Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Albemarle
 * Bath
 * Highland
 * Nelson
 * Pendleton County, West Virginia
 * Rockbridge
 * Rockingham

African American
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.

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.

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.

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


 * Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 1957; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Original edition available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Specifically treats the following families: Bratton, Campbell, Carlile, Cleek, Craig, Crawford, Dyer, Gay, Givens, Graham, Gwin, Harper, Henderson, Hull, Keister, Lightner, Lockridge, McFarland, Moore, Warwick.]

Bibliography


 * [Dilley] Jones, Thomas W. "Dilley of Northern Virginia and Ohio: A Proposed Solution Hanging on a Single Word," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):220-227.
 * [Harrison] Harrison, John Houston. Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County, Virginia, and Their Descendants of the Family of Harrison and Allied Lines. Dayton, Va.: J.K. Ruebush Co., 1935. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Stewart] Stewart, William C. "Mercantile Adventures in Early Virginia, John Stewart, Tailor of Augusta and Botetourt Counties," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):3-11; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):61-66. Available at New England Ancestors($).

Immigration

 * 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 FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [Augusta Co., VA: Thompson.]
 * [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=Augusta&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 Augusta County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Local Histories

 * Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. Staunton, Va.: C.R. Caldwell, 1902. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Military
Colonial Militia


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

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 FHL.

Civil War

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.

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.

Occupations

 * 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 New England Ancestors ($).

Private Papers

 * [Clarke] Gresham, Mary. "Clarke Family Bible, Augusta County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1964):14-16. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Fulton] Cramer, Rose Fulton. "The John Fulton Bible, Augusta County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):15-18. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Augusta County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1960):80-86. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Taxation

 * Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Accomack County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.
 * "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. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Vital Records
Birth


 * Fridley, Beth. Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1862-75 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Fridley, Beth. Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1876-79 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Fridley, Beth. Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1880-87 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Fridley, Beth. Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1888-96 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Available at Ancestry ($).

Marriage

Some early marriages (groom only list) 1748-1788 are found in volume 2 ''Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia FHL 975.5916 F2c. ''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.

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