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==== Cemeteries ==== | ==== Cemeteries ==== | ||
*Klein, Margaret C. ''Tombstone Inscriptions of King George County, Virginia''. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. Available at | *Klein, Margaret C. ''Tombstone Inscriptions of King George County, Virginia''. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. Available at {{FHL|170451|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.525 V3k}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49383 Ancestry] ($); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806314516_margaretcklein1979 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
==== Census ==== | ==== Census ==== | ||
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'''''Church of England''''' | '''''Church of England''''' | ||
*Nicklin, John Bailey Calvert. ''St. Paul's Parish Register: (Stafford-King George Counties, Virginia) 1715 - 1798.'' Baltimore, MC: Genealogical Book Co., 1962. Available at | *Nicklin, John Bailey Calvert. ''St. Paul's Parish Register: (Stafford-King George Counties, Virginia) 1715 - 1798.'' Baltimore, MC: Genealogical Book Co., 1962. Available at {{FHL|92752|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.52 K28n}}; {{FHL|92752|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 1036122 Item 5}}; digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806345918_johnbcnicklin1962 World Vital Records] ($). | ||
==== Court ==== | ==== Court ==== | ||
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The District Court of Fredericksburg and later the Superior Court of Chancery had jurisdiction over certain King George County court cases. An index has been compiled: | The District Court of Fredericksburg and later the Superior Court of Chancery had jurisdiction over certain King George County court cases. An index has been compiled: | ||
*Indexes of Court Records in the Clerk's Office, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1782-1904. Original records, Fredericksburg City Courthouse, Fredericksburg, Va., microfilmed reproduction available at | *Indexes of Court Records in the Clerk's Office, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1782-1904. Original records, Fredericksburg City Courthouse, Fredericksburg, Va., microfilmed reproduction available at {{FHL|674265|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Indexes the following records: District Court law book v. 8, 1782-1792; District Court law books 1790-1793, v. A-F 1789-1811; Superior Court of Law law order books v. G-H 1812-1831; Superior Court of Chancery chancery order books 1814-1831; Hustings Court orders v. A-O 1782-1871; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery law order books v. A-E 1831-1875; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery chancery order books v. A-D 1831-1872; Circuit Court chancery order books v. A2, B-C 1875-1904; Fredericksburg District Court (1789-1808) had jurisdiction over the following counties: Spotsylvania (including Fredericksburg), Caroline, King George, Stafford, Orange, and Culpeper; Superior Court of Chancery (1802-1831) had jurisdiction over the following localities: city of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fairfax, Lancaster, Northumberland, Madison, King George, Orange, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Essex, and Westmoreland.] | ||
'''''Superior Court of Chancery''''' | '''''Superior Court of Chancery''''' | ||
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*'''[Dinwiddie]''' King, George Harrison Sanford. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed: Will of Major John Dinwiddie of King George County, Virginia," [and Dinwiddie Family Notes] ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):51-64. Available at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/VA_Genealogist.asp New England Ancestors] ($). | *'''[Dinwiddie]''' King, George Harrison Sanford. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed: Will of Major John Dinwiddie of King George County, Virginia," [and Dinwiddie Family Notes] ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):51-64. Available at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/VA_Genealogist.asp New England Ancestors] ($). | ||
*'''[Roane]''' Ryland, Elizabeth Hawes. "The Roanes of King and Queen and King William Counties," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Second Series, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul. 1938):286-290. Available at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR] ($). | *'''[Roane]''' Ryland, Elizabeth Hawes. "The Roanes of King and Queen and King William Counties," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Second Series, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul. 1938):286-290. Available at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR] ($). | ||
*'''[Rose]''' Rose, Christine. ''Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850''. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. | *'''[Rose]''' Rose, Christine. ''Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850''. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. {{FHL|64054|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 A1 no. 56}}; digital version at [http://www.heritagequestonline.com Heritage Quest Online] ($). | ||
==== Immigration ==== | ==== Immigration ==== | ||
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'''''Grants and Patents''''' | '''''Grants and Patents''''' | ||
*Gray, Gertrude E. ''Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742''. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at | *Gray, Gertrude E. ''Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742''. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at {{FHL|511490|title-id|disp=}}. [Includes King George County.] | ||
==== Local Histories ==== | ==== Local Histories ==== | ||
*Harris, Nancy E. ''King George County, Virginia 1720-1990''. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. Available at | *Harris, Nancy E. ''King George County, Virginia 1720-1990''. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. Available at {{FHL|527094|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49049 Ancestry] ($); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc0806345012_nancyeharris1990 World Vital Records]. | ||
==== Maps ==== | ==== Maps ==== | ||
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==== Migration ==== | ==== Migration ==== | ||
*Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):199-208; Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at | *Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):199-208; Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at {{FHL|33159|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/VA_Genealogist.asp New England Ancestors] ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. King George County's 1786, 1789, and 1790 Delinquent Lists appear on 20:199-201; another 1789 Delinquent List appears on 21:292.] | ||
==== Military ==== | ==== Military ==== | ||
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'''''French and Indian War''''' | '''''French and Indian War''''' | ||
*Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at | *Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at {{FHL|47143|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Identifies some Westmoreland County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.] | ||
*Boogher, William F. ''Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources.'' Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at | *Boogher, William F. ''Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources.'' Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at {{FHL|73108|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=X1s_AAAAYAAJ Google Books]. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For King George County, see pp. 88, 111.] | ||
*Crozier, William Armstrong. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at | *Crozier, William Armstrong. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at {{FHL|72797|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital book at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4596&o_xid=8910&o_lid=8910 Ancestry] ($). [Identifies some Accomack County militia officers; see place name index.] | ||
==== Newspapers ==== | ==== Newspapers ==== | ||
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==== Officials ==== | ==== Officials ==== | ||
*Fisher, Therese. ''Skeletons in the Closet: 200 Years of Murders in Old Virginia; a Genealogical and Historical Resource''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2001. Available at | *Fisher, Therese. ''Skeletons in the Closet: 200 Years of Murders in Old Virginia; a Genealogical and Historical Resource''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2001. Available at {{FHL|1024322|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Identifies King George County's sheriffs 1776-1781.] | ||
==== Probate ==== | ==== Probate ==== | ||
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'''''Local Court''''' | '''''Local Court''''' | ||
*Hopkins, William Lindsay. ''Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800''. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at | *Hopkins, William Lindsay. ''Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800''. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at {{FHL|537823|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Includes King George County.] | ||
*King, George Harrison Sanford. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed: Will of Major John Dinwiddie of King George County, Virginia," [and Dinwiddie Family Notes] ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):51-64. Available at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/VA_Genealogist.asp New England Ancestors] ($). | *King, George Harrison Sanford. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed: Will of Major John Dinwiddie of King George County, Virginia," [and Dinwiddie Family Notes] ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):51-64. Available at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/VA_Genealogist.asp New England Ancestors] ($). | ||
*King, George Harrison Sanford. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed: Will of William Berry of King George County," [and Berry Family Notes] ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 1957):5-17. Available at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/VA_Genealogist.asp New England Ancestors] ($). | *King, George Harrison Sanford. "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed: Will of William Berry of King George County," [and Berry Family Notes] ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 1957):5-17. Available at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/VA_Genealogist.asp New England Ancestors] ($). | ||
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[[Virginia Tax Lists|How can Virginia tax lists help me?]] | [[Virginia Tax Lists|How can Virginia tax lists help me?]] | ||
*'''[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. Available at | *'''[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. Available at {{FHL|1111104|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [1782 personal property tax list of King George County.] | ||
*'''[1782]''' Stewart, Robert Armistead. "Land Tax List of King George County, 1782," ''The Researcher: A Magazine of History and Genealogical Exchange'', Vol. 1, No. 4 (Jul. 1927):238-239. Available at | *'''[1782]''' Stewart, Robert Armistead. "Land Tax List of King George County, 1782," ''The Researcher: A Magazine of History and Genealogical Exchange'', Vol. 1, No. 4 (Jul. 1927):238-239. Available at {{FHL|61472|title-id|disp=FHL}}. | ||
*'''[1782-1815]''' Heinegg, Paul. [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/kingg.htm "King George County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1815,"] ''Free African Americans.com. ''[Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.] | *'''[1782-1815]''' Heinegg, Paul. [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/kingg.htm "King George County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1815,"] ''Free African Americans.com. ''[Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.] | ||
*'''[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 | *'''[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|622815|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. King George County is included in Vol. 1.] | ||
*'''[1787]''' Land Tax Records, 1787, ''Tidewater Virginia Families'', Vol. 7, No. 3 (Nov. 1998). Available at | *'''[1787]''' Land Tax Records, 1787, ''Tidewater Virginia Families'', Vol. 7, No. 3 (Nov. 1998). Available at {{FHL|523192|title-id|disp=FHL}}. | ||
*'''[1786, 1789, 1790] '''Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):199-208; Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at | *'''[1786, 1789, 1790] '''Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):199-208; Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at {{FHL|33159|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/VA_Genealogist.asp New England Ancestors] ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. King George County's 1786, 1789, and 1790 Delinquent Lists appear on 20:199-201; another 1789 Delinquent List appears on 21:292.] | ||
*'''[1800]''' Tax List, 1800, ''Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr. 1990). Available at | *'''[1800]''' Tax List, 1800, ''Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr. 1990). Available at {{FHL|33159|title-id|disp=FHL}}. | ||
*'''[1815] '''Ward, Roger D. ''1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer)''. 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at | *'''[1815] '''Ward, Roger D. ''1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer)''. 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at {{FHL|692063|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. King George County is included in Vol. 3.] | ||
==== Vital Records ==== | ==== Vital Records ==== | ||
One of my favorite sources for this county is the book | One of my favorite sources for this county is the book {{FHL|379725|title-id|disp=King George County, Virginia, Death Records 1853-1896}}, written by Elizabeth Nuckols Lee. It's in book form on the shelf at the Family History Library. Lee copied the county records and they are neatly typed and indexed. Very helpful. | ||
== Societies and Libraries == | == Societies and Libraries == | ||
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*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county. | *USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county. | ||
* | *{{FHL|Virginia%2C+King+George|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||