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Brunswick County Probate Records
Brunswick County was created in 1720 and was named after the House of Brunswick which had assumed the throne of England in 1714. The first settlement was Fort Christanna and the county seat today is Lawrenceville, Virginia. Some of the earliest settlers were Sampson Lanier, William Lucas, John Cooke, Edmond Denton, John Ripper and Bartholomew Rovardes.
Maps
Marriages
Estates of Orphans 1740 to 1781
Estates of Orphans 1828 to 1843
Estates of Orphans 1843-53
Images of Wills and Estates
Undecided Chancery Causes
Miscellaneous Images
- Adams, William, orphans of, Order Book 12
- Allen, Anne, LWT (unrecorded)
- Brumbelow, Francis, LWT
- Hicks, James, Order Book 12
- Hurst, Judith, Order Book 12
- Johnson, William, Order Book 12
- Jones, William, Order Book 12
- Leftwich, Thomas (1784)
- Love, Hugh (1780)
- Martin, William, Order Book 12
- McFarlane, Benjamin (1784)
- Miller, John Michael (1784)
- Mize, Edith, Order Book 12
- Moon, Jacob (1784)
- Moore, William vs. John Ingram, Order Book 12
- Parker, Thomas (1784)
- Parten, Lucy, LWT
- Patey, Salley, bastard children of (1784)
- Ray, Benjamin, son of Edith Mize, Order Book 12
- Thompson, Frederick, orphan of Joanna Thompson, Order Book 12
- Trigg, William and John (1784)
- Turner to Turner, Gift Deed
- Vinson, Thomas, Order Book 12
- Walker, Amos, William and Joseph, sons of Rebecca, Order Book 12
Indexes to Probate Records
- Wills and Indentures (deeds) 1739 to 1750
- Inventories, Accounts, Wills, Book No. 3,1751 to 1769
- Inventories, Accounts, Wills, Book No. 6, 1795 to 1804
- Inventories, Accounts, Wills, Book No. 7, 1804 to 1812
Note: Due to the size of the Virginia documents, it was necessary to scan each page in two or three sections to get all of the information. In some instances, it was not possible to acquire the signature of the clerk (at the date of probate).
Brunswick County Wills 1739 to 1750
- Lanier, Sampson
- Lanier, Thomas
- Lucas, William
- Lucas, William (2)
- Lucas, William (3)
- Lunday, James
- Maclin, Mary
- Marshall, Matthew
- Massey, Richard
- Mitchell, John
- Nipper, John
- Parham, Francis
- Park, Joseph
- Phenix, Abraham
- Ransom, Richard
- Ross, Charles
- Rovardes, Bartholomew
- Smith, Richard
- Stroud, Thomas
- Tatum, Edward
- Turner, James
- Vaughan, Abraham
- Vaughan, Richard
- Wall, Michael
- Wood, Richard
- Wyche, Frances
- Brewer, George
- Brockwell, John
- Brown, Burrell
- Burton, Abraham
- Chapman, John
- Christie, Robert
- Clanton, Sarah
- Clemons, John
- Cooke, John
- Cooke, Robert
- Cummins, David
- DeLoach, Eleanor
- DeLoach, William
- Denton, Edmond
- Dunman, Joseph
- Eaves, Graves
- Harper, Newman
- Harris, Francis
- Hicks, Elizabeth
- Hicks, Elizabeth (2)
- Hicks, Robert
- Hill, Robert
- Huggins, John
- Huggins, William
- Humphris, John
- Jackson, Ambrose
- Jackson, John
- Jackson, Ralph
- Jackson, William
Brunswick County Wills 1751-1761
- King, Charles Sr.
- Leashley, William
- Ledbetter, Henry
- Lee, William
- Lightfoot, John
- Lipsey, William
- Lucas, David
- Mabry, Hinchia Jr.
- Maclin, William
- McKnight, William
- Mitchell, Thomas
- Moore, John
- Nipper, Anne
- Parrish, James
- Powell, Thomas
- Powell, William
- Procter, Robert
- Randall, John
- Scoggan, William
- Smith, Ambrus
- Snapsing, Joseph
- Stuart, Charles
- Thomas, Thomas
- Tomlinson, William
- Tooke, John
- Wall, John
- Wall, John (2)
- Wallace, Susanna
- Ward, John
- Whittington, Mary
- Whittington, William
- Williams, Thomas
- Wyche, Peter
- Wyse, William
- Adams, William
- Balley, Waters
- Bennit, James
- Bettle, John
- Betty, John
- Brewer, George
- Brook, John
- Cassell, Thomas
- Clack, James
- Clack, Sterling
- Clarke, Nathaniel
- Clarke, Samuel
- Collier, William
- Collins, Thomas
- Craft, Thomas
- Croker, John
- Davis, John
- Denton, Edward
- Denton, Sarah
- Denton, William
- Dickerson, Metcalf
- Elzey, John
- Evans, Charles
- Evans, Elizabeth
- Evans, John
- Farrington, John
- Hammond, William
- Harwell, Thomas
- Hayes, Charles
- Hensley, Joseph
- Hicks, James
- Hynds, Robert
- Ingram, John
- Jackson, Daniel
- Jackson, Thomas Sr.
- Johnson, William
- Jordan, James
Brunswick County Wills 1751-1769
- Leashley, William
- Ledbetter, Henry
- Lee, William
- Lightfoot, John
- Lipsey, William
- Lucas, David
- Mabry, Hinchia Jr.
- Maclin, William
- McKnight, William
- Mitchell, Thomas
- Moore, John
- Nipper, Anne
- Parrish, James
- Powell, Thomas
- Powell, William
- Procter, Robert
- Randall, John
- Scoggan, William
- Smith, Ambrus
- Snapsing, Joseph
- Stuart, Charles
- Thomas, Thomas
- Tomlinson, William
- Tooke, John
- Wall, John
- Wall, John (2)
- Wallace, Susanna
- Ward, John
- Whittington, Mary
- Whittington, William
- Williams, Thomas
- Wyche, Peter
- Wyse, William
- Adams, William
- Balley, Waters
- Bennit, James
- Bettle, John
- Betty, John
- Brewer, George
- Brook, John
- Cassell, Thomas
- Clack, James
- Clack, Sterling
- Clarke, Nathaniel
- Clarke, Samuel
- Collier, William
- Collins, Thomas
- Craft, Thomas
- Croker, John
- Davis, John
- Denton, Edward
- Denton, Sarah
- Denton, William
- Dickerson, Metcalf
- Elzey, John
- Evans, Charles
- Evans, Elizabeth
- Evans, John
- Farrington, John
- Hammond, William
- Harwell, Thomas
- Hayes, Charles
- Hensley, Joseph
- Hicks, James
- Hynds, Robert
- Ingram, John
- Jackson, Daniel
- Jackson, Thomas Sr.
- Johnson, William
- Jordan, James
- King, Charles Sr.
Brunswick County Wills 1764-1769
- Oliver, John
- Oliver, Lucy
- Peterson, John
- Seabon, Liswell
- Seward, Benjamin
- Short, William Sr.
- Simmons, Henry
- Simmons, Peter
- Smith, Christopher
- Spicer, James
- Stewart, James
- Upchurch, James
- Walker, Freeman
- Walton, George
- Williamson, Exum
- Willis, John
- Willis, Mildred
- Baker, Robert
- Blayton, Elizabeth
- Britt, Henry
- Bruce, James
- Cato, Burwell
- Denton, Elizabeth
- Dowsing, William
- Durham, George
- Ezell, William
- Francis, William
- Gordon, Charles
- Gordon, John
- Howard, John
- Jones, Charles
- Lambert, Hugh
- Lindsey, William
- Maclin, James
- Nevison, John
Brunswick County Wills 1783-1785
Brunswick County Wills, Inventories, Estates 1795 to 1804
- Martin, Thomas
- Mason, Christopher
- Mason, David
- Mason, Sarah
- Mattox, Ralph
- McKinny, John
- McKinney, Thomas
- Meade, Andrew
- Mitchell, John
- Mitchell, William
- Moore, Drury
- Moore, Macarina
- Moore, Thomas
- Moore, William
- Morrison, Benjamin
- Morrison, Mercer
- Moseley, Benjamin
- Moseley, Thomas
- Moseley, William
- Moss, David
- Myrick, Owen
- Nanny, Amos
- Parham, James
- Parham, William
- Pearson, John
- Peebles, Britain
- Pentecost, Francis
- Penticost, Scarbrough
- Peppers, Nathan
- Person, Thomas
- Phenix, Drury
- Phillips, Elizabeth
- Pilkinton, Agnes
- Pilkinton, Richard
- Pilkinton, Willis
- Potts, Jesse
- Powell, John
- Preston, Thomas
- Pritchett, William
- Quarles, James
- Quarles, Moses
- Rains, Nathaniel
- Rainey, Susanna
- Riddle, Elizabeth
- Read, Harman
- Read, James
- Rivers, Thomas
- Roberts, William
- Robinson, Edward
- Robinson, Silvey
- Rose, John
- Ross, D.
- Ross, Duncan
- Sadler, Thomas
- Samford, Joseph
- Samford, William Keen
- Saunders, Ann
- Saunders, Thomas
- Scarbrough, Hubbard
- Scarbrough, Lewis
- Shell, John
- Sells, Gray
- Sills, Isham
- >Simmons, Henry
- Simmons, Lucy
- Simmons, Mary
- Simmons, Thomas
- Simms, John
- Smith, Benjamin
- Smith, James
- Smith, Jesse
- Smith, Richard
- Stainback, George
- Steagall, George
- Stith, Buckner
- Stith, Drury
- Stith, Thomas
- Sturdivant, Sarah
- Swanson, Joice
- Swanson, Joyce
- Tarpley, Charles
- Tarpley, Henry
- Tarpley, Hosea
- Tatum, Paul
- Taylor, Jesse
- Telly, Michael
- Thomas, James
- Thomas, Tabitha
- Thomas, Thomas B.
- Thweatt, John
- Trotter, Isham
- Tucker, James
- Turner, Jesse
- Upchurch, Michael
- Vaughan, William
- Walker, George
- Walpole, Thomas
- Walton, John
- Warwick, William
- Watson, John
- Westmoreland, Robert
- Wheeler, Benjamin
- White, Daniel
- White, George
- Williams, John
- Williams, Sterling
- Williams, Thomas
- Abernathy, Charles
- Abernathy, James
- Adams, Edmund
- Adams, Elizabeth
- Andrews, William Jr.
- Avery, George
- Bailey, Robert
- Banks, James
- Barker, Lucy
- Baugh, Joseph
- Beatty, Thomas
- Bennitt, John
- Birdsong, William
- Black, Robert
- Boswell, William
- Brewer, Jesse
- Birchett, Edward
- Black, Benjamin
- Bracey, Samuel
- Bracey, Thomas
- Browder, Joseph
- Brown, Beverly
- Cannon, John
- Carpenter, William
- Chambless, James
- Clary, Harwood
- Collier, William
- Cook, Frederick
- Croft, Thomas
- Curtis, Charles
- Curtis, Tarpley
- Dance, Thomas
- Davis, Lewis
- Duggar, John
- Edmunds, Gray
- Edmunds, John Flood
- Edmunds, Nicholas
- Edmunds, Sterling
- Edwards, Gray
- Edwards, John
- Elders, Jeremiah
- Eldridge, Aristotle
- Field, Theophilus
- Firth, Sarah
- Finch, Tabitha
- Finch, William
- Firth, Thomas
- Fisher, James
- Floyd, Charles
- Floyd, Zachariah
- Gee, William
- Gholson, John
- Goodrich, Mary
- Grain, William
- Green, Francis
- Green, John
- Green, Peter
- Green, Thomas
- Green, William
- Griffith, John
- Gunn, William
- Hames, William
- Harmon, George
- Harrison, Benjamin
- Harrison, Benjamin(2)
- Harrison, James
- Harrison, Nathaniel
- Harrison, Polly
- Harrison, Theophilus
- Harrison, Thomas
- Harrison, William
- Haskins, Benjamiin
- Haskins, Christopher
- Haskins, John
- Heartwell, Israel
- Hightower, Gregory
- Hightower, Rawleigh
- Hill, William
- House, Isham
- House, Jordan
- House, Phillip
- Howerton, James
- Howerton, Thomas
- Huff, Daniel
- Huskey, William
- Ingram, Benjamin
- Jackson,Benjamin
- Jackson, Henry
- Jackson, Mark
- James, Cary
- James, Wilmoth
- Jones, Benjamin
- Jones, Charles B.
- Jones, Jesse
- Jones, Thomas
- Jordan, James
- Justice, James
- Lanier, John
- Lanier, William
- Lashley, Howell
- Latimer, John
- Ledbetter, Henry
- Lewis, Zebulon
- Lundie, Thomas
- Mabry, H.
- Manning, Joel
- Martin, John
Brunswick County Wills 1804 to 1812. Note: Inventories were not included due to bad copy.
- Maclin, Ann
- Maclin, Henry
- Maddox, Ralph
- Malone, George
- Manson, Thomas
- Marly, William
- Martin, Fred
- Mason, Joseph
- Merideth, William
- Michaels, James
- Mitchell, William
- Moore, Laurel
- Moore, William
- Morris, Sarah
- Moseley, Samuel
- Nanny, John
- Ogburn, James
- Overby, Littleberry
- Owen, Francis
- Parham, Lewis
- Parham, Mary
- Paul, John
- Pearson, John
- Penn, P.
- Pennington, William
- Phillips, William
- Phipps, Joseph
- Pinkinton, Mary
- Pilkinton, Willis
- Pucket, Jesse
- Rainey, Francis
- Rainey, Samuel
- Randolph, Rhoda
- Rawlins, John
- Read, Harmon
- Rhodes, Randolph
- Robinson, Edward
- Robinson, Peter
- Rogers, James
- Saunders, Thomas
- Scarbrough, William
- Shelton, William
- Short, Thomas
- Simms, Elizabeth
- Smith, Arthur
- Smith, Benjamin
- Smith, Thomas
- Stith, David
- Stith, John
- Stith, Susanna
- Sturdivant, John
- Sturdivant, Susanna
- Tally, Joel
- Taylor, Jesse
- Thweatt, John
- Thweatt, Mary
- Tillman, Millicent
- Tilman, Roger
- Timms, John
- Trotter, George
- Tucker, Sterling
- Vaughan, James
- Vaughan, William
- Walker, William
- Walpole, Elizabeth
- Walpole, Sally
- Walpole, William
- Walton, George
- Walton, Thomas
- Warwick Nancy
- Watson, William
- Whealors, Benjamin
- Williams, Lazarus
- Wilson, John
- Wright, John W.
- Wyche, Peter
- Wynn, Mary
- Adams, Elizabeth
- Allwy, Miles
- Atherson, William
- Bailey, John
- Barnes, William
- Baugh, William
- Beatty, John
- Biggs, William
- Birchett, Edward
- Birchet, Henry
- Bishop, Harmon
- Bishop, Herman
- Bishop, Matthew
- Bivens, William
- Brewer, Henry
- Briggs, Elizabeth
- Briggs, Ruth
- Brittain, Benjamin
- Brown, Beverly
- Brown, Lewis
- Brown, Sarah
- Burge, Nathan
- Clack, Richard
- Clayton, John
- Cook, Joseph
- Cordle, William
- Curtis, Tarpley
- Daniel, Thomas
- Delbridge, Edward
- Dixon, Kennon
- Duggar, Henry
- Duggar, John
- Easter, John
- Edmunds, Charles
- Edmunds, Erwin
- Edmunds, Gary
- Edwards, Benjamin
- Edwards, Gray
- Edwards, Jesse
- Edwards, Nathaniel
- Eldridge, Aristotle
- Ezell, Ann
- Finch, Henry
- Finch, Mary
- Finch, Sarah
- Finch, Tabitha
- Fletcher, Owen
- Foster, Ransom
- Gholson, Thomas
- Grains, William
- Harper, Thomas
- Harris, Benjamin
- Harris, Howell
- Harrison, Carter
- Harrison, Daniel
- Harrison, James
- Harrison, Nathaniel
- Harrison, Thomas
- Hartwell, Elizabeth
- Hartwell, Paul
- Hicks, Robert
- House, Phillip
- Hudson, William
- Ingram, Barthlomew
- Ingram, Benjamin
- Ingram, Thomas
- Jackson, Matthew
- Johnson, John
- Johnson, William
- Jones, Mary
- Jones, Mordecai
- Jones, Stephen
- Jordan, Abigail
- Jordan, Thomas
- Judd, John
- Kelly, Moses
- Kelly, Samuel
- Lightfoot, John
- Lundie, Alexander
- Mabry, H.
