Isle of Wight County was one of the original shires of Virginia established in 1634. For three years, until 1637 it bore the name Warrosquyoake. Only then did its name first appear as Isle of Wight, named for the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. As first constituted, the new county bore a vague boundary description which was clarified by several Acts (1639/40), 1642/43, and 1647). It included the land south of the James River between Nansemond County on its eastern flank and James City County on the northwest. Nansemond land consisting of the Terrascoe Neck and the Ragged Islands was added to Isle of Wight in 1656. In 1769 land west of Chuckatuck Creek and in 1772 Rascow's Neck were also added to Isle of Wight from Nansemond. Finally, in 1749, the only division of the county occurred when the southern portion of the county was taken to form Southampton County.
Isle of Wight's county records have survived with only a few court order books missing. the clerk buried the records to save them from British raiders during the Revolution. then, when Union cavalry began to raid through the county during the Civil War, the records were transferred west, first to Greensville County and then to Brunswick County.
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS, 1720-1736, AND DEEDS, 1741-1749
transcribed and abstracted by William Lindsay Hopkins. 1994 (reprint) (8½x11 format), 156
pages, index.ed. This book is a continuation of the deeds found in the author's book above.
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS, 1750-1782
transcribed and abstracted by William Lindsay Hopkins. 1995, v, 209 pages (8½x11 format).
indexed. Isle of Wight County was one of the original shires of Virginia established in 1634. For
three years, until 1637 it bore the name Warrosquyoake. Only then did its name first appear as
Isle of Wight. As first constituted, the new county bore vague boundary description which was
clarified by several Acts (1639/40), 1642/43, and 1647). It included the land south of the James
River between Nansemond County on its eastern flank and James City County on the northwest.
Nansemond land consisting of the Terrascoe Neck and the Ragged Islands was added to Isle of
Wight in 1656. In 1769 land west of Chuckatuck Creek and in 1772 Rascow's Neck were also
added to Isle of Wight from Nansemond. Finally, in 1749, the only division of the county
occurred when the southern portion of the county was taken to form Southampton County.
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Isle of Wight Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 33 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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Isle of Wight Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 33 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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