Fluvanna County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1777--Fluvanna County was created 5 May 1777 from Albemarle County. County seat: Palmyra

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Fluvanna County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1818," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]

Census
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
Baptist


 * King, Mrs. James E. "First Minute Book, Upper Beaver Dam Church, Fluvanna, Virginia," [1830s-1850s] The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1970):99-104. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).

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]

Bibliography


 * [Alford] James, Jessamine Bland. Family Records of Andrew Hunter of Louisa County, Virginia, and Jacob Alford of Garrard County, Kentucky, and Charles Alford of Garrard Co., Ky.: Copied from Court Records, Bibles, and Tombstones. MSS., donated in 1958, available at FHL.
 * [Allen] Obert, Isabelle Board, Donald Dougherty, and Penelope Woodford. The Allen Family of Albemarle and Fluvanna. Baltimore, Maryland: Margaret Isabelle Board Obert, 1999. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Ashley] See Johnson.
 * [Bain] Bain, Ethel M. The Bain Family: Ancestors and Descendants of Peter Bain of Tennessee, 1775-1980. San Angelo, Texas: E.M. Bain, 1980. Available at FHL.
 * [Bain] Bain, Ethel M. The Bain Family, 1775-1980: Revised and Updated 1981-1998. Grand Junction, Colorado: E.B. Kennamer, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * [Baskett] Martin, John Robert. Valentine Martin of Cumberland County, Virginia: Also a Short Sketch of the Family of Rev. William Baskett of Fluvanna County, Virginia. 1960. Available at FHL.
 * [Baskett] Ward, Rebecca Ann Eastman. The Baskett Family: Including the Families of Christie, Ford, Martin and Shepherd. Spokane, Washington: R. Ward, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Beckner] Sanchez, Margaret Tuttle. Documented American Lineage of Viola Culver Tuttle. Provo, Utah: M.S. Tuttle, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Bernard] Macy, E.E. Data Assembled on the Bernard Family for Archibald F. Bennett, Having Particular Reference to that Branch Located in Fluvanna Co., Va. MSS., 1944, available at FHL.
 * [Bernard] Bernard, William Dallas and Pauline K. Skinner. The John Bernard and Mary Abney Genealogy, Fluvanna County, Virginia. Lascassas, Tennessee: W.D. Bernard, 1975. Available at FHL.
 * [Bugg] Brochu, Francis Louis. The Buggs of Big Albemarle County, Virginia: In Three Parts. 3 vols. Salem, Virginia: F.L. Brochu, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Claxton] Norris, George W. and Claxton Family Historical Committee. Henry Claxton and Descendants, 1790-1980. Warner Robins, Georgia: Claxton Family Historical Committee, 1982. Available at FHL.
 * [Claxton] Claxton, Brazle Hubert, James T. Martin, George W. Norris, and Claxton Family Historical Committee. Henry Claxton and Descendants, 1980-1990. Utica, Kentucky: McDowell Publications, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Harlow] King, Martha Eheart. Harlow - Harlowe: Descendants of Henry Martin and Mary Elizabeth (Hawley) Harlow. Manassas, Virginia: M.E. King, 1980. Available at FHL.
 * [Henley] Small, Deborah Ann Kraemer. Osborn--Randolph--Henley--Bland Family Group Sheets. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Johnson] Greenlee, Martha Sansom. Some Indiana and Kentucky Descendants of Dilmus Johnson, Virginia Soldier of the Revolution: Including Allied Lines Ashley, Pace, Bowden, Gray, Bradley, Porter and Descendants of Margaret E. Johnson, Wife of Benjamin Darby Sansom. MSS., available at FHL; another copy at FHL.
 * [Lowry] Koetting, Jerome D. and Patricia G. Lowery Koetting. Descendants of James Lowry of Caldwell County, Kentucky. Rio Rancho, New Mexico: J.D. &amp; P.G.L. Koetting, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Mayo] Mayo, Charles Edward. Joseph Mayo, 2nd Lt., Fluvanna, Va., Patriot: A Genealogy and Family History, 1620 to 2001. Prichard, West Virginia: C.E. Mayo, 2001. Available at FHL.
 * [Moore] Moore, Charles R. The Moore Family of Central Virginia: Covering the Counties of Albeharle, Amherst, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange, Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia: C.R. Moore, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Osborne] See Henley.
 * [Smithson] Kennedy, Marvin S. John Smithson Pedigree. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Snead] Hatcher, William E. The Sneads of Fluvanna. Fork Union, Va.: Sneads of Fluvanna, 1959. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Strange] Alloway, Harold Jay. The Alloway History of a Strange Family. Derby, Kansas: H.J. Alloway, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Toney] Taylor, George Earl. A Brief Visit with the Old Folks. La Grange, Illinois: Taylor, 1975. Available at FHL.
 * [Westbrooks] Goodwin, Sarah Jones, Rutherford County Historical Society (Murfreesboro, Tn.), Estelle Jones Potts, and Leoma Smotherman Smotherman. Westbrooks-Williams and Related Smothermans of Rutherford County, Tennessee: With Histories of Midland Community, Oak Grove School, Old Leb Church. Murfreesboro, Tenn.: Rutherford County Historical Society, 1984. Available at FHL.
 * [Winks] Dozier, Rebecca Leach. The Winks' Family of England and Fluvanna County, Va., 1700-1990. Augusta, Georgia: R.L. Dozier, [1991?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Wood] Bayne, Margaret Williams. The Wood Family of Fluvanna County, Virginia, 1795-1969. Norfolk, Virginia: M.W. Bayne, 1984. Available at FHL.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Hudgins et al. 713 patents dated 1721-1855 in what is now Fluvanna County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2008. [Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of charge (click "Index" next to the county listing); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]

Local Histories

 * Fluvanna County Historical Society. The Bulletin of the Fluvanna County Historical Society. Issues 1-12. The Society, 1965-1971. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).

Military
French and Indian War


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

War of 1812


 * Douthat, James L. Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 2007. Available at FHL. [Includes Fluvanna County.]

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.

Research Guide

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Fluvanna County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1966):76-77. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Murphy, Marie Martin. "Fluvanna County Research," The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 6 (Jun. 1999):1-3. Available at FHL; digital version at Virginia Genealogical Society website.

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1782-1850] Fluvanna County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1850. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.; also available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [1782-1818] Heinegg, Paul. "Fluvanna County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1818," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1782-1800, 1863-1864, 1892] Fluvanna County, Virginia Land (Tax) Books, 1782-1800, 1863-1864, 1892. Original records, Fluvanna County Courthouse, Palmyra, Va.; also available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [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. Fluvanna County is included in Vol. 1.]
 * [1790, 1802] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1802 Personal Property Tax Lists of Fluvanna County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] "Fluvanna County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1978):16-22. Available at FHL; 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. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Fluvanna County is included in Vol. 1.]

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