Powhatan County, Virginia Genealogy

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History


The county is named after Chief Powhatan (c1545-c1618).

Parent County
1777--Powhatan County was created 5 May 1777 from Chesterfield and Cumberland Counties. County seat: Powhatan

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Powhatan County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1817," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * Kegley, Mary B. Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. Wytheville, Virginia: Kegley Books, 2003. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes information from Powhatan County.]

Census
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.]

Court
Chancery Court


 * Indexes (1782-1938) and images (1782-1913) to Powhatan County, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

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General


 * 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 Powhatan County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887. Purchase at Virginians.com.

Bibliography


 * [Banton] Futrell, Roger Henry Lofland. The Banton Family. Fort Worth, Texas: American Reference Publishing Company, 1970. 929.273 B228f
 * [Bellamy] Bellamy, Stanley E. Bellamy Family Records: Stanley E Bellamy, A Descendant of Elisha Bellamy (b. 1760), Father of Jesse Parker Bellamy (b. 1791), Father of James Franklin Bellamy (b.1823), Father of Alonzo Frank Bellamy (b. 1846) Father of Worth T. Bellamy (b. 1877) ... Skyforest, Calif.: S. Bellamy, 1998. 929.273 B414bs
 * [Bryant] Lane, Annabel Wishart. The Roots and Fruit of the Bryant Family Tree: A Genealogical Study. Kansas City, Mo.: A.W. Lane, 1954. 929.273 B841La
 * [Bryant] Lane, Annabel Wishart. The Bryant Family Tree, with Records of Allied Families. Littleton, Colo.: A.W. Lane, 1966. 929.273 B841L
 * [Chastain] Chastain, James Garvin. A Brief History of the Huguenots and Three Family Trees Chastain-Lochridge-Stockton. Shaw, Miss.: J.G. Chastain, 1933. 284.5 C388b
 * [Chitwood] Chitwood, I.O. and Reuben Chitwood. Descendants of Matthias Chitwood. Winfield, Tenn.: H. &amp; R. Chitwood, 1986. {{FHL|548645|item}} 929.273 C449c
 * [Clay] Heflin, Donald L. The Clay's of White Hall. Richmond, Ky.: D.L. Heflin, 1994. 929.273 A1 no. 8419
 * [Depp] Allen, Cameron. "Lucinda Depp and Her Descendants: A Freed Black Family of Virginia and Ohio," The Genealogist, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring 2003):3-36.
 * [Dupuy] Dupuy, B.H. and Henry Dudley Teetor. The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and His Descendants. Louisville, Ky.: B.H. Dupuy, 1908. 1303165 Item 7; digital version at Family History Archives and Internet Archive.
 * [Elam] Reed, Mary. Descendants of Lavinia Crowder. MSS., microfilmed 2000. 1425166 Item 49
 * [FitzSimmons] Hathaway, Bernice FitzSimmons. FitzSimmons and Allied Lines (Ellis, Lee, Perkins, Radford, Redding, Aston, Cocke, Smith, Pierce): Some of the Ancestors and All of the Descendants of Willis FitzSimmons, b. 1854, d. 1930: Early Virginia and Kentucky Lines. Denver, Colo.: B.F. Hathaway, 1963. 929.273 F584h
 * [Guerrant] Guerrant, C.T. Guerrant Family Genealogical Notes. MSS., Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 4, Gue. 29884 Item 1
 * [Hughes] Hughes, Lydia Annie and Richard Hughes Sullivan. Hughes Family of Kentucky and Virginia. Columbia, S.C.: McCaw of Columbia, 1920. 1414801
 * [James] Burke, Carolyn Jordan. The James Boys and Girls, Their In-laws and Outlaws Including Chapters on These Connecting Lines, Ammonet, Bolling, Bransford, Branum, Connally, Cook, Dandridge, Harris, Hill, Jefferson, Maples, Oaks, Turpin. Lakeport, Calif.: C. Burke, 1995. 929.273 J231b
 * [Jennings] Jennings, Ruth Helen Watt. Jennings - Williams Lineage, 1740-1979. Typescript, microfilmed 1982. 1307509 Item 47
 * [Pankey] Pankey, George Edward. John Pankey of Manakin Town, Virginia, and His Descendants. 3 vols. Ruston, La.: G.E. Pankey, 1969-1981. 929.273 P194pa v. 1
 * [Skelton] Baskervill, P. Hamilton. The Skeltons of Paxton, Powhatan County, Virginia and Their Connections: Including Sketches of the Families of Skelton, Gifford and Crane. Richmond, Va.: Old Dominion Press, Printers, 1922. 929.273 Sk26b; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and Family History Archives.
 * [Stovall] Williams, Lyle Keith. The Stovall Family and Related Lines. 2 vols. Fort Worth, Texas: L.K. Williams, 1984. 929.273 St76w
 * [Stovall] Bishop, Donald E. Descendants of Bartholomew Stovall (1655-1722): First Five American Generations. Laurel, Miss.: Stovall Family Association, 1999. 929.273 St76bd; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Stratton] Brown, Herman Stratton. Genealogy of Certain Stratton Families of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: H.S. Brown, 1982. 929.273 St82b
 * [Sublett] Sublett, Samuel S. A Partial History by Sam'l S. Sublett, of the French Huguenots by Name Soblets: Who Emigrated to America in 1700 and Settled at Manakin in Powhatan County, Virginia, 18 Miles West of Richmond City. Richmond, Va.: J.L. Hill Printing Co., Printers, 1896. ; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Tatum] Lorente, Arline Tatum. Our Tatum Family and Kin. Richmond, Va.: A.T. Lorente, 1977. 929.273 T189La
 * [Watkins] Watkins, Raymond W. John Watkins Family of Cumberland County, Now Powhatan County, Virginia. MSS., microfilmed 1976. 982099 Item 5
 * [Winfrey] Winfrey, James Clifton. The Winfrey Family. Littleton, Colo.: J.C. Winfrey, 1982. 929.273 W726wj
 * [Woodfin] Woodfin, Emmet S. Biography and Genealogy of the Woodfin Family Tree. New Orleans, La.: n.p., 1928. 1020784 Item 16
 * [Woodfin] Matthews, Elizabeth Woodfin. Pages and Missing Pages in Virginia Courthouse Records, with Reference to Woodfin, Howlett, Panetier, Luck, King, Duke and Page. Carbondale, Ill.: E.W. Matthews, 1989. 929.273 W855m 1989

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Intercepted Letters Relating to America, 1777-1811" The Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2000):184-200. [Overseas contacts of a resident of Powhattan Co. with the following surname: Mayo.]

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Bannister et al. 380 patents dated 1702-1751 in what is now Powhatan County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. [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.]

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1976):269-274. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Powhatan County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 271.]

Military
French and Indian War


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

War of 1812


 * 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. 975.5 M2djL. [Includes Powhatan County.]

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.

Research Guide

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Powhatan County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):210-212-214. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1782-1817] Heinegg, Paul. "Powhatan County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1817," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1782, 1784] Powhatan County Tax List 1782 and 1784. Purchase at Simmons Historical Bookstore.
 * [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 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; 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. Powhatan County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1787] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1976):269-274. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Powhatan County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 271.]
 * [1787-1789] Powhatan County Tax List 1787-1789. Purchase at Simmons Historical Bookstore.
 * [1790, 1801] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Powhatan County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] County Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist. Falmouth VA: Apr 2005. Vol. 49 Iss. 2.
 * [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. Powhatan County is included in Vol. 1.]
 * [1816, 1818] Insolvents and Removals, 1816, 1818, Southside Virginian. Richmond VA: Jul 1983. Vol. 1 Iss. 4.

Vital Records
Birth


 * Fridley, Beth, comp. Powhatan County, Virginia Births, 1853-96 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Available at Ancestry ($).

Marriage


 * Knorr, Catherine Lindsay. Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Powhatan County, Virginia, 1777-1830. Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1957. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):90-91. Review is available online at New England Ancestors ($).

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