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Guide to Dinwiddie County, Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

County Facts
County seat: Dinwiddie
Organized: 01 May 1752[1]
Parent County(s): Prince George
Neighboring Counties
Amelia • Brunswick • Chesterfield • Greensville • Nottoway • Petersburg (Independent City) • Prince George • Sussex
See County Maps
Courthouse
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Location Map
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County Information

Description

Dinwiddie County is located in the central portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named for Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1751-1758.[2]

County Courthouse

Dinwiddie County Courthouse
14008 Boydton Plank Road
Dinwiddie, VA 23841-0063
Phone: 804-469-4540
Dinwiddie County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1865-1896, marriage, probate and land records from 1833 and divorce records from 1870[3]

Dinwiddie County, Virginia Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[4]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1865 1833 1865 1833 1833 1833 1810
* Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912.
General compliance year is unknown.

Record Loss

  • Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890
  • There was substantial record loss from the courthouse in Dinwiddie County, Virginia the last few months of the American Civil War, 1861-1865.[5]

Visit the Library of Virginia's website to determine exactly what records have been lost and their Lost Records Localities Database to find additional resources.

For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

Boundary Changes

Populated Places

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:[7]

Towns
Unincorporated communities


History Timeline

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The county is named after Virginia Lieutenant-Governor Robert Dinwiddie (1693-1770).

Resources

Bible Records

For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

  • Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FS Library - Includes a section on Petersburg silversmiths.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Dinwiddie County, Virginia online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Virginia Cemeteries for more information.

Census Records

For databases, indexes, and information online, see Virginia Census.

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1790 13,934 —
1800 15,374 10.3%
1810 18,190 18.3%
1820 20,482 12.6%
1830 21,901 6.9%
1840 22,558 3.0%
1850 25,118 11.3%
1860 30,198 20.2%
1870 30,702 1.7%
1880 32,870 7.1%
1890 13,515 −58.9%
1900 15,374 13.8%
1910 15,442 0.4%
1920 17,949 16.2%
1930 18,492 3.0%
1940 18,166 −1.8%
1950 18,839 3.7%
1960 22,183 17.8%
1970 25,046 12.9%
1980 22,602 −9.8%
1990 20,960 −7.3%
2000 24,533 17.0%
2010 28,001 14.1%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

  1. Cutbanks (1789)[8]
  2. Harper's (1773)[8]
  3. Rowanty (1775)[8]
  • 1776 Petition of Baptists (10,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 October 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. After locating your ancestor, view the digital copies.
    – Digital copies at Library of Congress; also at Library of Virginia
    – Hall, Jean Pickett. "Legislative Petitions: the 10,000 name petition" transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983-) online at Ancestry ($) and in book form at various libraries.

Dinwiddie County fell within the bounds of the Meherrin Association and the Portsmouth Association.

Church of England

  • See also Bath Parish
  • See also Bristol Parish
  • Bristol Parish was established in 1643, including all the Appomattox River valley. When Didwiddie Couny was partitioned from Prince George county 1752, Bristol Parish became the parish for Dinwiddie County.[9] The original Register 1685-1798 and the Vestry Book 1720-1789 are available at the Library of Virginia and the FS Library: FS Catalog 30625.
  • Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Dinwiddie County is available online.[10]

Blandford Church has served Petersburg's residents.

  • Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798. Richmond, Virginia: C.G. Chamberlayne, 1898. Two published transcripts available at FS Library here[low quality link] and here[low quality link]; digital book at Ancestry ($); and MyHeritage ($).
  • Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720 - 1789. Richmond, VA: [s.n.] 1898. Available at FS Library US/CAN Film 1036590 Item 2. Digital versions at Google Books; and MyHeritage ($).
  • Jarratt, Devereux and John Coleman. The Life of the Reverend Devereux Jarratt: Rector of Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Printed by Warner & Hanna, 1806. Digital version at Google Books.
  • Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul. 1943):249-271. Available at JSTOR ($).
  • Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1945. Available at FS Library; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
Blandford Church, Petersburg

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  • Petersburg Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):

  • Butler's Monthly Meeting (1698-1800)[11]
  • Gravelly Run Monthly Meeting (1767-1830)[11]
  • Langley's Monthly Meeting (1755-1767) aka Whippanock[11]

Friends from Dinwiddie County, Virginia also attended the Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting in Nansemond County, Virginia and the Blackwater Monthly Meeting in Surry County, Virginia.[12]

  • Brown, Jane Douglas Summers and Jones Memorial Library. Jane Douglas Summers Brown (1903-) Quaker Records: Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia); MS 1515. MSS, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Va. Available on 26 microfilms at FS Library. [Includes records of Dinwiddie County Quakers; Brown assisted "William Wade Hinshaw in the writing of the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy."]

Court Records

Online Court Indexes and Records

Chancery Court

  • 1844-1954 Indexes (1844-1954) and images (1844-1932) to Dinwiddie County, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.[13]
  • 1950-1984 Dinwiddie County Chancery Index 1950-1984. Online at Dinwiddie County Government Site - free.

County Court

  • 1789-1791, 1842-1846, 1855-1909 Order Books of Dinwiddie County. Online at Dinwiddie County Government Site - free.
  • 1789-1790 "Records of Dinwiddie County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jan. 1915):214-218. Available at JSTOR ($).

Crime

Board of Supervisors

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

For databases and immigrant groups, see Virginia Emigration and Immigration

  • Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Bristol Parish 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 Virginia are online at: Immigrant Servants Database.

During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 51 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Petersburg (50) and Dinwiddie County (1).[14]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African American
From 1790 to 1860, Dinwiddie County had one of the largest enslaved populations in the state (7334 in 1790; 12,774 in 1860). It also had one of the largest free colored populations (561 in 1790; 3746 in 1860). Ten years later in 1870, Dinwiddie County had one of the largest African American populations in Virginia (17,664) - the town of Petersburg in particular.[15]

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Guardianship

Land and Property Records

For land indexes, records, and databases, see Virginia Land and Property, including Colonial and State Land Grants.

Online Land Indexes and Records

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.*Hudgins. 884 patents dated 1653-1785 in what is now Dinwiddie 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.]


Local Histories

  • Dinwiddie County: The Countrey of Apamatica. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1942. Available at FS Library; digital version at Ancestry ($). Reviewed by Chas. Edgar Gilliam in The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr. 1943):228-230. Review available at JSTOR ($).

Historic Residences

  • [Pride's Tavern] "Inventory of Halcott Pride's Estate in Dinwiddie County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr. 1938):219-226. Available at JSTOR ($).
  • Lancaster, Robert A. "Wales, Dinwiddie County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul. 1936):232-237. Available at JSTOR ($). [Residence of the Briggs family.]

Maps and Gazetteers

County and state maps, historical and more current, are valuable research tools. For map collections, online and in libraries, see Virginia Maps.

Petersburg (Independent City)Prince George CountySussex CountyGreensville CountyBrunswick CountyNottoway CountyAmelia CountyChesterfield CountyVA DINWIDDIE.PNG
Click a neighboring county
for more resources

Migration

  • Elliott, Katherine B. Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia. 2 vols. South Hill, Virginia: K.B. Elliott, 1966. Vol. 1 of original edition available at FS Library; 1983 reprints (both volumes) available at FS Library; 1990-1992 reprints (both volumes) also available at FS Library. Includes individuals who migrated out of Dinwiddie County to other parts of the country.

Military Records

French and Indian War

  • Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FS Library. Online at: Ancestry ($). Identifies some Dinwiddie County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.
  • King, George H.S. "Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Militia Officers, 1752," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1963):173. Available at FS Library; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
  • 1752 Dinwiddie Militia. Virginia Pioneers ($)

Revolutionary War

  • A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). 1967 reprint: FS Catalog Collection 973 X2pc 1840. See Virginia, Eastern District, Dinwiddie County on page 130.
  • Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." FS Library Book 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.
  • Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. By J.T. McAllister. 1913. Hot Springs, Va.: McAllister Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive

Regiments. Service men in Dinwiddie County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Dinwiddie County supplied soldiers for the:

- 6th Virginia Regiment
- 14th Virginia Regiment

War of 1812
Dinwiddie County men served in the 83rd Regiment and Petersburg men served in the 39th Regiment.[16]

  • Douthat, James L. Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Online surname index. FS Catalog Collection 975.5 M2djL. Includes Dinwiddie County.
  • 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. FS Catalog Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, Virginia, Dinwiddie County, pp. 69-70.

Civil War

Regiments. Civil War service men in Dinwiddie County 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 here:

- 3rd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company I (2nd) (Dinwiddie Cavalry).[17]
- 3rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Dinwiddie Greys) and Company E (Cockade Rifles).[18]
- 5th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Wilson's)(Archer's)(Confederate).
- 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate).
- 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (12 months, 1861-62) (Mullins') (Confederate). Company D (Petersburg Rangers or Letcher Mounted Guards), Company K (Captain Charles Pannill's Company).[19]
- 12th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate).
  • Company A (Petersburg City Guard)
  • Company B (Petersburg Old Grays)
  • Company C (Petersburg New Grays)
  • Company D (Lafayette Guards)
  • Company E (Petersburg Riflemen)
  • Company K (Archer Rifles).[20]
- 13th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (12th Months, 1861-62) (Confederate). Company B (The Petersburg Light Dragoons) and Company E (The Cockade Cavalry).[21]

Civil War Battles
The following Civil War battles were fought in Dinwiddie County.[22]

  • June 21-24, 1864 - Jerusalem Plank Road, also known as First Battle of Weldon Railroad.
  • June 29, 1864 - Ream's Station I.
  • August 18-21, 1864 - Globe Tavern, also known as Second Battle of Weldon Railroad, Yellow Tavern, Yellow House, or Blick’s Station.
  • August 25, 1864 -Ream's Station II.
  • September 30-October 2, 1864 - Peebles' Farm, also known as Poplar Springs Church, Wyatt’s Farm, Chappell’s House, Pegram’s Farm, Vaughan Road, or Harmon Road.
  • October 27-28, 1864 - Boydton Plank Road, also known as Hatcher’s Run or Burgess’ Mill.
  • February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher’s Run, also known as Dabney’s Mill, Rowanty Creek, Armstrong’s Mill, or Vaughan Road.
  • March 29, 1865 - Lewis’s Farm, also known as Quaker Road, Military Road, or Gravelly Road.
  • March 31, 1865 - Dinwiddie Court House.
  • March 31, 1865 - White Oak Road, also known as Hatcher’s Run, Gravelly Run, Boydton Plank Road or White Oak Ridge.
  • March 31, 1865 - Five Forks.
  • April 2, 1865 - Sutherland's Station.
  • Battles of the American Civil War maps - filter by state or by battle name.

Naturalization and Citizenship

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

Newspapers

For online newspaper resources, see the Virginia Newspapers page.

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.

Obituaries

Other Records

Private Papers

Periodicals

Probate Records

For statewide probate records, indexes, and databases, see Virginia Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records


Local Court

  • 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry — index, incomplete ($)
  • 1652-1900 Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
  • 1700-1805 Images of Loose Wills and Estates Virginia Pioneers ($)
  • 1758-1869 Digital Images of Dinwiddie County (surviving) Wills 1758-1799; 1801-1869. See names of testators.Virginia Pioneers
  • 1758-1799; 1801 – 1869 – Images of Wills Virginia Pioneers ($)
  • 1830-2007 Dinwiddie County Wills and Fiduciaries Index 1830 to 2007. Online at Dinwiddie County Government Site - free.
  • 1929-2003 Dinwiddie County Devisees and Heir Index 1929 to 2003. Online at Dinwiddie County Government Site - free.
  • 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 FS Library. [Includes Dinwiddie County.]
  • Johnson, William Perry. "Wills of Philip and John Burrow, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, 1778," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1970):150-153. Available at FS Library; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
  • Short, Sallie E.H. "Unrecorded Wills of Dinwiddie County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1972):163-172; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):255-260. Available at FS Library; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
  • Steffens, Mary W. "Wills of Rawleigh Porteus Downman and his Wife Anne (Downman) Downman Muir, Dinwiddie County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1975):83-92. Available at FS Library; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).


London Courts

  • Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Bristol Parish proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

North Carolina Courts

  • Livingston, Virginia Pope. "Some Virginia Wills Recorded in North Carolina," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):30-34. Available at FS Library; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). [Includes the abstract of the will of John Southerland, Mariner, of Donwoody County [sic], dated 1771.]

Sussex County, Virginia Court

  • "Inventory of Halcott Pride's Estate in Dinwiddie County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr. 1938):219-226. Available at JSTOR ($).


School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

For additional online collections and the value and use of Virginia's tax lists in your research, see Virginia Taxation.

Online Tax Indexes and Records

  • 1752-1820 Hughes, Thomas P. and Jewel B. Standefer, Dinwiddie County Land Records Compiled 1752-1820. Online at Dinwiddie County Government Site - free.
  • 1782-1863 Personal property tax lists (Dinwiddie County, Virginia), 1782-1863. FS films 31112-31117 - images.
  • 1782-1875 Dinwiddie County, Virginia Land Tax Books. Dinwiddie County Government Site - images, searchable.
  • 1782-1820 Hughes, Thomas P. Dinwiddie County Data from Records 1752-1865. Includes Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1820. Online at Dinwiddie County Government Site - free.
  • 1782 "Personal Property List Dinwiddie County, 1782," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Oct. 1917):96-106; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jan. 1918):196-201; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Apr. 1918):250-258. Available at FS Library; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FS Library; digital version at JSTOR($).
  • 1782 Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. FS Catalog book 975.5 R4f 1978. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, FS Library film 874197, item 4 - images. 1782 personal property tax list of Dinwiddie County.
  • 1782-1799 Heinegg, Paul. "Dinwiddie County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1799," Free African Americans.com, available online. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
  • 1783 Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783; index online at Revolutionary War Service website - free.
  • 1787 Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FS Library. The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Dinwiddie County and the portion of Petersburg in Dinwiddie County are included in Vol. 1.
  • 1800 "Dinwiddie County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1974):30-34; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1974):92-96; Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1974):183-186; Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):251-256. Available at FS Library; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
  • 1815 Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FS Library. The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Dinwiddie County is included in Vol. 1.
  • 1886-1931 Chappell, J. Barrett. Real Estate Tax Sales 1886 to 1931. Online at Dinwiddie County Government Site.

Vital Records

For additional indexes, databases, and details, see Virginia Vital Records.

Birth

Marriage

Death

Divorce

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Dinwiddie County. For state-wide facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries

  • FamilySearch 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 FamilySearch center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Dinwiddie County. For state-wide library facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

Museums

Societies

Listed below are societies in Dinwiddie County. For state-wide genealogical and historical societies, see Virginia Societies.

Websites

  • FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides

The Library of Virginia's website includes the following guide:

John Frederick Dorman has written an excellent guide:

  • "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Dinwiddie County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1964):170-173. Available at FS Library; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).

The Works Progress Administration's Historical Inventory is online at the Dinwiddie County Government Site

References

  1. ↑ Newberry
  2. ↑ http://www.dinwiddiehistory.org/
  3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  5. ↑ Lost Records Localities: Counties and Cities with Missing Records, 2, in Library of Virginia (accessed 4 April 2014).
  6. ↑ Newberry
  7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Dinwiddie_ County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinwiddie_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed 10 January 2020.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 287. Digital version at Google Books.
  9. ↑ Edith F. Axelson, A Guide to Episcopal Church Records in Virginia (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Co., 1988), 37
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Jay Worrall, The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Company, 1994), 537-539. FS Library Book 975.5 K2wj.
  12. ↑ Martha A. Putnam, Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1996). FS Library Book 975.5 K2qu.
  13. ↑ "Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index Availability," Library of Virginia (accessed 26 January 2010).
  14. ↑ Kenneth Scott, British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979), 320-333. FS Library Book 973 W4s; digital version at Ancestry ($).
  15. ↑ Ninth Census of the United States: Statistics of Population, Tables I to VIII Inclusive (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1872), 69-70. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Book 973 X2pcu.
  16. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 74, 168. FS Library Book 975.5 M2bs.
  17. ↑ Thomas P. Nanzig, 3rd Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1989). FS Library Book 975.5 M2vr v. 61.
  18. ↑ Lee A. Wallace, 3rd Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1986). FS Library Book 975.5 M2vr v. 22.
  19. ↑ Robert J. Driver, 5th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1997). FS Library Book 975.5 M2vr v. 127.
  20. ↑ William D. Henderson, 12th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1984). FS Library Book 975.5 M2vr v. 8.
  21. ↑ Daniel T. Balfour, 13th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1986). FS Library Book 975.5 M2vr v. 26.
  22. ↑ National Park Service, Civil War Battles. Filter by state or battle name.
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Barbour • Berkeley • Boone • Braxton • Brooke • Cabell • Calhoun • Clay • Doddridge • Fayette • Gilmer • Greenbrier • Hampshire • Hancock • Hardy • Harrison • Jackson • Jefferson • Kanawha • Lewis • Logan • Marion • Marshall • Mason • McDowell • Mercer • Monongalia • Monroe • Morgan • Nicholas • Ohio • Pendleton • Pleasants • Pocahontas • Preston • Putnam • Raleigh • Randolph • Ritchie • Roane • Taylor • Tucker • Tyler • Upshur • Wayne • Webster • Wetzel • Wirt • Wood • Wyoming
Colonial
Parishes
Abingdon • Accomac • Accomack • Albemarle • Amherst • Antrim • Appomattox • Argall's Gift • Augusta • Bath • Beckford • Berkeley • Blisland • Blount Point • Botetourt • Boutracy • Bristol • Bromfield • Brunswick • Bruton • Camden • Cameron • Charles City • Charles • Charles River • Chickacoan • Chickahominy • Chippokes • Chiskiack • Chotank • Christ Church (Lancaster Co.) • Christ Church (Middlesex Co.) • Chuckatuck • Cople • Cornwall • Cumberland • Dale • Denbigh • Dettingen • Drysdale • East • Elizabeth City • Elizabeth River • Fairfax • Fairfield • Farnham • Flowerdew Hundred • Fluvanna • Frederick • Fredericksville • Hamilton • Hampton • Hanover • Harrop • Henrico • Hog Island • Hungars • James City • Jordan's Journey • Kecoughtan • Kingston • King William • Lancaster • Lawnes Creek • Lee • Leeds • Lexington • Littleton • Lower (Elizabeth City Co.) • Lower (Isle of Wight Co.) • Lower (Lancaster Co.) • Lower (Nansemond Co.) • Lower (Northampton Co.) • Lower (Stafford Co.) • Lower (Upper Norfolk Co.) • Lower Suffolk • Lunenburg • Lynnhaven • Machodick • Manchester • Marston • Martin's Brandon • Martin's Hundred • Meherrin • Middle Plantation • Middletowne • Montgomery • Mulberry Island • New Poquoson • Newport • Nomini • Norborne • Northampton • North Farnham • Nottoway (Prince Edward Co.) • Nottoway (Southampton Co.) • Nutmeg Quarter • Occohannock • Overwharton • Patrick • Petsworth • Piankatank • Piscataway • Poropotank • Portsmouth • Potomac • Raleigh • Richmond • Rockbridge • Rockingham • Russell • St. Andrew's • St. Anne's (Albemarle Co.) • St. Anne's (Essex and Caroline Cos.) • St. Asaph's • St. Brides • St. David's • St. George's (Accomack Co.) • St. George's (Spotsylvania Co.) • St. James Northam • St. James Southam • St. James's (Goochland Co.) • St. James's (Mecklenburg Co.) • St. John's • St. Luke's • St. Margaret's • St. Mark's • St. Martin's • St. Mary's • St. Mary's Whitechapel • St. Patrick's • St. Paul's (Hanover Co.) • St. Paul's (King George Co.) • St. Peter's • St. Stephen's (King and Queen Co.) • St. Stephen's (Northumberland Co.) • St. Thomas • Shelburne • Sittenburne • Smith's Hundred • South • Southampton • South Farnham • Southwark • Stafford • Stanley Hundred • Stratton Major • Suffolk • Tillotson • Trinity (Lancaster Co.) • Trinity (Louisa Co.) • Truro • Upper (Elizabeth City Co.) • Upper (Isle of Wight Co.) • Upper (Lancaster Co.) • Upper (Nansemond Co.) • Upper (Northampton Co.) • Upper (Stafford Co.) • Upper Suffolk • Varina • Wallingford • Ware • Warrosquyoake • Warwick • Washington (Westmoreland Co.) • Washington (Washington Co.) • Waters Creek • West • West and Shirley • Westbury • Westover • Weyanoke • Wicomico • Wilmington • York • Yorkhampton
Major
Repositories
Bristol Public Library · Germanna Foundation Library · Handley Regional Library · Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) · Historical Society of Washington, D.C. · John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg · Jones Memorial Library · Library of Congress (Washington, DC) · Library of Virginia · Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library · Maryland State Archives (Annapolis, MD) · National Archives I (Washington, DC) · National Archives II (College Park, MD) · National Archives at Philadelphia (PA) · National Genealogical Society · New York Public Library (New York City, NY) · Pennsylvania State Archives (Harrisburg, PA) · Portsmouth Public Library · Roanoke County Public Library · Salisbury University Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture (Salisbury, MD) · Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown (Santa Cruz, CA) · University of Virginia Library · Virginia Department of Health · Virginia Historical Society · Virginia Theological Seminary · Washington National Records Center (Suitland, MD) · William and Mary College Swem Library
Migration
Routes
Routes: Chesapeake Bay • James River • Potomac River • Rappahannock River • York River • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal • Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad • Fall Line Road (or Southern Road) • Great Indian Warpath • Great Trading Path • Great Valley Road • Kanawha Trail • King's Highway • National Road (Cumberland Road) • New River and Southern Trail • Occaneechi Path • Old Cherokee Path • Old Northwestern Turnpike • Pamunkey-New River Trail • Pioneer Road • Richmond Road • Richmond-Williamsburg Road • Saura-Saponi Trail • Secondary Coast Road • Upper Road • Wilderness Road • Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail • Ports: Atlantic Coast Ports • Accomack • Alexandria • Belvoir Plantation • Bermuda Hundred • Dumfries • Falmouth • Fredericksburg • Hampton • Jamestown • Leedstown • Norfolk • Port Royal • Portsmouth • South Quay • Suffolk • Tappahannock (aka Hobb's Hole) • Urbanna • Williamsburg • Yorktown



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