Northampton County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1634--Northampton County was created in 1634 as an original shire. County seat: Eastville

Neighboring County

 * Accomack

Court
General

Surname index to Northampton/Accomack Book I, 1632-1640, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

Chancery Court

Indexed images of Northampton County, Virginia Chancery Records 1721-1816 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Court Orders

Surname index to Northampton County VA Wills Deeds &amp; Orders 1651-1654, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

Surname index to Northampton County Orders &amp; Wills 1678-1710, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

Surname index to Northampton County Orders 1748-1758, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

Eastern Shore District Court

Surname index to Eastern Shore District Court 1789-1816, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

Land
Surname index to Northampton County Processioner's Returns 1796-1828, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

Military
Civil War

Petersrow Publishers provides a free surname search of its abstracts of The Eleventh Census of the United States 1890 - Special Schedule - Union Veterans and Widows Bundle 180, which includes Northampton County, on its website.

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
Surname index to Eastern Shore District Court Wills &amp; Deeds 1800-1806, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

Taxation
Indexed images of the 1788 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Northampton County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

Vital Records
Marriages

Surname index to Northampton County VA Marriages 1854-1922, courtesy: Petersrow Publishers.

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