Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy

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

Description
Augusta County is located in the Shenandoah Valley of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named for the Princess of Wales.

County Courthouse
Augusta County Courthouse 6 East Johnson Street Staunton, VA 24401-4303 Phone:540-245-5300 Augusta County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1853-1896, marriage records from 1785, probate and land records from 1745, property tax records 1800-1851, land tax records from 1786 and court claims 1782-1785

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:

History Timeline
The county was named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Alternburg (1719-1772), who through marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), became the Princess of Wales in 1736.

Bible Records

 * Clarke - Clarke Family Bible, Augusta County, Virginia. By Mary Gresham. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1964):14-16. . CD available at: American Ancestors ($).
 * Fulton - The John Fulton Bible, Augusta County, Virginia. By Rose Fulton Cramer. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):15-18. . CD available at: American Ancestors ($).
 * 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Givens Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. By William F. Boogher. 2007. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive; . Includes transcript of the bible of Robert Givens, of Lincoln County, KY, 1759-1802, and his declaration of services rendered. See pp. 223-226.

Biographies

 * McFerrin - John B. McFerrin, a Biography. 1888. By O.P. Fitzgerald. Nashville, Tennessee : Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * Mercantile Adventures in Early Virginia, John Stewart, Tailor of Augusta and Botetourt Counties. By William C. Stewart. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):3-11; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):61-66. Online at: American Ancestors by NEHGS ($)..
 * The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. By George Barton Cutten. 1952. Richmond, Virginia : The Dietz Press, Incorporated. Online at: Hathitrust; . Includes sections on Staunton and Waynesboro silversmiths.

Cemeteries

 * 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * The Genealogy Center at Allen County Public Library (Indiana) has searchable databases for a number of Augusta County cemeteries.
 * Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. By William F. Boogher. 2007. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive;.
 * Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), .  Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).
 * Stone Church Graveyard, Middle River District, Augusta County, Virginia. By Minnie Fogel Mickley..

Census Records
1810
 * 1810 Census of Augusta County, Virginia. 1968. By V. Beverly. Virginia : Crickard. Online at: Ancestry ($), US/CAN Access Services Window 6015641.

1840
 * 1840 Augusta County, Virginia Census. By James L. Douthat. Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press. Online surname index at Mountain Press.

1890 Union Veterans
 * Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890.   Online at: Ancestry ($); . Includes residents of this county.

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places


 * Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), . Includes a list of dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).

Baptist

Linville Creek Baptist Church. Also called Smith's Creek. Constituted 1756.

Church of England See also Augusta Parish, Virginia
 * Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 1861. By William Meade. 2 vols. Philadelphia, PA : J.B. Lippincott and Co. Online at: Internet Archive Vol. I and Internet Archive Vol. II. Meade's history of parishes in Augusta County begins on pg 317.

German Reformed
 * Shenandoah Valley Family Data, 1799-1813: From the Memorandum Book of Pastor Johannes Braun. 1978. By Johannes Klaus Wust Braun and Joseph H. Meyerhoeffer. Edinburg, Virginia : Shenandoah History Publishers..
 * St. John's Church Register, German Reformed and Lutheran, Augusta County, Virginia, (1748) 1786-1872. 1995. By Peggy Shomo Joyner.  Portsmouth, Virginia : P.S..
 * 1742-1775 Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Lutheran
 * St. John's Church Register, German Reformed and Lutheran, Augusta County, Virginia, (1748) 1786-1872. 1995. By Peggy Shomo Joyner.  Portsmouth, Virginia : P.S..
 * 1742-1775 Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Presbyterian Early Presbyterian Churches (with years constituted):
 * Augusta Stone (1740)
 * Bethel (1746)
 * First Presbyterian Church (1818), Staunton, Va.
 * Hebron (1746)
 * Mount Carmel, Steele's Tavern, Va.
 * South Mountain (1743)
 * Stone Meeting House (1793), Old Providence, Spottswood, Va.
 * Tinkling Spring (1738)
 * List of Baptisms by Rev. John Craig, Augusta County, Virginia, 1740-1749. By John Craig. 1982. Staunton, Virginia : L.B. Hatke. Online at: Ancestry ($),.
 * Maxwell History and Genealogy: Including the Allied Families of Alexander, Allen, Bachiler, Batterton, Beveridge, Blaine, Brewster, Brown, Callender, Campbell, Carey, Clark, Cowan, Fox, Dinwiddie, Dunn, Eylar, Garretson, Gentry, Guthrie, Houston, Howard, Howe, Hughes, Hussey, Irvine, Johnson, Kimes, McCullough, Moore, Pemberton, Rosenmuller, Smith, Stap, Teter, Tilford, Uzzell, Vawter, Ver Planck, Walker, Wiley, Wilson; Also Baptismal Record of the Rev. John Craig, D.D., of Augusta County, Virignia, 1740-1749, Containing One Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-four Names (First Publication of the Original Record). 1916. By Florence Wilson Houston, Laura Cowan Blaine, and Ella Dunn Mellette. Indianapolis, Indiana: Press of C.E. Pauley, Indianapolis Engraving Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Reverend John Craig 1709-1774: His Descendants and Allied Families. 1963. By Lillian Kennerly Craig. New Orleans, Louisiana : Accurate Letter Co. . Founder of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church.
 * The First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, Virginia. 1908. By Arista Hoge. Staunton, Virginia : Caldwell-Sites. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records

County Court
 * A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford (Virginia State Library). By H.J. Eckenrode. 1908. Richmond, Virginia : Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Online at: HathiTrust. Augusta County petitions (1776-1864) are described on pp. 135-185.
 * Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: Vols 1-3 - HathiTrust, USGenWeb Archives. Volume 1 includes abstracts of Court Order Books 1-24 (1745-1799) and Court Judgments - continues in Volume 2.

Pennsylvania Courts
 * The County Court for the District of West Augusta, Virginia: Held at Augusta Town, Near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1776-1777. 1905. By Boyd Crumrine and Washington County Historical Society, Washington, PA. Printed by the Observer Job Rooms for the Washington County Historical Society. Online at: University of Pittsburgh ULS Digital Collections, PennState University Libraries Digital Collections,
 * Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia, 1775-1780. 1974. By Boyd Crumrine and Inez Raney Waldenmaier. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. ..

Chancery
 * 1746-1912 Library of Virginia's Chancery Records Index

Directories

 * A Directory of the Representative Business and Professional Men of Augusta County and Staunton, Va. 1899. n.p. : Rohrer &amp; Diamond. Online at: Ancestry ($),.

Emigration and Immigration

 * Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), . Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).
 * Items from Southern Record. By Milnor Ljungstedt. The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. . Shows Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American Registers of free African Americans who lived in Augusta County, Virginia before the Civil War have been published in book form and online: 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 the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia.
 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * See Virginia_Cohabitation_Records for links to online records.Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans in Augusta County.
 * The Registers of Free Blacks 1810-1864, Augusta County, Virginia and Staunton, Virginia. 1989. By Katherine G. Bushman. Verona, Virginia : Mid-Valley Press..
 * The Valley of the Shadow website has the Register of Free Blacks in Augusta County, Virginia, 1803-1845.Site also has a link to the Staunton City Register.
 * Augusta County Personal Property Tax List 1796-1820. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
 * Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. c2005. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans;.
 * Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. 2003. By Mary B. Kegley. Wytheville, Virginia : Kegley Books..
 * 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Native Americans
 * Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pennsylvania). Genealogical Manuscripts Up to 1968. MSS., microfilmed in 1968, available at . Includes: Copy of the deed from the six united nations of Indians to the American colonies, as recorded in deed book 22 in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of Augusta County, Virginia, in the courthouse at Staunton, Va.

Funeral Homes

 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Genealogies
Compiled Genealogies by Surname A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia at WeRelate identifies biographical information about hundreds of local families. Collections of the Augusta County Historical Society are described online, including many compiled genealogies and family files. Surnames Genealogy Surname Index (GEN 929.42 H) is a book at the Staunton Public Library that indexes compiled genealogies at their facility. You can also search for your surname in their online catalog. Augusta County Families, at VAGenWeb, identifies many resources (mainly online) containing compiled genealogies of local families.
 * See Augusta County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies, for a list of published books and articles, or jump to a surname using the alphabet bar.
 * Most Distinguished Characters of the American Frontier : Robert Looney (b 1692-1702 d 1770) of Augusta (now Botetourt) County, Virginia and Some of His Descendants with Histories of the Great Road, Looney's Ferry, Crow's Ferry, Anderson's Ferry, Boyd's Ferry and Beale's Bridge. c1998-2008. By Madge Looney Crane, Phillip L. Crane. Apollo, Pennsylvania : Closson Press..
 * The website includes a very useful description of the Katherine Bushman Collection at the Library of Virginia. The Katherine Bushman Collection includes material about the following Augusta County families: "Alexander, Bell, Bushman, Craig, Curry, Davis, Fauber, Fulkerson, Greaver, Hogshead, Kinkead, McCutchan, Polk, Rankin, Robertson, Sheets, Steele, Tate, and Wilson." The compiler was a professional genealogist. For further information, see: Katherine Bushman Papers, 1961-1997. See also: Virginia Heritage, which offers a detailed guide to the collection.

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families
 * Allison, Elizabeth Kelly. Early Southwest Virginia Families: Families of Kelly, Smyth, Buchanan, Clark and Related Families of Edmonson, Keys, Beattie, Ryburn, McDonald. Auburn, Ala., 1960.
 * Burton, Charles T. Botetourt County, Virginia, Early Settlers: From the Earliest Times through 1795, in the Area that was Botetourt County in 1782, Covers Parts of Present-day Counties of Montgomery, Bath, Giles, Floyd, Alleghany, Roanoke, Craig and Monroe. Troutville, Va.: [Burton?, 1979?]. 6015637 - 6015638
 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 1957; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Original edition: Book 975.591 D2cg, Film 1486619 Item 29; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Specifically treats the following families: Bratton, Campbell, Carlile, Cleek, Craig, Crawford, Dyer, Gay, Givens, Graham, Gwin, Harper, Henderson, Hull, Keister, Lightner, Lockridge, McFarland, Moore, Warwick.]
 * Diehl, George West and A. Maxim Coppage. Rockbridge County, Virginia Notebook: Compiled from Articles by Dr. George W. Diehl as Published in the News-Gazette, Lexington, Virginia; Additional Charts and Notes Have Been Added, As Well As Surname Index. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, c1982. Treats families that lived in the area that split off in the eighteenth-century as Rockbridge County.
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. Digital version (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina) at FreeAfricanAmericans.com. Ailstock, Anderson, Barnett, Battles, Bush, Cauther, Cooper, Fields, Jenkins, Kinney, Knox, McCoy, Mason, Maxfield, Nickens, Parr, Pryor, Redcross, Road, Roberts, Scot, Simpson, Tyre, Vena, Viers, Walden, Young families in pre-1820 Augusta County, Virginia.
 * Hoge, Arista. The First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: Caldwell-Sites, 1908 (1909). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library;.
 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. 850091 Item 7; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]
 * Leitch, Meredith. Papers, 1933-1953. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society. Also, includes genealogical notes concerning the following families: Adams, Armstrong, Bartley, Beck, Carlyle, Clayton, Craig, Dunlap, Ervine, Estill, Fulton, Gabbard, Gay, Glendy, Graham, Guy, Henderson, Hodges, Houston, Hughart, Irvine, Kinkead, Knight, McCausland, McCutcheon, McKee, Miller, Miser, Montgomery, Pauley, Ramsey, Rich, Rubush, Shiplette, Summers, Walkup, and Wandless.
 * Peyton, John Lewis. History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: S.M. Yost, 1882. Original edition available at ; 1972 reprint at ; digital versions at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($).
 * Strickler, Harry M. Forerunners, a History or Genealogy of the Strickler Families, Their Kith and Kin: Including Kauffmans, Stovfrs [i.e. Stovers], Burners, Ruffners, Beavers, Shavers, Brumbachs, Zirkles, Blossers, Groves, Brubakers, Neffs, Roth- gebs and Many Other Early Families of Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Frederick and Page Counties of the Shenandoah Valley: A Memorial to All Who Have Gone Before From About 1700 to the Present Time, 1924. Harrisonburg, Va.: H.M. Strickler, 1925. 6046689; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Towler, Sam. Excerpts from Augusta Chancery Drawers 188 to 258 and Other Charts. Charlottesville, Va.: S. Towler, c1998..
 * Trimble, Kelly Walker (1885-1955). Papers, 1770-1954. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society. "Also, include Kelly Trimble's genealogical information and notes on the following Augusta County families: Alexander, Anderson, Baylor, Bell, Breckinridge, Bumgardner, Caldwell, Calhoun, Caruthers, Christian, Cochran, Crawford, Crockett, East, Eidson, Gilkeson, Hanger, Henderson, Hog, Hogshead, Jameson, Jamison, Johnston, McClanahan, McClenahan, McClure, McPheeters, Mitchell, Moffett, Newton, O'Friel, Peirpoint, Pilson, Ralston, Ruff, Scott, Sproul, Steele, Sterrett, Steritt, Swoope, Tate, Thompson, Trimble, Wallace, Wayland, Wilson, Young, and Zimmerman."
 * Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. Staunton, Va.: C.R. Caldwell, 1902. Available at and ; digital versions at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($).

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records

An early settlers map is available for Beverley Manor in Augusta County. The cartographer plots the locations of pioneers' land tracts. , . An alphabetical listing is available:. An early settlers map showing the purchasers of the 92,100 acre grant to Benjamin Borden on the west side of the Blue Ridge Mountains (1739).

Augusta County Property Book 1876 Virginia Pioneers ($).

Deeds
 * Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: Vols 1-3 - HathiTrust, USGenWeb Archives. Volume 1 includes abstracts of Court Order Books 1-24 (1745-1799) and Court Judgments - continues in Volume 2.

Grants and Patents
 * Abstract of Land Grant Surveys of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, 1761-1791. 1938. By Peter Cline Kaylor. Dayton, VA : Shenandoah Press. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia. c1992. By Edgar Barr Sims. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print..


 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * A History of the Valley of Virginia. By Samuel Kercheval. Winchester, Virginia : Samuel H. Davis, 1833. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust, Internet Archive.
 * Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. 1902 Second Edition. By Joseph Addison Waddell. Bridgewater, Virginia : C.J. Carrier. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust, Internet Archive.
 * Annals of Augusta County, Virginia : With Reminiscences, Biographical Sketches, a Diary of the War, 1861-'5 and a Chapter on Reconstruction with Supplement. By Joseph Addison Waddell. Richmond, Virginia : J. W. Randolph & English, Publishers, 1888. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, With Reminiscences Illustrative of the Vicissitudes of Its Pioneer Settlers ... By Joseph Addison Waddell. Richmond, Virginia : Wm. Ellis Jones, Book and Job Printer, 1886. Online at: FamilySearch Online Books, HathiTrust, Internet Archive. 1888 Supplement. Richmond, Virginia : J. W. Randolph & English, Publishers. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust.
 * Augusta County, Virginia in the History of the United States. By Boutwell Dunlap. Frankfort, Kentucky : The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1918. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust.
 * Beautiful Thornrose. By Artista Hoge. n.p. : Staunton, Virginia, 1921. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Early History of Staunton and Beverley Manor in Augusta County, Virginia. By Edward Aull. Birmingham, AL : Aull, 1963..
 * Historical Notes from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia. 1979. By Charles Edward Kemper. Lancaster, PA : Historical Society. Online at: Ancestry ($)..
 * History of Augusta County, Virginia. By John Lewis Peyton. Staunton, Virginia : Samuel M. Yost & Son, 1882. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive.
 * History of Washington County from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. By Alfred Creigh. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : B. Singerly, Printer, 1871. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Name Index to Peyton's History of Augusta County, Virginia. By A. M. Prichard. Richmond, Virginia : L. B. Hatke, 1935. Online at: Hathitrust, Ancestry ($)..
 * The City of Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, and the Surrounding Country. By Jedediah Hotchkiss.  Staunton, Virginia : D.E. Strasburg, 1878. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($)..
 * Virginia Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * An Historical Map of Augusta County, Virginia 1732-1872: Compiled from Old Maps, Historical Records and Traditions. 1933. By John R. Hildebrand. Virginia : J.R. Hildebrand..
 * Early Settlement in Beverley Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. By John S. Hale. Staunton, Virginia : Old Dominion Map Co. Creative Cartographers. . The map shows the boundaries of each holding, the name of the grantee, and the date of purchase.
 * Historical Atlas of Augusta County, Virginia: Maps from Original Surveys by Jed. Hotchkiss, its Annals by Joseph A. Waddell, Physiography by Jed. Hotchkiss. 1885. By Jed Hotchkiss, Shepard & Johnston, Joseph A. Waddell. Chicago, Illinois : Waterman, Watkins &amp; Company. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * The Beverley Patent, 1736: Including Original Grantees, 1738-1815 in Orange &amp; Augusta Counties, Va. 1954. By John R. Hildebrand..
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration
These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Augusta County's 1782-1785 [sic] Delinquent Lists appear on 22:194-202; 1786-1787 Delinquent Lists appear on 22:279-286 and 23:31-37; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 21:113-114; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 23:113-119; 1788 Delinquent List appears on 19:248-250 and 23:195-198.
 * Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist. Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):248-254; Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1977):113-118; Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1978):194-202; Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):279-286; Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):31-38; Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1979):113-119; Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):195-198. Online at:, American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
 * Some Early Settlers in Washington County, Tennessee. By Ann Lusk. Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 34, No. 3 (2005):143-145. Lusk identifies many residents of Augusta County who migrated to pioneer Washington County, Tennessee.

Military Records
French and Indian War
 * Augusta County, Virginia Indian Wars 1754-1764. 2007. By Lyman Copeland Draper. Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press. Online surname index at Mountain Press. "Lyman Draper, one of the countries earliest historians recorded the names of those either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy in Augusta County. At this time, Augusta County covered a great deal of the upper part of the eastern United States with over seven states being taken from it in total or in part. These listings included those on the Monongalia, Holston, New, Greenbrier Rivers, Reed Creek, South Branch, Fort Vause, Jackson’s River and many other areas of the east."
 * Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 2001. By George Washington Cleek. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. By William F. Boogher. 2007. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive; . Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch (French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War) with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Augusta County, see pp. 30-58, 104-107.
 * Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), . Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).
 * 1651-1776 Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at ; digital book at Ancestry ($). Identifies some County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.
 * Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. . Online at: Ancestry ($).

Revolutionary War
 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. See Virginia, Western District, Augusta County on page 133.
 * Augusta County, Virginia, Court of Claims, 1782-1785. 1970. By Katherine G. Bushman..
 * Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 2001. By George Washington Cleek. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. 2007. By William F. Boogher. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive; . Includes a chapter titled "List of Militiamen in Captain John Given's Company, Augusta County, Virginia, from October 16, 1777, to March 15, 1782, inclusive, with transcript of the bible of Robert Givens, of Lincoln county, Ky., 1759-1802, and his declaration of services rendered." See pp. 223-226.
 * Index to Revolutionary Pension and Bounty-Land Documents at the Library of Virginia. 2012. Compiled by C. Leon Harris. Online at: Library of Virginia.
 * Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), . Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." ; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.
 * Some Virginia Revolutionary War and Pension Records in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, 1776-1833. 1952-1953. By Mrs D.L. Norris and Mrs. Rudolph; Daughters of the American Revolution. Salt Lake City, UT : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. . Includes abstracts of records concerning Dunmore's War.
 * Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775: Also Known as Dunmore's War: Enlarged and Photocopied. Fort Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 2004. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data. c1913. By J. T. McAllister. Hot Springs, Virginia : McAllister Pub. Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.

Regiments. Service men in Augusta County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Augusta County supplied soldiers for the:
 * - 8th Virginia Regiment
 * - 9th Virginia Regiment
 * - 10th Virginia Regiment
 * - 12th Virginia Regiment (1st and 8th Companies)

War of 1812 Augusta County men served in the 32nd and 93rd Regiments.
 * 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... 1883. Washington, D.C : Government Printing Office. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, Virginia, Augusta County, pp. 62-63.

Civil War An interesting study, called the Valley of the Shadow Project, has collected military and private papers detailing the experience of the Civil War in Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia.
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 2001. By George Washington Cleek. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: Ancestry.

The following Civil War battles were fought in Augusta County.


 * June 5-6, 1864 - Piedmont.
 * March 2, 1865 - Waynesboro.


 * Battles of the American Civil War maps - filter by state or by battle name.

Regiments. Civil War service men in Augusta County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed here:
 * - 1st Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Local Defense (Confederate). Company E (Valley Rangers)
 * - 1st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate).
 * - 5th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Mountain Guard), Company D (Southern Guard), Company E (Augusta Greys), Company F (West View Infantry), Company G (Staunton Rifles), Company H (Augusta Rifles), Company I (Ready Rifles), Company L (West Augusta Guard).
 * - 7th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (1st Nitre Battalion) (Confederate). Company D.
 * - 14th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company C (Valley Cavalry or Rangers) and Company I (Churchville Cavalry).
 * - 23rd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company F.
 * - 25th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Heck's) (Confederate). Company C (Augusta Lee Rifles).
 * - 52nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Companies A (Augusta Fencibles), B2 (Waynesboro Guards), C (Letcher Guard), D (Harper Guard), F, G (Veteran Guards), H (Staunton Pioneers), and I (Men of West Augusta).
 * - 62nd Regiment, Virginia Mounted Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Valley Rifles).

Many records and histories are available, including:

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. 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.
 * 1793-1794 Staunton Spy (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 1800-1801 Political Mirror (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 1808-1809 Political Censor (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 1811 Spirit of the Press (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 1814 Staunton Observer (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 2011-present News Virginian (Waynesboro, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).

Periodicals
The Blount Journal Genealogical articles with abstracts of Augusta County, Virginia records have been published in The Blount Journal, the publication of the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society which began in 1985 and is still in print. Past issues can be purchased online from a list that includes issue contents. The FamilySearch Library has acquired most volumes.

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry — index, incomplete ($)
 * 1652-1900 Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 at Ancestry — index & images ($)


 * Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: Vols 1-3 - HathiTrust, USGenWeb Archives. Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds.
 * Copies of Wills of Early Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia. By Frances Lee Wilson Rudolph. 1950..
 * Digital Images of Augusta County Wills 1745-1753. See names of Testators. Virginia Pioneers ($).

School Records

 * 1980 Wilson Memorial High School Yearbook at the Internet Archive

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1730-1754 Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys. 1985. By Peggy Shomo Joyner. Portsmouth, Virginia : P.S. Joyner. Vol. 1 Orange & Augusta counties with tithables, delinquents, petitioners, 1730-1754..
 * 1748-1804 Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: Vols 1-3 - HathiTrust, USGenWeb Archives. Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds. Includes abstracts of delinquents and insolvents for the years 1748 to 1804 on pp. 413-429.
 * 1764-1765, 1769 Tax List, 1764-65, 1769. Augusta Historical Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Fall 1972).
 * 1777 Augusta Tithables List, 1777. Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Aug. 2001); Vol. 39, No. 4 (Nov. 2001); Vol. 40, No. 4 (Nov. 2002); Vol. 41, No. 2 (May 2003); Vol. 42, No. 2 (May 2004); Vol. 42, No. 3 (Aug. 2004); Vol. 42, No. 4 (Nov. 2004); Vol. 43, No. 2 (May 2005); Vol. 43, No. 4 (Nov. 2005); Vol. 44, No. 1 (Feb. 2006); Vol. 44, No. 2 (May 2006); Vol. 44, No. 3 (Aug. 2006); Vol. 44, No. 4 (Nov. 2006). ; Vols. 39 and 40 online at: Ancestry ($).
 * 1777 Tithables, 1777. Allegheny Regional Ancestors, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter 1993).
 * 1777-1778 Augusta County, Virginia List of Tithables, 1777-1778. - images. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
 * 1781-1784 Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: Vols 1-3 - HathiTrust, USGenWeb Archives. Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds. Includes abstracts of tithables 1781 to 1784 on pp. 429-431.
 * 1782 1782 Augusta County, Virginia Tax Listing. 2012. By James L. Douthat. Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press. Online surname index at Mountain Press.
 * 1782 Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940. By Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle. Reprint, Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. . Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, - images. 1782 personal property tax list of Augusta County.
 * 1782-1788 Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist. Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):248-254; Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1977):113-118; Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1978):194-202; Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):279-286; Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):31-38; Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1979):113-119; Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):195-198. Online at:, American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Augusta County's 1782-1785 [sic] Delinquent Lists appear on 22:194-202; 1786-1787 Delinquent Lists appear on 22:279-286 and 23:31-37; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 21:113-114; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 23:113-119; 1788 Delinquent List appears on 19:248-250 and 23:195-198.
 * 1782-1851 Augusta County Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1851. Online at:, or (another filming).
 * 1782-3, 1820-7, 1836-60, 1876-9, 1881-1900 Augusta County Tax returns 1782-3;1820-7; 1836-60; 1876-9; 1881-1900. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * 1783 Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783. Online at: Revolutionary War Service.
 * 1787 The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. By Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. c1987. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print. . The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Augusta County is included in Vol. 1.
 * 1796-1820 Augusta County Personal Property Tax List 1796-1820. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
 * 1800 Augusta County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1962):75-80; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1962):113-120; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1962):157-163. Online at: American Ancestors by NEHGS ($),.
 * 1815 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). By Roger D. Ward. c1997. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. . . The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Augusta County is included in Vol. 5.

Birth

 * 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1715-1901 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1862-1875 Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1862-75 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1876-1879 Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1876-79 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1880-1887 Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1880-87 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1888-1896 Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1888-96 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Marriage

 * 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages at Findmypast ($).
 * 1700-1799 Augusta County, Virginia Marriages 1700-1799.
 * 1715-1901 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1749-1773, 1785-1793 Early Virginia Marriages. 1953. By William Armstrong Crozier. Baltimore, MD : Southern Book Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. Includes marriages performed by Rev. John Brown 1785-1793 and Augusta County marriages 1749-1773.
 * 1749-1799 Augusta County, VAGenWeb includes abstracts of marriage book 1, marriages 1700-1799, and marriages from Chalkley's Chronicles.
 * 1749-1799 Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: Vols 1-3 - HathiTrust, USGenWeb Archives. Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds. Some early marriages (groom only list) 1748-1788 are found in Volume 2; these records were copied from a clerk's record book that was lost some time after the author transcribed the list in 1912. The original list was the clerk's record of marriage license payments and the date of the payment.
 * 1785-1813 First Marriage Record of Augusta County, Virginia, 1785-1813. 1962. By Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter, D.A.R. Baltimore, MD : Clearfield Company by Genealogical lPublishing Co. Online at: Ancestry ($),.
 * 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index ; Also at: Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
 * 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($)
 * 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Death

 * 1715-1901 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1853-1896 Augusta County Death Index 1853-1896.
 * 1853-1911 Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection;  index & images
 * 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

FamilySearch Centers

 * Charlottesville Virginia FamilySearch Center
 * Buena Vista Virginia FamilySearch Center
 * Lexington Virginia FamilySearch Center
 * Waynesboro Virginia FamilySearch Center
 * Jefferson Monroe Regional Library, Crozet - an affiliate library
 * Jefferson Monroe Regional Library, North Side - an affiliate library

Libraries
Handley Regional Library 100 W. Piccadilly Street Winchester, VA Phone: 540-662-9041 Website

Societies
Augusta County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 436 Fishersville, VA 22939 Phone: 540-885-1991 Email: [mailto:acgsva@gmail.com acgsva@gmail.com] Website Augusta County Virginia Historical Society 20 S. New Street Staunton, VA 24401 Mailing address: P.O. Box 686 Staunton, VA 24402 Phone: 540-248-4151 Email: [mailto:augustachs@ntelos.net augustachs@ntelos.net] Website Central Virginia Genealogical Association

Websites

 * Augusta County, Virginia USGENWEB
 * Augusta County, VAGenWeb
 * Cyndi's List
 * Virginia Pioneers ($)


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Research Guides

 * A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Augusta County. By John Frederick Dorman. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1960):80-86. CD available at: American Ancestors ($).
 * Finding Your People in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia: A Genealogical Guide. c1998. By Rebecca H. Good and Rebecca A. Ebert. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. Online at: Internet Archive,.