Chesterfield County, Virginia, U.S., Death Index, 1882-1888

Home to over 20,000 people in 1880, Chesterfield County is located in east central Virginia, just south of Richmond. This database is a collection of death records from the county between 1882 and 1888. Taken from microfilmed county documents held by the state, it provides valuable information regarding over 5,500 individuals. Researchers will find the decedent's name, race, sex, death date, cause of death, age, parents' names, and birthplace. For researchers of Virginian ancestors, this database can be a valuable source of information.

Two copies of a county's birth register may exist, one kept by the county and one kept by the state. The county assessor or county commissioner of revenue would make a list of all deaths in that year, create a second copy, and send it to the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Richmond. The records of this database were transcribed from the register sent to Richmond and now located in the Library of Virginia. This index may not contain all persons who died in the county. Illegible or difficult to read entries were not included to avoid the dissemination of incorrect or incomplete information.