Nansemond County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Nansemond County

Parent County
1776--[wrong county] Montgomery County was created 7 October 1776 from Fincastle and Botetourt Counties. Fincastle County was formed from Botetourt County in 1772, and was abolished in 1777. County seat: Christiansburg

Church
Christian


 * College of William and Mary. Earl Gregg Swem Library and Liberty Spring Christian Church. County Collections: Nansemond County. MSS., Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia; also available at FHL. [List of members (no date, 2 p.) from the Historical sketch of Liberty Spring Christian Church, 1869-1931.]

Church of England

Colonial Parishes


 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Suffolk Parish Vestry Book, 1749-1784, Nansemond County, Virginia, and Newport Parish Vestry Book, 1724-1772, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1988. Available at FHL.

Quaker


 * Brown, Douglas Summers. A Copy of Lower Virginia Monthly Meeting Minutes (Commonly Called the Chuckatuck Record) 1673-1756. MSS., 1944. Available at FHL.
 * Putnam, Martha A. Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * Society of Friends. Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting (Nansemond County, Virginia). Friends' Records, 1678-1755 [Suffolk, Virginia]. MSS., Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available at FHL.
 * Society of Friends. Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting (Nansemond County, Virginia). Monthly Meetings, 1651-1755. Original records at Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; also available at FHL.
 * White, Miles and Anita Comtois. Early Quaker Records in Virginia. 1902-1903; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977. Available at FHL. [This is a copy of a book "containing the earliest records of Friends in Nansemond and Isle of Wight counties, Va." -- page 1.]

Family Histories
General


 * Harrison, Francis Burton and Fairfax Harrison. Aris Sonis Focisque; being a Memoir of an American Family, the Harrisons of Skimino: and Particularly of Jesse Burton Harrison and Burton Norvell Harrison. New York: De Vinne Press, 1910. Available at FHL.

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 * [Glazebrook]See Kilby.
 * [Godwin] See also Gregory.
 * [Godwin] "The Godwin Family" [of Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties, Va., with Notices of the Families of Holladay, Gray, Blunt, &amp;c.], The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897): 198-204; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1898):85-86. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Goodson] Goodson, Dorothy Eugenia Culpepper and William Osborn Goodson. A Goodson Family in Georgia. D.C. Goodson, 2008. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
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 * [Hines] Hurley, William Neal. John William Hines, Born c. 1600 in Londonderry, Ireland: His Descendants, Principally of North Carolina and Virginia and Their Associated Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Hines] Hurley, William Neal. Hines, Lowder and Maddox Family Genealogies. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Holland] Austin, Jeannette H. Archibald Holland. Riverdale, Georgia: J.H. Austin, 1985?. Available at FHL.
 * [Holland] Holland, Hubert G. and Bruce G. Haney. The Echo of the Footsteps of a Pioneer. MSS., 1991, available at FHL.
 * [Horn] Adams, June Selph and Wiregrass Genealogical Society. Horn/Hornes of Georgia: Pulaski, Bleckley, Dodge &amp; Laurens Counties. Dublin, Georgia: Wiregrass Genealogical Society, 2006. Available at FHL.
 * [Howard] Kincaid, Eugene Davis. The Ancestry of the Mundine Family of Lee and Uvalde Counties, Texas: Including Their Howard and Holman l. E.D. Kincaid, 1999. Available at FHL. [2 copies at FHL.]
 * [Howard] Kincaid, Eugene Davis. The Ancestry of the Mundines of Uvalde, Texas. [Uvalde, Texas]: E. D. Kincaid, 2005. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Jenkins] The Jenkins Line, 1642-1939. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Jenkins] Perkins, Charles L. The Jenkins-Perkins Line, the First Twelve Generations, 1642-1993. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Jenkins] Dozier, Rebecca Leach. A Study of the Jenkins' Family of Hertford and Northampton Counties, North Carolina 1681-1994. Augusta, Georgia: BD Printing Co., 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Jernigan] Jernigan, Verna Thomas. Leaves of the Jernigan Tree. [Manchester, Tennessee: Jernigan, 1969.] Available at FHL.
 * [Jernigan] Worley, Lillian Jernigan. Jernigan Reunion: A Gathering of Some of the Descendants of Thomas Jernigan, Immigrant 1635 of Nansemond County, Virginia, Particularly the Family of His Great-grandson Henry Jernigan (ca. 1710-1783), Planter of Johnston County, North Carolina. Clinton, North Carolina: L. Worley, 1971. Available at FHL.
 * [Johnson] Johnson, Eddis. The Johnson Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and Later of Indiana. 2d ed. Martinsville, Indiana: E. Johnson, 1968. Available at FHL. [Quaker]
 * [Jordan] Stack, F.A. and Bessie Lamar Anderson Calvert. Jordan Genealogical Data, ca. 1609-1825. MSS., available at FHL. [Quaker]
 * [Kilby] Kilby, Clinton Maury. Genealogy of Kilby, Tynes, Riddick, Smith, Glazebrook, Etc. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [King] Crews, Roney. King. Macon, Georgia: R. Crews, 1980?. Available at FHL.
 * [King] Hill, Allene King and Juanita King Lowrance. Alvin King, His Ancestors and Descendants, 1630-1996. Trenton, Tennessee: A.K. Hill &amp; J.K. Lowrance, 1996. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [King] Adah, Tom Turley. Adah Genealogical Tables Collection. MSS., microfilmed in 2005, available at FHL.
 * [Knott] O'Brien, James Dewey. Our Colonial Ancestors: Knott, Massey, Youngblood, Hickman, Pullen &amp; Others. Fort Washington, Maryland: J.D. O'Brien, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Knox] Knox, Nellie Maude Starkey. History and Genealogy of the Forrest Knox Family and Related Families. 1968. Available at FHL.
 * [Langston] Langston, Howard Raymond. The Langston Family: Five Hundred Years of Genealogical Research. Turtle Creek, Pa.: H.R. Langston, 1982. Available at FHL.
 * [Langston] Langston, Nancy Eunice Lovett and Leslie Vernon Langston. In Search of Our Roots; the Langston, Kite and Related Families: Bennett, Leopard, Lasiter, Davis, Anglin, Walker, Williams, Adair, McDow, Gannon, Widner, Hutton, Rice, Gibson, Medlin, Allen, Williford, Woods, Henderson, Digregorio, Louderback, Ingle, 1550-1994. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Lassiter] Baer, Mabel Van Dyke and Daughters of the American Revolution. Monticello Chapter (Virginia). Darden - Lassiter lineage of Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties, Virginia : including families of Bressie, Casey, Dews, Harrell, Harrison, Seeds, Taborer and Wombwell: Ancestry of James Otis Wright, 6100 Wing Lake Road, Birmingham, Michigan. MSS., 1965, Daughters of the American Revolution National Library in Washington, D.C.; also available at FHL.
 * [Lassiter] Lassiter, Charles A. The Lassiter Family History, Calloway County, Kentucky, Update. Cary, North Carolina: C.A. Lassiter, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Latham] Bailey, W.H. and Jennie Hutton. The Genealogy of the Latham, Hill, Montfort, Littlejohn, McCulloch, Campbell, and Brownrigg Families. Houston, Texas?: W.H. Bailey, 1899?. Available at FHL; another copy at FHL; another copy at FHL.
 * [Lawrence] Lawrence, Ken B. History of the Lawrence Family in England, Virginia and North Carolina, 1191-1941. MSS., 1964-1965. Available at FHL.
 * [Lee] Holland, Lee Pretlow. The Lee Family of Nansemond County, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Major] Cabell, James Branch. The Majors and Their Marriages: With Colateral Accounts of the Allied Families of Aston, Ballard, Christian, Dancy, Hartwell, Hubard, Macon, Marable, Mason, Patteson, Piersey, Seawell, Stephens, Waddill and Others. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Printing, 1915. Available at FHL.
 * [Malpus] Malphurs, Muriel Ward and Cecil Edward Malphurs. Genealogy of the Early Malpus of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama: Including Malpas, Malpass, Molpus, Malphrus, Malphurs and All Similar Names with Allied Families. San Diego, California: M.W. Malphurs, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Mead] A Record of the Mead Family. MSS., National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C.; also available at FHL.
 * [Meade] Peet, Henry Johns. Chaumiere Papers: Containing Matters of Interest to the Descendants of David Meade, of Nansemond County, Va., Who Died in the Year 1757. Chicago: H. O'Donoghue, 1883. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Meade] Baskervill, Patrick Hamilton and Elise Meade Skelton Baskervill. Andrew Meade of Ireland and Virginia: His Ancestors and Some of His Descendants and Their Connections, Including Sketches of the Following Families: Meade, Everard, Hardaway, Segar, Pettus and Overton. Richmond, Virginia: Old Dominion Press, 1921. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Newby] Smith, Jonathan K.T. A Newby Note. MSS., available at FHL. [Quaker]
 * [Norfleet] Perkins, Dorothy Neblett. Thomas Norfleet of 1666: Some of His Descendants and Allied Families. 2 vols. Rancho Santa Fe, California: Neblett Press, 2001-2002. Available at FHL.
 * [Norsworthy] Rockwell, Carolyn Tilbury. Norsworthy Families of Virginia, 1638-1800's. Freeport, Florida: C.T. Rockwell, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Parker] Hinson, William Ashley. Richard Parker I and His Descendants: A History of the Parkers of Rowan County and Stanly County, North Carolina. Kernersville, North Carolina: W.A. Hinson, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Parker] Fouts, Raymond Parker. Following the Land: A Genealogical History of Some of the Parkers of Nansemond County, Virginia, and Chowan/Hertford/Gates Counties, North Carolina 1604-2004. Cocoa, Florida: R.P. Fouts, 2005. Available at FHL.
 * [Pearson] Smith, Jonathan K.T. A Lineal Descent from Peter and Rachel Pearson of Nansemond County, Virginia. 1992. Available at FHL. [Quaker]
 * [Pearson] Smith, Jonathan K.T. A Genealogical Memoir, Peter and Rachel Pearson of Nansemond County, Virginia. Jackson, Tennessee: J. Smith, 1993. Available at FHL. [Quaker]
 * [Peele] The Peelle Family of Clinton County [Ohio]. Whittier, California: A.R. Peelle, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Peele] Mohrmann, Dorothy Neal Parker and Melinda A. Spiron. The Descendants of Robert Peele and Allied Lines. Goldsboro, North Carolina: M. Spiron, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Pender] Pender, Paul S. Pender Roots: A Southern Family in the Virginia-North Carolina Region, Volume 1. 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Pender] Overton, Kathleen Stoker and James Boone Overton. Paternal Ancestry of Kathleen Stoker. Mesa, Arizona: K.S. and J.B. Overton, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Pipkin] Pipkin, William Philip, Pipkin Family Association, Chris Blair Morgan, Phyllis Ferrara Hoggatt, and Horace Earl Pipkin. Pipkin Family Association Newsletter (Kansas). Leavenworth, Kansas: Pipkin Family Association, 1963-1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Pipkin] Pipkin Family Association, Michele Freitas, and William Philip Pipkin. Pipkin Family Association Newsletter (Arizona). Tucson, Arizona: Pipkin Family Association, 1996-2002. Available at FHL.
 * [Pipkin] Guy Potts and Pipkin Family Association. Pipkin Family Association Newsletter (North Carolina). Raleigh, North Carolina: Pipkin Family Association, 2002-present. Available at FHL.
 * [Powell] Clifton, Evelyn Butler. Our Powell Pathways: And Some Descendants of Francis C. Powell 1801-1850. Albany, Georgia: E.B. Clifton, 2006. Available at FHL.
 * [Prescott] Prescott, Adell Taylor. The Ancestors and Descendants of John Benjamin Prescott Jr. of Beaufort County, North Carolina, 1838-1903. Greenville, North Carolina: A.T. Prescott, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Pruden] Pruden, Peter DeWitt. The Descendants of the First Nathaniel Pruden of Nansemond County Virginia: and Other Prudens of Virginia and North Carolina, Genealogical Glimpses. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 2006. Available at FHL.
 * [Purcell] Seversmith, Herbert F. and Arthur S. Wardwell. "The Fabulous Pearsalls," The American Genealogist, Vol. 18 (1941):78-90, 153-171. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Riddick] See also Kilby.
 * [Riddick] Norfleet, Fillmore. Suffolk in Virginia, c. 1795-1840: A Record of Lots, Lives and Likenesses. Virginia?: F. Norfleet, 1974. Available at FHL.
 * [Skinner] Adams, Esther Welch. The Tishomingo County Connection: History of Skinner - Welch, Adams - Seago and Allied Families of Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Crump, Tennessee: E.W. Adams, 1980. Available at FHL.
 * [Smith] See also Kilby.
 * [Smith] Smith, Earl D. Report on 1975 (Second) Four Smith Brothers Reunion, June 14, 1975, McWhorter City Park, Greggton, Longview, Texas. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Stallings] Webb, Marlene Presley. A Family History of Stallings, Thomas, Boon/Boone: With Surnames Hurt and Rutledge Mentioned. Adrian, Texas: Mrs. G.D. Webb, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Stallings] Hamilton, Jane Stallings. The Stallings Report: The Progeny of Nicholas Stallings, c. 1620-1992. Houston, Texas: J.S. Hamilton, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Sumner] Sumner, Charles Hanson and Sumner Family Association. Sumner Search: A Repository for Information on Anyone Named Sumner. Pittsford, New York: Sumner Family Association, 1995-. Available at FHL.
 * [Tynes] See Kilby.
 * [Vann] Story, Agnes Clorine and Ora Ellen Wilsey. The Generations of Jacob Vann. Upper Lake, California: A.C. Story, [1985?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Webb] Turner, Ronald Ray. Webb Families of the Virginias. Fairview Park, Ohio: R.R. Turner, 1983. Available at FHL.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Nansemond River and Nansemond 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=Nansemond&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 Nansemond County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Hudgins. 882 patents dated 1638-1749 in what is now Suffolk City (previously Nansemond County), 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.]
 * Joyner, Ulysses P. They Crossed the Blackwater: The First Settlers of Southhampton County Virginia. Orange, Virginia: U.P. Joyner, c2001/2003. Available at FHL. [Index to land patents (1700-1749) south of the Blackwater River in that part of Nansemond County added to Southampton in 1786.]

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Nansemond 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 Nansemond 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 Nansemond 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 Nansemond County militia officers; see place name index.]

Native Americans

 * Bell, Albert D. Nansemond Indian Ancestry of Bass Familes. 1961?. Available at FHL.
 * Egloff, Keith and Deborah Woodward. First People: The Early Indians of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Historic Resources, 1992. Available at FHL. [History concerning the Indian tribes in Virginia, notably the Mattaponi, Chickahominy, Monacan, Nansemond, Pamunjey and Rappahannock.]
 * Floyd, Donald. The Elusive Floyds: And Many More Related Families Including - Bagley, Bass, Basse, Bushier, Clerke, Goodson, Griggs, Jordan, Justice, Ledbetter, Lister, Nansemond Indian, Pritchett, Sandiford, Strickland. Griffin, Georgia: D. Floyd, 2006?. Available at FHL.
 * Houck, Peter W. Indian Island in Amherst County (Virginia). Progress Printing Co., Inc., 1984. Available at FHL.

Private Papers

 * Norfleet, Fillmore. Bible Records of Suffolk and Nansemond County, Virginia: Together with Other Statistical Data. Culpeper, Virginia: Community Press, 1962. Available at FHL.
 * [Campbell] Family Bible Record of Robert and Mary Campbell. MSS., Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library in Smithfield, Virginia. Available at FHL.
 * [Lawrence] Family Bible Records of George Lawrence. MSS., Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library in Smithfield, Virginia. Available at FHL.

Probate
Local Court


 * 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 Nansemond County.]

London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Nansemond River and Nansemond County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Taxation
At first glance, researchers might conclude that Virginia tax lists contain very little family history data, though one soon learns that valuable genealogical conclusions can be drawn from these records, nicknamed "annual censuses," such as: relationships, approximate years of birth, socio-economic status, identification of neighbors, the ability to distinguish between persons of the same name, evidence of land inheritance, years of migration, and years of death.

Virginia began enumerating residents' payments of personal property and land taxes in 1782. These two types of taxation were recorded in separate registers. Personal property tax lists include more names than land tax lists, because they caught more of the population. The Family History Library has an excellent microfilm collection of personal property tax lists from 1782 (or the year the county was organized) well into the late nineteenth century for most counties, but only scattered land tax lists. Microfilm collections at The Library of Virginia include land tax lists for all counties and independent cities for the years 1782 through 1978, as well as personal property tax lists for the years 1782 through 1930 (and every fifth year thereafter). Taxes were not collected in 1808.

Some tax records are available online or in print, though published abstracts often omit useful details found only in the original sources. Statewide indexes can help genealogists identify specific counties where surnames occurred in the past, providing starting points for research.


 * Land Tax Lists of Nansemond County [Suffolk, Virginia] 1782-1861. Available at FHL.
 * Images of the 1789 and 1802 Land Tax Lists of Nansemond County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * Schreiner-Yates, Netti. A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia: Tax Lists of the Counties for which the Census is Missing. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1971. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1810 personal property tax list. Nansemond County is included because the 1810 Census for that county has been destroyed.]
 * 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 list. Nansemond County is included in Vol. 3.]
 * Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. Nansemond County, Virginia, 1815 Tax List. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 personal property tax list; includes 1810 land tax list.]

Web Sites

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