Southampton County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1749--Southampton County was created 30 April 1749 from Isle of Wight and Nansemond Counties. Nansemond County merged with Suffolk City 1 Jan 1974. County seat: Courtland

Neighboring Counties

 * Gates County, North Carolina
 * Greensville
 * Hertford County, North Carolina
 * Isle of Wight
 * Northampton County, North Carolina
 * Suffolk City
 * Surry
 * Sussex

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. In addition, 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 this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Taxation
The 1790 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Southampton County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog