Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Augusta County



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

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.
 * 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.

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.

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; 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; 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.

Census

 * 1810 Census of Augusta County, Virginia. Beverly, W. Va.: Crickard, 1968?. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

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; 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


 * Ruffin, Beverley. Augusta Parish, Virginia, 1738-1780. Verona, Virginia: McClure Press, 1970. Available at FHL.

German Reformed


 * 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.

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.

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; 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. [Founder of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church.]
 * Hoge, Arista. The First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: Caldwell-Sites, 1908. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.

Court

 * 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.

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. In addition to finding a direct ancestor’s surname listed, and watching to see if more recent publications make additions and corrections to earlier works, this list is also useful for determining if genealogists have published accounts, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, for any members of an ancestor’s “FAN Club” [Family, Associates, and Neighbors]. Checking publications about those individuals can lead you to new information about your own ancestry. Be mindful that compiled genealogies may contain errors.

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.
 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 1957; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Original edition available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Specifically treats the following families: Bratton, Campbell, Carlile, Cleek, Craig, Crawford, Dyer, Gay, Givens, Graham, Gwin, Harper, Henderson, Hull, Keister, Lightner, Lockridge, McFarland, Moore, Warwick.]
 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [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.
 * [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; 1983 version available at FHL.
 * [Anderson] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; 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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Beeton] Beeton, Robert D. History of the Beeton Family of Virginia. Berryville, Virginia: Virginia Book Company, [1988?]. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [Bell] Bell, Eldon Raymond. Bells History: of Shenandoah Valley, VA and Knox County, TN. Springdale, Arkansas: E.R. Bell, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Boyd] See Porterfield.
 * [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.
 * [Brown] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; 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] Buchanan, Paul C. Buchanans of Early Augusta County, Virginia. Springfield, Virginia: P.C. Buchanan, 1995. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Byers] Meek, Melton P. Meek Genealogical Collection. MSS., microfilmed in 1993, available at FHL.
 * [Cartmill] Poland, Lloyd Orville. John Cartmill &amp; Stephen Hubbard Kin. Big Rapids, Michigan: L. O. Poland, 1989. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Cowden] Cowden, John Brandon. Southern Cowdens. West Nashville, Tennessee: Cowden, 1933. Available at FHL.
 * [Craig] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; 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. [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; 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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Davidson] McDowell, Mary K., Ralph Stebbins Greenlee. McDowell Family Record. Chicago, Illinois: R.S. Greenlee, [1895?]. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU 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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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; 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.
 * [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; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Glenn] See Wendel.
 * [Goodwin] Goodwin, John S. The Goodwin Families in America [Appendix L. The Goodwins of Augusta Co., Va.] Charleston, South Carolina: Garnier &amp; Co., 1969. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [Graham] Graham, David. History of the Graham Family. Clayton, W. Va.: D. Graham, 1899. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Harrison] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; 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. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Hess] Rogers, Dana. A Booklet About Joseph Hoffman Hess, a Man Who Loved God and Left a Great Posterity. El Cajon, California: D. Rogers, 1989. Available at FHL.
 * [Hunter] Ustick, William W. Hunter Family Register: Descendants of Samuel Hunter, of Augusta County, Virginia. Dubuque, Iowa: Printed by W. W. Ustick, 1895. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Link] McNeil, Maynard W. Genealogy of the Link Family of Floyd County, Virginia. Washington, N.J.: M. McNeil, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [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; 2000 edition (2 vols.) available at FHL.
 * [Lohr] Sell, Rose Osborne. Osborne, Lohr, Budd and Keenan Families: Monroe County, W.Va. Charleston, WV : R.O. Sell, 1914. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Lynch] Massman, Betty G. Lynch Family Records. MSS., Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois; also available at FHL.
 * [McClanahan] White, H.M. The McClanahans. 1894; reprint, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, [1987?]. Available at FHL.
 * [McCutchan] Clark, Bertha Lewis. The McCutchan Family of Augusta County, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Mathes] Emerson, Enid Mathes. Ancestors and Descendants of Frank and Lou Mathes. Waynesville, Mo.: E.M. Emerson, 1986. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Miller] Miller, Samson. The Miller Family History. 1986. Available at FHL.
 * [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. Available at FHL.
 * [Nave] Fletcher, Jouise B. Garner. Conrad Nave Descendants. Clifton, Colorado: J.G. Fletcher, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [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; 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.]
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Peery] Peery, Edwin Howe, Joseph Stras Peery, and Annie Lynch. The Peery Genealogy. E.H. Peery, 1917. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU 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.
 * [Peters] Walker, Marilyn. The Williams Family. Oxford, Pa.: M. Walker, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Porterfield] Porterfield, Frank B. The Porterfields. Roanoke, Va.: Southeastern Press, 1948. Available at FHL.
 * [Ramsey] Montgomery, Robert H. "Ramsey Families of Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1957). Available at FHL.
 * [Rowland] Petersen, Carol Rowland. Descendants of John Rowland, Son of William Rowland: (Botetourt Co., Va.). [Belton, Missouri]: C.R. Petersen, 1999. Available at FHL; 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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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; 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; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Smith Family of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia," see pp.330-372.]
 * [Smith] Masters, Jack. Smith, Bowers, Hull &amp; Beaty Family History. Gallatin, Tennessee: J. Masters, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Springston] Lockhart, Roy Lee. The Springston Family. Parkersburg, West Virginia : Lockhart, 1973. Original edition and 1975 supplement available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [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 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.
 * [Stuart] See Peoples.
 * [Tate] Bushman, Katherine G. The Tate Family of Augusta County, Virginia, MSS., 1963, available at FHL.
 * [Tate] Riley, Agnes Graham Sanders. "The Pioneer Tate Family of Augusta County, Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly (Sep. 1969). Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [Todd] McMurtry, Richard K. Essays on Todd / McMurtry / Hutton Origins: (Also a Todd / McQuiddy / McKee Connection). Essays, 2003, available at FHL.
 * [Todd] McMurtry, Richard K. Addendum to Todd Families in America Collection. MSS., microfilmed in 2005, available at FHL.
 * [Trotter] Beeson, Henry Hart. Family of James and Mary Trotter of Augusta County, Virginia. MSS., Clayton Library, Houston, Texas; also available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Vandenpool] See Nave.
 * [Wallace] Wallace, W.O. John Wallace of Walkers Creek, Augusta County, Virginia, 1692-1821. MSS., 1983, available at FHL.
 * [Wamsley] Wamsley, Elmer C. Wamsley, John of Augusta Co., Virginia and Some Descendants. Austin, Texas: Historical Pub., 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Weger] Spencer, Joyce L. Weger Families: Past &amp; Present. Torrance, California: J.L. Spencer, 1978. Available at FHL.
 * [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.
 * [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.
 * [Wilmot] Wilmeth, James Lillard. Wilmot--Wilmoth--Wilmeth. Philadelphia: J.L. Wilmeth, 1940. Available at FHL.
 * [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.

Directories

 * A Directory of the Representative Business and Professional Men of Augusta County and Staunton, Va. unknown: Rohrer &amp; Diamond, 1899. Available at FHL; 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; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]
 * Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [Augusta Co., VA: Thompson.]
 * [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
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.

Local Histories

 * Aull, Edward. Early History of Staunton and Beverley Manor in Augusta County, Virginia. Birmingham: Aull, 1963. Available at FHL.
 * 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.
 * 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; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Kemper, Charles Edward. Historical Notes from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia. Lancaster, Pa.: Historical Society?, 1979. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Peyton, John Lewis. History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: S.M. Yost, 1882. Original edition available at FHL; 1972 reprint at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Prichard, A. M. Name index to Peyton's History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: Prichard?, 1979. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. Staunton, Va.: C.R. Caldwell, 1902. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps

 * Hale, John S. Early Settlement in Beverley Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Virginia: Old Dominion Map Co., Creative Cartographers, [198-]. Available at FHL. [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.
 * Hildebrand, John R. The Beverley Patent, 1736: Including Original Grantees, 1738-1815 in Orange &amp; Augusta Counties, Va. 1954. Available at FHL.
 * 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.

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. [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 ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [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; 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 ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [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; 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.
 * 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. [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; 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.
 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]
 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [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. [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. [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

 * 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 New England Ancestors ($).

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 New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Fulton] Cramer, Rose Fulton. "The John Fulton Bible, Augusta County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):15-18. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Givens] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; 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

 * 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.

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 ($).

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

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

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


 * [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. Available at FHL.
 * [1777-1778] Augusta County, Virginia List of Tithables, 1777-1778. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available at FHL.
 * [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. Available at FHL. [1782 personal property tax list of Augusta County.]
 * [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. Available at FHL. [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. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Augusta County's 1782-1785 [sic] Delinquent Lists appear on 22:194-202; 1786-1787 Delinquent Lists appear on 22:279-286 and 23:31-37; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 21:113-114; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 23:113-119; 1788 Delinquent List appears on 19:248-250 and 23:195-198.]
 * [1790, 1800] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Accomack County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] "Augusta County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1962):75-80; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1962):113-120; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1962):157-163. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. 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

Some early marriages (groom only list) 1748-1788 are found in volume 2 ''Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia FHL 975.5916 F2c. ''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; 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.
 * Family History Library Catalog