Highland County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1847--Highland County was created 19 March 1847 from Bath and Pendleton Counties. County seat: Monterey

Neighboring Counties

 * Augusta
 * Bath
 * Pendleton County, West Virginia
 * Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Cemeteries
The Genealogy Center at Allen County Public Library (Indiana) has a number of searchable databases of Highland County cemeteries:

• Clover Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery • Doe Hill Cemetery • Headwaters Community Cemetery • McDowell Community Cemetery • McKendree Methodist Cemetery • Old McDowell Presbyterian Cemetery

Census
1890 Union Veterans


 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website. [Includes residents of this county.]

Local Histories

 * Morton, Oren Frederic. A Handbook of Highland County and a Supplement to Pendleton and Highland History. Monterey, Va.: Highland Recorder, 1922. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Morton, Oren Frederic. A History of Highland County, Virginia. Monterey, Va.: Morton, c1911. Original edition available at FHL; 1979 reprint with index available at FHL; digital version of original edition at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).

Research Guides

 * Hamilton, Clay. "Genealogical Research in Highland County," The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 29, No. 3 (June 2003):1-2. Available at FHL; digital version at Virginia Genealogical Society website.

Vital Records
Birth


 * Fridley, Beth, comp. Highland County Virginia Birth Records, 1853-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Available at Ancestry ($).

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog