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TOWNS: |
Kilmarnock
(in Lancaster County, extends into
southeastern Northumberland
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UNINCORPORATED
COMMUNITIES |
Burgess
Callao
Fairport
Fleeton
Heathsville
Lake
Lewisetta
Lottsburg
Reedville
Wicomico Church
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CEMETERIES: |
Faairfields Cem.
Gibeon Cem.
Roseland Cem.
Shiloh Cem.
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LIBRARY: |
Northumberland Public Library
7204 Northumberland Hwy.
Heathsville, VA 22473
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MUSEUM: |
Reedville Fishermen's Museum
504 Main St.
Reedville, VA
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Welcome to the Northumberland County, Virginia
This is a No Muss, No Fuss Website to make your
searches easy and quick.
I hope you find your visit pleasant and fruitful.
This is a very new county for me so
please
bear with me as I get things uploaded.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting....
Sharon Wick
Owner and Sole Transcriber.
NOTE: This will start slow
but I will be adding to it
as I can find time.
COURTHOUSE
EARLY BIRTHS & DEATHS - PARTIAL
EARLY TOMBSTONES
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Rockbridge County
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The area was occupied at the
time of English settlement by the Algonquian-speaking
historic tribes of the Wicocomico and Chickacoan. The
county was created by the Virginia General Assembly in
1648 during a period of rapid population growth and
geographic expansion. Settlement began in this area of
the Northern Neck around 1635. Originally known as the
Indian district Chickacoan, the area was first referred
to as Northumberland in the colonial records in 1644.
The following year, John Mottrom served as the first
burgess for the territory in the House of Burgesses,
which met at the capital of the Virginia Colony at
Jamestown.
The colonial court ordered the two tribes to merge and
by 1655, assigned them a reservation of 4,400 acres (18
km2) near Dividing Creek, south of the Great Wicomico
River. By the early 1700s, the Wicocomico tribe was
greatly reduced, and English colonists took control of
their lands. They were believed to be extinct as a tribe
as, landless, they disappeared from the historical
record. Descendants of the last weroance are working to
regain recognition as a tribe, the Wicocomico Indian
Nation.
The size of the county was drastically reduced in 1651
and 1653 when the colonial government organized
Lancaster and Westmoreland counties from it.
Of the 172 counties that have ever existed in
Virginia's history, Northumberland ended up being an
"ancestor" to 116 of these –– more than the current 95
counties (several were lost to other states, such as
West Virginia).
Source: Wikipedia.com |
County Courthouse
P. O. Box 129
Heathsville, VA 22473-0129
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ADJACENT COUNTIES
* Lancaster County - south
* Richmond County - south
* Westmoreland County - northwest |
County Seat:
Heathsville
Year Organized: 1648
Square Miles: 191.30 |
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