Sussex Co., VA

History

In 1753/4 the inhabitants of Surry County living south of the Blackwater River petitioned the General Assembly to create a separate county. Sussex County was formed effective February 1754 from the part of Surry County south of the Blackwater River.

Modern Day Adjacent Counties

Dinwiddie
Prince George
Surry
Southampton
Greensville

Gleanings From

Table of contents:

• Sussex Co., VA - Deed Records
  • 1755 Bond - Francis Reeves, John Jones & Richard Reaves Sr
  • 1759 Deed - Richard Reives Sr. to Richard Reives Jr.
  • 1759 Deed - Richard Reives to John Reives
  • 1760 Deed - Peter Rives to John Hardy
  • 1761 Deed - John Mason to Christopher Rives
  • 1762 Deed - Richard and Mary Rives Jr. to Thomas Cureton
  • 1765 Deed - William Rives to James Chappell Jr.
  • 1767 Deed - John and Amey Rives to William Pettway Jr.
  • 1771 Deed - Charles Gee and John Mason Jr. to Winifred Rives
  • 1773 Deed - John Adams to Robert Rieves
  • 1774 Deed - William Sykes to William Rieves Jr.
  • 1774 Deed - William and Nelly Rieves to John Stuart
  • 1775 Deed - Thomas and Winifred Whitfield to William Rieves Jr.
  • 1776 Deed - Frances Epes to Timothy Rives
  • 1779 Deed - Nathaniel Rieves to Joshua Hill
  • 1783 Deed - Mark and Gardner Harwell to Nathaniel Rives
  • 1784 Deed - Nathaniel Rives to Samuel Gilliam
• Sussex Co., VA - Probate Records
  • 1769 Will - Frances Rives
  • 1777 Will - William Rives
  • 1795 Will - George Rives
  • 1811 Will - Rebecca Rives
  • 1819 Will - George Rives
• Sussex Co., VA - Reeves Chronology
• US Federal Census - Sussex Co., VA
  • 1810 Census - Sussex Co., VA
    • George Rives
    • Thomas Eldridge Rives
  • 1820 Census - Sussex Co., VA
    • George Rives
    • Thomas Eldridge Rives
  • 1830 Census - Sussex Co., VA
    • George Rives
    • Thomas Eldridge Rives
    • Thomas Peterson Rives
  • 1840 Census - Sussex Co., VA
    • Francis Everod Rives
    • John Eldridge Rives
    • Thomas Peterson Rives