Northumberland County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1648--Northumberland County was created 12 October 1648 from Indian District of Chickacoan. County seat: Heathsville

Neighboring Counties

 * Lancaster
 * Richmond
 * Westmoreland

Family Histories

 * [Anderson] Reed, Avery H. Genealogy of the Anderson Family, Embracing the Lineage of Virginia Immigrant (I) Thomas Anderson, of Northumberland, England and Frances Jones (Anderson) of Virginia. n.p.: A.H. Reed, 1963. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [Ball] See Dameron.
 * [Beacham] Beach, Eugene H. The Ancestry and Posterity of Wilton Avery Beauchamp of Northumberland County, Virginia: Being an Excerpt from a Work in Progress on the Descendants of Daniel Beacham. Highland, Michigan: E.H. Beach, 1988. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [Beauchamp] See Beacham.
 * [Bledsoe] See Dameron.
 * [Claughton] Luht, Richard I. The Claughton Family of Northumberland County, Va. Fairbanks, Alaska: R.I. Luht, 1995. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Coppage] See Dameron.
 * [Dameron] Snow, Helen Foster. The Dameron-Damron Genealogy, the Descendants of Lawrence Dameron of Virginia.: With Notes on Related Northumberland County Families of Gaskins, Harvey, Bledsoe, Tignor, Ball, Coppedge-Coppage, Waddy, Taylor, Smith, and the John Ladd Family Originating in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. MSS., available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [Davis] David, George Jacob. Family History: With Special Emphasis on the Ancestors of the Brothers: Philip Christopher Davis, George Graham Davis, Joseph Gamble Davis, James Conrad Davis [and] John Edward Davis. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: G.J. Davis, 1955. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [DeButts] Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.
 * [Denny] Hirtzel, Richard D. Denny Families in Early Northumberland County and Lancaster County, Virginia. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 1999. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [Downing] Keach, O.A. "John Downing of Fairfields, Northumberland County?, Va., and His Descendants," William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, Nos. 1-2 (Jul., Oct. 1916). Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Gaskins] See Dameron.
 * [Harding] Waring, Lucy Lemoine. Hardings of Northumberland County, Virginia and Their Related Families: Mini-history, Homes and Churches. Wicomico Church, Virginia: n.p., 1971. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [Harrison] Reese, Madeline. The Descendants of Matthew Harrison of Northumberland and Richmond Counties, Virginia. Rio Rancho, New Mexico: M. Reese, 2007. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Harvey] See Dameron.
 * [Haydon] Froom, Grace Yager. A Collection of Facts and Recollections of the Descent Lines and the Relationships Among Some Descendants of William Herndon of England and New Kent Co., Va.; Anthony Halberstadt of Hessen Kassel, Germany and Hunterdon Co., N.J.; Thomas Faulconer of England and Isle of Wight Co., Va.; Thomas Haydon of Northumberland Co., Va.; Nicholas Yager of Hesse, Germany and Spotsylvania and Madison Cos., Va.; Lewis Conner, Sr. of Boone Co., Ky. Indianapolis, Indiana: G.Y. Froom, 1983. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [Hull] Herndon, John W. The Hull family of Northumberland &amp; Spotsylvania counties, Virginia : together with the Hull family that moved to northern Mississippi in 1838; notes on Hulls living elsewhere than in Virginia, and notes on some allied families
 * [McClanahan] McClanahan, Marshall Loring. Thos. &amp; Dorothy (Mooney) McClanahan w.1681, Northumberland Co., Va. &amp; Some of Their Descendants : Fr. Files of J. Adger Stewart, Kathleen Carter, Etc. MSS., available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [Smith] See Dameron.
 * [Taylor] See Dameron.
 * [Vanlandingham] Harris, Nancy Louise Edwards. VanLandingham Family of Northumberland Co., Va. Alexandria, Virginia : N.E. Harris, 1988. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [Waddy] See Dameron.
 * [Wright] Wright, John Calvin. Genealogy of John J. Wright of Virginia, Indiana, and Kansas : a lineal descendant of Richard Wright of London and Northumberland County, Virginia, 1650-1953. 1953. Available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL. [N.B.: Wright DNA Project at Family Tree DNA has disproved theory that Wrights of Franklin County, Virginia descend from Richard Wright of Northumberland County, Virginia.]

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Cherry Point, Bow Tracy, Northumberland County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [http://www.immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Northumberland&placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Northumberland County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: 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. Available at New England Ancestors ($). [Northumberland Co., VA record surname: Lord.]

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Northumberland County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Northumberland County militia officers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Northumberland County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Northumberland County militia officers; see place name index.]

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.

Probate
London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Cherry Point, Bow Tracy, Northumberland County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Taxation

 * Indexed images of the 1788 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Northumberland County, Virginia are available 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