Hanover County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Hanover County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Hanover, Virginia, at World Connect, results in more than 110,000 entries.

Hanover County, Virginia, Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 150 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Hanover County families include:


 * Blankenship, Gayle King. Virginia Families of Louisa, Hanover and Monroe Counties. Poquoson, Va.: G.K. Blankenship, 1991.
 * Cocke, William Ronald. Hanover County Chancery Wills and Notes: A Compendium of Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Material as Contained in Cases of the Chancery Suits of Hanover County, Virginia. Columbia, Va.: W.R. Cocke, 1940. ; digital version at.
 * Evans, June Banks. Men of Matadequin, Three Hundred Years from New Kent County: Sourcebook for Related Lines, Banks, Blackwell, Burnett, Durvin, Gaulding, Goodman, Lipscomb, McGhee, Parsley, Slaughter, Weisiger, Wood, Zall. New Orleans, La.: Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 1984.

Hanover County, Virginia Genealogy Books and Articles


It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]


 * [Allen] Smithie Family [Records, ca. 1828-1926]. Typescript. Microfilmed 1977.
 * [Allin] Darling, Kenneth P. Allin - Sublett: Genealogy of Kenneth P. Darling. Houston, Texas: K.P. Darling, 1980. Digital version at - free;
 * [Allen] Miller, Norma Carter. Allens of the Southern States. Bellevue, Wash.: N.C. Miller, 1989. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Alsup] Spragins, Joan Dailey. James Alsup and Family: Pioneering from Virginia to Tennessee and Westward. Martindale, Texas: J.D. Spragins, 1989. Digital version at - free;
 * [Alsup] Disbrow, Bernice Alsup. Your Mamas and Your Papas. 2 vols. Warrensburg, Ill.: D.B.A. Disbrow, 1993. ; digital version at.
 * [Ambler] Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. Some Prominent Virginia Families. 4 vols. 1907. Digital versions available online: Vol. 2 | Vol. 4 | Index. All four volumes have been digitized by Ancestry ($). see also . Index:.
 * [Amos] Leake, Myrtle Jewel Toler. Powers / Amos Family Goochland County/Hanover County Virginia: The Story of Thomas Eugene Powers and Lydia Lockett Amos Powers and Their Descendents. 2008. ; digital version at.
 * [Anderson] Anderson, Thomas McArthur. A Monograph of the Anderson, Clark, Marshall and McArthur Connection. 1900. ; digital versions at - free; Electric Scotland - free; Internet Archive - free.
 * [Anderson] Anderson, Edward L. The Andersons, of Gold Mine, Hanover County, Virginia. [Brochure] Cincinatti, Ohio, 1913. Item 2.
 * [Anderson] Mills, Elizabeth Shown. "A Case Study in Family Reconstruction Within a 'Burned County,'" The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1983):3-19, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1986):174-187; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):263-273; digital versions at American Ancestors ($); Historic Pathways; reprinted in Genealogy: A Publication of the Family History Section, Indiana Historical Society, No. 78 (July 1983):1-10 (available for free online at Historic Pathways). Digital version also at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Anderson] Anderson, Sarah Travers Lewis. Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995..
 * [Barret] Claypool, Edward A. Rev. Robert Barret of Virginia, and His Descendants. Chicago, Ill., 1901. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Bassett] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Berry] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. 1. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:.
 * [Bickley] Powell, Washington Bledwyn. "Bickley or Beckley Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):28-30; Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):124-127. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Bickley] Bell, John C. "Bickleys of the Pamunkey River Watershed of Virginia in the 18th Century," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1983):32-49; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1983):90-104; Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):179-189; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):259-264; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):19-32; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):88-98; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):169-186; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):261-274. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Blackwell] Evans, June Banks. The Blackwells of Blackwell's Neck: An Inferential Genealogy Based on Material Available. New Orleans, La.: Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 1997. ; 2004 edition: . There was also a 1999 addenda.
 * [Blunt] Leighty, Mary and Floyd Harold Leighty. The Genealogy of John Cassel and Related Families: Blount, Carson, Clampitt, Clark, Dark, Dustin, Kirkpatrick, Osburn, Payne, Porter, Utt, White. 4 vols. Tulsa, Okla.: F.H. Leighty, 1993. Digital version at - free;
 * [Booth] Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd. The Descendants of Stephen Field of King and Queen County, Virginia, 1721: With Notes on the Armistead, Booth, Catesby-Cocke, Catlett, Jones, Lightfoot, Smith, Tabb, Todd and Wiatt Families. n.p.: A. Wiatt, 1992..
 * [Bowles] "Bowles of Hanover County, Pedigree Chart," Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Bowles] Bowles, Inez M. Thomas Bowles, Hanover County, Va.: Thomas Bowles Line of Hanover Co., Va.: Leroy Samuel Line of Marion Co., Mo.: Warren Moore Line of Marion Co., Mo.: J.W. Friley Line of Saline Co., Mo.. Gilliam, Mo.: unknown, 1947. ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Burk] Johnson, Patricia Givens. Irish Burks of Colonial Virginia and New River. Blacksburg, Va.: Walpa Publishing, 1992..
 * [Burnett] Peterson, Dorothy Burnett. Blue Ridge Heritage; Burnett, Branscome, Hylton, Cox, Slaughter and Related Families. Memphis, Tenn.: Roblee Press, 1982..
 * [Burnley] Dicken, Emma. Our Burnley Ancestors and Allied Families. New York: Hobson Book Press, 1946.
 * [Burnley] Edmunds, Mary Burnley Wilson. Ancestry of Janie Blackwell Hughes (1879-1968) Containing History of the Families of Le Bigod, Despenser, Howard, Waldegrave, Two Royal Lineages (Charlemagne and Robt. II of France), De Quincey, De Lacie, De Roos, Clopton, Booth, Mills, Burnley, Goodman, Gardner, Harrison, Gibson, Catlett, Blackwell, Downing, and Hughes. Lynchburg, Va.: M. Edmunds, 1970..
 * [Butler] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "Relations of Ezekiel Slaughter," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Jul.-Sep. 1972):222-228. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Butler] "A Butler Family of Greenville District," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Winter 1985):13-15.
 * [Byars] Neal, Rosemary Corley. Southern Sojourners: Corley - Sanford and Allied Lines: Byars, Hanes, Horner, Bowne, Feake, Fones, Winthrop, Leonard, Richards, Bird, Coleman, Crow. n.p.: R.C. Neal, 1991.
 * [Carter] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Chick] Strong, Miriam Margaret. Genealogy of the Ragland families : and numerous other families of prominence in America with whom they have intermarried, 1928. Heritage Quest
 * [Childers] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "Progenitors and Kinfolk of Abraham Childers III," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):3-13; Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1990):97-109; Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):180-194; Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):266-280; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):43-54; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):108-118; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):199-207. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Chiles] Tyler, Lyon G. "Lieut. Col. Walter Chiles," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Oct. 1892):75-78. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Chiswell] King, George H.S. "Will of Colonel John Chiswell (c.1710-1766) With Some Genealogical Notes," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1969):77-83. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Christmas] Holcomb, Brent Howard. Greer and Related Families, Sanders, Sims, Glenn, Christmas, Smith, Ferris and Carver. Columbia, S.C., 1987..
 * [Christmas] Christmas-Beattie, Ginger L. Eight Generations after Thomas Cross Christmas (1690-1769) of Hanover County, Virginia. Forest Grove, Ore.: Ancestral Tracks, 1999. 2001 edition:
 * [Chrystie] "Chrystie of Hanover Co., VA. and New York," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):277-278. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Clay] Smith, Zachary F. and Mary Rogers Clay. The Clay Family. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Company, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Clayton] Rhodes, Phillip Wayne. "Clayton-Davies Re-visited," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):243-257. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Cook] Dillard, John M. Some Georgia Descendants of Benjamin Cook of Hanover County, Virginia, Circa 1690-1742 Including W.T.O. Cook and Nancy Ridgway Cook. Travelers Rest, S.C.: J.M. Dillard, 2002. ; digital version at.
 * [Cosby] Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949. Digital version at ;.
 * [Dabney] Ellerman, A. Denny. "A Note on Patrick Henry's Ancestry," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Feb. 1990):3-9. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Dandridge] Allen, Diana Dawn Dandridge. Dandridge Genealogical Records. Typescript, 1980s-1994.
 * [Dandridge] Daily, Patrick. Patrick Henry, the Last Years, 1789-1799. Bedford, Va., 1986.
 * [Darricott] Bell, John C. "Bickleys of the Pamunkey River Watershed of Virginia in the 18th Century," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1983):32-49; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1983):90-104; Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):179-189; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):259-264; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):19-32; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):88-98; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):169-186; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):261-274. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Davis] Edmunds, Mary Burnley Wilson. Ancestry of Janie Blackwell Hughes (1879-1968) Containing History of the Families of Le Bigod, Despenser, Howard, Waldegrave, Two Royal Lineages (Charlemagne and Robt. II of France), De Quincey, De Lacie, De Roos, Clopton, Booth, Mills, Burnley, Goodman, Gardner, Harrison, Gibson, Catlett, Blackwell, Downing, and Hughes. Lynchburg, Va.: M. Edmunds, 1970..
 * [Dickenson] Knisely, Mary Jane. "The Myth of Henry Dickenson, Emigrant," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):243-250. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Doswell] Briggs, A. Sidney. "Doswell-Thilman Family Records, Hanover County," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 3 (year):88-90. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Duke] Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949. Digital version at ;.
 * [Duke] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. The Duke Family. 2 vols. [Houston, Texas]: E.D. Brandenberger, 1979-1995..
 * [Durrett] Durrett, Arthur Thurmond. Durrett Family History, ca. 1609-1949. MSS., microfilm:
 * [Durrett] Harter, Mrs. Bert. "Durrett Family," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):3-9; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):99-104; Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1971):174-180; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):279-286; Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1972):29-33; Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1972):96-103; Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1972):173-178; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):268-274; Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1973):33-41; Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1973):101-106. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [England] Strong, Robert T. The Isham S. Strong Family of Shelby County, Texas. Huntsville, Ala., 1986.
 * [England] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. 1. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:
 * [Field] Lewis, Ruth Fields. The Fields Family: With Notes on Whitesell and Dodd. Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1976.
 * [Fontaine] Ragland, Charles J. Ancestors and Descendants of the Reverend Peter Fontaine (1691-1759) of Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia. 2 vols. Winston-Salem, N.C.: C.J. Ragland Jr., [1997?].
 * [Ford] Cain, Stith Malone. A History of Our Ford Family of Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Whitewater, Wis., 1971..
 * [Gardner] Edmunds, Mary Burnley Wilson. Ancestry of Janie Blackwell Hughes (1879-1968) Containing History of the Families of Le Bigod, Despenser, Howard, Waldegrave, Two Royal Lineages (Charlemagne and Robt. II of France), De Quincey, De Lacie, De Roos, Clopton, Booth, Mills, Burnley, Goodman, Gardner, Harrison, Gibson, Catlett, Blackwell, Downing, and Hughes. Lynchburg, Va.: M. Edmunds, 1970..
 * [Garland] "Garlands of Hanover," The Times-Dispatch (newspaper), 28 Dec. 1913.
 * [Garland] Reynolds, William W. "The Garland Family of New Kent and Hanover Counties," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul./Sep. 1980):163-171; Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct./Dec. 1980):269-277. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Garland] Reynolds, William W. "Some Evidence of James Garland's Move from Hanover to Albemarle County ca. 1752," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1997):93-96. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Garth] Davis, Rosalie Edith. The Garth Family: Descendants of John Garth of Virginia, 1734-1986. Manchester, Mo.: R.R. Davis, 1988..
 * [Glen] Holcomb, Brent Howard. Greer and Related Families, Sanders, Sims, Glenn, Christmas, Smith, Ferris and Carver. Columbia, S.C., 1987..
 * [Glenn] Genealogical Notebook of Flora Davis Maull. Princeton, N.J.: F.D. Maull, 1985..
 * [Glenn] Christopher, Jeanette May. Glenn and Kin Descendants of James Glen of Hanover County, Virginia, 1717-1993. Franklin, N.C.: Genealogy Pub. Service, 1994.
 * [Goodman] Edmunds, Mary Burnley Wilson. Ancestry of Janie Blackwell Hughes (1879-1968) Containing History of the Families of Le Bigod, Despenser, Howard, Waldegrave, Two Royal Lineages (Charlemagne and Robt. II of France), De Quincey, De Lacie, De Roos, Clopton, Booth, Mills, Burnley, Goodman, Gardner, Harrison, Gibson, Catlett, Blackwell, Downing, and Hughes. Lynchburg, Va.: M. Edmunds, 1970..
 * [Grantland] King, George H.S. "Grantland," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct. 1971):97-98. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Graves] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Gresham] Stoffel, Carol D. Vehar. Gresham, Any Way You Spell It: Lineage Book. Troy, Mich.: C.D.V. Stoffel, [1988?].
 * [Hallonquist] Johnston, Ernest. Brown and Hallonquist: An Account of the Ancestors of Benjamin Franklin Brown (1814-1884) and His Wife, Catherine Ann Hallonquist (1830-1894) of Barnwell, South Carolina. Shepherdstown, W. Va.: [E.B. Johnston], 1998..
 * [Hansford] Garrett, Winnie H. The Hansard-Hansford Family History. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1984..
 * [Harbour] Williams, Louis J. and William Tyler Ross. The Harbours in America. Lubbock, Tex.: Harbour--Harbor--Harber Family Association, 1982..
 * [Harbour] Alexander, Lucille Dillinger. The Harbours in Sullivan County, Missouri and Their Ancestral Families. Wayne, N.J.: L. D. Alexander, c1989..
 * [Harrelson] Holcomb, Brent H. Lineage &amp; Descendants of John Wesley Harrelson, Marion County, South Carolina, 1756-1984. 1984..
 * [Harris] Edwards, Morgan. "Rev. Samuel Harris," Materials Towards a History of the Baptists in the Province of Virginia. 1772. Vol. 3:57-63. Digital version at SCDL Collections - free.
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. 34 vols. Camarillo, Calif.: K. Wiggins, 1970-1971. [Vol. 13 includes Hanover County]
 * [Harris] Harris, Malcolm Hart. "Three William Harrises in Hanover County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1978):3-15; Vol. 22, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1978):99-104; Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1978):187-192. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Harris] Taylor, William R. "Evidence of the Descent of William Harris of Goochland Co., Va., and his Father William Harris of Henrico, New Kent, Hanover, and Louisa cos., Va., from Maj. William Harris, son of Capt. Thomas Harris of Jamestown," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):261-270. Available at ; digital version at American Ancestors($).
 * [Harris] Harris, Malcolm Hart. "Major Robert Harris (ca.1630-ca.1701) of New Kent County, Virginia: Was He Real or a Myth?" The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1981):191-203. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Hart] Smith, Zachary F. and Mary Rogers Clay. The Clay Family. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Company, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Hart] "Hart of Hanover County," Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Hart] Crabtree, Norma Jean. Leaving a Trail, Crabtree, Bales, Jackson, Presley. Dublin, Ind.: Prinit Press, 1987..
 * [Hendrick] Hendrix, GeLee Corley. "Benjamin Hendrick (1730-1818) of Virginia and Carolina and Some of His Descendants: Research in 'Burned' Southern Counties," The American Genealogist, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Jan. 1990):44-53.
 * [Hendrick] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "The Hendrick Family of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1993):209-217; Vol. 37, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1993):277-285; Vol. 38, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1994):31-42; Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):94-100. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Henry] Meade, Robert Douthat. Patrick Henry: Patriot in the Making. Philadelphia and New York, 1957.
 * [Henry] Campbell, Nocrine Dickson. Patrick Henry: Patriot and Statesman. Old Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
 * [Henry] Willison, George F. Patrick Henry and His World. Garden City, 1969.
 * [Henry] Beeman, Richard R. Patrick Henry: A Biography. New York, 1974.
 * [Henry] Mayer, Henry. A Son of Thunder: Patrick Henry and the American Republic. New York and Toronto, 1986.
 * [Henry] Daily, Patrick. Patrick Henry, the Last Years, 1789-1799. Bedford, Va., 1986.
 * [Henry] Ellerman, A. Denny. "A Note on Patrick Henry's Ancestry," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Feb. 1990):3-9. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Hickman] Jones, L.H. Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia, Some of His Antecedents and Descendants: With Appreciative Notice of Other Families, viz.: Bathurst, Belford, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latanes, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walker, Waring, Woodford, and Others: Notes. Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell's Sons, 1891. ; digital version at ; ; Google Books; Internet Archive.
 * [Hill] Perkinson, Eula Thomas. Good Morning, Mr. Featherstone?: 700 Years of Perkinson Family History. Riceville, Tennessee: D.D. &amp; E.T. Perkinson, 1983..
 * [Hopkins] Hopkins, Walter Lee. Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families. Richmond, Va.: J.W. Fergusson &amp; Sons, 1931. ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Hopkins] Hopkins, Walter Lee. Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families. Harrisonburg, Va., 1980.
 * [Hudson] Smith, Zachary F. and Mary Rogers Clay. The Clay Family. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Company, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Hudson] Hudson, Malcolm Howard. Hudson Ancestors My Father Never Knew. [Longview, Texas]: M.H. Hudson, 1986.
 * [Hughes] Edwards, Pauline H. and Letitia F. Thompson. This is the Story of Benjamin Hughes (b. 1763) of Hanover County, Virginia.
 * [Jennings] Bell, John G. "Genealogy from the Classified Ads," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Nov. 1985):28-41. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Kearby] Dennstedt, Alberta. "Owen-Kearby-Turley Connection," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):163-167; Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1979):259-265; Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1980):19-22. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Kent] Kent, Andrew M. Kent Family of Virginia. 1952.
 * [Kurtz] Kurtz, Sarah Eldora. Ancestors and Descendents of John Franklin Kurtz. Typescript, Iowa State Historical Society. Microfilmed 1977.
 * [Lacy] Lacey, Hubert Wesley and Howell Edison Lacy. The Thomas Lacy III Family of Hanover and Buckingham Counties, Virginia with Forebears, Descendants and Some Allied Families. Farmville, Va.: Howell Edison Lacy, 1983.
 * [Lewis] Anderson, Sarah Travers Lewis. Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995..
 * [Luck] Thompson, Mrs. Arthur A. "The Family of Samuel Seay, Amelia County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1963):127-135. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Mallory] Proffitt, Shana Elizabeth. "Check the Original! Two Lessons Learned the Hard Way, Part 2: Mallory-Blunt of Virginia - A Miscopied Name Blocks a Line," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 90, No. 1 (March 2002):69-73..
 * [Matlock] Wood, Mrs. William. "Matlock and Related Families," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 16, No. 2 (1987):132.
 * [Mayo] Harter, Mrs. Bert. "James Mayo (1711-1776) of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1963):51-64. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Michie] Michie, Thomas Johnson. The Michies. Pittsburg: T.J. Michie, n.d.
 * [Mills] Edmunds, Mary Burnley Wilson. Ancestry of Janie Blackwell Hughes (1879-1968) Containing History of the Families of Le Bigod, Despenser, Howard, Waldegrave, Two Royal Lineages (Charlemagne and Robt. II of France), De Quincey, De Lacie, De Roos, Clopton, Booth, Mills, Burnley, Goodman, Gardner, Harrison, Gibson, Catlett, Blackwell, Downing, and Hughes. Lynchburg, Va.: M. Edmunds, 1970..
 * [Morris] Dabney, John Blair. "Sketches and Reminiscences of the Dabney-Morris Families," MSS., 1850, Library of Virginia, accession number 19988.
 * [Morris] Morris Chart, Library of Virginia, accession number 25499.
 * [Morris] Woodson, Isobel Baylor. "The Morris Family," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):51-60; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):108-115. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Morris] MacDonald, Edgar. "Charles Morris's Memories of Hanover County," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Feb. 1985):12-20. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Morris] Doliante, Sharon J. Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991..
 * [Nelson] See Page.
 * [Nicholas] Bolling, Robert, John Robertson, and John Randolph. A Memoir of the Bolling Family in England and Virginia. Richmond, Va.: W.H. Wade, 1868. ; digital versions at - free; Google Books - free.
 * [Norvell] Norvell, Grace. "James Norvell of Goochland County, Virginia," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):157-168; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):237-246. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Norvell] Baber, Lucy Harrison Miller, Sargent W. Braden and Jaquelin Ambler Nicholas Harvey. William Norvell (1746-1794) of Hanover Co., Va. His Forebears and Descendants. Lynchburg, Va.: L.H.M. Baber, 1992.
 * [Page] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. ; digital version at Google Books.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Hanover County appears in Vol. 2 Part 3]
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. [Hanover County appears in Vol. 2]
 * [Perkins] Perkins, William Robertson. Papers 1929-1943. Section 2. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Perrin] Harrison, Thomas Perrin. "Early Perrin Families of Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1982):61-68; Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1982):113-119. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Perrin] Harrison, Thomas Perrin. The Honorable Thomas Chiles Perrin of Abbeville, South Carolina, Forebears and Descendants. Greenville, S.C.: T.P. Harrison, 1983..
 * [Pettus] Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949. Digital version at ;.
 * [Powers] Leake, Myrtle Jewel Toler. Powers / Amos Family Goochland County/Hanover County Virginia: The Story of Thomas Eugene Powers and Lydia Lockett Amos Powers and Their Descendents. 2008. ; digital version at.
 * [Price] Price, Theodore H. Price Family of "Cool Water," Hanover County, Va. Maternal Ancestry, and Descendants in Two Lines to the Year 1906. N.Y.: T.A. Wright, 1906. Digital version at.
 * [Priddy] Barclay, Robert W. One Priddy Family of Texas. [Tola, Kan.]: R.W. Barclay, 1994. ; digital version at.
 * [Ragland] Strong, Miriam Margaret. Genealogy of the Ragland families : and numerous other families of prominence in America with whom they have intermarried, 1928. Heritage Quest
 * [Rice] Mosher, Merrill Hill. Rice Pudding a la Caswell. Coos Bay, Ore.: M.H. Mosher, 1978..
 * [Rice] Little, Melvin Weaver. Henry Rice (1717-1818), The Pioneer Tennessee Gristmiller and His Twelve Children. Arlington, Va., 1983..
 * [Richardson] Huey, Nell Richardson and Estelle Corder. William Bruce Richardson. n.p.: N.R. Huey?, 1965.
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