Genealogy
The Clerk's Office has genealogy section located in the Deed Room on the first floor of the Courthouse. Records include:
| Record Name (if underlined, click for more info) |
Years, if applicable | Online Availability |
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| Burnt Deed Books and Indexes | 1778-1867 | Indexes are available at: Grantor Grantee Document images are available via Secure Remote Access |
| Birth Records | 1862-1894, 1912-1917 - may not include all birth during these times periods. | Index and images are available via Secure Remote Access. Additional years may be available via Virginia Department of Health search. |
| Death Records | 1870-1894, 1912-1917 - may not include every death during these time periods | Index and images are available via Secure Remote Access. Additional years may be available via Virginia Department of Health search. |
| Wills | 1778-Present | Index and images are available via Secure Remote Access. |
| Marriages | 1778-Present | Index and images are available via Secure Remote Access. |
| Minute Books | 1778-1902 | Most non-bound books can be found online here. Bound books are available in the office. |
| Muster Roll and Index | 1861-1865, 1887-1919 | |
| Muster Roll in the War With Germany | ||
| WWI Returned Servicemen | 1918 | Index and images are available via Secure Remote Access |
| WWII (Parts 1 and 2) | ||
| Civil War Veterans | 1861 | |
| VA Militia Pay Roll | 1813-1815 | |
| Administration Bonds | 1778-1815 | |
| Bail Book | 1834-1837 | |
| Bond Books | 1821-1858, 1875-1884, 1911-1970 | |
| Bonds for Costs | 1887-1970 | |
| Census Record | 1860 | |
| Chancery Court | 1831-1850 | |
| Court of Hustings | 1865-1870 | |
| Estray Book | 1778-1857, 1865-1932 | |
| General Index Registration | 1902-1903 | |
| Memorandum Books | 1809-1814, 1814-1818, 1818-1821, 1820-1831, 1825-1828, 1829-1833, 1837-1842, 1868
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| Officials Bond Book | 1904-1955
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| Order Book for Civil Cases | 1819-1824
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| Overseers of the Poor | 1787-1862 | Click on year range on left to view book |
| Pleas of the Commonwealth
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1808-1814 | |
| Property Tax Book (Parts 1 and 2)
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1815-1816 | |
| Receivers Book
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1853-1878 | |
| Surveyor Book | 1861-1869 | |
| Tax Ledger | 1870 | |
| Witness Fee Book | 1804-1822, 1809-1829, 1822-1842 | |
| Judgments and Orders | 1786-1791, 1798 | |
| Judgments Book | 1795-1798, 1802-1804 | |
| Judgments Confessed to Office | ||
| Executions of Judgments | 1808-1817, 1820-1823, 1826-1831 | |
| Executions Returnable | 1786-1792 | |
| Office of Judgments | 1809-1823 |