Fredericksburg Research Resources

Fredericksburg City Charter

Published Fredericksburg City Ordinances

Acts of Incorporation and General Ordinance of Fredericksburg, VA. Approved May 19, 1899.

Fredericksburg City Directories

Embrey Index To Deeds and Wills 1727-1920

Index to surviving building permits

Named Properties in the Spotsylvania County Early Deed Index

Early Falmouth Deeds in King George County

Old and Historic Fredericksburg District

Fredericksburg Newspapers:

United States Census Lists

Note: Fredericksburg was enumerated as part of Spotsylvania County in the 19th century

U.S. 1798 Direct Tax, Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia


This is the only known surviving 1798 Direct Tax List in Virginia.

Fredricksburg Population Census Lists

  • 1850 List of Free Inhabitants (Schedule 1)
  • 1850 List of Slave Inhabitants (Schedule 2)
  • 1850 Products of Industry (Schedule 5)

  • 1860 List of Free Inhabitants (Schedule 1)
  • 1860 List of Slave Inhabitants (Schedule 2)
  • 1860 List of Inhabitants who died during the year ending 1st June 1860 (Schedule 3)
  • 1860 Products of Industry (Schedule 5)

  • 1870 List of Inhabitants (Schedule 1)

  • 1880 List of Inhabitants of Fredericksburg (Schedule 1) in Enumeration District 138 (southern Fredericksburg)
  • 1880 List of Inhabitants of Fredericksburg (Schedule 1) in Enumeration District 139 (northern Fredericksburg)

    Spotsylvania County Population Census Lists

  • 1860 List of Free Inhabitants, Berkley Parish (Schedule 1)
  • 1860 List of Free Inhabitants, St. George's Parish (Schedule 1)
  • 1860 List of Slave Inhabitants, Berkley Parish (Schedule 2)
  • 1860 List of Slave Inhabitants, St. George's Parish (Schedule 2)
  • 1860 List of Persons who died during the year ending 1st June 1860 (Schedule 3)

  • 1870 List of Inhabitants, Berkley Township (Schedule 1)
  • 1870 List of Inhabitants, Chancellor Township (Schedule 1)
  • 1870 List of Inhabitants, Courtland Township (Schedule 1)
  • 1870 List of Inhabitants, Livingston Township (Schedule 1)

    Products of Agriculture Lists for Spotsylvania County

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  • 1850 (Schedule 4)
  • 1860 (Schedule 4)

    Stafford County Population Census Lists

  • 1850 List of Free Inhabitants (Schedule 1)
  • 1860 List of Free Inhabitants (Schedule 1)
  • 1860 List of Slave Inhabitants (Schedule 2)
  • 1860 List of Inhabitants who died during the year ending 1st June 1860 (Schedule 3)

    United States Freedman Lists

  • Registries of African American residents of Caroline County 1866

    Public Records of the City or County

    Merchant License Lists

    Stafford County

  • 1806
  • 1807
  • 1815

    Fredericksburg

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    Personal Property Tax Lists

    Library of Virginia Research Note of Personal Property Tax Records

    Falmouth


    1815

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    Lists of Taxable Town Lots

    Library of Virginia Research Note of Land Tax Records

    Falmouth

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    Fredericksburg City Council Minutes

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    Mutual Assurance Society Policy Index 1796-1867

    Links to Research Sites for Fredericksburg, Caroline, Spotsylvania and Stafford counties
  • Court House Records Project
  • Central Rappahannock Regional Library
  • Geography of Slavery in Virginia, made available by the Virginia Center for Digital History Project, University of Virginia.
  • The Letters to Doctors James Carmichael & Son, Fredericksburg, VA., made available by Historical Collections & Services of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia
  • Research Resources beyond Fredericksburg

    Loose Paper Resources for Fredericksburg

  • List of Claims for Civil War Damage
  • Plats of Fredericksburg 1721-1927
  • Floor Plans of Fredericksburg
  • Probate Inventories
  • Building Specifications and Contract Documents
  • Pictures of Fredericksburg 1862-1997
  • Pictures of Falmouth 1927
  • Pictures of Fredericksburg 1927
  • Historic Fredericksburg: A Pictorial History An Index of Images
  • Index of George H. S. King Papers at the Virginia Historical Society

    Thornton Town Plat


    Last modified: 16 August 2010
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