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County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
Nottoway County is located in the central portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named for the Nadowa Indian tribe.[2]
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Nottoway County Courthouse
328 West Courthouse Road / PO Box 25
Nottoway, VA 23955
Phone: 434-645-9312
Nottoway County Website
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage divorce and court records from 1865, land, probate and military records from 1789[3]
Nottoway County, Virginia Record Dates[edit | edit source]
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.
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1853 | 1784 | 1853 | 1865 | 1789 | 1789 | 1810 |
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Record Loss[edit | edit source]
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Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
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Populated Places[edit | edit source]
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:[7]
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History Timeline[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.
- 1607-2007 Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- Featherston "Bible Record of William Featherston (Nottoway Co., Va. - Robertson Co., Tenn.)," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1963):20.
Biographies[edit | edit source]
- Cummins, A. B. Nottoway County, Virginia: Founding and Development with Biographical Sketches. Richmond, Va.: W.M. Brown and Son, Printers, 1970. FHL Collection
Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]
- 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
- Contract book of the Richmond Cooperative Milk Producers Association, 1930-1931 FHL Collection
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- 1800-1986 Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Census Records[edit | edit source]
For databases, indexes, and information online, see Virginia Census.
| Historical populations | ||
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| 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% |
| 2010 | 15,853 | 0.8% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
1850
- 1850 census of Nottoway County, Virginia FHL Collection
1860
- The 1860 federal census for Nottoway County, Virginia FHL Collection
1890 Union Veterans
- "Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890." Prince William County Virginia, by Ronald Ray Turner. FHL Collection. Includes residents of this county.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):
- Nottoway (1765).[8][9] Edwards published a membership list dated 1769 in Materials Towards a History of the Baptists... (1772), 68-69.[10]
- 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.
Nottoway County fell within the bounds of the Middle District Association.
Church of England
Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Nottoway County is available online.[11]
See also Nottoway Parish
- 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[edit | edit source]
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
Directories[edit | edit source]
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
For databases and immigrant groups, see Virginia Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
African American
- 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 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
- Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans of Nottoway County.
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
- 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Compiled Genealogies by Surname
- See Nottoway County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of published books and articles, or jump to the surname using the alphabet bar.
Compiled genealogies for Multiple Families
- Cummins, A.B. Nottoway County, Virginia: Founding and Development with Biographical Sketches. Richmond, Va.: W.M. Brown, 1970. FHL Book 975.5637 H2c.
- 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 Nottoway County, see discussion of cited sources.FHL Collection
- Turner, W. R. Old Homes and Families in Nottoway. Blackstone, Va.: Nottoway Pub. Co., 1950, c1932. FHL Collection. For the index compiled by Colonel R. Bolling Batte and the Projects Committee of the Virginia Genealogical Society FHL Collection FHL Collection; digital version at Ancestry ($). Available at Virginia Historical Society.
- Jottings about Nottoway. Contains a Narrative history of Nottoway County from earliest times to about 1890. FHL Collection
Guardianship[edit | edit source]
Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]
For land indexes, records, and databases, see Virginia Land and Property, including Colonial and State Land Grants.
Online Land Indexes and Records
- 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 Collection
- 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
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.*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.
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
- Account book, 1875-1877. This is the account book for Council no. 124, F. of T, which is a temperance society. FHL Collection
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
County and state maps, historical and more current, are valuable research tools. For map collections, online and in libraries, see Virginia Maps.
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for more resources
- Nottoway County, Virginia land ownership map, 1864 FHL Collection
- FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
Migration[edit | edit source]
- 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 Records[edit | edit source]
Revolutionary War
Nottoway County residents' participation in the Revolutionary War.[12]
War of 1812
Nottoway County men served in the 49th Regiment.[13]
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Minute book for the Board of Blendon Township 1871-1875 and the Pension Board 1902-1917. FHL Collection
Regiments. Civil War service men in Nottoway 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:
- - 3rd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company E (Nottoway Troop).[14]
- - 18th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Nottoway Rifle Guards) and Company G (Nottoway Grays).[15]
- - 21st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company K (Meherrin Grays).[16]
Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Nottoway County.
- April 6, 1865 Sailor's Creek, also known as Hillsman Farm or Lockett Farm[17]
World War II
- 1940-1945 Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
For online newspaper resources, see the Virginia Newspapers page.
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.
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
Other Records[edit | edit source]
Public Records[edit | edit source]
- Minute book for the Finance Board, 1932-1940 FHL Collection
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
For probate records, indexes, and databases, see Virginia Probate Records.
Online Probate Indexes and Records
- 1633-1800 Wills and Estate Records Index at Library of Virginia.*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
- Images of Wills and Estates 1788-1802 Virginia Pioneers ($)
- Images of Wills and Estates 1803-1809 Virginia Pioneers ($)
School Records[edit | edit source]
Social Security Records[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
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
- 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[edit | edit source]
For additional indexes, databases, and details, see 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
Birth[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
- 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages at at Findmypast — index, ($) — index $
- 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — index ($)
- 1785-1940 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
- 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
- 1865-1975 Marriage register, 1865-1942; general indexes, 1866-1958, 1969-1975 FHL Collection
- 1936-1988 Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Death[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 1918-1988 - Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — index & images
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Listed below are archives in Nottoway County. For state-wide facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
- Buckingham Virginia Family History Center
- Lynchburg Virginia Family History Center
- Richmond Virginia Family History Center
- Richmond Virginia Midlothian Family History Center
- Greenwood Library - Longwood University - an affiliate library
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Listed below are libraries in Nottoway County. For state-wide library facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Listed below are societies in Nottoway County. For state-wide genealogical and historical societies, see Virginia Societies.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Nottoway Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, documents.
- Nottoway County VA Trails to the Past.
- Linkpendium
- USGenWeb Archives
- FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
Research Guides[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Newberry
- ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vanottow/
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Newberry
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Northumberland_ County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed 19 February 2020.
- ↑ Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 254. Digital version at Google Books.
- ↑ Morgan Edwards, Materials Towards a History of the Baptists in the Provinces of Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia (1772). Digitized by SCDL Collections - free.
- ↑ Edwards states this church was situated in Amelia County. Were there two Baptist churches called Nottoway, or do they refer to the same congregation?
- ↑ William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 162. FHL Book 975.5 M2bs.
- ↑ Thomas P. Nanzig, 3rd Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1989). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 61.
- ↑ James I. Robertson, 18th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1984). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 12.
- ↑ Susan A. Riggs, 21st Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1991). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 72.
- ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 7 August 2012).
