Early Records

Below is a list of records that have been found related to families with the “Vess” surname.

Date TypeName Location Websites
1740 Birth Samuel VirginiaAncestry.com
1770-1774 TaxesWilliam Loudoun County VirginiaIndex to the Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia
1770-1774Taxes James Loudoun County
Virginia
Index to the Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia
1758-1786TaxesWilliam Loudoun County VirginiaSlaveholders and Slaves, 1758-1786
1758-1786TaxesJames Loudoun County
Virginia
Slaveholders and Slaves, 1758-1786
1775
1777-1779
Rev. WarPeter
Samuel
William
Dunmore County
Frederick County
Virginia
Ancestry.com
1773Land Betty Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Familysearch.org
Henry Mullins Family Website
1782-1797Tax
Land
Marriage
Petition
Court
Samuel
William
Peter
Jonathan
Sarah
Henry County
Patrick County
Virginia
Ancestry.com
Familysearch.org
1794 Bond Pryor
William
Henry County VirginiaFamilysearch.org
1797BastardySarah Henry County VirginiaFamilysearch.org
1810-1850+Taxes
Land
Marriage
Census
Samuel/Hiram Vess FamilyRockbridge County VirginiaAncestry.com
Familysearch.org
Library of Congress (Maps)
Virginia Memory (Chancery)
1787CensusWilliam Wilkes County
N. Carolina
Ancestry.com
1790CensusWilliamWilkes County
N. Carolina
Ancestry.com
1805-1810Court
Taxes
William
Pryor
Peter
Absalom
Jonathan
Wilkes County
N. Carolina
Ancestry.com
Familysearch.org
1810CensusAbsalomIredell County
N. Carolina
Ancestry.com
1810-1830Land
Census
Court
AbsalomWilkes County
N. Carolina
Ancestry.com
Familysearch.org
1814-1830Census
Land
Court
Bastardy
Pryor
William
Peter
Willis
Lucy
White County
Tennessee
Ancestry.com
Familysearch.org
1820-1831Land
Death
Pryor
William
Peter
Willis
Warren County
Tenenesse
Ancestry.com
Familysearch.org
Newspapers.com
1840 LandWillis
Peter
Van Burren County
Tennessee
Familysearch.org
1830-1850+Land
Census
Marriage
Newspaper
Willis Vess Family Franklin County
Alabama
Ancestry.com
Familysearch.org
Newspaper.com
1820 -1850+Land
Census
Court
Marriage
Peter Vess FamilyRutherford County
N. Carolina
Ancestry.com
Familysearch.org
1830CensusNathaniel Rutherford County
N. Carolina
Ancestry.com
1840-1850CensusNathaniel Buncombe County
N. Carolina
Ancestry.com
1860Census
Marriage
NathanielHaywood County N. CarolinaAncestry.com
1870-1880Census
Death
Nathaniel Siever County
Tennessee
Ancestry.com
1829-1850+Registry
Census
Texas Hist.
Probate
Land
Jonathan Vess FamilyJackson County
Texas
Ancestry.com
Familysearch.org
1830 -1840Census
Land
PollyGreenville S. CarolinaAncestry.com
Familysearch.org
1850-1860CensusJohn
William
Abbeville
S. Carolina
Ancestry.com

Resources To Land Records

▪︎ North Carolina Land Grants Images and Data (https://nclandgrants.com) (nclandgrants.com)
▪︎ Library of Virginia (https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/land-grants)
▪︎ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com)
▪︎ Franklin County, Alabama Plat Map (https://algenweb.org/franklin/landmapfranklin.html)