Iberian Publishing Company's On-Line Catalog: Greensville County Virginia
Greensville County was formed in 1781 from the eastern part of Brunswick County, with an additional part of Brunswick added to the new county in 1787. The naming of this county is uncertain. One theory is that it was named for Sir Richard Grenville, leader of the settlement on Roanoke Island in 1585, and that the name had been corrupted to "Greensville" by the time of the county's founding. In 1802 Sussex County's lands south of the Three Creeks was also added to Greensville. At that point its boundaries stabilized.
An early fire destroyed some of the county's records.
Greensville County was formed in 1781 from the eastern part of Brunswick County, with an additional part of Brunswick added to the new county in 1787. The naming of this county is uncertain. One theory is that it was named for Sir Richard Grenville, leader of the settlement on Roanoke Island in 1585, and that the name had been corrupted to "Greensville" by the time of the county's founding. In 1802 Sussex County's lands south of the Three Creeks was also added to Greensville. At that point its boundaries stabilized.
An early fire destroyed some of the county's records.
GREENSVILLE CO., VA 1810 CENSUS transcribed by John Vogt. 2010, 8 x 10, x, 12 pages, illustrations, maps, arranged in the original rough alphabetic order.
Greensville Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 15 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
Greensville Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 21 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.