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Franklin County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Franklin, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 150,000 entries.

Franklin County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 200 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Franklin County families include:


 * Heritage Book Committee and Franklin County Historical Society. Franklin County, Va. -- Heritage 2000, Full Name Indexed. Rocky Mount, Va.: Franklin County Historical Society, 2002..
 * Wingfield, Marshall. Pioneer Families of Franklin County, Virginia. Berryville, VA: Chesapeake Book Co., 1964. 975.568 D2w; digital version at World Vital Records ($). Sketches of 60 families, including Cooper, Fishburn, Greer, Hancock, Saunders and Wingfield.

Franklin County, Virginia Genealogy Books and Articles


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]


 * [Abshire] Pullen, William E. Virginians and Hoosiers: Abshires, Houstons and Wrights [of] Bedford and Franklin Counties, Virginia; and Union [and] Hamilton Counties, Indiana. 1977. 929.273 A1 no. 1665
 * [Abshire] Abshire, Lewis E. Abshire Family of Virginia, Kansas, and Oklahoma, 1802-1968. MSS. Microfilmed 1982:.
 * [Abshire] Binnie, Lester H. Abraham Abshire of Virginia and Some of His Indiana Descendants. North Manchester, Ind.: L. Binnie, 1982..
 * [Adney] Adney, Mary Alice Claycombe. Adney Family Story. Richmond, Ind.: M.A.C. Adney, 1986..
 * [Akers] Akers, Alonzo Edwin. The Akers Family of Franklin County, Virginia: Combined with the Boone, Cannaday, Hickman and Pridgen Families. Roanoke Rapids, NC: [Seeman Printery], 1953. From the Quintin Publications Collection. 929.273 Ak37a; and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Akers] Akers, W.R. Our Kinsfolk. Booneville, Miss.: Milwick Printing Co., 1957..
 * [Angle] Angle, Eula Ferguson. Peter Angle, 1754-1968, and Related Families, Wills -- Lee -- Moorman. 1969..
 * [Arrington] Word, Mary Florence Arthur. Absalom Arrington, Some Descendants, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, 1798-1984: Down from the Hills. Carrollton, Ga.: M.F.A. Ward, c1984..
 * [Badsky] Betteridge, Leona B. Frederick Badsky Descendants in America and His Ancestors in Germany. University Place, Wash.: L.B. Betteridge, [1998]..
 * [Ball] Olafson, Sigfus. History of the Ball Family in Boone County, W. Va.: This List Includes All of the Known Children and Grandchildren of Joseph Sr. and Catherine Ball and is Carried Down to the Year 1870. Typescript. Microfilmed 1993:.
 * [Beheler] Jay, Margaret Beheler. The Beheler/Boheler Family Tree. Shelby, N.C.: M.B. Jay, 1998..
 * [Boitnott] Boitnott, John W. Boitnott and Related Families: A History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Justus and Susannah (Dishong) Boitnott. Harrisonburg, Va.: Park View Press, 1971..
 * [Boon] Spaker, Hazel A&lt;span&lt;/span. "Descendants of Jacob Boon of Franklin County, Virginia," Boone Pioneer Echoes, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan. 1988):225-230. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Booth] Booth, Timothy Douglas and Carlson F. Booth. Booth(e) Family History: One Lineage from Thomas, Sr. (1705-1767) of Amelia County, Virginia to Present. Centreville, Va.: T.D. Booth, 1994..
 * [Bowman] Bowman, Byron Whitener. Genealogy of a Bowman Family. Eudora, Ark.: B.W. Bowman, 1956. Digital version at Family History Archives;.
 * [Bowman] Armstrong, Jean Bowman. Homage to the Past. n.p.: J.B. Armstrong, 1992..
 * [Bradner] Bradner, Frank W. Bradner Genealogy: The Descendants of Rev. John Bradner and Christian Colville of Orange County, New York. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Frank W. Bradner, 1986, c1981. Includes supplement:.
 * [Brooks] Sharnborg, A.G. Brooks Family. MSS. Microfilmed 1979:.
 * [Brubaker] Brubaker, Marwin E. and Margaret Brubaker Eller. Descendants of John and Anna Myers Brubaker, 1750-1995: A Cross-Referenced and Indexed Genealogy. Sacramento, Calif.: M.E. Brubaker, c1996..
 * [Bryant] Thramer, Beverly Bryant and Eugene C. Thramer. Heritage Across the States. Bellingham, Wash.: E.C. Thramer, 1990..
 * [Burchett] Pillion, Paris. The Ancestors of Paris Pillion and Related Families. Bowling Green, Ky.: P. Pillion, 1997..
 * [Byrd] Nezbeth, Linda B. The Byrd Family of Franklin County, Virginia with Bradlay, Dillon and Perdue Lines. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1986. 929.273 B996n
 * [Callicott] Callicoat, Jewel M. Callicott Connections II: Callicott, Callicoat, Callicotte, Calicott, Calicoat, Calicotte, Collicutt, Burcham, Colcott, Sowards, Corn, Simpson, Kingery, Null, Harmon, Dillon, McMahan, Pinkerman, Roach, Others. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Genealogy Computer Service, 1986..
 * [Cannaday] Cannaday, Frieda E. Clark and Walter Lee Clark. History of the Cannaday Family of Virginia. 2 vols. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Hazlett Printing and Publishing, 1983..
 * [Cheatham] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "The Cheatham Family of Colonial Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):163-173; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):273-279; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):38-43; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):102-112; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):209-216; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):293-297; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):32-40; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):123-127; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):179-185; Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):262-265; Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):17-23; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):99-104. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Chilton] Dorman, John Frederick. "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):71-78; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):121-125; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1967):167-174; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1968):15-18; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1968):83-86; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1968):109-113; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1968):169-175; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1969):32-36; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):65-71; Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1969):177-180; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1970):15-22; Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1970):75-82; Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1970):123-128; Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1970):165-168; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):32-41; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):122-124; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):259-264; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):301-306; ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Chitwood] Pope, Margaret C. 1988 Update of the Family of Squire and Mary Wray Chitwood. Dyersburg, Tenn.: Wallace Printing Company, 1988..
 * [Clay] Deibel, Alan. History of the Mitchell Clay and Phoebe Belcher Family. Austin, Texas: J.C. Lowe, 1990..
 * [Claytor] Rust, Ellsworth Marshall. Rust of Virginia: Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of William Rust, 1654-1940. Washington, D.C.: Rust, 1940..
 * [Claytor] Woodbury, Margaret Claytor and Ruth Claytor Marsh. Virginia Kaleidoscope: The Claytor Family of Roanoke, and Some of Its Kinship, from First Families of Virginia and Their Former Slaves. Ann Arbor, Mich.: M.C. Woodbury, 1994..
 * [Craighead] Key, Marcus M., Rhoda (Freer) Newman, and Helen (Kay) Yates. "George Key: Virginia Soldier and Missouri Pioneer," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1974):3-12; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1974):97-104; Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1974):211-219. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Craighead] Nelson, Carl E. Autobiography of Carl Erwin "Star" Nelson. 3 vols. St. George, Utah: C.E. Nelson, 1992. (Book Storage 0240605)
 * [Davis] "Davis Family Records," Genealogical Society of Tidewater Virginia. Its Bulletin, Vol. 3 (1972):232-234.
 * [Dickinson] Pauley, Donald C. The Dickinson Papers: Part One: The Colonel William Dickinson, Jr. Papers, with Preface, Acknowledgments and Personal Note. Charleston, W. Va.: D.C. Pauley, 1980s..
 * [Dillon] Laborde, Phyllis Boyd. Samuel and Chloe Farley Dillon and Other Families. LaFayette, Calif.: P.B. Laborde, 1979..
 * [Dillon] Moore, Mae Dillon. Dillon/Dillion &amp; Allied Families. 3 vols. Roanoke, Va.: Progress Press, 1998?..
 * [Drake] Drake, Michael E. The Search for the Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Brasater Drake of Coles County, Illinois. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1996..
 * [Dudley] Mason, James Henry. The Dudley Genealogies. Glendale, Calif.: J.H. Mason, 1987..
 * [Dudley] Shenandoah County Archives (Virginia). Collection #30 Chapman, 1849-1907. MSS. Microfilmed 1988:.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Franklin County.
 * [Durst] Gladden, Sanford Charles. The Durst and Darst Families of America with Discussions of Some Forty Related Families. Boulder, Colo.: Gladden, c1969..
 * [Early] Bushong, Millard Kessler and Timothy T. Bohmer. Old Jube: A Biography of General Jubal A. Early. Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane Publishing by Arrangement with Beidel Printing House, 1988 printing, c1955..
 * [Edmonson] Edmonson, Edward Macon. Some of the Ancestors and the Current Descendants of Teresa Louise Glass Edmonson and of Her Husband, Col. Edward Macon Edmonson, and Their Brothers and Sisters. Gainesville, Fla.: E.M. Edmonson, 1969..
 * [Edwards] Christensen, Anthony J. Arthur Edwards and His Descendants: A Genealogical Outline of Arthur Edwards and His Five Generation Posterity. Salem, Utah: Mac Anthony Corporation, c1997. Digital version at Family History Archives;.
 * [Emich] Barker, Florence Fares and Barbara J. Nichols. Emich-Amick-Emmick Family, ca. 1732-1984. MSS., Rockport Public Library, Rockport, Ind. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Ferguson] Cox, Marcia Kay Ferguson. Ferguson - McPherson, 1680-1980: A Genealogical Search. Virginia, Ill.: M.K.F. Cox, c1983..
 * [Flora] Flora, Joel Cephas. A Genealogy and History of Descendants of Jacob Flora Senior of Franklin County, Virginia. Dayton, Ohio: The Author, 1951. Reprint: 929.273 F661fL
 * [Flora] Boitnott, John W. Naff and Related Families: Swiss Ancestors of Naffs and Neffs in the U.S.A. and Descendants of Jacob and Eva Catherine (Flora) Naff and of Sebastian and Mary (Saylor) Naff. Harrisonburg, Va.: J.W. Boitnott, c1979..
 * [Flora] Hopping, Carol Flora. The Flora Family. West Covina, Calif.: C.F. Hopping, 1993..
 * [Gerhart] Spannuth, John R. and John Oaks Gerhart. Gerhardt, Gerhart, Gerhard or Allied Families. 2 vols. Rev. ed. Reading, Pa.: J.R. Spannuth, 1982?..
 * [Greer] Greer, Joseph Hampton. Genealogy and Memoirs of Joseph Hampton Greer. 1967..
 * [Greer] Bell, J.B. Greer Kinsmen of American Descendant. Hernando, Miss.: J.B. Bell, 1986..
 * [Grimmett] Price, David L. The Grimmetts of Virginia of the Revolutionary War Era and Their Descendents. Brentwood, Tenn.: D.L. Price, 1980..
 * [Grimmett] Brown, Elois Elizabeth Renfro. Genealogy of the Grimmett Family, Concerning the Lineage of Mrs. Paul Brown (Eloise Renfro). Salem, Mass.: Higginson, 1985..
 * [Haizlip] McGarity, Betty Stokes. Betty S. McGarity Genealogy Records. MSS. Microfilmed 2001:.
 * [Hale] Shepard, Clarence E. Head O'Lickin' and There Abouts. 2 vols. Dayton, Ohio: C.E. Shepard, 1998..
 * [Haynes] Strieby, Irene Macy, Frances Wales Haycock, and Mildred Hensley Homann. Brief Sketches of Henry Haynes, 1701-1784, William Haynes, 1727-1896, Richard Haynes, 1763-1850 a Father, Son and Grandson of Southside Virginia, Who Gave Aid to the American Colonies in the War of the Revolution, and Some of Their Descendants. Jacksonville, Fla.: n.p., 1964..
 * [Holland] Holland, Claude. The Holland Name: A Prominent One in Franklin County (and Other Places). 6 vols. Rocky Mount, Va.: Franklin County Historical Society, 2002?. 929.273 H719hc v. 1-5; v. 6
 * [Hopkins] Hopkins, A.A. Geneological History of the Hopkins, Farley, Cook, Keaton and Brown Families. Bluefield, W.Va.: A.A. Hopkins, Jr., 1964..
 * [Houston] Pullen, William E. Virginians and Hoosiers: Abshires, Houstons and Wrights [of] Bedford and Franklin Counties, Virginia; and Union [and] Hamilton Counties, Indiana. 1977. 929.273 A1 no. 1665
 * [Johns(t)on] Johnson, Marion C. and Virginia O. Whitmore Johnson. Johnston/Johnson: Deed's [sic] of Franklin County, Virginia Feb. 1st, 1786-Sept. 12, 1831. Canton, Ill.: M. &amp; V. Johnson, 1998. 929.273 J641jv
 * [Jones] Collins, Anise Trail. From Scotland to America "The History of the Trails": Ancestry of the Descendants of William J. Trail (1812-1887) of Raleigh County, West Virginia. Lester, W. Va.: A.T. Collins, 1984..
 * [Jones] Lewis, Billie Redding. Across the Blue Ridge. Lake Wales, Fla.: B.R. Lewis, c1984, 1996..
 * [Kerby] Dennstedt, Alberta. "Owen-Kearby-Turley Connection," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):163-167; Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1979):259-265; Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1980):19-22. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Key] Key, Marcus M., Rhoda (Freer) Newman, and Helen (Kay) Yates. "George Key: Virginia Soldier and Missouri Pioneer," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1974):3-12; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1974):97-104; Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1974):211-219. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Kitterman] Weller, Edna A. Excerpts from Kitterman Sinew and Corrections and Additions to Kitterman Sinew. Salina, Kansas: E.A. Weller, 1991..
 * [Kropf] Butts, William Taylor. A Crop of Kropf. San Antonio, Texas: W.T. Butts, 1984..
 * [Kupe] Andrews, Ivan L. David Coop (Kupe) and Christiana Stofer. MSS. Microfilmed 2001: ; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Lavender] Hopping, Carol Flora. The Lavender Family. La Verne, Calif.: C. Hopping, 1998..
 * [Lindsey] Martin, P. Arlene. Darby-Martin and Related Families, ca. 1607-1988. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:.
 * [Livesay] Stapleton, S. Luther. Descendants and Progenitors of Carter Livesay. Mercersburg, Pa.: Livesay Soc., 1992..
 * [Livesay] Stapleton, S. Luther. Descendants of Ancestors of John Wesley Livesay. Mercersburg, Pa.: Livesay Soc., 1994..
 * [McCall] McCall, Hugh S. McCall Genealogy. n.p.: H.S. McCall, 1950s..
 * [McElwain] Murphy, Nathan W. Early Families of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Vincent, Wright, McElwain, Wilkins and Jarvis; Historical Information and Sources for More than 2,000 Descendants of Charles Vincent, William Wright, George McElwain, John Wilkins, and John Jarvis, Whose Numerous Progenitors [Descendants] Make Up a Large Portion of the Present Population of Muhlenberg County. Hanson, Ky.: David W. Murphy &amp; Associates, 1999. 929.273 V743m
 * [McMullen] Andersen, Ann Ward Freehafer. Samuel McMullen, A Scotch-Irish Dunkard. Typescript. Microfilmed 1990:.
 * [McNeil] McNiel, Robert Osborn. The Ancestors and Immediate Descendants of William Kennett McNiel of Wise County, Virginia. Typescript. James Taylor Adams Collection. Box 62. Copy:.
 * [Marchel] Randers-Pehrson, Nancy Mae Little and Glenn Randers-Pehrson. The John Marchel and Anne Cora (Nichols) Reed Family: of Franklin and Floyd Counties, Virginia, and Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland. Edgewood, Md.: N.M. &amp; G. Randers-Pehrson, c1994..
 * [Mavity] Mavity, Norman Bloss. The Mavity Family. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1954?..
 * [Mavity] Mavity: Family Genealogical Data, 1747-1952. Typescript, Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Ind. Microfilmed 1982:.
 * [Meador] Nunnally, Major Perkins. The Descendants of Jonas and Frances Meador of Essex, Caroline and Cumberland Counties, Virginia. Pine Bluff, Ark.: P. Nunnally, 1968..
 * [Miles] Miles, E.E. Some of the Descendants of Samuel Miles and His Wife, Sarah. 1934-1937..
 * [Miles] Miles, Samuel Robert. Some of the Descendants of Evan Miles (1778-1871). Typescript. Microfilmed 1965:.
 * [Miles] Miles, Samuel Robert and Frances A. Kaser. The Unabridged Genealogical Effort of Samuel Robert Miles (1896-1974) Pertaining to the Descendants of Samuel Miles (ca. 1740-1811) and Wife, Sarah James. MSS. Microfilmed 1975:.
 * [Miller] Johnson, Patricia Givens. Elder Jacob Miller (1735-1815) a Founder of the Brethren Churches and Dunkard Settlements in Franklin County, Virginia (1775), Ohio (1800), and Indiana (1810) and Some of His Descendants. Silver Hill, Md.: P S Enterprises, 1977. 929.273 M615j
 * [Miller] A History of Elder Jacob Miller and Some of His Descendants. MSS., South Bend Public Library, South Bend, Ind. Microfilmed 1989:.
 * [Miller] Morse, Irvin L. Descendent Chart: Miller, Jacob.: Descendent Chart: Miller, Isaac. Typescript. Microfilmed 1990:.
 * [Miller] Witter, D.R. Reminiscences of Persons, Places, and Things in and About La Porte, As I Remember Them, in the Early Forties and Early Fifties. Typescript, Northern Indiana Historical Society, South Bend, Ind. Microfilmed 1990:.
 * [Miller] Miller, Robert Ryal. Miller Family Sketch: Descendants of Jacob Miller (1735-1816). La Jolla, Calif.: R.R. Miller, 2002..
 * [Mills] James, Larry Alan. The Mills Family of Southwest Missouri. Neosho, Mo.: L.A. James, 1981..
 * [Naff] Boitnott, John W. Naff and Related Families: Swiss Ancestors of Naffs and Neffs in the U.S.A. and Descendants of Jacob and Eva Catherine (Flora) Naff and of Sebastian and Mary (Saylor) Naff. Harrisonburg, Va.: J.W. Boitnott, c1979..
 * [Newbill] Hammill, Kenneth. Nathaniel Newbill and Sarah Glenn of Virginia: With Some Ancestors and Descendants and Some Unidentified Newbills. Portland, Ore.: n.p., 1987..
 * [Oldaker] Oldaker, Edward L. The Oldacre-Oldaker Story. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1983..
 * [Overholts] Ford, Barbara B. and Overholser Family Association. The Oberholtz Book: A Foundation Book of Oberholtzer Immigrants and Unestablished Lines. Wallingford, Pa.: Overholser Family Association, 1995..
 * [Patterson] Redding, Lois Harris. Family History of Harris, Patterson, Poer and Collateral Lines. 1975..
 * [Pemberton] Clark, Kay. Henry Pemberton's Casey County Lineage. Greenwood, Ind.: K. Clark, 1997?..
 * [Perdue] Pardue, Ida M. Eli Perdue b. 1815, Va.: m. Mary A.W. Mitchell. Typescript. Microfilmed 1989:.
 * [Perkins] Perkins, William Robertson. Papers 1929-1943. Section 2. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Peters] Lewellen, Clifford Peters. Geneology [sic] and Family History of Peters-Lewellen Families in America. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: C.P. Lewellen, 1951..
 * [Plaster] Plaster - Plasters - Plasterer Family Association. Plaster-Plasters, Plasterer Families. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, c2001..
 * [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, Tenn.: E.P. Kintner, 1993..
 * [Pollard] Hendleman, James Aaron. Southern Gill Genealogy--Pollard Branch: Primary Limbs: Gill, Greer (Grierson-MacGregor), Pollard, and Douglas. Annandale, Va.: J.A. Hendleman, Jr., 1982..
 * [Prillaman] Rogers, Ellen Stanley. The Prillaman Family: An Account of the Descendants of Jacob Prillaman, Sr. (1721-1796) of Franklin County, Virginia. Hyattsville, Md.: E.S. Rogers, 1959. 873449 Item 6
 * [Prillaman] Rogers, Ellen Stanley and Louise E. Easter. Photostats of Deeds, Grants and Wills of the Prillaman Family of Franklin County, Va. Typescript, 1959. 1697393 Item 6
 * [Prillaman] Rogers, Ellen Stanley and Norris Prillaman Miller. The Prillaman Family: An Account of the Descendants of Jacob Prillaman, Sr. (1721-1796) of Franklin County, Virginia. Martinsville, Va.: N.P. Miller, 1980. 929.273 P934r 1980
 * [Prunty] Brown, Jean C. The Pruntys of Franklin County, Virginia. Sapulpa, Okla.: J.C. Brown, 1993. 929.273 P953b
 * [Quinn] Hambrick, Sarah Quinn. The Quinn Clan. Ferrum, Va.: S.Q. Hambrick and F.H. Woods, c1993..
 * [Ralph] Ralph, Charles L. The Ralph Family of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee and the Smith Family of Iowa. Ft. Collins, Colo.: Golden Spectrum, 1996..
 * [Real] Real, James Wilbur. My Consaguinity and Affinity. n.p.: J.W. Real, 2008. Digital version at Family History Archives;.
 * [Reed] Randers-Pehrson, Nancy Mae Little and Glenn Randers-Pehrson. The John Marchel and Anne Cora (Nichols) Reed Family of Franklin and Floyd counties, Virginia, and Harford and Cecil counties, Maryland. Edgewood, Md.: N.M. &amp; G. Randers-Pehrson, 1994. 929.273 R251rp
 * [Rigney] Ruppert, Reta Maybelle Rigney and Frank Daniels Ruppert. William Rigney and Amariah Potter and Some of Their Descendants: A Family History. La Jolla, Calif.: n.p., 1982..
 * [Roach] McGarity, Betty Stokes. Betty S. McGarity Genealogy Records. MSS. Microfilmed 2001:.
 * [Robbins] Mittge, Kevin K. Absalom and Mary (Ogle) Robbins, Their Children, and Grandchildren. Typescript, Greensburg Public Library, Greensburg, Ind. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Robbins] Davis, Margaret and Mary Katherine Robbins Horner. History and Genealogy of the Robins--Robbins Families. Typescript, Greensburg Public Library, Greensburg, Ind. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Rowland] Rowland, Arthur Ray. The Mississippi Branch of the Rowland Family: Descendants of Andrew Rowland and His Two Sons, Baldwin Rowland and Michael Rowland, With Connections to the Traylor and Northen Families in Georgia and the Littrell and Denney Families in Kentucky. Augusta, Ga.: RR Books, 2000. Digital version at Family History Archives;.
 * [Saul] Bushnell, Jean. Saul Family Genealogical Data, 1783-1980. Typescript. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Scarborough] Bertrand, Arthur P. Scarborough, Scarberry, Scarbeary Family Line. 4 vols. n.p.: n.p., n.d..
 * [Shaon] Schorn, Catherine Scott. "Kaseys in Bedford County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):243-248; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):24-32. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Shrewsbury] Pauley, Donald C. The Dickinson Papers: Part One: The Colonel William Dickinson, Jr. Papers, with Preface, Acknowledgments and Personal Note. Charleston, W. Va.: D.C. Pauley, 1980s..
 * [Sigmon] Sigmon, Edith McGhee. The Sigmons and Their Kin, Book of Sigmon Genealogy. Ferrum, Va.: E.M. Sigmon, 1982..
 * [Sigmon] Halstead, Juanita Sigmon. The Sigmons of Virginia. Scott Depot, W. Va.: J.S. Halstead, 1986..
 * [Spangler] Spangler, M.J. Descendants of Daniel and Mary Spangler, Franklin County, Virginia, 1773. Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, 1997. 929.273 Sp23sm; 1998 addendum:  929.273 Sp23sm supp.
 * [Stewart] Yeck, Joanne L. The Stewarts of Pittsylvania County. 2000; revised 2005. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Sutherland] Sutherlin, E.T. A Short Genealogy of the Sutherland Family in America. Rose Hill, N.C.: Clan Sutherland Assoc., 1941..
 * [Sutherland] Central New York Genealogical Society. Six Generation Ancestor Tables, Bicentennial Project. 2 vols. Syracuse, N.Y., 1976-1977..
 * [Thompson] Reynolds, Lyman Foster. Thompson Notes: Virginia to Wayne County, Kentucky 1804-1906. n.p.: L.F. Reynolds, 2004..
 * [Toney] Henning, Elma A. and Merle Rummel. The Toney Family History. Dayton, Tenn.: E. Henning, 1979..
 * [Trail] Collins, Anise Trail. From Scotland to America "The History of the Trails": Ancestry of the Descendants of William J. Trail (1812-1887) of Raleigh County, West Virginia. Lester, W. Va.: A.T. Collins, 1984..
 * [Trout] Larick, Ellen Louise. A Trout Family: Some Ancestors and Some Descendants of Job Trout (1849-1942) with Church of the Brethren Connections. La Verne, Calif.: E.L. Larick, 1985..
 * [Truman] Pierce, R. Andrew. "The Patrilineal Descent of President Harry S. Truman," Nexus, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-May 1994):58-59.
 * [Truman] Mireles, Dana Ann. "Richard Trueman, Jr., of Henrico County, Virginia: His Descendants and Associated Families," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1995). Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Truman] Pierce, R. Andrew. "The Parentage of William Truman Sr. of Henrico, Buckingham, Franklin and Bedford Cos., Virginia," WARGS, 2008, available online.
 * [Turley] Dennstedt, Alberta. "Owen-Kearby-Turley Connection," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):163-167; Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1979):259-265; Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1980):19-22. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Tyree] Watts, Dorothy Chambers. The Tyree Tree, with Angle, Byrd, Cook, Dillion and Woody Branches. Albuquerque, N. Mex., 1978.
 * [Tyree] Bailey, Virgie T. Kissin' Cousins. Paducah, Ky.: V.T. Bailey, 1981..
 * [Vest] Sowers, Erma Conner. Descendants of Littleberry Vest. Check, Va.: E.C. Sowers, 1983..
 * [Vincent] Venson, Steve W. Descendants of Thomas Vincent (Vinson-Venson): From Virginia to Kentucky to ?. MSS., Willard Library, Evansville, Ind. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Vincent] Murphy, Nathan W. Early Families of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Vincent, Wright, McElwain, Wilkins and Jarvis; Historical Information and Sources for More than 2,000 Descendants of Charles Vincent, William Wright, George McElwain, John Wilkins, and John Jarvis, Whose Numerous Progenitors [Descendants] Make Up a Large Portion of the Present Population of Muhlenberg County. Hanson, Ky.: David W. Murphy &amp; Associates, 1999. 929.273 V743m
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