Frederick County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Frederick County

Parent County
1738--Frederick County was created 1 August 1738 from Orange County. County seat: Winchester

Neighboring Counties

 * Berkeley County, West Virginia
 * Clarke
 * Hampshire County, West Virginia
 * Hardy County, West Virginia
 * Jefferson County, West Virginia
 * Morgan County, West Virginia
 * Shenandoah
 * Warren

Church
Quakers


 * Hutton, James V. "The Quakers Exiled in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, 1777-1778," Journal [Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society], Vol. 17 (2005). Available at FHL.

Census

 * 1810 Frederick County, Virginia Census. Beverly, West Virginia: Crickard, 1970, 1979. Digital book available at Ancestry ($).

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. In addition to finding a direct ancestor’s surname listed, and watching to see if more recent publications make additions and corrections to earlier works, this list is also useful for determining if genealogists have published accounts, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, for any members of an ancestor’s “FAN Club” [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]. Checking publications about those individuals can lead you to new information about your own ancestry. Be mindful that compiled genealogies may contain errors.

General


 * Cartmell, T.K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908. Winchester, Virginia: Printed by the Eddy Press Corp., 1909. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives; digital book available at Ancestry ($). [3 listings at FHL.]
 * Garner, Grace Kelso. Earliest Settlers, Western Frederick-Eastern Hampshire Counties in Virginia, Their Descendants. 1978. Available at FHL.
 * O'Dell, Cecil. Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia. Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. Available at FHL. [One of the most impressively researched one-place studies in the United States.]

Bibliography


 * [Adams] Ljunstedt, Milnor. "The Adamses in the Northern Neck of Virginia (Upper Counties) and Some Nearby Counties of Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 13 (1936):82-88, 233-241. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Albin] Albin, Ethel Winifred. The Virginia Albins; The History of the Albin Family Out of Old Frederick County, 1739 - 1989: Immigrants Mary Bruce and William Albin and Their Descendants Who Migrated Westward with the Opening of New Territories Carving a Civilization Out of a Wilderness. Sabetha, Kansas: Ethel W. Albin, 1989. Available at FHL.
 * [Booker] Booker, Charles Lee. The Bucher/Booker Family, 1686-1990: From Klein Gartach, Wurttemberg, Germany to Frederick County, Virginia to Harrison and Jefferson Counties, Kentucky to Knox and Sullivan Counties, Indiana to the Illinois Counties of Jasper, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, and Sangamon. C.L. Booker, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Branson] Branson, Joseph et al. A Memorial of Hopewell Monthly Meeting of Friends, Frederick County, Virginia, Concerning Our Deceased Friend, Joseph Branson. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Bruce] Bruce, Violet Laverne. John Bruce of the Shenandoah: Immigrant John Bruce of Frederick County, Virginia and Descendants of His Five Children, Mary, Margaret, James, George, and Anne. Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Bryant] Beekman, Jane Kyhl. Bryant or Bryan: Of Richmond, then Frederick and Halifax Counties, Virginia and Finally Randolph and Surry Counties, North Carolina and Other Miscellaneous Bryan/Bryants Who Lived Nearby: With Allied Families of Brannon, Curtis, Ellis, Hightower, Lowe, McVay, Robbins and Smith. Muncie, Indiana: J.K. Beekman, 2003. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Bucher] See Booker.
 * [Carper] Carper, Janice M. and Lois C. Marbert. The Carpers of Carpers Valley, Frederick County, Virginia. Catharpin, Virginia: J.M. Carper, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Christman] Christman, Glen. A Chrisman / Christman Genealogy: The Descendants of Jacob Christman I of Frederick County, Virginia. Clawson, Michigan: G. Christman, 1984. Available at FHL.
 * [Cline] McIntire, Mary Jane. The Cline Family History: Descendants of Henry Cline, Frederick Co. VA. Smolan, Kansas: M.C. Cline, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Clowser] Martin, Alison D. The Origins of the Clowser Family, Ottersheim, Germany; Pennsylvania; Frederick County, Virginia; West Virginia. Fort Lewis, Washington: A.D. Martin, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Collins] Tatterson, Clerissa H. John Collins of Frederick County, Virginia. 1982?. Available at FHL.
 * [Crum] Lybarger, Donald F. The Crum Family: Notes Concerning the Descendants of Anthony Crum Sr. of Frederick County, Virginia. Cleveland, Ohio: D.F. Lybarger, 1963. Two copies available at FHL, here and here.
 * [Crumley] Haunschild, Irmal Crumley. The Crumleys of Frederick County, Virginia and Green County, Tennessee. Ada, Oklahoma: Haunschild, 1975. Available at FHL.
 * [Davis] Watson, Gary Wayne. The Descendants of James and Sarah (VanMeter) Davis of Frederick County, Virginia: With Related Families. Denver, Colorado: G. Watson, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Deaderick] MacRae, Lawrence. Descendants of John Daingerfield and His Wife, New Kent County, Virginia, 1640-1928: Including Descendants of Elizabeth Meriweather of Essex Co., Va., Apphia Fauntleroy of Richmond Co., Va., Elizabeth Parker of West Moreland Co., Va. and Their Husbands: Also Thomas Deaderick and His Wife of Frederick Co., Va., and Dora Virginia Deaderick and Her Husband, Robert Strange MacRae of Orange County, N. Carolina: De[s]cendants of George Parker and His Wife, Accomac Co., Va., 1650. MSS., 1928. Available at FHL.
 * [Elmore] Hirtzel, Richard D. Mathias &amp; Charity Elmore: Of Burlington County, New Jersey; Frederick County, Virginia; Berkley County/District, South Carolina. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Fawcett] Fawcett, Thomas Hayes and Edward C. Fawcett. The Fawcett Family of Frederick County, Virginia. 1st edition, 1936; 2nd edition, 1957. Available at FHL. [3 listings on FHL catalog.]
 * [Fawcett] Fawcett, Edward C. The Fawcett Family: A Catalog of the Descendants of Thomas and Lydia Fawcett, Who Emigrated from Ireland in in [sic] 1736 and Settled at Fawcett Gap, Virginia About the Year 1743. Honey Brook, Pennsylvania: Springwood Press, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Glasscock] Meinke, Terry and Arthur L. Glasgow. My Glasscock Ancestors: The Genealogy of the Glas(s)cock (Alias Glassco and Glasgow) Families of Richmond, Prince, Fauquier and Frederick Counties in Virginia; Rowan County, North Carolina; Jefferson County in West Virginia; Adams, Brown, Green and Knox Counties in Ohio; Sangamon County in Illinois and Wright, Morrison, Cass and Hubbard Counties in Minnesota from 1643 to 1933. Palatine, Illinois : T. Meinke, 2004. Available at FHL.
 * [Hausenbella] Cartinell, T.K. Stephen Hausenbella: Brief Sketch of Himself and Family as Shown by Old Records of the Counties of Frederick and Orange in State of Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Haynes] Shores, Robert Merritt. Haynes Family: Descendants of George Haynes (1757-1836) of Winchester &amp; Frederick County Virginia and Carter County Tennessee. Tucson, Arizona: R. M. Shores, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Helfenstein] Phillips, W. Louis. The Descendants of Peter P. Helfenstine (1775-1842) of Frederick Co. Va and Madison Co. Oh. and His Wives: (1st Wife) Susanna Catherine Lantz (ca. 1775-1802/05) of Frederick Co., Va. : (2nd Wife) Elizabeth Watson (ca. 1787-1840+) of Frederick Co., Va. and Madison Co., Oh. 3 parts. Logan, Ohio: W. Louis Phillips, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Hironimus] Gentry, Veronica J. Descendants of Conrad Hironimus (Heironimus) Whose Will Was Probated in Frederick Co., Virginia in 1816. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Houseman] Haney, Alice and Thomas A. Blattery. The Houseman (Howsman) Family: Of Frederick County, Virginia and Madison County, Ohio; With Brief Sketches of Inter-married Families of Britton, Rayburn, Frost, Reeves. Columbus, Ohio: A. Haney, 1955. Available at FHL.
 * [Jenkins] Johnson, Maude Horne. Aaron Jenkins of Frederick County, Virginia and His Descendants. MSS., 1963. Available at FHL.
 * [Keckley] Qualls, Elizabeth Faith Kackley. Jacob's House, Cackley / Kackley / Keckley Families: A History of the Descendants of Jacob Keckley, Jr. (1701-1788) of Frederick County, Virginia and Some Related Families. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Koontz] Koontz, Lowell Layton. History of the Descendants of John Koontz: John Koontz was Born March 26, 1739 in Opequon, Virginia, in Frederick County, Virginia, and Died April 25, 1832, in Page County, Virginia (This Research Also Includes Partial Lineage of John's Brother, George). Alexandria, Virginia: L.L. Koontz, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [LaRue] Mather, Otis May. Six Generations of LaRues and Allied Families: Containing Sketch of Isaac LaRue, Senior, Who Died in Frederick County, Virginia in 1795, and Some Account of His American Ancestors and Three Generations of His Descendants and Families Who Were Connected by Inter-marriage: Among Others Carman, Hodgen, Helm, Buzan, Rust ... : Copies of Six Old Wills and Other Documents, Various Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the Nolynn Valley in Kentucky; Also a Chapter on the La Rue Family and the Child Abraham Lincoln. Hodgenville, Kentucky: O.M. Mather, 1921. Available at FHL. [2 listings at FHL.]
 * [McNew] Hockett, Thomas Jack and Janice M. Snead. The Macknew (McNew) and Marlow (Marler; Marley) Family of Prince Georges Cty, Md., Frederick (Berkeley) Cty, Va. and Fincastle (Washington) Cty., Va., and the Possibly Allied Families of Hargis and Berry. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [McNew] Hockett, Thomas Jack and Janice M. Snead. William Macknew (McNew), 1715-1791 and Wife, Mary____ of Prince Georges County, MD, Frederick (Berkeley) County, VA and Fincastle (Washington) County, VA: An Early Settler to the County of Fincastle (Washington), 1773. St. Davids, Pennsylvania: J. Hockett, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Marlow] See McNew.
 * [Minshall] Phillips, W. Louis. The Descendants of Jonathan Minshall (ca.1782-ca.1868) of Frederick Co. Va. and Madison Co. OH and His Wives: (1st wife) Eleanor Watson (ca. 1785-1820) of Frederick Co., Va. and Madison Co., OH : (2nd wife) Leah Bradford (ca. 1795/1804-1864) of Maryland and Madison Co., OH. Logan, Ohio: W.L. Phillips, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Owens] Owens, Claude M. Williams Owens, Sr., (ca 1725 - ca. 1793), His Father and Grandfather: (Westmoreland, Prince William and Frederick Counties, Virginia). South Laguna, California: C.M. Owens, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Parke] Becker, Dorothy Robertson. The Parke Family: Earliest Pioneers of New Jersey, with Later Generations Who Pioneered in Old Frederick Co., Va. &amp; on into Ohio &amp; Indiana. Fort Worth, Texas: Miran Publishers, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Shanholtzer] Kerns, Wilmer L. et al. Shanholtzer History and Allied Family Roots of Hampshire County, W. Va. and Frederick County, Va. Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Print. Co., 1980. Available at FHL.
 * [Shiner] Preston, Vera J. Baker and Shiner Genealogy: The Ancestry and Descendants of George Huse Shiner and His Wife, Rachel Curlet (Pierce) Shiner of Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Shiner] Shiner, Harry Lawrence. The Descendants of George Huse Shiner, Born June 20, 1797 near Winchester, Frederick County, Va.: Died Aug. 27, 1856 near Lyndon, Whiteside County, Ill. 1916, available at FHL.
 * [Smith] Hartman, Blanche T. The Smiths of Virginia: A History and Genealogy of the Smiths of "Big Spring Plantation" Frederick Co., Virginia Together with a Chronicle of the Drugan and the Carnahan Families of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson, 199-?. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($).
 * [Stewart] Wilson, Betty White. The Stewart Family of Virginia: An Cccount of the Descendants of James Stewart. Esq. and Elizabeth Who Emigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland to Frederick County, Virginia November 20, 1722. Garden Grove, California: Wison, 1965, 1975. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Stubblefield] Stubblefield, John S. George Stubblefield, 2nd: b. Spotsylvania County, Va., c[a]. 1738, d. Frederick County, Va., 1801. St. Joseph, Mich.: J. S. Stubblefield, 1976. Available at FHL.
 * [Swaim] Eustice, Robert L. and Joanne Eustice. A Homespun History of Matthias Swaim (1740-1825) and Wife, Abigail (Hedges) Swaim: Of Frederick County, Virginia and Berkeley County, West Virginia and Their Descendants. St. George, Utah: B. &amp; J. Eustice, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Vance] Vance, Vida Leola Surber. The Missouri Vances and Their Descendants: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of Andrew Vance of Frederick County, a Virginia Colonist of the Eighteenth Century, with Pertinent Data on the Related Families from ca. 500 to 1971. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Vance] Vance, Vida Leola Surber. The Missouri Vances and Their Descendants: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John Vance of Frederick Co., a Virginia Colonist of the Eighteen [i.e. Eighteenth] Century, with Pertinent Data on the Related Families from ca.500 to 1982. Mexico, Missouri:V.S. Vance, 1985?. Two copies available at FHL here and here. [One of the versions is possibly an update.]
 * [Van Meter] Eustice, Joanne and Hedges Family Association. Two Brothers from New Jersey, Isaac &amp; Jan (John) Van Meter/Van Metre: Early Settlers of Old Frederick &amp; Hampshire Co., VA and Their Descendants. St. George, Utah: Hedges Family Association, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Wilson] Craig, Marion Stark. My Wilson - Willson Ancestry, 1725-1891: Frederick County, Virginia; Fayette &amp; Washington Counties, Pennsylvania; Greene &amp; Shelby Counties, Ohio; and Independence County, Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas: M.S. Craig, 1988. Available at FHL.

Historic Residences

 * Quarles, Garland Redd. Some Old Homes in Frederick County, Virginia. Winchester, Virginia : Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, 1990. Available at FHL.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Frederick County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [http://www.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=Frederick&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 Frederick County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Dunn. 165 patents dated 1734-1790 in what is now Clarke and Frederick Counties, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2004. [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); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]

Local Histories

 * Hutton, James Vernon. Local History Articles, Frederick County, Virginia. Winchester, Virginia: n.p., 1979. Available at FHL; digital book available at Ancestry ($).

Maps

 * Geertsema, Galtjo and Cecil O'Dell. Northern Neck of Virginia, Old Frederick County: A Historical Map Emphasizing the Period from 1725 to 1745: To Illustrate Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia by Cecil O'Dell. C. O'Dell, 1995. Available at FHL.

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Frederick County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; 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 Frederick County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Ward, Flora Lusk et al. Officers and Men of Frederick County, Virginia, Militia in the Year 1756. MSS., available at FHL.

Revolutionary War


 * Hale, Laura Virginia. A Bicentennial Remembrance: The Revolutionary Years, 1776-1781, in Old Frederick County, Virginia. L.V. Hale, 1978. Available at FHL.
 * Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society. Men and Events of the Revolution in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia. Winchester, Virginia, 1975. Available at FHL.

Civil War


 * Civil War Battles in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, 1861-1865. Winchester, Virginia: The Commission, 1960?. Digital book available at Ancestry ($).

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.

Private Papers

 * [Byrd] Meade, Everard Kidder. "The Papers of Richard Evelyn Byrd, I, of Frederick County, Virginia. A Note on a Valuable Collection of Family Letters and Other Documents with Extracts Therefrom," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Apr., 1946), pp. 106-118. Available at JSTOR ($).

Probate
Local Court


 * Kangas, M. N. Frederick County, Virginia, Wills &amp; Administrations, 1795-1816. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995. Digital book available at Ancestry ($).
 * "Wills in Frederick County, Va., Prior to 1805," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr. 1910):204-212. Available at JSTOR ($).

London Courts


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

Taxation

 * Indexed images of the 1791 Personal Property Tax Lists of Frederick County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * Images of the 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Frederick County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.

Vital Records
Marriage


 * Davis, Eliza Timberlake. Frederick County, Virginia, Marriages, 1771-1825. Smithfield, Virginia: Davis, 1979. Digital book available at Ancestry ($).

Societies and Libraries

 * Stewart Bell, Jr. Archives Room, Handley Regional Library [Collection includes a vast amount of genealogical material.]

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