Welcome to Warwick County Historical Society

Welcome to Warwick County Historical SocietyWelcome to Warwick County Historical SocietyWelcome to Warwick County Historical Society

Preserving the history of a lost Virginia County
Warwick County Historical Society, Inc. is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization.

Learn More

Welcome to Warwick County Historical Society

Welcome to Warwick County Historical SocietyWelcome to Warwick County Historical SocietyWelcome to Warwick County Historical Society

Preserving the history of a lost Virginia County
Warwick County Historical Society, Inc. is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization.

Learn More

Fourth of July 1911, a patriotic group of "Free Staters" take a simultaneous chomp of Watermelon.

Welcome

Our members inherit the spirit of individualism from Warwick County residents of the past. Known for their independence from Federal and State government, preferring to run things for themselves, they were known as "Free Staters" for their wily disposition. WCHS honors these wily Warwickians, continuing their legacy.

Become a WCHS Member

OUR MEMBERS:

Attend Monthly Luncheon Meetings
Mulberry Island Notes Newsletter
Explore Mulberry Island w/group
Educational & Local Research
Visit Historic Fort Crafford
Visit Matthew Jones House
Historical Presentations
Research Libraries
Potluck Suppers
Guest Speakers
Fellowship
Friends
Fun

SEE OUR MEMBERSHIP INFO PAGE FOR MORE MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS

Society Happenings and history blog

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Our organization of all-volunteers is dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of old Warwick County, Virginia by building and making available an easy to use, searchable database of more than twenty-thousand historical documents and photos available to everyone. It's not there yet.

Your help is needed to complete this mission.

Warwick County Historical Society, Inc. is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization. Make your tax-deductible donation today.

Our earliest photograph of the 1810 Warwick Courthouse - ca. 1899

"The records of the Clerk’s Office… extend back to about 1642. My hasty examination of the old and decayed records revealed some are like the exhumed volumes from the long-buried towns of the East and will scarce bear handling.”

Episcopal Bishop William Meade ca. 1857

July 2022 edition - mulberry island notes

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Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick was colonial administrator and admiral, was the eldest son of Robert Rich, earl of Warwick and his wife Penelope Rich, and succeeded to the title in 1619. Early interested in colonial ventures, he joined the Bermudas, Guinea, New England and Virginia companies.