Surry County, Virginia

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Surry County

History

Formed from James City County in 1652.

Portions of the county were subsequently broken out into Brunswick County and Sussex County.

Sources

See also:

• Surry County on Family Search
• "Notes from Albemarle Parish Register, Sussex County, Va.", an article from The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 14 (1905).
• FamilySearch copy: Parish register of Albemarle Parish of Surry and Sussex counties, 1739-1778 (organization of information is odd - children's christening records are grouped alphabetically by given name throughout [e.g., Henrys on pp 26, 63, 119]).
• 1775–1781 — Early Virginia marriages. Pt. I; by William Armstrong Crozier (1864-1913); Publication date 1907; Publisher New York : Genealogical Association. (See Surry County is just on page 62.)
• Early Birth Records of Albemarle Parish containing parts of Surry and Sussex Counties; Source: Albemarle Parish Records 1739 - 1777, (parts of the two counties of) Surry and Sussex, Virginia, Copied by Joel Ricks, Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 1942. Originally Typed by Ralph Hale, 1943. Transcribed by Genealogy Trails Transcription Team, VB.
  • Part 1 • Achins– Gudkins
  • Part 2 • Hadday– Owens
  • Part 3 • Page–Zell
• Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717-1778, from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia (limited Google preview). Author: Boddie, John Bennett Publication: (c) 1958 by John Bennett Boddie, reprinted for Clearfield Co. byGen. Publ. Co., 1992, 1998, 167 pages. LOC #64-22294 ISBN 0-8063-0024-8
  • See Albemarle Parish Register, Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia for images, discussion, table of contents, and errata.
• Eliza Timberlake Davis, Surry County Records, Surry County, Virginia, 1652-1684 (Clearfield Co. (c) 1980, orig. publ. 195?).
• Richards, Gertrude R.B., Ph.D., and Leonard, Florence M. (1958) The Register of Albemarle Parish Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778, The National Society Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia; Southern Historical Press Edition, 1984.
• Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson and Hogwood, Andrew Wilburn (2008) Albemarle Parish Vestry Book 1742-1786 Surry and Sussex Counties Virginia, Clearfield, Baltimore. (limited preview on Google Books)
• Wills and Administrations of Surry County Virginia 1671–1750
• Rent Roll of all the Land held by Her Maj'te in Surrey county 1704 (page 210)