Virginia Genealogy Trails welcomes you to Chesterfield County Genealogy and History Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This Site is Available for Adoption! We here at Genealogy Trails are dedicated to bringing you free and accurate information that we hope brings you closer to solving your family tree mysteries! My name is Therman Kellar and I will be your Virginia state host! You can reach me here! ! We gladly appriciate any information you may have, or would like to see on here. I do however, regret that we do not do personal research for you. If you would like to join our group and become the host of this county, please visit our Volunteer Page and contact Kim. (A desire to transcribe data and basic webpage skills are necessary) We regret that we have no time to perform personal research for anybody. All data we come across will be added to this site, so please keep checking back here. If you would like to be notified of when our Virginia sites are updated, Subscribe to our Mailing Lists. Virginia is covered on the Northeast States List County History On May 25, 1749, the Virginia General Assembly passed the act that separated Chesterfield from Henrico County and created the new county. The first county seat was established at Manchester, across the James River at the fall line from Richmond (which remained in Henrico County.) Chesterfield County is named for the former British Secretary of State, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Lord Chesterfield was famous for his "good manners and writings." One of his most frequently used saying is about rudeness; An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.   Many years later, Chesterfield Cigarettes were named after this county due to the region's historical cultivation of tobacco. UNINCORPORATED TOWNS & COMMUNITIES Bellwood - Belmont - Bon Air - Brandermill - Chester - Courthouse - Enon - Ettrick Genito - Gordon - Harrowgate - Hening - Jefferson Davis North - Manchester Matoaca - Meadowbrook - Midlothian - Reams - Robious - Rockwood - Salisbury South Rockwood - Spring Run - Winterpock - Woodlake Bensley - Bermuda Hundred - Mosley Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Data Obituaries Slavery Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates Jan 2012 A Randloph Wilson Biography Anthony Martin Branch Biography Death In The Pulpit Oct 2011 Census Excerpts Jun 2011 Marriages May 2011 Old Tomahawk Cemetery Mar. 2011 1813 Postmasters Search our Sites Surrounding Counties Amelia Co VA - Charles City Co VA - Dinwiddie Co VA - Henrico Co VA -- Powhatan Co VA - Prince George Co VA Visit our National Site Visit our VA State Site Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.