Carroll County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Carroll County

Southwest Virginia county.

County Courthouse
Carroll County, Virginia P O Box 218 Hillsville, Virginia 24343-0515 540-728-3117 Clerk Circuit Court has birth records 1842-1896, marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1842

History


The county is named after Charles Carroll (1737-1832), a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Parent County
1842--Carroll County was created 17 January 1842 from Grayson and Patrick Counties. County seat: Hillsville

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

African American
Freedmen's Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-18721

Kegley, Mary B. Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. Wytheville, Virginia: Kegley Books, 2003. Available at ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes information from Carroll County.]

Cemeteries
For a detailed list, including addresses, phone numbers, and external links, see Carroll County, Virginia Cemeteries.

The following is a list of cemeteries in Carroll County:


 * Tombstone Trnascription Project Carroll County - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb

Census
1890 Union Veterans


 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website. [Includes residents of this county.]

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):


 * Goodspur Monthly Meeting (1790-1800) aka Dugspur
 * Road Creek Monthly Meeting (1802-1810)
 * Ward's Gap Monthly Meeting, Hillsville, Va. (1795-1825)

Local Histories

 * Alderman, John Perry. Carroll 1765-1815, the Settlements: A History of the First Fifty Years of Carroll County, Virginia. n.p.: Central Va. Newspapers, 1985. Available at.

Revolutionary War

 * Kegley, Mary B. Revolutionary War Pension Applications of Southwest Virginia Soldiers. n.p.: M.B. Kegley, 1997. [Includes Carroll County pensioners.]

War of 1812

 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Carroll County, p. 67.]

Civil War

 * - 4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate). Company D.
 * - 22nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Bowen's Virginia Mounted Riflemen) (Confederate). Company G.
 * - 24th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Carroll Boys).
 * - 25th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company F.
 * - 29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Carroll Marksmen), Company D (Rifle Rangers), and Company E.
 * - 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters (Clarke's) (Confederate). Company E.

Records and histories are available, including:


 * Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
 * Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865

Naturalization
Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Carroll County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1963):33-35. Available at ; digital version at New England Ancestors($).

Vital Records
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness has found a lookup volunteer for Carroll County births, marriages, and cemetery records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Carroll County, Virginia USGENWEBwww.vagenweb.org/carroll/
 * Cyndi's List
 * Learning How to Edit our Wiki Sites
 * Learning How to Edit our Wiki Sites