Carroll County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Carroll County, Virginia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.

Virginia Online Genealogy Records

Southwest Virginia county.

Description
Carroll County is located in the Southwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and shares a border with North Carolina. Carroll County was named in honor of Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Carroll County Virginia Courthouse
Carroll County, Virginia P O Box 218 Hillsville, Virginia 24343-0515 540-728-3117 Clerk Circuit Court has birth records 1842-1896, marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1842

Carroll County Virginia History


The county is named after Charles Carroll (1737-1832), a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Parent County
1842--Carroll County was created 17 January 1842 from Grayson and Patrick Counties. County seat: Hillsville

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.


 * Lost census: 1890

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county: Carroll County

Research Guides

 * A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Carroll County. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1963):33-35. . CD available at: American Ancestors ($).

African American

 * 1865-1872 Freedmen's Bureau
 * 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete
 * Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. 2003. By Mary B. Kegley. Wytheville, Virginia : Kegley Books.


 * Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans in Carroll County.

Cemeteries

 * 1800-1986 - at FamilySearch — index

Census
1890 Union Veterans


 * Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. c1994. By Ronald Ray Turner. Online at: Prince William County Virginia, ;.

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):


 * Goodspur Monthly Meeting (1790-1800) aka Dugspur
 * Road Creek Monthly Meeting (1802-1810)
 * Ward's Gap Monthly Meeting, Hillsville, Va. (1795-1825)

Court Records
Library of Virginia's Chancery Court Index includes digital images for Caroll County chancery records for the years 1842-1913.

Funeral Homes

 * 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete

Genealogy
Compiled Genealogies by Surname
 * See Carroll County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of a dozen + published books and articles.

Local Histories

 * Carroll 1765-1815, the Settlements: A History of the First Fifty Years of Carroll County, Virginia. c1985. By John Perry Alderman. n.p.: Central Va. Newspapers. Online at: Ebook Download ($). Table of contents and appendices online at: Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium. Available at.
 * Foot Prints on the Sands of Time. 1900. By Dr. A. B. Cox. Sparta, NC : The Star Pub Co. Online at: Internet Archive.
 * The Mountain Massacre. c1930. Bluefield, WV : Country Life. Online at: Internet Archive, Google Books.
 * Virginia County Names : Two Hundred and Seventy Years of Virginia History. 1908. By Charles M. Long, MA, PhD. Online at: Internet Archive. See pgs 114-115 for Carroll County.

Revolutionary War

 * Revolutionary War Pension Applications of Southwest Virginia Soldiers. 1997. By Mary B. Kegley. n.p.: M.B. Kegley.

War of 1812

 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. See Vol. 5, Virginia, Carroll County, p. 67.

Civil War

 * - 4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate). Company D.


 * - 22nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Bowen's Virginia Mounted Riflemen) (Confederate). Company G.
 * - 24th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Carroll Boys).
 * - 25th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company F.
 * - 29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Carroll Marksmen), Company D (Rifle Rangers), and Company E.
 * - 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters (Clarke's) (Confederate). Company E.
 * - 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Dunn's Battalion, Partisan Rangers) (Confederate). Company D and Company I.
 * - 45th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company E (Rough and Readys) and Company I (Reed Island Rifles).
 * - 47th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company C.
 * - 50th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company I.
 * - 54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company G.
 * - 63rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (McMahon's) (Confederate). Company G.

Records and histories are available, including:


 * 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service
 * 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry ($)

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Miscellaneous Records

 * 1607-2007 -

Taxation
Bibliography


 * 1842 Carroll County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List; index online at New River Notes.

Birth

 * 1853-1866 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1853-1891 - Carroll County Birth Index 1853-1891. Batch.
 * 1912-1913 -

Marriage

 * 1660-1959 - Virginia, United States Marriages - FindMyPast ($).
 * 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 Ancestry ($).
 * 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
 * 1853-1935 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1854-1913 - Carroll County Marriage Index 1854-1913. Batch.
 * 1936-1988 -

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 -

Death

 * 1853-1870 - Carroll County Death Index 1853-1870. Batch.
 * 1855-1896 - Carroll County Deaths. Online to: VAGenWeb
 * 1912-1987 -

Carroll County Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries
Carroll County Historical Society and Museum. 515 North Main Street Hillsville, VA 24343 Phone: (276) 728 – 4113 Email: carrollmuseum@yahoo.com

Family History Centers
To locate the closest family history center or affiliate library, use the link listed above.

Carroll County Virginia Genealogy Websites

 * www.vagenweb.org/carroll/ Carroll County, Virginia USGENWEB
 * Cyndi's List
 * Cyndi's List