Accomack County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Accomack County, Virginia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.



Description
Accomack County is located on the Northernmost portion of Virginia's Eastern Shore. The county’s name comes from the Native American word Accawmack, meaning “the other shore”.

Accomack County Virginia Courthouse
Accomack County Courthouse 23316 Courthouse Avenue Accomac, Virginia 23301 Phone: (757) 787-5776

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1784 Divorce Records from 1850 Probate and court and land recrods from 1663

Accomack County Virginia History
Accomac Shire was established in the Virginia Colony by the House of Burgesses in 1634 under the direction of King Charles I. It was one of the original eight shires of Virginia. The shire's name comes from the Native American word Accawmack.

In 1642, the named was changed to Northampton County by the British, to eliminate "heathen" names in the New World. ("shires" and "counties" were essentially the same in England). In 1663, Northampton County was split into two counties. The northern section assumed the original Accomac name, the southern retained Northampton.

In 1670, the Virginia Colony's Royal Governor William Berkeley abolished Accomac County, but the Virginia General Assembly re-created it in 1671. In 1940, the General Assembly officially added a "k" to the end of the county's name to arrive at its current spelling, which is Accomack County. (from Wikipedia)

Parent County
1634--Accomack county was created in 1634 from Northampton County. County seat: Accomac

Boundary Changes
"Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps" (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Variant Spellings

 * Accomac County

Record Loss
Many loose records from the 1700s have suffered water and pest damage. However, deeds, court orders, and wills still exist.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county: \

Towns:

Communities:

Research Guides

 * A Guide to the Counties of Virginia:Accawmack County. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1959). ; CD available at: American Ancestors ($);.

African American
From 1790 to 1860, Accomack County had one of the largest free black populations in the state (721 in 1790; 3418 in 1860).


 * 1788 Tax List - Virginia. Blacks: Accomac County, Accomac Parish and Whites: Accomac County, Accomac Parish, Islands. Online at: Accomac Roots.
 * 1799 Tax List - Virginia. Blacks: Accomac County, Accomac Parish and Whites: Accomac County, Accomac Parish, Islands. Online at: Accomac Roots.
 * Accomac Roots is an online resource with extensive African American information, including genealogy, census data, tax lists, indentures, cemeteries, maps, pictures, documents, and sources.
 * Accomack County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1814. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Library of Virginia. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
 * Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. By Paul Heinegg. 2005-present. Online at: Free African Americans;.
 * Freedmen's Bureau.
 * The 1850 Slave Inhabitants Schedule of Accomac County, Virginia. By Celestine G. Koger. c1995. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. ;.

Bible Records

 * Joynes, 1812-1891 - Joynes Family Bible Records, 1812-1891. Original records; microfilmed reproduction:.
 * Mapp, 1733-1918 - Mapp Family Bible Records, 1733-1918. Original records; microfilmed reproduction:.
 * Parker - Bible of John R. Parker, Accomack County, Virginia. By James F. Lewis. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):133-134..
 * Scott, 1817-1825 - Scott Family Bible Records, 1817-1825. Original records; microfilmed reproduction:.
 * Taylor, 1741-1780 - Family Records from the Ledger of Edward Taylor, Accomack County, 1741-1780. By Conley L. Edwards. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Jul-Sep. 1978):179-180..

Cemeteries
Many cemetery records are available online at Eastern Shore Stuff.


 * Tombstone Transcription Project Accomack County - transcriptions and photographs of many cemeteries in Accomack County.


 * Old Tombstones in Northampton and Accomac Counties, VA. By Lyon G. Tyler. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):256-262. Online at: Internet Archive, JSTOR.
 * 1800-1986 -

Census
1790 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

1800 - Exists, but it is not included in Ancestry, FamilySearch, or Heritage Quest Online databases. The original records are held at the Library of Virginia. Microfilm copy:. Abstracts were published in The Virginia Genealogist:


 * Second census of the United States, 1800, Accomack County, Virginia. By Annie Laurie Ewald. 1977. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1957):98-108; Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1957):157-162; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1958):13-18; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958); Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1958):128-133; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1958):153-166. ; CD available at: American Ancestors ($); . The census taker was exceptional in that he identified relationships and residences of inhabitants to distinguish between persons of the same name.

1820 - Exists, but the National Archives microfilm copy of Accomack County, Virginia omits page 6. The missing names have been published in The Virginia Genealogist as well as Shenandoah County GenWeb Project.


 * Virginia 1820 Federal Census: Names Not on the Microfilm Copy. By Gerald M. Petty. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 2 (April-June 1974):136-139..

1850 Agriculture Census


 * Virginia 1850 Agriculture Census. By Linda L. Green. 2004-2007. 5 volumes. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books, ;.

1870


 * Surname index to The Accomack County 1870 Census Petersrow Publishing ($).

1890 Union Veterans


 * Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. By Ronald Ray Turner. 1994. ;.

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):


 * 1) Chingoteague (1786)
 * 2) Matompkin (1785)
 * 3) Mesongoes (1779)
 * 4) Pungoteague (1790) - Church minutes, 1833-1956, including lists of members, survive:.

Accomack County fell within the bounds of the Accomac Association.

Church of England
See also Accomac Parish See also Accomack Parish  See also St. George's Parish


 * A Parsonage House for Accomack, 1635. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Mar., 1963), p. 36. Online at: JSAH.
 * Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. By George Carrington Mason. 1945. Richmond, Virginia : Whittet &amp; Shepperson. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust;.
 * Early Episcopacy in Accomack. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct., 1897), pp. 128-132. Online at: JSTOR.


 * Surname index to St. George's Parish Accomack County Vestry Book 1763-1787 Petersrow Publishing ($).


 * Surname index to Meetings of the Overseers of the Poor for Accomack &amp; St. George's Parish September 1787-1819 Petersrow Publishing ($).

Methodist

 * Native Methodist Preachers of the Eastern Shore of Virginia: With Supplements Concerning Methodist Preachers and Methodist Preachers' Children Who Have Married on the Shore and a Few Others. By Arthur Linwood Stevenson. 1973. Brevard, NC : A.L. Stevenson. ..


 * Surname index to A Record of Baptisms on the Accomack Circuit (Cokesbury Methodist Episcopal Church of Onancock, Virginia, 1859-1888) Petersrow Publishing ($).

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):


 * Guilford Creek Monthly Meeting (1677-1729) aka Muddy Creek.
 * Swansqut Monthly Meeting (1736-1790)

Court
Chancery Court


 * Surname index to Accomack County Chancery Orders 1831-1845 Petersrow Publishing ($).
 * Library of Virginia's Chancery Records Index includes digital images for the years 1702-1862. Indexed information and original records available at the Library of Virginia through 1913.

County Court


 * Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore: Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties. By William Robert Montgomery Houston and Jean M. Mihalyka. 1993. Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield Co. ; . Ages taken from court, land, and probate records.
 * The Colonial County Court, Social Forum and Legislative Precedent: Accomack County, Virginia, 1633-1639. By George B. Curtis.The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 85, No. 3 (Jul., 1977), pp. 274-288., online at: JSTOR ($).
 * The Women of Accomack versus Henry Smith: Gender, Legal Recourse, and the Social Order in Seventeenth-Century Virginia. By Irmina Wawrzyczek. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 105, No. 1 (Winter, 1997), pp. 5-26., online at: JSTOR ($).

Eastern Shore District Court


 * Surname index to Eastern Shore District Court 1789-1816 Petersrow Publishing ($).

Orphan's Court


 * Surname index to Accomack County Orphan's Court Accounts 1741-1805 Petersrow Publishing ($).

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Accomack County, Virginia residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * Burton - Descendant of William Burton, b. c1630, d. 1695 Accomack County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled B-7), courtesy: Burton Project, World Families Network.
 * Calvert - Descendant of Christopher Calvert, b. c1600, d. Accomack County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Market Test, FTDNA (Kit 130958). Genetic signature available online, courtesy: Family Tree DNA. Website includes discussion of a DNA match to Christopher's descendant.
 * Fletcher - Descendant of William Fletcher, b. c1650, d. c1710 Accomack County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled William Fletcher of Accomac County, Virginia/James Fletcher of Brunswick County, Virginia), courtesy: The Fletcher DNA Project.
 * Merrill - Descendant of William Merrill, b. c1645, d. 1710 Somerset County, Maryland. Y-DNA 67 Market Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online, courtesy: Merrill Project, World Families Network. [Some of his descendants settled in Accomack County, according to: "Descendants of William Merrill' by David W. Merrell.]
 * Pitts - Descendant of Andrew Pitts, b. c1674, d. c1715 Accomack/Northampton County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 102508). Genetic signature available online (labelled P-40), courtesy: Pitts Project, World Families Network. [A DNA match has been found with a Pitts family from the county of Devon, England (compare Kit 142197, labelled P-51).]
 * Polk - Descendant of Captain William Polk, b. c1744, d. 1805 Accomack County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 153609). Genetic signature available online (labelled P-59), courtesy: Polk Project, World Families Network.
 * Savage - Descendant of Thomas Savage, b. c1594, d. 1620s or 1630s Virginia. Y-DNA 43 Marker Test, SMGF. Genetic signature available online (labelled S-22, see also "Savage History"), courtesy: Savage Project, World Families Network.
 * Sneed - Descendant of Edward Sneed, 1836, Accomac Co., VA. Y-DNA 12 Market Test, FTDNA (Kit 91990). Genetic signature available online (labelled S-9), courtesy: Sneed Project, World Families Network.
 * Townsend - Multiple descendants of John Townsend, b. c1640 of Accomack County, Virginia, d. 1698 Snow Hill, Somerset County, Maryland. Y-DNA 12 and 37 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 5896, 13580, 22260, 35672, 37063). Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Snow Hill, Maryland"), courtesy: Townsend Project, World Families Network.

Genealogy
More than 275 genealogies have been published about Accomack County families. To view a list, visit Accomack County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies.

See also: Virginia Compiled Genealogies

For information about the earliest colonists of Accomack County, Virginia, McCartney's work is a great place to start:


 * McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. ; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical Publishing Company.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Accomack County families include:


 * Carey, Mary Frances, Barry W. Miles, and Moody K. Miles. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. 3 vols. Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004-2007. . [Contents: v. 1. Descendants of James Bonnewell, Richard Bundick, William Mason, Edward Thornton, Henry Trader, and Henry Wright -- v. 2. Descendants of Edward Bayly, Richard Bayly, Edward Byrd, Edward Ker, John Lewis, Samuel Marshall, and Roger Miles -- v. 3. Descendants of Thomas Elliott (Northampton County), Thomas Elliott (Onley, Accomack County), Thomas Elliott (Wachapreague, Accomack), John Fisher, John Mapp, and Bartholowmew Mears.]
 * Edwards, Lucy Ames and Nannie Ames Mears. Ames, Mears and Allied Lines. The American Ancestors of Samuel William Ames and Sarah Anne Edmunds Mears of Accomack County, Virginia. 1967. . Discusses 67 Eastern Shore families.
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Allen, Bartlett (see introduction), Bestick (see introduction), Bevans, Bibbens, Blake, Carter, Case, Church, Consellor, Copes, Davis, Douglass, Driggers, Duffy, Duncan, Farrell, Finnie, Fletcher, Fortune, Francis, Francisco, George, Hammond, Hanser, Harman, Harris, Harrison, Hitchens, Holt, Hutton (see introduction), Johnson, Lang, Liverpool, Longo, Malavery, Marshall, Matthews, Mongom, Morris, Moses, Nutts, Okey, Parkinson, Payne, Perkins, Priss, Read, Roberts, Robinson, Rosario, Salmons, Sample, Shepherd, Sisco, Stephens, Teague, Thompson, Vincent (see introduction), Webb, Weeks, West, Wise, Young families of pre-1820 Accomack County, Virginia.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Hacks Neck and Its People, Past and Present: A Collection of Historical Material, A Portrayal of Life and Some of the Customs of These Eastern Shore of Virginia People, A List of Many of Their Names, Their Descendants and Family Connections, and the Names of Land Owners Therein from Colonial Times to the Present. Chicago, Ill.: J.E. Mears, 1937. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Scrapbooks, 1962-1965. 3 vols. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Scrapbooks, 1965-1967. 3 vols. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Mears, James Egbert. Scrapbooks, 1967-1970. 6 vols. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Stone, Doris Y. Genealogical Notes Concerning Selected Virginia Families. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society. "Primarily concern early settlers in Virginia's Eastern Shore (Accomack and Northampton counties) and in Surry County, Va. Families represented include Barham, Beckwith, Bird/Byrd, Clark/Clarke, Corbin, Creed, Ewell, Filmer, Gray, Justis/Justice, Killman/Killmon, Lewis, Long, Rew/Rhue/Arew, Shrieves/Shreaves/Shreves, Swan/Swann/Swon, Taylor/Tailer/Tayler, Warren, Watson, and Yeardley/Yardly."

Immigration
The Port of Accomack entry book (1783-1793) has been preserved. Clerks recorded the name of vessel and port of origination, name of master, type of cargo, and amount of duties, but not passengers:. Unfortunately, no official passenger lists survive for the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries.


 * North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. By Peter Wilson Coldham. 2007. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. . Includes wills of residents of Accawacke (Accomack), Nasswadax Creek, and Accomack County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.


 * The Women of Accomack versus Henry Smith: Gender, Legal Recourse, and the Social Order in Seventeenth-Century Virginia. By Irmina Wawrzyczek. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 105, No. 1 (Winter, 1997), pp. 5-26. ; digital version at JSTOR ($). [Some of the individuals involved in this case were imported servants.]

During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 1 British alien living in Accomack County.

Land and Property
Deeds

Grants and Patents


 * Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. By Nell Marion Nugent. 1963. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: Hathitrust Ancestry ($);.
 * Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800. By Nell Marion Nugent. 1934. Richmond, Virginia : Press of the Dietz Printing Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.

Headrights


 * Certificates and Rights, Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1709. By Stratton Nottingham. 1929. Onancock, Virginia : S. Nottingham. Online at: Open Library ($);.

Processioner's Returns


 * Surname index to Accomack and St. George's Parishes Processioner's Returns 1723-1792, 1796-1816 Petersrow Publishers ($).
 * Surname index to genealogical analysis of landowners appearing in Processioner's Returns of St. George Parish 1795-1796 Petersrow Publishers ($).

Local Histories

 * The Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1603-1964. By Nora Miller Turman. 1988. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. Online at: Internet Archive;.
 * Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke, or The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. By Jennings Copper Wise. 1911. The Bell Book and Stationery Co : Richmond, Virginia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books;.

Colonial Militia

 * Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. By William Armstrong Crozier. 1954. Baltimore, Maryland : Southern Book Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. . Identifies some Accomack County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.

French and Indian War

 * Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. By William F. Boogher. 2007. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Google Books; . Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Accomack County, see p. 25.
 * Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. By William Armstrong Crozier. 1954. Baltimore, Maryland : Southern Book Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. . Identifies some Accomack County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.

Revolutionary War
Regiments. Service men in Accomack County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Accomack County supplied soldiers for the:


 * - 9th Virginia Regiment

Additional resources:


 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Washington : Blair and Rives. Online at: Internet Archive, Google Books;.
 * Index to Revolutionary Pension and Bounty-Land Documents at the Library of Virginia. 2012. Compiled by C. Leon Harris. Online at: Library of Virginia.
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. 1852. Washington, D.C. : Clearfield. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Collection with index and images at Ancestry ($);.
 * Rev. John Lyon Tried by a Court Martial in Accomack County, August 8, 1781. The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct., 1922), pp. 285-288. Online at: Internet Archive, Google Books, JSTOR.
 * Soldiers and Sailors of the Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Revolutionary War. By Stratton Nottingham. 1995. Westminster, Maryland : Family Line Publications..

War of 1812
Accomack County men served in the 2nd and 99th Regiments.


 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Governnment Printing Office, 1883. ; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Accomack County, p. 58]
 * Heritage Trail Markers for The War of 1812:
 * Chesconessex Creek at Accomack County
 * Pungoteague Creek at Accomack County
 * Tangier Island at Accomack County

Civil War

 * - 39th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Companies E, F, G, H, I, and L.

Records and histories are available, including:


 * 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
 * 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 - Ancestry
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 - Ancestry
 * 1890 - Surname index to The Eleventh Census of the United States 1890 - Special Schedule - Union Veterans and Widows Bundle 180 Petersrow Publishers ($).

World War I

 * Barnes, Alton Brooks Parker. Young No More. [Onancock, Virginia]: P. Barnes, c1994. . [Gives a history of World War I from the viewpoint of men from Accomack and Northampton counties who fought in the war.]

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Miscellaneous Records

 * 1607-2007 -
 * 1704- Quit Rent Rolls at Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1896 - Minute Book at Virginia Pioneers ($)

Naturalization
Virginia

Newspapers

 * 1888-1905 - Digitized images of the Peninsula Enterprise of Accomac, Virginia (1888-1905) are available online at the Library of Congress Chronicling America project.
 * Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website.
 * 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.

Occupations

 * Surname index to Accomack Indentures 1798-1835 Petersrow Publishers ($).


 * Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. By Philip Alexander Bruce.   1896. New York, NY : Macmillan and Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books;.

Officials

 * Tax Lists York County 1782, 1783, 1784; Rent Roll York County 1704, Gloucester 1704, Warwick 1704; James City County Taxes 1768. By Thelma I. Hansford. 1990. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. ..

Petitions

 * A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford (Virginia State Library). By H.J. Eckenrode. 1908. Richmond, Virginia : Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Online at: Google Books.

Probate Records
Local Court


 * 1671-1674; 1673-1676; 1676-1690;1678-1682; 1682-1697; 1682-1715; 1715-1729 Images of Wills Inventories Appraisements at Virginia Pioneers ($)


 * 1678-82; 1682-1697; 1692-1715; 1715-1729; 1729-1737 Indexes to Deeds, Estates, Wills at Virginia Pioneers ($)


 * 1729-1737 Wills, inventories, appraisements, divisions (digital images) Virginia Pioneers ($)

District Court


 * Surname index to Eastern Shore District Court Wills and Deeds 1800-1806 Petersrow Publishers ($)

Guardian Bonds


 * Surname index to Accomack County Guardian Bonds 1819-1827 Petersrow Publishers ($)

London Courts


 * North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. By Peter Wilson Coldham. 2007. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. . Includes wills of residents of Accawacke (Accomack), Nasswadax Creek, and Accomack County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.

Online Probate Records


 * 1639 – 1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 - Ancestry ($) — index to transcribed records, incomplete

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?

Original versions
The original Accomack County personal property tax lists are kept at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. and the Accomack County Courthouse, Accomac, Va. Microfilm copies: (years: 1782-1850).

Published versions

 * 1674; 1678-1695 - Accomack County Tithables at Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1663-1695 - Accomack Tithables 1663-1695. By Stratton Nottingham. 2001. Onancock, Westminster, MD : Willow Bend Books. ; 1987 reprint: ..
 * 1666 - Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke, or The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. By Jennings Copper Wise. 1911. The Bell Book and Stationery Co : Richmond, Virginia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books;.
 * 1679 - A List of Tithables Accomack Co., Virginia 1679," The Quarterly (Dallas County Genealogical Society). By Mrs. J.L. Lu and Mrs. W.A. Neumann. Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec. 1978):222-224. 
 * 1683 - Quit Rent Roll for 1683. Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Aug. 1985)..
 * 1704 - Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 1983. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. Vol. 28 (1920):207-218, 328-339; Vol. 29 (1921):18-28, 337-343, 402-412; Vol. 30 (1922):21-30, 280-285, 341-347; Vol. 31 (1923):70-75, 153-163, 215-231, 314-318; Vol. 32 (1924):69-75, 144-158, 281-287, 338-343; Vol. 33 (1925):47-50, 359-370; Vol. 34 (1926):113-119, 252-258, 313, 321. ; Reprinted in Virginia Tax Records available at FHL . Online at: Internet Archive, JSTOR($); . Accomack County appears in 34:113-119, 252-258.
 * 1782, 1790, 1800 - Accomack County, Virginia Tax Lists in "U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820," available online at Ancestry ($). Includes 1782, 1790, and 1800 personal property tax lists.
 * 1782-1814 - Accomack County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1814. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
 * 1783 - Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783; index online at Revolutionary War Service website.
 * 1787 - Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. By Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle. 1940. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at FamilySearch, ;.
 * 1787 - 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. By Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. c1987. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print..
 * 1788, 1799 - Indexed images of the 1788 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Accomack County, Virginia - Binns Genealogy.
 * 1788 - 1788 Tax List - Virginia. Blacks: Accomac County, Accomac Parish and Whites: Accomac County, Accomac Parish, Islands - Accomac Roots.
 * 1799 - 1799 Tax List - Virginia. Blacks: Accomac County, Accomac Parish and Whites: Accomac County, Accomac Parish, Islands - Accomac Roots.
 * 1815 - 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). By Roger D. Ward. c1997. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. ..

Birth
The birth registers of Accomack County, Virginia (1853-1896) have been indexed multiple times. Petersrow Publishers offers a free surname search of published abstracts on their website. Ancestry's fee-based databases include abstracts.


 * Surname index to The Accomack County Birth Register 1853-1896 Petersrow Publishers ($)
 * Surname index to The Accomack County Birth Register 1853-1896: African American Births Petersrow Publishers ($)
 * 1853-1866 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1912-1913 -

Beth Fridley's birth abstracts are on Ancestry ($)

The International Genealogical Index includes an index to Accomack County births from 1853 to 1896 (Batch ).

Marriage

 * 1660-1959 - Virginia, United States Marriages - FindMyPast ($)
 * To 1699 - Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1660-1800 - Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 - Ancestry ($)
 * 1771-1943 -
 * 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 - Ancestry ($)
 * 1771-1943 -
 * 1774-1925 - Accomack County Marriage Index 1774-1925. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1784-1785 - Bonds at Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1787-1788; 1790-1791; 1792-1798 Licenses and Bonds atVirginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1853-1935 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1936-1988 -

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 -

Death

 * 1853-1896 - Surname index to The Accomack County Death Register 1853-1896 - Petersrow Publishers ($)
 * 1853-1896 - Surname index to Accomack County Death Register 1853-1896: African American Deaths - Petersrow Publishers ($)
 * 1853-1871 - Accomack County Death Index 1853-1871. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1912-1987 -

Vital Record Substitutes

 * Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore: Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties. By William Robert Montgomery Houston and Jean M. Mihalyka. 1993. Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield Co. ; . Ages taken from court, land, and probate records.

Family History Centers

 * Eastern Shore Virginia Family History Center

Accomack County Virginia Genealogy Websites

 * Accomac Roots (Extensive African-American History in Accomac County Virginia)
 * Accomack County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (genealogyinc)
 * Accomack County, VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Cemetery, census, church, marriage, military records; maps; message boards; surname interests.
 * Cyndi's List
 * MilesFiles
 * Virginia Pioneers