Rappahannock County, 1656-1696, Virginia Genealogy

United States; Virginia: (Old) Rappahannock County

Old Rappahannock County, now extinct, was located in the Northern Neck in the late 1600s.

County Courthouse
Old Rappahannock County's records are now held at the Essex County, Virginia Courthouse in Tappahannock, Va.

History


The county is named after the Rappahannock River. The Algonquian word lapihanne (also noted as toppehannock), from which the English word Rappahannock is derived, means "river of quick, rising water" or "where the tide ebbs and flows."

Parent County
Formed in 1656 from Lancaster County.

Boundary Changes
Old Rappahannock County became extinct in 1692 and was divided into Essex and Richmond counties.

Record Loss
The court order books covering the years 1656 to 1682 are lost.

Resources

 * Ricks, Joel and William G. Stanard. W. G. Standard's Extracts from Virginia Records (in Three Parts). Typescript, 1942-1943. FHL US/CAN Film 823706 Items 1-3. [Contents: pt. 1. Extracts from records of Rappahannock, Essex, Middlesex, King George and Richmond counties, 1654 to 1804 -- pt. 2. Extracts from records of the counties of old Rappahanock [sic], Essex, Middlesex, King George, and Richmond -- pt. 3. Genealogical and biographical notes of Surry, Southampton, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, and Sussex counties, Virginia.]

Church
Church of England

Registers of North Farnham Parish, which begin in the second-half of the seventeenth century, survive for the section of Old Rappahannock County that split to become Richmond County. The original parish registers are held at the Library of Virginia and/or the Richmond County, Virginia Courthouse in Warsaw, Va. They were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1947 (FHL US/CAN Film 33746) and 1950 (FHL US/CAN Film 32637). These records have also been abstracted and published by an expert:


 * King, George Harrison Sanford. The Registers of North Farnham Parish, 1663-1814 and Lunenburg Parish, 1783-1800, Richmond County, Virginia. Fredericksburg, Va.: G.H.S. King, 1966. FHL US/CAN Book 975.523 K2k.

Court
County Court

The original Old Rappahannock County Court Orders are held at Essex County, Virginia Courthouse in Tappahannock, Va. The Sparacios abstracted, indexed, and published these records:


 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Order Book Abstracts of (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia. [1683-1692] 4 vols. McLean, Va.: R.&amp;S. Sparacio, 1990. FHL US/CAN Book 975.534 P28sb.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Old Rappahannock County, Virginia residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [Bourne] Descendant of John Bourne II, b. 1672 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 44656). Genetic signature available online (labelled "Haplogroup R1b - Lineage I," B-3), courtesy: The Bowen DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Cooke] Descendant of Abraham Cooke, resident of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia in 1670s. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 7221). Genetic signature available online (labelled "Haplogroup R1b - Lineage 2"), courtesy: The Cook DNA Project, World Families Network. [Multiple DNA matches have been found among Southern United States Cook families.]
 * [Goodrich] Descendant of Thomas Goodrich, b. c1614, resident of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, d. c1679. Y-DNA 67 Market Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled "Goodrich Lineage I," G-23), courtesy: The Goodrich Surname DNA Project, World Families Network; and the Goodrich Family Association. [This southerner's DNA matches the Goodrich families of New England, who came to the colonies from the County of Suffolk, England.]
 * [Merritt] Multiple descendants of James Merritt, b. bef 1629, resident of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, d. bef Feb 1695 Essex County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Market Tests, FTDNA (Kits 48621, 66240). Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Merritt Lineage I"), courtesy: The Merritt DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Morris] Descendant of Edward Morris, b. 1665 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, d. 1718 North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled "Dunbar Lineage 1 - Haplotype," D-75), courtesy: The Dunbar DNA Project, World Families Network. [The Morris family's DNA matches the Dunbar Clan of Scotland.]
 * [Payne] Multiple descendants of John Payne, b. c1615 England, d. 1690 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Y-DNA 25 and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (48173, 108916). Genetic signatures available online, courtesy: Payne FamilyTreeDNA Project, Family Tree DNA.
 * [Pritchard] Multiple descendants of Christopher Pritchard, b. circa 1660 Westmoreland County, Virginia, resident of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, d. about June 1730 King George County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 and 67 Market Tests, FTDNA (Kits 102106, 171332). Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Family Group 8"), courtesy: The Pritchard / Pritchett / Prickett DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Rutherford] Descendant of Robert Rutherford, b. 1640 Scotland, resident of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Market Test, FTDNA (Kit 90943). Genetic signature available (labelled "Toone/Tune Lineage," R-3), courtesy: The Rutherford DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Short] Multiple descendants of Thomas Short, b. c1642, d. bef Jul 1685 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Y-DNA 25 and 37 Market Tests, FTDNA. Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Short Lineage I," S-15, S-16), courtesy: The Short DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Thompson] Multiple descendants of George Thompson, b. c1670 of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Market Tests, FTDNA. Genetic signatures available online (labelled T-19, T-21, T-22, T-26, T-77, T-78, T-96), courtesy: The Thompson DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Toone] Descendant of James Toone/Town, b. c1620 England, d. c1676 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Market Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled "Toone/Tune Lineage," T-1), courtesy: The Towne DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Warren] Multiple descendants of John Warren, b. c1635, resident of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12, 37, and 67 Market Tests, FTDNA (20903, 25408, 37574, 36592, 37041, 37573, 41711, 52604, 55410. Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Rappahannock Warrens"), courtesy: Warren Family Surname DNA Project, Family Tree DNA.

Family Histories
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]

General


 * Yurechko, John Otto. Virginia Genealogies Along and Near the Lower Rappahannock River, 1607-1799: Allen, Buckner, Carter, Harrow, Jackson, Kellum, Long, Miles, Montgomery, Morton, Page, Reade, Roy, Tankersley, Thornley and Wilson. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1995. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 D2y.
 * Yurechko, John Otto. Virginians Along and Near the Lower Rappahannock River, 1607-1799. 2 vols. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997-1998. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 D2yj v. 1.

Bibliography


 * [Andrews] Andrews, Garnett. Andrews. MSS; FHL US/CAN Film 288404.
 * [Aubrey] Aubrey, Walton L. Aubrey--Awbrey of Virginia and Kentucky. Lexington, Ky.: W.L. Aubrey, 1986. FHL US/CAN Film 1421702 Item 9.
 * [Awbrey] See Aubrey.
 * [Bedwell] Ericson, Carolyn Reeves. Bedwell Beaux and Belles: A Brief History of the Bedwell Family. Nacogdoches, Texas: C.R. Ericson, 1972. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B39e.
 * [Berry] Rogers, Lillian Berry. The Berry's and Related Families, 1650-1986. Royal Oak, Michigan: L.B. Rogers, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B459r.
 * [Bloxson] Bloxsom, Daniel E. Bloxom, Bloxsom, Bloxam, Accomack County, Va. Los Angeles, Calif.: D.E. Bloxsom, Jr., 1982. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File no. 813.
 * [Boulware] Boulware, James Richmond. The Boulware Family Genealogy 1608, 1924-1948. Lakeland, Florida: Boulware, 1948. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B665bj.
 * [Bourne] Neher, Frank D. The Ancestors of Benjamin Franklin Bourn and the Descendants of Joseph Stults Bourn. Malaga: F. Neher, [1995]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B667n.
 * [Bowler] See Boulware.
 * [Brown] DeHuff, Elizabeth Willis. Brown Family of Virginia and South Carolina. [Augusta, Georgia]: E.W. DeHuff, 1964. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 1993.
 * [Burnett] Bork, June Baldwin. The Burnetts and Their Connections. 3 vols. Apple Valley, California: J.B. Bork, 1989-1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B934bj.
 * [Bush] Black, Mary Smith and Elizabeth Willis DeHuff. The Bush Family as Descended from Richard and Elizabeth Beby Bush of Virginia. Augusta, Georgia: E.W. DeHuff, 1968. FHL US/CAN Film 897252 Item 5.
 * [Catlett] Stubbs, William Carter and Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs. A History of Two Virginia Families Transplanted from Kent, England: Thomas Baytop, Tenterden 1638 and John Catlett, Sittingbourne 1622. New Orleans, Louisiana: [s.n., 1918?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B345s; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Catlett] Hauk, Carol A. Descendants of John Catlett of Virginia. Anderson, Indiana: Hauk Data Services, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C289h; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Cauthen] See Cawthorne.
 * [Cawthorne] Westenhaver, Maryline Cauthen. The Cauthen Family History: With Notes on Cawthornes, Cauthorns, Cawthons, Cothrans, etc. Auburn, Ala.: M.C. Westenhaver, 1981. FHL US/CAN Film 1033898 Item 12.
 * [Cheek] Cheek, Williemay. Cheek and Related Family Charts, 1545-1978. Albion, Mich.: W. Cheek, 1982. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6017150.
 * [Covington] Covington, Lloyd and Helen Covington. The Descendants of William Covington I, 1618-1696: "Bestland," Essex County, Virginia. Ruther Glen, Virginia: L.P. Covington, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C838cL.
 * [Coward] Cowart, Joe A. Cowart - Coward Genealogy. 1972. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C838cjo.
 * [Cowart] See Coward.
 * [DeBord] Browning, Nanci DeBord. A DeBord Family History: Including Williams, Frith, Stewart, Barnes and Blair. Newport News, Va.: Cardwell Printing, 2008. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D352b; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Dickinson] Outlaw, Lena Lowe Dickinson and Abner Henry Outlaw. Dickinson Genealogy: Circa 750 to 1977. Winston-Salem, N.C.: Hunter Publishing, 1977. FHL US/CAN Access Services Window 6332694.
 * [Dodson] Lucas, Silas Emmett. The Dodsons (Dotsons) of Southwest Virginia. [Birmingham, Alabama: Lucas, 1959]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D668L.
 * [Dodson] Lucas, Silas Emmett. Supplement to the History of the Dodson-Dotson Family of Southwest Virginia: Being a Reference-workbook on this Family in the Southeastern United States with Miscellaneous Wills and Deeds Concerning the Forebearers of Sara Pyles Dodson and a Short History of the Editor's Maddux Family of Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and Alabama. [Birmingham, Alabama]: S.E. Lucas, Jr., 1966. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D668L supp.
 * [Doughty] Brayton, John Anderson. "The Ancestry of the Rev. Francis Doughty of Massachusetts, Long Island, New Amsterdam, Maryland, and Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Jan. 2002):1-16, Vol. 77, No. 2 (April 2002):127-136.
 * [Elder] Elder, Lee M. The Elder Families. San Angelo, Texas: L.M. Elder, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 EL22ee.
 * [Elder] Davenport, Robert Dean. My Connections with the Families of Davenport - Elder - Pigg - Tatum - Shackelford - Sweeney and Many Others from Virginia - North Carolina - Kentucky - Illinois - Missouri. Pilot Knob, Missouri: R. D. Davenport, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D31d.
 * [Fewell] Hodges, Cleone White. Fewell Family History. Gatesville, Texas: C. Hodges, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F436h; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Freshwater] Edelblute, Clara, Harold Freshwater, and Ralph Freshwater. Freshwater Families: Research and Genealogy. Wintersville, Ohio: C. Edelblute, R. Freshwater, H. Freshwater, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F892e 1990.
 * [Fry] Slaughter, Philip. Memoir of Col. Joshua Fry: Sometime Professor in William and Mary College, Virginia and Senior in Command of Virginia Forces, 1754, etc., etc., with an Autobiography of His Son, Rev. Henry Fry, and a Census of Their Descendants. Richmond, Va.: Randolph &amp; English, 1890. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 F946s. [2 microfilm copies.]
 * [Gatewood] Gatewood, Gorden Jefferson. Atwell Bowcock Gatewood: His Ancestry and Descendants. [Texas?]: G.J. Gatewood, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G223gg.
 * [Gatewood] Gothberg, Carol. John and Amy Gatewood, and Their Descendants, 1666-1986. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G223gc.
 * [Goode] Frost, Jim and Barbara Frost. Rappahannock Branch of the Goode Family: Richard Goode, Immigrant and His Descendants. Wagoner, Oklahoma: J. Frost, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G613f.
 * [Goode] Stone, Martha Jane. The Goode Family of Virginia, Georgia and Kentucky: A Supplement to the Genealogy and History of the Stewart Family of Halifax County, Virginia, Caswell and Person Counties, North Carolina, Trigg County, Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky: M.J. Stone, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G613s.
 * [Gregory] Barfield, Kitty L. The Lineage of Calvin Eugene Sutherd for 87 Generations... Typescript. FHL US/CAN Film 982385 Item 2.
 * [Grimsley] Parkin, Robert E. The Grimsley Family in America, 1676-1976. 1976. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G884a.
 * [Hackley] A Brief History of the Hackley Family and Other Genealogical Notes, ca. 1684-1817. Typescript, Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 4, Hac, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.; FHL US/CAN Film 29884 Item 1.
 * [Hackley] Hackley, Woodford B. Notes on the Descendants of John Hackley: Of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties Virginia, Including Sidelights and a Suggestion as to John's English Ancestry. 1968. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H116he; FHL Computer FAM HIST Desktop CD-ROM no. 6307.
 * [Hames] Hames, Loubeth Ramey. Hames Heritage. 2 vols. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1981-1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H179h.
 * [Hammock] Wynn, A. Evans. Southern Lineages: Records of Thirteen Families. Atlanta, Ga.: A. Evans Wynn, 1940. FHL US/CAN Film 1033726 Item 5.
 * [Harrison] Harrison, James E. A Comment on the Family of Andrew Harrison, Who Died in Essex County, Virginia in 1718. Salt Lake City, Utah: J.E. Harrison, 1985. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H245hj.
 * [Harrison] Harrison, James E. Harrison Families in 17th Century Virginia: A Primer. [Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: J.E. Harrison, 1994]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H245he.
 * [Hawkins] Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford. Hawkins of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky: Court Records, Queries, Brief Lineages, Genealogical Notes. Naugatuck, Connecticut: D.F. Wulfeck, [1963?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H314w.
 * [Jenkins] Manley, Edward Marquis, Lillian Edith Bennett, and Hunt Family Foundation, Kentucky Chapter. Jenkins Family of Rappahannock Co., Virginia and North Carolina. [Owensboro, Ky.: Hunt Family Foundation?], 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J415m.
 * [Jenkins] Campbell, Jewel G. and Charles B. Mitchell. The Jenkins Family and Allied Lines. [Central City, Kentucky: J.G. Campbell &amp; C.B. Mitchell, 1984?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J415cj.
 * [Jennings] Kelley, Maxine Jennings and Wilda Jennings Jones. Our Jennings Heritage. Bee Branch, Arkansas: M.J. Kelley, 1985. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J441km.
 * [Jett] Jett, Vernon R. Ancestry of Hazel May Erickson Jett ... Ancestry of Vernon Roswell Jett, 1240-1953. Microfilmed in 1985. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6010543.
 * [Jett] Jett, Lois M. and Ernest C. Jett. Jett Trails Revisited: A Genealogical Study of the Jett Family of Virginia, an Attempt to Trace the Descendants of Peter Jett and Mary Triplett Jett, Who Settled in Virginia in 1663, as They Migrated Westwards in the United States. Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J51jL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Landrum] Evans, Walter. Landrum-Boutwell Family History. [Metairie, Louisiana]: W. Evans, 2002. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L238ew.
 * [Lawson] Sydnor, Floyd Wills. Lawson Family of Lancaster and Rappahannock Counties, Va. Richmond, Va.: n.p., 1931. Digital versions available at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Long] Buchanan, Paul C. Long Families on the Rappahannock River before 1800. Springfield, Va.: P.C. Buchanan, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L85bp.
 * [Long] Winkler, Margaret Thompson and Carolina Klein Nigg. The Long Tree and Others: Longs, Davises, Thompsons, Cratins and Slatons. Montgomery, Alabama: Uchee Publications, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L85fw.
 * [Long] Brannon, Janice Lee. The Long Journey West: The Long Family of Old Rappahannock, Virginia. n.p.: J.L. Brannon, 2009. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L85bj.
 * [Mayfield] Mayfield, J. Hoyle. The Mayfield Family and Allied Lines. Woodland Hills, Calif.: J.H. Mayfield, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M453mj.
 * [Meador] Kellams, Esther. Meadors and Guess Families, ca. 1615-1979. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1443522 Item 8.
 * [Meador] Meador, Daniel Burton. Genealogical Records of Some Members of the Meador Family: Who are Descendants of Thomas Meador of Virginia. Fairhope, Alabama: D.B. Meador, 1968. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M461md.
 * [Meador] Meador, Victor P. Our Meador Families in Colonial America: As Found in the Records of Isle of Wight, Lancaster, (Old) Rappahannock, Richmond, Essex and Caroline Counties, Virginia. Independence, Missouri: V.P. Meador, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * [Meador] Meador, Victor P. Meador Families of Virginia: and Points West. 3 vols. Independence, Missouri: V.P. Meador, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M461ma; digital version Vol. 1: BYU Family History Archives; digital version Vol. 2: BYU Family History Archives; digital version Vol. 3: BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Motley] Freeman, Thomas Motley and American Motley Association (Valley Forge, Penn.). Motley Ancestral Gleanings. 3 vols. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: American Motley Association, 1977-1979. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6047255.
 * [Motley] Rabold, Mary Moltenberry. The Motley, Willoughby and Lynn Families of Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky. Bowling Green, Ky.: M.M. Rabold, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M857r.
 * [Muse] McLelland, Roz and Mariane Muse. Charles K. Muse Collection, 1533 THL : Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia; FHL US/CAN Film 1575454.
 * [Newman] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Genealogy of the Newman Family, 1618-1900," see Table of Contents; discusses Newmans of Old Rappahannock County.]
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. Multi-volume. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1983-2006. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P141rdc v. 2 pt. 1. [Old Rappahannock County abstracts are included in Volume 2, Part 3.]
 * [Pannill] Fitzhugh, Mary S. Fitzhugh and Pannill Genealogy. 1961. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P382b.
 * [Parks] White, Richard K. Descendants of Thomas Parks of Virginia. 4 vols. [Salt Lake City, Utah?: R.K. White, 199-?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P238w v. 1-4.
 * [Payne] Payne, Brooke. The Paynes of Virginia. Richmond, Va.: William Byrd Press, 1937. FHL US/CAN Film 1036124 Item 1.
 * [Payne] Payne, Brooke and Joanne Leach Gatewood. The Paynes of Virginia. Harrisonburg, Virginia: C.J. Carrier, 1977. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P293a 1977. [Includes index; "a revised and enlarged personal name index...compiled by Joanne Leach Gatewood, staff member, The Virginia Historical Society...Richmond, Virginia..."]
 * [Payne] Payne, Louise Stracener. Payne Digest. Glendale, Arizona: L.S. Payne, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P293py.
 * [Pettus] See Petty.
 * [Petty] Watt, Irene Petty. Pettys in America and Some Kith and Kin. MSS.; FHL US/CAN Film 982072 Item 3.
 * [Petty] Petty, Gerald M. Solomon Jackson Petty, 1850-1915, Ancestors &amp; Descendants. Columbus, Ohio: G.M. Petty, 1981. FHL US/CAN Film 1033844 Item 6.
 * [Sale] Goodman, Dorothea Sale. Root and Branch of the Sale Tree in America: An Cccount of Ten Generations. Fairfield, Iowa: D.S. Goodman, 1939. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sa32g.
 * [Seale] Sprouse, Deborah A. The Seale Family of Old Virginia: A Genealogy. [White Hall, Maryland]: D.A. Sprouse, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Se15sd.
 * [Spearman] Spearman, Rupert B. History of the Ancestry of Rupert James Spearman and Related Families: Including Frogg (Frogge), Strother, Thornton, Watts, Jedediah Smith, Strong, Woodward, Ingersoll, Broadhurst, Holding, Olds, Potter, Hill and Crane. Spokane, Washington: R.B. Spearman, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sp31sr.
 * [Stallard] Hamilton, Arthur. Stallard Genealogy. Lawndale, Calif.: A. Hamilton, 1950-1951. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 St18s.
 * [Stallard] Stallard, Gladys Julian, Margaret Russell Stallard and Stallard Reunion Association. The Stallard Collection: A Family History. Wise, Virginia: Stallard Reunion Association, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St18b.
 * [Strother] Eubanks, Hazel Bentley. Strother and Allied Families. Atlanta, Ga.: H.B. Eubanks, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St89eh.
 * [Strother] Society of the Descendants of the Immigrant William Strother of King George, Virginia, Strother, Donna L., William Strother Society, National Conference of the descendants of William Strother I (4th : 1992 : Williamsburg, Va.), National Conference of the descendants of William Strother I (5th : 1994 : Charlottesville, Va.), National Conference of the descendants of William Stother I (6th : 1996 : Mount Vernon, Iowa), National Conference of the descendants of William Strother I (7th : 1998 : Mount Vernon, Iowa), National Conference of the descendants of William Strother I (8th : 2000 : Fredericksburg, Va.), National Conference of the descendants of William Strother I (10th : 2004 : Fredericksburg, Va.), Strother Foundation. William Strother Society, Inc. ... Biennial National Conference. Fredericksburg, Virginia: William Strother Society, 1986-2004. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 St89b.
 * [Strother] William Strother Society, Society of the Descendants of the Immigrant William Strother of King George, Virginia, Banks, Judson G., Strother, Donna L. Houses of Strother Newsletter. 13+ vols. Mount Vernon, Iowa: William Strother Society, 1987-present. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 St89 v. 5.
 * [Strother] Oliver, Lloyd F., Robin Theobald Hite, and William Strother Society. Houses of Strother: Descendants of William Strother I, King George County, Virginia. 3 vols. Mount Vernon, Iowa: William Strother Society, 1993-1994. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St88str.
 * [Swan] Lombus, William. Edward Cockrell's Virginia Ancestors, ca. 1630-1822. Park Hills, Kentucky: W. Lombus, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C647L.
 * [Tandy] Averitt, William K. Tandy Kinsmen. Lafayette, Louisiana: W.K. Averitt, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T155a.
 * [Tayloe] Tayloe, W. Randolph. The Tayloes of Virginia and Allied Families. Berryville, Virginia: W.R. Tayloe, 1963. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T211t.
 * [Taylor] Weber, Anne Taylor. Richard Taylor of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia: Also Hite, Foreman, Parker, Cochran, Cramer, Ruttencutter. Huntington, W. Va.: A.T. Weber, 1990?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T212wa.
 * [Triplett] Abbot, Hortense E. Triplett. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 196-. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T737a; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Triplett] Martin, Garnard. The Family of Nimrod Triplett: Part A, John L. Triplett; Section 4: Sarah Triplett. Zephyrhills, Florida: G. Martin, 1979. FHL US/CAN Book 929.273 T737mg; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Triplett] Abbot, Hortense E. Descendants of the Triplett Families: Virginia, North &amp; South Carolina. Fullerton, California: Crown Printing, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T737ah.
 * [Triplett] Castevens, William Clinton. Descendants of Toliver Rudy and Naoma Elizabeth Richardson Triplett and Their Related Families: A Genealogical History. Traphill, North Carolina: W.C. Castevens, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T737c.
 * [Warren] Meyer, Harold Irving. Warren Family Notes. Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 16, Warr., Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. FHL US/CAN Film 29889 Item 2.
 * [Warren] Warren, Holland Douglas. Warrens and Related Families of North Carolina and Virginia. 2 vols. Lynchburg, Va.: Warwick-House, 1990, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W253wh.
 * [Williams] Meek, Melton P. William Families, Descendants, and Neighbors, 1125-2001. 7 vols. Lawton, Oklahoma: M.P. Meek, 2001. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W67mmp v. 1 to FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W67mmp v. 7.
 * [Woolard] Wollard, Janes K. Westward Immigration of the Woollard-Woolard-Wollard Family from 1650. San Marcos, California: J.K. Wollard, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 8075.

Immigration

 * [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=Rappahannock&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 indentured servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Deeds

The original Old Rappahannock County Deed Books are held at Essex County, Virginia Courthouse in Tappahannock, Va. The Sparacios abstracted, indexed, and published these records:


 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Deed Abstracts of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. [1656-1692] 10 vols. McLean, Virginia: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1989-1990. FHL US/CAN Book 975.534 R2sa.
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Deed &amp; Will Abstracts of (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia. [1665-1682] 3 vols. McLean, Virginia: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1989-1990. FHL US/CAN Book 975.534 R2s v. 1.

Grants and Patents

Search for pre-1673 land grants and patents among Virginia Land Office records. After that year, be sure to check Virginia Northern Neck land grants.


 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes (Old) Rappahannock County.]
 * Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Vol. I (1934; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991). Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes (Old) Rappahannock County. N.B. If Ancestry's search engine fails, try checking the printed index at the end of the book.]

Local Histories

 * Warner, Thomas Hoskins. History of Old Rappanhannock County, Virginia, 1656-1692: With Introduction, 1608-1656, Including the Present Counties of Essex and Richmond and Parts of Westmoreland, King George, Stafford, Caroline and Spotsylvania Counties. Tappahannock, Va.: P.P. Warner, 1965. FHL US/CAN Book 975.534 H2w.

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Old Rappahannock County militia officers and/or soldiers; 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 Old Rappahannock County militia officers; see place name index.]

Occupations
Philip Alexander Bruce's book Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century (Vol. II, 1896, p. 334 footnote 1) includes a list of early English merchants in (Old) Rappahannock County.

Probate
The original Old Rappahannock County Will Books are held at Essex County, Virginia Courthouse in Tappahannock, Va. These records have been abstracted, indexed, and published several times:


 * McGhan, Judith. Virginia Will Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 P2v. [Includes Old Rappahannock County wills.]
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Deed &amp; Will Abstracts of (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia. [1665-1682] 3 vols. McLean, Virginia: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1989-1990. FHL US/CAN Book 975.534 R2s v. 1.
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Will Abstracts of (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia [1682-1687]. McLean, Va.: R.&amp;S. Sparacio, 1990. FHL US/CAN Book 975.534 P28sa.
 * Sweeny, William Montgomery. Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia 1656 - 1692. [Lynchburg, Virginia?]: Mrs. W.M. Sweeny, 1947. Available FHL US/CAN Book 975.534 P2s and FHL US/CAN Film 1421588 Item 4. Digital version World Vital Records ($).

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: (Old) Rappahannock County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1977):219. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * Browning, Joyce. "Research in 'Old' Rappahannock and Her Descendants," The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 3 (May-Jun. 1985):1. Available at FHL; digital version at Virginia Genealogical Society website.

Vital Records
Marriage


 * Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800: Marriages and Marriage References for the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. FHL US/CAN Book 975.52 V2h.
 * Wilkerson, Eva Eubank. Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia, 1655-1900. Richmond, VA, USA: Clearfield Co., 1953. Available at FHL; 1983 reprint available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county. *Family History Library Catalog