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The Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library in Bedford, Virginia has collected many histories of local families. The Easter Collection, for example, contains a wealth of knowledge about Bedford County, Virginia ancestors.

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Bedford County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Bedford, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 175,000 entries.

Bedford County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 225 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Bedford County families include:


 * Ackerly, Mary Denham and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker. Our Kin: The Genealogies of Some of the Early Families Who Made History in the Founding and Development of Bedford County, Virginia. Lynchburg, Va.: J.P. Bell Co., 1930..
 * Bishop, Rachel Parsons Flynn. Green Stone: A History of Southern Bedford County, Virginia. Moneta, Va.: R.P.F. Bishop, c1996..
 * Blankenship, Gayle King. Some Families of Bedford &amp; Washington Counties, Virginia and Orange County, North Carolina: Bright, Buford, Cash, Crawford, Crews, Davis, Downs, Early, Foster, Franklin, Gray, Huddleston, Lawhorn, McGeorge, McNew, Parker, Perrott, Pendergrass, Poindexter, Powell, Quarles, St. Clair, Scoggins, Shrewsbury, Smith, Tyler, Warren, Watts, Wiggenton. Poquoson, Va.: G.K. Blankenship, 2000. Digital version at ;.
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Blake, Chavis, Clark, Driggers, Ferrar, Henson, Hill, Jackson, Johns, Mason, Moss, Pagee, Patterson, Ruff, Scott, Seldon, Smith, Turner, Tyre, Valentine, Wallace of pre-1820 Bedford 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 Bedford County, see discussion of cited sources.] . Purchase at Virginians.com.

Bedford 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]


 * [Abbot] Southall, James P.C. Memoirs of the Abbots of Old Bellevue. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, c1955. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Abshire] Pullen, William E. Virginians and Hoosiers: Abshires, Houstons and Wrights [of] Bedford and Franklin Counties, Virginia; and Union [and] Hamilton Counties, Indiana. n.p.: n.p., 1977. Available at.
 * [Abshire] Abshire, Lewis E. Abshire Family of Virginia, Kansas, and Oklahoma, 1802-1968. MSS. Microfilmed 1982:.
 * [Abshire] Binnie, Lester H. Abraham Abshire of Virginia and Some of His Indiana Descendants. North Manchester, Ind.: L. Binnie, 1982. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Adkisson] Adkisson: Family History. Typescript, Clark County Genealogical Society, Marshall, Ill. Microfilmed 1981:.
 * [Amyx] Duggins, Emma Lou Whiting. Descendants of James Milton Amyx. Typescript. Microfilmed 2000. Digital version at - free:.
 * [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, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1986):174-187; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):263-273; digital versions at American Ancestors ($); Historic Pathways; reprinted in Genealogy: A Publication of the Family History Section, Indiana Historical Society, No. 78 (July 1983):1-10 (available for free online at Historic Pathways). Digital version also at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Anderson] Caldwell, Janice. The Lost Branch of the Anderson Family: Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Allen Howard Anderson and His Wife Martha Ann Stanley Including Allied Families. Helotes, Texas: J. Caldwell, c1995..
 * [Arthur] Arthur Family Genealogy of Bedford, Greenbrier &amp; Cabell Counties, Va., W. Va. and Jackson Co., Ohio. n.p.: n.p., n.d. Available at.
 * [Atkinson] Adkisson, Ken Oldham. The Adkisson Family of Great Britain and America: An Atkinson Variant, 1600-1999. Owensboro, Ky.: K.O. Adkisson, 1999. Digital version at ;.
 * [Ballard] Blackwell, Lyle Marvin. A Ballard-Brown Ancestry. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Print. Co., 1979..
 * [Ballew] Walton, Violet Ann Ballew. William Ballew, His Ancestors and Descendants. Woods Cross, Utah: V.A.B. Walton, c1972. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Bandy] Eubank, Jane Bandy and Samuel Burton Eubank. Genealogy of the Bandy Family in America. Granby, Colo.: J.B. &amp; S.B. Eubank, 1990. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Barber] Rowland, Jane Thomas. George Barber, Immigrant Ancestor: Papers from the Family Files with Rowland/Thomas Connections and Some Ancestors and Descendants of Jane Thomas Rowland and Arthur Ray Rowland. Augusta, Ga.: RR Books, 1998..
 * [Beaufort] Robertson, Anna Lue Wilson. Beaufort-Beauford-Bufford-Buffort. 1980s.
 * [Bewley] Bible Records of Christopher Bewley, 1756-1839: Bewleyville, Breckinridge Co., Kentucky, Bedford Co., VA to Hardin Co., KY 1817 to Breck. Co., KY, Revolutionary War Soldier from Virginia. MSS., available at and.
 * [Bewley] Franklin, Eva L. Bewley-Buley-Buly: Jess Bewley Sr. and Wife, Mary Huckeby, of Kentucky. 1976?. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Bewley] Boyd, Frankie Jewell. Christopher Bewley and His Descendants, 1755-1982. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1983..
 * [Bewley] Bewley, Shelby Jackson and Ron Bewley. Bewley Roots in Barren County, Kentucky. Rineyville, Ky.: S.J. Bewley, [1985?]..
 * [Blake] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Board] McCarty, Leah. The Boards: From Bedford County, Virginia to Breckinridge and Meade Counties of Kentucky. L. McCarty, 1996.
 * [Board] Obert, Isabelle Board. The Board Family Chronicle: From Maryland to Bedford County, Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland: Margaret I.B. Obert, 1997. Available at.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, Robert, John Robertson, and John Randolph. A Memoir of the Bolling Family in England and Virginia. Richmond, Va.: W.H. Wade, 1868. ; digital versions at - free; Google Books - free.
 * [Bondurant] Bondurant, Birdie. Bible Records [1824-1959] of John Parnell &amp; Mollie E. (Jopling) Bondurant, Bedford Co., Va. &amp; Richmond &amp; Clarke Cos., Ga.: And Other Family Records, ca. 1730-1959. MSS., in possession of Miss Birdie Bondurant, Athens, Georgia, 1960. Available at.
 * [Bradfute] Heizer, Ruth Bradfute. Bradfute Beginnings: The Story of the Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Bradfute (1749-1816 ?) of Scotland and Virginia. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1988..
 * [Bradfute] Heizer, Ruth Bradfute. Bradfute Beginnings: The Story of the Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Bradfute (1749-1816?) of Scotland and Virginia. Knoxville, Tenn.: Tennessee Valley Pub., c2001. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Bramlitt]Descendants of Dr. John Woodson from England to Virginia in 1619: Jane Woodson Married Ambrose Bramlitt, of Bedford County, Va. in 1768. n.d.
 * [Bramlitt] Cole, Robert F. Bramblette--Bramlett--Bramlitt Family Notes. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971:.
 * [Bright] Blankenship, Gayle King. Some Families of Bedford &amp; Washington Counties, Virginia and Orange County, North Carolina: Bright, Buford, Cash, Crawford, Crews, Davis, Downs, Early, Foster, Franklin, Gray, Huddleston, Lawhorn, McGeorge, McNew, Parker, Perrott, Pendergrass, Poindexter, Powell, Quarles, St. Clair, Scoggins, Shrewsbury, Smith, Tyler, Warren, Watts, Wiggenton. Poquoson, Va.: G.K. Blankenship, 2000. ; digital version at.
 * [Brock] Faulconer, James G. John Tinne Brock of Clark County, Kentucky, Ancestors and Descendants. Troy, Ohio: J.G. Faulconer, 1988..
 * [Brown] Merrill, Eleanor Brown. A Virginia Heritage. Richmond, Va.: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1968..
 * [Brown] Schofield, Cuma Drury. My Mother's Brown Family. [North Fork, Calif.: C.D. Schofield], 1990..
 * [Brown] Hinkle, Garland E. Alexander Brown Family Genealogy. Kansas City, Kansas: G. Hinkle, 1991..
 * [Brown] Eakley, Barbara Brown. The Browns of Bedford County, Virginia, 1748-1840: A Collection of Brown Surname Records Extracted from Primary and Secondary Sources. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998. Available at ; publisher's bookstore: Heritage Books.
 * [Buford] See Bright.
 * [Buford] 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.
 * [Burgess] Burgess, Carrington Harvey. The Family of James Harvey Burgess and Related Lines. Carrington, Del.: n.p., 1966?..
 * [Burgess] Burgess, James A. Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Print. Co., 1978. Digital version at ;.
 * [Burks] McDowell, J. Spotts. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Burks Family, Primarily of Bedford Co., Va. Donated 1992. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Burroughs] Walker, Clarence Earl. Booker T. Washington Family Relationships 1843-1910: The Wrights and Burroughs, Ex-slaves of Bedford and Franklin Counties, Virginia. C.E. Walker, 1997.
 * [Butterworth] Ball, Walter V. The Butterworth Family of Maryland and Virginia ... Including Allied Families of Bond, Clark, Clement, Gilbert, Webster, Wheeler and Many Others. Silver Spring, Md., 1960..
 * [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] Callaway, Timothy Walton. Callaway Baptist Preachers, 1789-1953. La Grange, Ga.: Fuller E. Callaway Foundation, c1953..
 * [Callaway] Vannerson, Margaret. The Family History. Redwood City, Calif.: Printed by N.L.V. Trimble, 1971..
 * [Candler] Candler, Allen D. Colonel William Candler of Georgia: His Ancestry and Progeny. Atlanta, Ga.: Franklin Printing &amp; Publishing, 1902. Digital version at Internet Archive;.
 * [Carson] Carson Families of Bedford County, Virginia and Kentucky.
 * [Carter] Bowman, Elby F. The Ancestors of Joseph Carter of Buckingham County, Virginia and Bath and Morgan Counties, Kentucky. Shell Knob, Mo.: E.F. Bowman, 1978..
 * [Carter] Carter, Oliver Shelton. The Carter Family: Descendents of Berry Lafayette Carter, Bedford County, Virginia. Rockcastle Pub., 1987.
 * [Carter] Malone, Randolph A. Josiah Carter (1745-1822), His Forebears, Descendants and Allied Families. Ann Arbor, Mich.: McNaughton and Gunn, 1989..
 * [Carter] Carter, Lennie Melvin. The Carter Family: The Genealogy and Family History of the Virginia Carters and Their Migration to Lawrence County, Kentucky. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1992..
 * [Chavis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cheek] Cheek, Menifee Reed. Cheek Family, ca. 1650-1965: First Cheeks to America and Kentucky. MSS., 1965.
 * [Cheek] Williams, Jeffrey Lewis. Lore and Legacy: A History of the Cheek, Sale and Sparks Families of France, Scotland, England, Colonial Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina: Related Families Include, Bauguess, Benge, Blackburn, Blackwell, Brooks, Chambers, Cook, Creekmore, Crenshaw, Curry, Elmore, Graves, Gray, Gregory, Harris, Henderson, Hemric, Jarvis, Lewis, Logan, Martin, Mock, Money, Pardue, Parks, Royal(l), Seagraves, Stimson, Swaim, Triplett, Ussery, Wagoner, Webb, Wellman. Plymouth, Mich.: Pilgrim Press, 2001. ; 2002 updated edition:
 * [Cheek] Williams, Jeffrey Lewis. The Cheek Family Chronicles: of America, England and Australia, a 700 Year History. Plymouth, Mich.: Pilgrim Press, 2004.
 * [Citty] Dorman, John Frederick. "Revolutionary Pension Application of Jacob Citty," Bedford Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 2 (May 2008):22-23.
 * [Clark] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [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 ;.
 * [Cobbs] Fisher, Margaret Thomas and David Casner Stratton. The Ancestors &amp; Descendants of Mary Ann (Stanley) and Elihu Cobbs. Rocky River, Ohio: M.T. Fisher and D.C. Stratton, 1984..
 * [Coffindaffer] Coffindaffer, Wade and Barbara Hamilton. John Coffindaffer Family. Clarksburg, W.Va.: W. Coffindaffer, 1991..
 * [Corley] "Corley of Bedford County, Pedigree Chart," Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Corley] Corley, Dewitt Clinton. A Genealogy of Corleys: Beginning with Caniel Corley of Bedford County, Virginia, Tracing All Lineal Descendants of His Son, Jonathan Cheatham Corley. Decatur, Ill.: n.p., 1927. ; digital book at Ancestry ($).
 * [Cowgill] Cowgill and Wright Family of Bedford Co., Virginia and Ohio.
 * [Crabtree] Lewis, Olan R. The William Crabtree III Family. Lakeport, Calif.: O.R. Lewis, 1988..
 * [Crabtree] Lewis, Olan R. The James Crabtree Family. Lakeport, La.: O.R. Lewis, 1988..
 * [Craighead] Key, Marcus M., Rhoda (Freer) Newman, and Helen (Kay) Yates. "George Key: Virginia Soldier and Missouri Pioneer," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1974):3-12; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1974):97-104; Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1974):211-219. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Creecy] Daily-Geary, Jessica L. and James P. Geary. The Compiled Book of Creecy. Provo, Utah: Geary Genealogical Services, 2000..
 * [Creecy] Daily-Geary, Jessica L. and James P. Geary. The Compiled Book of Creecy: Addendum 2001. Provo, Utah: Geary Genealogical Services, 2001. Digital version at ;.
 * [Crews]See Bright.
 * [Crumpacker] Whitesell, Lois Church. Crumpacker, Oglesby and Fowler Families: With Related Families, Primarily of Putnam and Sullivan Counties, Missouri and Bedford and Campbell Counties, Virginia. Edmond, Oklahoma: L.C. Whitesell, 1986. Available at.
 * [Cundiff] Magan, R.A. and Mrs. Dugan Koller. John and Matilda Cundiff: Ancestors and Descendants. Elk Grove Village, Ill.: M. Rice, 1976..
 * [Cundiff] Gilmer, Ellen Conduff and B. von Haller Gilmer. Conduff--Gilmer Lineage and Connections: Alexander, Anderson, Borden, Boyd, Buchanan, Charlton, Conduff, Crockett, Currin, Garrett, Gilmer, Graham, Hance, Harman, Houston, Ingram, Menafee, Nye, Painter, Patton, Pratt, Preston, Sayers, Tate, Thompson, Tucker, Von Haller, Walker. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1987..
 * [Cunningham] Cunningham, Frank. Big Dan: The Story of a Colorful Railroader. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1946. (Book Storage 0239014).
 * [Dalton] Samuelson, Nancy B. The Dalton Gang Story: Lawmen to Outlaws. Eastford, Conn.: Shooting Star Press, 1992..
 * [Daubin] Daubin, Meredith M. The Daubin Family: Genealogical History and Descendants of Moore M. Daubin, 1824-1898. [Washington, D.C.: M.M. Daubin], 1952. Digital version at ;.
 * [Davies] Rhodes, Phillip Wayne. "Clayton-Davies Re-visited," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):243-257. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Daviess] Dunlap, Fayette. Joseph Hamilton Daviess: A Unique Kentucky Character for Whom This Indiana County was Named: Historical and Character Sketch. 1909..
 * [Davis] Davis, Thomas Edward. The Davis Family of Bedford County, Virginia, from 1698 to 1898. n.p.: T.E. Davis, 1898.
 * [Davis] Davis, Frederick Parker. Sketches of the Life and Character of Berryman Kenchin Davis, Major, 43d Missouri Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and Circuit Attorney, Twelfth Judicial Court: Together with a Brief History of the Davis and Broyles Families and a Sketch of the Life of Joseph Jackson. Sioux City, Iowa: Perkins Bros., 1924..
 * [Davis] LeFevre, Hazie Davis and Nancy Jane Logan Teagarden. Journal, 1870-1871: Diary of Nancy J. Logan Teagarden (Mrs. T.H.). Logan, Davis, and Allied Families: Genealogy and History. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971:.
 * [Dawson] Beck, Amelia Wulf and Juanita Comegys Gettman. Iowa Cousins: A Genealogy. Lakewood, Calif.: A.W. Beck, 1983..
 * [Dickinson] Pauley, Donald C. The Dickinson Papers: Part One: The Colonel William Dickinson, Jr. Papers, with Preface, Acknowledgments and Personal Note. Charleston, W. Va.: D.C. Pauley, 1980s..
 * [Dierdorff] The Descendants of Anthony Dierdorff (Deardorff) Sr., of Germany and Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pa. Later Generations Removed to York County, Pa., Bedford, Virginia and Ohio.
 * [Dooley] Dooley, Donald E. Dooleys of America: Being a Story of One Lineage of Dooleys - There Being Many Lineages - Dating from the 1740s in Virginia to the Present Date. Tacoma, Wash., 1986..
 * [Doss] Murphy, Nathan W. Descendants of Azariah Doss and His Wife Lydia (Ayres) Doss: Information Regarding Over 1000 Descendants of Azariah Doss (1754-1820) and His Wife Lydia (Ayres) Doss (1758-1831). Hanson, Ky.: David W. Murphy &amp; Associates, 1998. Available at and ; publisher's bookstore: David W. Murphy Books.
 * [Douglas] Harris, Ruth Eleanor Poole. Ruth Eleanor Douglas Journal: With Genealogies of Douglas, Noell, Callaway, Clemens, Moorman and Other Related Bedford County, Virginia Families, Also Genealogies of Douglas Families of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri. Nashville, Tenn.: Douglas Family Publishers, 1979. Available at.
 * [Downing] Williams, Frank L. The Downing Family from Montgomery and Bedford Counties, Virginia, to Lincoln County, Missouri, by Way of Lincoln County, Kentucky. MSS., available at the Urbana Free Library, Illinois, and at.
 * [Drake] Drake, Charles E. "The Drake Family of Ninety Six District and Abbeville County, South Carolina," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Fall 2001):183-195.
 * [Driggers] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Bedford 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 ($)..
 * [Early] Harper, Lillie DuPuy VanCulin. Colonial Men and Times: Containing the Journal of Col. Daniel Trabue, Some Account of His Ancestry, Life and Travels in Virginia and the Present State of Kentucky During the Revolutionary Period; the Huguenots, Genealogy, with Brief Sketches of the Allied Families. Philadelphia, Pa.: Innes &amp; Sons, 1916. Digital version at Internet Archive;.
 * [Early] Early, Ruth Hairston. The Family of Early Which Settled Upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Lynchburg, Va.: Press of Brown-Morrison Co., 1920. Digital versions at ; Google Books;.
 * [English] Thurman, Margaret English. Descendants - Stephen English of Virginia: The Family English History. 1980..
 * [English] English, Luther W. The Families of John English Born ca. 1685 and Died 1727 and Charles F. English Born 1768 and Died 1804. Houston, Texas: L. English, 1988. ; Supplement:.
 * [Feazel] Gritzbaugh, Sherry Gresham. John O. Feazel of Louisiana: His Ancestors and Descendants. Bellaire, Texas: S.G. Gritzbaugh, 1990s..
 * [Ferrall] Ferrall, Russell B. History of the Ferralls, Ui Fearghaill, and American Genealogy. Green Bay, Wisc.: Reliance Printing, 1981..
 * [Ferrar] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Field] Lacy, Carole Field. James Field Papers, 1781-1874, Bedford County, Virginia. Carole Field Lacy Publications, 2008.
 * [FitzSimmons] Hathaway, Bernice FitzSimmons. FitzSimmons and Allied Lines (Ellis, Lee, Perkins, Radford, Redding, Aston, Cocke, Smith, Pierce): Some of the Ancestors and All of the Descendants of Willis FitzSimmons, b. 1854, d. 1930: Early Virginia and Kentucky Lines. Denver, Colo.: B.F. Hathaway, 1963..
 * [FitzSimmons] Fitzsimmons, Richard Wayne. FitzSimmons Family, ca. 1761-1988. Typescript. Microfilmed 1990:.
 * [Foster] See Bright.
 * [Fowler] See Crumpacker.
 * [Franklin] See Bright.
 * [Freeman] Hopkins, Garland Evans. Freeman Forbears: Being the History, Genealogy, Heraldy [sic], Homes and Traditions of the Family of Freeman and Related Families Originating in the Original Shires of James City and Charles River in Virginia. Va.: G.E. Hopkins, 1942..
 * [Frost] Roberts, Snyder E. Descendants of Joseph Frost, Sr.: From Amherst, Bedford, &amp; Washington Counties, Va. to Anderson County, Tn. and Elsewhere. n.p.: S.E. Roberts, 1989. Available at.
 * [Garner] Leggett, Wilson Durward. Ancestors of W.D. Leggett, III and Suzanne Garner. Richland, Wash.: W.D. Leggett, III, 1998..
 * [Gilbert] Gilbert, Elaine M., David H. Gilbert, and Wanda G. Schneider. Daniel Gilbert, Jr. and Wife, Rebecca: Their Descendants in Henderson, Polk and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina. Hendersonville, N.C.: E.M. Gilbert, c1998..
 * [Goad] Brayton, John A. The Complete Ancestry of Tennessee Williams. Winston-Salem, N.C.: J.A. Brayton, 1993..
 * [Goggin] Bell, James E. Mark Twain and 8100 Goggin Kin. Rich Hill, Mo.: Bell Books, 2001..
 * [Goin] Smith, June A. Oakes Family Genealogical Data, 1640-1982. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Goodnight]," Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society (Oct. 1935). . Includes supplement.
 * [Graham] Graham, Virginia Midkiff. Graham Genealogical Notes. MSS. Microfilmed 1992:.
 * [Graham] Slaughter, Doris Graham. Pioneers of West Virginia with Shrewsbury, Graham, Howerton, McKinney and Allied Families. Evansville, Ind.: Evansville Bindery, 1997..
 * [Gray] See Bright.
 * [Greer] Bell, J.B. Greer Kinsmen of American Descendant. Hernando, Miss.: J.B. Bell, 1986..
 * [Grundy] Thompson, Mrs. Arthur A. "The Family of Samuel Seay, Amelia County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1963):127-135. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Hackworth] Hackworth, William M. William Hackworth of Bedford County, Virginia: Revolutionary Soldier. W.M. Hackworth, 1995.
 * [Hackworth] Burt, Cyril O. and Ethel Verna Hackworth. Ethel: A Story of Faith and Courage. n.p.: C.O. Burt, 2000?. Digital version at ; (Book Storage 0238716)
 * [Hale] Hale Family File. Typescript, Morgan County Public Library (Martinsville, Ind.). Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Hale] Lynch, Muriel Nadine Hale. Spanning the Centuries with the Hale Family. 3 vols. Independence, Mo.: M. Lynch, 1990..
 * [Hall] Conner, Henry Clay. The Life and Times of Leonard Hall. Indianapolis, Ind.: H.C. Conner, Jr., 1981. (Storage 0239559).
 * [Hamilton] Parrish, Verle H. Hamilton Families of Eastern Kentucky: (Md., Del., W.Va., N.Car., S.Car., Tenn., Ky.). Georgetown, Ky.: V.H. Parrish, 1988..
 * [Hamilton] Hunt, Helen Cantrell. Hamilton-Cantrell Genealogy. Ashland, Ky.: H.C. Hunt, [1993]..
 * [Hancock] Childs, J. Rives. "The Hancock Family of Lower Norfolk, Henrico, and Bedford Counties," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct. 1924):413-416. Available at ; digital version at JSTOR $).
 * [Hancock] Bloore, Helen L. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Hancock-Cofer-Jones-Massie Families of Virginia and Kentucky. Glendale, Calif., n.d.
 * [Hancock] Walter, Alice Granbery. Hancock Connections: To Gurgany, Burnet, Harris, Cockroft, Guy, Piggot, Blackmore, Moseley, Hargrave families of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne, Henrico, Bedford, Surry &amp; Rotterdam, Holland. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1960s..
 * [Hancock] Hopkins, Walter Lee. Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families. Harrisonburg, Va., 1980.
 * [Hancock] "Tracing Our Roots through Military Pension Records: Revolutionary Pension Application of Edward Hancock," Bedford Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Aug. 2008):42.
 * [Hardman] Powell, George Travis. Thomas Powell, Colonial-Yeoman-Planter, Circa 1616-1687, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and John Hardman, Colonial-Planter, Circa 1725-1800, Progenitors with Thousands of Their Descendants Arranged in Chronological Order to 1985. 2 vols. Macon, Ga., 1985-1987..
 * [Hawkins] Hawkins Marriages in Bedford County, Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1958:.
 * [Hawkins] Loscher, Jacine Hawkins. "The Hawkins Brothers," Bedford City/County Museum. Museum News, (Winter 2010/Spring 2011):17. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Haynes] Strieby, Irene Macy, Frances Wales Haycock, and Mildred Hensley Homann. Brief Sketches of Henry Haynes, 1701-1784, William Haynes, 1727-1896, Richard Haynes, 1763-1850 a Father, Son and Grandson of Southside Virginia, Who Gave Aid to the American Colonies in the War of the Revolution, and Some of Their Descendants. Jacksonville, Fla.: n.p., 1964..
 * [Haynes] Boddie, Mrs. John Bennett. Historical Southern Families. Volume XVIII. Baltimore, Md., 1973..
 * [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 ($)..
 * [Henson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Higginbotham] Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Higginbotham Family of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jan. 1918):205-213; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Apr. 1918):265-274; Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jul. 1918):45-56; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Oct. 1918):123-129; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Apr. 1919):294-298. Digital versions at JSTOR ($).
 * [Higginbotham] Shrader, B.R. Descendants of Roderick Higginbotham of Taylor's Mountain, Bedford County, Virginia. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Hill] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Hole] Rice, Charles Elmer. Genealogy of the Hole Family in England &amp; America. Donated 1983. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
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 * [Hubbard] Hubbard, William David. John Hubbard Descendants from Body Camp Creek, Bedford County, Virginia. Swift Print, 1991.
 * [Huddleston]See also Bright.
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 * [Hughes] Hughes, Hugh Hubert. Hugh Pedigree. MSS. Microfilmed 1979:.
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 * [Irvine] Irvine, Stanley R. The Name and Family of Irvin(e), 373 A.D.-1918. Salt Lake City, Utah: S.R. Irvine, 1924..
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 * [Johnston]See Johnson.
 * [Kasey] Schorn, Catherine Scott. "Kaseys in Bedford County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):243-248; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):24-32. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
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 * [Lawhorn] See Bright.
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 * [McGeorge] See Bright.
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 * [McMurtry] McMurtry, Richard K. "Support Data for James McMurtry (d. 1772) of Bedford County, Virginia," MacMurtrie Clan Family Records, 2005 Publication. MSS. Microfilmed 2005:.
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 * [Meador] Newton, Jane Meador and Wathena Kennedy Miller. Descendants of Ambrose Meador, Bedford County, Virginia, to Breckinridge County, Kentucky, 1733-1988. McDowell, 1988.
 * [Meador] Moody, Ken and Edna Moody. Descendants of Josiah Meador II, and His Wife Juda Lilly, m. ca. 1787: Also a Supplement, Thomas Meador, Son of Joab Meador. Portsmouth, Ohio: K.L. &amp; E.I. Moody, 1988..
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 * [Moorman] See Douglas.
 * [Morgan] White, Elizabeth Pearson. "Lewis Morgan (1728-ca. 1800) of Bedford County, Virginia," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 65 (1977):163-168. Update: Vol. 66 (1978):191.
 * [Morgan] Bird, Jean S. Morgan - Stratton: Stanley, Byrd, Brower, Tong, Platt. Novato, Calif.: J.S. Bird, 1994..
 * [Moseley] Stevenson, Estelle Moseley. George Cabell Moseley of Ingleside, Bedford County, Virginia and His Mother Elizabeth Winston Moseley: A Compilation of Family History and Genealogy. Typescript, copy in possession of Sara Gregory Slaydon, Deland, Florida, 1960. Available at.
 * [Moseley] Mozley, Raymond G. Miscellaneous Data Mozley, Mosley, Moseley, etc. of Virginia, Georgia, Florida, and Texas: Including Edward Mozley and Mary McDaniels, Edwin (Edward Jr.) Mozley and Sarah Gathright, Samuel G. Mozley and Elizabeth Bankston, John Edwin Mozley and Martha Hicks Morgan, Samuel Bankston Mosley and Margaret Rebecca Aycock. Sidney, Ohio: R.G. Mozley, 1988..
 * [Moseley] Moseley, George Carrington. Genealogy of Moseley Family of Bedford County, VA. 1912?. Digital version at.
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 * [Noell] See Douglas.
 * [Oglesby] See also Crumpacker.
 * [Oglesby] Christian, Bradford, and Stark Family Notes. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 1, Chr. Copy:.
 * [Ohlhausen] Ohlhausen, Sidney Gordon. The Ancestors and Descendants of Alexander Heinrich I von Ohlhausen. 5 vols. Houston, Texas: S.G. Ohlhausen, [1984?]..
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 * [Otey] 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.
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 * [Parker] See Bright.
 * [Parker] Cox, Helen Goggin. "Who was Robert William Parker?" Bedford Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 2 (May 2008):26-27.
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 * [Payne] Wilson, Jerald. Addendum to Joseph and Phoebe Payne of Bedford County, Virginia.
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 * [Prewitt] Prewitt, Lester Dee and Lela Marguerite Wolfe Prewitt. Notes on the Prewitt-Light, Ringler-Hollowell and Allied Families. Forest City, Iowa: Summit Printing, 1939..
 * [Prewitt] Prewitt, Richard A. Michael Prewitt, Sr. and His Descendants, 1720-1977. 1977. Digital version at ;.
 * [Price] Gregory, Herbert Bailey. Alexander Pope Price, Born 1784-Died 1861. 1949. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
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 * [Pruitt] Prewitt, Lester Dee. Prewitt-Light-Ringler-Hollowell and Allied Families. Fairfield, Iowa, 1970. Rev. ed.
 * [Pruitt] Prewitt, Richard A. The Descendants of Byrd Pruitt. 1978..
 * [Pullen] Pullen, William E. Tide-Water to Blue Ridge: Pullen-Walker Families of Bedford County, Virginia. Hollywood, Florida: W.E. Pullen, 1977. Available at.
 * [Pullen] Archibald Pullen Family Bible Records, 1777-1851 and Pedigree Chart, 1762-1923. MSS. Microfilmed 2001:.
 * [Quarles] See also Bright.
 * [Quarles] Cassetty, Maurine Quarles. Three Quarles Brothers. Cookeville, Tenn.: M.Q. Cassetty, c1991..
 * [Quinn] Marshall, Thomas E. Some Descendants of Jordon Stewart Quinn, Amherst County, Va. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1990..
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 * [Revercomb] Rubincam, Milton. Descendants of Jacob Revercomb, Jr., of Virginia. ~1947..
 * [Rice] See McGhee.
 * [Robertson] Davis, Lulie. Robertson Family Records. Typescript, 1957-1958. Salem Public Library, Salem, Ind..
 * [Rogers] Russell, Vera Rogers. My Family History: 1500 to 1966. Tyler, Texas: Robert M. Rogers, 1967?..
 * [Rogers] Leppert, Ruth Margaret Patton. Ezekiel Rogers, 1764-1811: A Soldier of the Revolution and His Descendants. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1972:.
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 * [St. Clair] See Bright.
 * [Sanders] McConnell, Catherine S. Sanders Saga. Abingdon, Va.: McClure Press, 1973..
 * [Sanderson] Hill, Margaret Lester. Sanderson: Selected Families from Virginia Westward. Mollusk, Va.: M.L. Hill, 1988.
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 * [Seldon] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Shaon] Schorn, Catherine Scott. "Kaseys in Bedford County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):243-248; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):24-32. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Sharp] Montgomery, Anne Deubery. Sharps of Augusta County, Virginia, Bedford County, Virginia and Three Soldiers of the Revolution Came to Kentucky. San Francisco, Calif.: Ann Deubery Montgomery, 1971. Available at and.
 * [Shrewsbury] See Bright.
 * [Shrewsbury] Kincaid, Charles F. Genealogy: Valentine and Mary Shrewsbury Mattox; With Particular Reference in This Edition to a Grandson, Nathaniel Shrewsbury Mattox, With Some Antecedents, Contemporaries and All Descendents Reported to Date ... Typescript. Microfilmed 1978:.
 * [Shrewsbury] Gambaro, Harriet Guild Shrewsbury. Genealogical Data on the Shrewsbury, Warth, and Allied Families, ca. 1763-1937. 1967..
 * [Shrewsbury] Pauley, Donald C. The Dickinson Papers: Part One: The Colonel William Dickinson, Jr. Papers, with Preface, Acknowledgments and Personal Note. Charleston, W. Va.: D.C. Pauley, 1980s..
 * [Shrewsbury] "Nathaniel Shrewsbury: Bedford County Pastor," Bedford Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Feb. 2009):12-13. Taken from Harold B. Oyer's History Morgans Baptist Church 1771-1971.
 * [Sinkler] Grigsby, Jean. Sinkler, Sinclair, St. Clair: Wills. Beeville, Texas: J. Grigsby, 1992..
 * [Skidmore] Skidmore, Warren. Thomas Skidmore (Scudamore), 1605-1684, of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and Fairfield, Connecticut; His Ancestors and His Descendants to the Ninth Generation. 1980. ; 1985 edition: ; 1998 edition:.
 * [Slack] Keeney, Roscoe C. 6,474 Slack Relatives: A Detailed Listing of the Descendants of John and Nancy Huddleston Slack, and a Resource Guide to Other Slack Families in the Kanawha and Elk Valleys. Cedar Grove, W. Va.: R.C. Keeney, 1984..
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 * [Talbot] Fletcher, Robert Howe. Genealogical Sketch of Certain of the American Descendants of Mathew Talbot, Gentleman. Richmond, Va.: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1956..
 * [Talbot] Knight, Rosa Talbot. Genealogy of the Talbot--Wingfield--and Reid Families. Typescript, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Microfilmed 1968:.
 * [Talbot] Pennell, Ira W. Talbot. Typescript. Microfilmed 1981:.
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 * [Thomasson] Clark, Grata Jeter. The Jeter Mosaic. Volume Two. Connecting Lines: Genealogies of the Families Clark, Hughes, McCreary, Petitfils, Roper, Russ, Story, Toon, Wallen, Wysong. Fort Worth, Texas: Arcadia-Clark, Inc., 1988..
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 * [Todd] McMurtry, Richard K. "William Todd of Philadelphia, Augusta Co. &amp; Bedford Co., Virginia," in Addendum to Todd Families in America Collection. MSS. Microfilmed 1995:.
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 * [Trigg] Claypool, Edwin. Trigg-Clark Families. Typescript, Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa. Microfilmed 1978:.
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 * [Turner] See also Doss and Leftwich.
 * [Turner] "Turner of Bedford County, Pedigree Chart," Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Turner] 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 ($) and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Turner] Poston, Herbert M. Richard Turner from Estimated 1680. Hemingway, S.C.: Three Rivers Historical Society (South Carolina), 2005..
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 * [Wiggenton] See Bright.
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 * [Wright] See also Burroughs, Cowgill, and Vincent.
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 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. The William Greenberry Wright. 1994..
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 * [Yocham] Orcutt, Joel Thomas. Our Yocham Family: Genealogy and History of the Family of Jacob and Sarah Yoakum: Including the Families Yocham, Yochum, Yocum, and Yoakum of Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri. Terlton, Okla.: J.T. Orcutt, c2006..
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