Albemarle County, Virginia Genealogy

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Albermarle County, Virginia is a county, established in 1744, in central Virginia.

Parent County
1744--Albemarle County was created 6 May 1744 from Goochland and Louisa Counties. County seat: Charlottesville

Populated Places
Towns: Scottsville

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

The following is a list of cemeteries in Albemale County:

Census

 * Vogt, John. Albemarle County Virginia Federal Census of 1810. New Papyrus, 2008.

Church
Presbyterian


 * Woods, Edgar, Rev. Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of What It Was by Nature, of What It Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made It. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company Printers, 1901. Original edition available at FHL; 1964 reprint at FHL; 1991 reprint at FHL; digital version of original edition at Ancestry ($); digital version at Google Books. [Includes family histories of many residents of the county. Also identifies some Presbyterians (1747), some French and Indian War soldiers, Revolutionary War soldiers, county militia (1794-1802), government representatives, some migrants who left Albemarle County, and some death records (1744-1890).] [Alternative title: History of Albemarle County, Virginia.]

Court
Guardianship


 * Murphy, Guardians' Bonds of Albemarle County.

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


 * Woods, Edgar, Rev. Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of What It Was by Nature, of What It Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made It. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company Printers, 1901. Original edition available at FHL; 1964 reprint at FHL; 1991 reprint at FHL; digital version of original edition at Ancestry ($); digital version at Google Books. [Includes family histories of many residents of the county. Also identifies some Presbyterians (1747), some French and Indian War soldiers, Revolutionary War soldiers, county militia (1794-1802), government representatives, some migrants who left Albemarle County, and some death records (1744-1890).] [Alternative title: History of Albemarle County, Virginia.]

Bibliography


 * [Black] Black, Natalie K. Pioneer Preacher, Descendants to 1980 of the Rev. Samuel Black (1700-1770) of Pennsylvania and Albemarle County, Virginia. [Madison, Tennessee: N. K. Black], 1981. Available at FHL.
 * [Brown] Coons, F.H. Boyd, K. Edward Lay, Eugenia Bibb, and University of Virginia. School of Architecture. "Benjamin Brown, Sr. of Brown's Cove, Albemarle Co., Va: A Brief Survey of Some of His Descendants and Their Buildings," Architecture in Virginia, Issue 24.
 * [Buggs] Brochu, Francis Louis. The Buggs of Big Albemarle County, Virginia: In Three Parts. Salem, Virginia: F.L. Brochu, 1995. Vol. 1 available at FHL.
 * [Carlton] Carlton, George H. John Carlton of Orange County and Albemarle County, Virginia: And Some of His Descendants, 1720-1989. Dallas, Texas: Brooks Publishing Co., 1989. Available at FHL.
 * [Carter] Wallace, George Selden. The Carters of Blenheim: A Genealogy of Edward and Sarah Champe Carter of "Blenheim", Albemarle County, Virginia. G.S. Wallace, 1955. Available at FHL.
 * [Denny] Hirtzel, Richard D. Samuel Denny of Albemarle County, Virginia and Surry County, North Carolina. [Pleasant Grove, Utah]: R.D. Hirtzel, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Denny] Hirtzel, Richard D. Supplement to Samuel Denny of Albemarle County, Virginia and Surry County, North Carolina. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 2000. Available at FHL.
 * [Dollins] Williams, M. Coburn. Descendants of Richards Dollins of Albemarle County, Virginia. 197-?. Available at FHL.
 * [Dollins] Dollins, John Lewis. Dollins - The Descendants of Hugh A. Dollins (1800-1836), Born Albemarle Co., Virginia, Died Lincoln Co., Tennessee; the Youngest Son of Presley Dollins. Orlando, Florida: J.L. Dollins, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * [Dyer] Price, Theodore H. and Charlotte P. Price. The Dyer Family: Descendants of Samuel Dyer of Albemarle County, Virginia, from the Records of Thomas B. Dyer of St. Louis, Mo. New York: Printed by T.A. Wright, 1906.
 * [Emerson] Emerson, John W., Robert E. Turman, and Donald E. Baker. "The Em(m)erson Family of Albemarle County, Virginia, and Gibson County, Indiana," Tri-State Packet, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Jun. 1981):26-42. Available at FHL.
 * [Epperson] Brinkman, Edna Epperson. The Story of David Epperson &amp; His Family of Albemarle County, Virginia: With Supplementary Notes on the Epperson Family in America. Hinsdale, Ill.: E.E. Brinkman, 1933. Available at FHL. [2 copies available.]
 * [Everett] Everett, Robert Louis. The Everetts of Albemarle County, Virginia. Riverside, California: Canyon Crest Printing, 1992. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Feathers] Feathers, Omer C. The Descendants of John Feathers Who Came from Ireland and Settled in Albemarle County, Virginia. Johnson City, Tennessee: O.C. Feathers, 1954. Original edition available at FHL; revision at FHL in book form and on CD.
 * [Garnett] Garnett, William Edward and Emma Garnett McCoy. The Garnetts of Albemarle County, Virginia: James Muscoe and Cornelia Wingfield Garnett; Antecedents and Descendants. MSS., 1963, available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Garrison] Garrison, Ray H. A Garrison Family History: William Garrison of Albemarle County, Virginia and Some of His Descendants. Lindon, Utah: R.H. Garrison, 2006. Available at FHL.
 * [Giannini] Gianniny, O. Allan, Robert Lewis Giannini, Rosanna Bencoach, Barbara Martin, and Robert Vawter Gianniny. The Giannini's of Virginia. 3rd edition. 1999. Purchase here.
 * [Goodman] Goodman, Roger Lee. Some Descendants of Charles Goodman (ca.1740-1826) of Albemarle County, Virginia. 2 vols. Wetmore, Kansas: R.L. Goodman, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Heard] Poole, Joyce Perkerson. Record-based History of Stephen Heard of Albemarle &amp; Pittsylvania Counties, VA: With a Very Expanded Index. Family Tree Helpers, 1985.
 * [Heard] Poole, Joyce P. Report on the Pre-America Origins of the Sadsbury, PA &amp; Albemarle Co., Va. Heards: Why (Earl) John and Margaret (McDonald) Heard are Not Their (Virginia) Ancestors. Augusta, Georgia: J.P. Poole, [1989?]. Available at FHL. [2 copies at FHL.]
 * [Hylton] Hylton, Paul and Evelyn Hylton. Genealogy of the Hylton Family in America: Branch of George Hilton, Sr., 1699-1770?, of (Goochland Co., Albemarle Co., Amherst Co.) Va. Woodinville, Washington: P. &amp; E. Hylton, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Jarman] Campbell, Shirley O'Neal. The Jarman Family of Spotsylvania, Orange, &amp; Albemarle Counties of Virginia. S.O. Campbell, 2004. Available at FHL.
 * [Jouett] Thornley, Grayson Jennie. Jack Jouett of Albemarle: The Paul Revere of Virginia. BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009.
 * [Key] Key, Marcus M. "The Keys of Key West, Albemarle County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1964):51-55; Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul-Sep. 1964):116-121; Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1964):177-183. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Langford] McKinney, Robert Q. and Irene McKinney. Langford/Lankford/Landford of Albemarle County, Virginia and Lewis County, West Virginia: Miscellaneous Items from 1785 Through Civil War Times and After. Lompoc, Calif.: R.Q. McKinney, 1984. Available at FHL.
 * [Lewis] Lewis, Stanford Bacon. Descendants of John Lewis (b.1692, d.1754) Married 1718 to Frances Fielding, "Warner Hall," Gloucester County, Virginia. Arlington, Virginia: Lewis Family Foundation, [1990?]. Available at FHL. [Alternative title: Descendants of Robert Lewis (b.1702, d.1765) Married 1725 to Jane Meriwether, "Belvoir," Albemarle County, Virginia.]
 * [Lewis] Gordon, John Steele. "Enigmas #16: Who Were the Parents of David Lewis (ca. 1695-1779) of Albemarle County, Virginia?", The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 1 (Jan. 2003):17-21; Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):219.
 * [Morrison] Mosher, Merrill Hill. Morrison of Albemarle, Amherst &amp; Nelson Counties, Virginia. Coos Bay, Oregon: M.H. Mosher, 1982. Available at FHL.
 * [Pickett] Hunter, Patricia Finn. Pickett Cousins: A 350-year History, 1640-1990: Some Ancestors and Descendants of Charles Lewis Pickett and Jane Dowell of Adair County, Kentucky, and Albemarle County, Virginia. Knoxville, Tennessee: P.F. Hunter, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Rogers] Love, Paula. The Ancestry of Will Rogers of the Lost Tribes of Old Albermarle [i.e. Albemarle, Virginia]. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Rose] Rose, Christine and Seymour T. Rose. Rev. Robert Rose of Scotland, Essex County, Virginia and Albemarle County, Virginia: The First Five Generations in America. San Jose, California: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. Available at FHL.
 * [Rothwell] Fischer, Myra Smith. A Rothwell Book: Comprising the Descendants of Claiborne Rothwell of Albemarle County, Virginia, through Nine Generations and Interesting Sketches About Some of His Descendants. Memphis, Tennessee: M.S. Fischer, 1964. Available at FHL.
 * [Sneed] Sneed, William Benjamin and Edgar Morris Sneed. Sneed (Sneyd) Genealogy: Benjamin Sneed (1721-1819) Line, Albemarle County, Va. W.B. Sneed, 2003.
 * [Southard] See Suddarth.
 * [Suddarth] Hirtzel, Richard D. William Suddarth of Stafford County and Albemarle County, Virginia. [Pleasant Grove, Utah]: R.D. Hirtzel, 1999. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Thurmond] Thurmond, John William Wesley. Thurmond, the Ancestry and Descendants of James Thurmond of Albemarle and Nelson Counties, Virginia and Other Related Material. Gatewood Pub. Co., 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Watts] Linnell, Lori Watts. John Watts and Lucy Dalton of Albemarle County, Virginia: Their Ancestry and Descendants. Chula Vista, California: L.W. Linnell, 2007. Available at FHL.
 * [Wheeler] Wheeler, Dennis. The Life and Times of William Wheeler &amp; Nancy Puckett: of Albemarle County, Virginia and Barren County, Kentucky Whose Descendants Came to Missouri: with a Genealogy of the Grandfather of William Wheeler, Micajah Wheeler of Albemarle County, Virginia. Jackson, Missouri: D. Wheeler, 1996. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Wood] Wood, McFarland W. Descendants of Josiah Wood Through His Son, David Wood, Albemarle County, Virginia. Hopkinsville, Kentucky: M.W. Wood, 1947. Available at FHL.
 * [Wood] Peden, Henry C. The William Wood and Related Families of Albemarle County, Virginia and Barren County, Kentucky in the 1800's. H.C. Peden, 1984.
 * [Woods] Hosier, Scott F. The Descendants of Michael Woods, Gent., of Mountain Plains, Albemarle Co., Va. [Indianapolis, Ind.?]: S.F. Hosier, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Woods] Hudelson, Mary Ann Eliza Woods, Nancy Hawlick Stein, Melville S. Woods, Robert Archer Woods. Documenting Joseph Woods (1745-1835), His Lineal Descendants - 1909 Edition: Mary (Hamilton) Woods, Wife &amp; Mother of Children, Albemarle Co., VA, Blount Co., TN, Gibson &amp; Warrick Co., IN, Rockbridge Co., VA. Stein, 2002.
 * [Worley] Dean, H. Clark. "Caleb Worley (say 1730-circa 1790) of Virginia and Kentucky, Grandson of Francis Worley of Pennsylvania," The American Genealogist, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Apr. 1995):75-81.

Historic Residences

 * Boggan, Linda Gail, K. Edward Lay, and University of Virginia. School of Architecture. "The Olde Poorhouse Farm of Keswick, Va: The Second Poorhouse of Albemarle County," Architecture in Virginia, Issue 143 [Citation from Google Books.]
 * Castle Hill, Albemarle County, Virginia: Home of Prince and Princess Troubetzkoy and Miss Landon Rives. 193?.
 * Coons, F.H. Boyd, K. Edward Lay, Eugenia Bibb, and University of Virginia. School of Architecture. "Benjamin Brown, Sr. of Brown's Cove, Albemarle Co., Va: A Brief Survey of Some of His Descendants and Their Buildings," Architecture in Virginia, Issue 24.
 * Craig, Claudia, K. Edward Lay, and University of Virginia. School of Architecture. "Springdale Farm: Simeon Area, Near Buck Island Creek, Albemarle County, Virginia," Studies in Vernacular Architecture, Issue 58.
 * Ye Greenwood House (On Dinwiddie Estate): Greenwood, Albemarle County, Va. 190?. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Albemarle 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=Albemarle&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 Albemarle County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * 1476 patents dated 1722-1858 in what is now Albemarle County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2004. [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.]

Local Histories

 * Dabney, William Minor. "Jefferson's Albemarle, 1717-1819," University of Virginia, Dissertation, 1950 or 1951.
 * Jones, Newton Bond. "Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, 1819-1865," University of Virginia, Dissertation, 1950 or 1951.
 * Watts, Charles Wilder. Colonial Albemarle: The Social and Economic History of a Piedmont Virginia Country, 1727-1775. University of Virginia, 1948.
 * Woods, Edgar, Rev. Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of What It Was by Nature, of What It Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made It. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company Printers, 1901. Original edition available at FHL; 1964 reprint at FHL; 1991 reprint at FHL; digital version of original edition at Ancestry ($); digital version at Google Books. [Includes family histories of many residents of the county. Also identifies some Presbyterians (1747), some French and Indian War soldiers, Revolutionary War soldiers, county militia (1794-1802), government representatives, some migrants who left Albemarle County, and some death records (1744-1890).] [Alternative title: History of Albemarle County, Virginia.]

Maps

 * Murphy, Mary Catharine, Moses Green Peyton, Anne Freudenburg, John Thomas Casteen, and Albemarle County Historical Society. Index to Green Peyton's A Map of Albemarle County, Virginia, 1875. [Charlottesville, Virginia]: Albemarle County Historical Society, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * Peyton, Moses Green. A Map of Albemarle County, Virginia. 1875; reprint, [Charlottesville, Virginia]: Albemarle County Historical Society, 1971. Available at FHL.

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1975):190-194. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Albemarle County's 1787 Delinquent Lists appear on 19:190-192.]

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Albemarle County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Albemarle County militia officers; see place name index.]
 * Woods, Edgar, Rev. Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of What It Was by Nature, of What It Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made It. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company Printers, 1901. Original edition available at FHL; 1964 reprint at FHL; 1991 reprint at FHL; digital version of original edition at Ancestry ($); digital version at Google Books. [Includes family histories of many residents of the county. Also identifies some Presbyterians (1747), some French and Indian War soldiers, Revolutionary War soldiers, county militia (1794-1802), government representatives, some migrants who left Albemarle County, and some death records (1744-1890).] [Alternative title: History of Albemarle County, Virginia.]

Revolutionary War


 * Thornley, Grayson Jennie. Jack Jouett of Albemarle: The Paul Revere of Virginia. BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009.
 * Woods, Edgar, Rev. Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of What It Was by Nature, of What It Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made It. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company Printers, 1901. Original edition available at FHL; 1964 reprint at FHL; 1991 reprint at FHL; digital version of original edition at Ancestry ($); digital version at Google Books. [Includes family histories of many residents of the county. Also identifies some Presbyterians (1747), some French and Indian War soldiers, Revolutionary War soldiers, county militia (1794-1802), government representatives, some migrants who left Albemarle County, and some death records (1744-1890).] [Alternative title: History of Albemarle County, Virginia.]

Civil War


 * Hall, Henry Seymour. Personal Experience of a Staff Officer at Mine Run and Albemarle County Raid, and as Commander of the 43rd Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, through the Wilderness Campaign, and at the Mine Before Petersburg, Virginia. From November 7, 1863, to July 30, 1864: A Paper Prepared and Read Before the ... 1894. [Citation from Google Books.]

World War II


 * Parlier, Gertrude Dana. Pursuits of War: The People of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, in the Second World War. Charlottesville, Virginia: Albemarle County Historical Society, 1948. Available at FHL.

Native American

 * Bushnell, David I. "'The Indian Grave'--A Monacan Site in Albemarle County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 106-112. Available at JSTOR ($).

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.


 * Murphy, Mary Catherine and Albemarle County Historical Society. A Collection of Abstracts of Obituaries from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1869 and Abstracts of Marriages from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1859. Charlottesville, Virginia: n.p., 1994.

Occupations

 * Macfarlane, Mrs. Senner Higginbotham. "Albemarle County, 1746," [Liquor Rates for 1746] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr., 1927), p. 136. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Officials

 * Woods, Edgar, Rev. Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of What It Was by Nature, of What It Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made It. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company Printers, 1901. Original edition available at FHL; 1964 reprint at FHL; 1991 reprint at FHL; digital version of original edition at Ancestry ($); digital version at Google Books. [Includes family histories of many residents of the county. Also identifies some Presbyterians (1747), some French and Indian War soldiers, Revolutionary War soldiers, county militia (1794-1802), government representatives, some migrants who left Albemarle County, and some death records (1744-1890).] [Alternative title: History of Albemarle County, Virginia.]

Private Papers

 * [Brown] Edwards, Bessie Z. "Brown Family Bible, Hanover and Albemarle Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):77-78. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Gilmer] Gilmer, George and Virginia Historical Society. Papers, Military and Political, 1775-1778, of George Gilmer, M.D., of "Pen Park," Albemarle County, Va. Richmond, Virginia:n.p., 1887. Available at FHL.

Probate

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

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Albemarle County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):86-90. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * Historical Guide to Albemarle County: Including Monticello, the University of Virginia and Charlottesville. Charlottesville, Va.: Published under the auspices of the Albemarle Club of Colonial Dames and the Albemarle Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1924. Available at FHL.

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.


 * [1783] Hammer, N. Sheriff's Ledger: For Assessment of Taxes in Albemarle County, Va. [1783]. [Incomplete citation from Google Books, which provides the following description: "Concerns collection of parish and county levies, taxes on land, livestock, heads of household, and slaves. Also includes list of court records saved from destruction."]
 * [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. Albemarle County is included in Vol. 1.]
 * [1787] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1975):190-194. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Albemarle County's 1787 Delinquent Lists appear on 19:190-192.]
 * [1789] Indexed images of the 1789 Personal Property Tax List of Albemarle County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] "Albemarle County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1959):3-8; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):71-76; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul-Sep. 1959):113-120; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1959):162-166. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [1802] Images of the 1802 Personal Property Tax List of Albemarle 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. Albemarle County is included in Vol. 1.]

Vital Records
Birth


 * Fridley, Beth. Albemarle County, Virginia Births, 1886-89 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Fridley, Beth. Albemarle County, Virginia Births, 1890-96 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Available at Ancestry ($).

Marriage


 * Godfrey, C.E. "Albemarle County Marriages," [1800-] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct., 1923), pp. 333-338; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct., 1924), pp. 365-369. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * Murphy, Mary Catherine and Albemarle County Historical Society. A Collection of Abstracts of Obituaries from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1869 and Abstracts of Marriages from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1859. Charlottesville, Virginia: n.p., 1994.

Death


 * Murphy, Mary Catherine and Albemarle County Historical Society. A Collection of Abstracts of Obituaries from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1869 and Abstracts of Marriages from Charlottesville, Va., Newspapers 1820-1859. Charlottesville, Virginia: n.p., 1994.
 * Woods, Edgar, Rev. Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of What It Was by Nature, of What It Was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men Who Made It. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company Printers, 1901. Original edition available at FHL; 1964 reprint at FHL; 1991 reprint at FHL; digital version of original edition at Ancestry ($); digital version at Google Books. [Includes family histories of many residents of the county. Also identifies some Presbyterians (1747), some French and Indian War soldiers, Revolutionary War soldiers, county militia (1794-1802), government representatives, some migrants who left Albemarle County, and some death records (1744-1890).] [Alternative title: History of Albemarle County, 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