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Isle of Wight County Microfilm

Date of Formation: 1634 (original shire)
Formed From: Part of Nansemond County was added in 1769
Previous Names: Warrosquyoake from 1634 to 1637
Lost Records Note:
Most pre–Revolutionary War–era loose records are missing.

REELS 63 - 83 ARE NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH INTERLIBRARY LOAN

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No.		   Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
SEE Fiduciary Records
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No.		   Court Records
   County Court
   Order Book
FOR ORDERS, 1693-1695 SEE DEED BOOK 1, 1688-1704 (REEL 2)
34 Order Book, 1746 - 1752 c, Unpaged index, 434 p.
FOR ORDERS, 1755-1757 SEE DEED BOOK, NO. 14, 1755-1782 (REEL 8)
34 Order Book, 1759 - 1763 c, Unpaged index, 533 p.
34 Order Book, 1764 - 1768 c, [1], [xxvi] index, 527 p.
35 Order Book, 1768 - 1769 c, [xxiv] index, 152 p.
35 Order Book, 1772 - 1780 c, [lxi] index, 511 p.
35 Order Book, 1780 - 1783 c, 222 p.
35 Order Book, 1795 - 1797 c, [lxvi] index, 552 p.
36 Order Book, 1797 - 1801 c, 693 p.
36 Order Book, 1801 - 1803, 523 p.
37 Order Book, 1803 - 1806, 528 p.
37 Order Book, 1806 - 1809 c, 526 p.
37 Order Book, 1810 - 1813, Unpaged index, 418 p.
38 Order Book, 1814 - 1816, 316 p.
38 Order Book, 1816 - 1818, Unpaged
38 Order Book, 1818 - 1820, p. 1-19, remainder unpaged
38 Order Book, 1821 - 1826, Unpaged index, p. 1-10, remainder unpaged
39 Order Book, 1826 - 1829, Unpaged
39 Order Book, 1830 - 1834, Unpaged index, [16], p. 1, 4-358
94 a Order Book, 1830 - 1834, Unpaged index, [16], p. 1, 4-358
39 Order Book, 1834 - 1838, Unpaged index, 462 p.
94 b Order Book, 1834 - 1838, Unpaged index, 462 p.
40 Order Book, 1838 - 1842, Unpaged index, 584 p.
40 Order Book, 1842 - 1845, 529 p.
41 Order Book, 1845 - 1849, Unpaged index, 543 p.
41 Order Book, 1849 - 1852, Unpaged index, 297 p.
41 Order Book, 1852 - 1854, Unpaged index, 322 p.
128 Order Book, 1853 - 1854, pp. 150-322
42 Order Book, 1854 - 1857, Unpaged index, 359 p.
42 Order Book, 1857 - 1860, Unpaged index, 374 p.
42 Order Book, 1861 - 1866, 533 p., index
128 Order Book, 1861 - 1866, 533 p., index
132 Order Book, 1866 - 1868, index, 334 p.
128 Order Book, 1868 - 1869, index, pp. 1-161
129 Order Book, 1869 - 1871 (continued), pp. 162-454
129 Order Book, 1871 - 1873, index, 584 p.
130 Order Book, 1873 - 1879, index, 793 p.
131 Order Book, 1879 - 1881, index, 473 p.
131 Order Book, 1882 - 1884, index, pp. 1-479
132 Order Book, 1884 - 1886 (continued), pp. 480-785
89 Court Judgments, August 1816.
147 Execution Book, 1842-1870, index, 186 p.
63 Judgment Papers, 1799-1800, No index.
64 Judgment Papers, 1800, No index.
65 Judgment Papers, 1800, No index.
66 Judgment Papers, 1800-1801, No index.
67 Judgment Papers, 1801, No index.
68 Judgment Papers, 1801, No index.
69 Judgment Papers, 1802, No index.
70 Judgment Papers, 1802, No index.
71 Judgment Papers, 1802-1803, No index.
72 Judgment Papers, 1803, No index.
73 Judgment Papers, 1803, No index.
74 Judgment Papers, 1803-1804, No index.
75 Judgment Papers, 1804, No index.
76 Judgment Papers, 1804-1805, No index.
77 Judgment Papers, 1805, No index.
78 Judgment Papers, 1805-1806, No index.
79 Judgment Papers, 1806, No index.
80 Judgment Papers, 1806, No index.
81 Judgment Papers, 1806-1807, No index.
82 Judgment Papers, 1807, No index.
83 Judgment Papers, 1807, No index.
94 Miscellaneous Court Records, 1842-1900, unpaged.
   Superior Court of Law
94 a Order Book, 1828-1830, index, 72 p.
   Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
125 Index to Chancery Causes, 1839-1986, A-Z
94 b Order Book, 1831-1832, 301 p.
   Circuit Court
123 Chancery Order Book 4, 1878-1884, index, 469 p.
123 Chancery Order Book 5, 1884-1886, index, pp. 1-151
124 Chancery Order Book 5, 1886-1895 (continued), pp. 144-626
124 Chancery Order Book 6, 1895-1909, index, 640 p.
143 Chancery Order Book 7, 1909-1920, index, 563 p.
126 Common Law Order Book, 1855-1885, index, 609 p.
127 Common Law Order Book, 1885-1907, index, 640 p.
125 Index to Chancery Causes, 1839-1986, A-Z
123 Judgment Lien Docket & Execution Book, 1934-1956, pp. 5-203
123 Judgment Lien Docket & Execution Book, 1956-1965, 506 p.
Reel
No.		   Election Records
133 Contested Election [Loose Papers], 1887
Reel
No.		   Fiduciary Records
FOR ACCOUNTS SEE Wills
89 Estate Paper, 1787
126 Fiduciary Bond Book, 1841 - 1889, index, 187 p. (includes Officials' Bonds)
142 Fiduciary Bond Book, 1866 - 1877, 355 p., index (includes Officials' Bonds)
126 Fiduciary Bond Book, 1883 - 1887 (includes Officials' Bonds)
146 Fiduciary Bond Book, 1884 - 1899 (includes Officials' Bonds)
134 Fiduciary Bond Book, 1904 - 1908, 40 p. (includes Officials' Bonds)
94 Fiduciary Bonds, 1820-1837, unpaged.
1 Guardians' Accounts, [1741 - 1766], Unpaged index, 408 p. (following Deeds & Wills)
46 Guardians' Accounts, 1767 - 1782, [1], unpaged index, 337 p.
46 Guardians' Accounts, 1782 - 1789 c, [1], [i] index, 250 p.
46 Guardians' Accounts, 1789 - 1807, Unpaged index, 352 p.
46 Guardians' Accounts, 1807 - 1817, [1], unpaged index, 345 p.
47 Guardians' Accounts, 1818 - 1826, [1], unpaged index, 531 p.
47 Guardians' Accounts, 1826 - 1833, Unpaged index, 425 p.
47 Guardians' Accounts, 1833 - 1840, Unpaged index, 533 p.
48 Guardians' Accounts, 1840 - 1846, Unpaged index, 628 p.
48 Guardians' Accounts, 1846 - 1851, Unpaged index, 481 p.
49 Guardians' Accounts, 1851 - 1857, Unpaged index, 740 p.
49 Guardians' Accounts, 1857 - 1861, Unpaged index, p. 2-554
Reel
No.		   Land Records
   Deed Subgroup
1 Deed Book, Accounts, Book A, 1636 - 1767, [1], Unpaged index, p. 1-115 (Deeds & Wills); unpaged index, p. 1-408 (Guardian's Accounts)
2 Deed Book, Vol. No. 1, 1688 - 1704 c, Unpaged index, p. 1-423 (Deeds); p. 1-88 (Court Orders 1693 - 1695, follows p. 423)
2 Deed Book, Vol. No. 2, 1704 - 1715 c, [2], [i-v], [2], [vii-xiii] index, 335 [4] p. (A transcription of the index is found in the photostatic copy of this volume in the Reading Room)
3 Deed Book, 1715 - 1726, Great Book, Vol. 2, Pt. 1, Unpaged index, followed by a typescribed duplicate index, p. 1-495
3 Deed Book, 1715 - 1726, Wills, Great Book, Vol. 2, Pt. 2, p. 496-747; p. 1-200 (Wills, 1720-1729 [1725?] follows page 747)
4 Deed Book, Vol. No. 4, 1729 - 1736, [1], unpaged index, 530 [1] p.
4 Deed Book, Vol. No. 5, 1736 - 1741 c, Unpaged index, [1], transcribed duplicate index, [1], 639 p.
5 Deed Book No. 6, Vol. No. 6, 1741 - 1744 c, [viii] index, 554 p.
5 Deed Book, Vol. No. 7, 1744 - 1747 c, [1], [vii] index, 538 p.
6 Deed Book, Vol. No. 8, 1747 - 1752 c, Unpaged index, 519 p.
6 Deed Book, Vol. No. 9, 1752 - 1758 c, Unpaged index, 544 [1] p.
7 Deed Book, Vol. No. 10, 1758 - 1762 c, [1], [xi] index, 349 p.
7 Deed Book, Vol. No. 11, 1761 - 1765 c, [xi] index, 362 p.
7 Deed Book, Vol. No. 12, 1765 - 1772, [1], unpaged index, [2], 529 p.
8 Deed Book, Vol. No. 13, 1772 - 1778 c, Unpaged index, [2] p., p. 2-548
8 Deed Book, Vol. No. 14, 1779 - 1782 c, [1], unpaged index, p. 1-221 (Deeds, 1778 - 1782); unpaged index, pp. 1-221, (Orders, 1755 - 1757, follows p. 221) Volume contains Deeds from 1755 - 1782 c.
9 Deed Book, Vol. No. 15, 1782 - 1786, Unpaged index, followed by transcribed duplicate index, 709 p.
9 Deed Book, Vol. No. 16, 1786 - 1793, Unpaged index, 352 p.
10 Deed Book, Vol. No. 17, 1791 - 1796, Unpaged index, 360 p.
10 Deed Book, Vol. No. 18, 1796 - 1802, Unpaged index, 725 p.
11 Deed Book, Vol. No. 19, 1802 - 1805, Unpaged index, 351 p.
11 Deed Book, Vol. No. 20, 1805 - 1808, Unpaged index, 603 p.
12 Deed Book, Vol. No. 21, 1809 - 1812, Unpaged index, 541 p.
12 Deed Book, Vol. No. 22, 1813 - 1817, Unpaged index, 444 p.
13 Deed Book, Vol. No. 23, 1816 - 1818, Unpaged index, 442 p.
13 Deed Book, Vol. No. 24, 1818 - 1821, Unpaged index, 640 p.
14 Deed Book, Vol. No. 25, 1821 - 1823, Unpaged index, 352 p.
14 Deed Book, Vol. No. 26, 1823 - 1825, Unpaged index, 437 p.
14 Deed Book, Vol. No. 27, 1825 - 1828, Unpaged index, 422 [1] p.
15 Deed Book, Vol. No. 28, 1828 - 1830, Unpaged index, 438 p.
15 Deed Book, Vol. No. 29, 1830 - 1831, Unpaged index, 361 p.
15 Deed Book, Vol. No. 30, 1831 - 1834, [1], unpaged index, 489 p.
16 Deed Book, Vol. No. 31, 1834 - 1837, Unpaged index, 622 p.
16 Deed Book, Vol. No. 32, 1837 - 1839, Unpaged index, 493 p.
17 Deed Book, Vol. No. 33, 1839 - 1841, Unpaged index, 542 p.
17 Deed Book, Vol. No. 34, 1841 - 1842, Unpaged index, 563 p.
18 Deed Book, Vol. No. 35, 1842 - 1844, Unpaged index, 493 p.
18 Deed Book, Vol. No. 36, 1844 - 1846, Unpaged index, 674 p.
19 Deed Book, Vol. No. 37, 1847 - 1850, Unpaged index, 567 p.
19 Deed Book, Vol. No. 38, 1850 - 1854, Unpaged index, 520 p.
20 Deed Book, Vol. No. 39, 1854 - 1858, Unpaged index, 711 p.
20 Deed Book, Vol. No. 40, 1858 - 1866, [iii-xlviii] index, p. 51-646
135 Deed Book, Vol. 41, 1866 - 1871, 591 p., index
136 Deed Book, Vol. 42, 1871 - 1873, 640 p.
137 Deed Book, Vol. 43, 1873 - 1876, index, 715 p.
138 Deed Book, Vol. 44, 1876 - 1879, 800 p.
95 Deed Book, Vol. 45, 1879-1881, 795 p.
96 Deed Book, Vol. 46, 1881-1882, 800 p.
97 Deed Book, Vol. 47, 1883-1884, 799 p.
98 Deed Book, Vol. 48, 1884-1885, 640 p.
99 Deed Book, Vol. 49, 1885-1886, 639 p.
100 Deed Book, Vol. 50, 1885-1887, 640 p.
101 Deed Book, Vol. 51, 1886-1887, 637 p.
102 Deed Book, Vol. 52, 1887-1888, 641 p.
103 Deed Book, Vol. 53, 1888-1889, 640 p.
104 Deed Book, Vol. 54, 1888-1890, 600 p.
105 Deed Book, Vol. 55, 1890-1891, 500 p.
106 Deed Book, Vol. 56, 1890-1892, 640 p.
107 Deed Book, Vol. 57, 1892-1893, 640 p.
108 Deed Book, Vol. 58, 1893-1894, 640 p.
109 Deed Book, Vol. 59, 1894-1895, 640 p.
110 Deed Book, Vol. 60, 1895-1896, 640 p.
111 Deed Book, Vol. 61, 1896-1897, 640 p.
112 Deed Book, Vol. 62, 1897-1898, 637 p.
113 Deed Book, Vol. 63, 1898-1899, 640 p.
114 Deed Book, Vol. 64, 1899-1900, 640 p.
115 Deed Book, Vol. 65, 1899-1900, 640 p.
21 General Index to Deeds, Vol. Vol. 1, 1688 - 1830.
21 General Index to Deeds, Vol. Vol. 2, 1830 - 1890.
90 Indentures, 1782-1833, 603 p.
91 Indentures, 1839-1897, 1841, 1845, 542 p.
139 Index to Deeds, 1865-1914, A-I
140 Index to Deeds, 1865-1914, J-Y
141 Oyster Inspectors' Report, 1883-1892, index, 137 p.
134 Processioners' Book, 1778-1824, 136 p.
143 Processioners' Book, 1824-1844
147 Processioners' Book, 1848-1875
142 Processioners' Book, 1882-1889, 605 p.
84 Recorded Deeds, 1741-1772, 543 p.
85 Recorded Deeds, 1773-1793, 528 p.
86 Recorded Deeds, 1795-1804, 418 p.
87 Recorded Deeds, 1805-1842, 735 p.
88 Recorded Deeds, 1842-1854, 689 p.
141 Records of Oyster Planting Grounds, 1893-1914, index, 495 p.
144 Release Deed Book 1, 1886-1901, index, 472 p.
89 Unrecorded Deeds, 1765-1814.
93 Unrecorded Deeds, 1804-1847, 330 p.
SEE ALSO Wills
Reel
No.		   Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
44 Index to Births, Deaths, Marriages, 1853 - 1900.
51 Marriage Bonds, 1772-1790, No index.
52 Marriage Bonds, 1790-1793, No index.
53 Marriage Bonds, 1793-1798, No index.
54 Marriage Bonds, 1798-1811, No index.
55 Marriage Bonds, 1811-1818, No index.
56 Marriage Bonds, 1818-1822, No index.
57 Marriage Bonds, 1823-1829, No index.
58 Marriage Bonds, 1829-1833, No index.
59 Marriage Bonds, 1834-1838, No index.
60 Marriage Bonds, 1838-1841, No index.
61 Marriage Bonds, 1842-1846, No index.
62 Marriage Bonds, 1846-1850; Ministers' Returns, 1810-1859, No index.
92 Marriage Records, 1774, 1776-1777, 1779, 1793-1794, 1800, 1810, 280 p.
43 Marriage Register, 1772 - 1853 c (VSL compilation), Index, 156 p. ; Marriage Register, 1772 - 1853, pp. 1-424 and 510-535; Ministers' Returns, 1785- 1853, pp. 431-509 and 536-539
145 Marriage Register, 1850 - 1862, index, 81 p.
45 Marriage Register, A, 1854 - 1900, 87 p.
146 Marriage Register, A, 1854 - 1900, 87 p.
134 Ministers' Returns, 1786 - 1837
45 Register of Births, 1853 - 1876, 89 fo.
146 Register of Births, 1853 - 1885, 158 p.
45 Register of Deaths, 1853 - 1874, 51 fo.
134 Register of Deaths, 1853 - 1876, 59 p.
Reel
No.		   Military and Pension Records
147 Records of Confederate Veterans from Smithfield, 1861-1865, pp. 200-263
Reel
No.		   Organization Records
50 Record of the Proceedings of the Vestry Meetings of Christ Church, Newport Parish, From the 18th April, 1836 to 31st Dec., 1894, Unpaged.
147 Record of United Daughters of the Confederacy, Isle of Wight Chapter, 1903, pp. 150-151
147 Records of Confederate Veterans of Robert E. Lee Camp No. 4, 1903-1912, pp. 1-25
Reel
No.		   Tax and Fiscal Records
127 Liquor License Bond Book, 1887-1889 (partial)
Reel
No.		   Wills
   Will Subgroup
23 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 3, 1726 - 1734 c, [1], [viii] index, 398 p.
24 Wills and Accounts, Vol. Vol. 4, 1733 - 1745, Unpaged index, 547 p.
24 Wills and Accounts, Vol. Vol. 5, 1745 - 1752 c, [xi] index, [xi] duplicate index, 460 p.
25 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 6, 1752 - 1760 c, [1], unpaged index, 540 p.
25 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 7, 1759 - 1769 c, Unpaged index, 548 p.
26 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 8, 1769 - 1779 c, Unpaged index, [2], unpaged duplicate index, 529 p.
26 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 9, 1779 - 1785, Unpaged index, followed by duplicate unpaged index, 340 p.
26 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 10, 1785 - 1796, Unpaged index, 406 p.
27 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 11, 1794 - 1802, Unpaged index, p. 1-486, 587-592, 693-804 (There are no pages missing from this volume, this is merely a mistake in pagination)
27 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 12, 1804 - 1808, Unpaged index, 536 p.
28 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 13, 1809 - 1815, Unpaged index, 526 p.
28 Wills & Accounts, Vol. Vol. 14, 1815 - 1817, [1] unpaged index, 353 p.
28 Will Book, Vol. No. 15, 1817 - 1821, Unpaged index, 544 p.
29 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 16, 1821 - 1824, Unpaged index, 367 p.
29 Wills and Accounts, Vol. Vol. 17, 1824 - 1827, Unpaged index, 520 p.
29 Wills and Accounts, Vol. Vol. 18, 1828 - 1831, Unpaged index, 421 p.
30 Wills and Accounts, Vol. No. 19, 1831 - 1834, Unpaged index, 428 p.
30 Wills and Accounts, Vol. No. 20, 1834 - 1837, Unpaged index, 351 p.
30 Wills and Accounts, Vol. Vol. 21, 1837 - 1841, Unpaged index, 468 p.
31 Wills and Accounts, Vol. Vol. 22, 1841 - 1844, Unpaged index, p. 1-343, [64], 344-351
31 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 23, 1844 - 1847, Unpaged index, 468 p.
31 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 24, 1847 - 1851, Unpaged index, 470 p.
32 Will Book, Vol. No. 25, 1851 - 1855, [1], unpaged index, 502 p.
32 Will Book, Vol. No. 26, 1855 - 1859, Unpaged index, 566 p.
33 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 27, 1859 - 1863, [1], [iii-xlvi] index, p. 55-578
144 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 28, 1863 - 1866, 400 p., index
33 Will Book, Vol. Vol. 28, 1863 - 1866, Unpaged index, 400 p.
148 Will Book, Vol. 29, 1866 - 1868, index (pp. 1-43), pp. 48-303
149 Will Book, Vol. 29, 1868 - 1870 (continued), pp. 294-639
149 Will Book, Vol. 30, 1870 - 1878, index, 798 p.
149 Will Book, Vol. 31, 1878 - 1881, index, pp. 1-347
150 Will Book, Vol. 31, 1881 - 1886 (continued), pp. 344-799
150 Will Book, Vol. 32, 1886 - 1893, index, 800 p.
150 Will Book, Vol. 33, 1893 - 1896, index, pp. 1-201
151 Will Book, Vol. 33, 1896 - 1904 (continued), pp. 194-752
151 Will Book, Vol. 34, 1904 - 1915, index, 293 p.
151 Will Book, Vol. 35, 1916 - 1948, index, 557 p.
22 Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1, Pt. 1, 1662 - 1715 c, Unpaged index, p. 1-311
22 Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 1, Pt. 2, 1662 - 1715 c, p. 312 - 591; [32] p., (Deeds, 1715 - 1716) follow p. 591
23 Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2, Pt. 1, 1661 - 1719 c, Unpaged index, p. 43-395
23 Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2, Pt. 2, 1661 - 1719 c, p. 396-663 (Wills, Deeds, Etc., 1661 - 1719); [3], 86 p. (Commissions of Administrators, 1661 - 1701) (For Wills, 1720 - 1729 [1725?] See separately paged Wills at end of Deeds, Wills, Great Book, Vol. 2, Pt. 2, 1715 - 1726, on Reel 3)
33 Common Law Will Book, 1833 - 1902, Unpaged index, 118 p.
117 General Index to Wills, 1850-1985 - Devisees.
116 General Index to Wills, 1850-1985 - Devisors.
89 Recorded Wills, 1780-1782.
SEE ALSO Land Records
Reel
No.		   Miscellaneous Records
50 Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of Newport Parish, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, From the Year 1606 to the Year 1826. By Dr. John R. Purdie. [2], p. 1-20, [28], 21-384. (pp. 383-384 are in index)
152 Virginia WPA Historical Inventory Project, 1937 (includes inventories of household furnishings, books, family bibles, churches and church sites, cemeteries, deeds, mills and mill sites, memorial windows, business records, church minutes, wills and architectural descriptions of buildings)
153 Virginia WPA Historical Inventory Project, 1937 (inventories contain mainly architectural descriptions of buildings)
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