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Warwick County, Virginia genealogy and family history research page. Guide to Warwick County (established 1634) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

Warwick County, Virginia
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Map of Virginia highlighting Warwick County
Location in the state of Virginia
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Facts
Founded 1634
County Seat
Courthouse


County Courthouse

Warwick Courthouse
Beginning Dates for Warwick County, Virginia Genealogy Government Records
Birth Marriage Death Census Land Probate
1853 1853 1853 1810 1881 1925

History

Parent County

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

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

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1864 and 1865. Courthouse records were destroyed several times, but the most damage was done in two incidents during the American Civil War. Court minute books and loose papers 1787-1819 were destroyed when the clerk's office was burned 15 December 1864. Additional courthouse records were destroyed in the 3 April 1865 fire in Richmond where the records had been taken for safekeeping.[2]

  • Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890

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:


Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Research Guides

  • Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Records of Tidewater Virginia Counties," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May-June 1992):53-66. FS Catalog Collection 975.51 D25t [For Warwick County, see pp. 63-64]
  • Dorman, John Frederick. "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Warwick County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1980):57-58. Available at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
  • Dunn, Richard. Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. FS Catalog Collection; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes many miscellaneous records and guides to various archives for finding records of this burned county.]
  • Mero, James H. and Tidewater Genealogical Society. Warwick County, Virginia (Now the City of Newport News, Virginia): A Guide for Research in Warwick County Records. Hampton, Virginia: Hugh S. Watson, Jr. Genealogical Society, 1991. FS Catalog Collection

African American

Bible Records

Images of the Virginia Historical Society's family Bible collection have been digitized:


Cemeteries

Census

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1790 1,690 —
1800 1,659 −1.8%
1810 1,835 10.6%
1820 1,608 −12.4%
1830 1,570 −2.4%
1840 1,456 −7.3%
1850 1,546 6.2%
1860 1,740 12.5%
1870 1,672 −3.9%
1880 2,258 35.0%
1890 6,650 194.5%
1900 4,888 −26.5%
1910 6,041 23.6%
1920 11,417 89.0%
1930 8,829 −22.7%
1940 9,248 4.7%
1950 39,875 331.2%
Source: "American FactFinder"

1782 Enumeration

1784 Enumeration

1850 Census

1890 Union Veterans

Church

List of Churches and Church Parishes

Baptist

Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

  1. Grafton (1777)[3]
  • 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.

Warwick County fell within the bounds of the Dover Association.

Denbigh Baptist Church is pictured to the right.
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Church of England

Gotoarrow.png See also Blount Point Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Denbigh Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Elizabeth City Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Mulberry Island Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Nutmeg Quarter Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Stanley Hundred Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Warwick Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Waters Creek Parish

Court

County Court

  • Dunn, Richard. Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. Available at FS Library US/CAN Book 975.5416 P2d; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes orders 1648-1651, order book 1680, 1689-1690 court book (2), orders 1691, 1697-8, 1701, 1701, 1705, 1705, 1713-1714 and county minutes 1748-1762.]
  • "Warwick County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1647," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):51-63. Available at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
  • "Warwick County, Virginia, Records, 1663," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):285-287. Available at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).

Chancery Court

  • Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index can be used to search Warwick County chancery records for the years 1860-1912. This collection includes only Warwick County and not the City of Newport News. Original records located at the Library of Virginia.

Genealogy

More than 100 genealogies have been published about Warwick County families. To view a list, visit Warwick County, Virginia Genealogy.

See also: Virginia Compiled Genealogies


A great place to start searches for Warwick County's earliest settlers is:

  • McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. FS Catalog Collection.

Studies that treat multiple Warwick County families include:

Immigration

Headright grants identify many Warwick County, Virginia Genealogy immigrants who arrived before 1720.[4] 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 Mulberry Island and Warwick County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.
  • Immigrant Servants Database.

Land

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.

  • 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 ($). Includes Warwick County.
  • Walter, Alice Granbery. Virginia Land Patents of the Counties of Norfolk, Princess Anne & Warwick. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. FS Library; online at Ancestry ($).

Local Histories

Maps

Migration

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

Military

Colonial Militia
  • Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FS Library. Online at: Ancestry ($). Identifies some Warwick County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.
  • Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FS Library; digital book at Ancestry ($). Identifies some Warwick County militia officers; see place name index.
French and Indian War
  • Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FS Library. Online at: Ancestry ($). Identifies some Warwick County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.
War of 1812

Warwick County men served in the 115th Regiment.[5]

  • 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; online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, Virginia, Warwick County, p. 106. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.

Newspapers

Occupations

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

Officials

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

Private Papers

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

Probate

London Courts

  • Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Includes wills of residents of Mulberry Island and Warwick County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.
  • Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at FS Library. Includes Warwick County.

Taxation

Online Tax Indexes and Records

  • 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 ($). Warwick County appears in 30:344-347.
  • 1704 Hansford, Thelma. Tax Lists York County 1782, 1783, 1784; Rent Roll York County 1704, Gloucester 1704, Warwick 1704; James City County Taxes 1768. Virginia?: T.I. Hansford?, 1950. Available at FS Library.
  • 1713 Rollings, Virginia H. Warwick, Va. 1713 Rent Roll. [Newport News, Va.: s.n.], 1990. Available at FS Library.
  • 1780 Account of Indian corn received for taxes, 1780,Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Feb 1992. Vol. 30 Iss. 1. Online at Ancestry ($).
  • 1782 Weaver, Jeffrey C. The 1782 Warwick County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List at New River Notes.
  • 1782-1820 Heinegg, Paul. "Warwick County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1820," Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
  • 1782-1861 Warwick, Virginia Personal property tax lists, 1782-1861. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.; microfilmed reproduction available at FS films - images.
  • 1782-1890 Vollertsen, Arthur H. and Dorothy F. Vollertsen. Warwick, County, Virginia, 1782-1880: Who was Who, a Statistical Abstract Transcribed from the Virginia State Tax Lists (1782-1890) and the Federal Census Records (1810-1880)... Fort Eustis, Va.: Fort Eustis Historical and Archaeological Association, 1977. FS Library US/CAN Book 975.5416 X2p.
  • 1783 1783 Personal Property Tax List is online.
  • 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. Warwick County is included in Vol. 2.
  • 1789 Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):49-53. Available at FS Library; digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Warwick County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on p. 53.
  • 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. Warwick County is included in Vol. 3.

Vital Records

Marriage
Death

Warwick County, Virginia Genealogy deaths are online in the Library of Virginia's Death Index of Virginia, 1853-1896, sponsored by The Virginia Genealogical Society.


Vital Record Substitutes

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.


Societies and Libraries

FamilySearch Centers

Websites

References

  1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
  2. ↑ Lost Records Localities: Counties and Cities with Missing Records, 4, in Library of Virginia (accessed 4 April 2014).
  3. ↑ Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 118-119. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ 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 ($). FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 24 (1980)
  5. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 76. FS Library Book 975.5 M2bs.
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