Charles City County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1634--Charles City County was created in 1634 and was an original shire or county. County seat: Charles City

Neighboring Counties

 * Chesterfield
 * Henrico
 * James City
 * New Kent
 * Prince George
 * Surry

Family Histories
Bibliography


 * [Bradford] Bradford, David Thomas. The Bradfords of Charles City County, Virginia, and Some of their Descendants, 1653-1993. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Bradford] Sandlund, Peter G. The Bradford Family of Charles City County, Virginia, 1651-1729. 2 vols. Alexandria, Virginia: P.G. Sandlund, 1996?. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Fontaine] Ragland, Charles J. Ancestors and Descendants of the Reverend Peter Fontaine (1691-1759) of Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia. 2 vols. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: C.J. Ragland Jr., 1997?. Available at FHL.
 * [Freeman] Hopkins, Garland Evans. Freeman Forbears: Being the History, Genealogy, Heraldy [sic], Homes and Traditions of the Family of Freeman and Related Families Originating in the Original Shires of James City and Charles River in Virginia. Virginia: G.E. Hopkins, 1942. Available at FHL.
 * [Ladd] Ladd, Warren. The Ladd Family: A Genealogical and Biographical Memoir of the Descendants of Daniel Ladd of Haverhill, Mass.; Joseph Ladd of Portsmouth, R.I.; John Ladd of Burlington, N.J.; John Ladd of Charles City Co., Va. New Bedford, Massachusetts: W. Ladd, 1890. Available at FHL.

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
Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Charles City County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Land Tax Lists of Charles City County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

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