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HAMRICK'S LOOPY LEXICON - Charles
and Virginia Hamrick, 2001. 54,707 Modern American Surnames, each used by 30 or more
families in the United States today. Hereditary, or family, names present the most
difficult element of language for Researchers to decipher when working with handwritten
records or oral histories. This is primarily because human names are constructed of
linguistic elements (or parts) which often are quite ancient... whose meanings are no
longer familiar to us. Nor do they share contextual affinity with other elements of the
text in which they appear. For that reason, a Lexicon of modern American Surnames arranged
in a reverse alphabetical order will be a useful, if not essential, reference work for
anyone attempting to read and transcribe handwritten public records or correctly interpret
recorded Oral Histories. The usefulness of this Lexicon stems from the fact that names
contain a limited variety of endings which, by long usage, have become quite familiar to
us. These name endings are often the first part we recognize when confronted with a new
and difficult name. This is true, although the first part may be quite strange to us. A
listing of the possible choices of 'beginnings' with which these 'endings' may be
'connected' will aid greatly in deciphering the true name. But a single sample will
exemplify this better than all the words in a dictionary. Take for example a document in
which you can clearly see that a strange name ends in -----RICK; a look at page 111 shows
that RICK is the first name in column 4 and
the last name ending in RICK is WYRICK at the beginning of column 3 on page 112. That's
more than 100 different choices. However after closer examination you determine the next
letter is an "M" making you puzzle ---MRICK. Your choices have now narrowed to
three choices HAMRICK,EMRICK and HENRICK. You may now concentrate on determining whether
the first letter is an "H" or an "E" (here the length of the word
should dictate the choice "H") and you are left with discriminating between
"AM" an "EN." So, have at it and expect near perfect results.
"An independent researcher whose specialized area is 18th century American business records he is expert in reading and transcribing 18th century handwriting. His diligence and precision in working with such rare items result in providing a new level of accessibility for researchers in all appropriate fields. I only wish our collection included more material of this kind."
--Joyce A. McMullin, Branch Manager Lloyd House Library of Virginia History and Genealogy -----Item # HAMRICK Price: $30.00
LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEATH RECORDS, 1853 - 1896 - by Janice Abercrombie, 1997, 5"x8" format, 380 pages, index,
taken from a film of the original register maintained by the county clerk. They are
presented as they appear on the film with one exception: the clerk at some times wrote
them surname, given names and at other times given name, surname. Obviously, people do not
die in alphabetical order, so these records must have been copied from some other entry
book or certificates. It contains the records of the Woodward Funeral Home from 1907-1911,
a supplement to the clerk's record. Begun in the 1880s, the earliest extant book dates
from 1907.-----Item # LSAVADREC Price:
$27.50
COHABITATION LISTS OF FORMER SLAVES IN GOOCHLAND, HANOVER, AND LOUISA
COUNTIES, VIRGINIA, AS RECORDED BY THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU -
transcribed by Janice Abercrombie, 2002, 8"x11" format, 140 pages, index.In
February, 1866 the General Assembly passed an act that called for the registration of
marriages of former slaves who wished to have their unions recorded This fell under the
jurisdiction of the Freedmen's Bureau. These lists provide an unparalleled window into the
patterns of slave marriages. For example, in the Hanover list, in addition to the ages and
full names of husband and wife, it records the date and place of marriage, the couple's
places of birth and residence, marital status (single or widowed), and husband's
occupation. The Goochland and Louisa lists record similar date in most cases.-----Item #
GGLVACHBU Price: $24.95
LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA JUDGMENTS, 1770 - 1790 - by Janice Abercrombie, 1998, 8"x11" format, 205 pages, index,
taken from a film of the original register maintained by the county clerk. They consisted
originally of loose papers in no particular order except in a generalchronological order.
The reel and reel frame is given so a researcher can go to each case. The compiler has
also made an index citing name, reel, frame and date for just about everyone mentioned in
all of the suits on these rolls of film. There are about 21,000 separate entries in this
index. Of course, some names are mentioned several times.-----Item # LDAVAJDMT
Price: $30.00
WARTIME LETTERS OF LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA: THE COOKE FAMILY PAPERS, 1859
- 1866 - transcribed and annotated by Pattie Cooke. 1997, 158
pages, photos.
The Cooke family legacy consists of the letters and family papers of Arthur Bledsoe Cooke,
which begin with his mother's teenage years in 1859, prior to the Civil War, and end with
his death in 1947.
This book includes a set of letters written at the time of the Civil War. The war letters
were written to Sallie Farrar Anderson Cooke before her marriage, between 1859 and 1866.
Arthur Cooke was born into a home which was part of a large community of cousins, aunts
and uncles. The earliest letters delve into that world.
Beginning in 1859 the correspondence to Sallie Farrar Anderson introduces the many people
who made up her world, most of whom were also important in her son's life. There are no
letters from Sallie during the 1859-1866 period. The only letters from Sallie started when
Arthur was at The University in 1894 and continued until her death in 1899. This book
contains only the Civil War letters. They concern Sallie's family and friends, who later
became the adult models of Arthur's childhood and formative years. It is from this family
and rural community that he found the strength to excel.
The families represented in the letters consist of small farmers and artisans. Sallie's
Uncle William Carter was the only one who professed a desire for a higher status, striving
for the "plantation" life.
The letters are not the only sources of information. Sallie's first cousin, Pattie Carter
Dettor wrote a "diary" later in life about her youth. Sallie's brother Carter S.
Anderson wrote articles about his service on the Central Virginia Railroad during the war.
These articles were later made into a book called "Trains running for the
Confederacy". Her uncle William Scott Carter wrote long letters to the editor in
the Gordonsville Gazette in the 1870s. It is rare to find such a large amount of
corroborating information concerning the life of a small farm family. Also Arthur Cooke
wrote a book for his children about life in postwar Virginia. He best and most eloquently
captured the spirit of the community.
The topics broached in the letters are consistent with any generation of young single and
married people. They write about everyday life, their dreams and feelings. The young men
joined the army because of their loyalty to independence and because it provided jobs.
Through the letters the reader comes to know three communities, two in Louisa; Melton's
and Gum Springs, and one in Albemarle county, Ivy Depot. The two newest communities,
Melton's and Ivy Depot were dependent on the railroad for jobs and transportation. The
railroad was also a factor in their day to day life. All the writers made very clear their
reliance on religion to sustain them through the tragedies in their life and the extra
burden of war. The letters reveal the co-dependency of men and women and the communities
reliance on their family and neighbors. The result was an interlocking network that
blurred the lines of possession between one family and another. Members felt as wealthy as
their wealthiest neighbor.
The Anderson family letters capture the intangible quality and intensity of rural
Community feeling and religion in a time of strife. Throughout the letters are examples of
families sharing losses, goods, labor and love. It was this mutual support that made the
war bearable, and, with the help of God, they survived the war with remarkably few
scars.-----Item # LSAVACFP Price: $22.50
MAP OF LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1863) - 23
inches by 29 inches. Map drawn under the authority of Col. J. F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer,
Confederate Engineer Bureau. Scale-1:80,000. Fine detail shows not only the topography and
watercourses, but also the major farm sites, listing the owners. This is a fine resource
for locating an ancestor exactly within this county and time period. Mailed
rolled.-----Item # LSAVAMAP Price: $6.00
FREE
BLACKS OF LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA: BONDS, WILLS & OTHER RECORDS - transcribed by Janice Luck Abercrombie. 1993, vi, 193 pages, index. Ms.
Abercrombie pulls together in this volume records on free blacks in Louisa, drawing from a
number of sources as early as wills in the 1780s and records of free blacks during the
Civil War. An important volume for black researchers and social historians interested in
this aspect of Virginia's rich cultural history.-----Item # LSAVABDWL Price:
$22.50
SOME EARLY LANDOWNERS IN SOUTHERN NOTTOWAY & NORTHERN LUNENBURG
COUNTIES, VIRGINIA & THE COCKE (COKE) FAMILY WHO ONE LIVED THERE - by Ben H. Coke, 1997. 138 pages, maps, index. Ben Coke provides the
reader with the ability to locate eighteenth-century residents of this are in a number of
ways: through the tract itself, where the tract, year, grantor, grantee, acreage, and
source are listed; through an alphabetic listing of grantees with the same essential
information; and a listing of grantors; In addition, there are a number of topographic
maps, plus name and plat indices at the end. Anyone with early landowning colonial family
in the region will welcome this study.-----Item # LUNVALND Price: $25.00
MATHEWS COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECORDS, INCLUDING EXECUTORS' BONDS, 1795 - 1825,
GUARDIAN BONDS, BOOK B, 1806 - 1822, MARRIAGES (1827 - 1850) PERFORMED BY REV. WILLIAM A.
BILLUPS, MARRIAGES 1817 - 1870) & DEATH (1807 - 1890) ANNOUCEMENTS FOR VIRGINIA
NEWSPAPERS - by Jane B. Goodsell. 2000, iv, 104 pp., index.
Mathews County, Virginia, prior to 1791, was known as Kingston Parish, a part of
Gloucester County, founded in 1651. Gloucester County once consisted of four parishes;
Petsworth, Ware, Abingdon and Kingston. In 1791, Kingston Parish separated from Gloucester
County and became an independent county named for Major Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk,
Virginia, a speaker in the Virginia House of Delegates. Almost all of the early colonial
court records have been destroyed by court house fires or during the final days of the
Civil War in 1865, at the fall of Richmond, where they were taken for safe keeping. For
that reason, Mathews County is known to genealogists as a "burned out county" as
far as surviving court records are concerned. One of the most important books to survive
is the "Land Tax Records, 1791 - 1863". Without an early will book, you can
follow your ancestors ownership of land and at their death can, in most cases, see who
heired the property. Another book of importance is the "Fee Book, 1795 - 1858"
(County Court Records). Any legal matter, submitted to the court, the fees involved were
recorded in this book.-----Item # MTHWVAREC Price: $19.95
MATHEWS COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEATH REGISTER 1853 - 1896 - by Jane B. Goodsell. 2001, 8.5" x 11" format
iv, 146 pp., fully indexed. Residents who died in Mathews County, Virginia between 1866
and 1874 are transcribed along with the name of the decedent, date of death and the name
of the Slave Owner, when applicable.
There are a few missing years in the beginning of the death records and also during the years of the Civil War. The years, 1866-1874, are missing from the Mathews County Death Records, Virginia State Library reel from which this book was transcribed.
Unfortunately, there were no instances where parents were listed. This is why the "parents category" is omitted until 1864. However, all individuals are listed together as either (white) or (colored) to indicate race. In the back of this book. The book also contains an index of causes of deaths, and their definitions from these early death records. A Researcher who is seeking out earlier death records, should see Ms. Goodsell's first Mathews County book (see above), Mathews County Records, 1795-1890 where one will find, Executors Bonds, 1795-1825, Guardians Bonds, 1806-1822, Marriages 1827-1850 performed by Reverend William A. Billups, and Mathews County Marriages 1817-1870 and Mathews County Deaths 1807-1890. However, the names have been copied just as the county clerk wrote them to the best of the transcriber's ability. In some cases, the transcriber refered to the Mathews County Census Records, 1850-1860. Other times she refered to the book, Tombstones of Mathews County, Virginia, published by the Mathews County Historical Society, 1988. Slave names and their owners are listed together at the start of each new year. Be sure to try variant spellings when searching the book and the index. The book contains a complete every-name index. The surnames only have been taken from the index to help shoppers decide if this book contains their ancestors.
NOTE: THE ACTUAL BOOK CONTAINS AN EVERY-NAME INDEX.-----Item # MTHWVADTH Price: $28.00 MIDDLESEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS, INVENTORIES & ACCOUNTS 1673 - 1812 - transcribed by William Lindsay Hopkins. 1989, vi, 252 pages (8½x11),
index. Middlesex County was formed from that part of Lancaster County on the south side of
the Rappahannock River sometime between 24 March 1669 and 22 May 1669. The earliest wills
are recorded in the first Order Book for 1673-1680. There are no Will Books for 1680-1698
but the Order Books showing probate dates of all wills and inventories and many guardian
accounts are extant and are abstracted in the current volume. Between 1713 and 1740, there
are a number of years when the wills are missing but almost all of the Order Books exist
and are abstracted here to furnish a listing of all recorded wills, inventories and
guardian accounts. Except for the years 1726 through 1732, when neither Will Books nor
Order Books are extant, an almost complete reconstruction can be made of the names of
those whose deaths resulted in probate in Middlesex County from 1673 to 1812. Inventories
and/or accounts of persons who died without leaving wills are of special importance as
they may be the only record of the relationship of the heirs to the decedent. Too, these
estate records were often brought to court for recording some years after the death of the
decedent and may provide the names of heirs who are now grown men with wives and women
with husbands who are to share the estate. A name index of over eight thousand individuals
is included. This volume is a must for anyone with families in Middlesex County!-----Item
# MDSXVAWL Price: $34.95
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, VIRGINIA: THE FIRST 100 YEARS - by Judge C. W. Crush.
ii, 209 pages, 8½ x 11, index. Montgomery County, Va. was a "stem" county for
much of the western expansion, and sets astride the great migration trails west and south.
The author has transcribed original sources which elucidates the history of this county's
first century through the period of the late nineteenth century. A sampling of the
documentation includes personal diaries, military roles, county court records,
reminiscences of past citizens of the county, and a wide range of other valuable sources.
This volume is destined to be a "classic" for references to the earliest records
of Montgomery and its subsequent divisions.-----Item # MNTVA100 Price: $29.95 (paper)
SUFFOLK
PARISH VESTRY BOOK, 1749 - 1784 & NEWPORT PARISH VESTRY BOOK, 1724 - 1772 - transcribed by William Lindsay Hopkins. 1988, iv, 210 pages, index.
Suffolk Parish Vestry Book, 1749-1784 (Nansemond County, VA) and Newport Parish Vestry
Book, 1723-1772 (Isle of Wight County, VA) are presented here in one volume as they were
adjoining parishes and shared some of the same family names. This abstract is taken from
the two separate, bound photocopies of the two vestry books that can be found in the
Archives of the Virginia State Library in Richmond, Virginia. This abstract follows the
format of each vestry book and the page numbers in brackets are those found in the
original book.-----Item # NANVAVST Price: $30.00
NORFOLK
COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILL BOOK 1, 1755 - 1772 - compiled by Mrs.
William B. Wingo. 8" x 11, 155 pages. Abstracts of Will Book I; contains the names of
all legatees, executors, executrixes and witnesses that are included in these wills.
References to land, etc., are given when such is feasible. Though brief, these abstracts
are sufficiently full to convey an understanding of the economic status of many of the
testators living in Norfolk County, the Borough of Norfolk and the Town of Portsmouth. A
complete name index includes the variations of spellings of the surnames. A map identifies
many locations in colonial Norfolk County.-----Item # NRFKVAWLBK1 Price:
$28.00
GUARDIAN
BONDS OF NORFOLK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1750 - 1800 - compiled by Mrs. William B. Wingo. 1993, 8" x 11, viii, 105 pages, index.
This compilation contains abstracts of orphan bonds; contains the names of all orphans,
their parent(s), guardian, additional security and the amount of the bond.-----Item #
NRFKVAGRD Price: $22.50
NORTHUNBERLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1678 - 1699 COURT ORDER BOOK PART ONE, COURT ORDERS FOR: AUGUST 21, 1678
THROUGH APRIL 20, 1687 - Charles and Virginia Hamrick, 2004,
xii, 540 pp., index, 8½" x 11" format. The Hamricks continue their
transcription of the seventeenth century Northumberland order books with this third volume
(See first two, 1699-1713 below). A faithful transcription of the court order for these
years from this eastern, Tidewater county. Northumberland was part of the Northern Neck of
the Fairfax Grant, and it was created in 1645 out of the former Chickakoan Indian
District. -----Item # NBLDVACRT1678-1
Price: $49.95
NORTHUNBERLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1678 - 1699 COURT ORDER BOOK PART TWO, APRIL 20, 1687 THROUGH DECEMBER
21, 1698 - Charles and Virginia Hamrick, 2004, xii, 627 pp.,
index, 8½" x 11" format. The Hamricks continue their transcription of the
seventeenth century Northumberland order books with this fourth volume (See first two,
1699-1713 below). A faithful transcription of the court order for these years from this
eastern, Tidewater county. Northumberland was part of the Northern Neck of the Fairfax
Grant, and it was created in 1645 out of the former Chickakoan Indian District.
NOTE: because of the size of this volume, the index of names is bound separate from the
Order Book; it is, however, included with each order.-----Item # NBLDVACRT1678-2
Price: $54.95
NORTHUNBERLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1699 COURT ORDER BOOK PART ONE, COURT ORDERS FOR: JANUARY 1699 THROUGH
NOVEMBER 23, 1706 - Charles and Virginia
Hamrick, 1999, xii, 509 pp., index, 8½" x 11" format. A faithful transcription
of the court order for these years from this eastern, Tidewater county. Northumberland was
part of the Northern Neck of the Fairfax Grant, and it was created in 1645 out of the
former Chickakoan Indian District.-----Item # NBLDVACRT1699-1 Price:
$44.95
NORTHUNBERLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1699 COURT ORDER BOOK PART TWO, COURT ORDERS FOR: NOVEMBER 23, 1706
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16, 1713 - A Translation by Charles and
Virginia Hamrick. 549 pages, 8.5" x 11" format. The index records analyses of
probable correct spellings of all the various spellings used to trace the orthography of
the names in an attempt to reconcile them with their modern equivalents.
The Supreme Court of Record in the Dominion of Virginia in the Early 18th Century is the
General Court, held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg. The Court had
Jurisdiction, and held Pleas of all Matters whatsoever arising within this Colony,
Criminal, Ecclesiastical, or Civil, at Common Law, or in Chancery, Real, Personal, or
Mixed. It also received and determined Appeals, and Supersedeas, obtained from the
Judgment of any Inferior Court or Record: Grants Certificates of Probate of Wills, and
determined the Right of Administration, where the Estate exceeded £50 Value. There are
also records of all Prisoners committed to the Public Jail, and innumerable Rules, Orders,
and Decrees.
This painstaking continuation of the transcription started in the first volume (above),
covers so many various types of records in such great detail that we can't begin to cover
it all here. The every-name index alone spans 93 pages of small type, listing almost
anyone who was the subject of public documentation during this early colonial period in a
county which covered a vast area of the northern neck region.-----Item # NBLDVACRT1699-2
Price: $49.95
NORTHUNBERLAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DEATH RECORDS, 1853 - 1896 - abstracted
by Nell Hailey, vi, 222 pages, index. A thorough and accurate abstraction of all the data
contained in the first death register for Northumberland County. Contains (in most cases)
name of deceased, sex, free or slave, place of death, contributing cause, age at time of
death, place of birth, parents' names, and name of person reporting death to authorities.-----Item
# NBLDVADTH Price: $25.00
ORANGE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA ORDER BOOK 1, 1734 - 1739: PART 1, 1734 - 1736 - Barbara Vines Little. 1990, iv, 114 pages. Orange County
was an early parent county for many of the western counties in Virginia, including Augusta
and its eighty later subdivisions. This transcription of the first part of Orange's first
order book was made from the original manuscript housed in the Orange County Circuit Court
Clerk's Office. A full index is provided.-----Item # ORGVAOBK Price: $15.00
PAGE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA LAND TAX REGISTERS 1858 - 1859 - [Facsimile
edition] with an introduction and index by Chester E. Ramey, III. 1995, 11" x
17" format, 113 pages, index. The publication is printed from one of two known copies
of the Land Tax records for Page County, Virginia for the years 1858 and 1859 (The other
is the auditor's copy in the State Archives). As of the summer of 1994, the Page County
courthouse did not have their copy for those two years. In fact, very few Land Tax books
exist prior to 1865, mostly due to water damage. As reported in the December 22, 1892
edition of the Page News and Courier, most county records were hidden in a cave (on
William R. Almond's farm near Hope Mills) during the Civil War. When the boxes were taken
out of the cave, it was discovered that they were floating in water. The existing copy is
more than likely the Sheriff's copy. A valuable tool for researching valley
families.-----Item # PGVATX Price: $33.00
ENTRY
RECORD BOOK (2), 1770 - 1796 (LAND ENTRIES IN THE PRESENT VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF
PITTSYLVANIA, HENRY, FRANKLIN, & PATRICK) - transcribed
by Marian Dodson Chiarito. 1988. 138 pages, 8" x 11. This book is a sequel to Entry
Record Book [1], 1737-1770, published in 1984. The watercourses listed in the index
indicate that the area for this volume was Pittsylvania County as it existed in 1770.
Pittsylvania was formed from Halifax County in 1767. The map included with the book gives
names of most of the early watercourses, and makes possible the location of land entries,
adjoining landowners, and other points of interest. A complete index of all names,
watercourses, mountains, etc. is provided.-----Item # PITTVAEREC Price: $25.00
OLD
SURVEY BOOK 2, 1797 - 1829 PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - transcribed by Marian Dodson Chiarito. 1988. 102 pages, 8" x 11. This
book contains surveys of land within the present bounds of Pittsylvania County. Although
this is a sequel to Old Survey Book 1, which contained surveys made up to 1782, the first
survey included in Book 2 was made in 1797. Therefore, survey records for about fifteen
years are not accounted for. In Entry Record Book 2, 1770-1796 (See HALIFAX COUNTY), there
are marginal notations that indicate some surveys were made during this fifteen-year
interval. Old survey Book 2 follows the same format as its predecessor, containing
photocopies of the original surveys. The map included is the same as that included in Book
1. A complete index of all names, watercourses, roads, etc. is provided.-----Item # PITTVAOSBK2 Price: $18.00
POWHATAN
COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS, 1777 - 1795 - by
Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1986. 70 pages, index. This book contains abstracts of Will
Book #1.-----Item # PWHVAWLBK1 Price: $12.95
PRINCE
GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS & DEEDS, 1710 - 1713 - by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1992. 49 pages, index. Prince George County was
formed in 1703 from the part of Charles City County which lay south of the James River.
Brunswick was cut off the southern portion of Prince George in 1720 and Amelia County
emerged from Prince George's western holdings in 1734. The final boundary change occurred
in 1752 when Dinwiddie County was formed from it. The wills and deeds in this volume are
the earliest surviving records.-----Item # PGEOVAWLDD1 Price: $12.95
PRINCE
GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS & DEEDS, 1713 - 1728 - by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1973. 184 pages, index. This is a continuation
of the will and deed records found in the above volume.-----Item # PGEOVAWLDD2
Price: $20.00
PRINCE
GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECORDS, 1733 - 1792 - by
Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1975. 228 pages, index. This book contains various records from
this period, including: Minute Book 1737-1740, Wills & Deeds 1759-1760, fragment from
1733, Wills & Deeds 1787-1792, and loose wills from the State Archives Accessions
Files.-----Item # PGEOVAREC Price: $22.50
PRINCE
GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA MISCELLANY, 1711 - 1814 - by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1986. 121 pages, index. Prince George County,
formed in 1704, lost most of its records by destruction during the Civil War. The author
has extracted valuable genealogical sources for this "burned county", including
the Surveyor's Plat Book for 1711-1724; the Plat Book for 1794-1824, through 1811; Court
Order Book, 1811-1814; Execution Book, 1801-1803 (for estate suits and inventories); and
loose papers, including some wills, deeds, and other documents in the Accessions Files of
the Virginia State Archives.-----Item # PGEOVAMSC Price: $17.00
PRINCE
WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA MINUTE BOOK - Charles and Virginia
Hamrick, 2003, 293 pp., index. The authors have provided a faithful and accurate
transcription of this early minute book for a county which has lost many of its colonial
records.-----Item # PWILVAMIN Price: $29.95
WAKEFIELD
MANOR, RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1734 - 1992 - by Robert T. Dennis. 1993, vi, 65 pages (8"x11), map, index. A scholarly
and comprehensive study of the 8,000-odd acres of Wakefield Manor, first acquired in 1734.
Utilizing original land records and other primary sources, the author (himself a current
resident of Wakefield Manor) follows the evolution of the manor to its present state.
Along the way, he describes the many changes which have taken place in the land and its
owners. Included is a thorough and complete name and place index. this most fascinating
study is a landmark in local history writing for the county and the area.-----Item #
#WKMRRAPVA Price: $15.00
CITY
OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA WILLS, 1782 - 1810 - by Benjamin B.
Weisiger, III, 1983. 55 pages, index. Richmond, in Henrico County, became a town in 1742
and a city in 1782 at which time its records started. Until 1810 the wills are found in
the Hustings Court Deed Books.-----Item # RICHVAWL Price: $12.95
ROCKBRIDGE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEATH REGISTERS, 1853 - 1870, 1912 - 1917 - by Angela M. Ruley. vi, 504 pages, index. Contains abstracts which include
name of deceased, age, parents and/or spouse's name. date of death, county of birth of all
parties mentioned, cause of death, person reporting death to the authorities, and the
latter's relationship to the deceased. A wealth of personal genealogical information as
well as social history of the county can be gleaned from these valuable records. In the
case of the earlier period, many of the elder deceased were born in the latter half of the
eighteenth century!-----Item # RCKBVADTH Price: $29.95
ROCKBRIDGE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA BIRTHS, 1853 - 1877 - Dorthie
and Edwin Kirkpatrick. "These books are excellent examples of the use of computer
programs to further the causes of genealogical researching and to present the results in a
readable and useable manner. Any person with Rockbridge County, VA ancestors will cherish
these books and any library would be proud to possess them." [review, Orange County,
Ca. Genealogical Society Quarterly 26, No. 4 (Dec 1989): 149. two volume set, 1988, viii,
734 pages, index. Drawing upon the official Birth Register No. 1, 1853-1877, the authors
have abstracted vital data for over 10,900 persons born in the county during this period.
Each record includes: name of child, date of birth; race, sex, alive/dead; place of birth
and parents; parent's occupation and legal place of residence; and the person reporting
the birth to authorities. This data will prove invaluable for accurately locating an
ancestor in Rockbridge County. Two Volume Set-----Item # RKBDGVABRTH Price: $42.00
RUSSELL
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 1, 1787 - 1795 - abstracted by Tom
Colley. 1995, 101 pages, index, notes (8"x11" format). Russell County was formed
in 1786 from the northern portion of Washington County. In 1792 Lee County was cut off
from the western part of Russell. In 1800 a portion of Russell was taken to form part of
Tazewell County, and again in 1807 and 1835 land was given to Tazewell County. Scott
County's creation in 1814 removed another parcel of Russell territory. In 1856, 1858, and
1880 land was taken to form all or part of Wise, Buchanan, and Dickenson counties,
respectively. In this and the following two titles, the author provides a valuable window
on eighteenth-century Russell County at a time when it was the focus of a great migration
movement through the area into the western lands. These will prove to be extremely
valuable for Southwestern Virginia research.-----Item # RUSLVADD1 Price: $21.00
RUSSELL
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 2, 1795 - 1798 - abstracted
by Tom Colley. 1995, 117 pages, index, notes (8"x11 format). A continuation of the
series above.-----Item # RUSLVADD2 Price:
$22.00
RUSSELL
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 3, 1798 - 1806 - abstracted
by Tom Colley. 1995, 233 pages, index, notes (8"x11 format). A continuation of the
series above.-----Item # RUSLVADD3 Price: $30.00
RUSSELL
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 4, 1806 - 1814 - abstracted
by Tom Colley. 1996, 302 pages, index, notes (8"x11 format). A continuation of the
series above.-----Item # RUSLVADD4 Price: $33.00
DESCENDANTS
OF A SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA GERMAN IMMIGRANT: JOHANN GEORGE WIEN (WINE) - compiled by Thomas M. Spratt. 1993, v, 355 pages, index.
The author has completed a painstaking and thorough examination of the descendants of
Johan George Wine, who was one of the early eighteenth century immigrants to the
Shenandoah family. Each descendant is researched as to children, spouse and their parents,
dates of births, marriages, and deaths, for each, and a plethora of other valuable
information. This is a masterful and definitive work on this important Shenandoah
family.-----Item # SDAHVAGER Price: $29.95
A
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA PIONEER & DESCENDANTS: MATTHIAS SHEETZ (SCHUTZ) - compiled by Thomas M. Spratt. 1993, v, ca. 166 pages,
index. Matthias Sheetz and his family arrived in America in 1732 at Philadelphia, and
later migrated to Shenandoah County after 1754, settling west of Woodstock on Narrow
Passage Creek. The author traces the descendants of this couple (Matthias married Barbara
Nunnemacher (1748) to the present. He includes, whenever possible adjunct information on
the family members, including military service records from the War Between the States.
Like the title above, this is a thoroughly-researched, definitive work.-----Item # SDAHVASHTZ Price: $19.95
SMYTH
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 1, APR. 1832 - AUG. 1836 - Thomas
& Jane Ann Colley. 2004, ii, 219 pages, index. One can locate considerable information
on the county’s history and genealogy by referencing its deed books, containing not
only deeds (Indentures of Bargain & Sale) but relinquishment of dower, powers of
attorney and Deeds of Gift, Deeds of Trust, etc. This includes the all-important location
of female surnames and also valuable clues to the misconstrued and translated (Anglicized)
German and Swiss German names. This is the first deed book for this new county, and the
index will list many of the early settlers in the region as well as the influx of new
landowners. A very valuable addition to southwestern Virginia history.-----Item #
SMYVADD1 Price: $30.00
STAFFORD
COUNTY, VIRGINIA TITHABLES: QUIT RENTS, PERSONAL PROPERTY, TAXES & RELATED LISTS &
PETITIONS, 1723 - 1790 - John Vogt & T. William Kethley,
Jr. With an introduction by Michael Burgess. "The records in these books are certain
to provide genealogical breakthroughs for countless researchers interested in colonial
Stafford County....The records in this set are of such a variety and importance that they
bear noting here..." [review, The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. XVI,
No. 2, Mar.-Apr. 1990, p.4]. 1990, 2v., xi, 612 pages, index, figures, maps. Stafford
County was formed in 1664 from the upper portion of Westmoreland County. As initially
created, it included all of the land from the Potomac River westward to the dividing ridge
of the Potomac Rappahannock watershed. Stafford's lands north of Chapawamsick Creek were
cut off in 1730 to form part of Prince William County. In 1776 a major boundary alteration
between Stafford and King George so altered the boundary that the ridgeline no longer
served as the dividing line. The lower portion of Stafford became part of King George and
the upper half of King George was transferred to Stafford's jurisdiction. A total of 1,917
different surnames are recorded here, representing several thousand individual families.
More than fifteen thousand entries are included in the sixty-four pages of triple columned
index. Two Volume Set.-----Item # STFDVATTH Price: $35.00
SURRY
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS, 1684 - 1733 & OTHER COURT PAPERS -
transcribed by William Lindsay Hopkins. Reprinted 1994, 8« x 11, iv, 203 pages, index. A
faithful and accurate transcription of an important colonial record book for this county.
Due to the loss of many of the court records of Dinwiddie, Charles City, and Prince George
counties, the records of Surry County have taken on even greater importance because there
was much movement in these early years over county lines and the James River.-----Item #
SRYVADD Price: $30.00
SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS & ESTATE ACCOUNTS, 1734 - 1755 - transcribed by William Lindsay Hopkins. Reprinted 1994,
8" x 11, iv, 163 pages, index. A faithful and accurate transcription of an important
colonial record book for this county. Due to the loss of many of the court records of
Dinwiddie, Charles City, and Prince George counties, the records of Surry County have
taken on even greater importance because there was much movement in these early years over
county lines and the James River.-----Item # SRYVADDEST1 Price: $30.00
SURRY
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS & ESTATE ACCOUNTS, 1756 - 1787 - transcribed by William Lindsay Hopkins. Reprinted 1995, 8" x 11, iv, 182
pages, index. A chronological continuation of the above volume.-----Item # SRYVADDEST2 Price: $30.00
SUSSEX
COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILL BOOKS A - F, 1754 - 1806 - transcribed
by William Lindsay Hopkins. Reprinted 1994, 8" x 11, iv, 188 pages, index. A faithful
and accurate transcription of an important colonial record book for this county. Sussex
County became a gateway to the adjacent western counties, the vast area presently called
Southside Virginia, and to the Colony of North Carolina. -----Item # SSEXVAWLA-F
Price: $30.00
SUSSEX
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS A - E, 1754 - 1779 - transcribed by William Lindsay Hopkins. Reprinted 1995, 8" x 11. A
companion volume to the will books described above.-----Item # SSEXVADDA-E
Price: $30.00
WARREN
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, MORTALITY SCHEDULES, 1850, 1860, 1870 - by Louise Henry. 1994. 59 pages, index. A faithful transcription of the three
noted mortality schedules for this county. Valuable for the personal information it
reveals for early residents which would not be available from any other source.-----Item #
WRNVAMRTSCH Price: $12.95
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 3, OCT. 1802 - JAN. 1808 - Jack
Hockett. 2004, ii, 143 pages, index. One can locate considerable information on the
county’s history and genealogy by referencing its deed books, containing not only
deeds (Indentures of Bargain & Sale) but relinquishment of dower, powers of attorney
and Deeds of Gift, Deeds of Trust, etc. This includes the all-important location of female
surnames and also valuable clues to the misconstrued and translated (Anglicized) German
and Swiss German names. This is a faithful transcription with the original deed book index
provided.-----Item # WSHVADDBK3 Price: $25.00
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 4, JAN. 1808 - NOV. 1811 - Jack
Hockett. 2004, ii, 121 pages, index. As described above.-----Item # WSHVADDBK4
Price: $25.00
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 5, NOV. 1811 - NOV. 1814 - Jack
Hockett. 2004, ii, 124 pages, index. As described above.-----Item # WSHVADDBK5
Price: $25.00
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 6, NOV. 1814 - NOV. 1818 - Jack
Hockett. 2004, ii, 199 pages, index. As described above.-----Item # WSHVADDBK6
Price: $30.00
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 7, 1818 - 1822 - Jack Hockett.
2004, ii, 161 pages, index. As described above.-----Item # WSHVADDBK7 Price: $27.50
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 8, 1822 - 1825 - Jack Hockett.
2004, ii, 179 pages, index. As described above.-----Item # WSHVADDBK8 Price: $27.50
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DISTRICT COURT DEED BOOK A, 1789 - 1801 -
Transcribed by Tom Colley & Jane Fleenor Colley. 2004, iv, 183 pages, index. The
Judicial District Court was held at Montgomery County Courthouse prior to 1792 and at
Washington County Courthouse after 1792; it heard cases originating in Montgomery,
Russell, and Washington Counties. The record here contains the abstracted transcript of
this region. It includes indentures, trust deeds, powers of attorney, wills, and transfers
of real property.-----Item # WSHVADDBKA Price: $35.00
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA DISTRICT COURT DEED BOOK B, 1801 - 1840 -
Transcribed by Tom Colley & Jane Fleenor Colley. 2004, iv, 266 pages, index.
Continuation of Deed Book A above.-----Item # WSHVADDBKB Price: $35.00
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA SURVEYS & COMMISSIONERS; CERTIFICATES, 1781 - 1797 - Tom Colley. 1999, iv, 405 pages, index. Washington County
was created in 1777 from Fincastle County. At the time of its creation, Washington
contained the territory for the later counties of Russell (1786), Lee (1793), Scott
(1814), Smyth (1832), Wise (1856), and a portion of Dickenson County (1880). The author
has carefully abstracted the first surviving land book for this important county, and
included all of the significant genealogical and land references. Eighteenth century
survey records are quite rare, and this record should add to the sources for genealogical
research in southwestern Virginia.-----Item # WSHVASVYCM Price: $35.00
WASHINGTON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, 1826 - 1863 - by Jack Hockett. 1997, 151 pages, index. The author
abstracts all of the data found in the records of the Board of Overseers of the Poor, an
organization which supplanted the Anglican Church's duties following the disestablishment
of the church. These records are especially important because of the paucity of records
currently published on Washington County. surviving deed and will books tend not to
contain mention of less affluent citizens of the county.-----Item # WSHVAMNBO
Price: $25.00
WESTMORELAND
COUNTY, VIRGINIA LOOSE CHANCERY PAPERS: 1804 - 1864 -
transcribed by Elizabeth Nuckols Lee. 2004, iv, 237 pages, index. The majority of suits
deal with the division of real and personal property of a decedent, when minor children
were involved. This was the case when a person had many children over a long period of
time, a person had been married more than once, or when an adult child was also deceased
and had minor children. The law required that minor children be protected. Suits had to be
brought to guarantee that protection. As a result, some chancery bills contain as many as
four or five generations of a family. In 1873, many old pending suits were dismissed or
discontinued.-----Item # WMLDVACHP Price: $24.95
YORK
COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECORDS, 1659 - 1662 - by
Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1989. 188 pages, index. This is similar to the abstracts noted
above, but for an earlier period.-----Item # YKVAREC1 Price: $20.00
YORK
COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECORDS, 1659 - 1662 - by
Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, 1987. 281 pages, index. Abstracts of Record
Book #4 containing wills, deeds, orders, depositions, etc., are transcribed in this
volume.-----Item # YKVAREC2 Price: $25.00
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