James City County Microfilm

County and City Records on Microfilm › VA › James City County

Date of Formation: 1634 (original shire)

Formed From: Part of New Kent County was added later. Part of York County was added in 1852

Lost Records Note:

All county court records were destroyed by fire in 1865.

Reel No.	ILL indicates a copy is available for loan	Local Records Categories and Contents
Reel No.		Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
13	ILL available	Charter Book, 1884-1909, index, 55 p.
Reel No.		Census Records
19	ILL available	County Census Record, 1880, 85 p.
Reel No.		County Administrative Records
2	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #1, 1887-1908 [Road Book], 300 p.
2	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #2, 1895-1908, 300 p.
2	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #2a, 1908-1925, 545 p.
2	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #3, 1926-1930, 604 p.
3	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #4, 1931-1945, 398 p.
3	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #5, 1945-1958, 417 p.
3	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #6, 1958-1966, 591 p.
4	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #7, 1966-1971, 536 p.
4	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #8, 1971-1974, 500 p.
5	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #9, 1974-1977, 500 p.
5	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #10, 1978, 276 p.
5	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #11, 1978-1979, 300 p.
6	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #12, 1979-1980, 300 p.
6	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #13, 1980-1981, 300 p.
6	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #14, 1981-1982, 296 p.
6	ILL available	Board of Supervisors Minutes, Vol. #15, 1982-1983, 300 p.
7	ILL available	Electoral Board Minutes, 1927-1979, 298 p.
Reel No.		Court Records
		Various Courts
14	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 1, 1865-1873, index, pp. 49-480.
14	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 2, 1873-1882, index, 576 p.
15	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 3, 1882-1895, index, 558 p.
16	ILL available	Chancery Order Book 4, 1895-1906, index, 551 p.
17	ILL available	Judgment Lien Docket Book, 1866-1907, index, 309 p.
18	ILL available	Order Book, 1865-1870, index, 319 p.
19	ILL available	Order Book, 1874-1879, index, 400 p.
Reel No.		Land Records
1	ILL available	Deed Book 1, 1854-1861, 484 p.
1	ILL available	Deed Book 2, 1865-1874, [638] p.
8	ILL available	Deed Book 3, 1874-1880, 528 p.
8	ILL available	Deed Book 4, 1880-1887, 816 p.
9	ILL available	Deed Book 5, 1888-1895, 720 p.
10	ILL available	Deed Book 6, 1895-1899, 651 p.
10	ILL available	Deed Book 7, 1899-1901, 652 p.
20	ILL available	Grantor-Grantee Index to Deeds, 1852-1914
22	ILL available	Oyster Book, 1884-1892, 17 p.
22	ILL available	Oyster Book, 1894-1937, index, 154 p.
11	ILL available	Plat Book 1, 1898-1906, 30 p.
11	ILL available	Plat Book 2, 1905-1919, 50 p.
11	ILL available	Plat Book 3, 1919-1926, 50 p.
11	ILL available	Plat Book 4, 1926-1930, 50 p.
12	ILL available	Processioners' Book 1, 1890, unpaged.
12	ILL available	Processioners' Book 2, Vol. Powhatan District, 1890, unpaged.
12	ILL available	Processioners' Book 3, Vol. Stonehouse District, 1890, unpaged.
12	ILL available	Processioners' Book 4, Vol. Jamestown District, 1891, unpaged.
12	ILL available	Processioners' Book 5, Vol. Jamestown District - Precinct I, 1903-1904, unpaged.
12	ILL available	Processioners' Book 6, Vol. Stonehouse District, 1903-1904, unpaged.
12	ILL available	Processioners' Book 7, Vol. Jamestown District, 1903-1904, unpaged.
12	ILL available	Processioners' Book 8, Vol. Powhatan District, 1904, unpaged.
21	ILL available	Release Deed Book 1, 1885-1920, index, 499 p.
Reel No.		Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
29	ILL available	Death Register, 1864, - 1884
23	ILL available	Register of Births, 1865-1878
24	ILL available	Register of Marriages, 1865-1920
Reel No.		Tax and Fiscal Records
23	ILL available	Table of Town Lots, 1865 (Williamsburg)
23	ILL available	Tracts of Land Record, 1866
895 Misc. Reel	ILL not available	Williamsburg-James City County Tax Books, 1768-1769, Unpaged index, [312] p.
Reel No.		Wills
28	ILL available	General Index to Wills & Fiduciaries, 1865-1987, A-Z, 96 p.
25	ILL available	Will Book 1, 1865-1887, 479 p. (includes Appraisements, Estate Inventories, Estate Accounts, Estate Sales, etc.)
26	ILL available	Will Book 2, 1887-1917, index, 717 p. (includes Appraisements, Estate Accounts, Estate Sales, etc.)
27	ILL available	Will Book 2, 1892-1921, index, 718 p. (includes Appraisements, Guardians' Accounts, Settlements of Estates, Estate Inventories, etc.)
23	ILL available	Will Book 2 A, 1867-1902, index, 100 p. (includes Appraisements, Estate Inventories, Estate Accounts, Estate Sales, etc.)
27	ILL available	Will Book 3, 1921-1930, index, 400 p. (includes Appraisements, Estate Inventories, Estate Sales)
Reel No.		Miscellaneous Records
17	ILL available	Mechanics' Lien Book 1, 1872-1917, index, 73 p.

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