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Virginia Sources of Civil Service
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Many Virginia residents served in some type of civil capacity such as jurors or county officials during the American Revolution.  
 If your ancestor served in a civil capacity between 19 Apr 1775 - 26 Nov 1783, he is eligible for civil service.
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County Original Records Books (Published Abstracts/Transcriptions) DAR Patriots with this Service
Accomack 30084 Accomack County, Virginia Court Orders 1774-1777, 1777-1780, 1780-1783 John Burton, Solomon Gray, William Marshall
Accomack 30083
Albemarle Albemarle County in Virginia by Edgar Woods James Garland Sr, Thomas Garth, Benajah Gentry
Albemarle 30255 Albermarle County, Virginia Court Order Book (Year of 1783) John McClary
Amelia 30463 Amelia County, Virginia Court Order Books # 13, 14, 15
Amelia Historical Notes on Amelia County, Virginia by Kathleen Hadfield & W. Cary McConnaughey Joshua Chaffin, William Fitzgerald, Christopher Ford 
Amherst 1888542 Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution by Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny Linn Banks, Joseph Cabell Sr, George Campbell
Amherst 1888543 Amherst County, Virginia Court Order Books 1773-1782, 1782-1784 Samuel Burke, John Clarkson, Joseph Milstead
Augusta 30379 Augusta County, Virginia Court Order Books # 16, 17, 18 John Armstrong, Joseph Henderson, James Steele
Augusta Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement by Lyman Chalkey, Volume 1 Archibald Alexander, Adam Bratton, Jacob Burger
Augusta Augusta County, Virginia Court Orders 1774-1785 by Bevin Creel Michael Arbogast, William Buchanan, John Chestnut
Bedford 30579 Bedford County, Virginia Court Order Books # 6 & 7 Chatten Daggett, Simon Miller Sr, Richard Watts
Bedford 30580 Bedford County, Virginia Court Orders 1774-1783 by Bevin Creel Robert Adams Jr,  Jacob Anderson, William Buford
Berkeley 831288 Berkeley County, West Virginia Court Order Books John Harper, Azariah Thomas Hoskinson, Moses Hunter
831289 Abraham Marlett Sr
Botetourt Annuals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800 by Lewis Preston Summers Samuel Beard, George Birdwell, Nicholas Carper
Botetourt 30723 Botetourt County, Virginia Court Order Books 1776-1780, 1780-1784 Henry Bailey Greenwood
Brunswick 30666 Brunswick County, Virginia Court Order Book # 13 
Brunswick Brunswick County, Virginia Court Orders 1774-1782 by Bevin Creel Benjamin Blick, William Carpenter, Thomas B. Claiborne
Campbell 31039 Campbell County, Virginia Court Order Book # 1 John Hicks
Caroline Caroline County, Virginia Order Books 1775-1783 by R&S Sparacio - Email for Lookup Walter Anderson, Anthony New, Thomas Ship
Caroline 30837 Item 1 Caroline County, Virginia Court Order Book 1775-1776 (pages 596-632)
Caroline 30838 Caroline County, Virginia Court Order Book 1777-1780 (pages 33-103)
Caroline 30838 Caroline County, Virginia Court Order Book 1778-1781 (pages 104-243 & 1-20)
Caroline 30838 Caroline County, Virginia Court Order Book 1781-1783 (pages 21-237)
Caroline Colonial Caroline: A History of Caroline County, Virginia by Thomas Elliott Campbell William Buckner, Edward Dixon, John Page
Charlotte 30798 Charlotte County, Virginia Court Order Books 4 & 5 Dudley Barksdale, John Blanks, Charles Clayton
Charlotte 30799 John Hart
Chesterfield 30910 Chesterfield County, Virginia Court Order Book 6 Bernard Markham, Daniel Weisiger
Cumberland 30762 Cumberland County, Virginia Court Order Books 1774-1778, 1779-1784 Shadrack Casey, David O'Sheals Copeland, Jehu Meader
Essex 1929875 Essex County, Virginia Court Order Books # 29 & 21 Andrew Gatewood, Isaac Hawes, Samuel Hawes
Essex DAR VA GRC s1 v214, p.116-147 (transcript of Order Books 29, 20 (p.296-309), 21 (p.368-419)  Nicholas Faulkner, Robert Payne Waring
Fairfax Alexandria, VA Hustings Court Orders 1780-1787 by W. Pippenger - Email for Lookup Michael Gretter, John Harper
Fairfax 31323 Item 3 June 1783 - November 1783 Court Order Book 
Fauquier 31614 Fauquier County Minute Books 1773-1780, 1781-1784 Aylett Buckner, Edward Humston, John McMillan
Fauquier Fauquier County Minute Book 1773-1780 by Sparacio Joseph Blackwell Sr, Charles Chinn, George Glascock
Fauquier Fauquier County, Virginia Court Minutes 1776-1782 by John Gott - Email for Lookup George Henry, Joseph Hudnall Jr, John Metcalf Sr
Fluvanna 31476 Fluvanna County, Virginia Court Order Books 1777-1779, 1779-1782, 1782-1784 George Anderson, William Bugg, John Hadden
Frederick 31423 Frederick County, Virginia Court Order Books # 16, 17, & 18 John Bell, Philip Bush, Jacob Gibbons
Frederick 31424 Joseph Longacre
Goochland 31675 Goochland County, Virginia Court Order Books # 12, 13, 14 Randall Roundtree
Goochland 31676
Greenbrier 1637475 Greenbrier County, West Virginia Court Order Book A James Allen, James McClung
Greenbrier Greenbrier County, West Virginia Records, Vol 1 by Larry G. Shuck Adam Caperton, Robert Clendenin, John Handley
Greenbrier Greenbrier County, WV Court Orders 1780-1850 by Helen S. Stinson William Hunter Cavendish, James Miller, John Miller
Greensville 31701 Greensville County, Virginia Court Order Book # 1
Halifax 31923 Halifax County, Virginia Court Orders, Pleas Books # 9 & 10 James Boyd, George Isbell, William Wilson
Halifax Halifax County, Virginia Court Orders 1774-1783 by Bevin Creel James Bartlett, Parham Booker, John Easley
Henrico 31832 Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book # 1 Samuel Ligon, Luzby Turpin
Henry Henry County, Virginia Deeds 1776-1784 (Books 1 & 2) by Lela C. Adams Thomas Wilson, John Wyatt
Henry 31979 Henry County, Virginia Court Order Books #1, 2, & 3 John Lackey, Peter Vardeman
Isle of Wight 32034 Isle of Wight County, Virginia Court Order Books 1772-1780, 1780-1783 Benjamin Bradshaw, Jesse Holman
Lancaster 32145 Lancaster County, Virginia Court Orders Books # 15 & 16 Henry Towle
32146
Loudoun 32349 Loudoun County, Virginia Court Order Books F & G William Cotton, Benjamin Hutchinson, John Whaley
Louisa 32219 Louisa County, Virginia Court Order Book 1774-1782
Louisa Louisa County, Virginia Court Order Book 1774-1782 by Bevin Creel Robert Anderson, Waller Overton
Lunenburg The Old Free State, Vol 1 by Landon C. Bell Elisha Betts, Henry Blagrave Sr, Thomas Chambers
Lunenburg 32408 Lunenburg County, Virginia Court Order Books # 13 & 14
Mecklenburg 32553 Mecklenburg County, Virginia Court Order Books # 4 & 5 Thomas Anderson, James Hamner, Robert Yancey
Mecklenburg Revolutionary War Records, Mecklenburg County, Virginia by Katherine B. Elliott Samuel Bugg, Cluverious Coleman, William Culbraith Jr
Middlesex 32509 Middlesex County, Virginia Court Orders 1772-1782
Montgomery Annuals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, Part 1 by Lewis Preston Summers John Black, Thomas Burke, William Buster
Montgomery 32622 Montgomery County, Virginia Court Order Books # 2, 3 Thomas Alley, Robert Finley
Norfolk 32958 Norfolk City, Virginia Court Order Books 1776-1779, 1782-1783
Northampton 32748 Northampton County, Virginia Minute Books # 28 & 29 Thomas Addison, Thomas Nottingham Sr, John Upshaw
Northumberland Northumberland County Hist Soc Bulletin, Vol. 12, 1975 - Email for Lookup Elisha Harcum, John Corbin Hudson, Pemberton Claughton
Northumberland 32659 Northumberland County, Virginia Court Order Book 1773-1783
Ohio 250126 Ohio County, Virginia Court Order Book 1777-1785 - Email for Lookup James Caldwell
Ohio 250127 Ohio County, Virginia Court Order Book 1777-1792
Ohio Records of Dist of West Augusta, Ohio & Yohogania by Loveless George Cox
Orange 33038 A History of Orange County, Virginia by W. W. Scott Thomas Barber, Thomas Bell, Manoah Singleton
Orange Orange County Road Orders 1750-1800 by Ann Brush Miller James Corser, Robert Deering, James Herndon
Pittsylvania 33308 History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia by Maud Carter Clement Abraham Shelton, William Short, Jeremiah White
Pittsylvania 33309 Pittsylvania County, Virginia Court Records (Orders) # 3 & 4 Robert Adams, Thomas Boas, Thomas Gresham
Powhatan 33090 Powhatan County, Virginia Court Order Book # 1
Prince Edward History of Prince Edward County, Virginia by Herbert Clarence Bradshaw William Pennock, John Watson, William Wooten
Prince Edward 33237 Prince Edward County, Virginia Court Orders # 6 & 7 James Paris, James Scott
Richmond 33714 Richmond County, Virginia Court Order Books # 18 & 19 Marmaduke Beckwith, Griffin Murdock Fauntleroy
Richmond Richmond County, Virginia Court Orders 1776-1784 by Bevin Creel  Jonathan Beckwith, Edward Dobbins, George Goodridge
Rockbridge A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia by Oren F. Morton Andrew Hall, John Houston, David McCrosky, Joseph Walker
Rockbridge 33779 Rockbridge County, Virginia Court Order Book 1778-1784 James Crawford, Samuel McDowell Sr
Rockingham Rockingham County, VA Court Minutes, 1778-1786 by L. Levinson - Email for Lookup John Baer, William Boyd, Benjamin Hinton
Rockingham 33481 Rockingham County, Virginia Court Minute Book # 1 James Brewster, Walter Crow, Peter Hogg
Shenandoah Shenandoah County, VA Order Book 1781-1784 by Amelia Gilreath John Buck, Darby McCarty, Philip Windle, Michael Wise
Shenandoah 33916 Shenandoah County, Virginia Minute Book 1774- 1780 by Amelia C. Gilreath Adam Cunningham Sr, Alexander Matthews, Joseph Watson
Shenandoah 33917 Shenandoah County, Virginia Minute Book 1774-1780 & Court Order Book 1781-1784 George Keller, John Roller, John Tipton
Southampton 34019 Southampton County, Virginia Court Order Books 1772-1777 & 1778-1784 Charles Briggs, Barnaby Drake, Benjamin Lewis
Southampton 34020
Spotsylvania 34089 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Minute Book 1774-1782 & Court Order Book 1782-1786
Stafford Men of Mark: Officials of Stafford County, Virginia 1664-1991 by Jerrilyn Eby Harris Hooe, John Rowzee Peyton
Surry 34132 Surry County, Virginia Court Orders 1775-1785
Sussex 34176 Sussex County, Virginia Court Order Books 1770-1776 & 1777-1783 James Epes, John Mason Sr
Sussex 34177
Washington Annuals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, Vol 2 by Lewis Preston Summers David Beatty, James Brigham, Archibald Buchanan
Washington 34382 Washington County, Virginia Minute Book # 1 1777-1787 Joseph Gray
Westmoreland 34297 Westmoreland County, Virginia Court Orders 1776-1786
Yohogania Records of Dist of West Augusta, Ohio & Yohogania by Loveless William Marshall, Richard McMahon, John White Jr
York Patriots of York County, Virginia 1776-1783 by Thelma Hansford - Email for Lookup Edward Baptist, Allen Chapman, William Moore
York 34434 York County, Virginia Court Order Book # 4
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