Norfolk County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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See also: Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy (identifies more than 50 published genealogies)

Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
Norfolk County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 225 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Norfolk County families include:


 * Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * Walter, Alice Granbery. Family Ties Chart #2, Yates, Smith, Cawson, Nicholson to Whiddon, Herbert &amp; Hoggard of Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: n.d.

Heinegg's study documents free people of color living in Norfolk County before 1820 with the following surnames:


 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Abel, Africa, Allen, Alman, Anderson, Archer, Armstrong, Arnold, Artis, Ash, Bailey, Baker, Barber, Bartlett, Bass, Bazmore, Beckett, Bell, Berry, Blue, Bowman, Bowser, Bright (see introduction), Cassidy, Charity, Chavers, Churchwell, Cooper, Copeland, Cox, Cuffee, Cypress, Davis, Demery, Doby, Driggers, Duncan, Dunn, Elliott, Flood, Flora, Freeman, Fuller, Gordon, Grimes, Hall, Hamilton, Hammon, Harmon, Hatfield, Hawkins, Herbert, Hodges, Hubbard, Hunt, Hunter, Ivey, Jackson, James, Jasper, Jones, Lamb, Lang, Leviner, Lewis, Lovina, Manly, Matthews, Miller, Morris, Newsom, Newton, Nichols, Nicholas, Nickens, Page, Parrot, Perkins, Pinn, Price, Pugh, Rains, Randall, Richards (see introduction), Roberts, Robins, Robinson, Russell, Sample, Sampson, Saunders, Scott, Shoecraft, Skipper, Smith, Sparrow, Spruce, Spurlock, Stafford, Stewart, Swan, Taylor, Teamer, Temo, Thomas, Thompson, Travis, Turner, Tyler, Valentine, Wallace, Wattleton, Weaver, Webb, Weeks, White, Whitehurst, Williams, Wilson, Wise, Young.

Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy Books and Articles


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]


 * [Abel] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Africa] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Allen] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Alman] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Anderson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Archer] Archer, Robert. Archer and Silvester Families: A History. Richmond, Va.: Printed for Andrew D. Christian by the William Byrd Press, 1937.
 * [Archer] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Armstrong] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Arnold] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Artis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ash] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bailey] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Baker] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ballance] Pierce, Alycon Trubey. "The Ballance Family of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1994):3-20; Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):105-114. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Barber] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Barraud] Barraud, E.M. Barraud, The Story of a Family. London, 1960.
 * [Bartee] "John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Bartlett] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bass] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Batchelor] Williams, Lyle Keith. The Batchelor Family: Batchelor in Virginia; Batchelor in North Carolina; Bachelor/Batchelor in Tennessee, Missouri and Texas; Batchler in Texas; and Bachlor in Oklahoma and California. Fort Worth, Texas: L.K. Williams, 1991. Available at.
 * [Batchelor] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Bateman] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Bazmore] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Beckett] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bell] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Berry] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Biggs] Avant, David A. Some Southern Colonial Families. Volume 5. Tallahassee, Fla., 1995..
 * [Bigg] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Blake] Robertson, Haywood Lawrence. Colonial Roots. Alexandria, Va.: Robertson, 1976..
 * [Blue] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bowman] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bowser] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bright] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Bright] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. See introduction.
 * [Brinson] Vogtle, Alvin Ward. The Stringer Family and Kin, Early Americans and Pioneers of Lawrence County, Mississippi. Birmingham, Ala.: Vogtle, 1966..
 * [Bufkin] Reed, Paul. Leven Bufkin Origin. The American Genealogist.
 * [Burle] Russell, Donna Valley. "Robert Burle of Severn River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 74, No. 4 (Oct. 1999):263-274. [Burle resided in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia before being exiled to Maryland.]
 * [Bustin] Linn, Jo White. Drake-Arrington, White-Turner, Linn-Brown and Two Dozen Related Southern Lines: Treadwell, Slade, Lacey, Harrison, Cathey, Redwine, Krider, Wood, McNair, Peden, Sandefer, Tompkins, Bennett, Hodges, Goodrich, Bechinoe, Williams, Bustin, Outlaw, Fox, Smith, George, Doll and Stahle. Salisbury, N.C.: J.W. Linn, 1984..
 * [Butt] Butt, Marshall Wingfield. Ann Account of Some of the Descendants of Robert Butt of Southern Branch of Elizabeth River, County of Norfolk, Colony of Virginia: Compiled from Wills, Deeds, Court Orders, and Other Official Records and from Family Records and Other Private Sources. FHL
 * [Butterfield] See Delaymos.
 * [Camp] Ruffin, C. Bernard. "In Search of the Unappreciated Past: The Ruffin-Cornick Family of Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 2 (June 1993):126-138.
 * [Carter] Cam. The Carter Family of Virginia: An Extended Geneology [sic] of Its Representatives, Part 1. Newspaper clippings from The Critic (Richmond, Va.), 18 June 1888.
 * [Cartwright] Walter, Alice Granbery. Cartwright &amp; Shipp Families of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne &amp; Surry Counties, Va. &amp; North Carolina. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1968. US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1156
 * [Caswell] Smith, M. Joan. William Caswell/Karswell Genealogy. 1980s.
 * [Cassidy] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Charity] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Chavers] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Churchwell] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cohen] Maryland Genealogies. A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980.
 * [Cooper] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Copeland] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cornick] Ruffin, C. Bernard. "In Search of the Unappreciated Past: The Ruffin-Cornick Family of Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 2 (June 1993):126-138. Digital version at National Genealogical Society website ($);.
 * [Cox] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Creekmore] Thornton, Mabel H. and Elizabeth B. Wingo. "Creekmore Notes," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1966):147-160. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Creekmore] Smith, Helen Sigler. The Creekmore Family of Whitley County, Kentucky: A Search and Study of Four Generations. Wyandotte, Okla.: Gregath, 1998..
 * [Cuffee] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cypress] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Dafnell] Robertson, Haywood Lawrence. Colonial Roots. Alexandria, Va.: Robertson, 1976..
 * [Davis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Delaymos] Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60; Vol. 77, No. 1 (Apr. 2001):138-147.
 * [Demery] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Doby] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Dorsey] Dorsey, Maxwell J., Nannie Ball Nimmo, and Jean Muir Dorsey. The Dorsey Family: Descendants of Edward Darcy-Dorsey of Virginia and Maryland for Five Generations; and Allied Families. [Urbana, Illinois?]: M.J. &amp; J.M. Dorsey &amp; N.B. Nimmo, 1947. Available at . [Dorseys relocated to Anne Arundel County, Maryland during English Commonwealth Period.]
 * [Driggers] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Norfolk County Duncans.
 * [Duncan] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Dunn] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Durant] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Elliott] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Etheridge] Boddie, Mrs. John Boddie. Historical Southern Families. Volume XIV. Baltimore, 1970..
 * [Flood] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Flora] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Freeman] Mosher, Merrill Hill. John Freeman of Norfolk County, Virginia, His Descendants in North Carolina and Virginia and Other Colonial North Carolina Freeman Families: and Other Colonial Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1994. Available at.
 * [Freeman] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Freeman] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Fuller] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Gibbs] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Godby] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Gordon] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Grandy] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Grimes] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Gwyn] Lustenberger, Anita A. "One Piece of a Family Puzzle: Hugh Gwyn ("1702-68") of Gloucester County, Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 99, No. 3 (Sep. 2011):185-198.
 * [Hall] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hamilton] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hammon] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hancock] Childs, J. Rives. "Hancock Family of Lower Norfolk, Henrico and Bedford Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct. 1924):413-416. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Happer] Walter, Alice Granbery. Happer Family of St. Bride's Parish, Norfolk County, Virginia, 1756-1801. Virginia Beach, Va., 1974..
 * [Harmon] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hatfield] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hatton] Robertson, Haywood Lawrence. Colonial Roots. Alexandria, Va.: Robertson, 1976..
 * [Hawkins] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Herbert] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hodges] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Holladay] Holladay, Alvis Milton. The Holladay Family. Brentwood, Tenn.: A.M. Holladay, Sr., 1983..
 * [Holladay] O'Brien, James Dewey. Our Colonial Ancestors: Knott, Massey, Youngblood, Hickman, Pullen &amp; Others. Fort Washington, Md.: J.D. O'Brien, 1988..
 * [Hollowell] Prewitt, Lester Dee. Prewitt-Light-Ringler-Hollowell and Allied Families. Fairfield, Iowa, 1970. Rev. ed.
 * [Hubbard] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hunt] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hunter] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ivey] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Keeling] "John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Jackson] Hockett, Thomas Jack and Janice M. Snead. John R. Jackson and Mary Walden of Russell and Washingon Cts., Va. St. David's, Pa.: the author, 1991.
 * [Jackson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [James] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Jasper] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Jolliffe] Jolliffe, William. Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1693. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1893. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($), Google Books, and Internet Archive.
 * [Jones] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Keeling] Robertson, Haywood Lawrence. Colonial Roots. Alexandria, Va.: Robertson, 1976..
 * [Lamb] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Lang] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Lanier] Ingersoll, Louise. Lanier: A Genealogy of the Family Who Came to Virginia and Their French Ancestors in London. Washington, D.C.: Goetz Printing Company, 1965. Digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * [Leviner] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Lewelling] Robertson, Haywood Lawrence. Colonial Roots. Alexandria, Va.: Robertson, 1976..
 * [Lewis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Lovina] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [McFarlane] Chauncey, Esther McFarlane. David McFarlane and Janet Miller and Allied Families, Scotland, Canada, United States. Norfolk, Va.: E.M. Chauncey, 1994.
 * [Manly] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Martin] Robertson, Haywood Lawrence. Colonial Roots. Alexandria, Va.: Robertson, 1976..
 * [Martin] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Mathias] Griffiths, George R. The Mathias Family of Hardy County, Virginia and West Virginia, A Pioneer Mountain Family. Chicago, Ill.: Adams Press, 1977..
 * [Matthews] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Miller] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Morris] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Moseley] "Families of Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):327-334. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Moseley] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Moseley] Dixon, Judith Holden. The Moseley/Taylor Families of Thomas Berry Proctor and Willie Ann (Taylor) Moseley with Material on the Allied Families of: Maxey, Radford, Bondurant, Smith, Trabue, Guerrant, Withers, Hawkins, Duff, Pryor, Branch, Sandifer, Ligon, Hancock, Stovall, Berry, Proctor, Cheadle, Chiles, Woodson, Fleming, Tarleton. Joplin, Mo.: J.H. Dixon, 1990.
 * [Moseley] d'Aiutolo, Leila Elizabeth Eldridge, Warren L. Forsythe, William S. Hubard, and Mary Carolyn Steger Jenkins Mitton. The Descendants of William Moseley 1605/1606-1655 of Norfolk Va. 2 vols. Lafayette, N.J.: L.E. d'Aiutolo, 2000. 929.273 M852df
 * [Myers] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Newsom] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Newton] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Nicholas] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Nichols] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Nickens] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Nimmo] "John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Outlaw] Boddie, Mrs. John Bennett. Historical Southern Families. Volume XVI. Baltimore, 1971.
 * [Outlaw] Robertson, Haywood Lawrence. Colonial Roots. Alexandria, Va.: Robertson, 1976..
 * [Outlaw] Linn, Jo White. Drake-Arrington, White-Turner, Linn-Brown and Two Dozen Related Southern Lines: Treadwell, Slade, Lacey, Harrison, Cathey, Redwine, Krider, Wood, McNair, Peden, Sandefer, Tompkins, Bennett, Hodges, Goodrich, Bechinoe, Williams, Bustin, Outlaw, Fox, Smith, George, Doll and Stahle. Salisbury, N.C.: J.W. Linn, 1984..
 * [Page] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. Available at ; digital version at Google Books.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Norfolk County appears in Vol. 2 Part 3]
 * [Page] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Parrot] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Perkins] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Pinn] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Powell] Lucas, Silas. Powell Families of Norfolk and Elizabeth City Counties, Virginia and Their Descendants.
 * [Powell] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Price] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Pugh] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Rains] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Randall] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Richards] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. See introduction.
 * [Rigglesworth] Jolliffe, William. Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1693. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1893, pp. 139-141. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($), Google Books, and Internet Archive.
 * [Roberts] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Robins] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Robinson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Rose] Rose, Christine. Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. ; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * [Ruffin] Ruffin, C. Bernard. "In Search of the Unappreciated Past: The Ruffin-Cornick Family of Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 2 (June 1993):126-138. Digital version at National Genealogical Society website ($);.
 * [Russell] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Sample] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Sampson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Saunders] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Sayer] Walter, Alice Granbery. Some of the Descendants of Thomas Sayer &amp; His Son Francis, ca. 1615-1800. Virginia Beach, Va., 1974..
 * [Scott] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Sexton] Brayton, John Anderson. Order of First Families of North Carolina Ancestor Biographies Vol. 1. Memphis, Tenn., 2011..
 * [Shoecraft] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Silvester] "John Owen's Journal of His Removal from Virginia to Alabama in 1818," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1897):89-97. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Skipper] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Smith] Wilkinson, Gene Cox. Capehart-Smith and Related Families. [Virginia Beach, Va.]: M.A.C. Wilkinson, 1996.
 * [Smith] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Snaile] Walter, Alice Granbery. The Boush--Nimmo Chart in Lower Norfolk County &amp; Princess Anne County, Va. Snayle to Granbery, 1655-1904, and Some of the Occupants of Pembroke Manor. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975..
 * [Sparrow] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Spruce] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Spurlock] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
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