Books and Resources - Buckingham County, Virginia

Buckingham County Books and Resources

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA LAND TAX SUMMARIES & IMPLIED DEEDS, Volume 1: 1782-1814 by Roger G. Ward, 1993. 343 pages, index. The author has thoroughly researched the land tax records for this important "burned" county and has constructed abstracts for each landholder, bringing disparate records together into a single abstract. Subsequent volumes will continue this series. $20.00

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA LAND TAX SUMMARIES & IMPLIED DEEDS, Volume 2: 1815-1840 by Roger G. Ward, 1994. vi, 300 pages, index. A continuation of the volume above. $20.00

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA LAND TAX SUMMARIES & IMPLIED DEEDS, Volume 3: 1841-1870 by Roger G. Ward, 1995. vi, 342 pages, index. A continuation of the volume above. $20.00

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1850 U.S. CENSUS by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1984. 151 pages, surname index. Records of this county were burned in 1869. The census lists all free persons, black and white, living in each household, giving name and age, occupation of males over 16, value of real estate and state or country (and sometimes county) of birth. $12.95

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1860 U.S. CENSUS by Randy Kidd. 1994. vi, 169 pages, index. Records of this county were burned in 1869. The census lists all free persons, black and white, living in each household, giving name and age, occupation of males over 16, value of real estate & personal property, and state or country (and sometimes county) of birth. $17.95

EARLY BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, LEGAL PAPERS. VOLUME ONE: 1765-1806 by Jeanne Stinson, 1993, vi, 8«x11, 110 pages, photos, index. Records of this county were burned in 1869. The author has recovered valuable information by transcribing the accounts and legal papers on Buckingham currently housed in the Austin-Twyman collection of the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. $20.00

LOST BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA MARRIAGES by Randy Kidd & Jeanne Stinson, 1992, xii, 251 pages, photos, index. Records of this county were burned in 1869. The authors have recovered valuable marriage records for this county from a missing register of 1854-1868, as well as abstracting marriages from various earlier newspaper sources and W.P.A. inventories and private sources. Over 1,100 marriages are reproduced here. $20.00

BUCKINGHAM CO., VA UNDETERMINED CHANCERY FILES INDEX by Jeanne Stinson, 1994, vi, 121 pages, index. This is volume two of Ms. Stinson's magnificent research effort into the records of Buckingham County. She utilizes the almost forgotten file boxes of undetermined chancery suits (many of which give evidence predating the 1869 fire) to elucidate the lives of many Buckingham residents who came in contact with the court system. $12.95

BUCKINGHAM CO., VA. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MINUTE BOOK, 1870-1887 by Jeanne Stinson, 1994, vi, ca. 100 pages, index. The following is an abstract of the minutes taken at the Board of Supervisor's meetings containing a chronological history of the rebuilding of the Court house and other facilities at the Court House Square. The Poorhouse accounts and the County Treasury Accounts are also included. Lists include jurors, persons dealing with the poorhouse, premiums paid for "scalps" and election officials. $12.95

BUCKINGHAM CO., VA EXTANT POLL LISTS (1788, 1840, 1841 & 1848) by Jeanne Stinson, 1994, vi, 136 pages, index. This is volume one of Ms. Stinson's magnificent research series, "Historical Records of Buckingham County, Virginia." She utilizes the poll lists for contested federal or state elections to locate residents of this burned county in space (voting district) and time. A most valuable addition to the history of Buckingham. $12.95

BUCKINGHAM CO., VA CHURCH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1764-1822 Compiled and abstracted by Mary Bondurant Warren, 1993, 87 pages, map full name index. This is a compilation of the surviving colonial Vestry books, indentures, and tax lists for Tillotson Parish, along with fragmentary Buckingham Baptist church minutes and marriage records kept by Rev. Rane Chastain. $12.50

BUCKINGHAM CO., VA NATIVES WHO DIED ELSEWHERE, 1853-1896 by Roger G. Ward, 1995. 133 pages, index. This project consisted of reviewing the Virginia State-wide Death Registers of 1853 to 1896 (Microfilm Reel 1 to Reel 38 to identify those persons listed in the various counties and independent cities who had listed as their place of birth as Buckingham County. Approximately 1,500 death entries (including about 100 slave entries) are published here. $14.95

BUCKINGHAM CO., VA. 1870 U.S. CENSUS transcribed by Jeanne Stinson. 1998. iv, 281 pages, index. Records of this county were burned in 1869. The census lists all persons, both black and white, living in each household, giving name and age, race and sex, occupation of males over 16, value of real estate & personal property, and state or country (and sometimes county) of birth, and age of children born within the census year. Also included is personal information on the individual educational level (read/write, deaf/dumb, attending school, etc.) $25.00

BUCKINGHAM BURIALS, VOL. 1, A SURVEY OF CEMETERIES IN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA compiled by Janice J.R. Hull; Hearthside Press 1997 (ISBN 0-945231-03-2). The introduction by the author is dated April 97. It is a softback book about 9" X 6" and has approximately 600 pages. It is organized by cemetery name and is also indexed by first and last name in the back. $25.00

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