Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Augusta County





History
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.

Parent County
1738--Augusta County was created 1 August 1738 from Orange County. County seat: Staunton

Neighboring Counties
Albemarle | Bath | Highland | Nelson | Pendleton County, West Virginia | Rockbridge | Rockingham

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Augusta County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1960):80-86. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

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:


 * Bushman, Katherine G. The Registers of Free Blacks 1810-1864, Augusta County, Virginia and Staunton, Virginia. Verona, Virginia: Mid-Valley Press, 1989. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.591 F2b.
 * 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.

Additional resources about Augusta County's free African Americans include:


 * Heinegg, Paul. "Augusta County Personal Property Tax List 1796-1820," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * Kegley, Mary B. Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. Wytheville, Virginia: Kegley Books, 2003. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 F2kf; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes information from Augusta County.]

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.

Biography

 * [McFerrin] Fitzgerald, O.P. John B. McFerrin, a Biography. Nashville, Tennessee : Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1888. 1321222 Item 2; digital version at Family History Archives.

Cemeteries
For a more detailed list, including addresses, phone numbers, and external links, see Augusta County, Virginia Cemeteries.

The following is a list of cemeteries in Augusta County:

The Genealogy Center at Allen County Public Library (Indiana) has searchable databases for a number of Augusta County cemeteries.


 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Birth and Death Records from the Tombstones of the Old Stone Church Graveyard in Augusta Co., Virginia," see pp. 289-291.]
 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 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).]
 * Mickley, Minnie Fogel. Stone Church Graveyard, Middle River District, Augusta County, Virginia. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 V3s.

Census
1810


 * 1810 Census of Augusta County, Virginia. Beverly, W. Va.: Crickard, 1968?. US/CAN Access Services Window 6015641; digital version at Ancestry ($).

1840


 * Douthat, James L. 1840 Augusta County, Virginia Census. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press website.

1890 Union Veterans


 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website. [Includes residents of this county.]

Church

 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 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).]

Church of England


 * Van Devanter, J.N. History of the Augusta Church from 1737 to 1900. Staunton, Va.: The Ross Printing Company, 1900. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * Ruffin, Beverley. Augusta Parish, Virginia, 1738-1780. Verona, Virginia: McClure Press, 1970. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 K2r.

German Reformed


 * Braun, Johannes, Klaus Wust and Joseph H. Meyerhoeffer. Shenandoah Valley Family Data, 1799-1813: From the Memorandum Book of Pastor Johannes Braun. Edinburg, Va.: Shenandoah History Publishers, 1978. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 K2bjo.
 * Joyner, Peggy Shomo. St. John's Church Register, German Reformed and Lutheran, Augusta County, Virginia, (1748) 1786-1872. Portsmouth, Virginia: P.S. Joyner, 1995. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 K2j.

Lutheran


 * Joyner, Peggy Shomo. St. John's Church Register, German Reformed and Lutheran, Augusta County, Virginia, (1748) 1786-1872. Portsmouth, Virginia: P.S. Joyner, 1995. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 K2j.

Presbyterian


 * Craig, John. List of Baptisms by Rev. John Craig, Augusta County, Virginia, 1740-1749. 193-?; reprint, Staunton, Va.: L.B. Hatke, 1979. Original edition available at FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015426; digital version of reprint at Ancestry ($).
 * Craig, Lillian Kennerly. Reverend John Craig 1709-1774: His Descendants and Allied Families. New Orleans, Louisiana: Accurate Letter Co., 1963. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C844c. [Founder of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church.]
 * Hoge, Arista. The First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: Caldwell-Sites, 1908. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 599249 Item 4; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * Houston, Florence Wilson, Laura Cowan Blaine, and Ella Dunn Mellette. 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). Indianapolis, Indiana: Press of C.E. Pauley, Indianapolis Engraving Co., 1916. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).

Court
County Court


 * Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital versions of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [Volume 1 includes abstracts of Court Order Books 1-24 (1745-1799) and Court Judgments, which continues in Volume 2.]

Pennsylvania Courts


 * Crumrine, Boyd and Washington County Historical Society, Washington, Pa. The County Court for the District of West Augusta, Virginia: Held at Augusta Town, Near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1776-1777. Printed by the Observer Job Rooms, for the Washington County Historical Society, 1905. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * Crumrine, Boyd and Inez Raney Waldenmaier. Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia, 1775-1780. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 974.88 P2c.

DNA
DNA has been collected from purported descendants of the following Augusta County, Virginia residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [McClure] Multiple descendants of Halbert McClure, b. 1685 Raphoe Parish, County Donegal, Ireland, d. 1754 near Timber Ridge, Augusta (now Rockbridge) County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12, 25, and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 25104, 33804, 62193, 137959). Genetic signatures available online (labelled Lineage 1 Halbert McClure (son of James) 1685 N. Ire-1754 Va Branch: MA-1, M-9, M-22, M-29, M-33), courtesy: The McClure DNA Project, World Families Network.

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General


 * 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?]. Available at FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015637 - 6015638.
 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 1957; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Original edition available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.591 D2cg and FHL US/CAN Film 1486619 Item 29; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Specifically treats the following families: Bratton, Campbell, Carlile, Cleek, Craig, Crawford, Dyer, Gay, Givens, Graham, Gwin, Harper, Henderson, Hull, Keister, Lightner, Lockridge, McFarland, Moore, Warwick.]
 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]

Bibliography


 * [Alexander] Hutchinson, George W., James French Strother, and Bertha Lewis Clark. The Alexander Family of Augusta Co., Va. &amp; Monroe Co., W. Va. MSS., 1915, available at FHL US/CAN Film 858658 Item 1.
 * [Allen] Allen, Robert M. The Genealogy of Robert Allen Sr. of Augusta County, Virginia (17-1791). San Jose, California: R. M. Allen, 1981. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 3109 and FHL US/CAN Film 1033713 Item 5; 1983 version available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 3743 and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6019710.
 * [Anderson] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Historical and Genealogical Notes of John Anderson and his Descendants, of Augusta County, Virginia." See pp. 308-323.]
 * [Bailey] Bailey, Samuel Wayne. Genealogy of a Bailey Family. Dayton, Ohio: S.W. Bailey, 1978. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B151bs and FHL US/CAN Film 1425087 Item 14.
 * [Barnhart] Barnhart, Nat G. Barnhart Family History Augusta County, Virginia 1767-1967, the 200th Anniversary of Our Family in America. New Hope, Virginia: Barnhart, 1967. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B266b.
 * [Baskin] Bell, Raymond Martin. The Baskins-Baskin Family: Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina. MSS., includes A Supplement to the Baskins-Baskin Family, Pa., Va., S.C. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 288405.
 * [Beeton] Beeton, Robert D. History of the Beeton Family of Virginia. Berryville, Virginia: Virginia Book Company, [1988?]. 929.273 B393br.
 * [Bell] Mastin, Mary Emma Dunn and Kathreen Norfleet. The Bell and Thomson Families: and Supplements on the Ashby and Norfleet Descendants. Coffeyville, Kansas: K. Norfleet, [1989]. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B413mm.
 * [Bell] Bell, Eldon Raymond. Bells History: of Shenandoah Valley, VA and Knox County, TN. Springdale, Arkansas: E.R. Bell, 1994. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B413ber.
 * [Black] Apperson, Elizabeth Black, Margaret Byrnside Ballard, and Bertha Lewis Clark. The Black Family. MSS., Margaret Ballard Estate, Union, West Virginia; also available at FHL US/CAN Film 1017645 Item 3.
 * [Blair] Blair, Frederick E. and Blair Society of Genealogical Research. The Descendants of James and Mary Colbert Blair: Bucks County, PA, Augusta County, VA, Guilford and Caldwell Counties, NC, and Thence Nationwide. Pickerington, Ohio: [Blair Society for Genealogical Research, 1993]. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B575bfe and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6111281.
 * [Bowen] See Smith.
 * [Bowers] See Smith.
 * [Bowman] Mason, Floyd R. and Kathryn Elizabeth Garst Mason. Eld. Jacob Bowman Sr. Family Record of Maryland and Virginia. Bridgewater, Virginia: F.R. and K.G. Mason, 2000. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B684mf.
 * [Porterfield] Porterfield, Frank B. The Porterfields. Roanoke, Va.: Southeastern Press, 1948. 1321295 Item 6. [Braden] Braden, Karl W. The Braden, Breeden, and Breeding Families of Old Virginia: (Augusta, Madison, Page, and Rockingham Counties). Winston-Salem, North Carolina: K.W. Braden, 1988. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B727br and FHL US/CAN Film 1320905 Item 14.
 * [Brown] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Brown Family of Augusta and Bath Counties, Virginia," see pp. 379-382, includes a Family Bible.]
 * [Buchanan] Trimble, David B. Buchanan and Gillespie of Southwest Virginia. Austin, Texas: D.B. Trimble, 1992. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 975.5 D2tda and FHL US/CAN Film 1697893 Item 8.
 * [Buchanan] Buchanan, Paul C. Buchanans of Early Augusta County, Virginia. Springfield, Virginia: P.C. Buchanan, 1995. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B851bp and FHL US/CAN Film 1750806 Item 16; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Buchanan] Whitworth, M.C. and Whitworth Family Association. Malchiga Coffee Whitworth, III: Member No. 76, Whitworth Family Association. Nashville: M.C. Whitworth, [1998?]. FHL US/CAN Film 1425148 Item 9.
 * [Burnside] Clark, Bertha Lewis and Margaret Byrnside Ballard. Burnside Family of Scotland and America, Augusta, Rockingham, Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Virginia and West Virginia, and Other Sections. MSS., 1960, available at FHL US/CAN Film 1017645 Item 10.
 * [Burnside] Clark, Bertha Lewis and Otis Young. The Burnside - Byrnside Family of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, Monroe and Pocohontas Counties, West Virginia. MSS., microfilmed in 1971, available at FHL US/CAN Film 872860 Item 4.
 * [Byers] Byers, Thurlo V. Capt. William Byers of Augusta Co. VA &amp; York Co. SC &amp; Descendants. St. Louis, Missouri: T.V. Byers, 199-?. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B991btw.
 * [Byers] Meek, Melton P. Meek Genealogical Collection. MSS., microfilmed in 1993, 96 reels available at FHL 1598349 Item 1 General Index.
 * [Calhoun] Salley, A.S. "The Calhoun Family of South Carolina," The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1906):81-98; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1906):153-169. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Cartmill] Poland, Lloyd Orville. John Cartmill &amp; Stephen Hubbard Kin. Big Rapids, Michigan: L. O. Poland, 1989. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C249p.
 * [Clark] Clark, Bertha Lewis. The Clark Family of Augusta Co., Virginia, and Monroe Co., West Virginia. MSS., deposited at National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C., available at FHL US/CAN Film 858847 Item 12.
 * [Cochran] Judd, Walter F. A Cochran Family Line, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Kaneohe, Hawaii: W.F. Judd, 1992. 929.273 C643j
 * [Coonrod] Coonrod, John Woollery. Genealogy of Woollery Coonrod Sr. (Ulrich Conrad Sr.) Who Settled on the South Branch of the Potomac River in What is Now Franklin County, West Virginia, in the Early 1750's. Taft, Calif.: J.W. Coonrod, 1994. 929.273 A1 no. 8079
 * [Cooper] Cooper, Homer C. Cooper, McKemy, Ferrell/Farrell, Wooddell, Gothard, Wilson &amp; Patton Families: of Augusta &amp; Rockbridge Counties, Virginia; York &amp; Adams Counties, Pennsylvania; Blount, Knox &amp; Roane Counties, Tennessee; Pocahontas, Gilmer &amp; Ritchie Counties, West Virginia; Wayne County, Kentucky; Vigo &amp; Sullivan Counties, Indiana, York County, South Carolina. Athens, Georgia: H.C. Cooper, 1969. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1454579 Item 11.
 * [Cowden] Cowden, John Brandon. Southern Cowdens. West Nashville, Tennessee: Cowden, 1933. 929.273 C838cs.
 * [Craig] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Historical and Genealogical Notes of William Craig, of Augusta County, Virginia, and his Descendants, 1721-1900." See pp. 292-307.]
 * [Craig] Craig, Lillian Kennerly. Reverend John Craig 1709-1774: His Descendants and Allied Families. New Orleans, Louisiana: Accurate Letter Co., 1963. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C844c. [Founder of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church.]
 * [Craven] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Cravens Family of Augusta County, VA," see pp. 379-380.]
 * [Crawford] Crawford, William Thomas and Mildred L. Sandberg Crawford. The Crawford Family from Scotland to Missouri. Columbia, Missouri: M.L. Crawford, 1975, revised in 1979. 1979 edition available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C856cw.
 * [Crawford] Forbes, Amanda Crawford Arbogast and Lucetta Eggleston Crawford Sammis. Descendants of Alexander &amp; Mary McPheeters Crawford: Pioneer Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia. Silver Spring, Maryland: A.A. Forbes, c1980. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C856f and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6110842.
 * [Crist] Rich, Beverly Crist. The Crist Family from "The Oaks" Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia. Port Townsend, Wash.: B.C. Rich, 1979, 1983. 929.273 C868rb
 * [Crockett] Montgomery, Robert H. "Robert Crockett of the Great Calfpasture, Augusta County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 63, No. 2 (1955):186-207. 2003 reprint available at FHL CD-ROM no. 5348.
 * [Crow] Crow, James Homer and Fred Cockran. The History of the Jacob Crow Family in Greene County, Pa. and in Marshall County, W. Va.: A Social History of the First Four Generations of the Jacob Crow Family, a Family that Grew and Changed with the History of the United States. Rock Lick, West Virginia: J.H. Crow, 1977. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 3239 and FHL US/CAN Film 1033801 Item 3.
 * [Davidson] McDowell, Mary K., Ralph Stebbins Greenlee. McDowell Family Record. Chicago, Illinois: R.S. Greenlee, [1895?]. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1597819 Item 2.
 * [Davidson] White, Lillie Pauline. Jennings, Davidson, and Allied Families: A Genealogical List and History of the Descendants of the Immigrants, John Jennings, Southampton, New York and John Davison, Augusta County, Virginia. Seattle, Wash.: White, 1944. Available at FHL US/CAN Access Services Window 1011929 Item 1.
 * [Davison] See Davidson.
 * [Dilley] Jones, Thomas W. "Dilley of Northern Virginia and Ohio: A Proposed Solution Hanging on a Single Word," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):220-227. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 973 D25aga.
 * [Doak] Morris, Margaret Logan. The Irvins, Doaks, Logans and McCampbells of Virginia and Kentucky. [Corydon, Ind?: M.L. Morris?], 1916. 929.273 Ir8m; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Dobbins] Title, Barbara Dobbins. My Dobbins Families: Old 96th District, S.C., Clermont Co., OH, Fulton Co., Ill, Douglas Co., KS, Bent Co., Colo., El Paso Co., Colo., Long Beach, L.A. Co., CA. Orange, California: B.D. Title, 1987. 929.273 D653t; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Dunlap] Hanna, James Arthur MacClannahan. "The Dunlap Family of Rockbridge County, Virginia; Monroe County, Virginia (West Virginia), and Kanawha County, West Virginia," West Virginia Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Apr. 1957):216-224. 288185
 * [Erwin] Morris, Margaret Logan. The Irvins, Doaks, Logans and McCampbells of Virginia and Kentucky. [Corydon, Ind?: M.L. Morris?], 1916. 929.273 Ir8m; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. "The George Finleys of Augusta County, Va.," The American Genealogist, Vol. 64 (1989):216-225. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 973 D25aga.
 * [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. "Robert and James Finley of Augusta Co., Va.," The American Genealogist, Vol. 66, No. 4 (Oct. 1991):239-246. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 973 D25aga.
 * [Flemon] Plemmons, Gladys Isdell. The Plemmons &amp; West Families of Buncombe County, North Carolina: &amp; Some Collateral Lines of James Brown &amp; Dover Genealogies &amp; Family Histories. Renton, Washington: G.I. Plemmons, 1992. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P713p.
 * [Fox] Weaver, Dorothy Lee. Family History of Fox--Huff--Taylor--Aylor--Rickett and Pring: Augusta and Rockbridge Counties of Virginia. Orange, Virginia: D.L. Weaver, 1988. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F832w.
 * [Frye] Frye, Ralph L. The Frye Family of Giles County, Virginia: A Compilation of Genealogical Information of the Ancestors, Associated/Allied Families, and Descendants of Clarence Lee and Bessie Willie Perkins Frye. Colonial Heights, Virginia: R.L. Frye, 1988. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F948f.
 * [Garber] Garber, S.W. Family Tree of Jacob Garber of Augusta County, Virginia and His Descendants. MSS., Mennonite Historical Library, Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio, 1919, also available at FHL US/CAN Film 233826 Item 2.
 * [Garber] Mason, Floyd R. and Kathryn Elizabeth Garst Mason. Eld. Samuel Garber and Elizabeth Miller of Augusta Co., Virginia. Bridgewater, Virginia: F.R. Mason, 2000. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G163mfr and FHL US/CAN Film 1440547 Item 4; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Gay] Montgomery, Robert H. "Gay Families of Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 59, No. 2 (Apr. 1951). Available at FHL US/CAN Fiche 6018431.
 * [Gay] Walters, Robert B. The Gay/Guy Families of Early Augusta County, Virginia: And Related Families of Dunlap, Kinkead/ Kincaid, Lockridge, McFarland, McKee, Parkinson, Rhea, Stevenson, Walters, and Many Others. Cary, North Carolina: R.B. Walters, 2001. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G25w and FHL US/CAN Film 1440556 Item 2; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Gillespie] See Buchanan.
 * [Glenn] See Wendel.
 * [Good] Good, William Algernon. Shadowed by the Massanutten: A History of Life Along Smith Creek, the Good Family Genealogy, and Civil War Notes. Broadway, Va.: W.A. Good, 1992. FHL US/CAN Book 975.59 H2g.
 * [Goodpasture] Goodpasture, Robert Abraham. Early Goodpaster (Goodpasture) Families in America (Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio). Georgetown, Calif.: R.A. Goodpasture, 1974-1985. 6010580
 * [Goodwin] Goodwin, John S. The Goodwin Families in America [Appendix L. The Goodwins of Augusta Co., Va.]. 1897; reprint, Charleston, South Carolina: Garnier &amp; Co., 1969. 929.273 G631gg 1969.
 * [Goodwin] Bates, Edward Bryant. Brief History of the Goodwin Family of Augusta, Botetout and Tazewell and Tazewell Counties of Virginia. Bass Lake, California: E. Bates, 198-?. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G631b and FHL US/CAN Film 1750784 Item 13.
 * [Graham] Graham, David. History of the Graham Family. Clayton, W. Va.: D. Graham, 1899. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1320549 Item 2.
 * [Grass] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The First Three Generations of the Jacob Grass Family of Augusta County, Virginia and West Virginia: Chronological Listings of All the Records Found for Them to Date. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. Available at FHL VAULT US/CAN Film 1440658 Item 5
 * [Guy] See Gay.
 * [Hamilton] Hamilton, Woodrow Clay. Alexander Hamilton (c1725-c1796) of Augusta and Bath Counties, Virginia: His Descendants; Volume Two. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1999. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H18hwc.
 * [Hammer] Boggs, Elsie Byrd. The Hammers and Allied Families with Their Family Circles Centering in Pendleton County, West Virginia the Byrds, Caplingers, Cunninghams, Harpers, Hinkles, Kiles, Meadows, Ruddles, and a Host of Others: With Incidents of Peace and War, Stories of Home Life, Achievement, Romance and Tragedy. Harrisburg, Va.: Joseph K. Ruebush Company, 1950. 929.273 H183b
 * [Handley] Handley, William B. William B. Handley Collection, 1531 THL: Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia. MSS., Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia, available at FHL US/CAN Film 1575453.
 * [Harrison] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Harrison Family of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia," see pp.373-379.]
 * [Harrison] Harrison, John Houston. Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County, Virginia, and Their Descendants of the Family of Harrison and Allied Lines. Dayton, Va.: J.K. Ruebush Co., 1935. 1017407 Item 10; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).


 * [Harrison] Harrison, John M. Harrisons of Rockingham County, Virginia, Georgia Branch. Typescript. Microfilmed 1964. 394590 Item 12
 * [Hess] Rogers, Dana. A Booklet About Joseph Hoffman Hess, a Man Who Loved God and Left a Great Posterity. El Cajon, California: D. Rogers, 1989. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H463rd and FHL US/CAN Film 1320917 Item 3.
 * [Hunter] Ustick, William W. Hunter Family Register: Descendants of Samuel Hunter, of Augusta County, Virginia. Dubuque, Iowa: Printed by W. W. Ustick, 1895. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1550323 Item 4; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Irvin] Morris, Margaret Logan. The Irvins, Doaks, Logans and McCampbells of Virginia and Kentucky. [Corydon, Ind?: M.L. Morris?], 1916. 929.273 Ir8m; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Johnson] Reece, Constance E. Johnsons/Johnstons: Men of the Soil and Cloth: Starting with Benjamin Johnston, of Virginia, and Tracing His Descendants As They Moved Westward from Virginia to Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Lexington, Kentucky: C.E. Reece, 1993. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J63rc.
 * [Johnston] See Johnson.
 * [Keinadt] Michael Koiner Memorial Association (Staunton, Virginia). A Historical Sketch of Michael Keinadt and Margaret Diller, His Wife: The History and Genealogy of Their Numerous Posterity in the American States, Up to the Year 1893: Supplement, 1941, Koiner, Kyner, Coiner, Coyner. 1892; reprint with supplement, Staunton, Virginia: Campfield Printing, 1941. 1941 edition available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K267m and FHL US/CAN Film 873828 Item 7.
 * [Kelso] Kelso, Douglas. Immigrant John Kelso of Pennsylvania and Virginia: His Ancestors and Descendants. Memphis, Tenn.: C.D. Kelso, 1995. 929.273 K299kd
 * [Kimzey] Kimzey, Herbert Bennett. Kimzey and Kimsey Family Records: Benjamin Kimzey and Three Hundred of His Descendants; James Kimzey and Some of His Descendants; from Augusta and Henry Countys [sic] Virginia, to North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri and Oregon. MSS., microfilmed in 1974, available at FHL US/CAN Film 288187.
 * [Kirkham] Kirkham, Steve. Henry Kirkham of Colonial Virginia and His Descendants. 2 vols. Grafton, Va.: S. Kirkham, 1992. 929.273 K635k
 * [Lambert] Hirtzel, Richard D. Adam Lambert of Lancaster County and Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia. [Pleasant Grove, Utah]: R.D. Hirtzel, 1998. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L172hd and FHL US/CAN Film 1425214 Item 8.
 * [Lambert] Hirtzel, Richard D. David Lambert of Lancaster County and Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia and Gallia County, Ohio. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 1998. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L172h and FHL US/CAN Film 1425143 Item 3.
 * [Lambert] Hirtzel, Richard D. James Lambert of Augusta County, Virginia and Gallia County, Miami County and Darke County, Ohio. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 1998. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L172hr and FHL US/CAN Film 1425144 Item 4.
 * [Ledgerwood] Ledgerwood, Marian Carter. The Ledgerwood Family: Descendants of William Ledgerwood, Sr., Immigrant to Augusta County, Virginia, 1738. Hot Springs Village, Arkansas: M.C. Ledgerwood, 1996. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L498Lc and FHL US/CAN Film 2055532 Item 20.
 * [Link] McNeil, Maynard W. Genealogy of the Link Family of Floyd County, Virginia. Washington, N.J.: M. McNeil, 1990. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1697501 Item 19.
 * [Lockridge] Walters, Robert B. and Harriet H. Walters. Descendants of James and William Lockridge: Pioneer Brothers of Early Augusta County, Virginia. 1997. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L813w and FHL US/CAN Film 1425090 Item 2; 2000 edition (2 vols.) available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L813w 2000 and FHL US/CAN Film 1145500 Items 5-6.
 * [Logan] Morris, Margaret Logan. The Irvins, Doaks, Logans and McCampbells of Virginia and Kentucky. [Corydon, Ind?: M.L. Morris?], 1916. 929.273 Ir8m; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Lohr] Sell, Rose Osborne. Osborne, Lohr, Budd and Keenan Families: Monroe County, W.Va. Charleston, WV : R.O. Sell, 1914. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 2055191 Item 3.
 * [Looney] Crane, Madge Looney and Phillip L. Crane. 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. 2 vols. Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, 1998-2008. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L873cr.
 * [Love] Connally, Mary Virginia Brown. Love: A Partial History of the Families of Joseph Love of Augusta County, Virginia, and His Brother, Samuel Love, Originally from Ireland. Atlanta, Georgia: n.p., n.d. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1303262 Item 17.
 * [Love] Love, Robert A. General Thomas Love of Western North Carolina and Western Tennessee and His Brothers Robert and James. St. Petersburg, Florida: R.A. Love, [194_?]. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 361835; second edition, 1950s, with addenda and corrections also available at FHL US/CAN Film 877542 Item 3.
 * [Love] Love, Albert G. Our Ancestors: The Love Family of Trezevant, Carroll County, Tennessee. Washington, D.C.: A.B. Love, 1953. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 877542 Item 4.
 * [Lynch] Massman, Betty G. Lynch Family Records. MSS., Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois; also available at FHL US/CAN Film 1510495 Item 8.
 * [McBride] Dixon, Ben F. McBride Family of Virginia and Kentucky and the Rout Family of Kentucky. 1965?. 929.273 M122d
 * [McClanahan] White, H.M. The McClanahans. 1894; reprint, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, [1987?]. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M132w and FHL US/CAN Film 1320696 Item 4.
 * [McCutchan] Clark, Bertha Lewis. The McCutchan Family of Augusta County, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL US/CAN Film 874712 Item 10.
 * [McCutcheon] McCutcheon, Larry. Our McCutcheon Family: This Collection of McCutcheon History Begins with Five McCutcheon Brothers (John, James M., Samuel, William and Robert) Who with Their Parents Immigrated from Scotland and Settled in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Hohenwald, Tenn.: L. McCutcheon, 2009. 929.273 M139mLa
 * [McFerrin] Fitzgerald, O.P. and John B. McFerrin.  John B. McFerrin, a Biography  . Nashville, Tenn.: Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, 1888. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1321222 Item 2.
 * [McMurtry] McMurtry, Edward Hoyse. The Ancestry and Texas Families of William Jefferson and Louisa Frances Williams McMurtry. Lubbock, Texas: E.H. McMurtry, 1993. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M227mc.
 * [McMurtrey] "Group Sheets and Support Data Pertaining to Samuel McMurtrey (1745-1796) of Augusta County, Virginia and Abbeville County South Carolina," in Richard K. McMurtry, MacMurtrie Clan Family Records, 2005 Publication. Item 4
 * [McMurtrey] "Support Data Pertaining to Samuel McMurtrey (1745-1796) of Augusta County, Virginia and Abbeville County, South Carolina," in Richard K. McMurtry, MacMurtrie Clan Family Records, 2005 Publication. {{FHL}1783651}} Item 1
 * [Mathes] Emerson, Enid Mathes. Ancestors and Descendants of Frank and Lou Mathes. Waynesville, Mo.: E.M. Emerson, 1986. Available at FHL US/CAN Fiche 6103867.
 * [Mathews] Boots, John R. The Mathews Family: Ancestors and Descendants of John Mathews of Augusta County, Virginia. Candler, Florida: J.R. Boots, 2002. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M424b.
 * [Mauck] Moore, Ronald M. The Early Mauck Families of the Shenandoah Valley: Counties of Shenandoah, August, Rickingham, and Page [sic]. Clovis, Calif.: R.M. Moore, 1993. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1598393 Item 26.
 * [Maxwell] Houston, Florence Wilson, Laura Cowan Blaine, and Ella Dunn Mellette. 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, Virginia, 1740-1749, Containing One Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-four Names (First Publication of the Original Record). Indianapolis, Indiana: Press of C.E. Pauley, Indianapolis Engraving Co., 1916. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * [Miller] Miller, Samson. The Miller Family History. 1986. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1421692 Item 5.
 * [Morris] Willson, Richard Eugene. Richard Morris and Jane Callison of Bath County, Virginia and Their Descendants 1740 - 1985. Ottawa, Ill.: R.E. Willson, 1985. 929.273 M788w
 * [Morton] Swiger, Elizabeth Davis, Edward E. Morton, and Ronald V. Hardway. History and Family Record of the Morton Family of Webster County, West Virginia: The Continuing Story. Grafton, West Virginia: Mountain Heritage Genealogy Society, 1984. 929.273 M846s.
 * [Nave] Fletcher, Jouise B. Garner. Conrad Nave Descendants. Clifton, Colorado: J.G. Fletcher, 1992. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N229n.
 * [Netherton] See Mathes.
 * [Newman] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Genealogy of the Newman Family, 1618-1900," see Table of Contents; discusses Newmans of Augusta County.]
 * [O'Bryan] O'Brien, Michael J. "Brian O'Brian of Berks County, Pennsylvania, and Cornelius O'Brian of Rockingham County, Virginia, and Their Descendants," Journal of the American Irish Historical Society. 929.273 A1 no. 654
 * [Palmer] Palmer, Arthur Wheatley. The First William Palmer of Augusta County, Virginia, and His Descendants: A Genealogical Account. Washington [District of Columbia]: Arthur Wheatley Palmer, 1964. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P182paw.
 * [Palmer] Palmer, Larry Trenton and Rosemarye Johnson Archinal. Adam Palmer (1770-1864) of Augusta County, Virginia: Ancestors and Descendants. Strasburg, Ohio: Gordon Printing, 1981. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P182ap and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6049708.
 * [Patton] Agricola, David V. Descendants of John Patton, Sr.: of Timber Ridge, Augusta Co., Virginia (Will Dated 1756, Probated 1757); (Includes Descendants to the 1850 Generation in the Male Line). Lakewood, Ohio: D.V. Agricola, 2002. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P278aj.
 * [Peery] Peery, Edwin Howe, Joseph Stras Peery, and Annie Lynch. The Peery Genealogy. E.H. Peery, 1917. 1697853 Item 3; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Pence] See Pirkey.
 * [Peoples] Peoples, David Stuart. Cook, Caldwell, Peoples, Stuart and Other Families. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1990. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C771pe and FHL US/CAN Film 1697523 Item 1.
 * [Peters] Walker, Marilyn. The Williams Family. Oxford, Pa.: M. Walker, 1994. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1750771 Item 23.
 * [Pirkey] Delaney, Sandra L. and Melba B. Loudermilk Purkey. The Family of Henry Pirkey Sr. of Rockingham County, Va.: Research Notes and Data. Falls Church, Virginia: S.L. Delaney, 1998. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P663d and FHL US/CAN Film 1425151 Item 10.
 * [Plehman] See Flemon.
 * [Poage] Woodworth, Robert Bell, John Guy Bishop, Andrew Woods Williamson, and Henry Martyn Williamson. The Descendants of Robert and John Poage (Pioneer Settlers in Augusta County, Va.): A Genealogy Based on the Manuscript Collections of Prof. Andrew Woods Williamson, Henry Martyn Williamson and John Guy Bishop. 2 vols. Staunton, Va.: Privately printed by the McClure Printing Co., 1954. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1613115 Item 1-2, 1613116 Item 1.
 * [Poage] Nielsen, Naomi Mae Youel and Robert Bell Woodworth. Index for The Descendants of Robert and John Poage (Pioneer Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia). MSS., available at FHL US/CAN Film 1613115 Item 1.
 * [Poff] Kintner, Elgin P. A Family History and Tour Guide of Reuel B. Pritchett and Ella Poff: The Parents of Ethel Pritchett Kintner: A Memento on the Occasion of Ethel's Eightieth Birthday 28 Aug. 1993. Maryville, Tennessee: E.P. Kintner, 1993. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P939k and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6005755.
 * [Porter] Solla, Linda Weihl. Porter Profiles: The John Porter Family from Nelson County, Virginia. n.p.: L.W. Solla, [1996]. 929.273 P834s; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Porterfield] Porterfield, Frank B. The Porterfields. Roanoke, Va.: Southeastern Press, 1948. 1321295 Item 6.
 * [Ramsey] Montgomery, Robert H. "Ramsey Families of Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1957). Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R149mr and FHL US/CAN Film 1036037 Item 16.
 * [Rowland] Petersen, Carol Rowland. Descendants of John Rowland, Son of William Rowland: (Botetourt Co., Va.). [Belton, Missouri]: C.R. Petersen, 1999. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R796p and FHL US/CAN Film 1425384 Item 1; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Sawyers] Harris, Madison M. Family History of Col. John Sawyers and Simon Harris and Their Descendants. Knoxville, Tenn.: Knoxville Lithographing Co., 1913. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1421635 Item 4.
 * [Scott] Vercoe, Josephine McCord. A Genealogical History of the Scott Family: Descendants of Alexander Scott Who Came to Augusta County, Virginia, ca. 1750: With a History of the Families With Which They Intermarried. MSS., the National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C., also available at FHL US/CAN Film 875364 Item 4.
 * [Scott] Lough, Jeanne Trevillian and Josephine McCord Vercoe. A Genealogical History of the Scott Family: Descendants of Alexander Scott, Pioneer Settler of Augusta County, Virginia, c. 1750 and a History of Allied Families in Western Virginia. Morgantown, West Virginia: George David Hott Memorial Foundation, 1995. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sco83L and FHL US/CAN 2056001 Item 6.
 * [Sharkey]Ponton, Florence B. Anne Sharkey and Washington Lee Darden, 1781-1830, and Richard Washington, 1660-1725, Sampson Lanier, 1682-1743, John Burch, 1722-1753. Los Angeles, Calif.: F.B. Ponton, n.d. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D246p.
 * [Sharp] Montgomery, Anne D. Sharps of Augusta County, Virginia, Bedford County, Virginia and Three Soldiers of the Revolution Came to Kentucky. San Francisco, California: Anne Deubery Montgomery, 1971. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh23ma and FHL US/CAN Film 897330 Item 3.
 * [Shultz] Bushman, Katherine G. and Samuel Kriebel Brecht. Shultz of Augusta County, Virginia: Being a Supplement to the Material Recorded in The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, Edited by Samuel K. Brecht, 1923. Staunton, Virginia: K.G. Bushman, 1974. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh92bk and FHL US/CAN Film 1320632 Item 18.
 * [Siler] Siler, A.O. The Siler Family: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Sketches Relating to the Descendants of Plikard Dederic and Elizabeth Siler, with Genealogical Chart. Marfork, Raleigh County, W.Va.: A.O. Siler, 1922. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 928298 Item 4; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Smith] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Smith Family of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia," see pp.330-372.]
 * [Smith] Smyth, Cecil B. Daniel Smith of Smithland. El Paso, Texas: C.B. Smyth, 199-?. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm54s and FHL US/CAN Film 1573546 Item 3.
 * [Smith] Masters, Jack. Smith, Bowers, Hull &amp; Beaty Family History. Gallatin, Tennessee: J. Masters, 1991. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm51mj.
 * [Springston] Lockhart, Roy Lee. The Springston Family. Parkersburg, West Virginia: Lockhart, 1973. Original edition and 1975 supplement available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sp84L &amp;amp suppl. and FHL US/CAN Film 1321316 Item 10 and supplement FHL US/CAN Film 1321354 Item 4.
 * [Starret] Hansbarger, John Echols. A History of the Family of Robert Sterrett &amp; Isabella Dunlap, and His Parents, John Douglas Sterrett &amp; Ann Reid. 1999. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St45hj and FHL US/CAN Film 1425281 Item 13.
 * [Steele] Goeller, Mildred S. The Steeles of Steeles Tavern, Virginia and Related Famlies: Moore, Moon, Calvert, Massie, Strother, Searson. [N.J.?]: M.S. Goeller, 1974. 1036844 Item 8
 * [Stewart] Dickerson, Florence Smith. The James Stewart Family of Early Augusta County, Virginia and Descendants, 1740-1960. Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Print. Co., 1966. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St49d.
 * [Stewart] Stewart, William C. "Mercantile Adventures in Early Virginia, John Stewart, Tailor of Augusta and Botetourt Counties," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):3-11; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):61-66. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg. Digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [Strickler] 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. Available at FHL US/CAN Fiche 6046689.
 * [Stuart] See Peoples.
 * [Surface] Boots, Clyde S. The Surface (Zerfass) Family of Virginia, Ohio and Indiana, ca.1735-1982. Typescript. Microfilmed 1982. 1035929
 * [Tate] Bushman, Katherine G. The Tate Family of Augusta County, Virginia, MSS., 1963, available at FHL US/CAN Film 875397 Item 2.
 * [Tate] Riley, Agnes Graham Sanders. "The Pioneer Tate Family of Augusta County, Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol. 57, No. 3 (Sep. 1969):179-192. 973 B2ng v. 57;  6018924
 * [Taylor] Taylor, Robert D. Issac Taylor Sr. of Augusta County, Virginia: His Descendants and Their History. 3 vols. Yucaipa, California : R. Taylor, 1993. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T214ti, and on film Volume 1 FHL US/CAN Film 1598087 Item 1, Volume 2 FHL US/CAN Film 1598109 Item 8, and on fiche Volume 3 FHL US/CAN Fiche 6117731.
 * [Todd] McMurtry, Richard K. Essays on Todd / McMurtry / Hutton Origins: (Also a Todd / McQuiddy / McKee Connection). Essays, 2003, available at FHL US/CAN Film 1573515 Item 11.
 * [Todd] McMurtry, Richard K. Addendum to Todd Families in America Collection. MSS., microfilmed in 2005, available at FHL US/CAN Film 1735025 Items 1-11, 1735026 Items 1-8, and VAULT Film 1735027 Items 1-10.
 * [Trotter] Beeson, Henry Hart. Family of James and Mary Trotter of Augusta County, Virginia. MSS., Clayton Library, Houston, Texas; also available at FHL US/CAN Film 1318197 Item 11.
 * [Usher] Debrett Ancestry Research. The Usher Sisters of Early Augusta County, Virginia: Their Ancestry and Pullin, Steuart and Dickinson Descendants. Winchester, England: Debrett Ancestry Research, 2005. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Us3us.
 * [Vance] Vance, John B. William Clayton Vance of Rockingham County, VA (1860-1946): His Descendants and Ancestors. Chesapeake, Virginia: J.B. Vance, 2003. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 V277vj and FHL US/CAN Film 1573547 Item 16.
 * [Vandenpool] See Nave.
 * [Wallace] Wallace, W.O. John Wallace of Walkers Creek, Augusta County, Virginia, 1692-1821. MSS., 1983, available at FHL US/CAN Film 1307618 Item 34.
 * [Wamsley] Wamsley, Elmer C. Wamsley, John of Augusta Co., Virginia and Some Descendants. Austin, Texas: Historical Pub., 1999. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W181we.
 * [Warwick] Sherrard, Joseph H. The Warwick-Cameron-Sherrard Families of Virginia. Fair Oaks, Calif.: J.H. Sherrard, 1985. 929.273 W268s
 * [Weger] Spencer, Joyce L. Weger Families: Past &amp; Present. Torrance, California: J.L. Spencer, 1978. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W421s and US/CAN Film 1421956 Item 5.
 * [Wendel] See, Hazel Tidler. Wendel-Windle Descendants, Mostly of New Market, Virginia, Including Forebears in Germany: Descendants of George and Sarah Young Glenn of Augusta County, Virginia, a Scotch-Irish Settlement. Winchester, Virginia: H.T. See, 1989. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W482s and FHL US/CAN Film 1697498 Item 10.
 * [Whiteside] Whiteside, Don. Whitesides Listed in the "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia": Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 by Lyman Chalkley. Ottawa, Canada: D. Whiteside, 1976. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 5623 and FHL US/CAN Film 1320996 Item 7.
 * [Wilmot] Wilmeth, James Lillard. Wilmot--Wilmoth--Wilmeth. Philadelphia: J.L. Wilmeth, 1940. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 1020779 Item 15.
 * [Workman] Gibson, Robert Desmond. Our Workman Line in America from 1750 to 1991: Families: Beard, Benton, Butz, Clary, Cox, Crown, Duffel, Germanton, Harding, Hauser, Labar, Livermore, Prior. Lincoln, Nebraska: R.D. Gibson, 1991. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W892gr and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6067321.
 * [Wright] Bell, Raymond Martin. The Wright Family, Rockingham County, Virginia and Washington County, Pennsylvania. Washington, Pa.: R.M. Bell, 1987. 929.273 A1 no. 6507
 * [Zerfass] See Surface.

Directories

 * A Directory of the Representative Business and Professional Men of Augusta County and Staunton, Va. unknown: Rohrer &amp; Diamond, 1899. Available at FHL US/CAN Access Services Window 6015631-6015632; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Immigration

 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 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).]
 * Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 973 D25aga.
 * [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=Augusta&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 Augusta County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Deeds


 * Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital version of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [Volume 3 includes abstracts of Deed Books 1-27.]

Grants and Patents


 * Hildebrand, John R. The Beverley Patent, 1736: Including Original Grantees, 1738-1815 in Orange &amp; Augusta Counties, Va. 1954. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 E7hjr.
 * Kaylor, Peter Cline. Abstract of Land Grant Surveys of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, 1761-1791. Dayton, VA: Shenandoah Press, 1938. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 982080 Item 7; digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * Sims, Edgar Barr. Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia. [Springfield, Virginia]: Genealogical Books in Print, c1992. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.4 R22w 1992. [Includes Augusta County, Virginia.]

Local Histories

 * Aull, Edward. Early History of Staunton and Beverley Manor in Augusta County, Virginia. Birmingham: Aull, 1963. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 A1 no. 40.
 * Creigh, Alfred. History of Washington County from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, First Under Virginia as Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County Until 1781, and Subsequently Under Pennsylvania; With Sketch of all the Townships, Boroughs, and Villages, Etc.; and to Which is Added a Full Account of the Celebrated Mason and Dixon's Line, the Whiskey Insurrection, Indian Warfare, Traditional and Local Historical Events. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly, 1871. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 974.882 H2ch and FHL US/CAN 924904 Item 2; digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * Dunlap, Boutwell. Augusta County, Virginia in the History of the United States. Frankfort, Kentucky: The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1918. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * Hotchkiss, Jedediah. The City of Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, and the Surrounding Country: Their Condition, Resources and Advantages, and the Inducements They Offer to Those Seeking Homes or Places for Business, Investments, etc. Staunton, Va.: D.E. Strasburg, 1878. Available at FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015433; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Kemper, Charles Edward. Historical Notes from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia. Lancaster, Pa.: Historical Society?, 1979. Available at FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015425; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Peyton, John Lewis. History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: S.M. Yost, 1882. Original edition available at FHL US/CAN Film 30313; 1972 reprint at FHL US/CAN Book 975.591 H2p 1972; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($).
 * Prichard, A. M. Name Index to Peyton's History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: Prichard?, 1979. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 982336 Item 6; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, With Reminiscences Illustrative of the Vicissitudes of Its Pioneer Settlers ... Richmond, Va.: Wm. Ellis Jones, Book and Job Printer, 1886. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. Staunton, Va.: C.R. Caldwell, 1902. Available at FHL US/CAN Book and FHL US/CAN Film 1000633 Item 2; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($) (second edition).

Maps

 * Hale, John S. Early Settlement in Beverley Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Virginia: Old Dominion Map Co., Creative Cartographers, [198-]. Available at FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5916 E7h. [The map shows the boundaries of each holding, the name of the grantee, and the date of purchase.]
 * Hildebrand, John R. An Historical Map of Augusta County, Virginia 1732-1872: Compiled from Old Maps, Historical Records and Traditions. J.R. Hildebrand, 1933. Available at FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5916 E7hi.
 * Hildebrand, John R. The Beverley Patent, 1736: Including Original Grantees, 1738-1815 in Orange &amp; Augusta Counties, Va. 1954. Available at FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5 E7hjr.
 * Hotchkiss, Jed. and Joseph A. Waddell. Historical Atlas of Augusta County, Virginia: Maps from Original Surveys by Jed. Hotchkiss, its Annals by Joseph A. Waddell, Physiography by Jed. Hotchkiss. Chicago, Illinois: Waterman, Watkins &amp; Company, 1885. Available at FHL US/CAN X Large Folio 975.5916 E7h and FHL US/CAN Film 1421680 Item 13.

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," 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. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [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.]

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2bL. [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2c; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War


 * Augusta County, Virginia Indian Wars 1754-1764. Reprint, Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press website. ["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."]
 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2bL. [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers, soldier enlistments, veterans, and court martial records; see place name index.]
 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [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.]
 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL US/CAN Book and US/CAN Fiche 6048997; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]
 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 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).]

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. Available at FHL US/CAN Large Q Book 975.5 M2au.
 * Norris, D.L. and Mrs. Rudolph. Some Virginia Revolutionary War and Pension Records in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, 1776-1833. MSS., 1952-1953, available at FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 8. [Includes abstracts of records concerning Dunmore's War.]

Revolutionary War


 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [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.]
 * Bushman, Katherine G. Augusta County, Virginia, Court of Claims, 1782-1785. MSS., 1970, available at FHL US/CAN Film 858643 Item 5.
 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]
 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL US/CAN 850091 Item 7; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]
 * Norris, D.L. and Mrs. Rudolph. Some Virginia Revolutionary War and Pension Records in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, 1776-1833. MSS., 1952-1953, available at FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 8. [Includes abstracts of records concerning Dunmore's War.]

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.


 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]

Native Americans

 * Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pennsylvania). Genealogical Manuscripts Up to 1968. MSS., microfilmed in 1968, available at FHL 104 Rolls. [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.]

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

 * Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 U23c. [Includes sections on Staunton and Waynesboro silversmiths.]
 * Stewart, William C. "Mercantile Adventures in Early Virginia, John Stewart, Tailor of Augusta and Botetourt Counties," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):3-11; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):61-66. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg. Digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

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. Began in 1985, still in print. Tables of contents are available online. Purchase back issues through the society. The Family History Library has acquired most volumes FHL US/CAN Book 976.8885 B2b.

Petitions

 * Eckenrode, H.J. Virginia State Library: A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford. Richmond, Va.: Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing, 1908. Digital version at Google Books (full-view). [Augusta County petitions (1776-1864) are described on pp. 135-185.]

Private Papers

 * [Clarke] Gresham, Mary. "Clarke Family Bible, Augusta County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1964):14-16. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg. Digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Fulton] Cramer, Rose Fulton. "The John Fulton Bible, Augusta County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):15-18. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg. Digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Givens] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [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.]

Probate

 * Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital version of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds.]
 * Rudolph, Frances Lee Wilson. Copies of Wills of Early Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia. MSS., 1950, deposited at the Daughters of the American Revolution National Library in Washington, D.C., copy available at FHL.

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1730-1754] Joyner, Peggy Shomo. Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys. Vol. 1 [Orange &amp; Augusta counties, with tithables, delinquents, petitioners, 1730-1754]. Portsmouth, Virginia: P.S. Joyner, 1985..
 * [1748-1804] Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. 2. 1912; reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. 975.5916 F2c 1980 v. 2; digital version at RootsWeb. [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).
 * [1777-1778] Augusta County, Virginia List of Tithables, 1777-1778. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available at FHL:.
 * [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). ; digital versions of Vols. 39 and 40 at Ancestry ($).
 * [1777] Tithables, 1777, Allegheny Regional Ancestors, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter 1993).
 * [1781-1784] Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. 2. 1912; reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. 975.5916 F2c 1980 v. 2; digital version at RootsWeb. [Includes abstracts of tithables 1781 to 1784 on pp. 429-431.]
 * [1782] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. . [1782 personal property tax list of Augusta County.]
 * [1782] Tax List, 1782, Bath County Heritage Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Winter 1998).
 * [1782] Personal Property Tax List, 1782, Augusta Historical Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1976).
 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. . [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Augusta County is included in Vol. 1.]
 * [1782-1788] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):248-254; Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1977):113-118; Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1978):194-202; Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):279-286; Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):31-38; Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1979):113-119; Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):195-198. ; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [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.]
 * [1784-1800] Tax List, 1784-1800: Men to French Broad, Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 6 (Dec. 1978).
 * [1790, 1800] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Accomack County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1796-1820] Heinegg, Paul. "Augusta County Personal Property Tax List 1796-1820," Free African Americans.com, available online. [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. ; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. . [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Augusta County is included in Vol. 5.]

Vital Records
Birth

Beth Fridley has published the following databases online at Ancestry:


 * Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1862-75 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1876-79 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1880-87 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1888-96 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).

Marriage


 * Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 F2c 1980; digital versions of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [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.]
 * First Marriage Record of Augusta County, Virginia, 1785-1813. 1930?; reprint, unknown: Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter, D.A.R., 1979. Multiple copies available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 V2f 1962; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Societies and Libraries

 * Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Augusta County, VAGenWeb
 * Family History Library Catalog