Stafford County, Virginia Genealogy

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History


The county is named after the English county of Staffordshire.

Parent County
1666--Stafford County was created 5 June 1666 from Westmoreland County. County seat: Stafford

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Stafford County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1813," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]

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.]

Church
Catholic


 * Downing, Margaret Brent. "The Old Catholic Chapel and Graveyard near Aquia, Stafford County, Va.," The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Jan. 1925):561-563. Available at JSTOR ($).

Church of England


 * Boogher, William F. Old Stafford County, Virginia: Overwharton Parish Register, 1720 - 1760. Washington, D.C.: Saxton Printing Co., 1899. Available at FHL; digital version at World Vital Records ($). Contains births, deaths and marriages 1720-1760.
 * "Extracts from the Register of St. Paul's Parish, Stafford (Now King George) County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Apr. 1901):360-366. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Nicklin, John Bailey Calvert. "Data from the Register of St. Paul's Parish, King George (Formerly Stafford) County, Virginia, 1716-1793," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1933):28-33. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Nicklin, John Bailey Calvert. St. Paul's Parish Register: (Stafford-King George Counties, Virginia) 1715 - 1798. Baltimore, MC: Genealogical Book Co., 1962. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.52 K28n; FHL US/CAN Film 1036122 Item 5; digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * O'Brien, Michael J. "Virginia, Stafford County, Overwharton Parish - Extracts from the Registers of the Protestant Episcopal Church of, from 1720 to 1758, Transcribed by Mr. Powhattan Moncure, Custodian of the Records," The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, Vol. 12 (1913):156-161. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [O'Brien attempts to identify Irish surnames in this Church of England parish register.]

Court
General


 * Waterman, Thomas T. "The Old Court House Buildings, Stafford County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr. 1936):247. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Waterman, Thomas T. "The Old Buildings at Stafford Court House," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):587-588. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Happel, Ralph. "Stafford and King George Courthouses and the Fate of Marlborough, Port of Entry," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 66, No. 2 (Apr. 1958):183-194. Available at JSTOR ($).

County Court


 * "Notes from the Records of Stafford County, Virginia, Order Books," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul. 1936):191-206; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):296-311; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan. 1937):11-28; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr. 1937):171-188; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul. 1937):243-259; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct. 1937):367-382; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan. 1938):20-33; Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr. 1938):126-134; Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul. 1938):222-230; Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct. 1938):316-320; Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan. 1939):22-26; Vol. 47, No. 2 (Apr. 1939):126-132; Vol. 47, No. 3 (Jul. 1939):248-252; Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct. 1939):335-348. Available at JSTOR ($).

District Court of Fredericksburg

The District Court of Fredericksburg and later the Superior Court of Chancery had jurisdiction over certain Stafford County court cases. An index has been compiled:


 * Indexes of Court Records in the Clerk's Office, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1782-1904. Original records, Fredericksburg City Courthouse, Fredericksburg, Va., microfilmed reproduction available at FHL. [Indexes the following records: District Court law book v. 8, 1782-1792; District Court law books 1790-1793, v. A-F 1789-1811; Superior Court of Law law order books v. G-H 1812-1831; Superior Court of Chancery chancery order books 1814-1831; Hustings Court orders v. A-O 1782-1871; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery law order books v. A-E 1831-1875; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery chancery order books v. A-D 1831-1872; Circuit Court chancery order books v. A2, B-C 1875-1904; Fredericksburg District Court (1789-1808) had jurisdiction over the following counties: Spotsylvania (including Fredericksburg), Caroline, King George, Stafford, Orange, and Culpeper; Superior Court of Chancery (1802-1831) had jurisdiction over the following localities: city of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fairfax, Lancaster, Northumberland, Madison, King George, Orange, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Essex, and Westmoreland.]

Superior Court of Chancery

See District Court of Fredericksburg

DNA
DNA has been collected for purported descendants of the following Stafford County, Virginia residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [Harrison] Descendant of Burr Harrison, b. 1637 St. Margaret's Parish, Westminster, Middlesex, England, d. 1697 Westmoreland County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (labelled H-63, Lineage 22). Genetic signature available online, courtesy: The Harrison DNA Project, World Families Network. [Ancestor of many Harrison families of Northern Neck and neighboring counties, including: Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford.]
 * [Wilkerson] Descendant of John Wilkerson, b. c1715 of Stafford County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 103754). Genetic signature available online (labelled W-9), courtesy: The Wilkerson DNA Project, World Families Network.

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Bibliography


 * [Ball] Ball, Bonnie S. The Balls of Fairfax and Stafford in Virginia. Haysi, Va.: B.S. Ball, 1961. 982176 Item 2; 1982 (3rd edition):  929.273 B21bb
 * [Ball] Hill, Ronald A. "Ball Family Migration: Virginia to Kentucky, 1784," The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 2 (April 2003):103-114.
 * [Banks] Hiden, Mrs. P.W. "Adam Banks of Stafford County," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 15 (1934): 230-.
 * [Banks] Hunt, John G. "Possible Ancestry of Adam Banks of Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 40 (1964):163. 973 D25aga v. 40; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Banks] Banks, Raymond H. Descendancy Chart of Adam Banks of Stafford County, VA: Resident of Stafford County, Virginia in the 1660s. Miami, Fla.: R. Banks, 1992. 929.273 B226br
 * [Banks] Banks, Raymond H. Early Bankes/Banks: Residents of Virginia and Maryland in the 1600s Adam Bankes of Stafford Co., Va., James Bankes, Draper's Apprentice to the Amies, Virginia, James Bankes, Woolen Draper of London and Virginia, Nathaniel Bankes of Stafford Co., Va., Richard Bankes of Charles Co., Md., Richard Bankes of Poplar Hill, ... : Research Notes. Miami, Fla.: R. Banks, 1994. 929.273 B225br 1994
 * [Bradshaw] Bradshaw, John Douglas. Ancestors and Descendants of John H. Bradshaw &amp; Scythia Enfield Fritter of Stafford County, Virginia and Allied Families. Williamsburg, Va.: J.W. Bradshaw, 1991. 929.273 B729bj
 * [Brent] Palmer, Lucy Jane Brent. "Charles Brent of Stafford County, Virginia, and Some of His Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr. 1926):180-183; Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul. 1926):280-285; Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct. 1926):378-384.
 * [Burgess] Reginald, R. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of Edward Burgess of King George and Stafford Counties, Virginia, with His Sons - Garner Burgess of Fauquier Co., Virginia; William Burgess of Stafford Co., Virginia; Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben Burgess of Rowan Co., North Carolina - and His Grandsons - Edward Burgess of Culpeper Co., Virginia; John Burgess of Harrison Co., Kentucky; Henry Burgess of Fleming Co., Kentucky; Edward Burgess of Scott Co., Kentucky; John P.B. Burgess of Halifax Co., Virginia; Edward Burgess of Kanawha Co., West Virginia; William Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; Reuben Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; and Thomas Burgess of White Co., Tennessee - Together with Their Known Descendants Named Burgess. San Bernardino, Calif.: Borgo Press, 1983. 929.273 B912r
 * [Burgess] Burgess, Michael and Mary A. Wickizer Burgess. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, His Son Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King Geoge) County, Virginia, with the Descendants in the Male Line of Edward's Sons: Garner Burgess of Fauquier County, Virginia, William Burgess of Stafford County, Virginia; Edward Burges, Jr. of Faugqier County, Virginia, Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben of Rowan (later Davie) County, North Carolina. San Bernardino, Calif.: Burgess and Wickizer, 1994. 929.273 B912r 1994
 * [Carney] Page, Daniel E. The Descendants of John Carney, Born about 1716 of Stafford Co., Virginia. Arkoma, Okla.: D.E. Page, 2002. 929.273 C217p
 * [Combs] Combs, Josiah. "The Ancestry of Joseph Combs, of Stafford," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Oct. 1946):341-343. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Combs] "Corrections: The Ancestry of Joseph Combs, of Stafford," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan. 1947):97. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Dilley] Jones, Thomas W. "Dilley of Northern Virginia and Ohio: A Proposed Solution Hanging on a Single Word," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):220-227.
 * [Edwards] Hadeler, Shelby M. Relatives Along the Rappahannock: Allied Families of Brooks, Curtis, Edwards, Embrey, Monroe, McIntire, Patton, Russell, Smith, Stringfellow: and Others in the Adjoining Areas of Culpepper, Fauquier, and Stafford Counties, Virginia. Pearl River, N.Y.: S.M. Hadeler, 1987. 929.273 C941h
 * [Fitzhugh] "Will of William Fitzhugh, and Other Extracts from the Records of Stafford County," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):276-280. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Foote] Foote, Abram W. Foote Family, Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Conn., and His Descendants also a Partial Record of the Descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass.; Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va.; and John Foote of New York City. 2 vols. Rutland, Vt.: Marble City Press, 1907-1932. 908222 Item 2; digital version of Vol. I at Family History Archives; digital version of Vol. II at Family History Archive.
 * [Fristoe] Alexander, Carrie Jenkins. Amos Fristoe of Stafford County, Virginia and Pettis County, Missouri, and His Ancestors and Descendants with Allied Families. Malta Bend, Mo.: C.J. Alexander, 1968. 929.273 F918a
 * [Hansbrough] Herndon, John W. The Hansbrough Family of King George, Stafford and Culpeper Counties, Virginia Together with a Sketch of "Salubria" &amp; Other Hansbrough Homes, and Notes on Some Allied Families. MSS., Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Film 756
 * [Hedges] Hedges, Robert. The Hedges of Stafford/Prince William Counties, Virginia, 1660-1980. Taylorsville, Ky.: R. Hedges, 1994. 929.273 H358hr
 * [Humston] Humston, Ezra Sams and Edward A. Humston. The Humston Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Humston of Stafford County, Virginia, 1667, Together with Accounts of the Allied Families of Humstone, Humpstone and Humpston in the United States. [Manhattan, Kansas: E.S. Humston], 1943. Book 929.273 H889h;  6060560; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [McIntire] Hadeler, Shelby M. Relatives Along the Rappahannock: Allied Families of Brooks, Curtis, Edwards, Embrey, Monroe, McIntire, Patton, Russell, Smith, Stringfellow: and Others in the Adjoining Areas of Culpepper, Fauquier, and Stafford Counties, Virginia. Pearl River, N.Y.: S.M. Hadeler, 1987. 929.273 C941h
 * [Mercer] Garnett, James Mercer. Genealogy of the Mercer-Garnett Family of Essex County, Virginia, Supposed to be Descended from the Garnetts of Lancashire, England... Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1910. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books.
 * [Monroe] Hadeler, Shelby M. Relatives Along the Rappahannock: Allied Families of Brooks, Curtis, Edwards, Embrey, Monroe, McIntire, Patton, Russell, Smith, Stringfellow: and Others in the Adjoining Areas of Culpepper, Fauquier, and Stafford Counties, Virginia. Pearl River, N.Y.: S.M. Hadeler, 1987. 929.273 C941h
 * [Musselman] Musselman, Carl P. and Mildred H. Musselman. Musselman-Powell &amp; Bowling Families of Spotsylvania &amp; Stafford Counties, Virginia. Glen Allen, Va.: C.P. Musselman, 1993. 929.273 M975mu
 * [Nelson] Gibson, Olive Nelson. Descendants of John Nelson, Sr. - Mary Toby, Stafford County, Virginia 1740-1959 with Related Families. Redlands, Calif.: Redlands Blueprint, 1961. 929.273 N331g
 * [Newton] "Notes and Queries," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 39 (1885):194. Digital versions at Google Books and New England Ancestors ($). [Announces plans of Mr. Virginius Newton to publish a family history on the Newtons of Lower Norfolk, Nansemond, and Stafford counties.]
 * [Owens] Owens, David Hatfield. Owens Family of Virginia (Richmond, King George, Stafford, Prince William, Fauquier Counties) and Kentucky (Mason, Lewis, Fleming, Bracken, Mercer, Boyle Counties). Ann Arbor, Mich.: D.H. Owens, 1991. 929.273 Ow2od 1991
 * [Patton] Hadeler, Shelby M. Relatives Along the Rappahannock: Allied Families of Brooks, Curtis, Edwards, Embrey, Monroe, McIntire, Patton, Russell, Smith, Stringfellow: and Others in the Adjoining Areas of Culpepper, Fauquier, and Stafford Counties, Virginia. Pearl River, N.Y.: S.M. Hadeler, 1987. 929.273 C941h
 * [Porch] Deyo, William L. Porch Family: The Forgotten Legacy of White Oak, Stafford County, Virginia, Including Allied Families of Bates, Brown, Burton, Chinn, Cox, Curtis, Fines, Jett, Kitchen, Limerick, McGuire, Payne, Roberson, Rollow, and Sullivan. Colonial Beach, Va.: DeJoux Publications, 2001. 929.273 P822d
 * [Randall] Lacy, Ronnie Lee. The Randalls of Stafford County, Virginia: With Forebears and Allied Families. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1997. 929.273 R152La
 * [Rousseau] Rousseau, Marilyn K. "The Colonial Virginia Ancestry of a Pioneer Florida Family: William H. Rousseau (1818-1870), Florida House of Representatives 1852, Florida State Senate 1865," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):184-198.
 * [Simms] Hall, William K. and Wilma Chappell. The Simms Family of Stafford County, Virginia. St. Louis, Missouri, 1969. 929.273 Si48h. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1970):91. Review is available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Stark] "Starke Family of Stafford County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1897):255-256. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Stark] Harris, Mary Kathryn and Mary Iva Jean Jorgensen. James Stark of Stafford County, Virginia and His Descendants. 3 vols. Fort Worth, Texas: M.K. Harris, 1985. 929.273 St28h
 * [Suddarth] Hirtzel, Richard D. William Suddarth of Stafford County and Albemarle County, Virginia. [Pleasant Grove, Utah]: R.D. Hirtzel, 1999. 929.273 Su21h; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Sullivan] Deyo, William L. The Sullivan Family of Stafford County, Virginia. Colonial Beach, Va.: DeJoux Publications, 2000. 929.273 Su53d
 * [Washington] "William Washington of Stafford County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Oct. 1906):132-134. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Watts] Watts, Edward Combs. Thomas Watts of Stafford County, Virginia and His Descendants. Arlington, Va.: E.C. Watts, 1999. 929.273 W349we
 * [Withers] withers, Robert Edwin, Kathrine Cox Gottschalk, and A. May Osler. Withers Family of the County Lancaster, England, and of Stafford County, Virginia, Establishing the Ancestry of Robert Edwin Withers, III. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Print. Co., 1947. 929.273 W776w
 * [Withers] Recum, Franz V. Withers - America, or, A Collection of Genealogical Data Concerning the History of the Descendants in the Male Line of James Withers (1680/1-1746) of Stafford County, Virginia. [S.l.] : F.V. Recum, [1949]. Available FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W776r and FHL US/CAN Film 1011856 Item 1. Digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Withers] "The Withers Family. Of Stafford, Fauquier, &amp;c.," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):309-313; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1899):425-427. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. The Identification of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia as Not the Son of 1729/30 John Wright of Stafford County, Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2009. 929.273 W933gr

Guides

 * King, George H.S. "A Survey of Stafford County Records [1792]," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Jul. 1945):215-218. Available at JSTOR ($).

Historic Residences

 * Goolrick, John T. Old Homes and History Around Fredericksburg: The Northern Neck and the Southside, Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties and Battle Sketches. Richmond: Garrett &amp; Massie, c1929. Available at FHL; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and BYU Family History Archives.

Immigration

 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [List of immigrants, 1707, sailed to Virginia under Capt. James Gaugh on the Ship Joseph and Thomas from Bristol, England, see p. 8.]
 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Stafford County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [http://immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Stafford&placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Stafford County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.
 * O'Brien, Michael J. "Virginia, Stafford County, Overwharton Parish - Extracts from the Registers of the Protestant Episcopal Church of, from 1720 to 1758, Transcribed by Mr. Powhattan Moncure, Custodian of the Records," The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, Vol. 12 (1913):156-161. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [O'Brien attempts to identify Irish surnames in this Church of England parish register.]

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Davey. 253 patents dated 1651-1911 in what is now Fairfax, Fauquier, Northumberland, Prince William, Stafford, and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. [Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of charge (click "Index" next to the county listing, which is "Nova" in this instance); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]
 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry. [Includes Stafford County.]
 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Stafford County.]
 * Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Vol. I (1934; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991). Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Stafford County. N.B. If Ancestry's search engine fails, try checking the printed index at the end of the book.]

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):49-53. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Stafford County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 53.]

Colonial Militia

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Stafford County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Stafford County militia officers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Stafford County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Stafford County, see pp. 101-102.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Stafford County militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Stafford County on page 133.]
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Occupations

 * Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (Together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL. [Includes sections on Falmouth and Stafford County silversmiths.]

Private Papers

 * King, George Harrison Sanford. "Notes from the Journal of John Mercer, Esquire, (1704/5-1768) of Marlborough, Stafford County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1960):99-110; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1960):153-162. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Probate
Local Court


 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at FHL. [Includes Stafford County.]
 * King, George Harrison Sanford. "Will of Andrew Edwards, Stafford County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):307-310. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * Nicklen, John Bailey Calvert. "A Missing Will Book of Stafford County and Its Contents," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jan. 1949):67-75. Available at JSTOR ($).

London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Stafford County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Stafford County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):55-57. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1723-1790] Vogt, John and T. William Kethley. Stafford County, Virginia Tithables: Quit Rent, Personal Property Taxes and Related Lists and Petitions, 1723-1790 in Two Volumes. 2 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [1742] Quit roll, circa 1742, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Richmond VA: Nov 1989. Vol. 27 Iss. 4.
 * [1746-1749] A List of the Rents Belonging to the Estate of Capt. William Brent, Dece[ase]d Virginia, y[ea]rs 1746-1749, in Milnor Ljungstedt, "Some Stafford Records," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1922):183. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [1768, 1773] Woodson, Robert F. and Isobel B. Woodson. Virginia Tithables from Burned Record Counties: Buckingham, 1773-1774; Gloucester, 1770-1771, 1774-1775; Hanover, 1763 and 1770; James City, 1768-1769; Stafford, 1768 and 1773. Richmond, Virginia: I.B. Woodson, 1970. Available at FHL.
 * [1782-1813] Heinegg, Paul. "Stafford County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1813," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Stafford County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1787] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):49-53. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Stafford County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 53.]
 * [1789, 1798] Images of the 1789 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Stafford County, Virginia are available to browse online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is 1815 land tax. Stafford County is included in Vol. 4.]

Vital Records

 * Boogher, William F. Old Stafford County, Virginia: Overwharton Parish Register, 1720 - 1760. Washington, D.C.: Saxton Printing Co., 1899. Available at FHL; digital version at World Vital Records ($). Contains births, deaths and marriages 1720-1760.

Websites

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