King William County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1700--King William County was created 5 December 1700 from King and Queen County. County seat: King William

Neighboring Counties

 * Caroline
 * Hanover
 * King and Queen
 * New Kent

Census
For tips on accessing census records online, see Virginia Census.

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

1800 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

1810 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

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.]

Church
Church of England


 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of King and Queen and King William Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct. 1943):440-464. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1945. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes King and Queen County.]

Court

 * Ryland, Elizabeth Hawes. "King William County and Its Court House," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan. 1940):99-112. Available at JSTOR ($).

Family Histories

 * [Arnold] MacIvor, Hazel Arnold. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Benjamin Arnold, King William County, Virginia and Greenville, South Carolina. Lake Orion, Michigan: Arnold Family Association of the South, 1974. Available at FHL.
 * [Crane] Hockett, Thomas Jack. The Crane/Crain/Crayne Family of King William, King &amp; Queen, Pittsylvania, and Washington Counties, Virginia. St. David's, Pennsylvania: J. Hockett, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Davenport] Beekman, Jane Kyhl. Davenport of King William, Goochland, Cumberland and Halifax Counties, Virginia, North Carolina, and Elsewhere: With Allied Families of Boyd, DeJarnet, Kent and Terry. Muncie, Indiana: J.K. Beekman, 2006.
 * [Figg] Mudd, William Aubrey. Figg Family of King William County, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: W.A. Mudd, Jr., 1981. Available at FHL.
 * [Fox] "Fox Family of King William County, Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Apr. 1912):262-266. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Fox] Cocke, Ellen M. Some Fox Trails in Old Virginia: John Fox of King William County, Ancestors, Descendants, Near Kin. Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press, 1939. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Hendrick] Hendrix, GeLee Corley. "Benjamin Hendrick (1730-1818) of Virginia and Carolina and Some of His Descendants: Research in 'Burned' Southern Counties," The American Genealogist, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Jan. 1990):44-53. Available at FHL.
 * [Johnson] Lee, Ida J. "Extracts from King William County Records," [Johnson Family] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1926):74-78. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Kell(e)y] Kelley, Franlin Bradley. Kelley-Kelly of King William County, VA 1840-1900. MSS., Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library, Smithfield, Virginia, available at FHL.
 * [Lipscomb] Lee, Ida J. "King William County Records -- Lipscomb Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr. 1926):138-145. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Moore] "Col. Augustine Moore, of 'Chelsea,' King William Co., Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jul. 1908):49-53. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Neale] "King William County Records: Neale Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct. 1926):328-330. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Quarles] Lee, Ida J. "Extracts from King William County Records," [Quarles Family] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1926):72-73. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Roane] Ryland, Elizabeth Hawes. "The Roanes of King and Queen and King William Counties," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul. 1938):286-290. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Taylor] Lee, Ida Johnson. "Taylor Family of King William Co., Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan. 1934):48-55. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Waller] Riffe, Andrew Lewis. "The Wallers of Endfield, King William County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 59, No. 3 (Jul. 1951):337-352. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Waller] Riffe, Andrew Lewis. "The Wallers of Endfield, King William County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 59, No. 4 (Oct. 1951):458-493. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Waller] Riffe, Andrew Lewis. "Correction: The Waller of Endfield, King William County, Virginia. Part I," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 59, No. 4 (Oct. 1951):500. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Waring] Duesberry, Ethel F. A Genealogical Record of the Waring Family in the Counties of Essex and King William, Virginia. MSS., Virginia State Library, available at FHL.

Historic Residences

 * Clarke, Peyton Neale. Old King William Homes and Families. Louisville: J.P. Morton and Company, 1897. Available at FHL (3 copies); digital versions at Ancestry ($), BYU Family History Archives, and Google Books (full-view).
 * "Old Houses in King William County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct. 1938), unpaginated. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Ryland, Elizabeth Hawes. "Homes in King William County: Comments and Corrections," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan. 1939):120-121. Available at JSTOR ($).

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Intercepted Letters Relating to America, 1777-1811," The Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2000):184-200. [Overseas contacts of residents of King William County with the following surname: Frazer.]
 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of St. John's Parish and King William County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [http://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=King&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 King George, King and Queen, and King William Counties, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Deeds


 * "Extracts of King William County Records," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan. 1917):65-70; Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr. 1917):174-179; Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul. 1917):290-296. Available at JSTOR ($). [Remnants of destroyed deeds.]

Grants and Patents


 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at FHL; digital version at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49389 Ancestry. [Includes King William County.]

Local Histories

 * Harris, Malcolm H. "'Delaware Town' and 'West Point' in King William County, Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct. 1934):342-351. Available at JSTOR ($).

Military
French and Indian War


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

Revolutionary War


 * Clerk, H. Randolph. "King William County Payments for Wives, Widows and Parents of Soldiers," [Revolutionary War] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Apr. 1918):232-233. Available at JSTOR ($).

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 wills of residents of St. John's Parish and King William County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Taxation
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 * [1704] "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 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. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version of VMHB at JSTOR ($). [King William County appears in 32:69-75.]
 * [1782-1850] Lee, Ida J. "King William County Personal Tax List, 1782-1850," [some letter 'A' surnames] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1927):114-122. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [1782-1820] Ward, Roger G. "Burned County Gleanings: King William County Land Tax Lists, 1782-1820," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Fall 1998):262-270. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Some abstracts of taxpayers and "genealogical tidbits," such as relationships, land transfers, etc.]
 * [1782] Lee, Ida J. "Land Taxed in King William County in 1782," [1782 Land Tax] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct. 1926):326-328. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [1782] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at FHL. [1782 personal property tax list of King William County.]
 * [1783] County Land Tax Records, 1783, Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 12, No. 1 (May 2003). Available at FHL.
 * [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. King William County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1787, 1797] Indexed images of the 1787 and 1797 Personal Property Tax Lists of King William County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1787, 1797] Indexed images of the 1787 and 1797 Land Tax Lists of King William County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1810] 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. King William County is included because the 1810 Census for that county has been destroyed.]
 * [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. King William County is included in Vol. 3.]

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