Research Resources

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Research Information


King George County Museum and Research Center
Located at the east end of the courthouse
Open: 10am-2pm on Thursday and Saturday, except holiday weekends
540-775-9477
files include all the census records on microfilm, family files, history of places and events, Bible records, etc.

COURTHOUSE


P.O. Box 105
King George, VA 22485-0105
Phone: 540-775-3322 The courthouse is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM.
The street address is 9483 Kings Highway (Rt. 3).

There is free parking at the back of the courthouse.

Copies are $0.50 per page.

COURTHOUSE RECORDS
birth 1871-1915
bond 1765-
chancery court order 1831-
court of inquiry 1789-1812
court order 1721-
death 1871-1912
deed 1721-
divorce 1721-
fiduciary 1721- inventory 1721-1765, 1794-
land cause 1792-1813, 1831-1833
land tax 1782, 1787-
land transfer tax 1721-
marriage 1786-1850, 1856-
militia 1824-1960
orphan 1740-1761
personal property tax 1782-
will 1721-

The Library is open:
Monday through Thursday from 10:00 AM until 9:00 PM
Friday and Saturday from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM
Sunday from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM.
Copies are $0.10 per page.

No microfilm records are available.


Lewis Egerton Smoot Memorial Library
Route 3
King George, VA 22485
Phone: 540-775-7951
Vital Statistics Microfilm in the Library of Virginia
The microfilm listed below is available through interlibrary loan. Up to five reels may be borrowed for four weeks with renewal permitted. Check with your local library.

Births:
Reel 21, 1853-1881
Reel 22, 1882-1896, missing 1856, 1861-1863
Deaths:
Reel 16, 1853-1896, missing 1856, 1861-1863, 1868

Marriages:
Reel 27, 1853-1935, missing 1856, 1861-1863, 1868
For an index of VA court records on microfilm see Reel 461.

CENSUS RECORDS
Tax substitutesfor lost censuses (T) - lists landowners, county of residence, and other information
Farm and Ranch (F) - also known as agricultural census, lists name of the owner, size of the farm or ranch, value of the property, and other information

Manufactures (M) - lists manufacturing firms which produced articles having an annual value of $500 or more; includes name of firm, owner, products, machinery used, and number of employees

Mortality (D) - list persons who died in the year preceding the 1st of June of each census date; includes name, age, sex, occupation, place of birth, and other information

Regular (R) - 1840 and before lists only head of household plus a breakdown of the number of persons according to age and sex; 1850 lists the names of all persons and includes age, sex, real estate, marital, state of birth, and other information; 1880 and after also includes the birthplaces of the mother and father of each person

Slaveholder (S) - lists name of slaveholder and number of slaves

1790 - T
1800 - T

1810 - R A

1820 - R

1830 - R

1840 - R

1850 - R F M S

1860 - R F M D S

1870 - R F M D

1880 - R F M D

1900 - R

1910 - R

1920 - R


BOOKS


Elizabeth N. Lee. King George Co., VA, Marriages, v1, Marriage Bonds Bk. 1, 1786-1850
George H.S. King. King George Co., VA, Will Bk. A-I, 1721, 1752 & Misc. Notes
Elizabeth N. Lee. King George Co., VA, Marriages, v2, Implied Marriages
Nancy E. Harris. King George Co., VA, 1720-1990
Margaret C. Klein. Tombstone Inscriptions of King George Co., VA
Elizabeth N. Lee. King George Co., VA, Death Records, 1853-1896
John B.C. Nicklin. St. Paul's Register (Stafford-King George Counties, VA)
NEW Elizabeth N. Lee King George County, Virginia Loose Chancery Papers Volume 1 1811-1875. Both volumes cover many family histories of the county.
Available from:
BOYD PUBLISHING COMPANY

NEW BOOK
King George County Historical Society announces CEMETERIES OF KING GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, Vol II, Private Cemeteries. Most Comprehensive book to date. $30, $4 S&H if not picked up at the museum. Send Check to:
King George County Historical Society
P.O. Box 424
King George, VA 22485