Pittsylvania County, Virginia

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Pittsylvania County

History

Formed from Halifax County on November 6, 1766.

Portions of the county were subsequently broken out into Surry County and Henry County.

Sources

See also:

• History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995
• First List of Tithables of Pittsylvania County, Virginia; Year 1767; The History of Pittsylvania County; by Maud Carter Clement.
• Virginia parishes, posted by Freddie Spradlin on Virginia Genealogy Web, based primarily on "Hening's Statutes at Large (see vagenweb.org/hening/) and the list of parishes in The Hornbook of Virginia History, 4th edition, edited by Emily J. Salmon and Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr., Library of Virginia, Richmond, 1994."
• Pittsylvania County on Family Search
  • Marriages (FamilySearch login required, but free): Marriage bonds book, no. 1, 1767-1861 -- Index to marriage register, no. 2, 1861-1900 -- Marriage register, no. 2, 1861-1900.
• Pittsylvania County, Virginia Marriages 1700-1799. Publication: Records Compiled by Cecil D. McDonald, Jr. of Seattle, Washington; Transcribed and submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Wes Blair, Pam Miller.
• Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia 1767-1805. Author: Catherine Lindsay Knorr Publication: 1956
• Chancery Records Index at Library of Virginia includes the Pittsylvania County chancery causes, 1771-1869