Spotsylvania County VA Genealogy

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Overview of Spotsylvania County Records

  • Spotsylvania County was created in 1720 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties.
  • Copies of birth and death records from 1853-1896 and 1912 to the present can be obtained from the Virginia Department of Health.
  • The Spotsylvania County Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and probate records starting in 1722, birth records from 1864 to 1895 and 1911 to 1915, death records from 1911 to 1915, court records starting in 1724, land records starting in 1856, military pension records from 1898 to 1926, and coroners inquests from 1879 to 1912.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.