Warwick, Virginia

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Warwick (County and later Independent City)

Parent County
1634--Warwick was created as an original shire or county. It was formerly Warwick River. The name changed in 1642. It was incorporated as an independent city in 1952, but merged with the city Newport News 1 July 1958.

Census
1850


 * Matheny, Emma Robertson. 1850 Census of Warwick County. Richmond, Virginia, 1966. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):40. Review available at New England Ancestors ($).

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. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1945. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes Warwick County.]

Court
County Court


 * Dunn, Richard. Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes orders 1648-1651, order book 1680, 1689-1690 court book (2), orders 1691, 1697-8, 1701, 1701, 1705, 1705, 1713-1714 and county minutes 1748-1762.]
 * "Warwick County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1647," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):51-63. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * "Warwick County, Virginia, Records, 1663," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):285-287. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all family histories published about residents of this county. In addition to finding a direct ancestor’s surname listed, and watching to see if more recent publications make additions and corrections to earlier works, this list is also useful for determining if genealogists have published accounts, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, for any members of an ancestor’s “FAN Club” [Family, Associates, and Neighbors]. Checking publications about those individuals can lead you to new information about your own ancestry. Be mindful that compiled genealogies may contain errors.

General


 * McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. Available at FHL; purchase at Genealogical Publishing Company.

Bibliography


 * [Averett] Averett, Charles Ray and Maurine Averett Moser. Progenitors of the Averett-Gill, Willis-Witt, DeGraw-Dutton, Hampton- Maxwell, Bracken families: and the Descendants of James Lafayette Averett and Laura Anis Maxwell. n.p.: C.R. Averett, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Cary] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * [Cary] Harrison, Fairfax. The Virginia Carys. New York: De Vinne Press, 1919. Available at FHL.
 * [Cary] Harrison, Fairfax. The Devon Carys, 2 vols. New York: De Vinne Press, 1920. Available at FHL.
 * [Cary] Carey, Virginia Miller. Carey Highlights. Prichard, West Virginia: V.M. Carey, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * [Cole] Cole, Robert F. The Capt. A. B. Cole Genealogy. Miami, Florida: Cole, 1964. Available at FHL.
 * [Cole] Goodson, David Spencer. A Goodman Family with Some Related Families. [La Grange, Georgia: D.S. Goodson?, 2000?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Daniell] Ray, Worth S. Ancestry and Probable Origin of the Daniell Family of York County, Virginia. MSS., 1955, available at FHL.
 * [Dudley] Hansford, Thelma Ironmonger. James Dudley, Son of William and Rebecca Dudley. Seaford, Va.: T.I. Hansford, 1965. Available at FHL.
 * [George] Shockey, Amanda Rudder Taylor. Our George Family. [Camden, Ohio]: A.R.T. Shockey, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Glascock] Glassco, Lawrence A. The Glas(s)cocks of England and America: Glas(s)cocks of England Prior to 1643 and of America After 1643 ... [Alexandria, Virginia]: L.A. Glassco, 1984. Available at FHL.
 * [Harwood] Farley, C.A. Three Hundred Fifty Years of Harwoods, 1620-1970. Lubbock, Tex.: C.A. Farley, 1970. Available at FHL.
 * [Hoggard] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Hoggards of Poplar Hall, 1654-1987, and in Warwick &amp; Princess Anne Counties, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Virginia: A.G. Walter, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Jones] Ridgell, J.M. Letter, 1967 16 October, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Charles R. Jones, San Pierre, Indiana. MSS., North Judson Public Library, North Judson, Ind.; also available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Mallicote] Walter, Alice Granbery. Mallicote Family of Warwick County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Virginia: A.G. Walter, [1983?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Oates] Oates, John Martin. Roots, Seeds, and Other Things. 2 vols. [North Carolina?]: J.M. Oates, 1989, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Presson] Crandol, Robert H. Genealogy of Robert H. Crandol: Includes Crandol, Butler, Tignor, Ironmonger, Butler [and] Wright of Chesterfield Co., Presson of York Co., Warwick Co. and Richmond Co., Virginia. MSS., 1990, available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Ransha] Walter, Alice Granbery. Ramshaw/Ransha/Rainshaw Family of Warwick County, Virginia with Hoggard &amp; Thurmer Connection. Virginia Beach, Virginia: A.G. Walter, [1983?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Reynolds] Rhoads, Helen W. The Christopher Reynolds Family. Green Valley, Arizona: H. W. Rhoads, 1981. Available at FHL.
 * [Smith] Lineage of Mrs. Euphenia Aylett (Cofer) Gwathmey. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Stokes] Stokes, J. Lemacks. The Book of Stokes, 1201-1915. n.p.: P.B. Stokes, 1982. Available at FHL.
 * [Thurmer] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Search for the Ancestors of Robert Thurmer of Elizabeth City &amp; York Counties, Virginia. [Virginia Beach, Virginia: A.G. Walter, 1980?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Wells] See Wills.
 * [Wills] Lassiter, Charles A. The Wells Family History, Calloway County, Kentucky. Cary, North Carolina: [C.A. Lassiter], 1993. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Wooton] Wooton, Richard C. The Woottens of York County, Virginia. Arlington, Virginia: Wooten and Related Families Association, 1984. Available at FHL.
 * [Wynne] Johnson, Myles. Wynne History Supplement: Corrections and Additions to The Wynne family of York, Warwick, and James City Counties, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M. Johnson, [198-?]. Available at FHL.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Mulberry Island and Warwick 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=Warwick&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 Warwick County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Vol. I (1934; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991). Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Warwick County. N.B. If Ancestry's search engine fails, try checking the printed index at the end of the book.]
 * Walter, Alice Granbery. Virginia Land Patents of the Counties of Norfolk, Princess Anne &amp; Warwick. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):49-53. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Warwick County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on p. 53.]

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Warwick County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Warwick County militia officers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War


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

Occupations

 * Dunn, Richard. Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes cattle accounts.]

Officials

 * Dunn, Richard. Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Identifies sheriffs and undersheriffs.]

Private Papers

 * [Lawrence] Family Bible Records of George Lawrence. MSS., Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library in Smithfield, Virginia; available on microfilm at FHL.

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 Mulberry Island and Warwick County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at FHL. [Includes Warwick County.]

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Warwick County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1980):57-58. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * Dunn, Richard. Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes many miscellaneous records and guides to various archives for finding records of this burned county.]
 * Mero, James H. and Tidewater Genealogical Society. Warwick County, Virginia (Now the City of Newport News, Virginia): A Guide for Research in Warwick County Records. Hampton, Virginia: Hugh S. Watson, Jr. Genealogical Society, 1991. Available at FHL.

Taxation
At first glance, researchers might conclude that Virginia tax lists contain very little family history data, though one soon learns that valuable genealogical conclusions can be drawn from these records, nicknamed "annual censuses," such as: relationships, approximate years of birth, socio-economic status, identification of neighbors, the ability to distinguish between persons of the same name, evidence of land inheritance, years of migration, and years of death.

Virginia began enumerating residents' payments of personal property and land taxes in 1782. These two types of taxation were recorded in separate registers. Personal property tax lists include more names than land tax lists, because they caught more of the population. The Family History Library has an excellent microfilm collection of personal property tax lists from 1782 (or the year the county was organized) well into the late nineteenth century for most counties, but only scattered land tax lists. Microfilm collections at The Library of Virginia include land tax lists for all counties and independent cities for the years 1782 through 1978, as well as personal property tax lists for the years 1782 through 1930 (and every fifth year thereafter). Taxes were not collected in 1808.

Some tax records are available online or in print, though published abstracts often omit useful details found only in the original sources. Statewide indexes can help genealogists identify specific counties where surnames occurred in the past, providing starting points for research.


 * [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 ($). [Warwick County appears in 30:344-347.]
 * [1713] Rollings, Virginia H. Warwick, Va. 1713 Rent Roll. [Newport News, Va.: s.n.], 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Warwick County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1789] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):49-53. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Warwick County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on p. 53.]
 * [1788, 1800] Indexed images of the 1788 and 1800 Land Tax Lists of Warwick County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1789, 1798] Indexed images of the 1789 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Warwick County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [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. Warwicck County is included in Vol. 3.]

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