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Accomack County and Northampton County

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Accomack and Northampton County Records
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.........Birth Records
.........Census Records
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.........Court Orders, Records, Wills, Etc.
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.........Marriage Records
.........Wills and Administrations Abstracts
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Virginia Eastern Shore Family Histories
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COUNTY RECORDS (DEEDS, WILLS, COURT ORDERS, ETC.)

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Accomack Records Timeline A NEW AND WONDERFUL RESOURCE!


Accomack County Loose Papers. (Includes marriage bonds 1733-1828; tax records 1783-1792, 1805-1856; election records for 1815, 1840-1860; miscellaneous records 1766-1880. [on microfilm at Eastern Shore Public Library]

Accomack County Birth Register Series: 1853-1896. A Series in Three Volumes by Gail M. Walczyk

 

Accomack County 1870 Census. A Series in Two Volumes by Gail M. Walczyk


Accomack County Orphans Account Series: 1741-1805. A Series in Eight Volumes by Gail M. Walczyk


Vol. 1. Accomack County Orphans Accounts 1741-1770 (Coram, NY: Peters Row, xxxx). 149 pp. by Gail M. Walczyk.
Vol. 2. Accomack County Orphans Accounts 1771-1784 (Coram, NY: Peters Row, xxxx), 117 pp. by Gail M. Walczyk.

Accomack County Death Register--1853-1896 (Coram, NY: Peters Row) 266 pp. by Gail M. Walczyk.

Accomack County, Virginia Court Orders Abstracts, A series in multiple volumes by JoAnn Riley McKee


Accomack County Register of Free Negroes, 1785-1863. Microfilm at ESPL

Accomack County Loose Papers. Includes marriage bonds, 1733-1828; tax records, 1783-1792, 1805-1856; election records, 1815, 1840-1860; miscellaneous records,1766-1880. Microfilm. ESPL

Accomack County, Virginia Wills and Administrations: 1663-1860. A Series in ThreeVolumes.

Adler, Doris. 1856 Land Tax:Northampton County, Virginia (Eastville, VA: Hickory House, xxxx). 104 pp, ISBN 1-886706-18-2. Available: Hickory House Books

Adler, Doris, editor. The Log of Carlton Ridgway Moore's Sloop--The Advance (Eastville, VA: Hickory House, 1996). Hickory House.

Ames, Susie M., Editor. County Court Records of Accomack-Northampton, Virginia: Series. click on link

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Barnes, Brooks Miles, and Keeney, W. Robert, comps. A Bibliography of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. A Union Catalog of Local History Sources Currently Held by the Drommondtown Branch, Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, The Eastern Shore Community College, The Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, and the Eastern Shore Public Library (Accomac: Eastern Shore Public Library, 1976) 975.51 Bib

Barnes, Brooks Miles. "A Selected, Annotated Bibliography of The Eastern Shore of Virginia For the Colonial Period," (Master's Paper, School of Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1973). 975.51 BAR

Barnes, Brooks Miles, and Custis, Deloise, Comps. Death Notices from the Peninsula Enterprise, 30 June 1881- December 1905. File boxes located at Eastern Shore Public Library in Accomack]

Barnes, Brooks Miles, and Custis, Deloise, Comps. Marriage Notices from the Peninsula Enterprise, 30 June 1881-23 December 1905. File Boxes at Eastern Shore Public Library.

Barnes, Alton Brooks Parker. Pungoteague To Petersvurg, 2 Volumes (xx:Lee Howard, 1988). Cloth bindings. Vol 1 158 pp. Vol 2 157 pp inc maps & photos. [available at Book Bin]

Barnes, Parker. Pungoteague To Petersburg, Vol. III. Muster Rolls & Soldiers' Records (xx:Parker Barnes, 1994). cloth, 89 pp plus index to first two volumes. [available at Book Bin]

Bell, John B. Northampton County Virginia Tithables 1662-1677 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1993). [available from Heritage books]

Bell, John B. Northampton County Virginia Tithables 1720-1769 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994). [available from Heritage books]

Birth Records for Accomack and Northampton counties: A series in multiple volumes by various authors

Billings, Warren M. The Old Domnion in the Seventeenth Century, A Documentary History of Virginia 1606-1689 (Chapel Hill, NC: University of NC Press, 1975), 324 pp, paper. ISBN 0-8078-1237-4

Breen, T. H. Myne owne ground": race and freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676.(New York: Oxford University Press, 1980).

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Carey, Mary Frances, et. al. Tombstone Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia (Bowie, MD: Heritage Press, Inc., 1995), 372 pp, cloth. [available from Heritage

Church, Church Parish and Church Vestry Records for Accomack and Northampton counties: A multiple volume series by various authors

 

CensusRecords for Accomack and Northampton Counties: Multiple Series by Various Authors

Court Orders, Wills, Deeds, etc.: Multiple Series by Various Authors

Court Records for Accomack and Northampton Counties: Multiple Series by Various Authors

Crowson, E. Thomas & Susan C. Hite (comps). Accomack Co VA 1860 Census (xx:xx, 1987), 225 pp, paper. [available at Heartstone]

Carter, J. B. H., et. als. An Economic and Social Survey of Accomac County (University of Virginia, March 1929) University of Virginia Record Extension Service Series Vol. 13, # 9.

Crowson, Elmer T., comp. Life as Revealed Through Early American Court Records; including the Story of Col. John Custis of Arlington, Queen's Creek, and Williamsburg. (Easley, S.C.; Southern Historical Press, 1981). 975.51 Cro ESPL

Crowson, Elmer T. The Crowsontown Methodist Episcopal Church. Unpublished 1971.

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De Gast, Robert. Unreal Estate: the Eastern Shore. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c1993).

Deal, Joseph Douglas. DISSERTATION. Race and class in colonial Virginia: Indians, Englishmne, and Africans on the Eastern Shore During the Seventeenth Century. (np: 1981, c1982).

Eastern Shore District Court Records: 1798- A Series in 3 Volumes
.....Vol. 1 1789-1797, by Gail Walczyk (Coram, NY: Peters Row), 192 pp.
......Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 not yet published

Forman, H. Chanlee. The Virginia Eastern Shore and its British Orginis (xx:xx, 1975). [out of print]

Greer, George C. Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 (xx:xx, 1989 (1912)), 376 pp., cloth. [available from Heartstone]

 

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Holland, N. L., et. als., An Economic and Social Survey of Northampton County (University of Virginia, November 1927), University of Virginia Record Extension Series Vol 12, # 5.

Houston, William R. M. and Jean M. Mihalyka. Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1985). ISBN 0-8063-1108-8. Library of Congress # 84-82487.

Hungars Parish Church Records.

Kellam, William M. Echoes from the Beachfront. (self-published by William M. Kellam, 1996. Available at Savage's Drug Store, 301 Mason Avenue, Cape Charles VA, 23310. Tel. 804-331-1212.

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Land Records for Accomack and Northampton counties: A series in multiple volumes by various authors


Latimer, Frances Bibbins, trans. An Original List of Taxable Property within the County of Northampton, VA for 1796. (Eastville VA: Hickory House., 1998)

Latimer, Frances Bibbins, trans. 1856 Land Tax for Northampton Co., VA (Eastville, VA: Hickory House., 1997).

Latimer, Frances Bibbins. 1850 Population Census and 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules-Northampton Co. (Eastville, VA: Hickory House.

Latimer, Frances Bibbins. Northampton County, Virginia Census 1860 (Eastville, VA: Hickory House.

Latimer, Frances Bibbins, Comp. The Register of Free Negroes, Northampton County,Virginia, 1853- 1861 (Bowie, Md: Heritage Books, 1992). [ 929.3 Lat ESPL]

Lederer, Richard M. Colonial American English (Essex, CN: Verbatim Books, 1985). A glossary of words and phrases found in colonial writing, now archaic, obscure, obsolete or whose meanings have changed.

Lewis, Mark C., Comp. Marriage License Bonds of Accomack County, Virginia, 1807-1832. 3 volumes. (Typescript, 1970). [929.3 Lew ESPL]

Ljungstedt, Milnor, Ed. The County Court Note-Book Volumes I-X and Ancestral Proofs and Probabilities Numbers 1-4 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1972). ISBN 0-8063-0505-3. [out of print]

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Mackey, Dr. Howard & Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves. Northampton County Virginia Record Book, Orders, Deeds, Wills & etc. Series. listed under series click on link

Mackey, Dr. Howard & Candy McMahan Perry, Editors. Vestry Book of Hungars Parish, Northampton Co., VA 1757-1875. (Camden, ME: Picton Press., 1997).

Marnier, Kirk. Off 13, The Eastern Shore of Virginia Guidebook (Herndon, VA: LCP Publishing, 1987). available at Book Bin.

Mariner, Kirk. Revival's Children A Religious History of Virginia's Eastern Shore. Designed and Illustrated by Ronald Harman. (Salisburey, MD: Peninsula Press, 1979

Marriage Records for Accomack and Northampton counties: A series in multiple volumes by various authors

Marshall, James Handley. Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Northampton County, Virginia 1632-1802, Revised Edition (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 2000).

McKey, JoAnn Riley. Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts Series, click on link to see series

Methodist Church, Accomac Circuit, Record of Baptisms, 15 May 1859-16 Sep 1888 and Marriages, 13 June 1859-13 Feb 1889. [photocopy at Eastern Shore Public Library]

Mickey. A Boston's World. (Genealogy and social history of a Virgiinia Eastern Shore canine.)  (Eastern Shore, VA: 1998) Paper. Full-color plates. Available from Mickey at his website, or by calling (800) 788-3196.

Middleton, Arthur P. Tobacco Coast -- A Maritime History of Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era (xx:xx, 1989 (1953)), 508 pp, paper. [available at Heartstone]

Mihalyka, Jean M., comp. Abstracts from the Register, Mariners Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church, 1883-1911, Salisbury District, Wilmington Conference, Tangier Island, Accomack County, Virginia. (Typescript, 1984) [929.3 Mih ESPL]

Mihalyka, Jean M., and Wilson, Faye Downing, Comps. Graven Stones: Inscriptions from Lower Accomack County, Virginia including Liberty and Parksley Cemeteries. 3rd ed. (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1992). [ 929.3 Mih ESPL]

Mihalyka, Jean M., comp. Gravenstone Inscriptions in Northampton County, Virginia. rev. ed. (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1984). [ 929.3 Mih ESPL]

Mihalyka, Jean M. Loose Papers and Sundry Court Cases, 1628 - 1731, Northampton County, Virginia, Volume 1 (Eastville, VA: Hickory House, 1997). 338 pp, paper, indexed.Available at Hickory House Books, P. O. Box 37, Eastville VA 23347-0037.

Mihalyka, Jean M. Loose Papers and Sundry Court Cases, Northampton County, Virginia, Volume 2 (Eastville, VA: Hickory House, 1997). 338 pp, paper, indexed. Available at Hickory House Books, P. O. Box 37, Eastville VA 23347-0037.

Mihalyka, Jean M., comp. Northampton County Bible Records, 16 volumes. [at Eastern Shore Public Library]

Mihalyka, Jean M. Marriages, Northampton County, Virginia 1660/1 - 1854, Revised (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1995). ISBN 0-7884-0166-1. [available from Heritage books]

Mihalyka, Jean M., Comp. Northampton County, Virginia, Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots in America's War for Independence, April 1775 to December 1783 (Typescript, 1975) . [ 929.3 Nat ESPL]

Mihalyka, Jean M.;Parks, Millie; and Wilson, Faye D., Comps. Tombstone Inscriptions: Tangier Island, Virginia (Typescript, 1978). [929.3 Mih. ESPL]

Miles III, Moody K., and Barry W. Miles. Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, VA, 1800-1860. (Bowie, MD:Heritage Books)

Miles, Moody K., comp. Church Register, Pocomoke, West Accomack Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1898-1927. (Typescript, 1988). 287.5 Mil available at ESPL or mkmiles@erols.com

Miles, Moody K., III. & Barry W. Miles. Downing's Church Records, book I & II (1857-1899), 1992, , 131 pp, typee set. available at ESPL or from mkmiles@erols.com

Miles III, Moody K., and Barry W. Miles. Marriages of Accomac County, 1854-1895, Recorded in Licenses & Ministers' Returns (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books)., 1997)

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Newspapers from Eastern Shore. [Available at Eastern Shore Public Library]

Nordstrom, Julie V. The Eastern Shore of Virginia in Days' Past. Available at Book Bin.

Northampton County Minute Books: A series in 5 volumes.

Northampton County Orphans Accounts: A series in 2 volumes.

Northampton County Orders, Deeds, Wills, Etc. A Series in - Volumes.

Nottingham, Stratton, Comp. Accomack Land Causes 1728-1825 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1930 (rept 1990)). ISBN 1-55613-280-8., 178 pp, indexed, paper. Available from Heritage.

Nottingham, Stratton. Accomack Tithables, 1663-1695. (xx, Family Line Publications, (1931, rept 1987, 1993). Available from Family Line.

Nottingham, Stratton. Accomack County, Virginia, Certificates and Rights, 1663-1709 and Tithables 1663-1695 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., rept 1993 (1929. 1931)) [available from Heritage] [929.3 Not ESPL]

Nottingham, Stratton. Certificates and Rights -- Accomack Co VA 1663-1709 (xx:xx, 1992 (1929)), 91pp, paper. [available from Heartstone]

Nottingham, Stratton. Marriage License Bonds of Accomack Co VA 1774-1806 (Baltimore: Clearfield Co, Inc., 1997 (1927)), 49 pp, paper. Available from Clearfield at 1-410-752-8492.

Nottingham, Stratton. The Marriage License Bonds of Northampton County, Virginia 1706-1854 (Baltimore: Clearfield Company, (1929) rept 1994), 135 pp, paper. [available from Clearfield]

Nottingham, Stratton, Comp. Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors from Accomack County, Virginia (Onancock, VA: By the Author, 1927). 929.3 Not

Nottingham, Stratton, Comp. Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors from Northampton County, Virginia; Muster Rolls and Pay Rolls of the Twenty-Seventh Regiment of Virginia Militia, Northampton County, 1812 (Onancock, VA: By the Author, 1929). Hickory House

Nottingham, Stratton, Comp. Soldiers and Sailors of the Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Revolutionary War (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books), (1995), 2001), 142 pp.

Nottingham, Stratton, Comp. Virginia Land Causes, Lancaster County 1795-1848 & Northampton County 1731-1868 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books)1931 (rept 1991)). [ 929.3 Not EXPL]

Nottingham, Stratton ed. The Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1663-1800 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books) (1931) rept 1990). ISBN 1-55613-405-3., 551 pp., index, paper.

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Parish Records

Perry, James R. The Formation of a Society on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1615-1655 (Chapel Hill, NC: University of NC Press, 1990). 253 pp, cloth, ISBN: 0-8078-1927-1.

Perry, James R., comp. Notes From the Seventeenth-Century Court Records of Accomac and Northampton Counties, Virginia. [available on microfilm at Eastern Shore Public Library]

Powell, Jody. Accomack County VA Census 1800, 1810, 1820 (Roanoke TX: Powell, xxxx). paper. Available from Powell at Rt 3, Box 13-R, Roanoke TX 76262.

Powell, Jody. Accomack County VA Census 1830 (Roanoke TX: Powell, xxxx). paper, available from Powell.

Powell, Jody. Accomack County VA Census 1840 (Roanoke TX: Powell, xxxx), paper. Available from Powell.

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Register of Deaths in the County of Accomack, 1853-1896. Microfilm, at ESPL

Register of Deaths in the County of Northampton, 1853-1896. Microfilm, at ESPL

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Scherzinger, Patricia. Accomack County VA 1850 Census (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1988).

Schomette, Donald G. Pirates on the Chesapeake

St. George's Parish Levy Book, 1821. (xx:xx, xxxx). Manuscript Box 6 at Eastern Shore Public Library.

St. George's Parish Records by Gail Walczyk

Swain, C. P. A Brief History of Tangier Island, VA (xx:xx, (1890s), indexed 32 pp. Available from Peters Row-Gail Walczyk.

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Tate, Thad W., and David L. Ammerman (eds.). The Chesapeake in the Seventeenth Century--Essays on Anglo-American Society (xx:xx, 1979), 310 pp, paper. [available from Heartstone]

Tucker, Norma. Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives (Baltimore: Clearfield Co, 1994). available.

Turman, Nora Miller, Comp. Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1800-1860 (Typescript, 1979). [929.3 Tur ESPL]

Turman, Nora Miller, and Carey, Mary Frances, Comps. Marriage License Bonds of Accomack County, Virginia, 1798-1806, from the Accomack County Loose Papers (Typescript, 1986). [929.3 Tur ESPL]

Turman, Nora Miller, Comp. Marriage License Bonds of Accomack County, Virginia, from 1832 through 1841 (Typescript, 1979). [929.3 Tur ESPL]

Turman, Nora Miller, and Carey, mary Frances, Comps. Marriage License Bonds of Accomack County, Virginia, March 1847- June 1850 (Typescript 1981). [ 929.3 Tur ESPL]

Turman, Nora Miller, and Carey, Mary Frances, Comps. Marriage Licenses of Accomack County, Virginia, 1850-1854, Not in Marriage Register No. 2 (Typescript, 1982). [929.3 Tur ESPL]

Turman, Nora Miller, and Carey, Mary Frances, Comps. Marriage Licenses of Accomack County, Virginia, 1853-1858 (Typescript, 1988). [ 929.3 Tur ESPL]

Turman, Nora Miller, comp. Family Burying Grounds of Accomack County, Virginia, 1937 and 1979 (Typescript, 1979). (929.3 Tur ESPL)

Thurman, Nora Miller. Marriage Records of Accomack Co, VA 1776-1854: Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, and Ministers Returns (Bowie, MD: Heritage Press, Inc., 1994), 394 pp, paper. [available from Heritage]

Thurman, Nora Miller The Eastern Shore of Virginia (Onacock, VA: The Eastern Shore News, Inc., 1964). Library of Congress # 64-17509. [available from Heritage Press, Inc.]

Torrence, Clayton. Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800 (Reprinted: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1995). ISBN 0-8063-0328-X. [available from Genealogical Pub Co]

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Walczyk, Frank V. Northampton Co. VA Cattlemarks 1665-1742. (Coram, NY: Peters Row).

Walczyk, Frank V. Northampton County, VA Orders, Deeds, Will, etc. Series. listed under title click on link

Walczyk, Gail M. Accomack County Birth Register Series in 3 Volumes: listed under title, click on link

Walczyk, Gail M. Accomack County 1870 Census Series in 2 Volumes: listed under title, click on link

Walczyk, Gail M. Accomack County Orphans Accounts Series in 8 Volumes: listed under title, click on link

Walczyk, Gail M. Accomack County, VA Deaths, 1853-1896: listed under title: click on link

Walczyk, Gail M. Accomack Indentures 1798-1835, (Coram, NY: Peters Row) 76 pp.

Walczyk, Gail M. Eastern Shore Court Records, a Series in 3 Volumes. click on link

Walcyzk, Gail M. Northampton County Minute Book Series click on link

Walczyk, Gail M. Northampton County Orphans Accounts Series Listed under title click on link

Walczyk, Gail M. A Record of Baptisms on the Accomac Circuit (Coram, NY: Peters Row)

Walczyk, Gail M. editor. The Report and Journal of the Proceedings of the Joint Commission to Adjust the Boundary of the States of Maryland and Virginia. (Coram, NY: Peters Row). 46 pp. indexed.

Walczyk, Gail M. St. George's Parish, Accomack County Vestry Book 1763-1787 (Coram, NY: Peters Row)

Walczyk, Gail M. Smith's Island in 1870. (Coram, NY: Peters Row), 296 pp.

Walker, Susie Wilkins, and Turman, Nora Miller, Comps. Accomack County, Virginia, Soldiers and Sailors in America's War for Independence, April 1775 to December 1783 (Typescript, 1975). [929.3 Nat ESPL]

Wiatt, Alex L. 26th Virginia Infantry

Whitelaw, Ralph T. Virginia's Eastern Shore: A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties Two Vols. (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1996 (1951)). Available from Picton and Book Bin.

West, Elmer D. Some Descendants of Anthony West of Accomack, Virginia (Silver Spring, MD: Elmer West, 1980. [available from the author]

Wills and Administrations for Accomack and Northampton counties: A series in x volumes

Wise, Jennigs Cropper. Ye Kingdom of Accawmacke or The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the 17th Century (Baltimore: Clearfield Co, (1911) rept 1997), 406 pp, paperback. Available from Clearfield -410-625-9004, item 6465 $35 plus sh/tx; hardback version available from Boyd Publishing 1-800-452-4035, item HG-47, $45.50 plus sh/tx.

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