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Lee County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2012, a query for individuals born in Lee, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 150,000 entries.

Lee County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 0 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Lee County families include:


 * Bicentennial Book Committee et al. Bicentennial History of Lee County, Virginia 1792-1992. n.p.: Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society and Don Mills, 1992. 975.5735 H2b
 * Laningham, Anne Wynn and Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales. Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties. 2 vols. Greensboro, N.C.: Media, Inc., 1977. 975.5735 D2L v. 1
 * Lockwood, Frances B. and Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales. Annotations, Corrections and Additions to Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties. 1978. 975.5735 D2L v. 2 supp

Lee 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]

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 * [Bailey] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1926. Vol. 3. Digital version at - free.
 * [Ball] Hoskins, William Woodson. John Ball of Lee County, Virginia and His Descendants: Bell County, Kentucky - Harlan County, Kentucky. Radford, Va.: Commonwealth Press, 1975. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Blair] Brown, Nancy Clark. "Are You Related To...Loretta Webb Lynn," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Dec. 2007):4-22..
 * [Bowlin] Bowlin, Gerald D. "Information Given by Newton Rhea Bowlin, Great Grandson of Stephen Osborne and Son of Polly and Richmond Bowlin - 1924," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1978):2-7..
 * [Burk] Johnson, Patricia Givens. Irish Burks of Colonial Virginia and New River. Blacksburg, Va.: Walpa Publishing, 1992..
 * [Butcher] Brown, Nancy Clark. "Are You Related To...Loretta Webb Lynn," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Dec. 2007):4-22..

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 * [Campbell] Campbell, Donald H. The Campbell Family of Virginia. 1990s. Digital version at - free.
 * [Clarkston] Inman, Gloria Kay Vandiver. The Bonds of Union: Descendants of Thomas Clarkston (1787-1856), Volume I. Pasco, Wash.: G.K.V. Inman, 1980..
 * [Creech] Heinemann, Martha. "Creeches Who Were Legal Heirs of Thomas Robertson of White County, Tennessee," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Dec. 2005):27-28..

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 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Lee County.

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 * [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. "The John Finleys of Augusta County, Virginia: Correcting the Record," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):3-13; Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2002):98-113; Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2002):171-178; Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2002):268-281. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..

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 * [Garrett] Garrett, Hester Elizabeth. A Book of Garretts. Supplement Number Three: This Book Has Corrected and Added Information on Descendants of John and Susannah Garrott of Amelia County, Virginia. It Has Also Some Information on Garretts of Lee County, Va. and of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania ...Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1983.

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 * [Hale] Shepard, Clarence E. Head O'Lickin' and There Abouts. 2 vols. Dayton, Ohio: C.E. Shepard, 1998..
 * [Hoskins] Hoskins, William W. "Hoskins," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1988):47-48.

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 * [Lawson] Wilson, Christine L. Lawson Family. n.d. Digital version at ;.
 * [Locke] Tiller, Linda Locke, Ardith H. Johnson, Jeanne R. Stanis, and Stella Locke. "Locke Families of Southwest Virginia," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1978):25-33..

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 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Lee 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. [Lee County appears in Vol. 2]

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 * [Riggs] Sutton, Rita K. "The Riggs Family (A Partial Genealogy)," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 1, No. 5 (1978):2-15..
 * [Robbins] Robbins, Robert Earl. The Robbins and Allied Families of Yesterday and Today. 2nd ed.

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 * [Shumate] Ledgerwood, Marian C. Descendants of Mark Shumate of Claiborne County, Tennessee. Houston, Tex.: privately published, 1985..
 * [Skidmore] Skidmore, Warren and William F. Skidmore. Skidmore. Rickmansworth, England; Delaware; North Carolina and West, 1555 to 1983. Akron, Ohio and Knoxville, Tenn., 1983. ; 1998 edition:.
 * [Spencer] Kelly, Margaret J. Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors: An Examination of Genealogical Records Concerning Joseph Spencer of Lee County, Virginia. Arvada, Colo.: M.J. Spencer, 2004..
 * [Spratt] Buchanan, Paul C. "The Spratt Family of Southwest Virginia Prior to 1800," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):297-305. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Sybert] Michaels, Elizabeth Henderson and John Henry Sybert. The Sybert Family of Lee County, Virginia. Morganton, N.C.: E.L. Michaels, 1992..

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 * [Ward] Reed, Brenda Helen Keck. Benjamin Ward of Ashe County, North Carolina c1750-1820 and His Descendants. Oakland, Calif.: privately published, 1998. Available at the Johnson City Public Library, Johnson City, Tennessee.
 * [Wells] Porter, Bill. The Wells Family and Some Pioneer Family Connections. Wise County Historical Society (Virginia).
 * [Witt] "The Witts of Lee County, Virginia," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Mar. 1997):64-66..