Northumberland County was created circa 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, which consisted of the Indian reserve between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers. From Northumberland's lands came the counties of Lancaster (1651) and Westmoreland (1653). At that latter date Northumberland attained its present boundaries. Like so many early seventeenth century counties, the new county derived its name from a similar English county in Britain.
Many of Northumberland's seventeenth-century records were destroyed in a 1710 fire.
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NORTHUMBERLAND CITY CO., VA 1810 CENSUS
transcribed by John Vogt. 2009. 8 x 10, x, 19 pages, illustrations, maps, arranged in the original rough alphabetic form used by the enumerator.
In addition, in an unusual move, the enumerator chose to require three additional pieces of information from the households: 1)the number of gallons of brandy produced [annually?]; 2)the number of looms in the household; and finally, 3)yards of cloth woven by the household [presumably annually]. This information reveals a great deal about the cottage industry of this Chesapeake community and its relations with port factors and traders.Northumberland County,Virginia 1678-1699 Court Order Book Part One, Court Orders for: August 21, 1678 through April 20, 1687Northumberland County,Virginia 1678-1699 Court Order Book Part Two, Court Orders for: April 20, 1687 through December 21, 1698
NORTHUMBERLAND CO., VA. DEATH RECORDS, 1853-1896
abstracted by Nell Hailey, vi, 222 pages, index.
A thorough and accurate abstraction of all the data
contained in the first death register for Northumberland
County. Contains (in most cases) name of deceased, sex,
free or slave, place of death, contributing cause, age at
time of death, place of birth, parents' names, and name
of person reporting death to authorities.
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Northumberland County,Virginia 1699 Court Order Book Part Two, Court Orders for: November, 23 1706 through September 16, 1713 A Translation by Charles and Virginia Hamrick. 549 pages, 8.5" x 11" format. The index records analyses of probable correct spellings of all the various spellings used to trace the orthography of the names in an attempt to reconcile them with their modern equivalents.
The Supreme Court of Record in the Dominion of Virginia in the Early 18th Century is the General Court, held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg. The Court had Jurisdiction, and held Pleas of all Matters whatsoever arising within this Colony, Criminal, Ecclesiastical, or Civil, at Common Law, or in Chancery, Real, Personal, or Mixed. It also received and determined Appeals, and Supersedeas, obtained from the Judgment of any Inferior Court or Record: Grants Certificates of Probate of Wills, and determined the Right of Administration, where the Estate exceeded £50 Value. There are also records of all Prisoners committed to the Public Jail, and innumerable Rules, Orders, and Decrees.
This painstaking continuation of the transcription
started in the first volume (above), covers so many various types of records in such great detail that we can't begin to cover it all here.
The every-name index alone spans 93 pages of small type, listing almost anyone who was the subject of public documentation during this early colonial period in a county which covered a vast area of the northern neck region.
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Northumberland Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 17 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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Individual County Booklets, 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners
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Northumberland Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 22 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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Revolutionary "Publick" Claims series
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