Botetourt County VA Genealogy

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Overview of Botetourt County Records

• Botetourt County was created in 1769 from Augusta County.
• Copies of birth and death records from 1853-1896 and 1912 to the present can be obtained from the Virginia Department of Health.
• The Botetourt County Clerk Circuit has birth and death records from 1853 to 1870, marriage records starting in 1770, divorce records, probate records starting in 1770, land records starting in 1770, court records starting in 1770 and cemetery records starting in 1770.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.