The following are genealogy source materials for Mathews County VA:

Books

Records of Colonial Gloucester County Virginia, a collection of abstracts from original documents concerning the lands and people of Colonial Gloucester County compiled by Polly Cary Mason. Vol. I. (1946) & Vol. II (1948)

Kingston Parish Register Gloucester & Mathews Counties VA 1749-1827 compiled by Emma R. Matheny & Helen K. Yates. 1963

Mathews County Virginia Records including Executors’ Bonds, 1795-1825 Guardian Bonds, Book B, 1806-1822 Marriages (1827-50) performed by Rev. William A. Billups Marriage (1817-70) & Death (1807-90) Announcements from Virginia Newspapers compiled by Jane B. Goodsell. 2000

Mathews Co. VA Death Register 1853-1896 compiled by Jane B. Goodsell. 2001

Tombstones of Mathews Co. VA 1711-1986 compiled by Christine L. Sheridan & Elsie W. Ernst. Published by the Mathews County Historical Society, Inc.

Marriages in Mathews County, Virginia: 1861-1900 compiled by Carolyn Winn Markie

Mathews County Virginia Land and Personal Tax Lists 1791-1800 abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1992

Mathews County, Virginia Censuses 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1994

The 1850 Federal Census Mathews County, Virginia (Includes All Schedules) abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1990

The 1860 Federal Census Mathews County, Virginia (Including All Schedules) abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1998

The Vestry Book of Kingston Parish Mathews County, Virginia (until May 1, 1791, Gloucester County) 1679-1796 transcribed, annotated, and indexed by C. G. Chamberlayne

The 1787 Census of Virginia Gloucester County by Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. 1987



Microfilm – Mathews Memorial Library (also available at the Library of VA, Reel numbers are not the same as the numbers for the MML.)

Reel 9 Mathews County Virginia Land Tax Records, 1851-1863

Reel 10 Mathews County Virginia Land Tax Records, 1719-1828

Reel 11 Mathews County Virginia Land Tax Records, 1829-1850

Reel 20 Mathews County Virginia Land Tax Records, 1719-1831

Reel 21 Mathews County Virginia Land Tax Records, 1851-1863




Mathews County Virginia Clerks Office

Land Book 1, 1817-1923 (Plats)

Grantor/Grantee Books, 1865-present

Will Book, 1865-present

Deed Books, 1865-present

Land Tax Books, 1850-present (note a few years are missing)


Becky Foster Barnhardt
Head of History & Genealogy
Mathews Memorial Library
Mathews, VA
804-725-5747