County Microfilm Results : York County

York County Microfilm

Date of Formation: 1634 (original shire)
Formed From:

Lost Records Note:

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

[Bonds/Commissions/Oaths] [Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships]
[County Administrative Records] [Court Records] [Fiduciary Records] [Free Negro and Slave Records]
[Health and Medical Records] [Justice of the Peace Records] [Land Records]
[Marriage Records and Vital Statistics] [Military and Pension Records]
[Organization Records] [Tax and Fiscal Records] [Township Records] [Wills]
[Miscellaneous Records]

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