York County Microfilm

County and City Records on Microfilm › VA › York County

Date of Formation: 1634 (original shire)

Previous Names: Charles River County from 1634 to 1643

Lost Records Note:

Most pre–Revolutionary War–era loose records are missing.

Reel No.	ILL indicates a copy is available for loan	Local Records Categories and Contents
Reel No.		Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
46	ILL available	Bond Book, 1892-1908 index, 204 p.
46	ILL available	Bond Book, 1906-1915 (includes Fiduciary Bonds) index, pp. 1-141.
		SEE ALSO County Court
Reel No.		Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
61	ILL available	Charter Book, 1891, - 1924, index, 102 p.
47	ILL available	Contracts, 1873-1916 (includes Suits) index, 153 p.
Reel No.		County Administrative Records
59	ILL available	Board of Supervisors' Minute Book 1, 1870, - 1900, index (pp. 1-48), pp. 49-475
59	ILL available	Board of Supervisors' Minute Book 2, 1900, - 1918, pp. 1-455
60	ILL available	Board of Supervisors' Minute Book 2, 1918, - 1919 (continued), pp. 454-498
60	ILL available	Board of Supervisors' Minute Book 3, 1919, - 1929, index, 504 p.
60	ILL available	Board of Supervisors' Minute Book 4, 1929, - 1939, index, pp. 1-541
61	ILL available	Electoral Board Minute Book, 1904, - 1945
61	ILL available	Finance Board Minute Book, 1932, - 1956, 27 p. (loose papers found at end of volume)
61	ILL available	Local Board of Review Minute Book, 1915, - 1948, 153 p.
61	ILL available	Overseers of the Poor Minute Book, 1857, - 1870
64	ILL available	School Board Minute Book, 1936, - 1944
64	ILL available	School Board Minute Book, 1944, - 1950
895 Misc. Reel	ILL not available	Sheriff's Execution Book, 1789-1795 Unpaged index, [275] p.
Reel No.		Court Records
		County Court
		Order Book
31	ILL available	Order Book, 1765 - 1768 [xxv] index, 502 p.
31	ILL available	Order Book, 1768 - 1770 [xxii] index, 516 [5] p.
33	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 4, 1774 - 1784 [xix] index, 537 [2] p.
33	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 5, 1784 - 1787 [xiv] index, 526 p.
34	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 6, 1788 - 1795 [xxxv] index, [1], 714 p.
34	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 7, 1795 - 1803 [xxix] index, 615 p., [2] items
35	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 9, 1815 - 1820 [xxix] index, 529 p.
36	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 10, 1820 - 1825, p. 346-367 (index), p. 1-343
36	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 11, 1825 - 1829 [xx] index, 455 p.
37	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 12, 1829 - 1835 [xxiii] index, 417 p.
37	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 13, 1835 - 1842 [xiv] index, 501 p.
38	ILL available	Order Book, Vol. 14, 1842 - 1851 [xliv] index, 436 p.
48	ILL available	Order Book, 1866 - 1867 unpaged.
58	ILL available	Order Book, 1875 - 1880, pp. 130-355. (continued)
48	ILL available	Order Book, 1875 - 1880 index, pp. 1-131.
58	ILL available	Order Book, 1901 - 1904, paged index, pp. 49-259.
48	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1870 - 1874 index, 122 p.
64	ILL available	Clerk's Order Book, 1834, - 1843, (Volume also includes Official's and Fiduciary Bonds, Oaths and Lists of Acting Justices, 1834-1835.)
62	ILL available	Clerk's Order Book, 1870, - 1875, pp. 50-557
62	ILL available	Clerk's Order Book, 1881, - 1886, index, 400 p.
62	ILL available	Clerk's Order Book, 1886, - 1889, index, pp. 1-331
63	ILL available	Clerk's Order Book, 1889, - 1890, pp.330-450 (continued)
63	ILL available	Clerk's Order Book, 1890, - 1895, index, 500 p.
63	ILL available	Clerk's Order Book, 1895, - 1901, index, 486 p.
61	ILL available	Convict Register, 1889, - 1951
29	ILL available	Judgments and Orders, 1746 - 1752 [xxiv] index, 521 p. (partially mutilated)
29	ILL available	Judgments and Orders, 1752 - 1754 [1], [xx] index, 506 p.
	ILL not available	Judgments and Orders, 1755 - 1758, ARE MISSING
30	ILL available	Judgments and Orders, 1759 - 1763 c Unpaged index, 506 p.
30	ILL available	Judgments and Orders, 1763 - 1765 Unpaged index, 472 p.
32	ILL available	Judgments and Orders, 1770 - 1772 [xix] index, 533 p.
32	ILL available	Judgments and Orders, 1772 - 1774 [xxii] index, 529 p.
35	ILL available	Judgments and Orders, Vol. 8, 1803 - 1814, p. 630-665 (index), [1], p. 1-630 (index repeated at end)
39	ILL available	Minute Book, 1851 - 1859 [1], 388 [1] p.
6	ILL available	Orders, Wills, & Inventories 14, 1709 - 1716 c [xx] index, [xxviii] supplemental index, Pt. 1, p. 1-256; Pt. 2, p. 257-518
10	ILL available	Orders, Wills, & Inventories 19, 1740 - 1746 c [xxviii] index, 499 p.
		SEE ALSO Land Records and Wills
		Superior Court of Law
62	ILL available	Witness Payment Book, 1809, - 1828
		Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
49	ILL available	Order Book, 1831 - 1844, 423 p., index.
49	ILL available	Order Book, 1845 - 1860, index, pp. 1-251.
48	ILL available	Order Book, 1845 - 1860, pp. 250-406 (continued)
		Circuit Court
40	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1831 - 1860, index, 369 p.
50	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1866 - 1876 index, 413 p.
48	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, 1877 - 1896 index, 631 p.
50	ILL available	Chancery Order Book, Vol. 4, 1914 - 1925 index, 604 p.
58	ILL available	Common Law Order Book, 1865 - 1878, index, 420 p.
61	ILL available	Convict Register, 1889, - 1951
52	ILL available	General Index to Ended Cases, 1950 - 1973 paged.
65	ILL available	General Index to Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Books 1, Vol. A-Z, 1917, - 1965
65	ILL available	General Index to Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Books 2, Vol. A-Z, 1966, - 1973
65	ILL available	Judgment Lien Docket & Execution Book 5, 1973, 25 p. (includes Index to Defendants at end of volume.)
49	ILL available	Order Book, 1845 - 1860, index, pp. 1-251
48	ILL available	Order Book, 1845 - 1860, index, pp. 250-406 (continued)
		SEE ALSO Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships and Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
		Hustings Court
41	ILL available	Court Records, 1787 - 1793, p. 1-77 (Records, 1787 - 1793); p. 1-47 (Records, 1787 - 1794, follows p. 77)
Reel No.		Fiduciary Records
46	ILL available	Fiduciary Bond Book, 1891-1907 index, 194 p.
46	ILL available	Fiduciary Order Book, Vol. 3, 1943-1964 (continued), pp. 500-557.
65	ILL available	Fiduciary Register, 1877, - 1922
42	ILL available	Guardians' Account Book, 1736 - 1780 [1], unpaged index, 513 p. ( Volume also includes Guardians' Accounts, 1763 - 1767, 6 p.)
42	ILL available	Guardians' Account Book, 1780 - 1823 [xi] index, [34], 417 p.
42	ILL available	Guardians' Account Book, 1823 - 1846 [3], p.1- 406, [xiii] index at end of volume
46	ILL available	Guardians' Bond Book, 1849-1875 unpaged.
		SEE ALSO County Court
Reel No.		Free Negro and Slave Records
42	ILL available	Register of Free Negroes, 1798, - 1824
42	ILL available	Register of Free Negroes, 1824, - 1831
51	ILL available	Register of Free Negroes, 1831 - 1850
Reel No.		Health and Medical Records
56	ILL available	Medical Register, 1913-1973 index, 48 p.
Reel No.		Justice of the Peace Records
	ILL not available	SEE ALSO County Court
Reel No.		Land Records
		Deed Subgroup
1	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 1, 1633 - 1657, 1691 - 1694, Unpaged index, pp. 4-192, 251-350 (Deeds, Orders, Wills, etc., 1633-1657); p. 351-632 (Deeds, Wills, Orders, etc., 1691-1694)
1 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 1, 1633 - 1657, 1691 - 1694, Unpaged index, 280 p. (Film of transcript)
1	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 2, 1645 - 1649 c, index, pp. 47-436 (6 pages of index repeated at end)
1 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 2, 1645 - 1649 c, Unpaged index , 425 p. (Film of transcript)
2	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 3, 1657 - 1662 c, index, 183 fo., [3] p.
2 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 3, 1657 - 1662 c, Unpaged index, 479 p. (Film of transcript)
2	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 4, 1665 - 1672 c, [xi] index, 382 p.
2 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 4, 1665 - 1672 c, Unpaged index, 551 p. (Film of transcript)
2	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 5, 1672 - 1676, [xxii] index, p. 1-174 (Deeds, Orders, Wills, etc., 1672 - 1676); pp. 175-209 (Record of Probates, Administrations, Bonds, 1679-1694)
2 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 5, 1672 - 1676 c, Unpaged index, p. 1-355 (Deeds, Orders, Wills, etc., 1672 - 1676); p. 355-401 [2] (Record of Probates, Administrations, Bonds, 1679 - 1694) (Film of transcript)
3	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 6, 1677 - 1684, pp. 5-10, 19-629
3 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 6, 1677 - 1684, pp. 5-78 (Film of transcript)
3	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 7, 1684 - 1687 c, [1], [xxiii] index, 362 [2] p.
3 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 7, 1684 - 1687 c, [1], unpaged index, [1], 350 p. (Film of Transcript)
4	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 8, 1687 - 1691 c, [ix] index, 536 p. (p. 267-298 are missing)
4 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 8, 1687 - 1691 c, 579 p. (p. 570-578 are an index) (Film of Transcript)
4	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 9, 1691 - 1694, [xvii] index, 352 p.
4 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 9, 1691 - 1694 c, Unpaged index 446 p. (Film of Transcript)
4	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 10, 1694 - 1697, [xxii] index, 514 p.
4 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 10, 1694 - 1697 c, pp. 489-508 (index), p. 1-487 (Film of Transcript)
5	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 11, 1698 - 1702 c, index, Pt. 1, p. 1-310; Pt. 2, p. 311-608
5 a	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 11, 1698 - 1702 c, pp. 519-553 (index), 517 p. (Film of Transcript)
5	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 12, 1702 - 1706, [xviii] index, 442 p. (index repeated at end)
6	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 13, 1706 - 1710 c, [xxxvi] index, 274 p.
7	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 15, 1716 - 1720 c, Unpaged index (incomplete), Pt. 1, p. 5-344; Pt. 2, p. 345-685 [8]
8	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 16, 1720 - 1729, [ix] index, Pt. 1, p. 7-320; Pt. 2, p. 321-622 (Partial index repeated at end)
8	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 17, 1729 - 1732 c, Unpaged index, [1], 342 p.
9	ILL available	Deeds, Orders, Wills, Vol. 18, 1732 - 1740 c, Unpaged index, Pt. 1, p. 1-372; Pt. 2, p. 373-698 [2] Volume also contains inventories
17	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 6, 1777 - 1791 [vi] index, 461 p. (index repeated at end)
18	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 7, 1791 - 1809 [viii] index, 551 p. (index repeated at end)
18	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 8, 1809 - 1820 [vi] index, 543 (index repeated at end)
19	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 9, 1820 - 1825 [v] index, 489 p. (index repeated at end)
19	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 10, 1825 - 1828 [viii] index, 557 p. (index repeated at end)
20	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 11, 1828 - 1834 [xi] index, 512 p. (index repeated at end)
67	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 16, 1854, - 1866
67	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 17, 1867, - 1871, pp.48-480
68	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 18, 1871, - 1876, pp. 50-640
68	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 19, 1876, - 1882, 672 p.
69	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 20, 1882, - 1886, 648 p.
69	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 21, 1886, - 1890, 676 p.
70	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 22, 1890, - 1894, 676 p.
70	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 23, 1894, - 1897, 675 p.
71	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 24, 1897, - 1900, 599 p.
71	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 25, 1900, - 1902, 600 p.
20	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 12, 1834 - 1840 [xlv] index, 457 p.
21	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 13, 1840 - 1843 [xiii] index, 545 p. (index repeated at end)
21	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 14, 1843 - 1849 [xxi] index, 415 p.
22	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 15, 1849 - 1854 [xv] index, 458 p.
22	ILL available	Deed Book, Vol. 16, 1854 - 1866 [xix] index, [1], p. 1-417 (Deeds, 1854 - 1859); p. 1-88 (Deeds, 1865 - 1866, follows p. 417)
14	ILL available	Deeds, Vol. 4, 1729 - 1740, 635 p.
14	ILL available	Deeds, Vol. 5, 1741 - 1754 c [1], [xi] index, 632 p. (a plat of the City of Williamsburg, 1748, follows p. 334)
15	ILL available	Deeds, Vol. 6, 1755 - 1763 [ix] index, 541 p.
16	ILL available	Deeds, Vol. 7, 1763 - 1769 [vii] index, 465 p. (index repeated at end)
16	ILL available	Deeds, Vol. 8, 1769 - 1777 [vii] index, [3], 550 [2] p. (index repeated at end)
13	ILL available	Deeds and Bonds, Vol. 1, 1694 - 1701, [xii] index, [1], 339 p.
13 a	ILL available	Deeds and Bonds, Vol. 1, 1694 - 1701, Unpaged index, [ca. 400 p.] (Film of transcript)
13	ILL available	Deeds and Bonds, Vol. 2, 1701 - 1713 c [iv] index (incomplete), 429 p. (index repeated at end)
13	ILL available	Deeds and Bonds, Vol. 3, 1713 - 1729 c [xi] index (incomplete), 529 p.
23	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, 1777 - 1866 (This index begins new series with Volume 6, 1777)
53	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantees A-D, 1777-1956
53	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantees E-K, 1777-1956
53	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantees L-R, 1777-1956
54	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantees L-R, 1777-1956
54	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantees S-Z, 1777-1956
54	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantors A-D, 1777-1956
72	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantors E-R, 1777-1956
55	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantors S-Z, 1777-1956
55	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantees A-G, 1957-1968
59	ILL available	General Index to Deeds, Vol. Grantors W, Y, 1969, - 1973
44	ILL available	Land Causes, 1746 - 1769 c Unpaged index, p. 1-220 (Land Causes, 1746 - 1769); unpaged index, p. 1-58 (Pleas, 1746 - 1763, follows p. 220)
44	ILL available	Land Causes, 1795 - 1854, 368 [14] p.
47	ILL available	Land Office Grants, 1850 - 1854, pp. 363-368
51	ILL available	Oyster Plat Book, Vol. 1, 1892 - 1906 index, 336 p.
76	ILL not available	Oyster Plat Book, Vol. 2, 1907, - 1934, index, 500 p.
76	ILL not available	Oyster Plat Book, Vol. 3, 1934, - 1954, index, 411 p.
75	ILL available	Plat, 1788
74	ILL available	Plat Book, 1868, - 1951, index, 250 p.
75	ILL available	Plat Book, Vol. 5, 1952, p. 20
75	ILL available	Plat Book, Vol. 9, 1983, pp. 540-629
73	ILL available	Plats, 1868, - 1951
47	ILL available	Processioners' Record Book, 1795 - 1848, pp. 1-362
47	ILL available	Processioners' Record Book, 1908, index, pp. 1-201
61	ILL available	Processioners' Record Book, 1908, pp. 200-359 (continued)
52	ILL available	Record of Release Deeds 1, 1885-1917 index, 387 p.
52	ILL available	Record of Release Deeds 2, 1916 - 1926 index, 185 p.
		FOR ADDITONAL DEEDS SEE ALSO Wills
Reel No.		Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
42	ILL available	List of Marriages, 1785, - 1823
43	ILL available	Marriage Bonds and Consents, 1772 - 1849 c Unpaged index (typescript), Pt. 1, p. 1-200, [6] fo.; Pt. 2, p. 201-433
43	ILL available	Marriage Register 1, 1854 - 1928 Unpaged index, fo. 6-127
56	ILL available	Marriage Register 4, 1968-1971 (continued) (filmed in reverse order, 1969, 1968) paged.
56	ILL available	Marriage Register 5, 1971-1973 (filmed in reverse order) index, 531 p.
42	ILL available	Ministers' Returns, 1794, - 1798
42	ILL available	Ministers' Returns, 1802, 1811-1812,, - 1817
42	ILL available	Ministers' Returns & Certificates, 1826, - 1828
42	ILL available	Ministers' Returns & Certificates, 1829, - 1844, pp. 417-421
42	ILL available	Ministers' Returns & Certificates, 1845, - 1851, pp. 407-410
56	ILL available	Register of Births and Deaths, 1856-1858 unpaged.
Reel No.		Military and Pension Records
45	ILL available	Claims for Losses of Citizens of York County in the British Invasion of 1781, Unpaged index (typescript), 79 p.
47	ILL available	Claims for Losses of Citizens of York County in the British Invasion of 1781, Unpaged index (typescript), 79 p.
47	ILL available	Induction and Discharge Records, World War II, 1943-1956 index, 232 p.
Reel No.		Organization Records
882 Misc. Reel	ILL available	Charles Parish Register, 1648 - 1789, 1800, 128 p. This register bears the distinction of being the earliest known extant parish register of the Colony of Virginia.
Reel No.		Tax and Fiscal Records
51	ILL available	Oyster Fee and Tax Book, 1887 - 1892 (mislabeled Oyster Plat Book) index, 159 p.
Reel No.		Township Records
61	ILL available	Nelson Township Minute Book, 1871, - 1875, pp. 26-37, 40-41 (Volume also includes 2 memorandums of contracts dating 1895-1896.)
Reel No.		Wills
		Will Subgroup
	ILL not available	FOR WILLS, 1633-1710, SEE Land Records
	ILL not available	FOR WILLS, 1709-1746, SEE County Court
10	ILL available	Wills & Inventories 20, 1745 - 1759 c [xxi] index, 534 p.
11	ILL available	Wills & Inventories 21, 1760 - 1771 [xi] index, [1], 537 p. (index repeated at end)
11	ILL available	Wills & Inventories 22, 1771 - 1783 c [xvi] index, 579 p. (index repeated at end)
12	ILL available	Wills & Inventories 23, 1783 - 1811 [vi] index, [2], 825 p.
24	ILL available	Will Book 10, 1811 - 1824 [vii] index, 519 [2] p.
25	ILL available	Will Book 11, 1825 - 1833 [x] index, 429 p.
25	ILL available	Will Book 12, 1834 - 1847 [x] index, 536 p.
26	ILL available	Will Book 13, 1847 - 1860, 476 p. (Transcript of original. Also contains Circuit Court Wills, 1866 - 1901)
25	ILL available	Will Book 13, 1847 - 1860 [x] index (mutilated), 456 p. (This Will Book partially damaged by fire) (Film of original)
26	ILL available	Will Book 14, 1865 - 1889, p. 1-42 (index), p. 48-476
57	ILL available	Will Book 15, 1889-1897 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Committees' Accounts, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, and Trustees' Accounts) index, 475 p.
57	ILL available	Will Book 16, 1897-1909 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Committees' Accounts, Curators' Accounts, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, and Trustees' Accounts) index, 499 p.
59	ILL available	Index to Wills Filed for Safekeeping, 1958, - 1972
49	ILL available	General Index to Will Book 3, 1972-1973 paged
28	ILL available	General Index to Wills, 1811 - 1942 (This index begins new series in 1811 with Volume 10)
27	ILL available	Wills, Administrations, 3-A, 1831 - 1858, Unpaged index (incomplete), 230 [1] p.
Reel No.		Miscellaneous Records
42	ILL available	Estray Record, 1838, p. 414
42	ILL available	Estray Records, 1816, - 1822
66	ILL available	Miscellaneous Lien Book 1, 1894, - 1952, 418 p.
66	ILL available	Miscellaneous Lien Book 2, 1950, - 1956, 150 p.

ILL indicates a copy is available for loan.