Prince George County was formed in 1703 from the part of Charles City County which lay south of the James River. The new county was named for Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne of England. Brunswick was cut off the southern portion of Prince George County in 1720 and Amelia County emerged from Prince George's western holdings in 1734. The last boundary change occurred in 1752 when Dinwiddie County was formed from it.
Prince George's records suffered from both the Revolutionary and Civil War conflicts. British raiders destroyed some county records, but the greatest depredation came in 1864. Federal occupation troops set fire to the courthouse and other public buildings, and they carried away or destroyed many of the county court books. Some of these "liberated" items have been returned. Others, like the county's minute book for the years 1714-1728, were found shortly after the war in abandoned Federal encampments.
Prince GEORGE County,Virginia 1810 Federal Census: A Transcription
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS & DEEDS, 1713-1728
by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1973. 184 pages, index. This is a continuation of the will and deed records found
in the above volume.
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECORDS, 1733-1792
by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1975. 228 pages, index. This book contains various records from this period,
including: Minute Book 1737-1740, Wills & Deeds 1759-1760, fragment from 1733, Wills & Deeds 1787-1792,
and loose wills from the State Archives Accessions Files.
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA MISCELLANY, 1711-1814
by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1986. 121 pages, index. Prince George County, formed in 1704, lost most of its
records by destruction during the Civil War. The author has extracted valuable genealogical sources for this
"burned county", including the Surveyor's Plat Book for 1711-1724; the Plat Book for 1794-1824, through 1811;
Court Order Book, 1811-1814; Execution Book, 1801-1803 (for estate suits and inventories); and loose papers,
including some wills, deeds, and other documents in the Accessions Files of the Virginia State Archives.
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Prince George Co. 1815 Directory of Landowners
by Roger G. Ward. 2005. 21 pages, map, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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Prince George Co. Revolutionary Public Claims
transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.. 2005. 18 pages, 5 1/2X8 1/2.
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