Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Augusta County, Virginia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.

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Description
Augusta County is located in the Shenandoah Valley of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was created on November 1, 1738 when Orange County was divided. Augusta County was named for the Princess of Wales. The County seat is the City of Staunton.

Augusta County Virginia Courthouse
Augusta County, Virginia 6 East Johnson Street Staunton, Virginia 24401-4303 Phone:540-245-5321

Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1853-1896 marriage records from 1785, probate and land records from 1745, property tax records 1800-1851, land tax records from 1786 and court claims 1782-1785

Augusta County Virginia History
The county was named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Alternburg (1719-1772), who through marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), became the Princess of Wales in 1736.

Parent County
1738--Augusta County was created 1 August 1738 from Orange County. County seat: Staunton

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, visit "Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps" (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties
Albemarle | Bath | Highland | Nelson | Pendleton County, West Virginia | Rockbridge | Rockingham

Research Guides

 * Dorman, John Frederick. "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Augusta County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1960):80-86. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * Good, Rebecca H. and Rebecca A. Ebert. Finding Your People in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia: A Genealogical Guide. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1998. 4th ed.

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.
 * 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.

Additional resources about Augusta County's free African Americans include:


 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Ailstock, Anderson, Barnett, Battles, Bush, Cauther, Cooper, Fields, Jenkins, Kinney, Knox, McCoy, Mason, Maxfield, Nickens, Parr, Pryor, Redcross, Road, Roberts, Scot, Simpson, Tyre, Vena, Viers, Walden, Young families in pre-1820 Augusta County, Virginia.
 * Heinegg, Paul. "Augusta County Personal Property Tax List 1796-1820," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * Kegley, Mary B. Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. Wytheville, Virginia: Kegley Books, 2003. Available at ; digital version at . [Includes information from Augusta County.]

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.

Freedmen's BureauLetters or Correspondence, 1865-1872

Bible Records

 * Clarke - Gresham, Mary. "Clarke Family Bible, Augusta County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1964):14-16. Available at . Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * Fulton - Cramer, Rose Fulton. "The John Fulton Bible, Augusta County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):15-18. Available at . Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * Givens - Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at ; digital version at Google Books. [Includes transcript of the bible of Robert Givens, of Lincoln county, Ky., 1759-1802, and his declaration of services rendered." See pp. 223-226.]

Biography

 * McFerrin - Fitzgerald, O.P. John B. McFerrin, a Biography. Nashville, Tennessee : Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1888. 1321222 Item 2; digital version at.

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 ; 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. ; 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.

Census
1810


 * 1810 Census of Augusta County, Virginia. Beverly, W. Va.: Crickard, 1968?. US/CAN Access Services Window 6015641; digital version at Ancestry ($).

1840


 * Douthat, James L. 1840 Augusta County, Virginia Census. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press website.

1890 Union Veterans


 * "Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890." Prince William County Virginia, by Ronald Ray Turner.

Church Records

 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. ; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes a list of dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]

Baptist
Linville Creek Baptist Church. Also called Smith's Creek. Constituted 1756.

Church of England
See also Augusta Parish, Virginia

Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Augusta County is available online.

German Reformed

 * Braun, Johannes, Klaus Wust and Joseph H. Meyerhoeffer. Shenandoah Valley Family Data, 1799-1813: From the Memorandum Book of Pastor Johannes Braun. Edinburg, Va.: Shenandoah History Publishers, 1978..
 * 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.

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.

Presbyterian
Early Presbyterian Churches (with years constituted):


 * Augusta Stone (1740)
 * Bethel (1746)
 * First Presbyterian Church (1818), Staunton, Va.
 * Hebron (1746)
 * Mount Carmel, Steele's Tavern, Va.
 * South Mountain (1743)
 * Stone Meeting House (1793), Old Providence, Spottswood, Va.
 * Tinkling Spring (1738)


 * 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 ; 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 . [Founder of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church.]
 * Hoge, Arista. The First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: Caldwell-Sites, 1908. ; digital version at - free.
 * Houston, Florence Wilson, Laura Cowan Blaine, and Ella Dunn Mellette. Maxwell History and Genealogy: Including the Allied Families of Alexander, Allen, Bachiler, Batterton, Beveridge, Blaine, Brewster, Brown, Callender, Campbell, Carey, Clark, Cowan, Fox, Dinwiddie, Dunn, Eylar, Garretson, Gentry, Guthrie, Houston, Howard, Howe, Hughes, Hussey, Irvine, Johnson, Kimes, McCullough, Moore, Pemberton, Rosenmuller, Smith, Stap, Teter, Tilford, Uzzell, Vawter, Ver Planck, Walker, Wiley, Wilson; Also Baptismal Record of the Rev. John Craig, D.D., of Augusta County, Virignia, 1740-1749, Containing One Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-four Names (First Publication of the Original Record). Indianapolis, Indiana: Press of C.E. Pauley, Indianapolis Engraving Co., 1916. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).

Court
County Court


 * Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital versions of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [Volume 1 includes abstracts of Court Order Books 1-24 (1745-1799) and Court Judgments, which continues in Volume 2.]

Pennsylvania Courts


 * Crumrine, Boyd and Washington County Historical Society, Washington, Pa. The County Court for the District of West Augusta, Virginia: Held at Augusta Town, Near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1776-1777. Printed by the Observer Job Rooms, for the Washington County Historical Society, 1905. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * 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.

Chancery


 * 1746- 1912 Library of Virginia's Chancery Records Index

Directories

 * A Directory of the Representative Business and Professional Men of Augusta County and Staunton, Va. unknown: Rohrer &amp; Diamond, 1899. 6015631-6015632; digital version at Ancestry ($).

DNA
DNA has been collected from purported descendants of the following Augusta County, Virginia residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [McClure] Multiple descendants of Halbert McClure, b. 1685 Raphoe Parish, County Donegal, Ireland, d. 1754 near Timber Ridge, Augusta (now Rockbridge) County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12, 25, and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 25104, 33804, 62193, 137959). Genetic signatures available online (labelled Lineage 1 Halbert McClure (son of James) 1685 N. Ire-1754 Va Branch: MA-1, M-9, M-22, M-29, M-33), courtesy: The McClure DNA Project, World Families Network.

Genealogy
More than 1000 genealogies have been published about Augusta County families. To view a list, visit Augusta County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies.

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 ; 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.

Land and Property
An early settlers map is available for Beverley Manor in Augusta County. The cartographer plots the locations of pioneers' land tracts. The Family History Library has a copy:. An alphabetical listing is available:. For another version, see:.

An early settlers map showing the purchasers of the 92,100 acre grant to Benjamin Borden on the west side of the Blue Ridge Mountains (1739) is available. The Family History Library has a copy:.

Augusta County Property Book 1876 (digital image) Virginia Pioneers ($)

Deeds


 * Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital version of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [Volume 3 includes abstracts of Deed Books 1-27.]

Grants and Patents


 * Kaylor, Peter Cline. Abstract of Land Grant Surveys of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, 1761-1791. Dayton, VA: Shenandoah Press, 1938. Available at ; digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * Sims, Edgar Barr. Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia. [Springfield, Virginia]: Genealogical Books in Print, c1992. Available at . [Includes Augusta County, Virginia.]

Local Histories

 * Aull, Edward. Early History of Staunton and Beverley Manor in Augusta County, Virginia. Birmingham: Aull, 1963. Available at.
 * Beautiful Thornrose. Staunton, Va., 1921. Digital version at - free.
 * 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 and ; digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * Dunlap, Boutwell. Augusta County, Virginia in the History of the United States. Frankfort, Kentucky: The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1918. Digital versions at - free; Google Books - free.
 * 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 ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Kemper, Charles Edward. Historical Notes from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia. Lancaster, Pa.: Historical Society?, 1979. Available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Kercheval, Samuel. A History of the Valley of Virginia. Woodstock, Va.: W.N. Grabill, 1902. Digital version at - free.
 * Peyton, John Lewis. History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: S.M. Yost, 1882. Original edition available at ; 1972 reprint at ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($).
 * Prichard, A. M. Name Index to Peyton's History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: Prichard?, 1979. Available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, With Reminiscences Illustrative of the Vicissitudes of Its Pioneer Settlers ... Richmond, Va.: Wm. Ellis Jones, Book and Job Printer, 1886. Digital version at Google Books - free; 1888 supplement: - free.
 * Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. Staunton, Va.: C.R. Caldwell, 1902. Available at and ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($) (second edition).

Maps



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

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 ; digital version at American 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.]

Lusk identifies many residents of Augusta County who migrated to pioneer Washington County, Tennessee in:


 * Lusk, Ann. "Some Early Settlers in Washington County, Tennessee," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 34, No. 3 (2005):143-145.

Colonial Militia

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at . [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 ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at ; digital book at Ancestry ($); Google Books; and Archive.org. [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War

 * Augusta County, Virginia Indian Wars 1754-1764. Reprint, Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press website. ["Lyman Draper, one of the countries earliest historians recorded the names of those either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy in Augusta County. At this time, Augusta County covered a great deal of the upper part of the eastern United States with over seven states being taken from it in total or in part. These listings included those on the Monongalia, Holston, New, Greenbrier Rivers, Reed Creek, South Branch, Fort Vause, Jackson’s River and many other areas of the east."]
 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at . [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 ; 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 ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at ; digital book at Ancestry ($); Google Books; and Archive.org. [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 ; 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.
 * 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 . [Includes abstracts of records concerning Dunmore's War.]

Revolutionary War
Regiments. Service men in Augusta County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Augusta County supplied soldiers for the:


 * - 8th Virginia Regiment
 * - 9th Virginia Regiment
 * - 10th Virginia Regiment
 * - 12th Virginia Regiment (1st and 8th Companies)

Writing in 1889, local historian Waddell wrote "It is impossible to obtain any list or particular account of troops furnished by Augusta county during the Revolutionary war, and the names of only a few comparatively of the soldiers have escaped oblivion." Has this conclusion held true or been disproven?

Additional resources:

Augusta residents recommended for military commissions during the Revolutionary War.


 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at ; 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.
 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]
 * King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($). [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 . [Includes abstracts of records concerning Dunmore's War.]
 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Augusta County on page 133.]
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

War of 1812
Augusta County men served in the 32nd and 93rd Regiments.


 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Augusta County, pp. 62-63.]

Civil War

 * - 1st Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Local Defense (Confederate). Company E (Valley Rangers)
 * - 1st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate).
 * - 5th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Mountain Guard), Company D (Southern Guard), Company E (Augusta Greys), Company F (West View Infantry), Company G (Staunton Rifles), Company H (Augusta Rifles), Company I (Ready Rifles), Company L (West Augusta Guard).
 * - 7th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (1st Nitre Battalion) (Confederate). Company D.
 * - 14th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company C (Valley Cavalry or Rangers) and Company I (Churchville Cavalry).
 * - 23rd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company F.
 * - 25th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Heck's) (Confederate). Company C (Augusta Lee Rifles).
 * - 52nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Companies A (Augusta Fencibles), B2 (Waynesboro Guards), C (Letcher Guard), D (Harper Guard), F, G (Veteran Guards), H (Staunton Pioneers), and I (Men of West Augusta).
 * - 62nd Regiment, Virginia Mounted Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Valley Rifles).

Many records and histories are available, including:


 * 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
 * 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)

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."]

Civil War Battles
The following Civil War battles were fought in Augusta County:


 * June 5-6, 1864 = Piedmont [16]
 * March 2, 1865 = Waynesboro [17]


 * Maps of Civil War battles in Virginia: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

Miscellaneous Records

 * 1607-2007 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Native Americans

 * Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pennsylvania). Genealogical Manuscripts Up to 1968. MSS., microfilmed in 1968, available at . [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 Williamsburg website. 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.


 * 1793-1794 - Staunton Spy (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 1800-1801 - Political Mirror (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 1808-1809 - Political Censor (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 1811 - Spirit of the Press (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 1814 - Staunton Observer (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
 * 2011-present - News Virginian (Waynesboro, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).

Occupations

 * Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at . [Includes sections on Staunton and Waynesboro silversmiths.]
 * 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 . Digital version at American Ancestors ($).

Periodicals
The Blount Journal

Genealogical articles with abstracts of Augusta County, Virginia records have been published in The Blount Journal, the publication of the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society. Began in 1985, still in print. Past issues can be purchased online from a list that includes issue contents. The Family History Library has acquired most volumes.

Petitions

 * Eckenrode, H.J. Virginia State Library: A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford. Richmond, Va.: Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing, 1908. Digital version at Google Books (full-view). [Augusta County petitions (1776-1864) are described on pp. 135-185.]

Probate Records

 * Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital version of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books. [Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds.]
 * 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.
 * Digital Images of Augusta County Wills 1745-1753. See names of Testators. Virginia Pioneers

Online Probate Records


 * 1639 – 1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records, 1639-1850 at Ancestry.com — index to transcribed records, incomplete, $

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * 1782-3;1820-7; 1836-60; 1876-9; 1881-1900 - Augusta County Tax returns 1782-3;1820-7; 1836-60; 1876-9; 1881-1900Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1730-1754 - Joyner, Peggy Shomo. Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys. Vol. 1 [Orange &amp; Augusta counties, with tithables, delinquents, petitioners, 1730-1754]. Portsmouth, Virginia: P.S. Joyner, 1985..
 * 1748-1804 - Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. 2. 1912; reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. 975.5916 F2c 1980 v. 2; digital version at RootsWeb. (Includes abstracts of delinquents and insolvents for the years 1748 to 1804 on pp. 413-429.)
 * 1764-1765, 1769 - Tax List, 1764-65, 1769, Augusta Historical Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Fall 1972).
 * 1777-1778 - Augusta County, Virginia List of Tithables, 1777-1778. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available at FHL:.
 * 1777 - Augusta Tithables List, 1777, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Aug. 2001); Vol. 39, No. 4 (Nov. 2001); Vol. 40, No. 4 (Nov. 2002); Vol. 41, No. 2 (May 2003); Vol. 42, No. 2 (May 2004); Vol. 42, No. 3 (Aug. 2004); Vol. 42, No. 4 (Nov. 2004); Vol. 43, No. 2 (May 2005); Vol. 43, No. 4 (Nov. 2005); Vol. 44, No. 1 (Feb. 2006); Vol. 44, No. 2 (May 2006); Vol. 44, No. 3 (Aug. 2006); Vol. 44, No. 4 (Nov. 2006). ; digital versions of Vols. 39 and 40 at Ancestry ($).
 * 1777 - Tithables, 1777, Allegheny Regional Ancestors, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter 1993).
 * 1781-1784 - Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. 2. 1912; reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. 975.5916 F2c 1980 v. 2; digital version at RootsWeb. (Includes abstracts of tithables 1781 to 1784 on pp. 429-431.)
 * 1782 - Douthat, James L. 1782 Augusta County, Virginia Tax Listing. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2012. Free online surname index and publisher's bookstore.
 * 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. Online at FamilySearch; . [1782 personal property tax list of Augusta County.]
 * 1782 - Tax List, 1782, Bath County Heritage Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Winter 1998).
 * 1782 - Personal Property Tax List, 1782, Augusta Historical Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1976).
 * 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. Online at FamilySearch - free; . (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. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($). (These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Augusta County's 1782-1785 [sic] Delinquent Lists appear on 22:194-202; 1786-1787 Delinquent Lists appear on 22:279-286 and 23:31-37; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 21:113-114; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 23:113-119; 1788 Delinquent List appears on 19:248-250 and 23:195-198.)
 * 1784-1800 - Tax List, 1784-1800: Men to French Broad, Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 6 (Dec. 1978).
 * 1790, 1800 - Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Accomack County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * 1796-1820 - Heinegg, Paul. "Augusta County Personal Property Tax List 1796-1820," Free African Americans.com, available online. (Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.)
 * 1800 - "Augusta County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1962):75-80; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1962):113-120; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1962):157-163. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * 1815 - Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. . The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Augusta County is included in Vol. 5.

Birth

 * 1853-1874 - Augusta County Birth Index 1853-1874. Batch at FamilySearch - free.


 * 1912-1913 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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

 * 1660-1800 - Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 (Ancestry) ($).
 * 1660-1959 - Virginia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1700-1799 - Augusta County, Virginia Marriages 1700-1799 - free.
 * 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 (Ancestry) ($).
 * 1749-1773, 1785-1793 - Crozier, William Armstrong. Early Virginia Marriages. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1953. Digital version at - free. Includes marriages performed by Rev. John Brown 1785-1793 and Augusta County marriages 1749-1773.
 * 1749-1799 - Augusta County, VAGenWeb includes abstracts of marriage book 1, marriages 1700-1799, and marriages from Chalkley's Chronicles.
 * 1749-1799 - Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Available at ; digital versions of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [Some early marriages (groom only list) 1748-1788 are found in Volume 2; these records were copied from a clerk's record book that was lost some time after the author transcribed the list in 1912. The original list was the clerk's record of marriage license payments and the date of the payment.]
 * 1785-1813 - First Marriage Record of Augusta County, Virginia, 1785-1813. 1930?; reprint, unknown: Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter, D.A.R., 1979. Multiple copies available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * 1785-1887 - Augusta County Marriage Index 1785-1887. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1854-1900 - Augusta County Marriage Index 1854-1900. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1936-1988 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1853-1896 - Augusta County Death Index 1853-1896. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1912-1987 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Augusta County Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries

 * Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia
 * Augusta County Genealogical Society
 * Augusta County Virginia Historical Society
 * Central Virginia Genealogical Association

Family History Centers

 * Waynesboro Virginia Family History Center

Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy Websites

 * Augusta County, Virginia USGENWEB
 * Augusta County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
 * Augusta County, VAGenWeb
 * Cyndi's List
 * Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * Virginia Pioneers ($)