In keeping with the prior name of the older county, the new portion divided from it in 1702 was titled in honor of the same king, William III. It was formed from the portion of King and Queen County lying in Pamunkey Neck, i.e., between the Pamunkey and Mattaponi rivers. In 1720 and 1727 upper portions of King William County were cut off to form parts of Spotsylvania and Caroline counties, respectively.
Most of the county's records were destroyed in a fire which gutted the county clerk's office on 17 January 1885. Only a few deed books survived the burning.
KING WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECORDS, 1702-1806: Record Books 1-5 including surviving fragments
by Beverly R. Conolly, 2006. 149 pages, index. On the morning of 17 January 1885 a devastating fire swept through the clerk’s office in King William County, Virginia. When it was through, that county joined the ranks of “Virginia’s Burned Counties” and a treasure of genealogical information was lost to researchers. The earliest five Record Books, which cover the period of the county’s formation to the beginning of the nineteenth century, exist only in a fragmentary state, with huge gaps within the series. But they still provide a rich source of genealogical information. These were primarily deed books, filled with family references and relinquishments of dower, and an occasional odd marriage contract or prenuptial agreement. Occasionally, reference give information aside from the dry forms of protocol. Such was the case with William C. Pemberton, who signed over his property in 1805 in a deed of trust to Samuel and James Edwards because...For other records pertaining to King William COUNTY, VIRGINIA see:
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