Southampton County Genealogy, Wills, Estates, Marriages
Images of Wills, No. 3, 1772 to 1782
Testators: Adams, Thomas | Andrews, William | Atkinson, Neal | Atkinson, Timothy | Austin, William | Avery, Fortune | Avery, Richard | Bailey, Robert |Bailey, Sarah | Bailey, William | Barham, Benjamin | Barker, William | Barnes, Benjamin | Barrett, William Sr. | Barron, John | Bass, Charles | Bass, Joshua | Beale, Hardy | Beale, William | Beall, John | Blunt, Priscilla | Blunt, Thomas | Booth, Robert | Bowers, William | Bradshaw, Joseph | Branch, Howell | Brewer, John | Britt, John | Britt, John Sr. | Brown, Jesse | Brown, John | Buggs, Henry Burn, Patience Burnett, Charity Butts, Peter Bynum, Elizabeth Bynum, Michael Bynum, William | Byrd, John | Carroll, Thomas | Catthorpe, Elenor Claud, Joseph | Claud, Joseph | Claud, Philip Clements, Benjamin | Clements, Benjamin | Cleveland, William | Clifton, Benjamin | Clifton, Thomas | Crenshaw, Thomas | Crocker, Sarah Curl, Thomas | Dawson, Henry Demmery, Frederick | Davis, Thomas | Davis, Thomas | Deloach, William | Drake, Ann | Drake, Jesse | Drake, John | Drew, Jesse | Drew, Newett Drewry, Thomas | Drewry, William | Edmunds, David Edmunds, Mary Edwards, Micajah Edwards, Thomas | Edwards, William | Elzey, John | Everitt, Joseph | Everitt, Thomas | Fort, Ann | Fort, Joshua | Foster, Alis Fowler, James | Fowler, William | Francis, Thomas | Gardiner, John | Gay, Edmund George, William | Gilliam, Jesse | Glover, George Griffin, Benjamin | Grisswit, William | Grizard, William | Grizard, Ambrose Hall, George Harris, Benjamin | Harris, John | Harris, Mary Harris, Simon Harrison, Samuel Harrison, William | Hatfield, Josiah Ivy, Henry Ivy, John | Jackson, Sarah Jenkins, Edmund Johnson, Job Johnson, John | Johnson, Joseph | Johnson, Robert Johnson, Samuel Joiner, Israel Jones, Honer Jones, Martha Jones, Nathan Jones, Richard Jones, Robert Jordan, James | Joyner, Brigman Joyner, William | Kennebrew, Ann | Kinnebrew, Edwin Kinnebrew, William | Kirby, Mary Kirby, Richard Kirby, William | Kitchen, Benjamin | Lankford, Thomas | Lundy, Byrd Lundy, Edward Lundy, Edward (2) Lundy, James | Mackey, Joseph | Menefee, James | Mercer, John | Mercer, Robert Morgan, John | Morgan, John | (2) Myrick, Mary Newsom, Jacob Newsom, Sampson Nicolson, Joshua | Oney, Leonard Person, Collin Person, John | Person, Philip Phillips, John | Pitman, John | Pond, Richard Pope, John | Pope, Patience Pope, William | Rawlings, John | Ray, William | Reese, Joseph | Revel, Sampson Ricks, Richard Ridley, James | Ridley, Nathan Right, Mary Scarbrough, John | Simmons, William | Smith, John | Speed, Mary Stephenson, Ann |Sturgeon, John | Tatum, Joshua | Taylor, Charles Taylor, Etheldred Taylor, James | Taylor, Lucy Taylor, William | Thorpe, John | Tucker, Benjamiin Turner, Benjamin | Turner, John | Turner, Joseph | Turner, William | Vasser, Lydia Vick, Arthur Vick, William | Wade, Christopher Warren, Faith Warren, Joseph | Wellons, John | Westbrooke, James | Westbrooke, Thomas | William |s, Nathan Robert Williams, Sarah Williamson, Francis Wilson, William Wombwell, James | Woodard, Charles Wright, James
Images of Wills, Book No. 1, 1749 to 1762
Testators:Arrington, John; Arrington, John; Barham, Robert; Barns, Edward ;Barrett, Edward; Bittle, John; Blunt, Benjamin; Blunt, Henry; Booth, Robert; Bowen, John; Bowen, John; Braddy, Margaret; Bradshaw, Joseph; Branch, Elizabeth; Briant, Lewis; Bryant, Mary; Bryan, Robert;Charles, Rebecca; Clark, Thomas; Cob, William; Cobb, Nicholas; Cooper, William;Crocker, Elisha; Crocker, Moses; Crocker, Robert; Crumpler, William; Davis, John; Davis, Martha; Davis, Nathaniel; Dawson, John; Delk, Joseph ;Denson, John; Doyle, Edward; Drake, John; Drake, Richard; Drake, Thomas; Drew, Edward; Dunkley, Catherine ; Dunkley, John; Edmunds, Jeremiah; Edwards, Benjamin; Edwards, Elizabeth; Edwards, John; Edwards, William; Emelly, Giles; Evans, Elizabeth ;Evret, Simon; Exum, Francis;Exum, William; Fort, John;Gilliam, Walter ;Griffin, Mary ;Griffin, Matthew; Gurley, Nicholas; Harris, Martin; Hatfield, William; Hickman, William;Hollaman, Thomas;Ingraham, William ;Jarrel, John; Jarrell, Thomas ;Johnson, Benjamin; Johnson, John ; Johnson, Richard ;Jones, John; Jones, William; Joyner, Brigman; Joyner, Hennaretta; Joyner, John;Joyner, Jonathan; Joyner, Joseph; Joyner, William;Kindred, Mary; Kirby, Moody ;Kirby, Richard ;Lewis, Joshua; Love, Elias; Mackey, Daniel; Manning, Samuel; Matthews, Hugh; Matthews, John; Morgan, William; Mounger, Robert; Newsum, Elizabeth; Newsum, Robert; Norton, Joseph; Pate, Edward; Person, John; Pleasant, John ;Pope, Benjamin; Pope, Elizabeth ;Pope, Henry; Pope, John ;Pope, Stephen; Ricks, Elizabeth ;Ridley, Nathaniel; Ritching, James; Rotchell, John; Sandefur, William; Saul, Elizabeth; Scott, Elizabeth; Scott, William; Simmons, John; Simmons, J.; Simon, Augustus; Smith, James; Smith, Jane; Smith, John; Smith, Virgus; Spence, William; Stephenson, Katherine ;Taylor, Etheldred; Taylor, Thomas; Thorp, Timothy; Turner, Simon; Vasser, Benjamin; Vick, Joseph; Vicks, Pritchard ;Washington, Arthur; Washington, John; Web, Charles; Westbrooke, John;Westbrooke, Samuel ; Whitehead, Arthur ;Whitehead, Lewis ;Williams, Arthur ;Williams, Sarah;Williams, Thomas;Williamson, Joseph;Williford, John;Wills, Francis;Wright, James
Images of Wills, No. 2, 1762 to 1772
Testators:Adams, Henry; Atkinson, Thomas; Barnes, Thomas; Barron, Thomas; Beel, John; Beel, Thomas; Bennet, John; Berry, Thomas O. ;Bittle, William ;Blow, Samuel ;Booth, Arthur; Booth, Faitha ;Branch, George ;Branch, Martha ;Branch, William; Browne, Jesse ;Browne, John; Browne, Thomas; Bull, William; Calthorpe, Charles ;Carr, Robert ;Cary, Miles ;Cobb, Michael ;Colliar, George ;Crafford, Henry ;Crumpler, William; Davis, Lewis ;Day, Thomas; Denson, Francis ;Drake, John; Edmunds, Ann ;Edmunds, Howell ;Edwards, Micajah;Fort, Arthur; Fort, Rebecca ;Foster, Newel;Francis, Thomas; Gavin, Amos ;Gilliam, John; Gray, Benjamin ;Gray, Joseph ;Gresswell, Thomas; Gurly, George;Halliman, Josiah John; Harris, John;Harris, Mary ;Harris, Simon ;Hart, Elizabeth ;Hart, Robert ;Hart, Henry ;Hasty, James ;Hines, John; Howell, William; Jarrel, Benjamin;Jelks, William; Jenkins, Valentine; Johnson, Benjamin ;Johnson, Jacob ;Johnson, Lazarus ;Johnson, Stephen ;Jones, James ;Jones, William; Joyner, Joshua; ;Kitchen, Thomas; Little, John; Long, Arthur; Marks, Thomas; Moore, Thomas; Myrick, John; Napier, Nathan ;Newsom, David ;Newsom, Joseph ;Nicholson, Joshua ;Person, John; Person, William; Pope, Henry ;Pope, John; Pope, Joshua; Pope, Nathan ;Pope, William; Porter, Christopher ;Pursell, Arthur; Ramsey, James ;Ricks, Robert ;Rose, Richard;Simmons, Benjamin ;Stephenson, Thomas; Thomas, Henry; Thomas, John; Thorpe, John; Thorpe, Timothy;Thweatt, William; Turner, James;Turner, Simon ;Turner, Thomas; Turner, William; Vaughn, William; Vick, Joshua ;Warren, John;Washington, George; Washington, John; Washington, William; Westbrooke, Thomas; Westbrooke, William; Whitney, Joshua;Wiggins, John; Williams, Jonah ;Williams, Thomas; Williamson, Arthur; Williamson, Benjamin ;Wood, George ;Worrell, William
Marriages
- Marriages (taken from Gates County, North Carolina Bonds)
- Unrecorded Deeds 1777-1805
Miscellaneous
- William Clegg estate dated 1780
- Joseph Mackey, LWT 1779 (transcription)
- Apprenticeship Indentures 1827 to 1894
- Western Branch Meeting of Quakers
Indexes to Probate Records
- Index to Will Book 1, 1749 to 1762
- Index to Will Book 2, 1762 to 1772
- Index to Will Book 3, 1772 to 1782
Search out Every Little Detail in the Life of the Ancestor
A search of the census records, graveyards, etc. is not enough. One must also research the county records where the ancestors resided. By that I mean – deeds, tax digests, wills, estates, marriages, minute books … anything and everything that is available in that county. Genealogy is an intricate process of eliminating and establishing truths. Every detail on a document is important, including the names of witnesses! Follow the deeds to follow the ancestor – where he came from when he first purchased land in the county – and the last date that he was on record in that county. The tax digests list “defaulters”. These are not necessarily people who failed to pay taxes, but rather the ones who ” moved on.” Old newspapers also list tax defaults and letters that were left at the post office. We cannot skim over the possibilities and opportunities to learn more. List of Traced Virginia Families on this website