By: John Bennett Boddie, Pub. 1948, Reprinted 2019, 260 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-059-4.

Surry County was formed in 1652 from James City County, which was one of Virginia's 8 original counties. John B. Boddie is a well respected author who has completed numerious books on southside area of Virginia. Contents of this book: early history of the county, various genealogical data on pre-revolutionary time frame, Surry County Land Grants, 1624-1740, Surry County Censuses 1668, 1678, 1688, 1698 and 1782, Surry County Tithables 1668, 1674, 1678, 1683, 1688, 1694, 1698 and 1702, Surry County Militia 1687, Qint Rent Rolls for Surry County 1704, some Surry County Marriages 1679-1791, some Sussex County Marriages 1755-1781 and Sussex County Census 1782.