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Maps1752 Dinwiddie Militia Officers
  • William Poythress, Co. Lieutenant
  • John Banister, Colonel of Horse
  • Robert Bolling, Colonel of Foot
  • Isham Eppes, Major of Horse
  • Anthony Haynes, Major of Foot
"The above gentlemen are the most proper for the offices of the Militia in county of Dinwiddie." Source: Colonial Papers, Virginia State Library.

Unrecorded Wills Marriages found in Chancery Order Book No. 1

Dinwiddie County Probate Records

Virginia MapDinwiddie County was created on May 1, 1752 and was taken from Prince George County. It was named after Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. The Dinwiddie County Historical Society currently occupies the old historic Dinwiddie County Court House.


Images of Dinwiddie County Wills 1758-1799
---Fragments of the only surviving wills---


Images of Dinwiddie Wills 1801-1869
---Surviving records---