Fawbush Family in New Kent County Virginia 1749

Guide to New Kent Canton Virginia ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Birth, marriage, decease, and census records, family histories, immigration records, and military records. This commodity is about a canton in the country of Virginia. For other uses, encounter Kent (disambiguation).

County Information [edit | edit source]

Description [edit | edit source]

New Kent County is located in the Eastern office the Commonwealth of Virginia and named for Kent, England^[ii].

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

New Kent County Courthouse
12001 Courthouse Circle/PO Box 98
New Kent, VA 23124-0098
Phone: 804-966-9520
New Kent County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate, Court, and land records from 1808 ^[iii]

New Kent County, Virginia Record Dates [edit | edit source]

Information for this chart was taken from diverse sources, often containing alien dates. This information should be taken every bit a guide and should exist verified by contacting the county and/or the state government bureau.

Known Kickoff Dates for Major County Records [4]
Nascence*	Marriage	Death*	Courtroom	Land	Probate	Census
1865	1865	1865	1865	1865	1865	1810
* Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912. General compliance year is unknown.

Tape Loss [edit | edit source]

• 1787 New Kent County has suffered heavy record loss. Fire destroyed most colonial records on fifteen July 1787.
• 1862 During the Ceremonious War some records were destroyed in 1862.
• 1865 The surviving records were moved to Richmond for safekeeping, merely were destroyed by the burn down of 3 April 1865.^[five]
  
• Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890
• Weisiger, Benjamin B. Burned County Data 1809-1848 As Plant in the Virginia Contested Election Files. Richmond, Va., 1986. FHL Book 975.5 P2w.^[half-dozen]
• Visit the Library of Virginia'southward website to determine exactly what records take been lost and their Lost Records Localities Database to discover additional resources.
• For suggestions about inquiry in places that suffered celebrated record losses, see:

• Burned Counties. Past Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle.
• When the Records are Gone. Past Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog.
• Burned Counties Inquiry in the FamilySearch Inquiry Wiki.

Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]

• Parent Canton:--Created from York County, 1654^[7]
  
• County seat: New Kent^[eight]
  
• Interactive Map of Virginia County Germination History (1790-1897) - animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes
• Virginia Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

For a complete listing of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the nigh historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:^[9]

Unincorporated communities
Baltimore Crossroads Barhamsville Bottoms Bridge Carps Corner Chickahominy Shores	Crumps Mill Eltham Hampstead Lanexa Mountcastle	Providence Forge Quinton Talleysville White House
Census-designated places
New Kent

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

The county is named subsequently the English Canton of Kent, England. There was a Quaker settlement in Colonial New Kent County.

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.

• Bible Records [1822-1860] of John H. Christian of New Kent Canton, Son of Gideon and Lucy Christian. Transcript, 1977. FHL Collection 1036555 Detail 40
• Chapman Bible Records [ca. 1809-1926], New Kent County. Transcript, microfilmed 1977. FHL Collection 1036555 Item 40
• Smithie, Hannah More than Moore and Martha Dandridge Woman's Club (New Kent Canton, Virginia). Bible Records Collected by the Martha Dandridge Woman's Club, New Kent County, Virginia. Typescript, microfilmed 1977. FHL Collection 1036555 Item 40
• Taylor Bible Records [1802-1912], New Kent Co. Transcript, microfilmed 1977. FHL Drove 1036555 Item 40
• 1607-2007 Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; alphabetize & images
• Turner, Bell Woodward. John Ratcliffe's Bible [Records, ca. 1814-1841], New Kent Canton, Va. Transcript, microfilmed 1977. FHL Drove 1036555 Detail forty
  

Biographies [edit | edit source]

Business, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]

Providence Forge was synthetic in the 1760s. Providence Forge, in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. v, No. one (Jul. 1896):20-22. Digital version at JSTOR - gratis.

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

• 1800-1986 Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Collection; index & images
• Tyler, Lyon Thousand. "Old Tombstones in New Kent County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):77-81. Digital version at JSTOR - complimentary.

Census Records [edit | edit source]

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

Historical populations
Demography	Pop.	%±
1790	vi,239	—
1800	6,363	2.0%
1810	6,478	1.viii%
1820	vi,630	2.3%
1830	6,458	−two.6%
1840	6,230	−3.five%
1850	half dozen,064	−two.7%
1860	5,884	−three.0%
1870	4,381	−25.5%
1880	5,515	25.9%
1890	5,511	−0.1%
1900	iv,865	−xi.7%
1910	4,682	−3.eight%
1920	4,541	−3.0%
1930	4,300	−five.iii%
1940	4,092	−4.8%
1950	3,995	−ii.iv%
1960	4,504	12.7%
1970	five,300	17.vii%
1980	8,781	65.7%
1990	x,445	19.0%
2000	xiii,462	28.9%
2010	18,429	36.9%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1782 Enumeration

• New Kent County Heads of Families - 1782 at U.S. Census Bureau - free. County begins on page 36.

1785 Enumeration

• New Kent County Heads of Families - 1785 at U.Due south. Demography Agency - free. Canton begins on folio 92.

1890 Wedlock Veterans

• "Virginia's Marriage Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890." Prince William County Virginia, by Ronald Ray Turner. FHL Collection. Includes residents of this county.

Church Records [edit | edit source]

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

1. Black Creek (1777)^[10]

• 1776 Petition of Baptists (10,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 October 1776, request for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. Later on locating your ancestor, view the digital copies.
  – Digital copies at Library of Congress; also at Library of Virginia using the code word "000606093"
  – 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 course at various libraries.
  

New Kent County cruel within the bounds of the Dover Association.

Church of England
Meet too Blisland Parish
Come across also St. John's Parish
See also St. Paul's Parish
See also St. Peter's Parish
See besides St. Stephen's Parish
Meet also Stratton Major Parish

Presbyterian
Providence Forge Church (originally met at St. Peter's, later called Olivet Church) was organized around 1750. Records have been microfilmed FHL Film 1490377 Items 16-19.

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):

• Black Creek Monthly Meeting (1691-1805)^[11]

Courtroom Records [edit | edit source]

Online Court Indexes and Records

Chancery Court

• Indexed images to New Kent County, Virginia Chancery Records 1848-1956 are available online through Virginia Retentivity: Chancery Records Index. These records, ofttimes concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]

For databases and immigrant groups, see Virginia Emigration and Immigration

• Coldham, Peter Wilson. Northward American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of St. Peter'south Parish, Stratton Major Parish, and New Kent 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 [edit | edit source]

African American

• 1865-1872 Virginia, Freedmen'south Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Collection; index & images
• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images
• Heinegg, Paul. "New Kent Canton Personal Property Taxation Listing, 1782-1820," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted complimentary blacks listed in these records.]
• Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans of New Kent Canton.

Native American
The Pamunkeys Tribe, Chickahominies Tribe, Mattaponeys Tribe, Rappahannocks Tribe, and Totas-Chees Tribe lived in the expanse in the late 1600s.^[12]

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

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

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

Compiled Genealogies by Surname

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

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families

• Barham, Nellie McLane and Marius Randolph Barham. Kith and Kin: Whence They Came and Wither They Went. 2 vols. n.p.: N.Yard. Barham and M.R. Barham, 1992-. FHL Book 975.543 D2b v. 1-5. two
  
• Evans, June Banks. Men of Matadequin, Three Hundred Years from New Kent Canton Sourcebook for Related Lines, Banks, Blackwell, Burnett, Durvin, Gaulding, Goodman, Lipscomb, McGhee, Parsley, Slaughter, Weisiger, Forest, Zall. New Orleans, La.: Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 1984. FHL Drove 975.54 D2e
• The New Kent County VA GenWeb website includes a Surname Register, Antecedent Queries, and Biographies.

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

Land and Belongings Records [edit | edit source]

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

Online Land Indexes and Records

• 1704 Quit Rents at Virginia Pioneers ($).

Grants and Patents
Land patents (pre-1779), land grants (after 1779) and surveys are available online at the Library of Virginia website. For step-past-pace instructions on retrieving these records, read the Virginia Land and Belongings article.*Hudgins. 54 patents dated 1647-1694 in New Kent County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2012. [Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may exist viewed costless of accuse (click "Index" next to the canton listing); however, in order to view the maps, information technology is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software'south DeedMapper production.]

• Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Vol. I (1934; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991). Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes New Kent County. N.B. If Ancestry'due south search engine fails, try checking the printed alphabetize at the finish of the book.]

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

• Harris, Malcolm Hart. Erstwhile New Kent County, Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places in ... two vols. W Point, Va.: M.H. Harris, 1977. FHL Drove 975.5 H2har 5. ane

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

County and state maps, historical and more than current, are valuable inquiry tools. For map collections, online and in libraries, run across Virginia Maps.

Click a neighboring canton
for more resources

Migration [edit | edit source]

• Dirt, Robert Y. "Some Runaway Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. two (Apr.-Jun. 1978):121-130. Bachelor at FHL; digital version at American Ancestors ($). These records place migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. New Kent County'due south 1789 Delinquent Listing appears on 22:121.

Armed forces Records [edit | edit source]

French and Indian War

• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some New Kent County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; come across place proper noun alphabetize.]
• Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Bachelor at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian State of war, Lord Dunmore'south War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the listing of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For New Kent County, run across p. 96.]
• Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Bachelor at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some New Kent Canton militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary State of war

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, equally Returned past the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Nether the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, New Kent Canton on page 132.]

Regiments. Service men in New Kent County served in diverse regiments. Men often joined a company (inside a regiment) that originated in their canton. New Kent County supplied soldiers for the:

- sixth Virginia Regiment

State of war of 1812

• List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Proper name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Role Accost, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Function, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Annal. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, New Kent Canton, p. 92. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this canton in 1883.]

Regiments. New Kent Canton men served in the 52nd Regiment.^[13]

Civil War

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

Regiments. Ceremonious State of war service men in New Kent County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (inside a regiment) that originated in their canton. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed here:

- tertiary Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Amalgamated). Company F (New Kent Cavalry or Light Dragoons).^[14]

Civil War Battle
The following Civil State of war battle was fought in New Kent County.

• May seven, 1862 Eltham's Landing, also known every bit Barhamsville or Due west Point^[15]

Maps of Civil State of war battles in Virginia: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

World War 2

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

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

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

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

For online newspaper resources, come across 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 take 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 [edit | edit source]

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

For probate records, indexes, and databases, run into Virginia Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

Local Court
Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Non Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.Fifty. Hopkins, 1987. Bachelor at FHL. [Includes New Kent County.]

London Courts
Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of St. Peter'south Parish, Stratton Major Parish, and New Kent County proved in London. These records oft help establish an immigrant's identify of origin.]

Canton Court

• Digital Images of New Kent County Wills 1864-1887. Run into Names of Testators. Virginia Pioneers
• Digital Images of New Kent County Wills 1880-1938. Encounter Names of Testators. Virginia Pioneers
• 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Beginnings — index, incomplete ($)
• 1864-1887 Images of Wills, Inventories, Appraisements at Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1880-1891 Images of Wills, Inventories, Appraisements at Virginia Pioneers ($)

School Records [edit | edit source]

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• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Decease Index at FamilySearch — How to use this drove; index. Likewise 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

Tax Records [edit | edit source]

For boosted online collections and the value and employ of Virginia'due south taxation lists in your research, run across Virginia 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):eighteen-28, 337-343, 402-412; Vol. 30 (1922):21-30, 280-285, 341-347; Vol. 31 (1923):70-75, 153-163, 215-231, 314-318; Vol. 32 (1924):69-75, 144-158, 281-287, 338-343; Vol. 33 (1925):47-50, 359-370; Vol. 34 (1926):113-119, 252-258, 313, 321. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Taxation Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version of VMHB at JSTOR ($). [New Kent County appears in 31:215-235.]
• 1782-1850 New Kent County Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1850 (images); digital version in Taxation Listing Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
• 1782-1816 New Kent County Country Tax Lists 1782-1816 (images); digital version in Taxation Listing Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
• 1782 New Kent Co. Country Tax - 1782 at VAGenWeb
• 1782 New Kent Canton, Virginia 1782 Country (Binns Genealogy) - costless.
• 1782 Smith, Paulette. New Kent Canton, Virginia Country Tax Records, 1782 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Beginnings.com Operations Inc, 1999. Available at Ancestry ($).
• 1782 Country Tax Records, 1782, Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 2, No. ii (Aug. 1993); Vol. ii, No. 3 (Nov. 1993). Available at FHL.
• 1782-1820 Heinegg, Paul. "New Kent County Personal Holding Tax List, 1782-1820," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg bathetic complimentary blacks listed in these records.]
• 1783 - Personal Property (or Land) Revenue enhancement List, 1783; index online at Revolutionary War Service website - complimentary.
• 1784 New Kent County, Virginia 1784 Personal Property (Binns Genealogy) - free.
• 1788 Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Beloved. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Bookkeeping 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 Impress, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1788 personal property revenue enhancement list. New Kent County is included in Vol. 2.]
• 1789 Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. two (Apr.-Jun. 1978):121-130. Bachelor at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the canton and often their intended destinations. New Kent County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on 22:121.]
• 1790, 1800 Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 State Taxation Lists of New Kent Canton, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
• 1791, 1800 Indexed images of the 1791 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of New Kent County, Virginia are bachelor online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
• 1800 Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan. 2000); Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr. 2000).
• 1815 Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Bachelor at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. New Kent County is included in Vol. 1.]

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

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

Birth [edit | edit source]

• 1853-1866 Virginia, Slave Nativity Index, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images
• 1912-1913 Virginia, Nascency Certificates, 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images
• 1584-1917 Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Wedlock [edit | edit source]

• 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1660-1959 Virginia, U.s. Marriages at at FindMyPast — index, ($) — index $
• 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Beginnings — index ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1853-1935 Virginia, Agency of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
• 1936-1988 Virginia, Wedlock Certificates, 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images

Death [edit | edit source]

• 1912-1987 Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1853-1912 Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Drove; index & images

Divorce [edit | edit source]

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

Research Facilities [edit | edit source]

Archives [edit | edit source]

Listed below are archives in New Kent Canton. For state-wide facilities, encounter Virginia Athenaeum and Libraries.

Family History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family unit History Center and Chapter Library Locator map - search for local Family unit History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• Family unit History Centers provide one-on-one aid, free admission to center-but databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Chapter Libraries have access to most center-only databases, only may not always have full services unremarkably provided by a family history center.
  

Local Centers and Chapter Libraries

• Gloucester Virginia Family History Middle
• Richmond Virginia Midlothian Family History Centre
• Williamsburg Virginia Family unit History Heart

• Heritage Public Library - New Kent - an chapter library
• Williamsburg Regional Libraries - James Urban center Canton Library - an affiliate library

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in New Kent County. For state-wide library facilities, see Virginia Athenaeum and Libraries.

• Tidewater Genealogical Club

Museums [edit | edit source]

Societies [edit | edit source]

Listed below are societies in New Kent Canton. For state-wide genealogical and historical societies, see Virginia Societies.

Websites [edit | edit source]

• New Kent Canton, Virginia USGENWEB
• Cyndi'southward List
• Virginia Pioneers ($)

• 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 [edit | edit source]

• Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Records of Tidewater Virginia Counties," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. one, No. 2 (May-June 1992):53-66. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t [For New Kent County, see p. 62]

References [edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Newberry
2. ↑ http://www.newkent.cyberspace/history.html
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s.a. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
5. ↑ Cameron Allen, "A Surname Used As a Given Name: Toward the Identification of Elizabeth (?Tinsley), Wife of Drury Allen (1714-1803), of Hanover County, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 85, No. 4 (Oct. 2011):267-279.
6. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, "Review of Burned County Data 1809-1848," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):60-61.
7. ↑ Newberry
8. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: The states, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
9. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "New Kent_ County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kent_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed nineteen February 2020.
10. ↑ 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 Google Books.
11. ↑ Jay Worrall, The Friendly Virginians: America'due south Commencement Quakers (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Company, 1994), 537-539. FHL Book 975.5 K2wj.
12. ↑ Charles Campbell, History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia (Philadelphia, Pa.: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1860), 267-268. Digitized by Internet Archive.
13. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the State of war of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 150. FHL Book 975.five M2bs.
14. ↑ Thomas P. Nanzig, 3rd Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1989). FHL Volume 975.5 M2vr v. 61.
15. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil State of war Battle Summaries by Country, (accessed sixteen August, 2012)

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Independent Cities	Alexandria • Bedford • Bristol • Buena Vista • Charlottesville • Chesapeake • Clifton Forge • Colonial Heights • Covington • Danville • Emporia • Fairfax • Falls Church • Franklin • Fredericksburg • Galax • Hampton • Harrisonburg • Hopewell • Lexington • Lynchburg • Metropolis of Manassas • Manassas Park • Martinsville • Newport News • Norfolk • Norton • Petersburg • Poquoson • Portsmouth • Radford • Richmond • Roanoke • Salem • Staunton • Suffolk • Virginia Beach • Waynesboro • Williamsburg • Winchester
Extinct Counties/Cities	Alexandria County  • Dunmore • Elizabeth City • Fincastle • Illinois • Kentucky • Manchester • Nansemond • Norfolk • Norfolk (Lower) • Norfolk (New) • Norfolk (South) • Norfolk (Upper) • Princess Anne • Rappahannock (Old) • South Boston • Warwick • West Augusta • Yohogania
Counties gone to KY	Bourbon • Fayette • Jefferson • Kentucky (extinct) • Lincoln • Madison • Mason • Mercer • Nelson • Woodford
Counties gone to WV	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'southward Souvenir • Augusta • Bathroom • 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 building (Lancaster Co.) • Christ Church building (Middlesex Co.) • Chuckatuck • Cople • Cornwall • Cumberland • Dale • Denbigh • Dettingen • Drysdale • East • Elizabeth Urban center • Elizabeth River • Fairfax • Fairfield • Farnham • Flowerdew Hundred • Fluvanna • Frederick • Fredericksville • Hamilton • Hampton • Hanover • Harrop • Henrico • Sus scrofa Island • Hungars • James Urban center • Jordan'southward Journey • Kecoughtan • Kingston • Rex 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'southward Brandon • Martin'due south 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'due south • St. Anne's (Albemarle Co.) • St. Anne's (Essex and Caroline Cos.) • St. Asaph's • St. Brides • St. David's • St. George'south (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'southward • St. Luke'southward • St. Margaret's • St. Mark'southward • St. Martin's • St. Mary's • St. Mary'southward Whitechapel • St. Patrick's • St. Paul's (Hanover Co.) • St. Paul's (Rex George Co.) • St. Peter's • St. Stephen'south (Male monarch and Queen Co.) • St. Stephen's (Northumberland Co.) • St. Thomas • Shelburne • Sittenburne • Smith'due south 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 • Westward and Shirley • Westbury • Westover • Weyanoke • Wicomico • Wilmington • York • Yorkhampton
Major Repositories	Bristol Public Library · Germanna Foundation Library · Handley Regional Library · Historical Social club of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) · Historical Social club 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 Land Archives (Annapolis, Md) · National Archives I (Washington, DC) · National Athenaeum II (Higher Park, MD) · National Athenaeum at Philadelphia (PA) · National Genealogical Guild · 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) · Academy of Virginia Library · Virginia Department of Health · Virginia Historical Order · 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 Fall Line Road) • Great Indian Warpath • Dandy Trading Path • Neat Valley Road • Kanawha Trail • King's Highway • National Road (Cumberland Road) • New River and Southern Trail • Occaneechi Path • Erstwhile Cherokee Path • Sometime 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  • Southward Quay  • Suffolk  • Tappahannock (aka Hobb's Pigsty)  • Urbanna  • Williamsburg  • Yorktown

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