Frederick County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Frederick County

Parent County
1738--Frederick County was created 1 August 1738 from Orange County. County seat: Winchester

Neighboring Counties

 * Berkeley County, West Virginia
 * Clarke
 * Hampshire County, West Virginia
 * Hardy County, West Virginia
 * Jefferson County, West Virginia
 * Morgan County, West Virginia
 * Shenandoah
 * Warren

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.

Taxation
The 1791 Personal Property Tax Lists of Frederick County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.

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