Warwick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives History - Books .....Warwick County History From Howe's 1845 Historical Collections Of Virginia 1845 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00015.html#0003503 March 29, 2008, 2:52 pm Book Title: Historical Collections Of Virginia By Henry Howe Warwick: p. 497. Warwick was one of the eight original shires into which Virginia was divided in 1634: Its extreme length is 20, and greatest breadth 5 miles. It occupies a portion of the narrow peninsula between York and James Rivers, the latter of which forms its southwestern boundary. Pop. in 1840, whites 604, slaves, 831, free colored, 21; total, 1,456. The C.H. lies about 3 miles N of the James, and 77 miles southeasterly from Richmond. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/warwick/history/1845/historic/warwickc287gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb