Sussex County, Virginia
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County History
Sussex County is located in the south central region of Virginia
Formed in 1754 from Surry County, it is named after Sussex County England

The Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe and other native Americans were located here prior to English settlement.  

In the United States Census of 1790, 10549 persons were reported. Of that number, 54.8% were Africans and of that number, approximately, 10% were free in 1790.  In the 1860 census, 33% of Africans living in Sussex County were free. 

Quakers concentrated near Seacock Swamp near the Wakefield area of the County.   One of these Quakers was John W. Watkins, County Surveyor from 1817 to 1830.  He, like many of his neighbors, moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, along with their freed slaves, to live on free soil.  Michael Bailey, who was Clerk of the Sussex County Court from 1785 until his death in 1798, was one of the Quakers who freed his slaves, but was discharged from that religious group for not attending meetings and for serving as a public official. 

INCORPORATED TOWNS
Sussex - Yale

TOWNS
Jarratt (part in Greensville County) - Stony Creek - Wakefield - Waverly
 


Sussex County Data

 

Church Histories / Records

Death Records

History Topics

Miscellaneous Data

School Records

Slavery Records

Wills/Probate Records

 

Website Updates:
Dec 2021:  bio for ONLEY
obits for BIRDSONG, EPES, HUNTER, HARP, GILLIAM, CAIN, TUCKER
Marriage notice for ROWLAND-DISON, POWELL-GILLAM, ANTHONY-DILLARD
Nov 2024: Marriage Bonds 1768-1850

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