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

Family Histories

 * [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 ($).
 * [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.
 * [Bryan(t)] 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.
 * [Chris(t)man] Christman, Glen. A Chrisman / Christman Genealogy: The Descendants of Jacob Christman I of Frederick County, Virginia. Clawson, Michigan: G. Christman, 1984. Available at FHL.
 * [Jenkins] Johnson, Maude Horne. Aaron Jenkins of Frederick County, Virginia and His Descendants. MSS., 1963. 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.

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.

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.]

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.

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.

Probate
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 at Binns Genealogy.
 * Images of the 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Frederick County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

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