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Images of Accounts (Inventories) 1770 to 1788, No. 1 (No Index)

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Images of Accounts (Inventories) 1788 to 1797, No. 2

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Images of Accounts (Inventories) 1797 to 1805, No. 3

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Images of Accounts (Inventories) 1805 to 1812, No. 4

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Images of Deeds 1774 to 1778, No. 4

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Images of Deeds, Wills 1767 to 1780, No. 5

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Images of Deeds, Wills 1791-1794, No. 9

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Images of Deeds, Wills 1794 to 1797, No. 10

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Images of Deeds, Wills 1780 to 1820, No. 11

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Pittsylvania County Probate Records

Virginia Map Pittsylvania County was formed in 1767 from Halifax County, Virginia. It was named after William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who served from 1755 to 1768.

In 1777 the western part of Pittsylvania County was divided and became Henry County.

Militia Officers from Deed Book 4, pp. 293-294

At a meeting of the Committee of Pittsylvania County on Wednesday 27th of September 1775, the following gentlemen were nominated as officers for the militia, agreeable to the Ordinance of Convention. Signed, R. Williams, Chairman. Pr. Copy Wm Peter Martin, Clerk

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1775 Militiamen

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1775 Militiamen



Lieutenant, John Donelson, Esqr.
Colonel of the County, Robert Williams, Esqr.
Lieutenant Colonel, William Tunstall, Esq.
Major, John Wilson

Captains
  • Bejamin Lankford
  • Peter Perkins
  • Francis Luck
  • James Lyon
  • Robert Hairstone
  • Robert Woods
  • Daniel Shelton
  • Jesse Heard
  • Frederick Rives
  • John Donelson, Jr.
  • Archilaus Hughes
  • Joseph Martin
  • John Dix
  • William Witcher
  • Gabriel Shelton
  • Henry Williams
  • John Salmon
  • Robert Payne
  • Johnathan Hanby
  • William Peters Martin
  • Jehu Morton
  • Charles Cannon
  • Richard Gwynne
  • John Smith
  • Edmond Lyne
  • Joshua Abstone
  • James Hix
Lieutenants
  • Stephen Coleman
  • Joseph Terry
  • Thomas Walters
  • William Ward
  • Robert Bowman
  • Thomas Smith
  • Charles Burton
  • Bartlett Williams
  • Samuel Shields
  • John Strong
  • Spencer Shelton
  • Reubin Payne
  • Beverly Shelton
  • Isaac Clements
  • James George
  • Tully Choice, Junr.
  • Edmond Choat
  • Thomas Jones, Senr.
  • George Hairstone
  • Bryce Martin
  • David Linear
  • George Waller
  • John Cunningham
  • Frederick Fulkerson
  • Elipha Shelton
  • Benjamin Hensley
Ensigns
  • Charles Irby
  • William Short
  • Joseph Terry, son of Joseph
  • George Carter
  • William Beaver
  • Samuel Bolling
  • Thomas Black
  • John Wynne
  • William Dix
  • John Fulton
  • Thomas Smith
  • Edmond Taylor
  • Armstead Shelton
  • John Payne
  • Syrus Roberts
  • Joseph Farris
  • William Estes
  • Swinfield Hill
  • Peter Vardaman
  • James Poteet
  • John Wells
  • James Taylor
  • James Anthony
  • David Chadwell
  • John Parr
  • George Carter
  • John Renfro.