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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. | ||||
| Microfilms of original records can be ordered for FREE from the Library of Virginia (LVA) through your local library's interlibrary loan service. | ||||
| When ordering a microfilm from the LVA, you must specify 1) the name of the county, 2) the reel number, and 3) the description of the film. | ||||
| Microfilms of | ||||
| County | Original Records | Books (Published Abstracts/Transcriptions) | DAR Patriots with this Service | |
| Accomack | LVA Reels 85, 86 | Accomack County, Virginia Court Orders 1774-1777, 1777-1780, 1780-1783 | John Burton | |
| Albemarle | Albemarle County in Virginia by Edgar Woods | James Garland Sr, Thomas Garth, Benajah Gentry | ||
| Amelia | Historical Notes on Amelia County, Virginia by Kathleen Hadfield & W. Cary McConnaughey | Joshua Chaffin, William Fitzgerald, Christopher Ford | ||
| Amelia | LVA Reel 43 | Amelia County, Virginia Court Order Books # 13, 14, 15 | ||
| Amherst | Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution by Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny | Linn Banks, Joseph Cabell Sr, George Campbell | ||
| Amherst | LVA Reel 27 | Amherst County, Virginia Court Order Books 1773-1782, 1782-1784 | Samuel Burke, John Clarkson, Joseph Milstead | |
| Augusta | Augusta County, Virginia Court Orders 1774-1785 by Bevin Creel | Michael Arbogast, William Buchanan, John Chestnut | ||
| Augusta | Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement by Lyman Chalkey, Volume 1 | Archibald Alexander, Adam Bratton, Jacob Burger | ||
| Augusta | LVA Reel 67 | Augusta County, Virginia Court Order Books # 16, 17, 18 | John Armstrong, Joseph Henderson, James Steele | |
| Bedford | Bedford County, Virginia Court Orders 1774-1783 by Bevin Creel | Robert Adams Jr, Jacob Anderson, William Buford | ||
| Bedford | LVA Reels 40, 41 | Bedford County, Virginia Court Order Books # 6 & 7 | Chatten Daggett, Simon Miller Sr, Richard Watts | |
| Berkeley | FHL Films 831288, 831289 | Berkeley County, West Virginia Court Order Books | John Harper, Azariah Thomas Hoskinson, Moses Hunter | |
| Botetourt | Annuals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800 by Lewis Preston Summers | Samuel Beard, George Birdwell, Nicholas Carper | ||
| Botetourt | LVA Reel 28 | Botetourt County, Virginia Court Order Books 1776-1780, 1780-1784 | Henry Bailey Greenwood | |
| Brunswick | Brunswick County, Virginia Court Orders 1774-1782 by Bevin Creel | Benjamin Blick, Thomas B. Claiborne, John Hamilton | ||
| Brunswick | LVA Reel 33 | Brunswick County, Virginia Court Order Book # 13 | John Warren | |
| Caroline | Order Book Abstracts of Caroline County, Virginia 1774-1778 by Ruth & Sam Sparacio | Anthony New, Thomas Ship | ||
| Caroline | Colonial Caroline: A History of Caroline County, Virginia by Thomas Elliott Campbell | William Buckner, Edward Dixon, John Page | ||
| Caroline | LVA Reels 19, 20 | Caroline County, Virginia Court Order Books 1772-1776 Pt. 1&2, 1777-1780, 1781-1785 Pt. 1&2 | ||
| Charlotte | LVA Reels 23, 24 | Charlotte County, Virginia Court Order Books 4 & 5 | Dudley Barksdale, John Blanks, Charles Clayton | |
| Chesterfield | LVA Reel 40 | Chesterfield County, Virginia Court Order Book 6 | Bernard Markham, Daniel Weisiger | |
| Cumberland | LVA Reel 26 | Cumberland County, Virginia Court Order Books 1774-1778, 1779-1784 | Shadrack Casey, David O'Sheals Copeland, Jehu Meader | |
| Essex | LVA Reels 82, 75 | Essex County, Virginia Court Order Books # 29 & 21 | Isaac Hawes, Samuel Hawes | |
| Essex | DAR VA GRC s1 v214, p. 116-147 (transcription of Order Books 29, 20 (p. 296-309), 21 (p. 368-419) | Nicholas Faulkner, Robert Payne Waring | ||
| Fairfax | Alexandria, Virginia Hustings Court Orders 1780-1787 by Wesley E. Pippenger | Michael Gretter, John Harper | ||
| Fauquier | Fauquier County Minute Book 1773-1780 by Sparacio | Joseph Blackwell Sr, Charles Chinn | ||
| Fauquier | Fauquier County, Virginia Court Records 1776-1782 by John K. Gott | George Henry, Joseph Hudnall Jr, John Metcalf Sr | ||
| Fauquier | LVA Reel 47 | Fauquier County Minute Books 1773-1780, 1781-1784 | Aylett Buckner, Edward Humston, John McMillan | |
| Fluvanna | LVA Reel 16 | Fluvanna County, Virginia Court Order Books 1777-1779, 1779-1782, 1782-1784 | William Bugg, John Hadden | |
| Frederick | LVA Reels 73, 74 | Frederick County, Virginia Court Order Books # 16, 17, & 18 | John Bell, Philip Bush, Jacob Gibbons | |
| Goochland | LVA Reels 25, 26 | Goochland County, Virginia Court Order Books # 12, 13, 14 | Randall Roundtree | |
| Greenbrier | FHL Film 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, West Virginia Court Orders 1780-1850 by Helen S. Stinson | William Hunter Cavendish, James Miller, John Miller | ||
| Halifax | LVA Reel 58 | Halifax County, Virginia Court Orders, Pleas Books # 9 &10 | James Bartlett, James Boyd, William Wilson | |
| Henrico | LVA Reel 69 | Henrico County, Virginia Court Order Book # 1 | Luzby Turpin | |
| Henry | Henry County, Virginia Deeds 1776-1784 (Books 1 & 2) by Lela C. Adams | Thomas Wilson, John Wyatt | ||
| Henry | LVA Reel 20 | Henry County, Virginia Court Order Books #1, 2, & 3 | ||
| Isle of Wight | LVA Reel 35 | Isle of Wight County, Virginia Court Order Books 1772-1780, 1780-1783 | Jesse Holman | |
| King George | LVA Reel 26 | King George County, Virginia Court Order Book 1766-1790 | ||
| Lancaster | LVA Reel 30 | Lancaster County, Virginia Court Orders Books # 15 & 16 | ||
| Loudoun | LVA Reel 72 | Loudoun County, Virginia Court Order Books F & G | William Cotton, Benjamin Hutchinson, John Whaley | |
| Louisa | LVA Reel 29 | Louisa County, Virginia Court Order Book 1774-1782 | ||
| Lunenburg | The Old Free State, Vol 1 by Landon C. Bell | Elisha Betts, Henry Blagrave Sr, Thomas Chambers | ||
| Lunenburg | LVA Reel 30 | Lunenburg County, Virginia Court Order Books # 13 & 14 | ||
| Mecklenburg | Revolutionary War Records, Mecklenburg County, Virginia by Katherine B. Elliott | Samuel Bugg, Cluverious Coleman, William Culbraith Jr | ||
| Mecklenburg | LVA Reel 35 | Mecklenburg County, Virginia Court Order Books # 4 & 5 | James Hamner | |
| Middlesex | LVA Reel 40 | 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 | LVA Reel 20 | Montgomery County, Virginia Court Order Books # 1, 2, 3 | Thomas Alley | |
| Norfolk | LVA Reel 56 | Norfolk County, Virginia Court Order Books 1776-1779, 1782-1783 | ||
| Northumberland | Northumberland County Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 12, 1975 (Civil Officers 1776-1782) | Elisha Harcum, John Corbin Hudson, Pemberton Claughton | ||
| Northumberland | LVA Reel 56 | Northumberland County, Virginia Court Order Book 1773-1783 | ||
| Orange | 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 | History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia by Maud Carter Clement | Abraham Shelton, William Short, Jeremiah White | ||
| Pittsylvania | LVA Reels 47, 48 | Pittsylvania County, Virginia Court Records (Orders) # 3 & 4 | Robert Adams, Thomas Boas, Thomas Gresham | |
| Powhatan | LVA Reel 22 | 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 | LVA Reel 22 | Prince Edward County, Virginia Court Orders # 6 & 7 | James Paris | |
| Prince William | LVA Reel 88 | Prince William County, Virginia Court Order Book 1778-1784 | ||
| Richmond | LVA Reel 39 | Richmond County, Virginia Court Order Books # 18 & 19 | Marmaduke Beckwith | |
| Rockbridge | A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia by Oren F. Morton | Andrew Hall, John Houston, David McCrosky, Joseph Walker | ||
| Rockbridge | LVA Reel 33 | Rockbridge County, Virginia Court Order Book 1778-1784 | James Crawford | |
| Rockingham County, Virginia County, Minute Book, Part 1 1778-1786 by Louise C. Levinson | John Baer, William Boyd, Benjamin Hinton | |||
| Rockingham | LVA Reel 25 | Rockingham County, Virginia Court Minute Book # 1 | James Brewster, Walter Crow, Peter Hogg | |
| Shenandoah | Shenandoah County, Virginia Order Books 1781-1784 by Amelia C. Gilreath | John Buck, Darby McCarty, Philip Windle, Michael Wise | ||
| Shenandoah | Shenandoah County, Virginia Minute Book 1774- 1780 by Amelia C. Gilreath | Adam Cunningham Sr, Alexander Matthews, Joseph Watson | ||
| Shenandoah | LVA Reels 52 & 53 | Shenandoah County, Virginia Minute Book 1774-1780 & Court Order Book 1781-1784 | ||
| Southampton | LVA Reels 26 & 27 | Southampton County, Virginia Court Order Books 1772-1777 & 1778-1784 | Charles Briggs, Barnaby Drake | |
| Spotsylvania | LVA Reel 45 | 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 | LVA Reel 32 | Surry County, Virginia Court Orders 1775-1785 | ||
| Sussex | LVA Reels 22 & 23 | Sussex County, Virginia Court Order Books 1770-1776 & 1777-1782 | John Mason Sr | |
| Washington | Annuals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, Vol 2 by Lewis Preston Summers | David Beatty, James Brigham, Archibald Buchanan | ||
| Westmoreland | LVA Reel 61 | Westmoreland County, Virginia Court Orders 1776-1786 | ||
| Patriots of York County, Virginia April 1776-Nov 1783 by Thelma Ironmonger Hansford | Edward Baptist, Allen Chapman, William Moore | |||
| York | LVA Reel 33 | York County, Virginia Court Order Book # 4 | ||
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