Henrico County, Virginia Genealogy

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Henrico County

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

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County Information

Description

Henrico County is located in the central portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia, bordering the state capital, Richmond, on the west. It was named for Henry, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King James I of England.

County Courthouse

Henrico County Courthouse
4309 East Parham Road
PO Box 90775
Henrico, VA 23273-0775
Phone: 804-501-4723
Henrico County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate and land records from 1781 plus divorce and court records.

Henrico County, Virginia Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1853	1781	1853	1650	1650	1650	1810
* Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912. General compliance year is unknown.

Record Loss

1655-1677 All county court records prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing. 1865 Nearly all the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and Circuit Court records were destroyed by fire on 3 April 1865. Henrico's Circuit Court was held at the State Courthouse in Richmond and many of that Court's records were also destroyed by fire. 1783-1865 Some court records between the Revolutionary War and Civil War (1783-1865) still exist. 1774-1782 Henrico Co., Virginia - Proceedings of Commission Re: Its Records Destroyed by British, 1774-1782., Index and images. Contains transcript of documents brought before the county court to replace documents destroyed by the British during the Revolutionary War. Includes deeds and wills. Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890 Visit the Library of Virginia's website to determine exactly what records have been lost and their Lost Records Localities Database to find additional resources. For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see: Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle. When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog. Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki. List of counties in the United States with Record Loss

Boundary Changes

Parent County: Created in 1634 as an original shire or county. County seat: Henrico Interactive Map of Virginia County Formation History (1790-1897) - animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes Virginia Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

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:

Unincorporated communities
Fair Oaks Lower Rocketts	Varina
Census-designated places
Chamberlayne Dumbarton East Highland Park Glen Allen Highland Springs	Innsbrook Lakeside Laurel Montrose	Sandston Short Pump Tuckahoe Wyndham

History Timeline

Prince Henry Frederick of Wales (1594-1612)

The county is named after Prince Henry Frederick of Wales (1594-1612), eldest son of King James I of England.

Many French Huguenot families lived in Manakintown in Henrico County during the eighteenth century.

Resources

Bible Records

For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.

• [Lancaster] Lancaster, Beverly. Lancaster Bible Records. West Bloomfield, Michigan: B. Lancaster, 2005. FHL.
• 1607-2007 Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• [Price] Family Bible Records of Taliaferro, Fontaine, Price and Shelton. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.

Biographies

Henrico Library Notable Henricoans Database

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

• Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL. [Includes a section on Richmond silversmiths.]

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Henrico County, Virginia online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find A Grave VAGenWeb USGenWeb Archives VA Tombstone Transcription Project Virginia Gravestones BillionGraves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Find A Grave FamilySearch Places
See Virginia Cemeteries for more information.

• 1800-1986 Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. "Inscriptions from Various Tombstones in Dinwiddie, Chesterfield, Henrico and New Kent Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jan. 1900):178-183. Available at JSTOR ($).

Census Records

For databases, indexes, and information online, see Virginia Census.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	12,000	—
1800	14,886	24.1%
1810	19,680	32.2%
1820	23,667	20.3%
1830	28,797	21.7%
1840	33,076	14.9%
1850	43,572	31.7%
1860	61,616	41.4%
1870	66,179	7.4%
1880	82,703	25.0%
1890	103,394	25.0%
1900	30,062	−70.9%
1910	23,437	−22.0%
1920	18,972	−19.1%
1930	30,310	59.8%
1940	41,960	38.4%
1950	57,340	36.7%
1960	117,339	104.6%
1970	154,364	31.6%
1980	180,735	17.1%
1990	217,881	20.6%
2000	262,300	20.4%
2010	306,935	17.0%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1782 City of Richmond Enumeration

• City of Richmond Heads of Families - 1782 at U.S. Census Bureau - free. Begins on page 111.

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 Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

1. Boar Swamp
2. First Baptist Church, City of Richmond, Va. (1780).A centennial history was published in 1880. It is available online.
3. Four Mile
4. Hungry (1791)Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 118-119. Digital version at Google Books.</ref>
5. Leigh Street, Richmond, Va. (1854). A centennial history was published in 1954: FHL Book 975.5451 K2L.
   
6. Tabernacle, Richmond, Va. (1891). A centennial history was published in 1991: FHL Book 975.5451 K2h.
   

• 1776 Petition of Baptists (10,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 October 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. After locating your ancestor, view the digital copies.
  – Digital copies at Library of Congress; also at Library of Virginia using the code word "000606093"
  – Hall, Jean Pickett. "Legislative Petitions: the 10,000 name petition" transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983-) online at Ancestry ($) and in book form at various libraries.
  Henrico County fell within the bounds of the Dover Association.

Church of England
See also Bristol Parish
See also Dale Parish
See also Henrico Parish
See also King William Parish
See also St. James's Parish
See also Varina Parish

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Richmond

Huguenot

• Goree, Langston James, Janice Curtis Pampell et al. Master Index to the Huguenot: The Biennial Publications of the Huguenot Society, Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, and, Index to Vestry Book of King William Parish, Virginia, 1707-1750. Bryan, Texas: Family History Foundation, 1986. Available at FHL.

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):

• Curles Monthly Meeting (1678-1805) aka Henrico Monthly Meeting. Early records have been microfilmed: FHL Film 31762. Early records of Henrico Monthly Meeting have been published: FHL Book 975.54 K2w. Hinshaw also published the early records: FHL Book 973 D2he 1993 v. 6.
• Richmond Monthly Meeting, Richmond, Va. (begun 1795)
• White Oak Swamp Monthly Meeting (1722-1807) aka Henrico aka Chickahominy Swamp. Early records have been microfilmed: FHL Film 31779.
  
• Brown, Jane Douglas Summers and Jones Memorial Library. Jane Douglas Summers Brown (1903-) Quaker Records: Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia); MS 1515. MSS, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Va. Available on 26 microfilms at FHL. [Includes records of Henrico County Quakers; Brown assisted "William Wade Hinshaw in the writing of the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy."]

Court Records

Online Court Indexes and Records

• Library of Virginia's Chancery Record Index can be used to search for Henrico County chancery records for the years 1770-1955 (majority of records 1782-1912). Original records located at the Library of Virginia.

Directories

• 1856 The Richmond Directory and Business Advertiser for 1856 at Don's List - free.

Emigration and Immigration

For databases and immigrant groups, see Virginia Emigration and Immigration

• Bockstruck, Lloyd D. "Some Henrico County Immigrants," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1987):131-132. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 31 (1987). Coverage: 1708 to 1710.
• Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Henrico County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
• List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Virginia are online at: Immigrant Servants Database.
  
• Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Digital version at American Ancestors at NEHGS ($). [Henrico Co., VA: Randolph, Webb.]
• "Parkers of Browsholme, Yorkshire, England," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):442-444. Available at JSTOR ($). See also Sally Moore Koestler, "Dr. Richard Parker & Mary Perkins" accessed 1 February 2010.

During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 111 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Richmond (105) and Henrico County (6).

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African American
From 1790 to 1860, Henrico County had one of the largest enslaved populations in the state (5819 in 1790; 20,041 in 1860). It also had one of the largest free colored populations (581 in 1790; 3590 in 1860). Ten years later in 1870, it had the largest African American population in Virginia (31,031) - the city of Richmond in particular.

• 1865-1872 Virginia, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Aiken, Nancy E. Bryan, Michel Perdreau, and John L. Jones. History of the Jones Family by John L. Jones & In Memoriam, J. McHenry Jones. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2001. Available at FHL. [Reuben Jones, b. 1795 Henrico Co., VA, was a free African American.]
• Heinegg, Paul. "Henrico County Personal Land Tax List, 1799-1816," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
• Heinegg, Paul. "Henrico County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1814," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
• Rockette, John Franklin. Rockett, Carpenter, Millican, Wise, Stevens, Selman, Abernathy, Rhodes, Ware Families, 1681-1981: and Seventy-six Connected Kins-men. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1981. Available at FHL. [Discusses African American Rocketts.]
• Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized images related to African Americans of Henrico County.

Native American
The Manachees Tribe and Powhites Tribe lived in the area in the late 1600s.

Funeral Homes

• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Genealogies

Compiled Genealogies by Surname

• See Henrico County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of published books and articles, or jump to the surname using the alphabet bar.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families

• For the earliest settlers: McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. FHL Collection.
• Brock, R.A., ed. Documents, Chiefly Unpublished, Relating to the Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and to the Settlement at Manakin-Town, with an Appendix of Genealogies Presenting Data of the Fontaine, Maury, Dupuy, Trabue, Marye, Chastain, Cocke, and Other Families. 1886; reprint, Baltimore, Md., 1973. FHL Book 975.5 H2cv new ser. v. 5 1973. Digital versions at Internet Archive; New River Notes.
• Foley, Louise Pledge Heath. Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. 3 vols. Richmond, Virginia: L.P.H. Foley; Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1974-c1990. FHL. [Volume 1 includes Henrico County.]
• Jourdan, Elise Greenup. Early Settlers of Tidewater Virginia. 3 vols. Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2005-2007. FHL. [Volume 1 covers the following Henrico County families: Akin, Archer, Ashbrook, Babbicom, Parker, Milner, Batte, Branch, Burton, Cocke, Ligon, Lound, Pleasants, Woodson.]
• Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes a great deal of information about residents of Henrico County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887.
• Robertson, Wyndham. Pocahontas: alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, Gentleman; Including the Names of Alfriend, Archer, Bentley, Bernard, Bland, Boling, Branch, Cabell, Catlett, Cary, Dandridge, Dixon, Douglas, Duval, Eldridge, Ellett, Ferguson, Field, Fleming, Gay, Gordon, Griffin, Grayson, Harrison, Hubard, Lewis, Logan, Markham, Meade, McRae, Murray, Page, Poythress, Randolph, Robertson, Skipwith, Stanard, Tazewell, Walke, West, Whittle, and Others With Biographical Sketches. Richmond, Va.: J.W. Randolph & English, 1887. Available in several editions at FHL; digital version of original edition at Google Books.

Land and Property Records

For land indexes, records, and databases, see Virginia Land and Property, including Colonial and State Land Grants.

Online Land Indexes and Records

Deeds

• Henrico Co., Virginia - Proceedings of Commission Re: Its Records Destroyed by British, 1774-1782. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes deeds and wills.]

Grants and Patents
Land patents (pre-1779), land grants (after 1779) and surveys are available online at the Library of Virginia website. For step-by-step instructions on retrieving these records, read the Virginia Land and Property article.

• Bannister. 322 patents dated 1636-1803 in what is now Henrico County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2002. [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.]
• Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Vol. I (1934; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991). FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Henrico County. N.B. If Ancestry's search engine fails, try checking the printed index at the end of the book.]

Local Histories

• Manarin, Louis H. and Clifford Dowdey. The History of Henrico County. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1984. Available at FHL.

Maps and Gazetteers

County and state maps, historical and more current, are valuable research tools. For map collections, online and in libraries, see Virginia Maps.

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration

• Pawlett, Nathaniel Mason and Howard H. Newlon. The Route of the Three Notch'd Road: A Preliminary Report. Charlottesville, Virginia: Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council, 1976. Available at FHL.

Military Records

The Virginia Confederate Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home in Richmond serviced many veterans between the 1880s and 1940s. United States Military Old Soldiers Home Records identifies several types of records concerning these individuals.

French and Indian War

• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Henrico County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
• Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Henrico County, see p. 87.]
• 1651-1776 Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2c; digital book at Ancestry ($). Identifies some County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.

Revolutionary War

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Henrico County on page 131.]
• Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." FHL Book 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.

Regiments. Service men in Henrico County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Henrico County supplied soldiers for the:

- 5th Virginia Regiment

War of 1812

• Douthat, James L. Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Mountain Press provides online surname index. FHL Collection 975.5 M2djL. Includes Henrico 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, Henrico County, pp. 84-85. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.

Regiments Henrico County men served in the 33rd Regiment and Richmond City men served in the 19th Regiment.

Civil War
Richmond was the capital of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.

• 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)

Regiments. Civil War service men in Henrico County 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 here:

- 1st Regiment, Virginia Artillery (Confederate). Company C (2nd) (Henrico Artillery aka Courtney Artillery), Company D (Richmond Howitzers)

- 1st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Williams Rifles) (Confederate) Company A (Richmond Grays), Company B (Richmond City Guard), Company C (Montgomery Guard), Company D (Old Dominion Guard), Company G (Capt. William H. Gordon's Co.), Company H (Richmond Grays No. 2), Company I (Capt. William O. Taylor's Co.), Company K (Virginia Rifles)

- 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Woodward's) - CSA - Company F

- 4th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)

- 5th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Wilson's)(Archer's)(Confederate).

- 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (12 months, 1861-62) (Mullins') (Confederate). Company F (1st) (Shields Lancers or Dragoons), Company G (Randolph Cavalry), and Company I.

- 6th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company I (Elliot Grays aka Manchester Grays)..

- 10th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Allen's) (Confederate). Company A (Metropolitan Guards).

- 10th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion (Confederate). Company A (Caskie's Mounted Rangers), Company D (Wise Mounted Guard), Company E (1st) (Jennings Wise Hussars), and Company I (Henrico Light Dragoons).

- 12th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company G (Richmond Grays).

- 15th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Henrico Grays), Company B (Virginia Life Guard), Company D (Henrico Guard), Company F (Emmett Guard), Company G (Southern Guard), Company H (Young Guard), and Company K (Marion Rifles).

- 23rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company H (Richmond Sharpshooters).

- 24th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company A (Henrico Mounted Guard aka Henrico Picket Guard), Company B, and Company G.

- 44th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company E (Richmond Zouaves).

- 47th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Companies A and B.

- 53rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company E (Logan Guards or Davy Logan Guards).

- 59th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company F3 (Richmond Light Guard).

Civil War Battles

War damage at Richmond, VA

The following Civil War battles were fought in Henrico County.

• May 31-June 1, 1862 = Seven Pines, also known as Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station
• June 25, 1862 = Oak Grove, also known as French’s Field or King’s School House
• June 27-28, 1862 = Garnett’s & Golding’s Farms
• June 29, 1862 = Savage's Station
• June 30, 1862 = Glendale/White Oak Swamp, also known as Nelson’s Farm, Frayser’s Farm, Charles City Crossroads, White Oak Swamp, New Market Road, or Riddell's Shop
• July 1, 1862 = Malvern Hill, also known as Poindexter's Farm
• May 11, 1864 = Yellow Tavern
• July 27-29, 1864 = Deep Bottom I, also known as Darbytown, Strawberry Plains, New Market Road, Gravel Hill
• August 13-20, 1864 = Deep Bottom II, also known as New Market Road, Fussell’s Mill, Bailey’s Creek, Charles City Road, or White’s Tavern
• September 29-30, 1864 = Chaffin’s Farm/New Market Heights, also known as Combats at New Market Heights, Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer; Laurel Hill
• October 7, 1864 = Darbytown & New Market Roads, also known as Johnson’s Farm or Fourmile Creek
• October 13, 1864 = Darbytown Road, also known as Alms House
• October 27-28, 1864 = Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road, also known as Second Fair Oaks

Maps of Civil War battles in Virginia: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

Naturalization and Citizenship

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

• 1906-1929 Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Newspapers

For online newspaper resources, see the Virginia Newspapers page.

• 1736-1780 Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website.
• 1736-1803 Database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers, see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia.
• 1786-1825 "List of Obituaries: From Richmond, Virginia Newspapers," [1786-1825] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul. 1912):282-291; Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct. 1912):364-371. Available at JSTOR - free.
• 1795-1807 Richmond and Manchester Advertiser at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1797-1816 Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1801-1804 The Examiner (Richmond, Va.) at Google News - free.
• 1804-1838 Virginia State Library. Index to Obituary Notices in the Richmond Enquirer from May 9, 1804, through 1828, and the Richmond Whig from January, 1824, through 1838. Richmond, VA, USA: Virginia State Library, 1923. WorldCat 1111288. Index collection at Ancestry ($). Available at FHL (2 copies).
• 1804-1876 Enquirer (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1809-1819 Virginia Patriot (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1816-1820 Richmond Commercial Compiler (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1824-1874 Richmond Whig (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1833-1882 Richmond Daily Whig (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1852-1884 The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Va.) at Chronicling America - free.
• 1854-1870 Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1860-1865 Richmond Daily Dispatch 1860-1865 - free.
  
• 1861-1866 Richmond Examiner (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1884-1903 Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, Va.) at Chronicling America - free.
• 1885-1900 Richmond Planet (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1886-1889 The Daily Times (Richmond, Va.) at Chronicling America - free.
• 1886- - The Labor Herald (Richmond, Va.) at Chronicling America - free.
• 1889-1910 Richmond Planet (Richmond, Va.) at Chronicling America - free.
• 1890-1903 The Times (Richmond, Va.) at Chronicling America - free.
• 1893-1899 The Jewish South (Richmond, Va.) at Chronicling America - free.
• 1900 Reformer (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1903-1913 The Times Dispatch (Richmond, Va.) at Chronicling America - free.
• 1903-1958 Richmond Times Dispatch at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1940s-1985 Index to Richmond Times Dispatch and Richmond News Leader at Library of Virginia - free. Surnames indexed alphabetically under Biography.
  
• 1985-present GoogleNews has the Richmond Times - Dispatch on-line. The images start with 1985 and continue to the present. It is not a complete list, but it is worth your time. It is free to use and view the newspaper but you cannot print or copy the image.
  
• 1985-present Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).

Probate Records

For probate records, indexes, and databases, see Virginia Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• Probate records for Henrico County, VA are located at 4301 East Parham Rd, Henrico VA 23228 in the Circuit Courts Building, 2nd Floor, Room 230. There is an internal indexed, searchable database for probate records from the 1990s. Earlier records are found in bound volumes in that same location. See the Circuit Court website for security restrictions (example: use of electronic devices).
• 1650-1717; 1678-1693; 1717-1726 Virginia Pioneers ($) Images of Wills & Estates/
• 1770-1787 Virginia Pioneers ($) Index to Settlements & Estates.
• 1770-1787 Virginia Pioneers ($) Images of Wills & Settlements.
• 1650-1717; 1678-1693; 1717-1726 Images of Wills. Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1770-1787 Images of Wills and Settlements. Virginia Pioneers ($)
• Images of Wills and Estates 1636-1767; 1650-1717; 1661-1719; 1678-1693; 1717-1726; 1726-1734; 1733-1745; 1745-1752; 1794-1803; 1804-1808 Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1714-1718 Online Images of Wills & Estates https://virginiapioneers.net Virginia Pioneers] ($)
• 1787-1812; 1802-1809 Images of Wills, Estates, Deeds https://virginiapioneers.net Virginia Pioneers] ($)
• 1633-1800 Wills and Estate Records Index at Library of Virginia.

Local Court

• Fleet, Beverley. Henrico County, Southside, 1736. 1944; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes sheriff's bond, John Nash's account book, 1737 justices of the peace, an inventory of Henrico County records, 1736 abstracts, and a few wills.]
• Henrico Co., Virginia - Proceedings of Commission Re: Its Records Destroyed by British, 1774-1782. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes deeds and wills.]
• Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at FHL. [Includes Henrico County.]
• 1781-1904 General Index to Henrico Wills: 1781-1904 at VAGenWeb

London Courts

• Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Henrico County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
• 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry — index, incomplete ($)
• 1650-1717 Henrico County Wills 1650 to 1717 (digital images) Virginia Pioneers
• 1678-1693 Henrico County Wills 1678 to 1693 (digital imagesVirginia Pioneers
• 1717-1726 Henrico County Wills 1717 to 1726 (digital images) Virginia Pioneers
• 1770-1787 Henrico County Wills and Settlements 1770 to 1787 (digital images) Virginia Pioneers

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records

For additional online collections and the value and use of Virginia's tax lists in your research, see Virginia Taxation.

Online Tax Indexes and Records

• 1678 Tithables List, 1678, Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Feb. 1993). Available at FHL.
• 1679 Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. Available at FHL; digital version at Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes annotated 1679 tithe list of Henrico County.]
• 1704 "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28 (1920):207-218, 328-339; Vol. 29 (1921):18-28, 337-343, 402-412; Vol. 30 (1922):21-30, 280-285, 341-347; Vol. 31 (1923):70-75, 153-163, 215-231, 314-318; Vol. 32 (1924):69-75, 144-158, 281-287, 338-343; Vol. 33 (1925):47-50, 359-370; Vol. 34 (1926):113-119, 252-258, 313, 321. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version of VMHB at JSTOR ($). [Henrico County appears in 28:208-218.]
• 1710-1740s Fife, R.H. and R.L. Maury. "The Vestry Book of King William Parish, Va., 1707-1750," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11 (1903-1904):289-304, 425-440; Vol. 12 (1904-1905):17-32, 241-256, 369-384; Vol. 13 (1905-1906):65-80, 175-190, 265-280. FHL Collection 975.5 B2v v. 11 (1903-1904) etc.; digital version at JSTOR ($); reprinted in Vestry Book of King William Parish, Virginia 1707-1750. Midlothian, Va.: Manakin Episcopal Church, 1966. FHL Collection 975.5455/M1 K2v with an index prepared in 1974: FHL Collection 975.5455/M1 K2v index; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983; FHL Collection 975.5 R4v. [French Huguenot parish; includes tithe lists dated 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1715, 1717, 1719, 1720, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, various entries identifying residents in 1740s, c1722 list of landowners, and 1727/1728 list of landowners.]
• 1747 Southside Tithable List, 1747, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Oct. 1998). Available at FHL.
• 1782 Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Online at FamilySearch - free; FHL. [1782 personal property tax list of Henrico County.]
• 1782-1814 Henrico County Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1814 (images); digital version in Tax List Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
• 1782-1814 Heinegg, Paul. "Henrico County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1814," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
• 1783 - Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783; index online at Revolutionary War Service website - free.
• 1787-1834 Richmond Personal Property Tax Lists 1787-1834 (images); digital version in Tax List Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
• 1787 Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Henrico County is included in Vol. 2.]
• 1790, 1801 Indexed images of the 1790 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Henrico County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
• 1799-1816 Heinegg, Paul. "Henrico County Personal Land Tax List, 1799-1816," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
• 1800 Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr. 1987); Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jul. 1987). Available at FHL.
• 1802 Indexed images of the 1802 Land Tax List of Henrico County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
• 1815 Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Henrico County is included in Vol. 1.]

Vital Records

For additional indexes, databases, and details, see Virginia Vital Records.

Birth

• 1720-1798 Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798. Richmond, Virginia: C.G. Chamberlayne, 1898. Two published transcripts available at FHL here and here; digital book at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
• 1853-1866 Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1912-1913 Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1584-1917 Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Marriage

• 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages at at Findmypast — index, ($) — index $
• 1680-1808 Lindsay, Joyce H. Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia, 1680-1808. Richmond, Va.: Joyce H. Lindsay, 1960. FHL Collection.
• 1682-1893 Henrico County Marriage Records at VAGenWeb Includes Church of England marriages and marriage bonds and licenses.
• 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1780-1861 Henrico County Marriages. Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1780-1861 Ricks, Joel. Henrico County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1780-1861. 1937. FHL Collection.
• 1782-1853 Pollack, Michael E. Marriage Bonds of Henrico County, Virginia, 1782-1853. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. FHL Collection; digital version at Ancestry ($).
• 1785-1940 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1853-1935 Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
• 1936-1988 Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Death

• 1912-1987 Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1853-1912 Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Divorce

• 1918-1988 - Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — index & images

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Henrico County. For state-wide facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

Family History Centers

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Richmond Virginia Family History Center
• Richmond Virginia Midlothian Family History Center
• Williamsburg Virginia Family History Center

• Hardin County Genealogy Society - Robert Reed Library - an affiliate library
• Heritage Public Library - New Kent - an affiliate library
• Heritage Public Library - Charles City - an affiliate library

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Henrico County. For state-wide library facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

• The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia
• Tidewater Genealogical Society

Societies

Listed below are societies in Henrico County. For state-wide genealogical and historical societies, see Virginia Societies.

Websites

• Henrico County, VaGENWEB
• Cyndi's List
• Virginia Pioneers

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Research Guides

• Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Records of Tidewater Virginia Counties," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May-June 1992):53-66. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t [For Henrico County, see pp. 58-59]
• Fleet, Beverley. Henrico County, Southside, 1736. 1944; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. FHL Collection [3 copies]; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes sheriff's bond, John Nash's account book, 1737 justices of the peace, an inventory of Henrico County records, 1736 abstracts, and a few wills.]

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