Review of the Winstons of Hanover County Virginia

Guide to Hanover County, Virginia beginnings, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, expiry records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Information [edit | edit source]

Clarification [edit | edit source]

Hanover County is located in the Central portion of the Democracy of Virginia just n of the state upper-case letter, Richmond. Hanover was named for King George I of England, who was Elector of Hannover in Germany when he came to the throne^[iii].

Canton Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Clerk of the circuit court has marriage, divorce, probate, country and court records from 1865^[4]

Hanover County, Virginia Record Dates [edit | edit source]

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

Known Outset Dates for Major County Records [v]
Birth*	Spousal relationship	Decease*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1853	1865	1853	1865	1865	1865	1810
* Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912. Full general compliance year is unknown.

Record Loss [edit | edit source]

• Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890

• Most county courtroom records, peculiarly deeds, wills, and marriage records, were destroyed by fire in Richmond on 3 April 1865. Excursion Court records are relatively unscathed leaving common police papers and chancery papers after 1831 generated by the Excursion Superior Courtroom of Law and Chancery, and the later Circuit Court.^[6]

• Weisiger, Benjamin B. Burned Canton Data 1809-1848 Equally Found in the Virginia Contested Election Files. Richmond, Va., 1986. FHL Book 975.5 P2w.^[7]
• 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 nearly enquiry in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

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

Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]

• Parent County: Created from New Kent County, 01 May 1721^[eight].
  
• County seat: Hanover
• Interactive Map of Virginia County Formation History (1790-1897) - blithe maps illustrating Virginia county purlieus changes
• Virginia Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes past 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 post-obit are the almost historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:^[nine]

Towns
Ashland
Unincorporated communities
Atlee Beaverdam Doswell	Elmont Montpelier Old Church	Rockville Studley
Demography-designated places
Hanover	Mechanicsville

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

The canton is named subsequently the Electorate of Hanover in what is today Germany, every bit King George I of Great Britain (1660-1727) held the title Elector of Hanover at the time of the county's arrangement.^[10]

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.

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

Biographies [edit | edit source]

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

• Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Printing, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL. [Includes a department on Hanover silversmiths.]

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

• 1800-1986 Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Alphabetize, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Drove; index & images

Census Records [edit | edit source]

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

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	fourteen,754	—
1800	fourteen,403	−2.4%
1810	15,082	4.7%
1820	15,267	i.ii%
1830	16,253	6.v%
1840	14,968	−vii.nine%
1850	15,153	ane.ii%
1860	17,222	13.seven%
1870	16,455	−4.5%
1880	18,588	13.0%
1890	17,402	−half dozen.iv%
1900	17,618	i.ii%
1910	17,200	−ii.4%
1920	18,088	5.ii%
1930	17,009	−6.0%
1940	eighteen,500	8.8%
1950	21,985	eighteen.8%
1960	27,550	25.3%
1970	37,479	36.0%
1980	50,398	34.5%
1990	63,306	25.6%
2000	86,320	36.iv%
2010	99,863	15.seven%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1782 Enumeration

• Hanover County Heads of Families - 1782 at U.S. Census Bureau - gratis. Canton begins on page 27.

1890 Marriage Veterans

• "Virginia'south Matrimony Veterans: Eleventh Census of the U.s. 1890." Prince William County Virginia, by Ronald Ray Turner. FHL Drove. Includes residents of this county.

Church Records [edit | edit source]

List of Churches and Church building Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

1. Black Creek (1777)^[eleven]
2. Chickahominy aka Chickahoming (1776).^[eleven] Lists of male members (1812-1826) take been published: Hanover County Historical Club Bulletin, Issue 39 (Nov. 1988).
3. Hopeful (1807)^[11]

• 1776 Petition of Baptists (ten,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 October 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists past the established church. Afterward 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 proper 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.
  Hanover County barbarous within the bounds of the Dover Association.

Church of England
See also St. Martin'southward Parish
See besides St. Paul's Parish Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Hanover Canton is available online.^[12]

• Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of New Kent and Hanover Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 4 (Oct., 1945):243-264. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Presbyterian

• Rachael, William K.E. "Early Minutes of Hanover Presbytery," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 1955):53-75; Vol. 63, No. 2 (Apr. 1955):161-185. Bachelor at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). [The Hanover Presbytery covered Virginia.]

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):

• Beaver Dam Monthly Meeting (1755-1783)Jay Worrall, The Friendly Virginians: America'due south Outset Quakers (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Company, 1994), 537-539. FHL Volume 975.5 K2wj.
• Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting (1721-1860). Attended past "Friends living in the counties of Albemarle, Amelia, Bedford, Campbell, Caroline, Charles City (part), Goochland, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa and Orange counties and Richmond City." Mary Marshall Brewer, Quaker Records of Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia, 1739-1793 (Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2002), Introduction. FHL Book 975.5462 K2b.
• Bong, James P. Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time: Being in Part a Transcript of the Infinitesimal Books of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County, and the South River Meeting, Campbell County, Va. J.P. Bell Publishers, Lynchburg, VA., 1905. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library and Google Books.
• Hinshaw, William Wade, and Marshall, Thomas W. Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy. FHL Book 973 D2he v. vi. Edwards Bros., Ann Arbor, MI., 1950. FHL Book 973 D2he v. 6.
• Brewer, Mary Marshall. Quaker records of Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia, 1739-1793. FHL Book 975.5462 K2b.
• Meyer, Harold I. Cedar Creek Meeting House, Hanover Canton, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 64, No. iv (October., 1956):454-457, available on JSTOR ($), FHL Book 975.five BD27M 5. 64 (1956)).
• Pisquinoqy Swamp Monthly Meeting (1719-1775) aka Grassy Swamp aka Swamp

Court Records [edit | edit source]

Online Court Indexes and Records

Chancery Court

• Indexes and images to Hanover Canton, Virginia Chancery Records 1831-1913 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, oft concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical data.
• Cocke, William Ronald. Hanover Canton Chancery Wills and Notes. A Compendium of Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Fabric as Contained in Cases of the Chancery Suits of Hanover Canton, Virginia. Columbia, Va.: W.R. Cocke, 1940. Available at FHL; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library. Reviewed by John M. Jennings in The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Serial, Vol. xx, No. four (October., 1940):575-576. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). Reviewed by R.A. Stewart in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jul., 1940):284. Bachelor at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Canton Court

• "Records of Hanover County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jul., 1912):47-63; Vol. 21, No. 3 (January., 1913):143-162; Vol. 22, No. two (Oct. 1913):114-130; Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jan. 1914):169-174; Vol. 23, No. i (Jul. 1914):21-30; Vol. 23, No. 2 (Oct. 1914):117-126. Bachelor at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). ["There are only two old books in the Clerk's Office of Hanover county, Va. The oldest, designated the 'Small Book' in these notes, covers the years 1734 and 1735, and contains orders, wills, deeds, etc. The other, 'The Larger Volume' of these notes, is a human activity volume for 1780-1790." (21:47)]

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Clearing [edit | edit source]

For databases and immigrant groups, meet Virginia Emigration and Clearing

• Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of York River and Hanover Canton proved in London. These records oftentimes assistance constitute an immigrant'south place of origin.]
• Listing of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Hanover County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]

African American
In 1790, Hanover County had 1 of the largest enslaved populations in the state (8223 slaves).^[xiii]

• See Virginia_Cohabitation_Records for links to online records.
• 1865-1872 Virginia, Freedmen's Agency Field Office Records, 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; index & images
• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Apply this Drove; index & images

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

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

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

Compiled Genealogies past Surnme

• Encounter Hanover County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of published books and articles, or bound to the surname using the alphabet bar.

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families

• Blankenship, Gayle King. Virginia Families of Louisa, Hanover and Monroe Counties. Poquoson, Va.: Chiliad.K. Blankenship, 1991. FHL Book 975.5 D2bg
• Cocke, William Ronald. Hanover County Chancery Wills and Notes: A Compendium of Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Fabric every bit Contained in Cases of the Chancery Suits of Hanover County, Virginia. Columbia, Va.: West.R. Cocke, 1940. FHL Motion-picture show 1421575 Item 4; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• 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, Wood, Zall. New Orleans, La.: Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 1984. FHL Book 975.54 D2e

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

Land and Holding Records [edit | edit source]

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

Online Land Indexes and Records

Deeds

• "Records of Hanover Canton," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jul., 1912):47-63; Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jan., 1913):143-162; Vol. 22, No. 2 (Oct. 1913):114-130; Vol. 22, No. 3 (January. 1914):169-174; Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jul. 1914):21-30; Vol. 23, No. two (Oct. 1914):117-126. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). ["At that place are only 2 old books in the Clerk's Part of Hanover county, Va. The oldest, designated the 'Small Book' in these notes, covers the years 1734 and 1735, and contains orders, wills, deeds, etc. The other, 'The Larger Book' of these notes, is a deed book for 1780-1790." (21:47)]

Grants and Patents
Land patents (pre-1779), country grants (afterward 1779) and surveys are bachelor online at the Library of Virginia website. For pace-by-step instructions on retrieving these records, read the Virginia Land and Holding article.*Sullivan and Hudgins. 451 patents dated 1653-1819 in what is at present Hanover County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2008. [Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed costless of charge (click "Alphabetize" next to the county listing); however, in lodge to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Straight Line Software'south DeedMapper product.]

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

• Lancaster, Robert Bolling. A Sketch of the Early History of Hanover County, Virginia, and Its Large and Important Contributions to the American Revolution. Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson for the Bicentennial Commission for Hanover County, 1976. Reviewed by W. Alexander Mabry in The Virginia Mag of History and Biography, Vol. 85, No. 1 (Jan., 1977):110-111. Review available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

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

Click a neighboring canton
for more resource

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

Migration [edit | edit source]

• Dirt, Robert Y. "Some Runaway Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at FHL; digital version at American Ancestors New England Ancestors] ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the canton and their intended destinations. Hanover Canton's 1788-1789 Delinquent Lists appear on pp. 290-291.]
• Glazebrook, Eugenia G. and Preston G. Glazebrook. Virginia Migrations. Hanover Co. Vol. I. 1723-1850. Wills, Deeds, Depositions, Invoices, Messages and other Documents. Richmond, Va. Reviewed by Beverley Armada in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 52, No. 2 (April., 1944):161-162. Review available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Military 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 Hanover Canton militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; come across place proper noun index.]
• Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at 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 machine and other services rendered." For Hanover County, come across pp. 86-87, 111.]
• 1651-1776 Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Volume Co., 1954. Available at FHL US/Tin Volume 975.v M2c; digital book at Ancestry ($). Identifies some County militia officers and soldiers; run across place proper name index.

Revolutionary War

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Armed forces Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Nether the Human action for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: FHL Drove 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Hanover County on folio 131.]
• Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted past Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Alphabetize to States." FHL Book 973 M24ur; digital version at Beginnings ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.

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

- 5th Virginia Regiment

- 14th Virginia Regiment (1st Company, perhaps 6th Company)^[14]

War of 1812

• Douthat, James 50. Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. Betoken Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Complimentary online surname index and buy details at Mountain Printing website. FHL Collection 975.5 M2djL. [Includes Hanover County.]
• List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Proper noun of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Charge per unit of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Press Office, 1883. FHL Drove 973 M2Lp five. v; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. v, Virginia, Hanover County, p. 83. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Regiments. Hanover County men served in the 74th Regiment.^[15]

Civil War

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

Regiments. Ceremonious War service men in Hanover County served in diverse regiments. Men often joined a visitor (inside a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed beneath are companies that were specifically formed here:

- quaternary Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)

- 15th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Amalgamated). Visitor C (Patrick Henry Rifles), Company Due east (Ashland Grays), and Visitor I (Hanover Grays).^[16]

- 44th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company D (Ambler Grays).^[17]

- 56th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Amalgamated). Company K (Harrison's Guards).^[18]

Ceremonious State of war Battles
The following Ceremonious War battles were fought in Hanover Canton:

• May 27, 1862 = Hanover Court House, also known equally Slash Church^[xix]
• June 26, 1862 = Beaver Dam Creek, also known as Mechanicsville and Ellerson'south Mill^[20]
• June 27, 1862 = Gaines' Mill, also known as First Cold Harbor^[21]
• May 23-26, 1864 = N Anna, too known as Telegraph Road Bridge, Jericho Manufacturing plant (May 23), Ox Ford, Quarles Mill, or Hanover Junction (May 24)^[22]
• May 28-30, 1864 = Totopotomoy Creek, as well known as Bethesda Church building, Crumps Creek, Matadequin Creek, Shady Grove Route or Hanovertown^[23]
• May 28, 1864 = Haw'due south Store, also known as Enon Church^[24]
• May 30, 1864 = Old Church, also known as Matadequin Creek^[25]
• May 31-June 12, 1864 = Cold Harbor, also known as 2d Common cold Harbor^[26]

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

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

For online newspaper resources, see the Virginia Newspapers folio.

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 Academy of Virginia take created a database of all delinquent advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), run into: 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 across Virginia Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

Local Court

• "Records of Hanover County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jul., 1912):47-63; Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jan., 1913):143-162; Vol. 22, No. 2 (October. 1913):114-130; Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jan. 1914):169-174; Vol. 23, No. ane (Jul. 1914):21-xxx; Vol. 23, No. two (Oct. 1914):117-126. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). ["There are but two sometime books in the Clerk's Office of Hanover county, Va. The oldest, designated the 'Minor Book' in these notes, covers the years 1734 and 1735, and contains orders, wills, deeds, etc. The other, 'The Larger Volume' of these notes, is a deed book for 1780-1790." (21:47)]

London Courts

• Coldham, Peter Wilson. Northward American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of York River and Hanover County proved in London. These records ofttimes help institute an immigrant's identify of origin.]

Original Wills

• Bazile, Leon Grand. "The Wills of the Reverend Patrick Henry [dated and proved in 1777] and Walter Coles [dated and proved in 1815] of Hanover County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 58, No. one (Jan., 1950):120-130. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). [Source: certified copies of original wills.]
• Cocke, William Ronald. Hanover County Chancery Wills and Notes. A Compendium of Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Material every bit Contained in Cases of the Chancery Suits of Hanover County, Virginia. Columbia, Va.: W.R. Cocke, 1940. Available at FHL; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library and World Vital Records ($). Reviewed by John Thousand. Jennings in The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct., 1940):575-576. Bachelor at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). Reviewed by R.A. Stewart in The Virginia Mag of History and Biography, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jul., 1940):284. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
• Cole, Robert F. and Marguerite S. Parrish. "Will of William Fleming Sheriff of Hanover County, Virginia, 1727-1728," [dated 1742, proved 1744] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Serial, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct., 1935):424-427. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). [Constitute in Louisa Co., Va. Chancery Adjust "McAllister versus Bibb, May, 1770," establish in loose papers at the Louisa County Courthouse.]
• Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: Due west.Fifty. Hopkins, 1987. Available at FHL. [Includes Hanover County.]
• Male monarch, George H.Southward. "Will of George Hudson of Hanover County, Virginia," [dated 1770, proved 1773] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 66, No. i (Jan., 1958):85-87. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). [King constitute this will amidst the Henry Dirt Papers at the Library of Congress. Clay was Hudson's grandson.]
• "Will of Robert Jennings, 1750," Typescript, Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Drove] Box vi, Jen. Microfilmed. FHL Film 29885 Item one

Probate

• 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Matrimony and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry — index, incomplete ($)
• 1785-1893; 1852 - 1865; 1852 - 1883 Virginia Pioneers ($) Indexes to Wills & Estates in Excursion Court
• 1781-1806; 1805 - 1816 Virginia Pioneers ($) Images of Wills, Estates in Circuit Courtroom
• 1785-1893 Images of Wills.Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1852-1865 Images of Wills in the Circuit Court 1852-1865.Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1862-1868 Images of Wills Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1733-1735 Online Images of Wills, Estates, Accounts Virginia Pioneers ($)

School Records [edit | edit source]

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• 1935-2014 Usa Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Besides at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more than information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records [edit | edit source]

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

Online Tax Indexes and Records

• Hanover Canton, VirVirginia Tax Records 1790, 1800
  

Original versions
Original Hanover Canton country tax lists are held at the Library of Virginia. Microfilm reproductions (years: 1782-1863): FHL Films 29931-29938. Original Hanover County personal holding revenue enhancement lists are also held at the Library of Virginia. Microfilm reproductions (years: 1782-1863): FHL Films 31946-31953; (years: 1792-1828): FHL Films 29297-29298

Published versions

• 1753-1763 Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Rent Roll of Hanover County, Virginia, 1753-1763," The Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2000):71-80. FHL Book 929.105 G286n v. 14 (2000) [Discovered at The National Archives, Kew, England, Reference AO 13/xxx/110-129.]
• 1763, 1770 Woodson, Robert F. and Isobel B. Woodson. Virginia Tithables from Burned Record Counties: Buckingham, 1773-1774; Gloucester, 1770-1771, 1774-1775; Hanover, 1763 and 1770; James City, 1768-1769; Stafford, 1768 and 1773. Richmond, Va.: I.B. Woodson, 1970. FHL Book 975.5 R4w
• 1782-1815 Heinegg, Paul. "Hanover County Personal Property Revenue enhancement Listing, 1782-1815," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
• 1782-1815 Cocke, William Ronald, III. Hanover County Taxpayers Saint Paul's Parish 1782-1815: A Annals of Taxpayers, with Legends, Together with Individual Lists and Descriptions of Their Assessable Personal Belongings. 1956; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000. Original edition: FHL Book 975.5462 R4c; digital version at Beginnings ($).
  • Reviewed by Malcolm H. Harris in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 65, No. 1 (January., 1957):117-118. Review available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
• 1783 - Personal Belongings (or Land) Tax Listing, 1783; index online at Revolutionary State of war Service website - complimentary.
• 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 Likewise the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Dr.'s Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. FHL Book 975.v R4sn v. 2 [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal belongings tax list. Hanover County appears in Vol. ii.]
• 1788-1789 Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 21 (1977); digital version at American Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Hanover County'due south 1788-1789 Delinquent Lists appear on pp. 290-291.]
• 1789, 1799 Indexed images of the 1789 and 1799 Personal Belongings Tax Lists of Hanover County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
• 1789, 1800 Indexed images of the 1789 and 1800 Country Revenue enhancement Lists of Hanover County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
• 1799 1799 Personal Property Tax Listing online at Genealogy Trails - free.
• 1800 Tax List, 1800, Saint Martin's Parish, The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul. 1962). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg five. 6 (1962); digital version at American Ancestors ($).
• 1800 Tax Listing, 1800, The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 1 (January. 1985); Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr. 1985). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 29.
• 1815 Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. FHL Volume 975 E4w v. 1. [The source for this publication is the 1815 country tax. Hanover County is included in Vol. ane.]

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

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

Vital Record Substitutes

• Early marriage registers have been lost. Yates, a professional genealogist, collected matrimony data on residents of Hanover Canton, Virginia from a variety of substitute sources:^[27]
• Yates, Helen Kay. Some Early on Marriages of Hanover County, Virginia. Mechanicsville, Va., 2004.

Birth [edit | edit source]

• 1853-1866 Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Utilise this Collection; index & images
• 1853-1896 Fridley, Beth, comp. Hanover County Virginia Birth Records, 1853-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Available at Beginnings ($).
• 1912-1913 Virginia, Nativity Certificates, 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1584-1917 Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; index & images

Marriage [edit | edit source]

• 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — alphabetize ($)
• 1660-1959 Virginia, U.s. Marriages at at FindMyPast — alphabetize, ($) — index $
• 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — alphabetize ($)

Ljundstedt discovered a few early marriage licenses:

• 1780-1781 Ljundstedt, Milnor. "Hanover County, Virginia Marriage Licenses," [1780-1781] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1926):78. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; Index ; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
• 1853-1935 Virginia, Agency of Vital Statistics, County Union Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
• 1863-1897 - Hanover County Marriage Index 1863-1897. Batch M868764 at FamilySearch - free.^[28]
• 1936-1988 Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Death [edit | edit source]

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

Divorce [edit | edit source]

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

Enquiry Facilities [edit | edit source]

Archives [edit | edit source]

Listed beneath are archives in Hanover Canton. For state-wide facilities, encounter Virginia Athenaeum and Libraries.

Family unit History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family History Centre and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• Family unit History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to middle-simply databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to almost center-but databases, but may not always take full services unremarkably provided past a family history eye.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Louisa Virginia Family History Center
• Richmond Virginia Family unit History Center
• Tappahannock Virginia Family unit History Centre

• Hardin County Genealogy Society - Robert Reed Library - an chapter library
• Heritage Public Library - New Kent - an affiliate library

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in Hanover County. For state-wide library facilities, run into Virginia Archives and Libraries.

• Key Virginia Genealogical Association
• Tidewater Genealogical Society

Museums [edit | edit source]

Societies [edit | edit source]

Listed beneath are societies in Hanover County. For state-wide genealogical and historical societies, run across Virginia Societies.

Websites [edit | edit source]

• Hanover County, Virginia USGENWEB

• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch itemize contains descriptions and admission 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. 1, No. 2 (May-June 1992):53-66. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t [For Hanover County, see p. 58]

References [edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Newberry
2. ↑ Newberry
3. ↑ http://www.co.hanover.va.us/history.htm
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
5. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United states, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
6. ↑ Lost Records Localities: Counties and Cities with Missing Records, 2-iii, in Library of Virginia (accessed 4 Apr 2014).
7. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, "Review of Burned County Information 1809-1848," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):60-61.
8. ↑ Newberry
9. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Hanover _ County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Gratis Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed twenty Jan 2020.
10. ↑ Wikipedia Contributors, "Hanover County, Virginia," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia, accessed 13 January 2012.
11. ↑ ^{eleven.0 11.1 11.2} 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.
12. ↑ William Meade, Sometime Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, two vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Cyberspace Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.
13. ↑ Ninth Census of the United States: Statistics of Population, Tables I to VIII Inclusive (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1872), seventy. Digital version at Cyberspace Annal; FHL Book 973 X2pcu.
14. ↑ E.M. Sanchez-Saavedra, A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787 (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1978), 71. FHL Book 975.5 M2s.
15. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 101. FHL Book 975.v M2bs.
16. ↑ Louis H. Manari, 15th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1990). FHL Book 975.five M2vr five. 78.
17. ↑ Kevin C. Ruffner, 44th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1987). FHL Book 975.five M2vr 5. 39.
18. ↑ William A. Young Jr. and Patricia C. Immature, 56th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1990). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 63.
19. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 17 August, 2012)
20. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services,Ceremonious State of war Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 2 August 2012)
21. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Ceremonious War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 17 August, 2012)
22. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by Land, (accessed 2 August 2012).
23. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries past Country, (accessed 7 August 2012).
24. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 17 Baronial, 2012)
25. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries past State, (accessed 2 August 2012).
26. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed xvi August, 2012)
27. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, "Review of Some Early on Marriages of Hanover Canton, Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 49, No. two (Apr.-Jun. 2005):159. Digital version at American Ancestors ($); FHL Volume 975.v B2vg v. 49 (2005).
28. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/three/37/Igivirginia.pdf.

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