Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy
Guide to Isle of Wight County Virginia ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.
Isle of Wight County, Virginia | |
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![]() Location in the state of Virginia, United States Genealogy | |
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Facts | |
Founded | 1634 |
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County Seat | Isle of Wight |
Courthouse | |
Contents
- 1 County Information
- 2 Isle of Wight County, Virginia History
- 3 Isle of Wight County, Virginia Places/Localities
- 4 Resources
- 4.1 African American
- 4.2 Bible Records
- 4.3 Cemeteries
- 4.4 Census
- 4.5 Church Records
- 4.6 Court
- 4.7 Funeral Homes
- 4.8 Genealogy
- 4.9 Immigration
- 4.10 Land and Property
- 4.11 Local Histories
- 4.12 Maps
- 4.13 Migration
- 4.14 Military
- 4.15 Miscellaneous Records
- 4.16 Naturalization
- 4.17 Native Americans
- 4.18 Newspapers
- 4.19 Officials
- 4.20 Private Papers
- 4.21 Probate Records
- 4.22 Taxation
- 4.23 Vital Records
- 5 Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries
- 6 Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy Websites
- 7 References
County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
Isle of Wight County is located in the Eastern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named after the island in the English channel of the same name[1].
Isle of Wight County, Virginia Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Current Isle of Wight County Courthouse
17000 Josiah Parker Circle
Isle of Wight, VA 23397
Old Isle of Wight County Courthouse
17122 Monument Circle
Isle of Wight, VA 23397
Phone: 757-365-6233[2]
Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
1853 | 1772 | 1853 | 1746 | 1636 | 1636 | 1810 |
General compliance year is unknown. |
Isle of Wight County, Virginia History[edit | edit source]
The county is named after the Isle of Wight, England Genealogy, off the south coast of England. Many colonial residents moved down into North Carolina in the 1600s and 1700s.
Parent County[edit | edit source]
1634--Isle of Wight was created in 1634 as an original shire or county.
County seat: Isle of Wight [4] The original shire name of Warrosquyoake (also spelled Warrosquoyacke or Warrascoyak) was given then. The name was changed in 1637 to Isle of Wight County
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps" (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
Many pre-Revolutionary War loose papers prior to 1783 are missing, but bound volumes of deeds, orders, and wills still exist.[5]
- Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890
For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:
- Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle.
- When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog.
- Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.
Isle of Wight County, Virginia Places/Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
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:[6]
Towns | ||
Unincorporated communities | ||
Census-designated places | ||
Resources[edit | edit source]
African American[edit | edit source]
- 1782-1833 - Heinegg, Paul. "Isle of Wight County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1833," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
- 1785-1870 - Slaves and Free Negroes 1785-1870 (FamilySearch) - free. When you browse this collection, look under "Voting Records."
- 1813-1838 - Isle of Wight County, Virginia Marriage Bonds of Free African Americans 1813-1838 (VAGenWeb) - free.
- 1859-1862 - Register of Free Negro Certification 1859-1862 (FamilySearch) - free.
- Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized images related to African Americans of Isle of Wight County.
- 1935-2009 - Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
Images of the Virginia Historical Society's family Bible collection have been digitized:
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Tombstone Transcriptions Online | Tombstone Transcriptions in Print | List of Cemeteries in the county |
Findagrave.com | Family History Library | Findagrave.com |
VAGenWeb | WorldCat | Billion Graves |
VAGenWeb Archives | ||
Tombstone Project | ||
Virginia Gravestones | ||
Billion Graves | ||
See Virginia Cemeteries for more information. |
- 1800-1986 - Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — index
Census[edit | edit source]
Historical populations | ||
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Census | Pop. | %± |
1790 | 9,028 | — |
1800 | 9,342 | 3.5% |
1810 | 9,186 | −1.7% |
1820 | 10,139 | 10.4% |
1830 | 10,517 | 3.7% |
1840 | 9,972 | −5.2% |
1850 | 9,353 | −6.2% |
1860 | 9,977 | 6.7% |
1870 | 8,320 | −16.6% |
1880 | 10,572 | 27.1% |
1890 | 11,313 | 7.0% |
1900 | 13,102 | 15.8% |
1910 | 14,929 | 13.9% |
1920 | 14,433 | −3.3% |
1930 | 13,409 | −7.1% |
1940 | 13,381 | −0.2% |
1950 | 14,906 | 11.4% |
1960 | 17,164 | 15.1% |
1970 | 18,285 | 6.5% |
1980 | 21,603 | 18.1% |
1990 | 25,503 | 18.1% |
2000 | 29,728 | 16.6% |
2010 | 35,270 | 18.6% |
Source: "Wikipedia.org". |
1782 Enumeration
- Hanover County Heads of Families - 1782 at U.S. Census Bureau - free. County begins on page 29.
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 Records[edit | edit source]
Baptist[edit | edit source]
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):
- Mill Swamp (1774).[7][8] Minute books begin in 1774: VAULT Film 833056 Item 1. Birth register (1777-1790) was published in the Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):88-89, which is available online at Ancestry ($). Minutes (1774-1790) and a membership list (1774) were published in the Genealogical Society of Tidewater Virginia Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jun. 1971): FHL Film 1955382.
- Moore's Swamp (1791). Minute books begin in 1791: FHL Film 833056 Item 2.
10,000 name petition (dated: 16 October 1776) signed by Baptists and Baptist sympathizers from all over Virginia, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. A digitzed copy can be viewed at the Library of Congress website. Hall's transcription of the petition can be read in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983-) available at Ancestry ($); or at the Family History Library: FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 35-39. After locatiing your ancestor in the transcription, proceed to the Library of Congress website to see the original images.
Isle of Wight County fell within the bounds of the Portsmouth Association.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
See also Lower Parish
See also Newport Parish
See also Nottoway Parish
See also Upper Parish
See also Warrosquyoake Parish
Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Isle of Wight County is available online.[9]
- Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1945. Available at FHL; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes Isle of Wight County.]
Puritans[edit | edit source]
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes chapters on the early Puritan settlers.]
Quaker[edit | edit source]
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):
- Pagan Creek Monthly Meeting, near Smithfield, Va. (1673-1790) aka Levy Neck.[10] Minutes and papers of denial (1738-1763) have been published: FHL Book 975.5 K2qu.[11] Hinshaw also published the early records: FHL Book 973 D2he 1993 v. 6.[12]
- Terrasco Neck Monthly Meeting (1672-1772)[10]
- Western Branch Monthly Meeting (1672-1844) aka Lower Virginia Monthly Meeting.[10] Early records (1673-1756) have been published: FHL Film 850091 Item 9.
Friends from Isle of Wight County, Virginia also attended the Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting in Nansemond County, Virginia and the Blackwater Monthly Meeting in Surry County, Virginia.[13]
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes a chapter on Quakers.]
- White, Miles. "Early Quaker Records in Virginia," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May 1902):220-231; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul. 1902):304-313; Vol. 7, No. 1 (May 1903):17-24; Vol. 7, No. 2 (Mar. 1903):96-105; Vol. 7, No. 3 (May 1903):207-213. Digitized by Internet Archive - free. Reprint: FHL Book 975.5 A1 no. 82.
Court[edit | edit source]
Until 1746, the only court order book or loose judgment paper records that exist are one order book dated 1693-1695, which has been transcribed and indexed at least twice. From 1696 until 1745 neither record type is extant. Starting in 1746, several, but not all, order books exist, but no loose papers, until 1783, when there is another void of both. A full run of order books starts in 1795. Loose court papers survive starting in 1799 and run until 1807. Most are available on Family Search; all are on microfilm at the Virginia Library.
- 1746-1903 - Court Papers-Miscellaneous Volumes 1 to 24 (FamilySearch) - free. An index by category of the court records available so far may be found here: Index
- 1773-1847 - Fee Books 1 to 36 (FamilySearch) - free.
Chancery[edit | edit source]
- 1831-1909 - Chancery Order Books 1 to 6 (FamilySearch) - free.
- Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory: Chancery Record Index can be used to search Isle of Wight County's chancery records for the years 1767-1966. Digital images are available for records 1767-1933. Indexed and original records available through 1966 - see online catalog or contact Archives Research Services for availability.
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
- 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
Compiled Genealogies by Surnames
- See Isle of Wight County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of 350+ published books and articles, or jump to the surname using the alphabet bar.
Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes chapters on the following families: Bennett, Boddie, Brewer, Bridger, Davis, Exum, Godwin, Lawrence, Newman, and Pitt.]
- Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families. 2 vols. 1955-1956; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976. FHL Book 975.5 D2bs 1976-1996 v. 1-v. 2.
- Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011. FHL Book 975.6 D3bj v. 1.
- Chapman, Blanche Adams and Isle of Wight County Library (Virginia). Smithfield Branch. Chapman Collection of Virginia Family Names, Smithfield Branch, Isle of Wight County Library, 1635-1814. MSS., Blanche Adams Chapman Collection, Smithfield Branch, Isle of Wight County Library, at Smithfield, Virginia; also available at FHL.
- Chapman, Blanche Adams. "Isle of Wight Families," William and Mary Quarterly, Series 2, Vol. 10 (1930):254-260. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
- Gwaltney, Anne W. Personal History Departments of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia from Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Special Virginia Edition, c. 1884. [Virginia? : s.n., 1884?]. Available at FHL.
Immigration[edit | edit source]
Headright grants identify many Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy immigrants who arrived before 1720.[14] The Virginia Immigration article provides tips about using this source.
Additional resources include:
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Warwicksquick and Isle of Wight County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
- List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Brunswick County are online at: Immigrant Servants Database.
- Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Digital version at American Ancestors. [Isle of Wight Co., VA: Day.]
- Mahler, Leslie. "American Colonists Mentioned in London Wills," The Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2000):201-204. [Hutchinson family of 'Wacasquoyk' (Warwick Squeak); Wiseman family of 'Warwicksqueake' and Isle of Wight Co., VA.]
Early migration routes to and from Isle of Wight County for European settlers included:[15]
- Atlantic Ocean
- King's Highway about 1704
- Secondary Coast Road late 1730s
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Deeds
- Isle of Wight County, Virginia Deeds (FamilySearch) - free. Includes a large assortment of deed papers, records, etc.
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes chapters on deed books 1662-1686, 1688-1704.]
Grants and Patents
Land patents (pre-1779), land grants (after 1779) and surveys are available online at the Library of Virginia website. For step-by-step instructions on retrieving these records, read the Virginia Land and Property article.
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes chapters on land grants 1628-1705.]
- Hudgins. 393 patents dated 1635-1797 in what is now Isle of Wight County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2003. [Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of charge (click "Index" next to the county listing); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]
- 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 ($). [Includes Isle of Wight County. N.B. If Ancestry's search engine fails, try checking the printed index at the end of the book.]
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library.
- Morrison, E. M. Isle of Wight County: 1608-1907. Norfolk, Va.?: unknown, 1907. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
Maps[edit | edit source]
- Campbell, Albert H, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisa Porter Minis, and Confederate States Of America. Army. Department Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer'S Office. Map of Isle of Wight and part of Nansemond. [Virgina: s.n, 1864] Map. Available at Library of Congress.
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Migration[edit | edit source]
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes a chapter on Isle of Wight and Nansemond settlers who emigrated to North Carolina. Another chapter is titled "Richard Bennett and the Puritan exodus to Nansemond and Maryland."]
Military[edit | edit source]
Bacon's Rebellion[edit | edit source]
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes chapter on Bacon's Rebellion.]
- Tyler, Lyon G. "Isle of Wight County: Papers Relating to Bacon's Rebellion," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct. 1895):111-115. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
Colonial Militia[edit | edit source]
- Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Isle of Wight County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
- Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2c; Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Isle of Wight County militia officers; see place name index.]
French and Indian War[edit | edit source]
- Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Isle of Wight County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
Revolutionary War[edit | edit source]
Regiments. Service men in Isle of Wight County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Isle of Wight County supplied soldiers for the:
Additional resources:
- McIlwaine, H.R. Proceedings of the Committees of Safety of Cumberland and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia, 1775-1776. Richmond: D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing, 1919. Available at FHL; digital versions at Ancestry ($), FamilySearch Digital Library, and Google Books.
- A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Isle of Wight County on page 131.]
- Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." FHL Collection 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]
War of 1812[edit | edit source]
Isle of Wight County men served in the 29th Regiment.[16]
- 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.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, p. 86. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]
Civil War[edit | edit source]
Regiments. Service men in Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy:
- - 3rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company K (James River Artillery).[17]
- - 19th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Atkinson's) (Confederate). Company A (Smithfield Light Artillery Blues or Old Dominion Artillery).[18]
Records and histories are available, including:
- 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
- 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
- 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index ($)
- 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at [1] — index ($)
- Civil War Veterans Lists Vols. 1-2 (FamilySearch) - free.
- United Daughters of the Confederacy Applications 1905-1927, view under Lineage Society Papers. (FamilySearch) - free.
World War II[edit | edit source]
- United States. Selective Service System. Draft Registrations, 1942-1946, from Local Draft Board No. 1 of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Original manuscripts at the Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library in Smithfield, Virginia; also available at FHL.
Miscellaneous Records[edit | edit source]
- 1607-2007 - Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images
Naturalization[edit | edit source]
Native Americans[edit | edit source]
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes a chapter on local Native Americans.]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
The Virginia Newspapers Project identifies local Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy newspapers.
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.
Officials[edit | edit source]
- Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes a chapter on county officers.]
Private Papers[edit | edit source]
- Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images
- Family Bible of the Scott, Brock, and Dornin Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. MSS. Available at FHL.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
A free index to Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy wills and administrations (1628-1800) is available at the Library of Virginia.
- 1647-1800 - Wills and Administrations Volumes 1 to 3, 1647-1800 (FamilySearch) - free.
- 1647-1800 - Chapman, Blanche Adams. Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800. 1938; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Original edition at FHL US/CAN Fiche 6101844; 1995 reprint at FHL US/CAN Book 975.554 P28c 1995; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($). ["The original records on file in Isle of Wight County and abstracted in this work are: Wills and Administrations Book A (1641-1650); Will and Deed Books 1 and 2 (1658-1659, 1666-1719); Will Books 3-11 (1726-1800); Deed Book I (1691-1695); Administrations and Probates (1666-1701); and The Great Book (1719-1729). In addition to the names of the testators and legatees, the entries provide the names of executors, securities, and witnesses and frequently include assignments of property."][19]
- 1662-1686 - Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes chapter on wills 1662-1686.]
- Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at FHL. [Includes Isle of Wight County.]
- 1766-1879 - Guardian Records Vols. 1-5, A-E (FamilySearch) - free.
Online Probate Records
- Wills and Estates 1636-1767; 1661-1719 (also deeds, estates, inventories); 1726-1734; 1733-1745; 1745-1752. Virginia Pioneers ($)
- Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates - 1636-1767; 1661-1719 (also includes deeds); 1715-1726; 1726-1734; 1733-1745; 1745-1752; 1794-1803; 1804-1808 Virginia Pioneers ($)
London Courts
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Warwicksquick and Isle of Wight County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
'Online Probate Links
- 1636-1767;1661-1719 - Virginia Pioneers ($) Images of Wills & Estates
- 1639 – 1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry.com — index to transcribed records, incomplete, $
- 1726-1734; 1733-1745; 1745-1752; 1794-1803; 1804-1808 - Virginia Pioneers ($) Images of Wills & Estates (also deeds)
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Online Isle of Wight County, Virginia Tax Lists | |||||||||||
Type | Index | Images | |||||||||
Free | FHC | Fee | Free | FHC | Fee | ||||||
Rent Roll | 1704, 1704 | - | 1704, 1704 | - | - | - | |||||
Assessors Book | 1778, 1778 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1782 | - | |||||
Personal Property | 1783 | - | - | - | 1783 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1784 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1785 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1786 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1787 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1788 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1789 | - | |||||
Personal Property | 1790 | - | - | 1790 | 1790 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1791 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1792 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1793 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1794 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1795 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1796 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1797 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1798 | - | |||||
Personal Property | 1799 | - | - | 1799 | 1799 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | 1800 1|2|3 | - | 1800 | - | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1801-1850 | - | |||||
Land | - | - | - | 1824-1901 | - | - |
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Bibliography
- [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 ($). [Isle of Wight County appears in 29:337-343.]
- [1704] Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library. [Includes 1704 quit rents.]
- [1714] Quit Rent Roll, 1714, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 87, No. 2 (Apr. 1979). Digital version at JSTOR ($).
- [1778] Assessors Book, 1778, William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jan. 1917). Digital version at JSTOR - free.
- [1782-1833] Heinegg, Paul. "Isle of Wight County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1833," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
- [1783] - Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783; index online at Revolutionary War Service website - free.
- [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 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & 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. Isle of Wight County is included in Vol. 2.]
- [1790, 1799] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Isle of Wight County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
- [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct. 1988); Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan. 1989); Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr. 1989). Available at FHL.
- [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. Isle of Wight County is included in Vol. 3.]
- [1824-1899] Isle of Wight County, Virginia Land Tax Books 1824-1899 (FamilySearch) - free.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Indexes to Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy births, marriages, and deaths are available online. These collections are incomplete, but are easy to search. Most records can also be ordered electronically online as well. Courtesy: FamilySearch. See also How to order Virginia Vital Records
Birth[edit | edit source]
- 1853-1876 - Isle of Wight County Birth Index 1853-1876. Batch C868772 at FamilySearch - free.[20]
- 1853-1866 - Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1867-1896 - Register of Births 1867-1893 (FamilySearch) - free.
- 1867-1896 - Fridley, Beth, comp. Isle of Wight County Virginia Birth Records, 1867-96 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Available at Ancestry ($).
- 1912-1913 - Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — index and images
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1628-1800 - Chapman, Blanche Adams and Anita Comtois. Marriages of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1628-1800. Originally published in 1933. Reprint: Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1976. Reprint available at FHL; digital version at World Vital Records ($).
- 1660-1800 - Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 (Ancestry) ($).
- 1660-1959 - Virginia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
- 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 (Ancestry) ($).
- 1772-1852 - Isle of Wight County Marriage Index 1772-1852. Batch M868771 at FamilySearch - free.</ref>
- 1774;1793-1794;1800 - Marriages Virginia Pioneers ($)
- 1776-1779 - Isle of Wight County Marriage Bonds 1776-1779, [Not in Chapman],The Southside Virginian, vol. 7, no.1, pp.10-12
- 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
- 1799-1824 - Ministers' Returns Isle of Wight County, Virginia (VAGenWeb) - free.
- 1813-1838 - Isle of Wight County, Virginia Marriage Bonds 1813-1838 (VAGenWeb) - free.
- 1813-1838 - Isle of Wight County, Virginia Marriage Bonds of Free African Americans 1813-1838 (VAGenWeb) - free.
- 1853-1935 - Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1854-1900 - Isle of Wight County Marriage Index 1854-1900. Batch M868772 at FamilySearch - free.
- 1936-1988 - Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — index and images
Divorce[edit | edit source]
- 1918-1988 - Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — index and images
Death[edit | edit source]
- 1853-1874 - Isle of Wight County Death Index 1853-1874. Batch B868772 at FamilySearch - free.</ref>
- 1925-1944 - Coroner's Inquisitions Volume 1, 1925-1944 (FamilySearch) - free.
- 1912-1987 - Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — index and images
Vital Record Substitutes[edit | edit source]
The Virginia Historical Society's Marriage and Obituary Index, 1736-1820 (newspaper abstracts) is available at FamilySearch. Images of the original index cards are browseable, arranged alphabetically by surname.
For birth, marriage, and death record substitutes, see Bible Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Newspapers, and Probate Records. |
Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Libraries
Isle of Wight County, Virginia Genealogy Websites[edit | edit source]
- Isle of Wight Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, history.
- FamilySearch Catalog
- Isle of Wight County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
- Cyndi's List
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://www.co.isle-of-wight.va.us/about-us/
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Isle of Wight, Virginia. Page 715 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Isle of Wight County, Virginia . Page 710-723 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 715-720.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Lost Records Localities: Counties and Cities with Missing Records, 5, in Library of Virginia (accessed 4 April 2014).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Isle of Wight_ County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed 20 January 2020.
- ↑ Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 442-443. Digital version at Google Books.
- ↑ George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:475. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
- ↑ William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Jay Worrall, The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Company, 1994), 537-539. FHL Book 975.5 K2wj.
- ↑ Martha A. Putnam, Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1996). FHL Book 975.5 K2qu.
- ↑ William Wade Hinshaw, Thomas W. Marshall and John Cox, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Bros., 1950). Vol. 6. FHL Book 973 D2he 1993 v. 6.
- ↑ Martha A. Putnam, Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1996). FHL Book 975.5 K2qu.
- ↑ John Frederick Dorman, "Review of Cavaliers and Pioneers," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1980):221. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 24 (1980)
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. (FHL Book 973 D27e 2002) WorldCat entry., and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) WorldCat entry.
- ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 109. FHL Book 975.5 M2bs.
- ↑ Lee A. Wallace, 3rd Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1986). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 22.
- ↑ Jeffrey C. Weaver, 10th and 19th Battalions of Heavy Artillery (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1996). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 124.
- ↑ Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800, Ancestry.com, http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49403.
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/3/37/Igivirginia.pdf.