Amelia County was created on 25 March 1735 from the lands of Prince George County west of Namozine Creek and from the portion of Brunswick
County north of the Nottoway River. The first court for the new county was held on 9 May 1735. It was named in honor of Amelia Sophia Eleanora, daughter of King George II. At the time of its creation, Amelia included the lands of present-day Amelia,
Nottoway and Prince Edward counties, as well as the eastern part of Appomattox County. In 1754 Prince Edward County was cut off on the west; in 1789, Nottoway County was established from a part of Amelia, leaving Amelia in its present configuration.
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AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA COURT ORDER BOOK 2, 1746
- 1750 This book contains orders to record deeds, wills and powers of attorney for this
period, lawsuits, witnesses, records of some Orphans Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer not found
elsewhere. The names of many individuals not found in other county records appear here. There is a detailed
index, and an index of names of slaves. 291 pages, softbound.(Prince Edward County was not cut away from
Amelia until 1754, and Nottoway county was not cut off until 1789, therefore this record contains the court
orders for both of these present-day counties at a very early period in their existence.)
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS 1735 - 1761: BONDS 1735 - 1754
(Will Book 1)
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. Amelia County was created in
1734/5 from Prince George Co., which was created from Charles City Co., an original shire. In
addition to wills, this volume contains estate inventories and appraisements. 87 pages Soft cover
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1735 -
1865
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. Abstracts of Amelia County
Virginia records made from the original deed and court order books in the Amelia County Clerk's
Office.187 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS 1761 - 1771. Will Book 2X
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. In addition to wills, these
records contain estate inventories and appraisements. 63 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS 1771 - 1780. (Will Book
2)
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. In addition to wills, these
records contain estate inventories and appraisements. 108 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1735 - 1743: BONDS 1735 -
1741. (Deed Book 1) Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson
McConnaughey. This volume contains deeds, wives' dower relinquishments, and shows migration
to and from other Virginia counties. 115 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1742 - 1747. (Deed Book
2)
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. This volume contains deeds,
wives' dower relinquishments, shows migrations to other parts of Virginia and to other states,
occupations, an early apprenticeship, and mentions several family cemeteries. 99 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1747 - 1753. (Deed Books 3 &
4)
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. This volume contains deeds,
occupations, and wives' dower relinquishments. 161 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1753 - 1759. (Deed Books 5 &
6)
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. This volume contains deeds,
wives' dower relinquishments, apprenticeships, bills of sale, several bonds, and location of a family
cemetery. 130 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1759 - 1765. (Deed Books 7 &
8)
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. This volume contains deeds,
wives' dower relinquishments, powers of attorney, apprenticeships, occupations, references to
churches and family cemeteries. 183 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1766 - 1773. (Deed Books 9, 10 &
11)
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. This volume contains deeds,
wives' dower relinquishments, migrations to other states, occupations, powers of attorney and
apprenticeships. A separate index of 320 slaves is included. 137 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY VIRGINIA DEEDS 1773 -1778. (Deed Books 12, 13 &
14)
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. This volume contains deeds,
wives' dower relinquishments, migrations to other Virginia counties and to other states, references
to churches, and occupations. An index of over 300 slave names is included. 149 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1778 - 1786 (Deed Books 15, 16 & 17)
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. In addition to deeds and wives'
dower relinquishments, there are marriage contracts, a marital separation, occupations, powers of
attorney, migrations to other Virginia counties and to other states, a deed stipulating a military
service substitute, owners of ordinaries, apprenticeships, and names of over 400 slaves and their
owners. 204 pages Soft cover.
UNRECORDED DEEDS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF AMELIA
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1750-1902
Abstracted and compiled by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. While abstracting the series,
Colonial Records of Amelia Co., Va., it was discovered that there were numerous unrecorded
deeds, bills of sale, powers of attorney, marriage contracts, etc., which had never been proved, as
well as records of the county Court of Oyer & Terminer for 1775-1791. 183 pages Soft cover
AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA COURT ORDER BOOK 1. 1735 - 1746
These extremely detailed abstracts contain names of plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of
lawsuits, witnesses, jurors, names of Justices, appointments of county clerk, sheriffs, deputy
sheriffs, constables, surveyors, processioners of land, attorneys admitted to practice in the Amelia
court, county tax levies, names of law offenders and their sentences, licenses and regulations for
keeping ordinaries, licenses for fur traders, proof of some residents' countries of origin in order to
enable them to obtain 50 acres of free land, binding out of orphans and illegitimate children,
payment by the county for various services, and the sheriffs' returns for this period. 297 pages
Soft cover.
JOURNALS OF STIRLING FORD. M.D. 1829 - 1831. AMELIA COUNTY,
VIRGINIA
These abstracts contain a complete record of this physician's patients, who were from the
wealthiest families on down through destitute whites and slaves. Ailments of patients and their
families, treatments, charges, and Dr. Ford's personal opinions of some of his patients are given..
Footnotes give additional genealogical information. 160 pages Soft cover
TWO CENTURIES OF VIRGINIA COOKING: THE HAW BRANCH PLANTATION
COOKBOOK 300 delicious recipes are given in modern cooking terms and measurements,
based on the handwritten plantation cookbook kept by six generations of women in the same family who lived on this Amelia County
plantation. There is a variety of recipes for bread (including 10 recipes for making breads from corn meal),
soups, salads, meats, vegetables, wonderful desserts, and jams and jellies. There is a recipe for making ice
cream long before ice cream freezers were invented, and instructions for preserving all manner of foods before
canning and freezing were known. There are many old household hints, from making mustard plasters to
preventing ice from forming on windows. 346 pages Hard cover, with color dust jacket
GHOSTS AT HAW BRANCH PLANTATION, AMELIA COUNTY,
VIRGINIA
Mimeograph, 26 pages. A fascinating journal of unexplained events at this Virginia plantation whose origins
date to the 1740s. Recorded by Gibson Jefferson McConnaughey. With a postcard photo of the plantation on
the front.
OLD HOMES AND BUILDINGS OF AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - VOLUME 2
106 homes and buildings in Amelia County at least 100 years old are traced from their present
owners back to the earliest county records. There are 115 photographs. A number of these
buildings still stand, some in disrepair and others restored, but these photographs are the only
record of the ones that have been destroyed intentionally or accidentally. A county map is printed
on the end papers, to assist in locating the buildings.
234 pages Hard cover, with dust jacket.
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Amelia Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 16 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
For a full description of the 1815 LAND DIRECTORY Records and a listing of available counties, see:
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Amelia Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 107 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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