Records that survive
These are the record series the Library of Virginia has on microfilm for Augusta County, with the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps; it doesn't mean every year in between survives.
Land and deeds
- Surveyors' Record1744–1906
- Deed Book1745–1919
- Entry Book1745–1939
- General Index to Deeds1745–1930
- Deed1780
- Surveyor's Entry1780
- Warrant Register1796–1939
Wills
- Index to Wills1745–1919
- Will Book1745–1903
- Circuit Court Will Book1872–1903
Estates and guardianships
- Guardians' Bonds1775–1850
- Executors' and Administrators' Bonds1787–1904
- Executors' Bonds1828–1849
- Administrators' Bonds1839–1853
- Register of Fiduciaries1850–1872
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Bonds Book1785–1822
- Marriage Record1785–1887
- Ministers' Returns1785–1853
- Marriage Licenses1828–1853
- Marriage Bonds1829–1834
- Register of Births1853–1892
- Register of Deaths1853–1896
- Marriage Register1854–1900
- Marriage Register of Colored Persons1866–1936
- Register of Children of Colored Persons1866
- Register of Colored Persons1866
- Register of Freed Persons1866
Tax lists
- Tithables1777
Court orders and minutes
- Index to Office Files1745–1901
- Minute Book1745–1880
- Order Book1745–1904
- Records of Law and Chancery Suits1788–1845
- Records of Chancery Suits1789–1845
- Rule Book1803–1805
- Records of Chancery and Law Suits1805–1842
- Fee Book1818–1893
- Clerk's Order Book1820–1843
- Records of Chancery Suits Book1821–1823
- Chancery Order Book1831–1904
- Common Law Order Book1831–1903
- Chancery Minute Book1856–1866
- Jail Register1856–1861
- and 1 more series in the full listing
Records of free Black and enslaved people
- List of Slaves Sent from Georgia and South Carolina to Virginia1781
- Free Negro Register1810–1864
Military and pensions
- Court Martial Records1756–1796
- Public Service Claims1782–1784
- Ledger, [Deputy Quarter Master General, Mt. Ery Furnace]1789–1793
- Militia Court Records1807–1812
- Muster Roll1861–1865
- List of Quarter Masters Stores at Wisewell Barracks Hospital1865
County government and the poor
- Minute Book1823–1870
- Minutes, Road Board for Beverly Manor District1884–1889
- Electoral Board Minutes1894–1906
- School Board Minute Book1898–1916
- Minutes, Local Board of Review/Board of Equalization1915–1930
- Accounts of School Board Funds1921–1922
See every volume and reel number at the Library of Virginia
Source: Library of Virginia, County and City Records on Microfilm. Reels marked for interlibrary loan can be borrowed through your local library.
Where to find the records
- Augusta County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the circuit court clerk's office, and any online record search the county offers.
- The circuit court clerk's office
Virginia's deed, will and marriage books are usually kept by the clerk of the circuit court for the county or city, though many older records have been moved to the Library of Virginia. Call before you visit; hours and access to older volumes vary.
- Library of Virginia: Augusta County records on microfilmfree
Every filmed volume with its years and reel number. Use the reels in Richmond; many can be borrowed through interlibrary loan.
- Library of Virginia: Chancery Records Indexfree
Search equity court suits by name. They're rich in family detail: estate divisions, heirs and land disputes. Many localities' suits are scanned and free to view.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Virginia, Augusta" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Orange County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Orange County
Later formed partly from Augusta County: Bath County, Botetourt County, Rockbridge County, Rockingham County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1738 (government established 1745), search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Start with the deed and will books: they name relatives, neighbors and land. Then try the court order books, which mention almost everyone in the county sooner or later, as witnesses, jurors, road workers or parties to a suit.