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City of Suffolk, VA USGenWeb Archives |
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Biographies & Family Histories |
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John KING of Elizabeth City Co., VA (ca. 1675, Nansemond Co. - 1736) ~ will, dated 13 Jan 1735 (1735/6) ~ transcript includes substantial notes on KING family of se VA & ne NC |
Jan 2011 | Bud King | |
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Nancy Anne Riddick (CUNNINGHAM) SMITH ~ b. 1781, Gates Co., NC; d. 1816, Somerton, Nansemond Co. ~ 1st wife of Capt. Washington SMITH, m. 1798, Gates Co., NC |
Dec 2012 | Bill BOGGESS | |
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Nansemond Co. Civil War veterans ~ biographical sketches; notes & trivia; 1898 Roster |
Apr 2015 | Bruce Saunders | |
| Cemeteries |
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| Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery A-L · M-W | May 2010 | Joy Fisher | |
| Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk: ABC · DEF · GHI · JKL · MNO · PQR · STU · VWXYZW · Index | Jun 2019 | Bruce Saunders | |
| George's Bend (BEALE/JONES) Cemetery | Mar 2011 | Trudy Baugham Gunn, Carol Baugham Ferguson, & Bruce Saunders |
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| Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk | May 2019 | Bruce Saunders | |
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Index, Nansemond Co./Suffolk Cemeteries extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project |
Jan 2020 | Bruce Saunders | |
| Also see the Nansemond Co. VA USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries | |||
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Census and Tax Records |
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| ~ see Nansemond Co. Census & Tax Records | |||
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| Image Index |
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| 1820 Nansemond Co. Census - Index to Online Images | Jan 2001 | Joan Ackermann Renfrow | |
| 1820 Nansemond County Census Images | Nov 2000 | Ellen Cassidy | |
| 1840 Nansemond Co. Census - Index to Online Images | Jan 2001 | Joan Ackermann Renfrow | |
| 1840 Nansemond County Census Images | Nov 2000 | Ellen Cassidy | |
| Farmers Bank of Nansemond & National Bank of Suffolk | Aug 2010 | Joy Fisher | |
| First Baptist Church of Suffolk, Virginia | Aug 2010 | Joy Fisher | |
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Jos.P. Hall, Inc., Druggists ~ Suffolk ~ advertising card |
Jul 2003 | Joy Fisher | |
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"Never Forgets" ~ The World's Largest Peanut Market ~ Suffolk, Va. ~ circus elephants enjoying a snack |
Aug 2010 | Joy Fisher | |
| Post Office ~ Suffolk, Va. | Aug 2010 | Joy Fisher | |
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A Typical View taken from life in Suffolk, Va. ~ African-American couple in cow-drawn buggy |
Aug 2010 | Joy Fisher | |
| World War Monument ~ Suffolk, Va. | Aug 2010 | Joy Fisher | |
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SKEETER Home ~ contributed by Rodney Skeeter |
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West End Baptist Church, organized 1929, built 1938 ~ published by the Southern Candy Co., Portsmouth ~ contributed by Kitty Lackey |
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West Washington Street ~ published by the Southern Candy Co., Portsmouth ~ contributed by Kitty Lackey |
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| History |
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"History Relates Chartering of Suffolk in 1742" ~ site originally called Constant's Warehouse |
Jan 2023 | Matt Harris | |
| Letters |
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| William Thurmon Letter, 1814 | Sep 2006 | Deborah Parks | |
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Military Records |
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Gold Star Honor Roll ~ Virginia World War History Commision, 1947 |
Apr 2020 | Bruce Saunders | |
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Miscellaneous Records |
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| Notes on Virginia's Separation of Cities and Counties | Jun 2007 | Matt Harris | |
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How "Elephant's Fork" got its name, ca. 1904 ~ H.J. BOWEN obituary |
Jun 2010 | Bruce Saunders | |
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Newspapers |
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| "YANKEE BARBARITY" ~ Elizabeth (KILBY; Mrs. George R.) SMITH, mortally wounded ~ Siege of Suffolk, May 1863 ~ "Richmond Examiner" - article |
Aug 2017 | Deborah Parker | |
| "Suffolk Officer Shot" 1920 ~ officer Henley Wescott "Monk" CHURN, Sr. ~ Ft. Eustis soldier William JONES arrested ~ "Richmond Times-Dispatch" - article |
Mar 2020 | Matt Harris | |
| "Suffolk Landmark Is Being Torn Down" ~ BOOTHE home, 206 N. Main St. ~ built circa 1830 by Thomas S. SHEPHERD ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 22 Jul 1929 |
Mar 2024 | Matt Harris | |
| "YOUTH SUFFERS FATAL HURTS IN SUFFOLK CRASH" ~ Linwood Hamblin EDWARDS, Jr., d. 20 Oct 1935, age 20 ~ Percy Scott RIFE charged with DUI & manslaughter ~ "Smithfield Times" - articles, 24 Oct 1935 |
Oct 2017 | Bruce Saunders, Carolyn A. Keen |
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| "City Marking Initial Anniversary Sunday" ~ Suffolk designated a city of the first class 29 Feb 1944 ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 28 Feb 1948 |
Apr 2023 | Matt Harris | |
| "Case of Shooting Of Carrsville Postmaster Closed" ~ "Jack" John Francis DUKE, Jr., shot during attempted robbery, 16 Jul 1958 ~ John Grady BOYKINS, fatally shot by State troopers, 23 Aug 1958 ~ "Smithfield Times" - article, 2 Oct 1958 |
Sep 2018 | Matt Harris | |
| "Old Cemeteries" ~ private & family cemeteries sought ~ mapping by the Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 4 Sep 1967 |
Jun 2022 | Matt Harris | |
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Vital Records |
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| Richard Claude LUKE & Elizabeth LeClaire "Lizzie" NELMS, both of Suffolk m. 3 Aug 1911, Pasquotank Co., NC | Sep 2011 | Deborah Parker | |
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Wills |
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John KING of Elizabeth City Co., VA (ca. 1675, Nansemond Co. - 1736) ~ will, dated 13 Jan 1735 (1735/6) ~ bequests include tracts in Nansemond Co. |
Jan 2011 | Bud King | |
