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Welcome to the Southampton County, Virginia USGenWeb Project |
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Southampton County was formed from Isle of Wight Co. in 1749;
a portion (west of the Blackwater River) of Nansemond Co. was later added.
The county seat is Courtland (first sited at Flowers' Bridge, later named Jerusalem).
The City of Franklin was formed from Southampton Co. in 1961, incorporated by court order.
(source: Hornbook of Virginia History)
The Brantley Association of America undertook an
incredible project - digitizing the early court records of Southampton County,
with the support of Richard L. "Rick" Francis,
Clerk of the Southampton Circuit Court,
and the Southampton County Historical Society.
Printouts of the compiled indices are on view at the Clerk's Office, in Courtland.
For more information, and to view the images & indices,
visit the
Southampton Project website.
If you find errors in the indices, please email them to Matt Harris.
Several have been found, and a list is being kept.
The Alfred Lee Hatfield Records Search has compiled those indices into a searchable database, and has provided the search tool, both online and to the Clerk's Office.
Fenton W. Harrison's Southampton Transcription Project has compiled those indices into another searchable database.