Essex County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Essex County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Essex, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 100,000 entries.

Essex 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 Essex County families include:


 * Atkins, William. Genealogical Chart Concerning the Ryland Family. Donated 1987. Available at Virginia Historical Society. "Also, concerns the Atkins, Corbin, Dudley, Ellis, Fergerson, Griffith, Grosvenor, Peachy, and Webb families."
 * Eastman, Hazel. Bywaters-Kuraner Family Tree, 1657-1955. Typescript, 1955. . A history of the families of Ashby, Atchinson, Hartley, Ives, Luttrell, McCormack, Smith, Stallard, Summersall and Verrinder of England, Ireland, Stafford, Essex and Culpepper counties in Virginia.
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Adams, Ailstock, Armfield, Atkins, Barton, Black, Bond, Bowden, Braxton, Breedlove (see introduction), Brooks, Bunday, Bush, Byrd, Cambridge (see introduction), Chandler, Clark, Cook, Day, Ellis, Fortune, Fry, Goings, Goldman, Gregory, Haithcock, Halestock, Hays, Hollinger, Jones, Kee, Lantor, Lawrence, Lawson, McCoy, McGuy, Mann, Mason, Meggs, Nickens, Rollins, Sampson, Simmons, Soleleather, Taylor, Twopence, Webb, Whistler, and Wilson families in pre-1820 Essex County, Virginia.
 * 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 Essex County, see discussion of cited sources.] CD-ROM no. 3887; purchase at Virginians.com.
 * Yurechko, John Otto. Virginians Along and Near the Lower Rapphahannock River, 1607-1799. 2 vols. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1997-1998. . Contents: v. 1. Blake, Brooks (Brook), Churchill, Cook (Cock), Daniel, Dixon, Gore, Kidd, Lewis, Martin, Montague, Taylor and Wood -- v. 2. Brown, Clark, Elliott, Fox (Fowkes, Vaulx), Harrison, McTyre, Moore, Pate, Rawlins (Rollins), Rhodes, Sanders (Saunders) and Williams.

Essex 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] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ailstock] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Allen] Pappas, Carolyn H. "Some Descendants of Thomas Page (ca.1617-1676) of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):163-174. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Allen] Burchard, Helen. The Allen Family. n.p.: Lawrence County Historical &amp; Genealogical Society (Indiana), 1992.
 * [Anderson] Newman, William B. "Anderson and Miller," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 13 (1932):274-276. ; 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;.
 * [Armfield] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Atkins] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ballard] Miller, Lynne D. The Descendants of Phillip Ballard and Ann Nancy Johnson. Lincolnton, N.C.: L.D. Miller, 1998. ; digital version at.
 * [Ballard] Miller, Lynne D. Monroe County, VA &amp; WV Families. Lincolnton, N.C.: L.D. Miller, 1999.
 * [Ballard] Miller, Lynne D. Wyatt-Ballard-Smith Families. Lincolnton, N.C.: L.D. Miller, 2000. ; digital version at.
 * [Ballard] Miller, Lynne D. Bland Ballard Family. Lincolnton, N.C.: American Research, 2000.
 * [Ballard] Miller, Lynne D. Virginia Ballard Families. Lincolnton, N.C.: L.D. Miller, 2000. ; digital version at.
 * [Barlow] Colliver, Jewell. Barlow Family, 1717-1984. Cave City, Ky.: J. Colliver, 1984.
 * [Barton] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Barwick] Howells, Henry Coggeshall. "The Wives and Family of David Barwick Jr.," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 49, No. 2 (May 2011):119-134.
 * [Bates] Bates Family of Old Virginia, Wayne Witt Bates, Bates Association. The Bates Booster: The Bates Family of Old Virginia. Centreville, Va.: Bates Family of Old Virginia, 1972-.
 * [Bathurst] Jones, L.H. Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia, Some of His Antecedents and Descendants: With Appreciative Notice of Other Families, viz.: Bathurst, Belford, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latanes, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walker, Waring, Woodford, and Others: Notes. Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell's Sons, 1891. ; digital version at ; ; Google Books; Internet Archive.
 * [Battaile] McGroarty, William Buckner, "The Line of Battaile," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Apr. 1933):175-181; Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jul. 1933):257-262; Vol. 41, No. 4 (Oct. 1933):356-362. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Battaile] Tailiaferro, Henry G. "The Wives of Colonel John Battaile of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):83-88. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Baylor] Shepard, E. Lee. "The Baylors of Kinloch," Virginia Historical Society Occasional Bulletin, No. 45 (Dec. 1982):1-5. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Beasley] Beasley, James Dale. The Ancestors of James Dale Beasley: Ancestors of and/or from High Point, North Carolina; Stokes County, North Carolina; Essex County, Virginia and Warwickshire County, England; Covering Primarily the Beasley Family, but Also the Following Families: Yokley, Kennedy, Hedgecock, Clinard and Others. Birmingham, Alabama: J.D. Beasley, 2001.
 * [Beckham] Beckham, Annie Laurie Lewis et al. Bible Records and Manuscripts. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R., 1965.
 * [Beckham] Davis, W.M. Beckhams Beckoning. Seneca, Mo.: W.M. Davis, [1984?].
 * [Bell] Bell, Jean K. Our Bell and Related Families. Kings Mountain, N.C.: J.K. Bell, 1988.
 * [Berry] Rogers, Lillian Berry. The Berry's and Related Families, 1650-1986. Royal Oak, Mich.: L.B. Rogers, 1986.
 * [Bickley] Bell, John C. "Bickleys of the Pamunkey River Watershed of Virginia in the 18th Century," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1983):32-49; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1983):90-104; Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):179-189; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):259-264; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):19-32; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):88-98; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):169-186; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):261-274. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Black] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Blackburn] Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth. Blackburn Family in Records of Essex and Caroline Counties, Virginia. MSS., 1950, National Library, D.A.R. Copy:
 * [Bohannan] Lorraine, Helen. "Elizabeth (Gregory) Bohannan Wright Booker," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1975):116-117. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Bomar] Bomar: Family Records. Genealogical loose papers / [collected by] Department of Archives and History. 28th family on film.
 * [Bond] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Booker] Allen, Cameron. "The Booker Family of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester Co., VA and South Farnham Parish, Essex Co., VA," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1961):51-64. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Booker] Lorraine, Helen. "Elizabeth (Gregory) Bohannan Wright Booker," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1975):116-117. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Booker] Polk County Historical Commission (Florida). "The Booker Family of Petersworth Parish, Glouchester Co., Va., and South Farham Parish, Essex Co., Va.," [sic] Family Records Collection at the Polk County Historical Library, Bartow, Florida. MSS. Microfilmed 1975:
 * [Booker] Booker, J. Motley. A Booker Family of Virginia: Gloucester and Essex Counties and the Northern Neck, with Some of the Descendants and Related Families. Heathsville, Va.: The Northumberland County Historical Society, 1994.
 * [Booton] Dieterle, Diane Shutley. William Booton of Culpeper County, Virginia and His Descendants. Chelsea, Mich.: BookCrafters, 1996.
 * [Boulware] Bradley, Frank E. A Short History of the Boulware Family of Essex County, Virginia. MSS.,
 * [Bourn] Dunn, Victor S. "The Bourn Identity: Meredith Bowen Alias Bourn of Frederick County, Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 95, No. 4 (December 2007):265-270.
 * [Bowden] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bowen] Dunn, Victor S. "The Bourn Identity: Meredith Bowen Alias Bourn of Frederick County, Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 95, No. 4 (December 2007):265-270.
 * [Bradburn] Bradburn, Vivian. Bradburn Family, 1637-1982, Virginia to North Carolina: Bradbourn, Bradburne, Bradburn. Greenville, S.C.: A Press, 1982.
 * [Brassfield] McAllister, Annabelle C. and Edward Nevill McAllister. Brasfield-Brassfield Genealogies. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, c1959..
 * [Braxton] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Breedlove] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. See introduction.
 * [Brizendine] Morris, Lovell Jason. The Family of William "Will" Brizendine (1667-1782) [sic] and His Descendants. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: L.J. Morris, 1994.
 * [Bronaugh] Benson, Amelia Bronaugh. A History of the Bronaugh Family in America. 2 vols. Columbia, Mo.: A. B. Benson, 1980.
 * [Brooks] Edwards, Bruce Montgomery. The Brooks of Virginia. Knoxville, Tenn.: Montgomery Publishing, 1985.
 * [Brooks] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Brown] Eagleson, Pamela Stone. In Search of an Ancestry, the Stone-Shearmire Family History. Kennebunk, Me.: P.S. Eagleson, 1984..
 * [Browne] Pappas, Carolyn H. "Some Descendants of Thomas Page (ca.1617-1676) of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):163-174. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Buckner] Wright, Mary G. Meet Your Buckner and Wright Ancestors and the Families that Intermarried. Bowling Green, Va.: M.G. Wright, [1986?].
 * [Buckner] Wright, Mary G. Cousins by the Dozen: The Story of John Buckner "The Immigrant" and His Antecedents, Siblings and Descendants. Bowling Green, Va.: M.G. Wright, 1994?.
 * [Bunday] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Burke] Daniel, Karen Stein. Three Generations of Descendants of John Munday Burke of Virginia, Kentucky, and Illinois. Murray, Utah: Family Heritage Publishers, 2004. Available at Virginia Historical Society..
 * [Burnett] Bork, June Baldwin. The Burnetts and Their Connections. 3 vols. Apple Valley, Calif.: J.B. Bork, 1989-1993.
 * [Bush] Black, Mary Smith and Elizabeth Willis DeHuff. The Bush Family as Descended from Richard and Elizabeth Beby Bush of Virginia. Augusta, Ga.: E.W. DeHuff, 1968.
 * [Bush] Sikes, Carol Bush. "Children of Bibby and Susanna Bush of Essex County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2002):308-314.
 * [Bush] Sikes, Carol Bush. "The Second Marriage of Richard Bush (Richard) of Essex County, Virginia.," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 43, No. 2 (May 2005):93-97.
 * [Bush] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Byrd] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Byrom] Byrom, Henry Harbin. Some Descendants of Ezekiel Byrom of Southfarnham Parish, Essex County, Virginia, (1790). 1940; with updates through 2003.
 * [Callaway] Callaway, Ben H. and Callaway Family Association, Inc. The Callaway Journal. Cherry Hill, N.J.: Callaway Family Association, 1976-.
 * [Callaway] House, Martha Calloway and Callaway Family Association, Inc. Calloway Communiqué = Callaway Communiqué. Huntsville, Ala.: M.C. House, 1990-.
 * [Callicott] Callicotte, John T. Callicott Connections: Callicotte, Calicott, Collicott, Callicott, Callicutt, Calcote, Calicut, Calico, Callicoatte, Calicutt, Callicoat, Collicutt, Calicoat. St. Petersburg, Fla.: J.T. Callicotte, 1984. 929.273 C133c
 * [Cambridge] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. See introduction.
 * [Caston] Floyd, Viola Caston. Caston and Related Families: Descendants of Glass Caston of Lancaster County, South Carolina. Lancaster, S.C.: V.C. Floyd, 1972.
 * [Catlett] Stubbs, William Carter and Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs. A History of Two Virginia Families Transplanted from Kent, England: Thomas Baytop, Tenterden 1638 and John Catlett, Sittingbourne 1622. New Orleans, La.: n.p., 1918?. ; digital versions at ;.
 * [Catlett] Catlett, George R. The Catlett Family in Virginia and Illinois and Related Families. 2 vols. Wilmette, Ill.: G.R. Catlett, 1982-1986..
 * [Catlett] Avant, David A. Some Southern Colonial Families. Vol. 3. Tallahassee, Fla.: L'Avant Studios, 1989..
 * [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..
 * [Catlett] Hauk, Carol A. Descendants of John Catlett of Virginia. Anderson, Ind.: Hauk Data Services, 1996. ; digital version at.
 * [Cauthorn] Phillips, R.C. and Lucy Albion Luxford. Record of the Cauthorn Family. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Printing Co., 1909. ; digital version at.
 * [Chandler] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cheek] Cheek, Williemay. Cheek and Related Family Charts, 1545-1978. Albion, Mich.: W. Cheek, 1982.
 * [Cheek] Williams, Jeffrey Lewis. The Cheek Family Chronicles: of America, England and Australia, a 700 Year History. Plymouth, Mich.: Pilgrim Press, 2004.
 * [Chenault] Hynes, Lee Powers. Our Heritage: A Record of Information about the Hynes, Wait, Powers, Chenault, Maxey, Brewster, Starr and McIntosh Families. Haddonfield, N.J., 1957.
 * [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 ($).
 * [Clark] Smith, Walter Burgess. The Edward Clark Genealogy, 1676-1988: From Bacon's Rebellion of 1676 in Virginia Down to the Present Day: Edward (1655?-1737) of Middlesex and Essex Counties, Virginia, and His Descendants, including the Bristow, Stiff, Roudebush, McFarland, Holleman, and Other Families. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1988. Available at Virginia Historical Society;.
 * [Clark] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Coffey] Coffey, Laurence H. Thomas Coffey and His Descendants: With a Brief Sketch of the Life of Thomas Coffey, a Pioneer in North Carolina from Virginia, and of Reuben Coffey, a Pioneer in Indiana from North Carolina, and of Others. Chattanooga, Tenn.: N. Sanders, 1931. ; digital version at.
 * [Coffey] Crane, Paul L. A Branch of the Coffey Tree. n.p.: n.p., 1976.
 * [Coffey] Coffey, Marvin D. James Bluford Coffey, His Ancestors and Descendants in America. 2 vols. Ashland, Ore.: M.D. Coffey, 1982-1984.
 * [Coffey] Cuffez, André and H.A. Coffee. Coffey Genealogy. Oostende, Belgium: A. Cuffez, 1983. 929.273 C654cu
 * [Coffey] Self, Mary Elizabeth Coffey and Bennie Lou Coffey Loftin. Lizzie's Legacy and Our Coffey Cousins. Kiowa, Okla.: B.C. Loftin, 1984.
 * [Coffey] Cuffez, André. Coffey Genealogy 2. 2nd ed. Dostende, Belgium: A. Cuffez, 1985. 6093656 (7 fiche)
 * [Coffey] Curtis, Oscar F. Coffey Research File. MSS. Microfilmed 1989:
 * [Coffey] Cuffez, André. Coffey Genealogy 2: Addendum 2. Oostende, Belgium: A. Cuffez, 1990. 929.273 C654cu supp. 2
 * [Coffey] Auton, William Johnson and Betty R. Sealight-Auton. Johnson--Coffey: McCrourie "Mac" Cromwell Johnson and Myra Angeline Coffey: Ancestors and Descendants. Monrovia, Md.: W.J. Auton, 1996.
 * [Coleman] Coleman, S. Bernard. Coleman Family Genealogical Notes. Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel 427.
 * [Coleman] Coleman, Granville Baxter. Genealogical Chart of Some Descendants of Captain Robert Coleman of Essex County, Virginia. 1934. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Coleman] Coleman, Granville Baxter. Genealogical Chart of the Descendants (Bearing the Name of Coleman) of Thomas and Sarah Coleman of King &amp; Queen and Essex counties, Virginia. 1934. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Coleman] Eagleson, Pamela Stone. In Search of an Ancestry, the Stone-Shearmire Family History. Kennebunk, Me.: P.S. Eagleson, 1984..
 * [Coleman] Burt, Charlotte Coleman. Coleman Lineage of Early America: What's in Your Name? Typescript, Library of Virginia. 1984. Large Q Book 929.273 C677b
 * [Collins] Brockman, William Everett. Orange County, Virginia, Families. Volume IV. Minneapolis, Minn., 1965.
 * [Cook] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Covington] Covington, Lloyd and Helen Covington. The Descendants of William Covington I, 1618-1696: "Bestland", Essex County, Virginia. Ruther Glen, Virginia: L.P. Covington, 1997. 929.273 C838cL
 * [Cox] Peterson, Dorothy Burnett. Blue Ridge Heritage; Burnett, Branscome, Hylton, Cox, Slaughter and Related Families. Memphis, Tenn.: Roblee Press, 1982..
 * [Cox] Cox, Bruce K. Cox and Kin of Southwestern Virginia &amp; Eastern Kentucky: Including Cox, Whitt, Mauk, Reynolds, Wade, Reed, Dickerson, Boggs, Mabry, Lester, Blubaugh, Jones, Hylton, Skaggs, Cosby, Garland, Fraley, Stegall, Trout, DeHart, and Related Families. Wakefield, Mich.: B.K. Cox, 1986.
 * [Croswell] Russell, George Ely. "The Croswell Family of Old Rappahannock County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1966):169-. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Croxton] Luht, Richard I. The Croxton Family of Essex and Surrounding Counties of Virginia. Fairbanks, Alaska: R.I. Luht, 1996. 929.273 C886Lr; digital version at.
 * [Crutcher] McNamara, Elizabeth W. Descendants of Thomas Crutcher, Died 1722, Essex County, Virginia. Arlington, Va.: E.W. McNamara, 1985. 929.273 C889me
 * [Crutcher] Boyd, Harold L. and Shirley R. Martin Boyd. Footprints to the Past: Boyd--Martin Genealogy, 1415-1993. Clay Center, Kansas: H.L. &amp; S.M. Boyd, [1993?].
 * [Daniel] Gee, Christine South. John Daniel, Sr. 1724-1819, of Essex County, Virginia and Laurens County, South Carolina: His Virginia Ancestry and Some of His Descendants. Greenwood, South Carolina: C.S. Gee, n.d. 929.273 D224g; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Day] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Dickenson] Bales, Vivian D. Research Material on Dickenson/Dickinson/etc., New England, Va., a Little of N.C. and Ky. MSS., 1965-1990.
 * [Dickenson] Knisely, Mary Jane. "The Myth of Henry Dickenson, Emigrant," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):243-250. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Dobyns] Dobyns, Raoul S. Genealogy Chart of Raoul S. Dobyns. Fullerton, Calif.: R.S. Dobyns, 1991.
 * [Dobyns] Brayton, John Anderson. "A Tentative Royal Descent for Daniel Dobyns of Essex Co., Va.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2002):163-166.
 * [Dowtin] Blankenship, Gayle King. Families of Warren, Franklin, and Granville counties, North Carolina and Virginia Ancestry: King, Tharrington, Shearin, and Timberlake. Poquoson, Va.: G.K. Blankenship, c1989.
 * [Dulin] Stewart, Roberta Dulin. The Dulin Family in America. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Braun-Brumfield, Inc., 1961.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Essex County.
 * [Dyke] Genealogical Notes Concering the Dyke Family of Essex County, Va. Donated 1982. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Edmundson] "Edmundson Family," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 7 (1926):185-191, 263-264. 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;.
 * [Elder] Davenport, Robert Dean. My Connections with the Families of Davenport - Elder - Pigg - Tatum - Shackleford - Sweeney and Many Others from Virginia - North Carolina - Kentucky - Illinois - Missouri. Pilot Knob, Mo.: R. D. Davenport, 2000. ; digital version at.
 * [Ellis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Evitt] Hockett, Thomas Jack and Janice M. Snead. The Evitt, Evat(t), Evet(t) Family of Essex, Buckingham, and Washington Counties, Virginia. MSS., microfilmed in 1991,
 * [Evitt] Hockett, Thomas Jack. The Evitt, Evat(t), Evet(t), Evitts Family of Essex, Buckingham, and Washington Counties, Virginia: An Update of March 1994 Including: Evitt (Evatt; Evitts; Ivett, etc.) Family Chronology. St. David's, Pa.: J. Hockett, 1994. Item 11
 * [Evitt] Hockett, Thomas Jack. The Evitt, Evat(t), Evet(t), Evitts Family of Essex, Buckingham, and Washington Counties, Virginia: An Update of June 1995: Including Evitt (Evatt, Evitts, Ivett, etc.) Family Chronology. St. Davids, Pa.: J. Hockett, 1995. 929.273 Ev39h
 * [Ferguson] Eagleson, Pamela Stone. In Search of an Ancestry, the Stone-Shearmire Family History. Kennebunk, Me.: P.S. Eagleson, 1984..
 * [Fewell] Hodges, Cleone White. Fewell Family History. Gatesville, Texas: C. Hodges, 1990. ; digital version at.
 * [Fortune] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Foster] Payne, Louise Stracener. Foster Digest. Glendale, Ariz.: L.S. Payne, 1992.
 * [French] Amundson, Margaret R. "The Taliaferro-French Connection: Using Deeds to Prove Marriages and Parentage," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 83, No. 3 (June 1995):192-198.
 * [Fry] Slaughter, Philip. Memoir of Col. Joshua Fry: Sometime Professor in William and Mary College, Virginia and Washington's Senior in Command of Virginia Forces, 1754, etc., etc., with an Autobiography of His Son, Rev. Henry Fry, and a Census of Their Descendants. Richmond, Va.: Randolph &amp; English, 1890. 1465995 Item 8; digital version at Internet Archive; 2000 reprint:  921.73 F946s.
 * [Fry] Barker, Ellen Frye and Theophilus C. Frye. Frye Genealogy: Adrian of Kittery, Me.; John of Andover, Mass.; Joshua of Virginia; Thomas of Rhode Island. New York, N.Y.: Tobias A. Wright, Printer, 1920. 1321155 Item 1; digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Fry] Frye, George W. Colonel Joshua Fry of Virginia and Some of His Descendants and Allied Families. Cincinnati, Ohio: G.W. Frye, 1966.
 * [Fry] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Garnett] Garnett, James Mercer. Genealogy of the Mercer-Garnett Family of Essex County, Virginia, Supposed to be Descended from the Garnetts of Lancashire, England... Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1910. 1017049 Item 4; digital version at Google Books.
 * [Garnett] Garnett, Douglas Acree. Garnett Family, Ancestors &amp; Descendants of Joseph B. Garnett Sr. (1849-1931) : Involving Gloucester, Essex, Caroline and King &amp; Queen Counties, Virginia. Chesterfield, Virginia: D. Garnett, 2000. ; digital version at.
 * [Garrett] Garrett, Harry Lee. Garrett History: History of the Garrett Family of Essex and Caroline Counties of Virginia Beginning with William Garrett, Born 1752, Soldier in the American Revolution, Died July 11, 1825. 1962..
 * [Garrett] Information on the Garrett Family. MSS., Warren County Historical Museum, Warrenton, Mo. Microfilmed 1988:
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