Goochland County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Goochland County

Parent County
1727--Goochland County was created 1 February 1727 from Henrico County. County seat: Goochland

Neighboring Counties

 * Cumberland
 * Fluvanna
 * Hanover
 * Henrico
 * Louisa
 * Powhatan

Census
1782


 * Little, Barbara Vines. "1782 State Census, Goochland County," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol.47, No.4 (Nov. 2009):265-266.

Church
Baptist


 * Baptist Association in the District of Goshen (Va.). Minutes of the Baptist Association in the District of Goshen: Held at Licking-Hole Meeting-House, Goochland, Beginning the Third Saturday in October, 1803. Fredericksburg, Virginia: Printed by James Walker, 1803.
 * Baptist Association in the District of Goshen (Va.). Minutes of the Baptist Association in the District of Goshen: Held at Williams's Meeting-House, Goochland, Beginning Third Saturday in October, 1808. Fredericksburg, Virginia: n.p., 1808.
 * Goshen Baptist Association. Minutes of the Goshen Baptist Association: Held at Liberty M.H., Goochland County, Va., on the 6th, 7th, and 8th Days of September, 1843. Richmond: Printed at the Office of the Religious Herald, 1843.
 * Dover Baptist Association (Va.). Minutes of the LXXXVII Annual Session of the Dover Baptist Association ... Goochland Church ... July 19-21, 1870. Richmond, Virginia: Dispatch Steam Power Presses, 1870.
 * History of Goochland Baptist Church, 1771-1971, 200th Anniversary. 1971.
 * Richardson, Hazel Martin. Mount Gilead Baptist Church, Goochland County, Virginia, 1831-1981. Charlottesville, Virginia: King Lindsay Print. Corp., 1981?.
 * "Beaver Dam Episcopal Church: New Research Reveals its True Location ...Whereon the Church Stood," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 39 (2007):10-77.
 * Price, Douglas. "A Sequel to the History of Beaver Dam Church," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.40 (2008):32-34.

Church of England


 * Fife, R.H. "The Vestry Book of King William Parish, Va., 1707-1750," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan. 1904):289-304; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr. 1904):425-440; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jul. 1904):17-32; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan. 1905):241-256; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1905):369-384; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jul. 1905):65-80; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Oct. 1905):175-190; Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jan. 1906):265-280. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jul. 1906):24-36; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Oct. 1906):113-123; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Apr. 1907):249-255. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. St. James Northam Parish Vestry Book, 1744-1850, Goochland County, Virginia. 1987.

Episcopal


 * Carrington, William T. A History of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dover Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, 1877-1977. Richmond, Virginia: William Byrd Press, 1978.

Methodist


 * Duke, Isabelle B. A History of Bethel United Methodist Church: Oilville, Virginia--Goochland County, 1834-1934. Oilville, Virginia: n.p., 1984.
 * Salmon, M. Carol. Corinth United Methodist Church, Goochland County, Virginia: A Brief History Commemorating 130 Years of Service. 2008.

Court
General


 * Street, Elwood. Wellsprings of Democracy in Virginia: Goochland County Courthouse. Richmond, Virginia: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1941.

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” [Family, 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.

Bibliography


 * [Amos] See Powers.
 * [Bell] Bell, T.O. "Bell Family Genealogical Notes," MSS., Library of Virginia.
 * [Bradshaw] James, Jessamine Bland. Bradshaw Family, Deeds and Other Records from Goochland County, Virginia and Mercer Co., Ky. Tucson, Arizona, 196-?.
 * [Bradshaw] Bradshaw, Walter Lee. The Bradshaws of Henrico and Goochland Counties, Virginia and Mercer and Marion Counties of Kentucky. Louisville, Kentucky: W.L.Bradshaw, 1992?.
 * [Brian] Allen, Cameron. "Ancestral Table of Susanne Brian, Wife of Abraham Soblet, the 1700 Immigrant to Manakin Town, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 4 (Oct. 2003):245-252.
 * [Britt] Britt, Albert S. "William Britt of Goochland County, Virginia," MSS., at Library of Virginia.
 * [Chastain] Allen, Cameron. "The Chastain Families of Manakin Town in Virginia and their Origin Abroad," The American Genealogist, Vol. 39 (1963):149-156; Vol. 40 (1964):1-12, 135-147. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Cocke] Martin, Richard T. The Cocke Family: A History of the Cocke Family from Richard Cocke, Who Emigrated from England to Virginia, about 1628, to Martha Cocke, Who Died in Goochland County, Virginia, in 1853: Including the Pleasants, Lewis, Woodson, Parish and Holland Families. Spring, Texas: R.T. Martin, 2007. Available at FHL.
 * [Coleman] Marshall, Thomas E. Robert Coleman, Sr. of Goochland, Buckingham and Appomattox Counties, Virginia. Bedford, Virginia: T.E. Marshall, 1992.
 * [Davenport] Beekman, Jane Kyhl. Davenport of King William, Goochland, Cumberland and Halifax Counties, Virginia, North Carolina, and Elsewhere: With Allied Families of Boyd, DeJarnet, Kent and Terry. Muncie, Indiana: J.K. Beekman, 2006.
 * [Depp] Allen, Cameron. "Jean Depp of Manakin Town, Virginia, and Bath/Craven County, North Carolina," The Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 2001):3-52.
 * [Dupuy] Allen, Cameron. "The Origin of Barthelemy Dupuy of Manakin Town, Virginia, and His Wife: The Construction of the 'Comtesse Susanne Lavillon,' Her Desconstruction, and Her Replacement by Marie Gardie/Gardier," The American Genealogist, Vol. 74, No. 1 (Jan. 1999):1-14.
 * [Finley] Chronology of the James Finley Family of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia [1731-1773], Carmen Finley Papers, available at Sonoma State University.
 * [Finley] James Finleys in Goochland (Albemarle), Augusta, Fincastle, Montgomery, and Wythe Counties, Virginia, 1731-1811. Carmen Finley Papers, available at Sonoma State University.
 * [Fleming] Fleming, Tarlton. Genealogy of Tarlton Fleming, of Mannsville, Goochland County, Virginia. n.p. 185-?.
 * [Foster] Thompson, Barbara Martin. Elkins Families of Lawrence County, Ohio and Their Descendants --The Fosters of Goochland and Fluvanna Counties, Virginia and Lawrence County, Ohio. Santa Rosa, California: B.M. Thompson, 1984.
 * [Gevaudan] Allen, Cameron. "Antoine Gevaudan of Manakin Town and His Immediate Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 73, No. 1, Part One (Jan. 1965):22-28. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Hancock] Hancock, Richard R. et al. Hancock: Some Descendants of John Hancock (1733-1802) of Goochland, Fluvanna and Patrick Counties, Virginia. Higginson Book Company, 1992.
 * [Harris] Taylor, William R. "Evidence of the Descent of William Harris of Goochland Co., Va., and his Father William Harris of Henrico, New Kent, Hanover, and Louisa cos., Va., from Maj. William Harris, son of Capt. Thomas Harris of Jamestown," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):261-270. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [Harrison] Green, Bettye M. Harrison: The Family of Andrew Harrison of Goochland County, Virginia Who Settled in Caswell County, North Carolina, Descendants Who Settled in Dallas County, Arkansas, 1850. MSS., at Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Available at FHL.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, Dudley L. The Herndons of the American Revolution Part VIII: #57, Lewis Herndon, b. ca. 1738-ca. 1796, of Goochland County, Va. and His Known Descendants of the Family in America. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, Dudley L. The Herndons of the American Revolution Part IX: #61, John Herndon (b. ca. 1746-d. ca. 1821) of Goochland County, Virginia, and His Known Descendants of the Family in America. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, Personal Property Tax Lists, and Court Records for Hodges, Lee and Page Families. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1746-1774: Hodges Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1983.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1728-1763: Hodges Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1986.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists: Supplemental Reading, 1754-67; Hodges. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1986.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1728-1826: Hodges Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1989.
 * [Hylton] Hylton, Paul and Evelyn Hylton. Genealogy of the Hylton Family in America: Branch of George Hilton, Sr., 1699-1770?, of (Goochland Co., Albemarle Co., Amherst Co.) Va. Woodinville, Washington: P. &amp; E. Hylton, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Jackson] Williams, Lyle Keith. Joseph Jackson, 1705-1774 of Bedford and Goochland counties, Virginia and Descendants. Fort Worth, Texas: L.K. Williams, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Lacy] Lawler, Hazel Potter. The Stephen Lacy Family of Goochland County, Virginia: With Forebears, Descendants and Allied Families. College Station, Texas: H. Elton Lacey, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * [Layne] Lane, Ralph H. and John P. Landers. Descendants of John Layne of Goochland County, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M.O. &amp; W.H. Lane, 1965. Available at FHL.
 * [LaForce] Allen, Cameron. "Rene Massoneau LaForce of Henrico and Goochland Counties, Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall 2004):162-193; Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring 2005):69-92; Vol. 19, No. 2 (Fall 2005):231-249; Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 2006):112-127.
 * [Lee] See also Hodges.
 * [Lee] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland Co., Virginia, Court Records: Lee Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 198-?.
 * [Lee] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1793: Lee Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1989.
 * [Lee] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1728-1781: Lee Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1991.
 * [Lee] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, and Inventories, 1728-1803: Lee Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 199-?.
 * [Lefebure] Allen, Cameron. "Isaac Lefebure (Lefevre) of Manakin Town and His Immediate Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 74, No. 1, Part One (Jan. 1966):26-33. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [LeVillain] Allen, Cameron. "Jean-Jacques LeVillain of Manakin, Virginia: His Origin and Immediate Descendants," The American Genealogist, Vol. 42 (1966):20-31.
 * [Lewis] Gottschalk, Katherine Cox. "John and Mildred (Lewis) Lewis of Goochland County: A Correction," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):86-88. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [Martin], Irene Dabney. The Martin Family: Descendants of Thomas Martin of Goochland Co., Virginia. Fayetteville, Arkansas: Sentinel Print, 1906. Available at FHL.
 * [Mayo] See Steger.
 * [Merryman] Mertens, Nova May Turner. John and Elizabeth Merryman Family History of Goochland and Cumberland Counties, Virginia. Available at Indiana State Library.
 * [Moss] White, Jesse E. Moss, Massie, Hughes and Thurmond Families, New Kent, Hanover, Albermarle &amp; Goochland Counties, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Norvell] Norvell, Grace. James Norvell of Colonial Goochland County, Virginia; the Virginia Collection; James Norvell of Bedford County, Tennessee. Austin, Texas: Grace Norvell, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Norvell] Norvell, Grace. James Norvell of Colonial Goochland County, Virginia: Line of Capt. Hugh Norvell of Williamsburg with Some Indications of His Tidewater Ancestry; Hugh Norvell of Mecklenburg County, Virginia and James Norvell of Granville County, North Carolina; James Norvell of Bedford County, Tennessee. n.p.: G. Norvell, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Oglesby] Paul, Oglesby. "Joseph Oglesby with Some Account of the Oglesby Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 17 (1940):144-151. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Oglesby] Paul, Oglesby. "A Further Account of the Oglesby Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 19 (1942):150-152. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Page] See also Hodges.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia: Court Orders, 1728-1805: Page Family. Carmichael, California: Rutherford, 1979.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia; Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1728-1832, Page Family. Carmichael, California: Dolores Crumrine Rutherford, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithables, 1750-1782: Page Family Only. Carmichael, California: Rutherford, 1981.
 * [Page] Page, Donald W. The History and Genealogy of the Robert and Rachel Page Family: From Goochland County, Virginia and Spartanburg County, South Carolina. 2 vols. Franklin, North Carolina: Genealogy Pub. Service, 1992-2002. Available at FHL.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1728-1805: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1820: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Land Taxes and Alterations, 1782-1835, Page Family. 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1788-1815: Page Family, Supplemental Reading. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1728-1782: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1994.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 2002.
 * [Page] Page, Daniel E. Some Descendants of Exolheath Page of Goochland Co., Virginia, and Some Possible Relatives. Arkoma, Oklahoma : D.E. Page, 2004. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, and Inventories (1728-1832) and Two Addendas ; Deeds, Wills, and Inventories (1728-1817) and an Addenda: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 2006.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, and Inventories (1728-1832): Page Family: Original Reading (1728-1832), First Addenda (1777-1787), Second Addenda (1765-1842), Third Addenda (1728-1817) and Deeds, Wills &amp; Inventories (1788-1815): Supplementary Reading, Fourth Addenda (1788-1815). Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 2006.
 * [Parrish] Gardner, Nancy Elizabeth Parrish. "Notes on the Humphrey Parrish Family of Goochland and Louisa Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1964):99-109; Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1964):160-169. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [Parrish] Gorham, James Woodrow. The Parrish Family of Early Goochland Co., Virginia: The Descendants of Elisha L. Parrish, Their Connecting Links, and the Ancestry of Grace Parrish Gorham. O'Fallon, Illinois: J.W. Gorham, 2003.
 * [Payne] "The Payne Family of Goochland, &amp;c.," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):313-316.; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1899):427-428; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):79-82; Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct. 1899):200-201. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Payne] Richardson, Charlotte P. The George Payne Family of Goochland County and Surrounding Area. Available at New York Public Library.
 * [Powers] Leake, Myrtle Jewel Toler. Powers / Amos Family: Goochland County/Hanover County Virginia: The Story of Thomas Eugene Powers and Lydia Lockett Amos Powers and Their Descendents. 2008. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Rice] Wellman, Denver J. Rice Family of Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, and New Kent Counties, Virginia, Bath Carter, Elliott, and Lawrence Counties, Kentucky. Columbus, Ohio: D.J. Wellman, 198-?.
 * [Rogers] Martin, Richard T. The Rogers Family: A History of the Rogers Family from Robert Rogers, Who Lived in Goochland County, Virginia, During the Early 1700's, to Anna Maria Rogers, Who Died in Tyro, Lincoln County, Arkansas, in 1881: Including the Bradshaw and Clark Families. Spring, Texas: R.T. Martin, 2007. Available at FHL.
 * [Smith] Headley, Marvin D. Smith Families: Goochland Co., Va., Chucky, Greene Co., Tn. Rock Port, Atchison Co., Mo., Ashland, Clark Co., Ks. and Other Places. Blue Springs, Missouri: M.D. Headley, 2001.
 * [Soblet] See also Brian.
 * [Soblet] Allen, Cameron. "The Soblets of the European Refuge: Ancestral to the Soblet-Sublett Family of Manakin Town, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 2 (Apr. 2000):99-107.
 * [Soblett] Allen, Cameron and James N. Jackson. The Soblett (Sublet) Family of Manakintown, King William Parish, Virginia. Detroit, Michigan: The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Steger] Pullen, William E. John Perratt Sr., of Barbados, 1654-1729: Ancestor of the Steger and One Branch of the Mayo Families of Goochland County, Virginia. 1976. Available at FHL.
 * [Sublet] Allen, Cameron and Donald J. Sublette. The Sublet (Soblet) Family: of Manakintown, Virginia. Birmingham, Michigan: D.J. Sublette, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Sublette] Allen, Cameron and Minnie Dubbs Millbrook. Sublette Family from 1698 to Present Time. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Thompson] Stercula, Beverly M. The Thompson Families of Hanover, Louisa, Albemarle, Goochland, Amelia &amp; Fluvanna Counties in Virginia. Fullerton, California: Genealogems, 1966.
 * [Williams] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia; Court Orders, 1728-1794, Williams Family. Carmichael, California: Dolores Crumarine Rutherford, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Williams] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia; Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1728-1817, Williams Family. Carmichael California: Delores Crumrine Rutherford, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Williams] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1720-1781: Williams Family. Carmichael California: Delores Crumrine Rutherford, 1984.
 * [Wood] Southall, Stephen O. "Henry Wood, First Clerk of Goochland, and His Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan. 1945):64-69. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Identifying the Wrights in the Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists. Menlo Park, California: R.N. Grant, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Identifying the Wrights in the Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists, 1732-1784. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2001. Available at FHL.
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia: Part II, John Wright (Goochland County Carpenter), His Wife Judith (Easly) Wright, and Their Descendants, 5 vols. Menlo Park, California: R.N. Grant, 2004. Available at FHL.

Historic Residences

 * Thompson, Jessie. "Tuckahoe Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia," Thesis/Dissertation, Wellesley College, 1971.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Goochland County proved in London. One of the testators built Waller Mines. 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=Goochland&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 Goochland County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Deeds


 * [Tandy and Ann Holman] to David Ross, for Four Hundred and Ten Acres of Land, Goochland County, Deed and Plat 1783 November 9. Available at the Library of Virginia.

Grants and Patents


 * Grundset, Eric and Paula Hollis Grundset. Central Virginia Land Patents from the County Abstracts for Goochland, Albemarle, Cumberland, Buckingham, and Amherst Counties in the Virginia Land Office 1735-1774. Fairfax, Virginia: E.G. Grundset, 1999.
 * Bannister et al. 410 patents dated 1689-1816 in what is now Goochland County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2002. [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.]

Land Processioning


 * Blomquist, Ann Kicker. Southam Parish Land Processioning, 1747-1784: Goochland, Cumberland, and Powhatan Counties, Virginia. Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2004.

Maps

 * Fontaine, Peter and Thomas Jefferson. An Exact Plan of a Tract of 7732 Acres of Land in Goochland and Albemarle Counties in Virginia... (ca. 1790). Available at the University of Michigan, William Clements Library.
 * Weeks, Elie, Robert J. Foley, Goochland County Bicentennial Commission, Goochland County Historical Society. Historical Map of Goochland County, Virginia: From Goochland's Formation (1727) to America's Independence (1783). Goochland, Virginia: Goochland County Bicentennial Commission, 1977.
 * Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office, Virginia Historical Society (Va.) Gilmer Civil War Map Collection. Map of the Counties of Charles City, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent, and Part of the Counties of Caroline and Louisa, Virginia. n.p.: Chief engineer's Office D.N.V.: Virginia Historical Society, 1998, 1863.
 * Historical Boundary Atlas of Central Virginia: Covering Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Nelson, and Powhatan Counties. Fairfax, Virginia: Grundset, 1999.

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Goochland County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on pp. 287-288.]

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Goochland 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 Goochland County militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War


 * Maass, John R. "The Greatest Terror Imaginable: Cornwallis Brings His Campaign to Goochland, June 1781," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):12-101.
 * Agee, Helene Barret. "Goochland County Revolutionary War Soldiers," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):102-103.

Civil War


 * Coski, John M. "Four Goochland Soldiers in the Civil War: Highlights from the Museum of the Confederacy's Library Collection," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):148-225.
 * "Goochland County Civil War Dead: Goochland Soldiers Killed in Action or Died as a Result of Their Wounds in Battle," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):226-227.

Minorities

 * Butler, Reginald Dennin. "Evolution of a Rural Free Black Community: Goochland County, Virginia, 1728-1832," Thesis/dissertation, 1989.

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.

Occupations

 * Randolph, Isham. "Brick-Making in Goochland," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):109-110. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Randolph, Isham. "Shoemaking in Goochland," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):109-110. Available at JSTOR ($).

Private Papers

 * [Ballinger] Letter Concerning Joseph Ballinger of Goochland County, Virginia. [Incomplete WorldCat citation.]
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Duke University, Library, Manuscript Department. William Bolling Papers, 1724 (1776-1859)-1883, Goochland County, Virginia: Also Kentucky. Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1987.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:1, William Bolling Diary, 1794-1795, Chesterfield, Goochland, and Prince George Counties, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:2, William Bolling Diary, 1827-1828, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:3, William Bolling Diary, 1840-1842, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:4, William Bolling Diary, 1809, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:5, William Bolling Diary, 1836-1839, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:5B6387:1, William Bolling Slave Register, 1752-1890, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Burwell] Burwell, Ann Powell and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:5B9585:1, Ann (Powell) Burwell Commonplace Book, 1746-1839, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Harrison] Virginia Historical Society. Mss1H2485c, Harrison Family Papers, 1725-1907, Buckingham, Cumberland, and Goochland Counties. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Harrison] Virginia Historical Society. Mss1H2485d, Harrison Family Papers, 1756-1893, Cumberland, Goochland, and Hanover Counties, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Payne] Daughters of the American Revolution. James River Chapter (Lynchburg, Virginia). "Bible Records of Charles Scott Carrington, Halifax County; Willie Hunter Crutchfield, Lynchburg; James Davis and Macyah Pendleton, Amherst County, Lynchburg; Philip Matthews Payne, Campbell County; Philip Matthews Payne, Sr., Goochland [and] Campbell Counties, Virginia," MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Rutherford] Rutherfoord, John C. and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1R9335, John Coles Rutherfoord diary, 1847, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Seddon] Seddon Family, James A. Seddon and Sarah Bruce Seddon. Papers, 1831-1882, of the Seddon Family of Richmond and Goochland County, Va. MSS., available at the Virginia Historical Society Library.
 * [Trice] Trice Family. Papers Regarding Land in Goochland County, [Virginia], 1780-1969. MSS., available at Library of Virginia.
 * [Wight] Wight, Hezekiah Lord and Virginia Historical Society. Mss1W6393a, Hezekiah Lord Wight Papers, 1794-1854, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Wight] Wight, Hezekiah Lord and Virginia Historical Society. Mss1W6393b, Hezekiah Lord Wight Papers, 1794-1854, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Wight] Wight, Hezekiah Lord and Virginia Historical Society. Mss2W6396b, Hezekiah Lord Wight Papers, 1820-1836, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.

Probate
Local Court


 * Jones, W. Mac. "Index to Wills in Goochland County Court House," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan. 1927):48-56; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1927):193-203. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Will of Walter Leak, Goochland County, Virginia, 1757, MSS., available at FHL.

London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Goochland County proved in London. One of the testators built Waller Mines. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Goochland County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):132-134. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).

Slavery

 * Townes, A. Jane. "The Effect of Emancipation on Large Landholdings, Nelson and Goochland Counties, Virginia," The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Aug. 1979):403-412. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:5B6387:1, William Bolling Slave Register, 1752-1890, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * Burwell, Ann Powell and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:5B9585:1, Ann (Powell) Burwell Commonplace Book, 1746-1839, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996. [Includes lists of slaves owned by the Burwell family.]
 * Maxwell, Sarah Catherine. "'The Very Bulwark of Defense': Freedmen's Navigation of the Courts of Orange, Louisa, and Goochland Counties, Virginia," Thesis/dissertation, 2002.

Taxation
At first glance, researchers might conclude that Virginia tax lists contain very little family history data, though one soon learns that valuable genealogical conclusions can be drawn from these records, nicknamed "annual censuses," such as: relationships, approximate years of birth, socio-economic status, identification of neighbors, the ability to distinguish between persons of the same name, evidence of land inheritance, years of migration, and years of death.

Virginia began enumerating residents' payments of personal property and land taxes in 1782. These two types of taxation were recorded in separate registers. Personal property tax lists include more names than land tax lists, because they caught more of the population. The Family History Library has an excellent microfilm collection of personal property tax lists from 1782 (or the year the county was organized) well into the late nineteenth century for most counties, but only scattered land tax lists. Microfilm collections at The Library of Virginia include land tax lists for all counties and independent cities for the years 1782 through 1978, as well as personal property tax lists for the years 1782 through 1930 (and every fifth year thereafter). Taxes were not collected in 1808.

Some tax records are available online or in print, though published abstracts often omit useful details found only in the original sources. Statewide indexes can help genealogists identify specific counties where surnames occurred in the past, providing starting points for research.


 * Lurvey, A. Jean. Goochland Co., Virginia Tithe Lists. [1735-1749] 2 vols. Springfield, Missouri: A.J. Lurvey, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * "Goochland County Tithables, c1735," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol.46, No.3 (Aug. 2008):235-236.
 * Le Seur, David. "Tithables in King William Parish, Goochland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):31-32. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Sweeny, Mrs. William Montgomery. "Goochland County Tithables, 1747, 1751," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1962):28-31. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. 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. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Goochland County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Goochland County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on pp. 287-288.]
 * Indexed images of the 1789 and 1801/1802 Personal Property Tax Lists of Goochland County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * "Goochland County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1981):7-11; Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1981):103-111. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Goochland County is included in Vol. 1.]

Vital Records
Marriage


 * "Marriage Bonds in Goochland County," [1730s-1780s] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct. 1898):98-106; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):197-200; Vol. 8, No. 2 (Oct. 1899):91-96. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Abercrombie, Janice L. Cohabitation Lists of Former Slaves, in Goochland, Hanover &amp; Louisa Counties Virginia as Recorded in the Freedmen's Bureau. New Papyrus Co., 2002.
 * "Index to Goochland County Marriage Records 1730-1799," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):104-147.
 * Price, Douglas and James Richmond. "Index to Goochland County Marriage Records, 1800 to 1859," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.40 (2008) 58-155.
 * Williams, Kathleen Booth. Marriages of Goochland County, 1733-1815. Alexandria, Va.: K.B. Williams, 1960. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1960):140. Review available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).

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