Death Records for Virginia

Vital records registration for Virginia are available from January 1853 to December 1896 and since June 14, 1912. You can order copies of Virginia Vital Records (Birth, Marriages or Deaths) by regular mail,Virginia Coffin Plates

Virgina Family Bibles

Davidson -Edwards Family Bible Kentucky & Virginia
Funk, Ritchie & Lynch Family Bible Illinois, Viriginia & Missouri

Virgina Funeral Cards

Mrs. Jeremiah English ca 1827-1901 ... Virgina
Walter English ca 1880-1899 ... Virgina
Invitation to funeral of Dr. Augustine Slaughter, Norfolk Borough, Norfolk Virginia December 14, 1814
Funeral card for Mahulda Ann West, 1832 - 1914 died Chariton Co. Missouri, born in Virginia

Virginia Obituaries

Obituary of Henry Lee 1818 Virginia
Obituary of Samuel B. Shirky, 1840 - 1934, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Newspaper Obituaries, 1804-38. Take a14 Day Free Trial on Ancestry.com to search the Richmond, Virginia Newspaper Obituaries, 1804-38.

Virginia Ledgerbooks

Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia Court Records Ledger .
History Of Tazewell County Virginia Book Sales Ledger .

Virginia Wills

The Will of Dr. Augustine Slaughter Norfolk Borough, Norfolk Virginia 1814
Funeral card for Mahulda Ann West, 1832 - 1914 died Chariton Co. Missouri, born in Virginia

Find Virginia Ancestors in Store Ledger Books

AncestorsAtRest has the following store ledgers online for Virginia

S. R. Turley Ledger Book, Culpeper Virginia. 1896 PDF files available for download Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia Court Records Ledger. ALL PAGES ONLINE
History Of Tazewell County Virginia Book Sales Ledger. ALL PAGES ONLINE 

Court Records ledger book online for Wytheville, Wythe County Virginia

Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia Court Records Ledger

I have added a old Court ledger book belonged to William C Pendleton. William C. Pendleton was born in Marion, Virginia, in 1847 and served in the 8th Virginia Cavalry in Tazewell County. After the Civil War he studied law and practiced in Richmond, Virginia. He was the author of the History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia 1748-1920. This volume has long been recognized as the definitive history of Tazewell County Virginia.
This court ledger book is full of entries starting in 1883 and ending in 1937. From 1883 to 1897 the book contains a record of what appear to be court cases in the Court of Appeals at Wytheville. The second part of the ledger is a list of several hundred people who purchased his book History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia 1748-1920.

At the top of the first page of court records we read Wm [William] C. Pendleton, Clerk Court of Appeals at Wytheville, The Commonwealth Of Virginia. I did some looking and found that Wytheville is a town in Wythe County, Virginia. Wythe County is next to Tazewell County, the subject of Mr Pendleton book.

I have put this Wythe County, Virginia court records ledger in my genealogy lookups section but I have decided to put this great Virginia genealogy resource online for free. I have put the first 10 pages of Court records on line and the first 10 pages of people who purchased a copy of Mr Pendletons book A History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia 1748-1920. I will be getting the rest of the book online as soon as I can.

Wythe County, Virginia Court Records Ledger

Boy in Iron Coffin Identified as William White died 1852

A body in a cast iron coffin found by utility workers in Washington in 2005, has been identified.

Dozens of individuals used census records, obituaries in newspapers and DNA Testing to identify the remains as 15-year-old William Taylor White, who died in 1852.

William Taylor White was buried in the Columbia College cemetery and it appears he was simply left behind when the cemetery was moved.

White, from Accomack, Virginia was a descendant of Anthony West, one of the Jamestown settlers

The team of scientists working on finding who was buried in the coffin found an obituary published in the Daily National Intelligencer newspaper of Washington on Jan. 28, 1852, confirming White died Jan. 24, 1852, after a short illness.

Clothing historians were able to determine that he was dressed in a shirt, vest and pants that are consistent with clothing styles of the early to mid-1850s.

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