Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1758--Amherst County was created 14 September 1758 from Albemarle County. County seat: Amherst

Neighboring Counties

 * Appomattox
 * Bedford
 * Campbell
 * Lynchburg (now an independent city)
 * Nelson
 * Rockbridge

Cemeteries
For a detailed list, including addresses, phone numbers, and external links, see Amherst County, Virginia Cemeteries.

The following is a list of cemeteries in Amherst County:

Court
Indexes and images to Amherst County, Virginia Chancery Records 1773-1879 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. Additional records are also available at the Amherst County Courthouse. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical detail.

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.

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