Henrico County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Henrico County



Parent County
1634--Henrico County was created in 1634 as an original shire or county.County seat: Richmond

Record Loss

 * Henrico Co., Virginia - Proceedings of Commission Re: Its Records Destroyed by British, 1774-1782. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes deeds and wills.]

Neighboring Counties

 * Charles City
 * Chesterfield
 * Goochland
 * Hanover
 * New Kent
 * Powhatan

Cemeteries

 * Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. "Inscriptions from Various Tombstones in Dinwiddie, Chesterfield, Henrico and New Kent Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jan. 1900):178-183. Available at JSTOR ($).

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
Church of England


 * Burton, Lewis W. Annals of Henrico Parish, Diocese of Virginia and Especially of St. John's Church, the Present Mother Church of the Parish, from 1611 to 1884. Richmond, VA, USA: Williams Printing Company, 1942. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798. 1898; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996. 1960s reprint available at FHL; 1974 reprint available at FHL; digital version of 1996 reprint at Ancestry ($).
 * Moore, J. Staunton. The Annals and History of Henrico Parish, Diocese of Virginia: and St. John's P.E. Church. 1904; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979. Available at FHL [2 copies]; digital version at Ancestry ($).

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Richmond

Huguenot


 * Goree, Langston James, Janice Curtis Pampell et al. Master Index to the Huguenot: The Biennial Publications of the Huguenot Society, Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, and, Index to Vestry Book of King William Parish, Virginia, 1707-1750. Bryan, Texas: Family History Foundation, 1986. Available at FHL.

Quaker


 * Brown, Jane Douglas Summers and Jones Memorial Library. Jane Douglas Summers Brown (1903-) Quaker Records: Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia); MS 1515. MSS, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Va. Available on 26 microfilms at FHL. [Includes records of Henrico County Quakers; Brown assisted "William Wade Hinshaw in the writing of the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy."]

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


 * McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. Available at FHL; purchase at Genealogical Publishing Company.

Bibliography


 * [Adams] Coleman, C.W. "Genealogy of the Adams Family of New Kent and Henrico Counties, Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1897):159-164. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Allen] Allen, Littlebeery. Descendants of the Edmund Allen Family of Henrico County, Virginia. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Alley] Peyton, Katherine Hardin Marsh, Mary A. Browning, and Donald Wayne Hoover. The Hardin Family in Guilford County, North Carolina: Our Alley Family in Virginia: Our Two Carter Families in Virginia. High Point, North Carolina: K.H.M. Peyton, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Andrews] Andrews, James Ray. Genealogy of the Andrews-Maxey and Related Families of Henrico County in Colonial Virginia: Bondurant, Ford (Faure), Salle, Sampson. Dallas, Tex.: J.R. Andrews, 1967. Available at FHL.
 * [Andrews] Andrews, James Ray. Genealogy of the Andrews--Maxey and Related Families of Henrico County in Colonial Virginia: Bondurant, Ford (Faure), Salle, Sampson: This Volume Contains the Names of More than 1,200 Descendants of These Immigrant Families ... Dallas, Texas: J.R. Andrews, 1971. Available at FHL.
 * [Archer] See also Bevill.
 * [Archer] Randolph, Wassell. George Archer I of the Umberslade Archers of Henrico County, Virginia and His Descendants. 1965. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Bevill] Robling, James Warner. Coleman Family-Virginia to Pike County, Indiana. Villa Ridge, Missouri: J.W. Robling, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Beville] Lichliter, Asselia Strobhar. 700 Years of the Beville Family: The Lives and Times of 18 Generations of the Beville Family of Huntingdonshire, England; and Some Allied Families, Including the Bowerman, Hoo, Carew, Saunders, Lacy, Wimberly and Other Families in England; and the First 4 Generations in Henrico and Other Counties of Colonial Virginia; with the Archer, Eppes and Other Allied Families. Washington, D.C.: A.S. Lichliter, 1976. Available at FHL.
 * [Beville] Frank Pierce, Nancy Pierce, and Asselia Strobhar Lichliter. 700 Years of the Beville Family of Huntingdonshire, England by Asselia S. Lichliter. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Blankenship] Bonner, William J. Blankenship Family Records ca. 1640-1872. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Bottom] Bailey, Jack Dalton. The Bottom Line. Harrodsburg, Kentucky: J.D. Bailey, 2002. Available at FHL.
 * [Botton] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. The Botton Family of Henrico, Chesterfield, Amelia and Other Counties in Virginia, Sparrow Family of Virginia Notes. MSS., 1958, available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Branch] Cabell, James Branch. "Thomas and William Branch of Henrico and Some of Their Descendants," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Oct. 1917):111-121. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Burton] Knox, Nellie Maude Starkey and Wilson Burton Starkey. Genealogy of the John Pleasant Burton Family. 2 vols. Loveland, Colorado: N.M.S. Knox, 195-?. Available at FHL.
 * [Burton] Jones, Tilford A. Some of the Ancestors and Some of the De[s]cendants of Henry Burton, Revolutionary War Soldier, and John Burton, Revolutionary War Seaman. [Bethesda, Maryland]: T.A. Jones, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Burton] Straughan, Frances Mangold. Burton, Johnson, Mangold and Allied Families. Rockwall, Texas: F.M. Straughan, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Carter] Fish, Jean Carter Young. The Genealogy of Jean Carter Young Fish. 2 vols. San Antonio, Tex.: J.Y. Fish, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Chastain] Leishman, Robert W. and Pierre Chastain Family Association (Atlanta, Georgia). Pierre Chastain and His Descendants. 2 vols. [United States]: Pierre Chastain Family Association, 1995-. Available at FHL.
 * [Cocke] "The Cocke Family of Virginia (Henrico)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):71-89. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Cocke] Morton, Daniel. The Ancestry of David Morton. St. Joseph, Mo.: D. Morton, 1901. Available at FHL.
 * [Cocke] Southall, James P. " Concerning the Origin of the Cockes of Henrico," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul. 1931):228-234. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Cocke] Southall, James P.C. "Concerning Cox and Cocke Families of Henrico," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Jul. 1944):214-216. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Cocke] Cocke, Leonie Doss and Virginia Webb Cocke. Cockes and Cousins. 2 vols. [Winston-Salem, North Carolina?: V.W. Cocke], 1967-1974. Available at FHL.
 * [Coleman] Carter, William George. The Coleman Family from Virginia to Indiana. San Jose, Calif.: W.G. Carter, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Cottrell] Edgeworth, M.J. Some Descendants of Rev. Reuben Cottrell, Shelby and Daviess Counties, Kentucky. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Cox] See also Cocke.
 * [Coxe] Coxe, Simeon Oliver. Coxe Chronicles: Our Immigrant Ancestors &amp; Their Ports of Entry. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Crew] Barnhill, Celeste Jane Terrell, George Tatum Stanley and Clayton V. Stanley. Virginia Quaker Stanleys and Descendants. 1931. Available at FHL.
 * [Curd] Daughters of the American Revolution. Jacob Van Meter Chapter (Elizabethtown, Ky.). Edward Curd of Henrico County, Virginia and Some of His Descendants. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Curd] Fuller, Frank D. and Thomas H.S. Curd. The Curd Family in America: Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of Edward Curd of Henrico County, Virginia, 1704, with Brief Notes on the Allied Families of Price and Watkins. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, [1938]. Available at FHL.
 * [Curd] Thomas H.S. Curd, Jean Curpen Dones, Benjamin Smith Curd, William B. Curd, Lucy Price Rayne Truog, and Frank D. Fuller. 1981 Supplement to "The Curd family in America": Original Text Compiled by Frank D. Fuller and Thomas H.S. Curd, 1938. Roanoke, Virginia: T.H.S. Curd Jr., 1981. Available at FHL.
 * [Ducray] See Pruitt.
 * [Dunn] Lansford, Delores Caylor. Dunn Family History. [Florida?]: D.C. Lansford, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Eanes] Eanes, Richard Henry. The Descendants of Edward Eanes of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties in Virginia. Washington, D.C.: R.H. Eanes, 1940. Available at FHL.
 * [Eanes] Eanes, Richard Henry, Jenevie Eanes Knight, and William Clayton Eanes. The Descendants of Edward Eanes of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties in Virginia. Washington, D.C.: R.H. Eanes, 1968. Available at FHL. [Revised and enlarged edition of 1940 work.]
 * [Easley] Easley, Jim. Stephen and Mary Ann (David) Easley in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Kingsport, Tennessee: s.n., 1972. Available at FHL.
 * [Echo] Daniels, Jeanette K.B. Eacho and Allied Families. Salt Lake City, Utah: J.K.B. Daniels, [1990?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Ellis] Ontario Genealogical Society. Niagara Peninsula Branch. Record of the Ellis Family. 190-?. Available at FHL.
 * [Faris] Smead, Lola Lewis. One Line of Descent from Richard Faris, Henrico County, Virginia and 167 Allied Lines: Ancestry of John Lester Farris. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Farmer] Farmer, Felix Ewing Edgar and Georgia Watts Farmer. Farmer - Hobson and Related Families. McIntosh, Florida: F.E.E. Farmer, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Fowler] See Hill.
 * [Goode] Goode, George Brown. Virginia Cousins: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode of Whitby, a Virginia Colonist of the Seventeenth Century, with Notes Upon Related Families, a Key to Southern Genealogy and a History of the English Surname Gode, Goad, Goode or Good from 1148 to 1887. J.W. Randolph &amp; English, 1887. Digital book at Google Books (full-view).
 * [Goode] Stone, Martha Jane. The Genealogy and History of the Stewart Family of Halifax County, Virginia, Caswell and Person Counties, North Carolina, Trigg County, Kentucky. 2 vols. Lexington, Kentucky: M.J. Stone, 1986-1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Goode] Stone, Martha Jane. The Goode Family of Virginia, Georgia and Kentucky: A Supplement to the Genealogy and History of the Stewart Family of Halifax County, Virginia, Caswell and Person Counties, North Carolina, Trigg County, Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky: M.J. Stone, 2000. Available at FHL.
 * [Hancock] Childs, J. Rives. "Hancock Family of Lower Norfolk, Henrico and Bedford Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct. 1924):413-416. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Harris] Stanard, William G. A Chart of Some of the Descendants of Captain Thomas Harris of Henrico County, Who Came to Virginia in 1611: With an Appendix of Illustrative Documents. Richmond, Va.: W.E. Jones, Printer, 1893. Available at FHL.
 * [Harris] Tomlin, Marie. Mrs. Daniel Tomlin (Ancestry): One Hundred and Eleven Generations of Descent from Ancient and Medieval Kings of England, France, Scotland and Wales; Knights of the Garter and from Fourteen Sureties for the Magna Chart of A.D. 1215. MSS., 1961, available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Harris] Ott, Helen Harris Borton. Harris Collection, ca. 1066-1987. [Anacortes, Washington]: H.H.B. Ott, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Hasting] See Bevill.
 * [Hatcher] See Bevill.
 * [Hill] Traver, Jerome D. Some Descendants of Three Early Henrico (Chesterfield) County, Virginia, Settlers: James Hill (1655-1708), John Puckett (d. 1678), and John Fowler (ca. 1638-1687). Williamsburg, Virginia: J.D. Traver, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Hobson] See also Farmer.
 * [Hobson] Perkins, Dorothy Neblett. Hopson, a Genealogy: With Collateral Lines: Allen, Atkins, Atkinson, Bacon, Beck, Bellah, Bilbo, Boyd, Bradshaw, Bryan, Brewer, Broadbent, Brownlee, Bugg, Butler, Campbell, Carruthers, Cheatham, Cook, Craig, DeGraffenreidt, Dillahunty, East, Floyd, Foster, Fowl. Rancho Santa Fe, California: Neblett Press, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * [Horner] Horner, Wesley W. A Personal Inquiry into the Genealogy of My Horner Family in America. Englewood, California: W.W. Horner, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Hudson] Hudson, Malcolm Howard. Hudson Ancestors My Father Never Knew. [Longview, Texas]: M.H. Hudson, 1986. Available at FHL.
 * [Hutchins] Townsend, Rita Jean Hineman. Hutchins--Hutchens: Descendants of Strangeman Hutchins, Born 1707, of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, North Carolina. 3 vols. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1979, 1992 and Garden City, Kansas, R.H. Townsend. Available at FHL.
 * [James] Burke, Carolyn Jordan. The James Boys and Girls, Their In-laws and Outlaws: Including Chapters on These Connecting Lines, Ammonet, Bolling, Bransford, Branum, Connally, Cook, Dandridge, Harris, Hill, Jefferson, Maples, Oaks, Turpin. Lakeport, California: C. Burke, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [LaForce] Allen, Cameron. "Rene Massoneau LaForce of Henrico and Goochland Counties, Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall 2004):162-193; Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring 2005):69-92; Vol. 19, No. 2 (Fall 2005):231-249; Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 2006):112-127.
 * [Lancaster] Lancaster, Howard Erwin. Josiah Lee Lancaster, Born January 31, 1864, Died January 26, 1947; Married December 22, 1892, Manor, Texas, Laura Blake Carothers, Born August 4, 1871, Died December 13, 1931. San Antonio, Texas: H.E. Lancaster, 1988?. Available at FHL.
 * [Liggan] See Lygon.
 * [Lockett] Blankenburg, Katherine Dixon Carter. Thomas Lockett of Virginia: Genealogical Memoir. San Diego, California: Arts &amp; Crafts Press, 1940. Available at FHL.
 * [Lygon] Boddie, John Bennett. "Lygon of Madresfield, Worcester, England, and Henrico, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr. 1936):289-315. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Lygon] Ovide, Mrs. Raymond. Notes on John Liggan of Henrico County, Virginia. Newsport News, Va.: Mrs. R. Ovide, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Malpus] Malphurs, Muriel Ward and Cecil Edward Malphurs. Genealogy of the Early Malpus of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama: Including Malpas, Malpass, Molpus, Malphrus, Malphurs and All Similar Names with Allied Families. San Diego, California: M.W. Malphurs, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Maxey] See also Andrews.
 * [Maxey] Clark, Edythe Maxey. The Maxeys of Virginia: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1980. Available at FHL.
 * [Maxey] Clark, Edythe Maxey. The Maxey Messenger. [Newsletter] Bethesda, Maryland: E.M. Clark, 1981-1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Maxey] Garrett, Hester Elizabeth. A Book of Garretts. Supplement Number Three: This Book Has Corrected and Added Information on Descendants of John and Susannah Garrott of Amelia County, Virginia. It Has Also Some Information on Garretts of Lee County, Va. and of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania ... Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * [Morton] Allen, James Walter. "Morton Family of Henrico, Prince Edward and Brunswick Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul. 1931):210-220. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Morton] Johnson, Beulah Jeannette. Genealogy of John Morton, Henrico County, Virginia and His Descendants. MSS., 1939. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Moseley] Stutesman, John Hale. Moseley Families of Henrico, Chesterfield, Etc. Counties, VA after 1688, Compiled from Original Public Records. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Nash] Suman, Estaleene Nash. Jesse Nash Jr. &amp; Mary Adaline Baty/Batey Family Records. Bluffton, Indiana: E.N. Suman, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [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 Henrico County.]
 * [Newton] Gibson, Maxine Newton. Descendants of Giles Newton, I. n.p.: M.N. Gibson, 2003. Available at FHL.
 * [Nunnally] Shortal, Joseph Adams. Nunnally Genealogy. Hampton, Va.: Shortal, 1978. Available at FHL.
 * [Parker] Powell, Waunita. Three Richard Parkers of Va.: Dr. Richard Parker of Charles City Co. &amp; Henrico Co., Va., Aug. 1656 md. Mary Perkins, wid./Nicholas; Richard Parker of Nansemund Co., Va.; Richard Parker of Surry, Md. Judith Hunt, Wid./Wm. Hunt. Paris, Illinois: W. Powell, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Patterson] Patterson, Richard E. West Saxony 452, American 1992: Royalty Lineage of Gooch, Jarratt, Kimbrough, Mims, Patterson and Smith Families. Knoxville, Tenn.: Tennessee Valley Pub., 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Pattison] See Patterson.
 * [Perkins] Hall, William K. The Perkins Family of Virginia: Descendants of Nicholas Perkins Who Died ca. 1654 in Charles City County. [Bridgeport?, Ala.: n.p., 1953]. Available at FHL.
 * [Pleasants] Miller, Norman Carter and George Lane Miller. Pleasants and Allied Families: An Historical Genealogy of the Descendants of John Pleasants (1644/5-1698) of Henrico County, Virginia and of George Pleasant of York County, Virginia. DeKalb, Illinois: N.C. Miller &amp; G.L. Miller, 1980. Available at FHL.
 * [Porr] Ward, Roger G. A Rich Heritage: The Porr Family of Henrico County, Virginia and the Moss Family of Buckingham County, Virginia: Allied Families in Richmond and Henrico County Include Hertzberger, Rahm, Collins, Crittenden, Jordan, Stubbs, Hudson, Williams, Cocke and Huddlesy: Allied Families in Buckingham County Include Meador, Wilkinson, Whitlow, Sharpe, Pendleton, and the Berry, Mann, and Thomas Families of Prince Edward County. Chandler, Ariz.: R.G. Ward, 1991. Available at FHL
 * [Prewitt] Van Winkle, Phyllis Prewitt. The Prewitt Family Legacy. Knoxville, Tenn.: P.P. VanWinkle, 1991?. Available at FHL.
 * [Prewitt] Prewitt, Richard A. Prewitt--Pruitt Records of South Carolina. Des Moines, Iowa: R.A. Prewitt, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Prewitt] Prewitt, Richard A. Isham Prewitt, Sr. &amp; Frances Maddox, Their Descendants. 1998. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Price] Taylor, Wallace Moore Bartlett and Branch P. Kerfoot. Kerfoot &amp; Related Families' Ancestors. Newport, Beach, Ca.: B.P. Kerfoot, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Pruitt] See Prewitt.
 * [Puckett] See also Hill.
 * [Puckett] Meier, Gladys Hall. Puckett Family Genealogy: John Puckett, Wife Anne, to Henrico Co., Va. 1665 - Margaret Puckett Tipton and Her Children and Grandchildren, May 31, 1955, in Brownsville, Texas; Includes Mention of Douglas, Archer, Oscelos, Archer, Missionary Garrett, Taylor (Zachery), Walthall and Womack Families. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Ragland] Ragland, F.B., Edith Royster Judd, and F.B. Ragland. The Life of Hon. F.B. Ragland. [Auburn, Alabama: Z. Judd, 194_?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Ragland] Clementz, Lelah Pearl Savage. Ragland Genealogy. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Ragsdale] Williams, Mary Lou. Wrather, Magness, Ragsdale Families. Warren, Michigan: M.L. Williams, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Randolph] Randolph, Robert Isham. The Randolphs of Virginia: A Compilation of the Descendants of William Randolph of Turkey Island and His Wife, Mary Isham of Bermuda Hundred. Chicago, Illinois: R.I. Randolph, [1936?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Randolph] Randolph, Wassell. William Randolph I of Turkey Island (Henrico County) Virginia and His Immediate Descendants. Memphis, Tenn.: Seebode Mimeo Service: Distributed by Cossitt Library, 1949. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Randolph] Randolph, Wassell. Henry Randolph I (1623-1773) [sic] of Henrico County, Virginia and His Descendants: Preceded by Short Review of the Randolph Family in Early England and Elsewhere. Memphis, Tennessee: Distributed by Cossitt Library, 1952. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Randolph] Randolph, Wassell. Pedigree of the Descendants of Henry Randolph I (1623-1673): of Henrico County, Virginia. Memphis, Tenn.: Distributed by Memphis Public Library, 1957. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Roberts] Debenport, Jane Clancy. John Roberts (1707?-1776) of Henrico and Halifax Counties Virginia: His Life and Some of His Descendants: Including Information on Families of: Fourqurean, Ralston, Savage, Scates, Watkins, and Wooldridge. Temple, Texas: J.C. Debenport, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Roberts] Caldwell, Juanita Evans. Morris Roberts and Some of His Descendants. Lincolnton, North Carolina: J.E. Caldwell, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Robertson] King, Lawrence Westbrook. The Descendants of Jeffery Robertson (16 -1734) of Henrico County, Virginia. [Violet?, Louisiana]: L.W. King &amp; F.W. Gurney, 1981. Available at FHL.
 * [Robertson] Brayton, John Anderson. The Ancestry of General James Robertson, "Father of Tennessee": Addendum to "The Complete Ancestry of Tennessee Williams." Winston-Salem, North Carolina: J.A. Brayton, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Robertson] Riley, Betty Robertson and Jane Byington Williams. Robertson, Robinson, Roberson, Robison: Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth, Henrico County, Virginia, 1690-1999. n.p.: Donald R. Riley, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Robinson] See Robertson
 * [Rockett] Rockette, John Franklin. Rockett, Carpenter, Millican, Wise, Stevens, Selman, Abernathy, Rhodes, Ware Families, 1681-1981: and Seventy-six Connected Kins-men. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1981. Available at FHL.
 * [Selden] Selden, William. The Estate of Miles Selden Dec? of Henrico County in Account with William Selden, Executor. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL (microfilmed in 1949).
 * [Sheffield] Knight, Dorothy Melton. Melton-Sheffield-Fritz-Johnston and Allied Families. [Bountiful, Utah?]: D.M. Knight, [199-?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Smith] See Garrett's book on Maxeys.
 * [Stanley] Waisner, Judy Carlene. The Family of Lewis Fowler &amp; Chloe Ester Renfro. Crane, Missouri: J.C. Waisner, 2002. Available at FHL.
 * [Stephens] Stephens, Larry David. The Story of My Ancestry: Ten Generations of the Stephens Family. Roswell, Georgia: Historical Publications, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Stovall] Smith, Carmae Massey. The Stovall Family in America: Descendants of Bartholomew of Henrico County, Virginia, 1684. Houston, Texas: D. Armstrong, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Stovall] Thompson, Neil D. The Early Stovalls: A Report to the Virginia Committee of the Stovall Research Fund. Salt Lake City, Utah: N.D. Thompson, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Stovall] Thompson, Neil D. and Peter Wilson Coldham. The English Ancestry of Bartholomew Stovall of Henrico County, Virginia (1665-1721). Salt Lake City, Utah: N.D. Thompson, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Stovall] Thompson, Neil D. The Family of Bartholomew Stovall: Eight Generations of Stovalls in England and America. Fort Worth, Texas: Stovall Family Association, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Stovall] Bishop, Donald E. Descendants of Bartholomew Stovall (1655-1722): First Five American Generations. Laurel, Mississippi: Stovall Family Association, 1999. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Stratton] Brown, Herman Stratton. Genealogy of Certain Stratton Families of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: H.S. Brown, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * [Tanner] See also Bevill.
 * [Tanner] Torrence, William Clayton. "Early Generations of the Tanner Family of Henrico County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Oct. 1916):87-95; Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jan. 1917):198-205. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Throckmorton] Justus, Judith Price. The History of the Morton Family from Nicholas (Clay) Co., WV: Details of the Descent from the Throckmorton, Throgmorton Families from Henrico and Halifax Co., Virginia. Perrysburg, Ohio: J.P. Justus, [199-?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Traylor] McDonald, Robert A. William Traylor of Henrico County, Virginia, 1674 - 1753: His Children and Grandchildren. [Petaluma, California: R.A. McDonald], 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Turpin] Turpin, Thomas Jefferson. The Ancestors and Descendants of Philip Bancroft Turpin, 1850-1912: A Descendant of Michael Turpin of Henrico, Virginia. [Falls Church, Va.]: T. Turpin, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Vaden] Vaden, Anise, John Vaden, Edmond Frederick Bevelheimer, and Mary Emmogene Vaden Bevelheimer. From the Chickahominy to the Caney Fork: Ancestors and Descendants of John Vaden. 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Wade] See Echo.
 * [Walthall] Walthall, Lilyan. Walthall: Family Records. Waldo, Ark.: L. Walthall, 1960. Available at FHL.
 * [Washam] See Worsham.
 * [Watkins] Allen, Jane McMurtry. Henry Watkins of Henrico County, His Descendants and Their Allied Families. West Palm Beach, Florida: J.M. Allen, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Watkins] Stutesman, John Hale. Some Watkins Families of Virginia and Their Kin: Abbott, Anderson, Bass, Clay, Cox, Farrar, Hancock, Hundley, Montague, Moseley, Randolph, Walthall, Woolridge. San Francisco, California: J.H. Stutesman, 1989. Available at FHL.
 * [Watkins] Watkins, Raymond W. The Henry Watkins Family of Henrico County, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [White] White, Richard K. White-Parks Family Research Papers. MSS., 1999. Available on microfilm at FHL.|
 * [Whitlock] See Garrett's book on Maxeys.
 * [Womack] Womack, Helen Ring. The Womack Trail, from Virginia to Texas. Dallas, Texas: H.R. Womack, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Wood] See Morton's book on Cockes.
 * [Woodrum] Woodrum, Lawrence. Roots of the Woodrum Family, 1683-2000. Fort Wayne, Indiana: L.E. Woodrum, 2002. Original edition, 2005 supplement, and 2007 supplement available at FHL; digital version of 2005 supplement available at BYU Family History Archives; digital version of 2007 supplement available at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Worsham] Tuttle, Dorothy G. and Larry E. Washam. Worsham and Washam Family History. D.G. Tuttle and L.E. Washam, 2000. Available at FHL.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Henrico County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [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=Henrico&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 Henrico County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.
 * 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 New England Ancestors ($). [Henrico Co., VA: Randolph, Webb.]
 * "Parkers of Browsholme, Yorkshire, England," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):442-444. Available at JSTOR($). See also Sally Moore Koestler, "Dr. Richard Parker of Charles City," accessed 1 February 2010.

Land
Deeds


 * Henrico Co., Virginia - Proceedings of Commission Re: Its Records Destroyed by British, 1774-1782. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes deeds and wills.]

Grants and Patents


 * Bannister. 322 patents dated 1636-1803 in what is now Henrico County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2002. [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.]
 * Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Vol. I (1934; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991). Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Henrico County. N.B. If Ancestry's search engine fails, try checking the printed index at the end of the book.]

Local Histories

 * Manarin, Louis H. and Clifford Dowdey. The History of Henrico County. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1984. Available at FHL.

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Henrico County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Henrico County militia officers; 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 Henrico County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; 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 Henrico County, see p. 87.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Henrico County militia officers; see place name index.]

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.

Private Papers

 * [Price] Family Bible Records of Taliaferro, Fontaine, Price and Shelton. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL.

Probate
Local Court


 * Fleet, Beverley. Henrico County, Southside, 1736. 1944; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes sheriff's bond, John Nash's account book, 1737 justices of the peace, an inventory of Henrico County records, 1736 abstracts, and a few wills.]
 * Henrico Co., Virginia - Proceedings of Commission Re: Its Records Destroyed by British, 1774-1782. MSS., available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes deeds and wills.]

London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Henrico County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Research Guides

 * Fleet, Beverley. Henrico County, Southside, 1736. 1944; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1961. Available at FHL [3 copies]; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes sheriff's bond, John Nash's account book, 1737 justices of the peace, an inventory of Henrico County records, 1736 abstracts, and a few wills.]

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.


 * [1679] Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. Available at FHL; digital version at Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes annotated 1679 tithe list of Henrico County.]
 * [1704] "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28 (1920):207-218, 328-339; Vol. 29 (1921):18-28, 337-343, 402-412; Vol. 30 (1922):21-30, 280-285, 341-347; Vol. 31 (1923):70-75, 153-163, 215-231, 314-318; Vol. 32 (1924):69-75, 144-158, 281-287, 338-343; Vol. 33 (1925):47-50, 359-370; Vol. 34 (1926):113-119, 252-258, 313, 321. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version of VMHB at JSTOR ($). [Henrico County appears in 28:208-218.]
 * [1710-1738] Fife, R.H. and R.L. Maury. "The Vestry Book of King William Parish, Va., 1707-1750," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11 (1904):289-304, 425-440; Vol. 12 (1904/1905):17-32, 241-256, 369-384; Vol. 13 (1905/1906):65-80, 175-190, 265-280. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($). [Includes tithe lists dated 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1715, 1717, 1719, 1720, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, various entries identifying residents in 1740s, c1722 list of landowners, and 1727/1728 list of landowners.]
 * [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 Henrico 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. Henrico County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1790, 1801] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Henrico County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1802] Indexed images of the 1802 Land Tax List of Henrico County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [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. Henrico County is included in Vol. 1.]

Vital Records
Marriage


 * Lindsay, Joyce H. Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia, 1680-1808. Richmond, Va.: Joyce H. Lindsay, 1960. Available at FHL.
 * Pollack, Michael E. Marriage Bonds of Henrico County, Virginia, 1782-1853. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Ricks, Joel. Henrico County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1780-1861. 1937. Available at FHL.

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