Warwick County Microfilm
Date of Formation: 1634 (original shire)
Formed From: Warwick River County from 1634 to 1643
Now extinct, incorporated into the city of Warwick in 1952, and then into the city of Newport News in 1958
Lost Records Note:
County court records were destroyed at several times, primarily during the Civil War in 1864 and 1865 County court minute books and loose records from 1787 to 1819 were destroyed by the fire.
[Bonds/Commissions/Oaths] [Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships]
[County Administrative Records] [Court Records] [Election Records] [Fiduciary Records]
[Health and Medical Records] [Land Records] [Marriage Records and Vital Statistics]
[Military and Pension Records] [Miscellaneous Records]
| ILL indicates a copy is available for loan |
Local Records Categories and Contents | |
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| Reel No. | Bonds/Commissions/Oaths | |
| SEE Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships | ||
| Reel No. | Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships | |
| 2 | Records of Charter and Articles of Corporation 1, 1865-1891 (includes Meeting of the Electoral Board, 1884; Officials' Bonds, 1875-1887; Order Book, 1865-1877; and Roll of Confederate Soldiers, 1886), index, paged. | |
| 2 | Records of Charter and Articles of Corporation 2, 1892-1896, index, 67 p. | |
| Reel No. | County Administrative Records | |
| 3 | Records of Overseers of the Poor, 1786-1860, 185 p. | |
| Reel No. | Court Records | |
| County Court | ||
| 4 | Clerk's Order Book, 1881-1886, index, 432 p. | |
| 4 | Clerk's Order Book, 1887-1891, index, 611 p. | |
| 5 | Clerk's Order Book, 1893-1894, index, 545 p. | |
| 5 | Clerk's Order Book, 1895-1896, index, 368 p. | |
| 1 | ILL | Minute Book, 1748 - 1762, Unpaged index (incomplete), p. 5-384 Film of Transcript. |
| 3 | Minute Book, 1748-1762, index, 679 p. | |
| 1 | ILL | Order Book, 1713 - 1714, 97 p. |
| SEE ALSO Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships | ||
| FOR ADDITIONAL COUNTY COURT RECORDS SEE NEWPORT NEWS COMMON LAW ORDER BOOK, 1888-1896 (REEL 17), index, 379 p. | ||
| Circuit Court | ||
| 3 | Index to Judgments, Plaintiffs, 1896-1958, index, paged. | |
| Reel No. | Election Records | |
| SEE Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships | ||
| Reel No. | Fiduciary Records | |
| 2 | Fiduciary Book, 1865-1896, index, 160 p. | |
| 2 | Guardian's Account, 1872, 4 p. | |
| 2 | Guardian's Account 1, 1887, 2 p. | |
| Reel No. | Health and Medical Records | |
| 2 | Register of Physicians, Surgeons, and Dentists, 1892, p. 1 | |
| Reel No. | Land Records | |
| 6 | Deed Book 1, 1865-1880, index, pp. 356-367. | |
| 6 | Deed Book 2, 1881-1883, index, 481 p. | |
| 6 | Deed Book 5, 1889-1890, index, pp. 422-433, 442-453. | |
| 7 | General Index to Deeds 1, Grantees-Grantors, 1865-1894, index, 596 p. | |
| 6 | Release Deed Book 13, 1952-1958, 268 p. (Newport News) | |
| SEE ALSO NEWPORT NEWS DEED BOOK 2, 1881-1883 (REEL 11), pp. 30-39, 152-171, 250-259, 320-333, 398-409,and 414-427; DEED BOOK 7, 1891-1892 (REEL 18), index, pp. 370-381; DEED BOOK 14, 1894-1895 (REEL 18), pp. 1-199; PLAT BOOK, 1866-1883 (REEL 17), 19 p. | ||
| FOR AN ADDITIONAL INDEX TO DEEDS SEE NEWPORT NEWS GENERAL INDEX TO DEEDS, GRANTEES T-Z, 1896-1958 (REEL 8), index, 4 p. | ||
| Reel No. | Marriage Records and Vital Statistics | |
| 2 | Register of Births, 1901, unpaged. | |
| 2 | Register of Deaths, 1880-1896, unpaged | |
| FOR MARRIAGE RECORDS SEE NEWPORT NEWS MARRIAGE REGISTER, 1890-1895 (REEL 16), unpaged. | ||
| Reel No. | Military and Pension Records | |
| 7 | Induction and Discharge Records of World War I, 1917-1918, 18 p. (Newport News) | |
| SEE ALSO Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships | ||
| Reel No. | Miscellaneous Records | |
| 1 | ILL | Livestock Registry, 1656 - 1687, Unpaged index, p. 51-56, 59-74 |
