Chesterfield County was formed on 25 May 1749 from the lands belonging to Henrico County lying south of the James River. It was named for the Earl of Chesterfield, British statesman and diplomat. A boundary alteration to Chesterfield occurred in 1850 when the southwest corner of the county lying west of Skinquarter Creek was ceded to Powhatan County. The last change in Chesterfield's configuration occurred in 1922, when Farrar's Island was ceded to the county by legislative act.
The Chesterfield area was first settled in the 1610s, when an iron ore furnace was built below the falls near present-day Richmond. This early settlement was destroyed during the Indian Massacre of 1622. One of the settlements which survived this catastrophe was Bermuda Hundred, which is one of the oldest English settlements in America. A number of Huguenots settled in the Chesterfield area during the eighteenth century as the population moved outward from its base at Manakin Town.
CHESTERFIELD CO., VA 1810 CENSUS transcribed, with an index by John Vogt. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2, x, 27 pages, illustrations, maps, index.. This is the first surviving census for Chestefield, since both the 1790 and 1800 censuses have been lost. A complete index is included for easy access.
Chesterfield's initial settlement dated from the 1610s when it was part of Henrico County; by the 1810s it contained a number of large plantations with a heavy slave population, as well as a growing mining and iron ore industry; in all, census record covers 729 households, many of whom had roots in the county dating far back into the colonial era,
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS, 1774-1802
by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1979 & 1982. Revised edition, 327 pages, index. The current
volume contains abstracts from Will Books #3,4, & 5, as well as from Order Books #6 through
14.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA DEEDS, 1749-1756
by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1986. 109 pages, index. Abstracts of Deed Books #1 & 2.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA DEEDS, 1756-1764
by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1989. 113 pages, index. Abstracts of Deed Books #3 & 4.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA DEEDS, 1764-1768
by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1991. 74 pages, index. Abstracts of Deed Book #5.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA MARRIAGES, 1816-1853
by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1981. 201 pages, index. Marriage bonds and ministers' returns
begin where Mrs. Knorr's book leaves off. Alphabetically arranged as to grooms, with index to
brides. For more records pertaining to
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Chesterfield Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 38 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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Chesterfield Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 57 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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