King William County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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King William County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in King William, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 35,000 entries.

King William County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 100 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple King William County families include:


 * Clarke, Peyton Neale. Old King William Homes and Families: An Account of Some of the Old Homesteads and Families of King William County, Virginia, from Its Earliest Settlement. Louisville, Ky.: n.p., 1897. Digital version at Internet Archive. 1964 reprint: ; 1966 reprint:
 * Harris, Malcolm Hart. Old New Kent County: Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places in ... West Point, Va.: M.H. Harris, 1977. 2 vols. . [Includes King William County.]
 * Ryland, Elizabeth Hawes (1879-1954). Genealogical Notes. 1930-1954. Available at Virginia Historical Society. "Include genealogical notes, Bible records, and charts concerning the following Virginia families, primarily of King William and King and Queen counties: Arnold, Banks, Baylor, Beverley, Braxton, Brooke, Burwell, Camm, Carter, Chamberlayne, Claiborne, Dandridge, Gaines, Garlick, Gregory, Gwathmey, Jennings (oversize), Johnson, Littlepage, Moore, Nelson, Page, Pendleton, Robinson, Quarles, Rootes, Temple, Todd, Tunstall, Walker, West, Whiting, Winston, and Wormeley."

King William 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]


 * [Abraham] Stern, Malcolm. The First American Jewish Families.
 * [Abraham] Bell, John G. "Genealogy from the Classified Ads," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Nov. 1985):28-41. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Abrahams] Abraham, Burl. A History of the Abraham Family, Mid 1700's to 1993: (Mordecai Abrahams of King William County, Virginia) Line of Descent. Rosehill, Kansas: B. Abraham, 1993. Available at the Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Arnold] MacIvor, Hazel Arnold. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Benjamin Arnold, King William County, Virginia and Greenville, South Carolina. Lake Orion, Mich.: Arnold Family Association of the South, 1974. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Aylett] The Colonial Dames of America. Ancestral Records and Portraits, 2 vols. New York: The Grafton Press Publishers, 1910. Digitized by Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - both free.
 * [Aylett] "Royal Descent from Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, of Dr. Philip Aylett Fitzhugh of 'Shooters Hill,' Middlesex Co., Va.," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1940):174. 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;.
 * [Bassett] The Colonial Dames of America. Ancestral Records and Portraits, 2 vols. New York: The Grafton Press Publishers, 1910. Digitized by Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - both free.
 * [Beadles] Audet, Ronald Alfred and Doris Ercelle Beadles Audet. From These Beginnings: The Ancestry of Doris Ercelle Beadles Audet: Including Meador, Godsey, Flippen, Burton, Camp, Breneman, Cosby, Overton, Seymour, Clifford, Pollard, Beadles, Audet, and Related Families. 2 vols. Williamsburg, Va.: R.A. &amp; D.E.B. Audet, 1995..
 * [Bibb] Stewart, Mrs. Frank Ross. Bibb Family of America. Centre, Ala.: Stewart University Press of the Stewart University System, 1979..
 * [Bickley] Powell, Washington Bledwyn. "Bickley or Beckley Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):28-30; Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):124-127. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Bickley] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Bickley] Bell, John C. "Bickleys of the Pamunkey River Watershed of Virginia in the 18th Century," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1983):32-49; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1983):90-104; Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):179-189; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):259-264; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):19-32; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):88-98; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):169-186; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):261-274. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Blackwell] Evans, June Banks. The Blackwells of Blackwell's Neck, An Inferential Genealogy Based on Material Available. Revised edition. New Orleans, La.: Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 2004..
 * [Bobo] Wilbanks, Fredra Brooks. Bobo/Beaubeau/Boboe. Typescript. Microfilmed 2001:.
 * [Bradberry] Litchman, William M. "Using Cluster Methodology to Backtrack an Ancestor: The Case of John Bradberry," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 95, No. 2 (June 2007):103-116. Digital version at NGS website ($);.
 * [Braxton] Horner, Frederick. The History of the Blair, Banister and Braxton Families Before and After the Revolution: With a Brief Sketch of Their Descendants. Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott, 1898. ; digital versions at Google Books - free and Internet Archive - free.
 * [Braxton] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Browne] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Burford] Randolph, Frankie Burford. Once There was a Daniel: A Study of the Burford Family and the Related Families of Hawkins, Awalt, Yount, Estes, Thompson, Bierschwal, Randolph. Long Beach, Calif.: F.B. Randolph, 1990..
 * [Burford] Loftiss, Betty Jean Arnold. The Elder Daniel Burford: His Ancestors &amp; Descendants of America, 1684-1996. Greenville, Miss.: Burford Brothers Printing Co., 1997..
 * [Burk] Johnson, Patricia Givens. Irish Burks of Colonial Virginia and New River. Blacksburg, Va.: Walpa Publishing, 1992..
 * [Burruss] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "John Burrows, 1608, James City County; John Burruss, 1702, King William County," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 7, No. 4 (February/March 1999):207-215..
 * [Burruss] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Jacob Burruss I," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 8, No. 1 (May/June 1999):13-18..
 * [Burruss] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "George Tyler Burruss, 1809-1876, John Walden, fl. 1778, John Gayle, fl. 1778-1827," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 8, No. 4 (February/March 2000):217-221..
 * [Burwell] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Burwell] Brown, Stuart E. Burwell Kith and Kin of the Immigrant Lewis Burwell (1621-1653) and Burwell Virginia Tidewater Plantation Mansions. Berryville, Va., 1994.
 * [Butler] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "Relations of Ezekiel Slaughter," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Jul.-Sep. 1972):222-228. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Butler] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Thomas Butler of Tuckoman, King William County," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 1 (May-June 1992):15-21..
 * [Cardwell] Pendergraft, Allen. The Cardwells of Virginia: Thomas Cardwell of Henrico County, His Descendants and Allied Families: Osborne, Farrar, Spencer, Worsham, Royal, Perrince, Lockett, Thweat, Hankley, Crews, West, and Butler. 1973..
 * [Carter] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Cary] Bell, John G. "Genealogy from the Classified Ads," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Nov. 1985):28-41. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Catlett] Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd. The Descendants of Stephen Field of King and Queen County, Virginia, 1721: With Notes on the Armistead, Booth, Catesby-Cocke, Catlett, Jones, Lightfoot, Smith, Tabb, Todd and Wiatt Families. n.p.: A. Wiatt, 1992..
 * [Chandler] Everheart, June Chandler. Our Chandler Family, 1600-2000. Winona, Texas: E.J. Everheart, c2003..
 * [Claiborne] King, George Harrison Sanford. "Memorial to Henry Fox, Gentleman, of 'Huntington,' King William Co., Va.," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1940):217-290. 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;.
 * [Claiborne] Boddie, John B. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Digital version at - free.
 * [Clement] Clement, Susie D. Clement Migration Trail. Miami, Fla.: S.D. Clement, 1959-1963..
 * [Cockrum] Cockrum, James Edwin. The Ancestral Lines of James Edwin Cockrum and Phyllis Beaumont-Mills. Santa Ana, Calif.: J.E. Cockrum, 1987..
 * [Coleman] Catron, Ellen Nelson. The Coleman Family Album: Descendants of Robert Coleman, the Daniel Coleman Line. Charlotte, Va.: E.N. Catron, 1984. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Craddock] Bridges, Kathleen J. William Craddock of Nottoway Co., Va., and His Texan Connection. Beaumont, Texas: K.J. Bridges, 1990?..
 * [Crane] Hockett, Thomas Jack. The Crane/Crain/Crayne Family of King William, King &amp; Queen, Pittsylvania, and Washington Counties, Virginia. St. David's, Pennsylvania: J. Hockett, 1993. 1750779 Item 9
 * [Crenshaw] Wilkins, Hazel Crenshaw. Crenshaw and Connection Families: Davis, Burgess, Lavenders, Hargis, Hoppers, Dials, Fanchers. Gilmer, Texas: H.C. Wilkins, 1981..
 * [Dabney] Crenshaw, Mrs. A.D. "Dabney of King William County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1962):3-7. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Dabney] Ellerman, A. Denny. "A Note on Patrick Henry's Ancestry," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Feb. 1990):3-9. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Dandridge] Cary, Wilson Miles. "The Dandridges of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):30-39; Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):81-82. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Dandridge] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Davenport] Davenport, John Scott and Carol White. The Pamunkey Davenports of Colonial Virginia. Hopkinsville, Ky.: Pamunkey Davenport Family Association, 1998..
 * [Davenport] Beekman, Jane Kyhl. Davenport of King William, Goochland, Cumberland and Halifax Counties, Virginia, North Carolina, and Elsewhere: With Allied Families of Boyd, DeJarnet, Kent and Terry. Muncie, Indiana: J.K. Beekman, 2006.
 * [Dickenson] Knisely, Mary Jane. "The Myth of Henry Dickenson, Emigrant," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):243-250. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Dillard] Dillard Family Association. Dillard Annual: The Dillard Family Association. Dillard, Ga.: Dillard Family Association, 1992-[2001].
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes King William County.
 * [Durrett] Harter, Mrs. Bert. "Durrett Family," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):3-9; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):99-104; Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1971):174-180; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):279-286; Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1972):29-33; Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1972):96-103; Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1972):173-178; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):268-274; Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1973):33-41; Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1973):101-106. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Figg] Mudd, William Aubrey. Figg Family of King William County, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: W.A. Mudd, Jr., 1981. 929.273 F468m
 * [Floyd] Floyd, Thomas A. A Floyd Family History. Asheville, N.C.: T.A. Floyd, 1985..
 * [Fontaine] Maury, Ann. Memoirs of a Huguenot Family: Translated and Compiled from the Original Autobiography of the Rev. James Fontaine. New York: George P. Putnam &amp; Co., 1853. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Fontaine] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Fontaine] 1978 Supplement to the 1976 Bicentennial Register of Pedigrees of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1978..
 * [Fowlkes] Sturgill, David Andrew. Some Branches of the Fowlkes Family. Piney Creek, N.C.: D.A. Sturgill, 1988..
 * [Fox] "Fox Family of King William County, Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Apr. 1912):262-266. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Fox] King, George Harrison Sanford. "Memorial to Henry Fox, Gentleman, of 'Huntington,' King William Co., Va.," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1940):217-290. 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;.
 * [Fox] Cocke, Ellen M. Some Fox Trails in Old Virginia: John Fox of King William County, Ancestors, Descendants, Near Kin. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1939. ; digital version at - free; and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Gaines] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1918. Vol. 1. Digital version at - free.
 * [Gannaway] Roberson, Rhonda S. "Gannaway Sketch," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 2, No. 11 (October 1979):35-36..
 * [Garlick] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Gentry] The Gentry Family in America, 1676 to 1909: Including Notes on the Following Families Related to the Gentrys: Claiborne, Harris, Hawkins, Robinson, Smith, Wyatt, Sharp, Fulkerson, Butler, Bush, Blythe, Pabody, Noble, Haggard and Tindall. New York: Grafton Press, 1909. Includes 1937 addenda. ; digital versions at and Internet Archive - both free.
 * [Gillentine] Gillentine, David and Shirley Reed Gillentine. Gillentine Family Reunion, Sunday, July 28, 1985 ... : 1st Generation ... 9th Generation ... Tupelo, Miss.: D. &amp; S. Gillentine Jr., 1985..
 * [Graves] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Gregory] Beahm, D.C. "John Gregory of Old Rappahannock Co., Va.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2003):243-256. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Guthrie] Guthrie, Joseph A. Early Virginia Guthries and Their Kentucky Descendants. Kansas City, Mo.: Printed by E.L. Mendenhall, Inc., 1946..
 * [Haley] Haley, Eva F. Haley and Related Families. Radford, Va.: Commonwealth Press, 1979..
 * [Hampton] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. 34 vols. Camarillo, Calif.: K. Wiggins, 1970-1971. [Vol. 19 includes King William County]
 * [Heard] Wynn, A. Evans. Southern Lineages: Records of Thirteen Families. Atlanta, Ga.: A.E. Wynn, 1940.
 * [Hendrick] Hendrix, GeLee Corley. "Benjamin Hendrick (1730-1818) of Virginia and Carolina and Some of His Descendants: Research in 'Burned' Southern Counties," The American Genealogist, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Jan. 1990):44-53.
 * [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 ($)..
 * [Holliday] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1922. Vol. 2. Digital version at - free.
 * [Holladay] Holladay, Alvis Milton. The Holladay Family. Brentwood, Tenn.: A.M. Holladay, Sr., 1983..
 * [Holladay] Holladay, Alvis Milton. The Holladay Family. Nashville, Tenn.: Douglas Printing Company, 1994.
 * [Hurt] Doliante, J. Sharon Johnson. Genealogical Serendipity. Vol. I. Families of: Greene, Scoggin, White, Dyer, Griggs, Hurt, Mackey, Phillips and Others. Alexandria, Va. 1965.
 * [Jennings] Bell, John G. "Genealogy from the Classified Ads," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Nov. 1985):28-41. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Johnson] Lee, Ida J. "Extracts from King William County Records," [Johnson Family] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1926):74-78. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Kell(e)y] Kelley, Franlin Bradley. Kelley-Kelly of King William County, VA 1840-1900. MSS., Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library, Smithfield, Virginia, 1753001 Item 7
 * [Langborne] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Leftwich] Hopkins, Walter Lee. Leftwich-Turner Families of Virginia and their Connections. Richmond, Virginia: J.W. Fergusson &amp; Sons, 1931. Available at ; digital book available at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Lewis] Tyler, Lyon G. "Lewis Family of Warner Hall," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jan. 1901):191-192; Vol. 9, No. 4 (Apr. 1901):259-265; Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jul. 1901):48-54. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Lewis] Anderson, Sarah Travers Lewis. Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995..
 * [Lipscomb] Lee, Ida J. "King William County Records -- Lipscomb Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr. 1926):138-145. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Lipscomb] Helmer, Dorothy Garr and Donna Sissel VanZandt. Lipscomb, 300 Years in America, 1679-1979: English Background and Some Descendants of Ambrose II, William and John, the Three Sons of Our Immigrant Ancestor, Ambrose Lipscomb I, Whose First Record in Virginia was in 1679. Indianapolis, Ind.: D.G. Helmer, 1979. Digital version at - free;.
 * [McDaniel] McDaniel, Marcella M. The McDaniel Family - Our Heritage. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1982..
 * [McDaniel] McDaniel. Microfilmed 1989:.
 * [McGehee] Saunders, James Edmonds and Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs. Early Settlers of Alabama. New Orleans: L. Graham &amp; Son, Printers, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [McGehee] Sims, Annie Frank Noble. McGehee, Scott and Collier Records. MSS. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 7, McG..
 * [McGehee] McGehee, Larry Thomas. McGehee Genealogy. 1977..
 * [MackGehee] McCurdy, Harold Grier. "James MacGregor and Thomas MackGehee of Colonial Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1980):243-251. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [McGehee] Wesley, Juanita J. McGehee Family Genealogical Records, ca. 1600s-1981. MSS. Microfilmed 1984:.
 * [McGehee] McGehee, Abner Judson. McGehee Family Genealogical Data, 1339-1985, and McGehee Pedigree Chart, 1635-1976. Typescript. Microfilmed 1988:.
 * [McGehee] Grider, Ethel C. Woodall and Jane N. Grider. McGehee Descendants. 3 vols. Winter, Ga.: E.C.W. Grider, 1987-1991..
 * [Madison] Amundson, Margaret R. "Who Did Elizabeth Taliaferro, Daughter of Margaret French and Robert Taliaferro, Mary?" The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jan.-Mar. 1997):3-14. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Major] Major, James L. et al. Some Data on the Major Family. n.p.: n.p., n.d.
 * [Major] Cabell, James Branch. The Majors and Their Marriages: With Colateral Accounts of the Allied Families of Aston, Ballard, Christian, Dancy, Hartwell, Hubard, Macon, Marable, Mason, Patteson, Piersey, Seawell, Stephens, Waddill and Others. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Printing, 1915. Digital version at Internet Archive - free;.
 * [Mallory] Boddie, John B. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Digital version at - free.
 * [Mallory] Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Descendants of Captain Roger Mallory of Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 2 (June 1973):125-131.
 * [Mallory] Proffitt, Shana Elizabeth. "Check the Original! Two Lessons Learned the Hard Way, Part 2: Mallory-Blunt of Virginia - A Miscopied Name Blocks a Line," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 90, No. 1 (March 2002):69-73. 973 B2ng v. 90
 * [Mann] McClendon, Ronald R. Some Descendants of John Mann of Wake County, North Carolina. Albuquerque, N.M.: R.R. McClendon, 1998..
 * [Martin] Collier, Leroy and Mildred English Collier. Some Martin Families: Descendants of Martin de Tours and His Wife, Geva de Burci, 1033-1991. Bowling Green, Ky.: L. Collier, 1992..
 * [Mason] Campbell, Ray S. "Peter Mason, Immigrant, King William County and Some of His Descendants," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 10, No. 1 (May/June 2001):25-31. 975.51 D25t
 * [Maulding] Mauldin, Denzil R., Paul Kornmeyer, and Maulding Memorial Association. Ambrose Maulding - Ancestors, Descendants &amp; Kinfolk. Valdez, Alaska: D.R. Mauldin, 1981, c1982..
 * [Maury] Watson, Annah Walker Robinson. Some Notable Families of America. New York, 1898. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Maury] West, Helen Sue Crabtree. The Maury Family Tree: Descendants of Mary Ann Fontaine (1690-1755) and Matthew Maury (1686- 1762) and Others; With Additions and Corrections. Birmingham, Ala.: S.C. West, 1979..
 * [Maury] West, Helen Sue Crabtree. The Maury Family Tree: Descendants of Mary Anne Fontaine (1690-1755) and Matthew Maury (1686- 1762) and Others; With Additions and Corrections. Birmingham, Ala.: S.C. West, 1983..
 * [Metcalfe] "Metcalfe Families," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):10-15. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Minor] Minor, Marian Thomas. The Minor Family of King and Queen County, Virginia: and Related Counties, Caroline, Essex, King William, New Kent. [?Richmond, Va.: M.T. Minor, 2008?]. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Moore] "Col. Augustine Moore, of 'Chelsea,' King William Co., Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jul. 1908):49-53. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Moore] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Moore] Robinson, Dale Glenwood. Temple Carter Moore of King William County, Virginia: Connections and Ancestry. Miami, Fla.: n.p., 2006. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Neale] "King William County Records: Neale Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct. 1926):328-330. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Oliver] Hockett, Thomas Jack. Ancestors and Descendants of Benjamin Snead and Felicia Oliver. St. Davids, Pa.: J. Hockett, 1995..
 * [Onan] O'Nan, James Frederick. Treasure Up the Memory: Some Genealogical Notes Relating to the O'Nan and Allied Families. Cincinnati, Ohio: J. F. O'Nan, 1969. 929.273 On1a
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [King William County appears in Vol. 2 Part 3]
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. [King William County appears in Vol. 2]
 * [Palmer] Palmer, Russell. A Folk-lore Study of George Ruthledge Palmer, 1834-1924, and His Wife, Adaline Haney Palmer, 1842-1927, Their Ancestors and Descendants. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971.
 * [Palmer] Palmer, Russell. A Genealogical Study of James Quarles Palmer; Mary Ann Ruthledge Palmer. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971:.
 * [Peek] Collins, Reba Neighbors. Lineage of Robert Peek of Virginia and Henry Peek of Georgia. Edmond, Okla.: Reba Collins, 1971..
 * [Petke] Genealogical Notes Concerning the Petke Family. Typescript. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Pollard] Witt, Peter McDearmon. "The Pollard Families of King William and King and Queen Counties," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 7, No. 3 (November/December 1998):165-171..
 * [Quarles] Sammis, Lucetta Crawford and John H. Tennent. "James Quarles and Descendants," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 4 (1977):130-134; Vol. 16, No. 2 (1978):59-63; Vol. 16, No. 3 (1978):86-92; Vol. 16, No. 4 (1978):140-144. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Quarles] Lee, Ida J. "Extracts from King William County Records," [Quarles Family] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1926):72-73. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Ragsdale] King, George Harrison Sanford. "Memorial to Henry Fox, Gentleman, of 'Huntington,' King William Co., Va.," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1940):217-290. 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;.
 * [Ragsdale] White, Elizabeth Pearson. "Four Drury Ragsdales of Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Apr. 1977):87-92.
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