King George County was formed in 1720 from the upper part of Richmond County. The county was the first of many named for the family members of the new ruling Hanoverian Dynasty, in this case the first German monarch for England, King George I. In 1730 King George gave up its upper portion to form a part of Prince William County in turn. In 1776, there was a significant readjustment in the boundary line between King George and Stafford counties. Instead of extending along the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers respectively, after 1776 the counties extended from river to river. By this arrangement, the southern portion of Stafford County became King George land, while the northern part of King George shifted to Stafford. In 1777 a portion of King George County was given over to Westmoreland County, while a part of Westmoreland also went to King George. At that point the county's boundaries stabilized.
Many early records are missing. Some were destroyed or lost. The county's first will book (1721-52) was carried off by a Union soldier as a souvenir. It was returned to the county in 1977.
KING GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, MARRIAGES: VOLUME II: IMPLIED MARRIAGES
transcribed by Elizabeth Nuckols Lee. 1995, ix, 138 pages, index. Most of the early marriage
records of King George County have been lost. The current volume contains draws from a
number of sources, including early will and deed records, as well as occasional marriage lists.
KING GEORGE COUNTY VIRGINIA LOOSE CHANCERY PAPERS VOLUME 1: 1811-1875
transcribed by Elizabeth Nuckols Lee. 1998, vi, 173
pages, index. The information presented in this document represents the results of a county records indexing
project which began in January 1996. This project was initiated to index the loose chancery papers found stored
away in the King George County Circuit Court Clerk's Office, King George, Virginia. It was funded by a
grant administered by the Library of Virginia. The majority of suits dealt with the division of real and personal
property of a decedent, when minor children were involved. This was the case when a person had many
children over a long period of time, a person had been married more than once, or when an adult child was
also deceased and had minor children. The law required that minor children be protected. Suits had to be
brought to guarantee that protection. As a result, some chancery bills contain as many as four or five
generations of a family. Between 1811 and 1840, surviving chancery papers are few. From 1842 to 1898, the
chancery papers appear to have survived for the most part. In 1898, the system for filing chancery papers was
modified. Many old pending suits were dismissed or discontinued. Those papers will be included in the second
volume. A few chancery papers were stored in the vault from 1898 to 1912 even though most chancery papers
of this time period had been filed and indexed previously.
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KING GEORGE COUNTY VIRGINIA LOOSE CHANCERY PAPERS VOLUME 2: 1876-1912
transcribed by Elizabeth Nuckols Lee. 2004, iv, 130
pages, index. A continuation of the volume above.
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King George Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 11 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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King George Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 27 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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