BURNED COUNTY DATA, 1809-1848 (AS FOUND IN THE VIRGINIA CONTESTED ELECTION FILES)
by Benjamin B. Weisiger,III, 1986. 100 pages, index. The author has examined a previously unexplored source of
information for valuable genealogical information regarding "burned counties." The bulk of the
data consists of depositions regarding qualifications of the voter (e.g., land ownership, age, length
of residence in the county, etc.) as well as data gleaned from a number of attached wills, deeds,
and even a Bible register. The following counties and elections are included in the current
volume: Hanover (1825); Buckingham (1809, 1840, 1848); Charles City (1821, 1838);
Gloucester (1827); New Kent (1838); James City (1845); and Caroline (1843).
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SOME WILLS FROM THE BURNED COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA
compiled by William Lindsay Hopkins. 6x9 format. Wills from
circa 1670-1830. Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City,
Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, James City, King George, King and Queen, King William, Mathews,
Nansemond, New Kent, Prince George, Prince William, Stafford, and Warwick Counties, Va.
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Hanover County was created on 1 May 1721 from the western portion of New Kent County. The new county was named for the Elector of Hanover, the future King of England. In 1742 Hanover was subdivided, with its own western portion becoming Louisa County. Thereafter, the county boundaries stabilized, except for a slight adjustment of the Hanover-Henrico county line in 1787.
Virtually all of Hanover’s court records were lost in the Richmond fire in April, 1865. the only records which survived were the circuit court records, beginning in 1809, which remained in Hanover, and records found in the U.S. Court records which were housed in the Main Street Post Office building, one of the few structures to survive the Richmond disaster.
HANOVER CO., VA 1810 CENSUS transcribed, with an index by John Vogt. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2, x, 37 pages, illustrations, maps, index. This is the first surviving census for Hanover, since both the 1790 and 1800 censuses have been lost. A complete index is included for easy access.
Hanover was an important county on the outskirts of the state capital (Richmond). Its records have suffered greatly from the depredations of several wars and the disastrous Richmond fire of 1865. This document should be a fine complement to the abstract of Roger Ward (below) on land taxes in the county.