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 * Obediah H. Trent (1790 - 1865)

Campbell County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia has a nice genealogical collection. Among its holdings are the Family File. An index is available onsite and will help you track down genealogical charts and sources about specific families. To learn more, visit their website.

As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Campbell, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 50,000 entries.

Campbell County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 250 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Campbell County families include:


 * Early, R. H. Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1926. Lynchburg, Va.: J.P. Bell Co., 1927. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes information about residents of Campbell County, see discussion of cited sources.] . Purchase at Virginians.com.

Campbell 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]


 * [Adams] Adams, Thomas Tunstall. Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia Adams Families: With Notes of Some Collateral Branches. Richmond, Va.: Richmond Press, 1928..
 * [Alexander] Clemens, William M. Alexander Family Records. New York: William M. Clemens, 1914. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Allison] Setters, Vista Allison Ponter. Traces in the Sand; a History of the Allison and Allied Families of Campbell County, Virginia and Morgan County, Alabama Including the Genealogy of the Allison, Barnes, Cobbs, Echols, Griffin, Henderson, Johnson, Key, Stringer, Walden and Williams Families and Accounts of Family and Community Life in Morgan County, Alabama for Over a Century with Notes on Military Service Beginning with the Civil War. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath, 1992..
 * [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, digital versions at American Ancestors ($); Historic Pathways; reprinted in Genealogy: A Publication of the Family History Section, Indiana Historical Society, No. 78 (July 1983):1-10 (available for free online at Historic Pathways). Digital version also at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Blankinship] Blankinship, Ona J. The Family of Charles and Harriet Foster Blankinship, from 1879-1969. Hazelton, Kansas: Blankinship, 1969..
 * [Bolling] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Bowman] Rhodes, Phillip Wayne. "Descendants of Thomas Love of Lynchburg and Amherst County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):83-91; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):190-198; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):269-283; Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):16-27; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):89-102; Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1992):194-206. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Burton] Harrison, Francis Burton. Burton Chronicles of Colonial Virginia: Being Excerpts from the Existing Records, Particularly Relation to the Burtons of the Valley of the James and Appomattox; with Especial Reference to the Ancestry of Jesse Burton of Lynchburg (1750?-1795). Hartford, Ky.: Cook &amp; McDowell Publications, 1979.
 * [Butler] Bedke, Jane Andrews. Butler Family: Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Butler of Campbell County, Virginia and Randolph County, Indiana. Salt Lake City, Utah: J.A. Bedke, 1985..
 * [Calloway] Buford, Marcus Bainbridge. A Genealogy of the Buford Family in America, With Records of a Number of Allied Families. San Francisco, Calif., 1903. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Callaway] Vannerson, Margaret. The Family History. Redwood City, Calif.: N.L.V. Trimble, 1971..
 * [Camm] Tyler, Lyon G. "Descendants of John Camm, President of William and Mary College," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):61-62; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):275-278. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Campbell] Fassnacht, Grace Spencer. Campbell Kith and Kin: Descendants of Archibald Campbell and Elizabeth Baker Who Came from Campbell County, Virginia to Knox County, Tennessee, 1796. Chattanooga, Tenn.: G.S. Fassnacht, 198-?..
 * [Candler] Candler, Allen D. Colonel William Candler of Georgia: His Ancestry and Progeny. Atlanta, Ga.: Franklin Printing and Publishing, 1902. Digital version at Internet Archive;.
 * [Cardwell] Cardwell, Robert J. Robert Cardwell of Campbell County, Virginia. El Paso, Texas: R.J. Cardwell, 1980..
 * [Cary] Harrison, Fairfax. The Virginia Carys. New York: De Vinne Press, 1919. Digital version at Internet Archive - free;.
 * [Cheatham] Chilton, Harriett A. Robertson Cheatham of Appomattox, Campbell County, Virginia. Falls Church, Va.: H.A. Chilton, 1990..
 * [Cheatham] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "The Cheatham Family of Colonial Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):163-173; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):273-279; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):38-43; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):102-112; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):209-216; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):293-297; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):32-40; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):123-127; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):179-185; Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):262-265; Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):17-23; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):99-104. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Chilton] Dorman, John Frederick. "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):71-78; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):121-125; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1967):167-174; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1968):15-18; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1968):83-86; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1968):109-113; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1968):169-175; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1969):32-36; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):65-71; Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1969):177-180; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1970):15-22; Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1970):75-82; Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1970):123-128; Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1970):165-168; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):32-41; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):122-124; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):259-264; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):301-306; ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Claytor] Rust, Ellsworth Marshall. Rust of Virginia: Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of William Rust, 1654-1940. Washington, D.C.: Rust, 1940..
 * [Clemens] Bell, Raymond Martin. The Ancestry of Samuel Clemens, Grandfather of Mark Twain. Washington, Pa.: R.M. Bell, 1980. Digital version at.
 * [Cobb] 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..
 * [Cox] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. 1. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:
 * [Curl] Curl, Howard E. Some Curl Footprints in the Sands of Time: Genealogical Record Dedicated to My Paternal Grandparents, Jacob Painter and Dorcus (Hudson) Curl. Typescript, 1963. Digital version at.
 * [Driskill] Driscoll, John W. The Descendants of Daniel Driskill of Campbell County, Virginia. Blackfoot, Idaho: John W. Driscoll, 2000. ; also.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Campbell County.
 * [Farmer] Curtis, Oscar F. Farmer Research File. MSS. Microfilmed 1989:.
 * [Feland] James, Larry Alan. The Feland Family, 1750-1979. Neosho, Mo.: L.A. James, 1979..
 * [Flagg] Nowery, Sharon Lee. Flagg-Rucker Family History Appomattox and Campbell Counties, Virginia. Rock Hill, S.C.: S.L. Nowery, 1994..
 * [Foster] Elton, Patricia Foster. The History and Genealogy of John Yancey Foster of Hat Creek, Campbell County, Virginia. Potomac, Md.: P.R. Elton, 1990..
 * [Frazer] Frazer, Margaret Gruse and Elva Frazer Shelton. Frazers - Baptists - Beatitudes Descendants of James George Frazer (1799-1878) of Campbell County Virginia and Highland County, Ohio. Ohio: M.G. Frazer, 1972..
 * [Galbreath] Stewart, J. Adger. "Galbreath Family," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 16 (1935):193-196. Reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Volume I: Albidgton-Gerlache. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981. Free Name Search ; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical.com;.
 * [Hairston] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell. The Hairston and Penns: and Their Relations. Roanoke, Va.: Walters Printing and Manufacturing Co., 1940..
 * [Hancock] Marshall, Thomas E. The Family of Brothers, Bezer and Noble Snell of Red House, Virginia, Charlotte County. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1994..
 * [Hanks] Baber, Adin. Nancy Hanks, the Destined Mother of a President: The Factual Story of a Pioneer Family As Revealed in an Exhaustive Study of Ancestral History. Kansas, Ill.: A. Baber, 1963..
 * [Harris] Bedke, Jane Andrews. Harris Family; Descendants of William Harris of Campbell County, Virginia. Salt Lake City: J.A. Bedke, 1986..
 * [Harvey] Marshall, Thomas E. Robert Elliott -ca. 1786, of Prince Edward County, Virginia. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1990..
 * [Harvey] Marshall, Thomas E. The Family of Brothers, Bezer and Noble Snell of Red House, Virginia, Charlotte County. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1994..
 * [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 ($)..
 * [Hines] Hines, James Davis and J. Adger Stewart. Descendants of Henry Hines, Sr., 1732-1810. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton, 1925..
 * [Hix] Sullivan, Elsie Smiley. Hix-Collins-Word &amp; Related Families. Rossville, Ga.: E.S. Sullivan, 1990..
 * [Holt] Mumper, James A., M. Ellen Bailey, Mary Andrews Dalby, and John Lee Holt. I Wrote You Word: The Poignant Letters of Private Holt: John Lee Holt, 1829-1863. Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1993..
 * [Jones] Fothergill, Augusta B. Peter Jones and Richard Jones Genealogies. Richmond, Va.: Old Dominion Press, 1924. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Jones] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [Jordan] Jordan, Paul R. Some Charles and James Jordans, Born in Virginia 1790-1848: and Their Families. Lawrence, Kansas: P.R. Jordan, 1997..
 * [Joy] Joy, Wayne Lawson. Joy: A Family Chronicle. n.p.: W.L. Joy, 2000..
 * [Kropf] Butts, William Taylor. A Crop of Kropf. San Antonio, Texas: W.T. Butts, 1984..
 * [Lamb] Bedke, Jane Andrews. Lamb Family, Ancestors and Descendants of John Curtis Lamb of Campbell County, Virginia. Salt Lake City, Utah: J.A. Bedke, 1986..
 * [Lee] Lee Family Collection, ca. 1613-1924. MSS. Microfilmed 1970s:.
 * [Love] Rhodes, Phillip Wayne. "Descendants of Thomas Love of Lynchburg and Amherst County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):83-91; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):190-198; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):269-283; Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):16-27; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):89-102; Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1992):194-206. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Lynch] Adams, Thomas Tunstall. Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia Adams Families: With Notes of Some Collateral Branches. Richmond, Va.: Richmond Press, Inc., 1928..
 * [McCraw] Kent, Jane McCraw. The McCraw Clan of Lynchburg &amp; Vicinity. Dover, De.: J.M. Kent, 1981..
 * [Mason] Mason, Lawrence N. Up from Turnip Creek the Mason Family of Campbell-Charlotte County, Virginia: The Ancestors and Descendants of John Norman Mason. Arlington, Va.: L.N. Mason, 1979..
 * [Mason] Dobyns, Kenneth W. The Family of John Baxter Mason (1811-83) of Campbell County, Va. Arlington, Va.: K.W. Dobyns, 1980..
 * [Mason] Dobyns, Kenneth W. and Della Effrie Mason Sublett. The Mason Family of Campbell County, Virginia Updated, Expanded, and Retitled in 1997 to Include Material Compiled by Della Effrie Mason Sublett (1895-1985) Taken from a Copy of Her Manuscript Compilation Which Came into My Possession After Her Death. Arlington, Va.: K.W. Dobyns, 1997..
 * [Mason] Soule, Mary Lou. Early Mason Families in Virginia, Kentucky, and Illinois. 1999..
 * [Moore] Moore, Charles R. The Moore Family of Central Virginia Covering the Counties of Albeharle, Amherst, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange, Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: C.R. Moore, 1985.
 * [Moorman] McDaniel, Isabel M. "William Moorman (1751-1829) of Virginia and Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Mar. 1969):49-50..
 * [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. Available at ; digital version at Google Books.
 * [Page] Donnelly, Shirley. "Notes on Captain William Nelson Page," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct. 1963):39-40. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Campbell County appears in Vol. 2 Part 2]
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. [Campbell County appears in Vol. 1]
 * [Patteson] Smith, Ethel Marion. An Informal History of Virginia-Kentucky Pattesons in Illinois, Their Forbears and Their Kin Including the Lewises of Llangollen. Washington, 1948. Available at.
 * [Perkins] Perkins, William Robertson. Papers 1929-1943. Section 2. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Pratt] Pratt, Warren C. "Finding the Father of Henry Pratt of Southeastern Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 100, No. 2 (June 2012):85-103. Digital version at NGS website ($);.
 * [Prewitt] Prewitt, Richard A. Michael Prewitt, Sr. and His Descendants, 1720-1977. 1977. Digital version at ;.
 * [Pruitt] Prewitt, Lester Dee and Lela Marguerite Wolfe Prewitt. Notes on the Prewitt-Light, Ringler-Hollowell and Allied Families., Iowa: Summit Printing, 1939..
 * [Pruitt] Prewitt, Lester Dee. Prewitt-Light-Ringler-Hollowell and Allied Families. Fairfield, Iowa, 1970. Rev. ed.
 * [Puckett] Johnson, Joyce Ann Spires. Genealogical Collection, ca. 1779-1985. MSS. Microfilmed 1994:.
 * [Read] Read, James S. and May D. Read. A Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Read Family in America Descendants of William Read Who Lived in Campbell County, Virginia in the Middle 1700's. n.p.: J.S. Read, 1988..
 * [Rucker] Nowery, Sharon Lee. Flagg-Rucker Family History Appomattox and Campbell Counties, Virginia. Rock Hill, S.C.: S.L. Nowery, 1994.
 * [St. John] St. John, L. Edward. Some St. Johns by George. Morrison, Tenn.: L. St. John, 1990..
 * [Shearer] Shearer, Oliver F. In Search of My Shearer Heritage in Madison and Rock Castle Countys [sic] in Kentucky. Winchester, Ky.: O.F. Shearer, 1990s..
 * [Stovall] Baughan, Barbara Clark and Lillian King Lewis. "The Family of George Stovall, Jr.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1975):195-201. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Sweeney] Nowery, Sharon Lee. The Swinney, Sweeney Family of Campbell County, Virginia. Rock Hill, S.C.: S. Nowery, 1994..
 * [Taylor] Cox, Patricia Bliss and Calvin Edward Cox. James Milton Taylor FAmily, 1790-1996: Family Histories for the Twelve Original Taylor Children. [Newport News, Va.]: P.B. Cox, [1998]. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Thurman] Hathaway, J.R.B. "Abstract of Wills," The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct. 1900):517. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Tucker] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "Progenitors and Kinfolk of Abraham Childers III," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):3-13; Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1990):97-109; Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):180-194; Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):266-280; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):43-54; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):108-118; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):199-207. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Tweedy] Sipe, Kerry W. The Tweedy Family of Virginia. Virginia Beach, Va.: n.p., 1993..
 * [Vest] Sowers, Erma Conner. Descendants of Littleberry Vest. Check, Va.: E.C. Sowers, 1983..
 * [Ward] Ward: Family Records. Genealogical Loose Papers / Department of Archives and History. 3rd family on film. Copy:.
 * [Warriner] Mireles, Dana Ann. "Jacob Warriner, Sr., of Buckingham County, Virginia: His Children and His Parents," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):83-93. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Watts] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Whittington] Atkins, Sarah Burn and Vivian Marie Atkins. Everyone's a Whittington. Franklin, N.C.: Genealogy Publishing Service, 2001..
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Birth Records 1853 to 1896 and Marriage Records 1782 to 1900, Campbell County, Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2004..
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia, Part V, Robert Wright, Sr. (Campbell County), His Wives Mary Wright and Keziah (Gillenwaters) Wright, and His Descendants. 2 vols. Menlo Park, Calif.: R.N. Grant, 2005. Digital versions at  | ;.
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Census Records: Campbell County, Virginia, 1810-1900. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2005..
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Deed Records, 1782-1900 and Land Tax Lists, 1782-1850 Campbell County, Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2005..
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Death Records 1853-1920; Cemetery Records by Cemetery, and Probate Records 1782-1900, Campbell County, Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2005..
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Personal Property Tax Lists, Campbell County, Virginia, 1785-1850. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2005..