Surry County, Virginia Genealogy

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Virginia

Surry County

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

Virginia Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Surry Organized: 1652 Parent County(s): James City Neighboring Counties Charles City • Isle of Wight • James City • Prince George • Southampton • Sussex See County Maps Courthouse Location Map

County Information

Description

Surry County is located across the James River from the historic sites of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown and is centrally located between the Commonwealth of Virginia's capital of Richmond and the Hampton Roads area of Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Surry was named for the English County of Surrey.

County Courthouse

Surry County Courthouse
28 Colonial Trail, East
Surry, VA 23883
Phone: 757-294-3161
Surry County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1853-1896 marriage records from 1768, probate and land records from 1652, court records from 1671 and divorce records

Surry 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
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1853	1768	1853	1671	1652	1652	1810
* Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912. General compliance year is unknown.

Record Loss

Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890 The follow Surry County Courthouse records are missing: Order books 1718-1741 Various other early volumes are fragmentary Most loose papers prior to 1806 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: 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. List of counties in the United States with Record Loss

Boundary Changes

Parent County: Created from James City County 1652 County seat: Surry Virginia Individual County Chronologies - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county Virginia Historical Borders - Map at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; Also at: mapofus.org - animated maps illustrating Virginia county 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:

Towns
Claremont	Dendron	Surry
Unincorporated communities
Bacon Cabin Point	Carsley Elberon	Spring Grove
Census-designated places
Scotland

History Timeline

The county is named after the English county of Surrey.

Resources

Bible Records

For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.

• 1607-2007 Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Biographies

• Gwaltney, Anne W. et al. Personal History Departments of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia from Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Special Virginia Edition, c. 1884. 1884; reprint, 1993?. FS Library Book 975.55 D3p.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Surry County, Virginia online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find a Grave VAGenWeb USGenWeb Archives VA Tombstone Transcription Project Virginia Gravestones BillionGraves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	FamilySearch Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Find a Grave FamilySearch Places
See Virginia Cemeteries for more information.

 

• 1800-1986 Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Census Records

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

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	6,227	—
1800	6,535	4.9%
1810	6,855	4.9%
1820	6,594	−3.8%
1830	7,109	7.8%
1840	6,480	−8.8%
1850	5,679	−12.4%
1860	6,133	8.0%
1870	5,585	−8.9%
1880	7,391	32.3%
1890	8,256	11.7%
1900	8,469	2.6%
1910	9,715	14.7%
1920	9,305	−4.2%
1930	7,096	−23.7%
1940	6,193	−12.7%
1950	6,220	0.4%
1960	6,220	0.0%
1970	5,882	−5.4%
1980	6,046	2.8%
1990	6,145	1.6%
2000	6,829	11.1%
2010	7,058	3.4%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1782 Enumeration

• 1782 Surry County, Virginia Census (Christine's Genealogy Website)
• Surry County Heads of Families - 1782 at U.S. Census Bureau - free. County begins on page 42.

1784 Enumeration

• Surry County Heads of Families - 1784 at U.S. Census Bureau - free. County begins on page 78.

1890 Union Veterans

• Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. By Ronald Ray Turner. FS Catalog book 975.5 X2t 1890; FS Library film #1425065, item 14(*); images.
• 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census. Online at: Ancestry ($).

Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Baptist

• 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.
  

Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

1. Otter Dams (1791)

Surry County fell within the bounds of the Portsmouth Association.

Church of England

• See also Albemarle Parish
• See also Lawnes Creek Parish
• See also Southwark Parish
• Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Surry County is available online.
• Bell, Landon Covington. Albemarle Parish. Richmond, Virginia: Self-published, 1950.
• Boddie, John Bennett. Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717 - 1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1958, 1964. Reprint edition, Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1998. FS Catalog Collection.
• Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson, and Andrew Wilburn Hogwood. Albemarle Parish Vestry Book, 1742-1786, Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2005.
• Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1945. FS Catalog Collection; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Richards, Gertrude R.B. Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties, 1739-1778. Richmond, Virginia: National Society Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virignia, 1958. Reprint edition, Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1984.

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):

• Blackwater Monthly Meeting (1708-1860) first known as Surry Monthly Meeting. Births, minutes, and manumissions (1760-1800) have been published: FS Library Book 975.5 K2qu. Hinshaw also published the early records: FS Library Book 973 D2he 1993 v. 6.
• Lawnes Creek Monthly Meeting (1699-1710)

Friends from Surry County, Virginia also attended the Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting in Nansemond County, Virginia.

• 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 Surry 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

County Court

• Davis, Eliza Timberlake. Surry County Records, Surry County, Virginia, 1652-1684. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980.
• Davis, Eliza Timberlake and Robert Barnes. Surry County Records. [1652-1684] 195-?; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995. Original edition available at FS Library US/CAN Film 483733 Item 2; reprint available at FS Library US/CAN Book 975.5562 P2de; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes court, land, and probate records.]
• Haun, Weynette Parks. Surry County, Virginia Court Records. Durham, North Carolina: Self-published, 1986.

Chancery Court

• Library of Virginia's Chancery Court Index for Surry County includes scanned images for records 1785-1922, the majority of which fall between 1806-1917.

Directories

• 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary

Emigration and Immigration

For databases and immigrant groups, see Virginia Emigration and Immigration

• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. "Some Surry County, Virginia, Colonists, 1678-1705," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1979):255-258. Available at FS Library; digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). [Arrival lists of indentured servants who appear in Surry County Court Order Books.]
• Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Surry 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 Virginia are online at: Immigrant Servants Database.
  

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African American

• 1865-1872 Virginia, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• George, W. Herbert. The History of Negro Churches in Surry County, Virginia. 1965?. FS Catalog Collection 1753002 Item 20
• Heinegg, Paul. "Surry County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1816," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
• Hudgins, Dennis. Surry County, Virginia Register of Free Negroes. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1995. FS Catalog Collection 975.5562 F2h
• Free Persons of Surry County, Virginia in 1849 is a transcription of free African-Americans eligible to be taxed, found on a personal property tax list for Surry County 1849-1850, on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.
• Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans of Surry County.

Native Americans
The Powchay-icks Tribe and the Weyenoakes Tribe lived in the area in the late 1600s.

Funeral Homes

• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Genealogies

Compiled Genealogies by Surname

• See Surry County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of published books and articles, or jump to the surname using the alphabet bar.

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

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families

• Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families. 2 vols. 1955-1956; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976. FS Library Book 975.5 D2bs 1976-1996 v. 1-v. 2.
  
• Chapman, Blanche Adams. Genealogy of Selina Jones Grandy (Mrs. William Boswell Selden Grandy) "Selden Hall" Virginia Beach, Virginia. Typescript. Library of Virginia. Microfilmed 1954: FS Library Film 823 This collection covers families of Isle of Wight and Surry counties, Virginia.
• Foley, Louise Pledge Heath. Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980. FS Library Book 975.5 R2f v. 3 Volume 3 covers Surry County.
• Gwaltney, Anne W. and H.H. Hardesty. Personal History Departments of Surry and Isle of Wight counties, Virginia from Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Special Virginia Edition, c.. 1884. 1884. Reprint: FS Library Book 975.55 D3p; another reprint: FS Library Film 1753002 Item 13; another reprint: FS Library Film 1753002 Item 16
• Lawrence-Dow, Elizabeth. Autographs of 65 Gentlemen Justices, Militia Officers and Members of the Grand Jury from Charles City/Prince George and Surry counties Who Signed an Oath of Loyalty to Protestant King William III of England in March 1701/2. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1976. FS Library Book 975.5 P4L. [Includes biographies of Charles City County men.]
  
• Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes a great deal of information about residents of Surry County, see discussion of cited sources.] FS Library US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887.

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

• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Deeds

• Davis, Eliza Timberlake and Robert Barnes. Surry County Records. [1652-1684] 195-?; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995. Original edition: FS Library US/CAN Film 483733 Item 2; reprint: FS Library US/CAN Book 975.5562 P2de; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes court, land, and probate records.
• Hart, Lyndon H. III. Surry County, Virginia, Wills, Estate Accounts, and Inventories, 1730-1900. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1983.
• Hopkins, William Lindsay. Surry County, Virginia Deeds, 1684-1733. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Co., 1994.
• Hopkins, William Lindsay. Surry County, Virginia Deeds and Expense Accounts, 1757-1786. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Co., 1995.

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. 592 patents dated 1619-1788 in what is now Surry County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. 2001. 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 FS Library; online at Hathitrust, Ancestry ($).

Quit Rent Rolls

• 1704 Quit Rent Rolls at Virginia Pioneers ($)

Local Histories

• Boddie, John Bennett. Colonial Surry. Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press, 1948. Reprint edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966.
• Lawrence-Dow, Elizabeth. Autographs of 65 Gentlemen Justices, Militia Officers and Members of the Grand Jury from Charles City, Prince George and Surry Counties Who Signed an Oath of Loyalty to Protestant King William III of England in March 1701/2. Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press, 1976.

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.

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

• 1919-1980 Virginia, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1919-1980 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

French and Indian War

• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FS Library. Online at: Ancestry ($). Identifies some Surry County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.
• Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FS Library; digital version at Internet Archive. Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch (French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War) with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Surry County, see p. 101.
• Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FS Library; digital book at Ancestry ($). Identifies some Surry County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.

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 versions at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). 1967 reprint: FS Catalog Collection 973 X2pc 1840. See Virginia, Eastern District, Surry County on page 133.
• Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." FS Library Book 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.

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

- 4th Virginia Regiment

- 15th Virginia Regiment

War of 1812

• 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, Surry County, p. 105. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.

Regiments. Surry County men served in the 71st Regiment.

Civil War

• 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)

Regiments. Civil War service men in Surry 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 Infantry (Confederate). Company I (Surry Light Artillery).

- 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (12 months, 1861-62) (Mullins') (Confederate).

- 13th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (12th Months, 1861-62) (Confederate). Company G (The Surry Cavalry) and Company K.

- 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Dunn's Battalion, Partisan Rangers) (Confederate). Company F; men possibly recruited in Surry County, North Carolina.

World War I

• 1917 - 1918 Muster roll, Surry County Clerk, Virginia, in the war with Germany, 1917-1918

World War II

• 1940-1945 Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Naturalization and Citizenship

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

• 1906-1929 Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Newspapers

For online newspaper resources, see the Virginia Newspapers page.

• 1800s-Current Virginia, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 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.

Other Records

Voting Records

• 1902-1970 Virginia Voter Registration, 1902-1970 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Probate Records

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

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1633-1800 Wills and Estate Records Index at Library of Virginia.
• 1652-1900 Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 at Ancestry — index & images ($)

Probate Records

• 1652-1850 Library of Virginia, Index to Wills and Administrations, can be searched online for Surry County, Virginia, 1652-1850.
• 1652-1684 Davis, Eliza Timberlake and Robert Barnes. Surry County Records. [1652-1684] 195-?; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995. Original edition available at FS Library US/CAN Film 483733 Item 2; reprint available at FS Library US/CAN Book 975.5562 P2de; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes court, land, and probate records.
• 1671-1750 Davis, Eliza Timberlake. Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671 - 1750. [Smithfield, VA: s.n.], c1955. Available FS Library US/CAN Book 975.5562 P2d, and FS Library US/CAN Film 928168 Item 2, Reprint FS Library US/CAN Book 975.5562 P2d 1980; digital version at MyHeritage ($).
• 1730-1900 Hart, Lyndon H. III. Surry County, Virginia, Wills, Estate Accounts, and Inventories, 1730-1900. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1983.
• 1757-1786 Hopkins, William Lindsay. Surry County, Virginia Deeds and Expense Accounts, 1757-1786. Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1995.
• 1759-1844 Livingston, Virginia Pope. "Unrecorded Wills of Surry County, Virginia, 1759-1844," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):51-55. Available at FS Library; digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
• 1800-1852 Alphabetical Listing of Surry County, Virginia, Wills and Administrations, 1800 through 22 March 1852 (the end of Will Book 1845-52) at VAGenWeb
• 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 Surry County.
• Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

London Courts

• Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Includes wills of residents of Surry County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.
• 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry — index, incomplete ($)
• 1652-1672 Probate Records at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1671-1684 Probate Records at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1684-1687 Probate Records at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1687-1694 Probate Records at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1694-1709 Probate Records at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1709-1715 Probate Records at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1715-1730 Probate Records at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1741-1746 Indexes to Deeds at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1746-1749 Indexes to Deeds at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• Images of Guardian Accounts - 1672-1679; 1679-1750; 1744-1762; 1763-1783; 1783-1803; 1804-1820. Virginia Pioneers ($)

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

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

• 1668 "Census of Tithables in Surry County in the Year 1668," William and Mary College Quarterly, 1st Series, Vol. 8 (1900):160-164. 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 ($).
• 1668 Alphabetical List of Surry County Tithables taken 10 June 1668 in Southwarke Parish at VAGenWeb
• 1668-1703 Surry County Tax Payers 1668-1703 at VAGenWeb
• 1668-1703 MacDonald, Edgar and Richard Slatten. Surry County (Virginia) Tithables, 1668-1703. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, 2007. Available at FS Library.
• 1668-1670 Tithables, 1668, 1669, 1670, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Feb 1984. Vol. 22 Iss. 1.
• 1673 Annual co. levy, unlawful assembly, advices, 1673, Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg VA: Spring 2003. Vol. 25 Iss. 1.
• 1673-1675 Tithables, 1673, 1674, 1675, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: May 1984. Vol. 22 Iss. 2.
• 1677-1679 Tithables, 1677, 1678, 1679, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Aug 1984. Vol. 22 Iss. 3.
• 1678 Alphabetical List of Surry County Tithables taken 7 June 1678 from Sunken Marsh to the upper end of Surry County at VAGenWeb
• 1680-1682 Tithables, 1680, 1681, 1682, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Nov 1984. Vol. 22 Iss. 4.
• 1683-1685 Tithables, 1683, 1684, 1685, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Feb 1985. Vol. 23 Iss. 1.
• 1686-1688 Tithables, 1686, 1687, 1688, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: May 1985. Vol. 23 Iss. 2.
• 1689-1691 Tithables, 1689, 1690, 1691, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Aug 1985. Vol. 23 Iss. 3.
• 1692-1694 Tithables, 1692, 1693, 1694, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Nov 1985. Vol. 23 Iss. 4.
• 1695-1697 Tithables, 1695, 1696, 1697, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Feb 1986. Vol. 24 Iss. 1.
• 1698-1700 Tithables, 1698, 1699, 1700, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: May 1986. Vol. 24 Iss. 2.
• 1701-1703 Tithables, 1701, 1702, 1703, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Aug 1986. Vol. 24 Iss. 3.
• 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 FS Library; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FS Library; digital version of VMHB at JSTOR ($). Surry County appears in 29:18-28.
• 1782-1821 Heinegg, Paul. "Surry County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1816," Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
• 1782-1850 Personal property tax lists, 1782-1850. FS films 1905736-1905739 - images.
• 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. Surry County is included in Vol. 2.
• 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. Surry County is included in Vol. 3.
• 1849 Free Persons of Surry County, Virginia in 1849 is a transcription of free African-Americans eligible to be taxed, found on a personal property tax list for Surry County 1849-1850, on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.

Vital Records

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

Birth

• 1584-1917 Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1715-1901 Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1717-1778 Boddie, John Bennett. Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717 - 1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1998. Available at FS Library.
• 1853-1866 Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1853-1896 Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images, coverage may vary
• 1912-1913 Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Marriage

• 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages at at Findmypast — index ($) — index $
• 1715-1901 Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1768-1825 Knorr, Catherine Lindsay. Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Surry County, Virginia, 1768-1825. Pine Bluff, Arkansas: C.L. Knorr, 1960. FS Library.
• 1768-1853 Surry Marriages Index at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1770s-1780s Crozier, William Armstrong. Early Virginia Marriages. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1953. Includes Surry County marriages 1770s-1780s.
• 1771-1989 Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1772-1825 Surry Marriages Index at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1853-1935 Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($)
• 1936-1988 Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Death

• 1715-1901 Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1717-1778 Boddie, John Bennett. Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717-1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1998. Available at FS Library.
• 1853-1911 Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1853-1912 Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1912-1987 Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Divorce

• 1918-1988 Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — index & images

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Surry 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

• Gloucester Virginia FamilySearch Center
• Newport News Virginia FamilySearch Center
• Richmond Virginia Midlothian FamilySearch Center
• Williamsburg Virginia FamilySearch Center
• Heritage Public Library - Charles City - an affiliate library
• Williamsburg Regional Libraries - James City County Library - an affiliate library

Libraries

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

Blackwater Regional Library
Website

Surry County, Virginia Historical Society
Website

Societies

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

Websites

• Notes on Surry County, Virginia History (RootsWeb)
• Surry County, Virginia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Surry County, Virginia Genealogy Links (GenealogyLinks.net)
• Surry County, Virginia Genealogy Trails
• Surry County, VAGenWeb
• Cyndi's List

• 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

• "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Surry County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1979):125-127. Available at FS Library; digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).