Madison County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Madison County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Madison, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 50,000 entries.

Madison County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 50 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Madison County families include:


 * Holtzclaw, B.C. Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. Germanna Record No. 5. Harrisonburg, Va.: The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1964. Includes Back, Brumback, Coons, Crim, Fishback, Haeger, Hanback, Hitt, Holtzclaw, Kemper, Martin, Miller, Nay, Rector, Spilman, Utterback, Wayman, Weaver, Young, Whitescarver, and Huffman (2) families. Available at.
 * Holtzclaw, B.C. and Charles Herbert Huffman. Second Germanna Colony of 1717. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1965..

Madison 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]


 * [Ambler] Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. Some Prominent Virginia Families. 4 vols. 1907. Digital versions available online: Vol. 2 | Vol. 4 | Index. All four volumes have been digitized by Ancestry ($). see also . Index:.
 * [Aylor] Lewis, Sarah Aylor, Claude Lindsay Yowell, B.C. Holtzclaw, Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, and Charles Herbert Huffman. Aylor, Snyder and Tanner Descendants. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1970..
 * [Barlow] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. 1. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:
 * [Bates] Bates of Old Virginia, Wayne Witt Bates, and Bates Association. The Bates Booster: The Bates Family of Old Virginia. Centreville, Va.: Bates Family of Old Virginia, 1972-..
 * [Blankenbaker] Blankenbecker, Willima Patton. Blankenbecker Family of Southwest Virginia and Related Families. Nickelspille: Service Printery, 1941..
 * [Blankenbeckler] Yowell, Claude Lindsay, B.C. Holtzclaw, John Connie Wilhite, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Blankenbaker, Weaver and Wilholte Descendants. Culpeper, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1971, 1982..
 * [Blankenbaker] Wally, Patricia Blankenbeker. Ancestors and Descendants of Felix and Mary Crisler Blankenbaker. 1985..
 * [Booton] Dieterle, Diane Shutley. William Booton of Culpeper County, Virginia and His Descendants. Chelsea, Mich.: BookCrafters, 1996..
 * [Breeden] Braden, Karl W. The Braden, Breeden, and Breeding Families of Old Virginia (Augusta, Madison, Page, and Rockingham Counties). Winston-Salem, N.C.: K.W. Braden, 1988..
 * [Brown] Hughes, Clara W. The Brown Genealogy. St. Louis, Mo.: C.W. Hughes, 1966..
 * [Broyles] Cooper, Susie House. The Ancestors and Descendants of James and Mary J. Bayles Dale. 1960s..
 * [Broyles] Broyles, John Kenneth. The Broyles Family Ties. Rockwood, Tenn.: J.K. Broyles, Sr., 1969-1981..
 * [Broyles] Keith, Arthur Leslie. The Broyles Family. 2 vols. 1970..
 * [Carpenter] The Germanna Record. Number Eleven. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1968.
 * [Carpenter] Holtzclaw, B.C. and Charles Herbert Huffman. John Carpenter and Thomas Wayland Descendants. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1968..
 * [Clemmons] Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. ; online bookstore.
 * [Clore] Yowell, Claude Lindsay, B.C. Holtzclaw, Charles Herbert Huffman, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Clore, Yager, and Utz Descendants - 1717 Colonists. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1967..
 * [Clore] Zimmerman, Gary J. and Johni Cerny. The Ancestry of the Clore, Kaifer and Thomas Families. Bountiful, Utah: American Geneal. Lending Library Publishers, 1990..
 * [Crisler] Raymond, Madeline Replogle. A Crisler Genealogy: Descendants of Aaron and Susannah (Baker) Crisler of Preble County Ohio. Pullman, Wash.: M. Raymond, 1986..
 * [Deer] Garland, Thomas M. and Laroy Clore. The Deer Family. 1942..
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Madison County Duncans.
 * [Early] Early, Samuel Stockwell and Robert Stockwell Hatcher. A History of the Family of Early in America Being the Ancestors and Descendants of Jeremiah Early, Who Came from the County of Donegal, Ireland, and Settled in What is Now Madison County, Virginia Early in the Eighteenth Century. Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell's Sons, 1896. 896567 Item 3; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive.
 * [Early] Early, Ruth Hairston. The Family of Early Which Settled Upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Lynchburg, Va.: Press of Brown-Morrison Co., 1920. Digital versions at  ; Google Books;.
 * [Fitzgerald] Hudgins, Dennis Ray. Fitzgerald &amp; Jarrell Families: Orange, Madison, Culpeper, Greene Co. Virginia. MSS., microfilmed 1991. 1597899 Item 11
 * [Fleshman] Shuck, Larry G. The Fleshmans, ca. 1675-1981. Typescript, 1985..
 * Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. http://www.germanna.org/
 * [Gaines] Eagleson, Pamela Stone. In Search of an Ancestry, the Stone-Shearmire Family History. Kennebunk, Me.: P.S. Eagleson, 1984..
 * [Garr] Garr, Glen J. Fielding Gaar, 1794-1855. Typescript. Microfilmed 1988:.
 * [Garr] Cutler, Alice May. Fielding Garr, 1794-1855, and His Family: Early Mormon Pioneers on Antelope Island. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ralph Cutler Family Organization, 1991..
 * [Garth] Davis, Rosalie Edith Rogers. The Garth Family: Descendants of John Garth of Virginia 1734-1986. Manchester, Mo.: R.R. Davis, 1988..
 * [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. 975.59 H2g
 * [Hill] Holman, John M. An Illustrated History of the John Payne Hill Family of Titus and Franklin County, Texas: With Commentary on the Related Families Hills, Holbrooks, Rutherfords, Paynes, Powells, Devalls, Greens, and Others. 2000. Digital version at.
 * [Hoffman] Holtzclaw, B.C. John Hoffman, 1714 Germanna Colonist, and His Descendants. Harrisonburg, Va., 1963.
 * [Hunton] Flannery, L.G. John Hunton's Diary. 5 vols. Fort Laramie, Wyoming: L.G. Flannery, c1956-c1964..
 * [Jarrell] Worthern, Erma Jarrell. Descendants of Daniel Jarrell, 1773-1966. Typescript, 1966-1967. Digital version at ;.
 * [Jarrell] Spahr, Max Curt. Descendents of Walter and Sarah Gower Dye Jarrell, 1773-1967. n.d..
 * [Jarrell] Hudgins, Dennis Ray. Fitzgerald &amp; Jarrell Families: Orange, Madison, Culpeper, Greene Co. Virginia. MSS., microfilmed 1991..
 * [Jarrell] Jarrell, Anna Mae. John &amp; Elmira Jarrell Genealogy. Cornelius, Ore.: A.M. Jarrell, 1994. Digital version at.
 * [Jarrell] Jarrell, Anna Mae. The Jarrell Family of West Virginia. Cornelius, Ore.: A.M. Jarrell, 2005..
 * [Jenkins] Noyes, Mary Nethers and Thelma Yowell Coppedge. Line of Arnold Nethers &amp; Ellen Hoffman, Sarah Nethers &amp; Walker Jenkins, Lucy Ann Nethers &amp; Silas Jackson Monroe, Rebecca Nethers &amp; Pascal Jenkins: Rappahannock, Culpeper, and Madison Counties, Virginia. 3 vols. Oshkosh, Wisc.: M.N. Noyes &amp; T.Y. Coppedge, 1980..
 * [Johnson] Payne, Luoise Stracener. Johnson Digest. Glendale, Ariz.: L.S. Payne, 1990. Digital version at ;.
 * [Johnson] Genealogy of the Johnson Family. Salem, Mass.: Higginson, 1997..
 * [Jones] Turner, Charles W. The Diary of Henry Boswell Jones of Brownsburg, 1842-1871. Verona, Va.: McClure Press, 1979..
 * [Lillard] Lillard, David Hicks. Lillard, A Family of Colonial Virginia. 2 vols. Memphis, Tenn.: D.H. Lillard, 1991. . Based on 1928 publication.
 * [Lipp] Lipp, Francis Lamar, Jack M. Pedigo, and Jeroldine Lipp Pedigo. Lipps and Related Families of Clinton Co., Ind., 1828-1983: Ancestry from 15th Century Europe. 2 vols. Frankfort, Ind.: J. &amp; J.L. Pedigo, 1983..
 * [Long] Buchanan, Paul C. and Susie M. Owens. "Henry Long and Some Descendants of Colonial Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):115-126; Vol. 38, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1994):190-200; Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1994):263-273; Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1995):27-31. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Mallory] Mallory, James. Journal of James Mallory, Son of Uriel Mallory, Jr. and Melinda Welch; Grandson of Capt. Uriel Mallry, Sr. and Hannah Cave, and of Major Nathaniel Welch and Elizabeth Terrell, of Virginia, Begins April 20, 1834, Madison County, Virginia, Ends November 12, 1877, Talladega County, Alabama. MSS. Microfilmed 1962:.
 * [Mauck] Moore, Ronald M. The Early Mauck Families of the Shenandoah Valley: Counties of Shenandoah, August, Rickingham, and Page. Clovis, Calif.: R.M. Moore, 1993..
 * [Nethers] Noyes, Mary Nethers and Thelma Yowell Coppedge. Line of Arnold Nethers &amp; Ellen Hoffman, Sarah Nethers &amp; Walker Jenkins, Lucy Ann Nethers &amp; Silas Jackson Monroe, Rebecca Nethers &amp; Pascal Jenkins Rappahannock, Culpeper, and Madison Counties, Virginia. 3 vols. Oshkosh, Wisconsin: M.N. Noyes &amp; T.Y. Coppedge, 1980. 929.273 N382nc
 * [Southard] Dugger, Gary D. The Southard Family of Hopkins County, Kentucky. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 2001. Digital version at ;.
 * [Stoever] Grinnan, A.G. "The Rev. John Casper Stoever, Sr.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):62-63. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Tatum] Society of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, Robert Glenn Thurtle, and Lillian S. King. Pedigrees of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy. 3 vols. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1976-1987..
 * [Thornton] Stanard, W.G. "The Thornton Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct. 1895):89-93; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1896):157-164; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):5-6; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):58-60; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1897):197-200; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):53-57. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Underwood] Coke, Ben H. The Underwood Family from Madison County, Virginia. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1986..
 * [Utz] Yowell, Claude Lindsay, B.C. Holtzclaw, Charles Herbert Huffman, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Clore, Yager, and Utz Descendants - 1717 Colonists. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1967..
 * [Vaught] Spurlin, Helen Alice Woodrow et al. Vaught Compilation. 4 vols. Diamond Springs, Calif.: Vaught Association of the United States, 1989-. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: |  |  |  | ;.
 * [Wayland] Holtzclaw, B.C. and Charles Herbert Huffman. John Carpenter and Thomas Wayland Descendants. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1968..
 * [Weaver] Yowell, Claude Lindsay, B.C. Holtzclaw, John Connie Wilhite, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Blankenbaker, Weaver and Wilholte Descendants. Culpeper, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1971, 1982..
 * [Weaver] Cutler, Alice May. Fielding Garr, 1794-1855, and His Family: Early Mormon Pioneers on Antelope Island. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ralph Cutler Family Organization, 1991..
 * [Wilhite] Sargent, Samuel Stephen, John Calhoun Garr, and Arthur Leslie Keith. Ancestors and Relations of Mrs. Gerry Brown Dudley (nee Esther Wilhoit Shoot), Charleston, Ill., 1680-1950: As Compiled from the Garr Genealogy by John Calhoun Garr, and the Writings of the Late Dr. Arthur Leslie Smith of Vermillion, South Dakota, and Other Sources. MSS., 1954..
 * [Wilhite] Sargent, Samuel Stephen, John Calhoun Garr, and Arthur Leslie Keith. Ancestors and Relations of Mrs. Gerry Brown Dudley (nee Esther Wilhoit Shoot), Charleston, Ill., 1376-1955: Compiled from the Garr Genealogy by John Calhoun Garr, and the Writings of the Late Dr. Arthur Leslie Keith of Vermillion, South Dakota, and Other Sources. Typescript, 1955..
 * [Wilhite] Yowell, Claude Lindsay, B.C. Holtzclaw, John Connie Wilhite, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Blankenbaker, Weaver and Wilholte Descendants. Culpeper, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1971, 1982..
 * [Wilhite] Jones, Steven C. Wilhite Centuries. Terra Bella, Calif.: Terra Bella Publishers, 1994..
 * [Wilson] Gillem, William Roger. The Family Trees of Wilson: Featuring Nathaniel Wilson of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Cincinnati, Ohio: W.R. Gillem, 1997. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Yager] Yowell, Claude Lindsay, B.C. Holtzclaw, Charles Herbert Huffman, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Clore, Yager, and Utz Descendants - 1717 Colonists. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1967..
 * [Yager] Moran, Ruth Eager. "John H. Yager, Madison Co., Va., Revolutionary Soldier," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1980):18. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Yager] Froom, Grace Yager. A Collection of Facts and Recollections of the Descent Lines and the Relationships Among Some Descendants of William Herndon of England and New Kent Co., Va.; Anthony Halberstadt of Hessen Kassel, Germany and Hunterdon Co., N.J.; Thomas Faulconer of England and Isle of Wight Co., Va.; Thomas Haydon of Northumberland Co., Va.; Nicholas Yager of Hesse, Germany and Spotsylvania and Madison Cos., Va.; Lewis Conner, Sr. of Boone Co., Ky. Indianapolis,&amp; Ind.: G.Y. Froom, 1983..
 * [Yager] Moore, Ronald M. The Early Mauck Families of the Shenandoah Valley: Counties of Shenandoah, August[a], Rickingham [Rockingham], and Page. Clovis, Calif.: R.M. Moore, 1993..