Warwick County Microfilm

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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

Previous Names: 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.

Reel No.	ILL indicates a copy is available for loan	Local Records Categories and Contents
Reel No.		Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
	ILL not available	SEE Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
Reel No.		Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
2	ILL not available	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	ILL not available	Records of Charter and Articles of Corporation 2, 1892-1896, index, 67 p.
Reel No.		County Administrative Records
3	ILL not available	Records of Overseers of the Poor, 1786-1860, 185 p.
Reel No.		Court Records
		County Court
4	ILL not available	Clerk's Order Book, 1881-1886, index, 432 p.
4	ILL not available	Clerk's Order Book, 1887-1891, index, 611 p.
5	ILL not available	Clerk's Order Book, 1893-1894, index, 545 p.
5	ILL not available	Clerk's Order Book, 1895-1896, index, 368 p.
1	ILL available	Minute Book, 1748 - 1762, Unpaged index (incomplete), p. 5-384 Film of Transcript.
3	ILL not available	Minute Book, 1748-1762, index, 679 p.
1	ILL available	Order Book, 1713 - 1714, 97 p.
		SEE ALSO Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
		Circuit Court
3	ILL not available	Index to Judgments, Plaintiffs, 1896-1958, index, paged.
Reel No.		Election Records
	ILL not available	SEE Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
Reel No.		Fiduciary Records
2	ILL not available	Fiduciary Book, 1865-1896, index, 160 p.
2	ILL not available	Guardian's Account, 1872, 4 p.
2	ILL not available	Guardian's Account 1, 1887, 2 p.
Reel No.		Health and Medical Records
2	ILL not available	Register of Physicians, Surgeons, and Dentists, 1892, p. 1
Reel No.		Land Records
6	ILL not available	Deed Book 1, 1865-1880, index, pp. 356-367.
6	ILL not available	Deed Book 2, 1881-1883, index, 481 p.
6	ILL not available	Deed Book 5, 1889-1890, index, pp. 422-433, 442-453.
7	ILL not available	General Index to Deeds 1, Grantees-Grantors, 1865-1894, index, 596 p.
6	ILL not available	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.
Reel No.		Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
2	ILL not available	Register of Births, 1901, unpaged.
2	ILL not available	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	ILL not available	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 available	Livestock Registry, 1656 - 1687, Unpaged index, p. 51-56, 59-74

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