Warren County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Warren County

Virginia county in the Shenandoah Valley region.

County Courthouse
Warren County Courthouse Virginia 1 East Main Street Front Royal, VA 22630


 * Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1836.

History


The county is named after Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-1775), "American Revolutionary War officer, who sent Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride."

Parent County
1836--Warren County was created 9 March 1836 from Frederick and Shenandoah Counties. County seat: Front Royal

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Research Guides

 * 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
''' Freedmen's Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-18721

Cemeteries

 * Tombstone Transcription Project Warren County- cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb

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 Warren County.]

Genealogy
Several genealogies have been published about Warren County families. To view a list, visit Warren County, Virginia Genealogy.

Local Histories

 * Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick. n.p.: n.p., c1909. Available at ; ; digital version at Ancestry ($); BYU Family History Archives and World Vital Records ($). [3 copies at FHL.]

Maps

 * Massanutten Area Atlas. Original records, Shenandoah County Archives, Woodstock, Va. Microfilmed reproduction available at . [This is a bound book of hand drawn maps showing property boundaries for grant map, ca. 1748-1915. It covers parts of Shenandoah, Warren and Page counties.]

Revolutionary 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 version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Warren County on page 136.]
 * 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

 * 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, Warren County, p. 106. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Civil War
''' Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865

Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865

Naturalization
 Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929

Newspapers

Private Papers
Virginia,Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007Probate

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Front Royal Virginia Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Warren County, VirginiaUSGENWEB
 * Cyndi's List
 * Cyndi's List

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