Gloucester County, Virginia-County Records

County Records

First United States Census
Virginia---1784

The Cemeteries
of Gloucester County

Index to Gloucester County
Surveyor's Books

World War I and II

Gloucester County
Marriage Records

Revolutionary War
Records

War of 1812
Payroll Records

Civil War
Pension Records

Slave Abstracts
1829

Photo's of Old Homes and Public Buildings

County Legislative Petitions
1776-1861

Gloucester County Census Records
1810-1880
1900

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FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES HEADS OF FAMILIES---VIRGINIA, 1784

Abingdon Parish

Kingston Parish

Petsworth Parish

Ware Parish

Gloucester County Tax Lists & Census Records, 1783-1880

THE CEMETERIES OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Gloucester County Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Lower Gloucester County

Misc. Gloucester County Cemeteries

INDEX TO GLOUCESTER COUNTY SURVEYOR'S BOOKS

Book 1733 - 1806---An index of names appearing on the plats and in the surveyors' explanations.

Book I, 1817 - 1849, A - D---A later index of names appearing on the plats and in the surveyors' explanations.

Book I, 1817 - 1849, E - H

Book I, 1817 - 1849, I - M

Book I, 1817 - 1849, N - R

Book I, 1817 - 1849, S - V

Book I, 1817 - 1849, W - Y

GLOUCESTER COUNTY MARRIAGES

Marriage Licenses, 1777-1778---An Account of Marriage Licenses and Ordinary Licenses issued in Gloster County from October the 20th 1777 to October the 20th 1778: (Yes, that's the way Gloucester was spelled on the document).

Methodist Episcopal Church Marriages ---The following marriage licenses were apparently retained by James Baytop, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who performed the marriages, and were never returned to the Clerk's Office. They are among the Stubbs family papers in the College of William and Mary Library, Williamsburg, Va.

Freedmen's Bureau, Register of Marriages, 1861-1869 ---The following marriage certificates are for African American's living in Gloucester Co., 1861- 1869.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

WAR OF 1812 PAYROLL RECORDS,

Payroll Records of Capt. Thomas Carey's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. Matthew Gibbs Company

Payroll Records of Capt. John R. Cary's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. William Field's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. Hugh B. Gwyn's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. Horatio G. Harwood's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. William Harwood's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. Catesby Jones's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. William A. Rogers's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. William Jones's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. William K. Perrin's Company

Payroll Records of Capt. John C. Pryor's Company

CIVIL WAR PENSION RECORDS

The Gettysburg Address. (Best viewed with Internet Explorer)

An overview of Disability Pensions

C onfederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows

Disability Applications and Receipts (Artificial Limbs)

The Battery - Built to fortify Gloucester Point during the Civil War

Point Lookout Descendant's Page, which includes history of the prison camp and known men that died there

The Dreaded Elmira (NY) Prison. Includes a list of those buried there

Andersonville Prison. Includes a list of those buried there and links to other Civil War sites

WORLD WAR I and II

A Compilation of Records by Jeff Weaver about Gloucester Co., during WWI

A list of Virginia casualties in World War II

PHOTO'S OF OLD GLOUCESTER HOMES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS

"Baytop", State Rt. 618, Bellamy Vicinity

"Mount Prodigal" - The Roane House, taken in 1897, State Rt. 17, Adner Vicinity

"Toddsbury", Nuttall Vicinity

"Abingdon Glebe House", State Rt. 17, White Marsh Vicinity

Longbridge Ordinary (now Gloucester Women's Club), US Rt. 17 & State Rt. 14, Gloucester Courthouse Vicinity

Little England, Circa 1760, located on Rt 672 in the Bena Vicinity

Marlfield. Circa 1732, located on Rt. 612 in the Woods Cross Roads vicinity

Old Store (no date), located on main Rt. 17, White Marsh vicinity

Lands End, Circa early 1800's. Located on Rt. 614, on the Severn River in the Naxera Vicinity

Roaring Springs, Began as a one room pre Revolutionary cottage. Located on State Rt. 616. Throckmorton Plantation

Hay's (sic) Store, (no date or vicinity stated), Gloucester Co.

Rosewell. Built by Mann Page in 1725 and burned in 1916. Located in the White Marsh vicinity

Rosewell Cemetery near Gum Fork, vicinity of York River

Tombstone inscription on grave of Mary Page, wife of Hon. John Page, Esq., dated 1707. Rosewell Cemetery

The above group is a collection of old photo's that are in the "Historic American Building Survey" file, Library of Congress, in Washington, DC.

The Inn at Warner Hall - Warner Hall has undergone an 18 month renovation. It opened October 15, 2000 as an inn.

Cow Creek Mill, circa early 1800's, located on Rt. 14 in Ware Neck. Photo compliments of John McGrain, a Baltimore, Md. Historian

GLOUCESTER COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PETITIONS, 1776 - 1861

This is an inventory of Gloucester County Legislative Petitions in the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library. Further information may be found in the Journals of the House of Delegates and the Journals of the Senate.

Petition to "Remove Free Negroes", 1836

Petition for "The Protection of Oysters", 1843

Petition to Amend the "Oyster Laws", 1847

Petition to Amend the "Oyster Laws", 1861

SLAVE ABSTRACTS, 1829

Cooler Petition for Manumission

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