Goochland County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Goochland County

Parent County
1727--Goochland County was created 1 February 1727 from Henrico County. County seat: Goochland

Populated Places

 * Thompson, Jessie. "Tuckahoe Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia," Thesis/Dissertation, Wellesley College, 1971.

Neighboring Counties

 * Cumberland
 * Fluvanna
 * Hanover
 * Henrico
 * Louisa
 * Powhatan

Census
1782


 * Little, Barbara Vines. "1782 State Census, Goochland County," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol.47, No.4 (Nov. 2009):265-266.

Church
Baptist


 * History of Goochland Baptist Church, 1771-1971, 200th Anniversary. 1971.
 * Richardson, Hazel Martin. Mount Gilead Baptist Church, Goochland County, Virginia, 1831-1981. Charlottesville, Virginia: King Lindsay Print. Corp., 1981?.

Church of England


 * Fife, R.H. "The Vestry Book of King William Parish, Va., 1707-1750," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan. 1904):289-304; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr. 1904):425-440; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jul. 1904):17-32; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan. 1905):241-256; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1905):369-384; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jul. 1905):65-80; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Oct. 1905):175-190; Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jan. 1906):265-280. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jul. 1906):24-36; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Oct. 1906):113-123; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Apr. 1907):249-255. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. St. James Northam Parish Vestry Book, 1744-1850, Goochland County, Virginia. 1987.

Methodist


 * Salmon, M. Carol. Corinth United Methodist Church, Goochland County, Virginia: A Brief History Commemorating 130 Years of Service. 2008.

Family Histories
Bibliography


 * [Amos] See Powers.
 * [Bradshaw] Bradshaw, Walter Lee. The Bradshaws of Henrico and Goochland Counties, Virginia and Mercer and Marion Counties of Kentucky. Louisville, Kentucky: W.L.Bradshaw, 1992?.
 * [Brian] Allen, Cameron. "Ancestral Table of Susanne Brian, Wife of Abraham Soblet, the 1700 Immigrant to Manakin Town, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 4 (Oct. 2003):245-252.
 * [Britt] Britt, Albert S. "William Britt of Goochland County, Virginia," MSS., at Library of Virginia.
 * [Chastain] Allen, Cameron. "The Chastain Families of Manakin Town in Virginia and their Origin Abroad," The American Genealogist, Vol. 39 (1963):149-156; Vol. 40 (1964):1-12, 135-147. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Cocke] Martin, Richard T. The Cocke Family: A History of the Cocke Family from Richard Cocke, Who Emigrated from England to Virginia, about 1628, to Martha Cocke, Who Died in Goochland County, Virginia, in 1853: Including the Pleasants, Lewis, Woodson, Parish and Holland Families. Spring, Texas: R.T. Martin, 2007. Available at FHL.
 * [Coleman] Marshall, Thomas E. Robert Coleman, Sr. of Goochland, Buckingham and Appomattox Counties, Virginia. Bedford, Virginia: T.E. Marshall, 1992.
 * [Davenport] Beekman, Jane Kyhl. Davenport of King William, Goochland, Cumberland and Halifax Counties, Virginia, North Carolina, and Elsewhere: With Allied Families of Boyd, DeJarnet, Kent and Terry. Muncie, Indiana: J.K. Beekman, 2006.
 * [Depp] Allen, Cameron. "Jean Depp of Manakin Town, Virginia, and Bath/Craven County, North Carolina," The Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 2001):3-52.
 * [Gevaudan] Allen, Cameron. "Antoine Gevaudan of Manakin Town and His Immediate Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 73, No. 1, Part One (Jan. 1965):22-28. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Parrish] Gorham, James Woodrow. The Parrish Family of Early Goochland Co., Virginia: The Descendants of Elisha L. Parrish, Their Connecting Links, and the Ancestry of Grace Parrish Gorham. O'Fallon, Illinois: J.W. Gorham, 2003.
 * [Hancock] Hancock, Richard R. et al. Hancock: Some Descendants of John Hancock (1733-1802) of Goochland, Fluvanna and Patrick Counties, Virginia. Higginson Book Company, 1992.
 * [Harrison] Green, Bettye M. Harrison: The Family of Andrew Harrison of Goochland County, Virginia Who Settled in Caswell County, North Carolina, Descendants Who Settled in Dallas County, Arkansas, 1850. MSS., at Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Available at FHL.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, Dudley L. The Herndons of the American Revolution Part VIII: #57, Lewis Herndon, b. ca. 1738-ca. 1796, of Goochland County, Va. and His Known Descendants of the Family in America. Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, Personal Property Tax Lists, and Court Records for Hodges, Lee and Page Families. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1728-1763: Hodges Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1986.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists: Supplemental Reading, 1754-67; Hodges. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1986.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1728-1826: Hodges Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1989.
 * [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.
 * [Jackson] Williams, Lyle Keith. Joseph Jackson, 1705-1774 of Bedford and Goochland counties, Virginia and Descendants. Fort Worth, Texas: L.K. Williams, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Lacy] Lawler, Hazel Potter. The Stephen Lacy Family of Goochland County, Virginia: With Forebears, Descendants and Allied Families. College Station, Texas: H. Elton Lacey, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * [Layne] Lane, Ralph H. and John P. Landers. Descendants of John Layne of Goochland County, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M.O. &amp; W.H. Lane, 1965. Available at FHL.
 * [LaForce] Allen, Cameron. "Rene Massoneau LaForce of Henrico and Goochland Counties, Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall 2004):162-193; Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring 2005):69-92; Vol. 19, No. 2 (Fall 2005):231-249; Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 2006):112-127.
 * [Lee] See also Hodges.
 * [Lee] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1793: Lee Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1989.
 * [Lefebure] Allen, Cameron. "Isaac Lefebure (Lefevre) of Manakin Town and His Immediate Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 74, No. 1, Part One (Jan. 1966):26-33. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Martin], Irene Dabney. The Martin Family: Descendants of Thomas Martin of Goochland Co., Virginia. Fayetteville, Arkansas: Sentinel Print, 1906. Available at FHL.
 * [Mayo]See Steger.
 * [Moss] White, Jesse E. Moss, Massie, Hughes and Thurmond Families, New Kent, Hanover, Albermarle &amp; Goochland Counties, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Norvell] Norvell, Grace. James Norvell of Colonial Goochland County, Virginia; the Virginia Collection; James Norvell of Bedford County, Tennessee. Austin, Texas: Grace Norvell, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Norvell] Norvell, Grace. James Norvell of Colonial Goochland County, Virginia: Line of Capt. Hugh Norvell of Williamsburg with Some Indications of His Tidewater Ancestry; Hugh Norvell of Mecklenburg County, Virginia and James Norvell of Granville County, North Carolina; James Norvell of Bedford County, Tennessee. n.p.: G. Norvell, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Oglesby] Paul, Oglesby. "Joseph Oglesby with Some Account of the Oglesby Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 17 (1940):144-151. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Oglesby] Paul, Oglesby. "A Further Account of the Oglesby Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 19 (1942):150-152. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Page] See also Hodges.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia: Court Orders, 1728-1805: Page Family. Carmichael, California: Rutherford, 1979.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia; Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1728-1832, Page Family. Carmichael, California: Dolores Crumrine Rutherford, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Page] Page, Donald W. The History and Genealogy of the Robert and Rachel Page Family: From Goochland County, Virginia and Spartanburg County, South Carolina. 2 vols. Franklin, North Carolina: Genealogy Pub. Service, 1992-2002. Available at FHL.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1820: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Land Taxes and Alterations, 1782-1835, Page Family. 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1728-1782: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1994.
 * [Page] Page, Daniel E. Some Descendants of Exolheath Page of Goochland Co., Virginia, and Some Possible Relatives. Arkoma, Oklahoma : D.E. Page, 2004. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, and Inventories (1728-1832): Page Family: Original Reading (1728-1832), First Addenda (1777-1787), Second Addenda (1765-1842), Third Addenda (1728-1817) and Deeds, Wills &amp; Inventories (1788-1815): Supplementary Reading, Fourth Addenda (1788-1815). Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 2006.
 * [Payne] "The Payne Family of Goochland, &amp;c.," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):313-316.; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1899):427-428; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):79-82; Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct. 1899):200-201. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [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. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Rogers] Martin, Richard T. The Rogers Family: A History of the Rogers Family from Robert Rogers, Who Lived in Goochland County, Virginia, During the Early 1700's, to Anna Maria Rogers, Who Died in Tyro, Lincoln County, Arkansas, in 1881: Including the Bradshaw and Clark Families. Spring, Texas: R.T. Martin, 2007. Available at FHL.
 * [Soblet] See also Brian.
 * [Soblett] Allen, Cameron and James N. Jackson. The Soblett (Sublet) Family of Manakintown, King William Parish, Virginia. Detroit, Michigan: The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Steger] Pullen, William E. John Perratt Sr., of Barbados, 1654-1729: Ancestor of the Steger and One Branch of the Mayo Families of Goochland County, Virginia. 1976. Available at FHL.
 * [Sublet] Allen, Cameron and Donald J. Sublette. The Sublet (Soblet) Family: of Manakintown, Virginia. Birmingham, Michigan: D.J. Sublette, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Sublette] Allen, Cameron and Minnie Dubbs Millbrook. Sublette Family from 1698 to Present Time. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Williams] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia; Court Orders, 1728-1794, Williams Family. Carmichael, California: Dolores Crumarine Rutherford, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Williams] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia; Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1728-1817, Williams Family. Carmichael California: Delores Crumrine Rutherford, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Williams] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1720-1781: Williams Family. Carmichael California: Delores Crumrine Rutherford, 1984.
 * [Wood] Southall, Stephen O. "Henry Wood, First Clerk of Goochland, and His Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan. 1945):64-69. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Identifying the Wrights in the Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists. Menlo Park, California: R.N. Grant, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Identifying the Wrights in the Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists, 1732-1784. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2001. Available at FHL.
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia: Part II, John Wright (Goochland County Carpenter), His Wife Judith (Easly) Wright, and Their Descendants, 5 vols. Menlo Park, California: R.N. Grant, 2004. Available at FHL.

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=Goochland&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 Goochland County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land

 * Blomquist, Ann Kicker. Southam Parish Land Processioning, 1747-1784: Goochland, Cumberland, and Powhatan Counties, Virginia. Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2004.

Maps

 * Weeks, Elie, Robert J. Foley, Goochland County Bicentennial Commission, Goochland County Historical Society. Historical Map of Goochland County, Virginia: From Goochland's Formation (1727) to America's Independence (1783). Goochland, Virginia: Goochland County Bicentennial Commission, 1977.

Military
Revolutionary War


 * Maass, John R. "The Greatest Terror Imaginable: Cornwallis Brings His Campaign to Goochland, June 1781," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):12-101.
 * Agee, Helene Barret. "Goochland County Revolutionary War Soldiers," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):102-103.

Civil War


 * Coski, John M. "Four Goochland Soldiers in the Civil War: Highlights from the Museum of the Confederacy's Library Collection," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):148-225.
 * "Goochland County Civil War Dead: Goochland Soldiers Killed in Action or Died as a Result of Their Wounds in Battle," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):226-227.

Minorities

 * Butler, Reginald Dennin. "Evolution of a Rural Free Black Community: Goochland County, Virginia, 1728-1832," Thesis/dissertation, 1989.

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.

Occupations

 * Randolph, Isham. "Brick-Making in Goochland," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):109-110. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Randolph, Isham. "Shoemaking in Goochland," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):109-110. Available at JSTOR ($).

Private Papers

 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:2, William Bolling Diary, 1827-1828, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:3, William Bolling Diary, 1840-1842, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:4, William Bolling Diary, 1809, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:5, William Bolling Diary, 1836-1839, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Harrison] Virginia Historical Society. Mss1H2485c, Harrison Family Papers, 1725-1907, Buckingham, Cumberland, and Goochland Counties. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Harrison] Virginia Historical Society. Mss1H2485d, Harrison Family Papers, 1756-1893, Cumberland, Goochland, and Hanover Counties, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Payne] Daughters of the American Revolution. James River Chapter (Lynchburg, Virginia). "Bible Records of Charles Scott Carrington, Halifax County; Willie Hunter Crutchfield, Lynchburg; James Davis and Macyah Pendleton, Amherst County, Lynchburg; Philip Matthews Payne, Campbell County; Philip Matthews Payne, Sr., Goochland [and] Campbell Counties, Virginia," MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Rutherford] Rutherfoord, John C. and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1R9335, John Coles Rutherfoord diary, 1847, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Wight] Wight, Hezekiah Lord and Virginia Historical Society. Hezekiah Lord Wight Papers, 1794-1854, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.

Probate

 * Jones, W. Mac "Index to Wills in Goochland County Court House," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan. 1927):48-56; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1927):193-203. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Will of Walter Leak, Goochland County, Virginia, 1757, MSS., available at FHL.

Slavery

 * Townes, A. Jane. "The Effect of Emancipation on Large Landholdings, Nelson and Goochland Counties, Virginia," The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Aug. 1979):403-412. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Maxwell, Sarah Catherine. "'The Very Bulwark of Defense': Freedmen's Navigation of the Courts of Orange, Louisa, and Goochland Counties, Virginia," Thesis/dissertation, 2002.

Taxation

 * "Goochland County Tithables, c1735," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol.46, No.3 (Aug. 2008):235-236.
 * Le Seur, David. "Tithables in King William Parish, Goochland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):31-32. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * The 1789 and 1801/1802 Personal Property Tax Lists of Goochland County, Virginia are indexed online at Binns Genealogy.
 * Ward, Roger S. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners: Goochland County. Athens, Georgia: New Papyrus Co.

Vital Records
Marriage


 * "Marriage Bonds in Goochland County," [1730s-1780s] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct. 1898):98-106; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):197-200; Vol. 8, No. 2 (Oct. 1899):91-96. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Abercrombie, Janice L. Cohabitation Lists of Former Slaves, in Goochland, Hanover &amp; Louisa Counties Virginia as Recorded in the Freedmen's Bureau. New Papyrus Co., 2002.
 * "Index to Goochland County Marriage Records 1730-1799," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):104-147.
 * Price, Douglas and James Richmond. "Index to Goochland County Marriage Records, 1800 to 1859," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.40 (2008) 58-155.

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