4> Census  </h4>
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*Kilgore, Paul. ''Butcher's Fork, American Legion, Skeen's Ridge and Back Valley Cemeteries of Wise County, Virginia''. [West Virginia]: Wis<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1269270521553_691" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1269270521553_546" />e County Historical Society (Va.), [1997?]. Available at <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="30" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">.&nbsp;  
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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{VAcensus}}</span> <span class="fck_mw_template">{{USCensusPop |1860=4508 |1870=4785 |1880=7772 |1890=9345 |1900=19653 |1910=34162 |1920=46500 |1930=51167 |1940=52458 |1950=56336 |1960=43579 |1970=35947 |1980=43863 |1990=39573 |2000=40123 }}</span>  
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*Kilgore, Paul. ''Powell Valley Memorial Gardens: Located in Beautiful Powell Valley, Wise County, VA''. Wise, Va.: Wise County Historical Society (Va.), 2003. Available at <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="28" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">.
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</p><p><br><i><b>1860 Agriculture Census</b></i>
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<ul><li>Weaver, Jeffrey C. <i>The 1860 Agriculture Census of Wise County, Virginia</i>. Clintwood, Va.: Mullins Printing, 1992. Available at <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|593610|title-id|disp=FHL}}</span>.
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<p><i><b>1890 Union Veterans</b></i>
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<br>'''''1860 Agriculture Census'''''
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<ul><li>Turner, Ronald Ray. <i><a href="http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/VirginiaCivilWarVets.doc">Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890</a></i>. Available online, courtesy: <a href="http://www.pwcvabooks.com/index.htm">Prince William County Virginia</a> website. [Includes residents of this county.]
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*Weaver, Jeffrey C. ''The 1860 Agriculture Census of Wise County, Virginia''. Clintwood, Va.: Mullins Printing, 1992. Available at <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="22" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">.
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'''''1890 Union Veterans'''''
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<p><i><b>Chancery Court</b></i>
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*Turner, Ronald Ray. ''&lt;a href="http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/VirginiaCivilWarVets.doc"&gt;Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890&lt;/a&gt;''. Available online, courtesy: &lt;a href="http://www.pwcvabooks.com/index.htm"&gt;Prince William County Virginia&lt;/a&gt; website. [Includes residents of this county.]
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<ul><li>Indexes (1855-1925) and images (1855-1912) to Wise County, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through <a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/">Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index</a>. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.
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==== Church  ====
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<p>More than 25 genealogies have been published about Wise County families. To view a list, visit <a href="Wise County, Virginia Genealogy">Wise County, Virginia Genealogy</a>.  
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==== Court  ====
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'''''Chancery Court'''''
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<ul><li>Johnson, Charles A. <i>A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia</i>. Norton, Va.: Norton Press, 1938. Reprint edition, The Overmountain Press, 1988.&nbsp;<span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|121215|item}}</span>; digital version at <a href="http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30038">Ancestry</a> ($); and <a href="http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdva3017_wise">World Vital Records</a> ($). <a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Wise_County_Virginia.html?id=6RyGQfOhl18C">Google Books</a> page.  
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*Indexes (1855-1925) and images (1855-1912) to Wise County, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through &lt;a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/"&gt;Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index&lt;/a&gt;. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.
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</li><li><i>Wise County: Her Industries, Resources and Prominent Men</i>. Norton, Va.: n.p., 1920. <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|625034|item}}</span>; digital version at <a href="http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10410">Ancestry</a> ($).
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==== Genealogy  ====
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More than 25 genealogies have been published about Wise County families. To view a list, visit &lt;a href="Wise County, Virginia Genealogy"&gt;Wise County, Virginia Genealogy&lt;/a&gt;.  
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<h5> <i><b>War of 1812</b></i> </h5>
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<ul><li><i>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...</i> Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|286899|item}}</span> 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ">Google Books</a> and <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog">Internet Archive</a>. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Wise County, p. 107. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]
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==== Land  ====
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</li></ul>
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<h5> <i><b>Civil War</b></i> </h5>
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==== Local Histories  ====
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<p>Virginia, Civil War <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932382">Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865</a>
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</p><p>Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865
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*Johnson, Charles A. ''A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia''. Norton, Va.: Norton Press, 1938. Reprint edition, The Overmountain Press, 1988.&nbsp;<img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="20" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">; digital version at &lt;a href="http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30038"&gt;Ancestry&lt;/a&gt; ($); and &lt;a href="http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdva3017_wise"&gt;World Vital Records&lt;/a&gt; ($). &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Wise_County_Virginia.html?id=6RyGQfOhl18C"&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt; page.  
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</p><p><br>Virginia, <i>The Civil War in Wise County, Virginia: 1861-1865</i>. Wise, VA: Wise County Historical Society, 2004. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/civil-war-in-wise-county-virginia-1861-1865/oclc/55613219&amp;referer=brief_results">WorldCat</a> page.  
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*''Wise County: Her Industries, Resources and Prominent Men''. Norton, Va.: n.p., 1920. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="18" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">; digital version at &lt;a href="http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10410"&gt;Ancestry&lt;/a&gt; ($).
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<ul><li>Gobble, Lillian and Rhonda Robertson. <i>Between Brothers: Civil War Soldiers of Wise &amp; Dickenson County [Virginia]</i>. [Big Stone Gap, Va.: L. Gobble &amp; R. Robertson, 200-?]. <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|1217570|item}}</span>
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<h4> <b>Naturalization</b> </h4>
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<p><b><br>Virginia <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1877093">Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929</a><br></b>Newspapers  
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<ul><li><i>The Big Stone Gap Post</i>, Big Stone Gap, VA, 1892-1928. (<a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88061179/">Chronicling America</a>&nbsp;at the Library of Congress)  
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</li><li><i>The Big Stone Post</i>, Big Stone Gap., VA, 1890-1892. (<a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87060150/">Chronicling America</a> at the Library of Congress)  
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*''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. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="16" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate"> 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ"&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog"&gt;Internet Archive&lt;/a&gt;. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Wise County, p. 107. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]
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</li><li><i><a href="http://www.cvtimes.com/">Clinch Valley Times</a></i>
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</li><li><a href="http://www.thecoalfieldprogress.com/"><i>The Coalfield Progress</i>, <i>The Dickenson Star</i>, and <i>The Post</i></a>
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</li><li>Meade, Angie Bell. <i>A Collection of Obituaries and Other Published Death Notices: Mostly of Russell, Scott and Wise Counties of Virginia, a Few Other Counties, Some Out-of-state: Most Collections Before 1940</i>. Wise, Va.: Wise County Historical Society (Va.), [2000?]. <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|1008195|item}}</span>
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</li><li><a href="http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/virginia/wise-county-obituaries.htm">Wise County, Virginia Obituaries</a> (NewspaperObituaries.net)
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Virginia, Civil War &lt;a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932382"&gt;Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865&lt;/a&gt;
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<h4> <b>Private Papers</b> </h4>
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Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865  
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<p><b><br>Virginia, <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932510">Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007</a></b><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932510">Probate</a>
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<br>Virginia, ''The Civil War in Wise County, Virginia: 1861-1865''. Wise, VA: Wise County Historical Society, 2004. &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/civil-war-in-wise-county-virginia-1861-1865/oclc/55613219&amp;referer=brief_results"&gt;WorldCat&lt;/a&gt; page.  
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<h4> Research Guides  </h4>
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<ul><li>"A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Wise County," <i>The Virginia Genealogist</i>, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1980):204-206. Available at <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285">New England Ancestors</a> ($).
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*Gobble, Lillian and Rhonda Robertson. ''Between Brothers: Civil War Soldiers of Wise &amp; Dickenson County [Virginia]''. [Big Stone Gap, Va.: L. Gobble &amp; R. Robertson, 200-?]. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="14" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
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<h4> Taxation  </h4>
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==== '''Naturalization'''  ====
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<p><a href="Virginia Tax Lists">How can Virginia tax lists help me?</a>
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'''<br>Virginia &lt;a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1877093"&gt;Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929&lt;/a&gt;<br>'''Newspapers  
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<ul><li><b>[1857]</b> Weaver, Jeffrey C. <a href="http://www.newrivernotes.com/va/wise1857.htm">The 1857 Wise County, Virginia Land Tax List (Surnames A through M only)</a>, available online, courtesy: <a href="http://www.newrivernotes.com/">New River Notes</a>.
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*''The Big Stone Gap Post'', Big Stone Gap, VA, 1892-1928. (&lt;a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88061179/"&gt;Chronicling America&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;at the Library of Congress)  
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*''The Big Stone Post'', Big Stone Gap., VA, 1890-1892. (&lt;a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87060150/"&gt;Chronicling America&lt;/a&gt; at the Library of Congress)  
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*''&lt;a href="http://www.cvtimes.com/"&gt;Clinch Valley Times&lt;/a&gt;''
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</p><p><i><b>Birth</b></i>
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*&lt;a href="http://www.thecoalfieldprogress.com/"&gt;''The Coalfield Progress'', ''The Dickenson Star'', and ''The Post''&lt;/a&gt;
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*Meade, Angie Bell. ''A Collection of Obituaries and Other Published Death Notices: Mostly of Russell, Scott and Wise Counties of Virginia, a Few Other Counties, Some Out-of-state: Most Collections Before 1940''. Wise, Va.: Wise County Historical Society (Va.), [2000?]. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="12" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">  
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<ul><li><i>Wise Co., Va., Births, 1867-1871</i>, MSS., James Taylor Adams Collection, Box 68. St. Louis, Mo.: R.R. Seibel and D.A. Griffith, 1971. Microfilmed reproduction: <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|573473|item}}</span>
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*&lt;a href="http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/virginia/wise-county-obituaries.htm"&gt;Wise County, Virginia Obituaries&lt;/a&gt; (NewspaperObituaries.net)
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<ul><li>Kilgore, Paul and Fred Harry King Funeral Home. <i>Death Records, Fred H. King Funeral Home, 1927-1935</i>. Wise, Va.: Wise County Historical Society (Va.), [1999?]. <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|1008202|item}}</span>
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'''<br>Virginia, &lt;a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932510"&gt;Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007&lt;/a&gt;'''&lt;a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932510"&gt;Probate&lt;/a&gt;
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</li><li>Robertson, Rhonda. <i>The Wise County, Virginia Death Register 1856-1894</i>. [Wise, Virginia]: Wise County Historical Society (VA), [200-?]. <span class="fck_mw_template">{{FHL|1393009|item}}</span>
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==== Research Guides  ====
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*"A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Wise County," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1980):204-206. Available at &lt;a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285"&gt;New England Ancestors&lt;/a&gt; ($).
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==== Taxation  ====
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&lt;a href="Virginia Tax Lists"&gt;How can Virginia tax lists help me?&lt;/a&gt;
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*'''[1857]''' Weaver, Jeffrey C. &lt;a href="http://www.newrivernotes.com/va/wise1857.htm"&gt;The 1857 Wise County, Virginia Land Tax List (Surnames A through M only)&lt;/a&gt;, available online, courtesy: &lt;a href="http://www.newrivernotes.com/"&gt;New River Notes&lt;/a&gt;.
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<img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="10" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">  
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'''''Birth'''''
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*''Wise Co., Va., Births, 1867-1871'', MSS., James Taylor Adams Collection, Box 68. St. Louis, Mo.: R.R. Seibel and D.A. Griffith, 1971. Microfilmed reproduction: <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="8" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
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'''''Death'''''
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*Kilgore, Paul and Fred Harry King Funeral Home. ''Death Records, Fred H. King Funeral Home, 1927-1935''. Wise, Va.: Wise County Historical Society (Va.), [1999?]. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="6" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">  
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*Robertson, Rhonda. ''The Wise County, Virginia Death Register 1856-1894''. [Wise, Virginia]: Wise County Historical Society (VA), [200-?]. <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="4" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
  
 
== Societies and Libraries  ==
 
== Societies and Libraries  ==

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Wise County, Virginia
Map
Boundary map of Wise County, Virginia
Map of Virginia highlighting Wise County
Location in the state of Virginia
Map of the U.S. highlighting Virginia
Location of Virginia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded 1856
County Seat Wise
Courthouse
United States  Gotoarrow.png  Virginia  Gotoarrow.png  Wise County
Southwest Virginia county.

Contents

County Courthouse

Wise County Courthouse
206 East Main Street
P.O. Box 1248
Room 245
Wise, VA 24293
276-328-6111

  • Circuit Clerk has marriage and divorce records from 1856 as well as probate and land records.[1]
Beginning Dates for Wise County, Virginia Government Records
Birth Marriage Death Census Land Probate

History

Gov. Henry A. Wise (1806-1876)

The county is named after Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), who was in office at the time of Wise County's organization. He later served as a Confederate States Army General during the Civil War.[2]

Parent County

1856--Wise County was created 16 February 1856 from Lee, Russell, and Scott Counties.
County seat: Wise [1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

  • Lost census: 1890

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Biographies

Cemeteries

Census

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1860 Agriculture Census

1890 Union Veterans

Church

Court

Chancery Court

  • Indexes (1855-1925) and images (1855-1912) to Wise County, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through <a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/">Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index</a>. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Genealogy

More than 25 genealogies have been published about Wise County families. To view a list, visit <a href="Wise County, Virginia Genealogy">Wise County, Virginia Genealogy</a>.

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

War of 1812
Civil War

Virginia, Civil War <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932382">Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865</a>

Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865


Virginia, The Civil War in Wise County, Virginia: 1861-1865. Wise, VA: Wise County Historical Society, 2004. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/civil-war-in-wise-county-virginia-1861-1865/oclc/55613219&referer=brief_results">WorldCat</a> page.

Naturalization


Virginia <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1877093">Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929</a>
Newspapers

Private Papers


Virginia, <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932510">Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007</a><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932510">Probate</a>

Research Guides

Taxation

<a href="Virginia Tax Lists">How can Virginia tax lists help me?</a>

Vital Records

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Birth

Death

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

Websites

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
  2. ↑ "Henry A. Wise," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wise, accessed 13 January 2012.
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