Orange County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Orange County





History


The county was named after King William III of England (1650-1702). Before ruling England, he governed the Dutch Republic and was known as Stadtholder William III of Orange.

Parent County
1734--Orange County was created 1 February 1734 from Spotsylvania County. County seat: Orange

Cemeteries

 * Klein, Margaret C. Tombstone Inscriptions of Orange County, Virginia. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5372 V3k; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).

Census
For tips on accessing census records online, see Virginia Census.

1790 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

1800 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

1810 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

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 Orange County.]

Church
Church of England


 * Davis, Rosalie Edith Rogers, St. Mark's Parish (Culpeper County, Virginia: Episcopal), Bromfield Parish (Rappahannock and Madison Counties, Virginia: Episcopal). Saint Mark Parish Vestry Book &amp; Levies, 1730-1785: Spotslyvania, Orange and Culpeper counties, Virginia. Manchester, Missouri: Heritage Trails, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * Papageorgiou, Lizabeth Ward. The Colonial Churches of St. Thomas' Parish, Orange County, Virginia: With Notes on Sites in Orange, Greene, and Madison Counties. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, 2008. Available at FHL.

German Reformed


 * Braun, Johannes, Klaus Wust and Joseph H. Meyerhoeffer. Shenandoah Valley Family Data, 1799-1813: From the Memorandum Book of Pastor Johannes Braun. Edinburg, Va.: Shenandoah History Publishers, 1978. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 K2bjo.

Court
Chancery Court


 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Chancery Suits (Superior Court of Law &amp; Chancery), Orange County, Virginia, 1831-1845. McLean, Virginia: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1988. Available at FHL.

District Court of Fredericksburg

The District Court of Fredericksburg and later the Superior Court of Chancery had jurisdiction over certain Orange County court cases. An index has been compiled:


 * Indexes of Court Records in the Clerk's Office, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1782-1904. Original records, Fredericksburg City Courthouse, Fredericksburg, Va., microfilmed reproduction available at FHL. [Indexes the following records: District Court law book v. 8, 1782-1792; District Court law books 1790-1793, v. A-F 1789-1811; Superior Court of Law law order books v. G-H 1812-1831; Superior Court of Chancery chancery order books 1814-1831; Hustings Court orders v. A-O 1782-1871; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery law order books v. A-E 1831-1875; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery chancery order books v. A-D 1831-1872; Circuit Court chancery order books v. A2, B-C 1875-1904; Fredericksburg District Court (1789-1808) had jurisdiction over the following counties: Spotsylvania (including Fredericksburg), Caroline, King George, Stafford, Orange, and Culpeper; Superior Court of Chancery (1802-1831) had jurisdiction over the following localities: city of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fairfax, Lancaster, Northumberland, Madison, King George, Orange, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Essex, and Westmoreland.]

Superior Court of Chancery

See District Court of Fredericksburg

Family Histories
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]

General


 * Brockman, William Everett. Orange County (Va.) Families. 4 vols. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Pub. Co., 1949-1965. Available at FHL. Volume two reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):92; volume three reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1960):88; volume four reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1966):85-86. Reviews available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Cerny, Johni and Gary J. Zimmerman. Before Germanna. 12 vols. Bountiful, Utah: American Geneal. Lending Library Publishers, 1990. Available at FHL. [Discusses families of German immigrants who settled in Spotsylvania and Orange counties, Virginia.]
 * Holtzclaw, B.C. et al. Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1964. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 D2gd no. 5.
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. A Digest of Family Relationships. 4 vols. McLean, Va.: Antient Press, 1990-. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 D2sp ff.
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Pamunkey Neighbors of Orange County, Virginia: Lindsay, Mills, Montague, Stevens, and Related Families and Neighbors. 2 vols. and supplement. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1985. Available at FHL. 1994 supplements by Lauretta Trickey Corkill, Eldon Corkill, Ruth Trickey Sparacio, and Sam Sparacio also available at FHL.

Bibliography


 * [Adkins] Adkins, William D. Adkins Family Genealogy, [19--]-[1969?]. MSS.; FHL US/CAN Film 1036950 Item 14.
 * [Amberger] See Amburgey.
 * [Amburgey] Griffith, Dorothy Amburgey. Amburgey Ancestry in America: Amburgey Ancestral Register, Indexed. [St. Louis, Mo.: D.A. Griffith], 1976. FHL US/CAN Film 1036087 Item 6.
 * [Amburgey] Griffith, Dorothy Amburgey. Amburgey Ancestry in America: Amburgey Ancestral Register. St. Louis, Mo.: D.A. Griffith, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Am19a 1982.
 * [Amburgey] Griffith, Dorothy Amburgey and Amburgey Family Association. Amburgey News: Newsletter of the Amburgey Family Association, Inc. 3 vols. St. Louis County, Mo.: Amburgey Family Association, 1990-1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 Am19 ff. Visit the Amburgey Family Association website for additional information.
 * [Amburgey] Griffith, Dorothy Amburgey and Amburgey Family Association. Amburgey Family Association News. Newsletter. St. Louis County, Mo.: Amburgey Family Association, 1993-present. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 Am19.
 * [Ancell] Ancell, Benjamin Lucius. Descendants of Edward Ancell of Virginia. n.p.: n.p., 1933. FHL US/CAN Film 1303279.
 * [Arnall] Keen, Hugh C. Richard C. Arnall and Ancestors. Tulsa, Oklahoma: H.C. Keen, 2007. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ar61k; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Ballard] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. Ballard Family of Orange County, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Ballard] Ballard, Margaret Byrnside. William Ballard: A Genealogical Record of His Descendants in Monroe County. [Baltimore, Md.: M.B. Ballard, 1957]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B212bm.
 * [Ballard] Miller, Lynne D. The Descendants of Phillip Ballard and Ann Nancy Johnson. Lincolnton, N.C.: L.D. Miller, 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B212La; digital version at BYU Family History Archive.
 * [Barlow] Colliver, Jewell. Barlow Family, 1717-1984. Cave City, Ky.: J. Colliver, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B249cj.
 * [Barnett] Family Bible Record [1764-1911] of Ambrose D. Barnett. Microfilmed in 1971. FHL US/CAN Film 850415 Item 2. [Includes genealogical notes.]
 * [Beach] Beach, T.J. The Beach Family of Kentucky: A History of the Descendants of the Joseph Beach Family of Virginia and Kentucky with Allied Lines. Weston, Missouri: T.J. Beach, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B352be.
 * [Beckham] Beckham, James Madison. Genealogy of the Beckham Family in Virginia: and the Branches Thereof in Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and West Virginia with Family Sketches. Richmond, Va.: J.M. Beckham, 1910. FHL US/CAN Film 1015833 Item 19.
 * [Beckham] Beckham, Annie Laurie Lewis. The Beckham Family, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas. Dallas, Texas: Beckham, 1957. FHL US/CAN Film 908505 Item 10.
 * [Beckham] Davis, W.M. Beckhams Beckoning. Seneca, Missouri: W.M. Davis, [1984?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B388dw.
 * [Bell] Essker, Katie-Prince Ward and Daughters of the American Revolution. Mary Washington Chapter (District of Columbia). Records of the Bell Family, Orange County, Virginia. MSS., 1946, available at FHL.
 * [Bell] Bell, Marjorie. The Bell Scrapbook: The Story of the Bells and Families Related to Them. [Anchorage, Alaska: M. Bell], 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B413bm.
 * [Bledsoe] Brownell, Daphne M. The Joseph Bledsoe Family of Allegany County, New York. DeLand, Fla.: D.M. Brownell, 1966. FHL US/CAN Film 1015837 Item 11.
 * [Boehm] Boehm, Helen W. Descendants of Samuel Boehm (Böhm). Fort Wayne, Ind.: H.W. Boehm, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B634bhw.
 * [Bowman] MacDonald, Helen Lay and Betty Boehm Millner. Christian Bauman/Bowman of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Hayden Lake, Idaho: H.L. MacDonald and B.B. Millner, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B684mh.
 * [Bradburn] Bradburn, Vivian. Bradburn Family, 1637-1982, Virginia to North Carolina: Bradbourn, Bradburne, Bradburn. Greenville, S.C.: A Press, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B726b.
 * [Bransford] Shiver, John A. Bransford Family History. [Ashford? Alabama] : J.A. Shiver, c1978 (Hartford, Kentucky : McDowell Publications). FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B735sj.
 * [Breckenridge] Breckenridge, James Malcolm and Adolf Augustus Berle. William Clark Breckenridge, Historical Research Writer and Bibliographer of Missouriana: His Life, Lineage and Writings. St. Louis, Mo.: J.M. Breckenridge, 1932 (1959). FHL US/CAN Film 1321117 Item 3.
 * [Briles] Briles, Max M. Briles Genealogy. San Bernardino, Calif.: M.M. Briles, 1968-1978. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B769bm.
 * [Brockman] Herring, Dorothy Holland. Family Group Sheets. Jonesboro, Ga.: D.H. Herring, 19-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B783h.
 * [Broil] See Briles.
 * [Buchanan] Trimble, David B. Buchanan and Gillespie of Southwest Virginia. Austin, Texas: D.B. Trimble, 1992. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 D2tda.
 * [Buck] Buck, Walter H. and S.A. McCarthy. The Buck Family of Virginia. Baltimore: Schneidereith and Sons, 1936. FHL US/CAN Film 1463955 Item 4.
 * [Burgess] Reginald, R. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of Edward Burgess of King George and Stafford Counties, Virginia, with His Sons - Garner Burgess of Fauquier Co., Virginia; William Burgess of Stafford Co., Virginia; Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben Burgess of Rowan Co., North Carolina - and His Grandsons - Edward Burgess of Culpeper Co., Virginia; John Burgess of Harrison Co., Kentucky; Henry Burgess of Fleming Co., Kentucky; Edward Burgess of Scott Co., Kentucky; John P.B. Burgess of Halifax Co., Virginia; Edward Burgess of Kanawha Co., West Virginia; William Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; Reuben Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; and Thomas Burgess of White Co., Tennessee - Together with Their Known Descendants Named Burgess. San Bernardino, California: Borgo Press, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B912r.
 * [Burgess] Burgess, Michael and Mary A. Wickizer Burgess. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, His Son Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King Geoge) County, Virginia, with the Descendants in the Male Line of Edward's Sons: Garner Burgess of Fauquier County, Virginia, William Burgess of Stafford County, Virginia; Edward Burges, Jr. of Faugqier County, Virginia, Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben of Rowan (later Davie) County, North Carolina. San Bernardino, California: Burgess and Wickizer, 1994. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B912r 1994.
 * [Burk] Kelly, John A. et al. Burk(e) Family of Southwest Virginia and the Valley. Roanoke, Va.: n.p., 1973. FHL US/CAN Film 1454579 Item 9.
 * [Burke] Burke, Eugene, Lois Burke and Bob Burke. 3,500 Years of Burkes. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Commonwealth Press, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B917bu; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Campbell] Symonds, Francis Campbell. Campbell Documents. Typescript, Library of Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 1, Ca. Microfilmed in 1954. FHL US/CAN Film 29883 Item 1.
 * [Campbell] Campbell, Donald H. The Campbell Family of Virginia. [n.p.: D.H. Campbell, 199?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C152cdh.
 * [Carlton] Carleton, George H. John Carlton of Orange County and Albemarle County, Virginia: and Some of His Descendants, 1720-1989. Dallas, Texas: Brooks Publishing Co., 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C197cg.
 * [Carpenter] Carpenter, Virginia T. The Carpenter's of Carpenter's Station. Fort Myers, Fla.: V.T. Carpenter, 1976. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 5088.
 * [Carpenter] Carpenter, Carl Edmund. History of the Carpenter Family. [Savannah, Ga.: C.E. Carpenter, 1979]. FHL FAM HIST Large Q Book 929.273 A1 no. 277.
 * [Cason] Smith, Winfred Breadus. Some Virginia Casons in the Revolution. [Texarkana, Texas]: W.B. Smith, 1971. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C27s.
 * [Christie] Brown, Evelyn. Christie Genealogical Data, 1762-1844. MSS., Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Ind.; FHL US/CAN Film 1312799 Item 37.
 * [Clark] McNaught, Virginia Eliza Hodge. James Clark, Mansfield, Christopher Clark and Allied Families. MSS., Microfilmed in 1946. FHL US/CAN Film 369.
 * [Cleveland] Collier, Flora Hooper. Hooper Genealogy, a Southern Branch. 2 vols. n.p.: F.H. Collier, [1958?]-1972. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H766c v. 1 ff.
 * [Coleman] Prochter, Velma. The Coleman-Madison Family of Virginia: A Compilation of Records with a Link to the Faulkner/Faulconer Family in Kenton County, Kentucky. [Harbor, Oregon: V. Prochter, 1991]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 6119.
 * [Cox] Roberts, Snyder E. Descendants of John Cox, 1758 Va. to 1814 Tn.: Revolutionary War Pensioners in Roane and Anderson County, Tennessee. [Oak Ridge, Tenn.]: S. Roberts, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C839rs.
 * [Cox] Weaver, Oliver C. Naomi Ann Cox (1814 - 1884) (Wife of the Reverend Benjamin Lloyd): Daughter of Cary Cox-II, Granddaughter of Cary Cox-I, Great Granddaughter of William Cox-I, of Orange County, Virginia and Three Generations of Earlier Ancstral (sic) Lines. Birmingham, Alabama: O.C. Weaver, Jr., 2001. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Books.
 * [Crabtree] Crabtree Newsletter. 1 vol. 1987. Irvine, Ky.: Edwards and Rose Genealogical Heritage, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 C84c.
 * [Crider] Yankey, Lewis H. and Patricia T. Ritchie. The Crider Family of Rockingham County, Virginia: With Information on Early Crider Families in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Criders, Va.: [L.H. Yankey], 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C867y.
 * [Crockett] Crockett, Harrison H. The Robert Crockett Family of Ohio. Typescript, South Bend Public Library, South Bend, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1651486 Item 1.
 * [Davidson] Davidson, Mildred Davis. Frederick Davidson: Revolutionary Soldier and His Descendants. Carmichael, Calif.: M.D. Davidson, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D282da.
 * [Davis] Clark, Henry William (b. 1825). Genealogies of the Clark, Parks, Brockman and Dean, Davis and Goss Families: In Five Parts. Harrisburg, Pa.: Harrisonburg Publishing, 1905. FHL US/CAN Film 1033779 Item 3; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Davis] Watson, Gary Wayne. The Descendants of James and Sarah (VanMeter) Davis of Frederick County, Virginia: With Related Families. Denver, Colorado: G. Watson, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D294w.
 * [Davis] Davidson, Mildred Davis. Jonathan Davis of Orange County, Virginia and Wilkes County, Georgia and Some of His Descendants. Carmichael, California: M.D. Davidson, 1994. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D29dad.
 * [Davis] Dietz, Richard R. Diggin' for Davises. Newsletter. 14+ vols. 1994-present. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 D29.
 * [DeMoss] Hornby, Jo Ann Robertson. DeMoss Family History: Following the Line of Louis Dumas and Catherine (Maiden Name Unknown), Charles Demoss and Wives, Fannie and Rebecca Throckmorton, Peter Demoss and Catherine Houseman, John Demoss and Wives, Jewley (Julia) Fowler and Sarah Barker, and Their Descendants: Limited Data on the Families of David Houseman and Joseph Barker. Wichita, Kansas: J.A. Hornby, 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D399hj.
 * [Derrickson] Broders, Martin Arthur and Edgar Coffin. Derrickson Ancestry and Allied Families: Armstrong, Broders, Buchanan, Campbell, Derrickson, Downs, Dobbins, Helms, Lloyd, Tunnel. Loudon, Tenn.: M.A. Broders, 2002. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D448b; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Dumas] See DeMoss.
 * [Durrett] Durrett, Arthur Thurmond. Durrett Family History, ca. 1609-1949. Typescript. FHL US/CAN Film 1750757 Item 23.
 * [Edmiston] Edmiston, Prentess P. A Branch of the Edmiston Family Tree, A.D. 1700 to 1964: From Ireland to North Carolina to Pennsylvania to Virginia to Tennessee to Arkansas and to Texas. Typescript, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Microfilmed in 1973. FHL US/CAN Film 1433994 Item 11.
 * [Edwards] Quisenberry, Marie Edwards and Roberta Rochford Munske. Joseph Edwards. Capon Bridge, W.Va.: Fort Edwards Foundation, 2003. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 Ed96q.
 * [Embree] Olson, Sylvia R. Descendants of John Embree, b. 1710 of Orange Co. Va.: A-Z, ca. 1710-1980. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Embree] Kennedy, Marvin S. John Embree Family Records. Typescript. FHL US/CAN Film 1035726 Item 4.
 * [Faulconer] Mann, J. William. Faulconers of Virginia: and Related Families of Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Virginia. Fredericksburg, Virginia: J.W. Mann, 198-?. Available at FHL.
 * [Faulkenberry] See Fortenberry.
 * [Faulkenburg] See Fortenberry.
 * [Fishback] Kemper, Willis Miller. Genealogy of the Fishback Family in America, the Descendants of John Fishback, the Emigrant, with an Historical Sketch of His Family and of the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, 1714-1914. New York, New York: T.M. Taylor, 1914. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F527k; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Fitzgerald] See Jarrell.


 * [Fitzjarrell] See Jarrell.
 * [Fleischmann] See Fleshman.
 * [Fleshman] Shuck, Larry G. The Fleshmans, ca. 1675-1981. Typescript, 1985. FHL US/CAN Film 1307622 Item 25.
 * [Fleshman] Shuck, Larry G. Our Families: Shuck, Fleshman, Sydenstricker, Smith, Lewis, Kincaid, Keister, et al., of West Virginia. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh91s.
 * [Fleshman] Ericson, Carolyn Reeves. Some Descendants of Ziriakus Fleischmann. Nacogdoches, Texas: Ericson Books, [1998]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F628e.
 * [Fortenberry] Criminger, Adrianne Fortenberry. The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi: With Early Records Concerning the Faulkenberry--Fortenberry Families of the South. Clarkston, Ga.: A. Fortenberry, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F776ca.
 * [Fortson] Boyd, John Wright. A Family History: Lt. Thomas Fortson (1742-1824) and Some of His Descendants: Early Settler of Elbert County, Georgia. Tignall, Ga.: J.W. Boyd, 1985. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F778bo; see also: FHL US/CAN Film 924708.
 * [Franklin] Molyneux, Nellie Zada Rice. Franklin Records - Lewis Records. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. Microfilmed in 1971. FHL US/CAN Film 873158 Item 4.
 * [Friel] Friel, Edwin R. My Ancestors: Friel and Related Kin. Tahoe City, Calif.: E.R. Friel, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F915fe; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Funkhouser] Wilson, Freida Funkhouser. Funkhouser Pioneers of Stony Creek, Virginia. [Alton, Illinois]: F. Wilson, 1982 (Utica, Kentucky: McDowell Publications). FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F964wff.
 * [Gaines] Miller, Lynne D. The Descendants of Humphrey Gaines and Sarah Watts. Lincolnton, N.C.: American Research, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G127m; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Garr] Garr, John Wesley and John Calhoun Garr. Genealogy of the Descendants of John Gar, or More Particularly of His Son, Andreas Gaar, Who Emigrated from Bavaria to America in 1732: With Portraits, Coat of Arms, Biographies, Wills, History, Etc. Cincinnati, Ohio: J.C. Garr, 1894; digital version at Internet Archive. 1990 reprint: FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G191g 1990.
 * [Garrard] Garrard, Herbert L. Garrard Family Histories (Gerrard, Gerard, Garard) When Living in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, 1720-1980: Also Some McCormick Records. Noblesville, Ind.: H.L. Garrard, 1980. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G191gh.
 * [Gholson] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. Ancestry of Nancy Powell Hawkins (Mrs. William Beverly Hawkins), 434 Erie Ave., Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 854138 Item 1.
 * [Gillock] Justice, Dayton Gillock. Genealogy, Jones --Gillock &amp; Allied Families History, 1674-1984. Corpus Christi, Texas: D.G. Justice, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G417j.
 * [Givens] Reichlein, Jane Tyler Craig. The Samuel Givens Family and Kin. Pearce, Arizona: J. Reichlein, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G449r.
 * [Givens] Finks, Betty Lou. The Descendants of the Givens Family. [Kent, Washington]: B.L. Fink, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G449f.
 * [Golding] Golding Family Association. Golding Nuggets. Newsletter. 12 vols. Carmel, Ind.: Golding Family Association, 1987-2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 G569g. [FHL collection is incomplete.]
 * [Good] Good, William Algernon. Shadowed by the Massanutten: A History of Life Along Smith Creek, the Good Family Genealogy, and Civil War Notes. Broadway, Va.: W.A. Good, 1992. FHL US/CAN Book 975.59 H2g.
 * [Graves] Kruges, Patricia C. Isaac Finks Graves, 1815-1886. [Bryan, Texas]: P.C. Kruger, [1996?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 G784k.
 * [Gray] House, Mary Lou. Gray / Grey Lines. Newsletter. 3 vols. Garland, Texas: House Publications, 1994-1996. Later published in Mesquite, Texas. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 G791g.
 * [Griggs] Griggs, G. Helen. James A. Griggs, His Ancestors and Descendants. [Indianapolis, Ind.: G.H. Griggs, 1992]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G876gg.
 * [Haley] Haley, Eva F. Haley and Related Families. Keysville, Va.: E.F. Haley, 1979. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H137he.
 * [Ham] Rowland, Jane Thomas. Stephen Ham, Revolutionary Soldier and Some of His Descendants: 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, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H17r.
 * [Hamilton] Schaffer, Mildred Hamilton. Hamiltons and Their Descendants. Typescript, 1977?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H18sm.
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. 34 vols. Camarillo, Calif.: [K. Wiggins], [1970]-1971. FHL US/CAN Film 1318195 Item 1. [Orange County Harrises are discussed in Volume 17.]
 * [Harrison] Torrence, Robert M. "Charles Harrison, of St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia, and Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan., 1947), pp. 85-94. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Harrison] Morgan, Richard S. John Harrison (1754-1821), Revolutionary Soldier and Early Settler of Louisville. Centre Hall, Pa.: R.S. Morgan, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 A1 no. 549.
 * [Hausenbella] Cartinell, T.K. Stephen Hausenbella: Brief Sketch of Himself and Family as Shown by Old Records of the Counties of Frederick and Orange in State of Virginia. MSS., 1939?, available at FHL.
 * [Hawkins] Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford. Hawkins of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky: Court Records, Queries, Brief Lineages, Genealogical Notes. Naugatuck, Connecticut: D.F. Wulfeck, [1963?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H314w.
 * [Hawkins] Wright, Boyd L. The Descendants of Capt. Moses Hawkins and Susannah Strother. Grand Forks, N.D.: B.L. Wright, 1982. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6017927.
 * [Head] Dennison, Jean Nunley. Our Head/Holmes Family: Including Allied Families: Bradley, Harris, Williams, Winters and Loose Connections: Frey, Hyde, Justice, Morris, York. Nashville, Tenn.: J.N. Dennison, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H34d.
 * [Henderson] Neal, Josephine Henderson. The Henderson Family of Orange Co., Va. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Hensley] Satterthwaite, Geraldine Keneipp. Hensley Family Book. [Bridgeport, Ill.]: G. Satterthwaite, 1979. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H397h.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, John Goodwin. The Herndon Family of Virginia. Multi-volume. Philadelphia, Pa.: Engineers Publishing, 1947-1952. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H431h ff. [Vol. 3 discusses the descendants of William Herndon of Orange Co., Va.]
 * [Herndon] The Herndon Family, MSS., Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Microfilmed in 1952. FHL US/CAN Film 759.
 * [Herndon] Schwertner, Esther D. Descendants of James Herndon. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. Microfilmed in 1971. FHL US/CAN Film 854144 Item 10.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, Dudley L. and John Goodwin Herndon. The Herndons of the American Revolution: (Being The Herndon Family of Virginia, Vol. 2) Presented in Parts. Multi-volume. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1992-. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H431h v. 2 pt. 10.
 * [Hiestand] Trimble, David B. Hiestand Family of Page County, Virginia. San Antonio, Texas: D.B. Trimble, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H533t.
 * [Hiestand] Moore, Barbara Jean Hiestand. Hiestand. San Antonio, Texas: B.J.H. Moore, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H533m.
 * [Hiestand] Moore, Barbara Jean Hiestand. Hiestand Family History. 2 vols. New Braunfels, Texas: B.H. Moore, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H533mb ff.
 * [Hiestand] Kockler, Eloyce Hubbard. Hiestand--Hestand--Hastings. Helena, Montana: E.H. Kockler, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H469k.
 * [Hill] Hill, Beverly Baxter. The Henry Hill Family. Green Grove, Calif.: B. Hill, [198-]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H552hb.
 * [Hill] Holman, John M. An Illustrated History of the John Payne Hill Family of Titus and Franklin County, Texas: With Commentary on the Related Families Hills, Holbrooks, Rutherfords, Paynes, Powells, Devalls, Greens, and Others. n.p.: n.p., 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H55hjm; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Hobson] Davis, Earl Harrison. Hobson: Descendants of George and Elizabeth Hobson [in] Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana. Long Beach, Calif.: n.p., 1957. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H653d.
 * [Hobson] Hobson, Jay W. The Hobson Family Lineage: Descendants of George and Elizabeth Hobson. Columbus, Ga.: J.W. Hobson, 1994. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H653hj.
 * [Hofmann] Claypool, Don. Hobmann, Hofmann, Hufman, Huffman. D. Claypool, 2001. Available at FHL.
 * [Hollingsworth] Jolliffe, William. Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1893, pp. 143-153. FHL US/CAN Film 1036357 Item 19; digital versions at Ancestry ($), Google Books, and Internet Archive.
 * [Holt] Sullivan, Elsie Smiley. Our Ancestors. Rossville, Ga.: E.S. Sullivan, 1985. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H742s.
 * [Holtzclaw] Holtsclaw, Otis M. John Holtsclaw of Holtzclaw Knob, Pulaski County, Kentucky: His Ancestors and Descendants. 1968. FHL US/CAN Film 1036190 Item 2.
 * [Hood] Hood, Dellman O. The Tunis Hood Family: Its Lineage and Traditions. Medford, Oregon: D.O. Hood, 1960. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H761h.
 * [Hutchings] Miller, Lilian Gantner. My Hutchings Family Tree: 1741 to the Present. Inverness, Ill.: L. Miller, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H97m; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [James] Trimble, David B. Montgomery and James of Southwest Virginia. Austin, Texas: D.B. Trimble, 1992. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 D2tdc; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Jarman] Campbell, Shirley O'Neal. The Jarman Family of Spotsylvania, Orange, &amp; Albemarle Counties of Virginia. S.O. Campbell, 2004. Available at FHL.
 * [Jarrell] Hudgins, Dennis Ray. Fitzgerald &amp; Jarrell Families: Orange, Madison, Culpeper, Greene Co. Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Jarrell] Spahr, Wynona Jarrell. Jarrell-Fitzgerald Family. [1990]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J292s; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Johnson] Descendants of William and Ann (Johnson) Rogers. Typescript, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Copied from Johnson Genealogy, Vol. 2, from documents in the rare book collection of the University of Chicago. Microfilmed in 1942. FHL US/CAN Film 263.
 * [Johnson] Towsley, Charlene May Davidson. Richard Family Genealogical Records, ca. 1550-1981. MSS.; FHL US/CAN Film 1579669.
 * [Johnston] McQuinn, Gloria Garvey. Johnston-Menefee and Related Families. McLean, Va.: G.N.G. McQuinn, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J641m.
 * [Jones] McLane Bobbie Lee Jones and Richard Steele. Descendants of Hugh Jones of Orange County, Virginia: A Family History and Genealogy. Hot Springs, Arkansas: B.J. McLane, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Kavanaugh] Vaughn, Barbara B. Descendants of Lewis Davis Yancey: With a Brief Genealogy of John Berry. Paris, Missouri: B.B. Vaughn, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Y15v.
 * [Keaton] Hopkins, A.A. Genealogical History of the Hopkins, Farley, Cook, Keaton and Brown Families. Bluefield, W.Va.: A.A. Hopkins, Jr., 1964. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6017514.
 * [Kittle] Pingree, John W. Kittle Family Group Records, 1732-1974. Typescript, Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1312801 Item 12.
 * [Lanter] Robinson, Mary Lois. The Genealogy of the Lanter Family, 1700-1983. Danville, Ky.: M.L. Robinson, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L294r.
 * [Ledgerwood] Ledgerwood, John E. Ledgerwood Family: Early Settlers to Virginia and Kentucky. Mount Dora, Fla.: Frank W. Anders, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L498Lj.
 * [McClure] Lloyd, Emma Rouse. The McClure Family. Cincinnati, Ohio: E.R. Lloyd, 1932. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M132L.
 * [McDaniel] McDaniel, Marcella M. The McDaniel Family -- Our Heritage. Bloomfield, Ind.: M. McDaniel, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M141m.
 * [McMillan] Haynes, John L. Haynes--McDonald Heritage Quest. Anchorage, Alaska: J.L. Haynes, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H333hjL.
 * [McMullan] McMullan, Albert L. History of McMullan and Allied Families. Newton?, Miss.: A. McMullan and D. McMullan Family, 1971. FHL US/CAN Film 1454580 Item 11.
 * [McMullen] Burks, Rhonda. Rhonda Burks Family History Back to 1740. FHL US/CAN Film 295812.
 * [Maddy] Maddy, Olive, Sandra L. McVay Malone, and Maddy's Association. US Maddys: An Account of the Family in England and the Descendants of William Maddy of Fairfax County, Virginia, and James Maddy of Fairfax and Orange Counties, Emigrants. Oskaloosa, Iowa: O. Maddy, 1950. Available at FHL. 1964 supplement: FHL US/CAN Film 1016934 Item 5. 1985 revision available at FHL.
 * [Mallory] Anderson, Bobby. The Mallorys. Goodlettsville, Tenn.: B. Anderson, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M298a.
 * [Manion] Dinn, Ruth and Chelsea Orem Dinn. Descendants of Edmond Manion, Va.--Ky.--In. Franklin, Ind.: R. Dinn, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Large Q Book 929.273 M314d.
 * [Martin] Watson, Estelle Osborn Clark. Some Martin, Jeffries, and Wayman, Families and Connections of Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, and Indiana. MSS., Stevens Museum, Salem, Ind. Microfilmed in 1981. FHL US/CAN Film 1306482 Item 1.
 * [Mauck] Moore, Ronald M. The Early Mauck Families of the Shenandoah Valley: Counties of Shenandoah, Augusta, Rockingham, and Page. Clovis, Calif.: R.M. Moore, 1993. FHL US/CAN Film 1598393 Item 26.
 * [Maulding] Mauldin, Denzil R., Paul Kornmeyer and Maulding Memorial Association. Ambrose Maulding--Ancestors, Descendants &amp; Kinsfolk. Valdez, Ariz.: D.R. Mauldin, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M443md.
 * [Maxwell] Houston, Florence Wilson, Laura Cowan Blaine, and Ella Dunn Mellette. Maxwell History and Genealogy: Including the Allied Families of Alexander, Allen, Bachiler, Batterton, Beveridge, Blaine, Brewster, Brown, Callender, Campbell, Carey, Clark, Cowan, Fox, Dinwiddie, Dunn, Eylar, Garretson, Gentry, Guthrie, Houston, Howard, Howe, Hughes, Hussey, Irvine, Johnson, Kimes, McCullough, Moore, Pemberton, Rosenmuller, Smith, Stap, Teter, Tilford, Uzzell, Vawter, Ver Planck, Walker, Wiley, Wilson; Also Baptismal Record of the Rev. John Craig, D.D., of Augusta County, Virginia, 1740-1749, Containing One Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-four Names (First Publication of the Original Record). Indianapolis, Indiana: Press of C.E. Pauley, Indianapolis Engraving Co., 1916. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * [Mayer] See Moyers.
 * [Miller] Miller, W.H. (b. 1852). History and Genealogies of the Families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh and Brown: With Interspersions of Notes of the Families of Dadney, Reid, Martin, Broaddus, Gentry, Jarman, Jameson, Ballard, Mullins, Michie, Moberley, Covington, Browning, Duncan, Yancey and Others. Lexington, Ky.: Press of Translylvania, 1907. FHL US/CAN Film 1036839 Item 1; digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Miller] Miller, Boyce. "Miller Family of Orange County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan., 1933), pp. 39-45. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Miller] Miller, James Boyce and Robert Braxton Miller. The Miller Family of Orange/Greene Counties, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: R.B. Miller, [1995?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M612mjb.
 * [Mills] Joseph, Edna Harvey. Mills Genealogy. 3 vols. [n.p.: E.H. Joseph, 197-?]. FHL FAM HIST Large Q Book 929.273 M624j ff.
 * [Montague] Montague, Skiles Fielding. A Genealogical History of the Montague Family in Fayette and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania: Descendants of David Montague and Nancy Herndon. Bradenton, Fla.: S.F. Montague, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M76msf.
 * [Moore] Schoene, Charles E. The Moores of Virginia and Kentucky. Belleair Bluffs, Fla.: B.I. Moore, 1974. FHL US/CAN Film 1429814 Item 4.
 * [Moore] Moore, Charles R. The Moore Family of Central Virginia: Covering the Counties of Albeharle, Amherst, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange, Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia: C.R. Moore, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Moyers] Phillips, Maxine Moyers. Mother Moyers' Family: Lineal and Collateral Consanguinity. Waco, Texas: M.M. Phillips, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M874p.
 * [Newman] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Genealogy of the Newman Family, 1618-1900," see Table of Contents; discusses Newmans of Orange County.]
 * [Nicholson] McCord, Jean Nicholson. Family History Written for the Descendants of William M. Nicholson and Mary Jane Collicott. [Nelson, Nebraska]: J.N. McCord, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N528m.
 * [Nutt] Nutt, Niven R. The Nutt Family. [Miami, Fla.]: N.R. Nutt, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N962n.
 * [O'Friel] See Friel.
 * [Overstreet] Overstreet, Bob. Overstreets from Virginia: Thomas Overstreet Sr. (1720-1792) and Agnes: 6 Generations -- Bedford County, Virginia and Westward. Everett, Washington: B. Overstreet, 2001. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ov2ob.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 4 parts. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1983-2006. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P141rdc v. 2 pt. 4. [Vol. 2, Part 4 includes Orange County.]
 * [Pearcey] Pearsey, Patrick R. The Pearsey Family Lineage. Indianapolis, Ind.: P.R. Pearsey, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P316pp.
 * [Petry] Petry, D.L. Petry, Pettry, Petrey, Pettrey and Allied Families. Ambler, Pa.: D.L. Petry, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P449p.
 * [Petty] Petty, Jim, Barbara Petty McGee and C. Diane Baxter. The Petty Papers: A Genealogical Research Quarterly Newsletter. 12+ vols. 1976-1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 P456a. [The FHL collection is incomplete.]
 * [Petty] Lansford, Delores Caylor. Petty Family History. Fla.: D.C. Lansford, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P456L.
 * [Pierson] Higginson, Marjorie M. My Pierson Ancestors. Fort Collins, Colorado: Triplet Pearson / Pierson Society, [2006?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P615h; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Plunkett] Ivy, Emma Plunkett. Ten Thousand Plunketts. 2 vols. Atlanta, Ga.: Peachtree Letter Service, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P741i ff; digital version of Vol. 2 at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Poage] Woodworth, Robert Bell, Andrew Woods Williamson and John Guy Bishop. The Descendants of Robert and John Poage, Pioneer Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia: A Genealogy. Staunton, Va.: McClure Printing Co., 1872. FHL US/CAN Film 1689438 Item 1.
 * [Poage] Nuckols, Martha Rebecca Thomas. Robert Poage or Poague, Father of William Poage and His Wife Ann Kennedy. Typescript, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Microfilmed in 1983. FHL US/CAN Film 1414874 Item 21.
 * [Porter] Grigsby, William H. (b. 1838). Genealogy of the Grigsby Family in Part: Including a Brief Sketch of the Porter Family. n.p.: W.H. Grigsby, 1878. FHL US/CAN Film 1454596 Item 5. Digital version of 1905 reprint at Internet Archive.
 * [Porter] Porter, Mary Entrikin. A Family History, William Porter Jr. of Rockbridge County, Virginia (1740-1804) and Five Generations of His Descendants. El Reno, Oklahoma: M.E. Porter, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P835pm.
 * [Price] Katz, Gertrude Morton Price. Index of Manuscripts Concerning Some Descendants of Col. John Price, b. 1757; d. 1822; and Wife, Sarah Bourne, of Virginia and Kentucky, at the Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky. Tampa, Fla.: G.P. Katz, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P931kgp.
 * [Render] Smith, Pearl O. Renders and Their Relatives: Joshua Render of Charles County, Maryland, and Orange County, Virginia, and His Descendants, 1720-1985. Arlington, Virginia: P.O. Smith, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Rice] Shute, Nan Rice. Rice Trails, 1717-1975. 1977. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R36d.
 * [Richard] Pappas, Peggy. Richard Family Tree. Stephens City, Va.: Commercial Press, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R381p.
 * [Rogers] Descendants of William and Ann (Johnson) Rogers. Typescript, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Copied from Johnson Genealogy, Vol. 2, from documents in the rare book collection of the University of Chicago. Microfilmed in 1942. FHL US/CAN Film 263.
 * [Rouse] Rouse, Nancy E. John Rouse of Virginia and His Descendants, 1717-1980. Cincinnati, Ohio: N.E. Rouse, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R762rn.
 * [Row] Clark, Marie C. Row, Rowe and Rosser Family: Ancestors and Descendants of Absalom "Abbie" Row and Annie Juliet (Rosser) Row: From Europe to Early Virginia Settlers. Alexandria, Va.: M.C. Clark, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R77c.
 * [Rucker] Wood, Sudie S. Rucker. The Rucker Family Genealogy: With Their Ancestors, Descendants and Connections; from Original Records, Letters, and Other Material Collected Over a Period of Thirty Years. Richmond, Va.: Old Dominion Press, 1932. FHL US/CAN Film 1033596 Item 1; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Rucker] Rucker Family Tree. Microfilmed in 1960. FHL US/CAN Film 216685 Item 15.
 * [Rucker] Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. History of the Rucker Family and Their Descendants: Sketches of Carter, Barton, Early, Johns, Lee, Martin, Pendleton, Reade, Seldon, Taliaferro, Witt and Wyatt Families. Microfilmed in 1986. FHL US/CAN Film 1321319 Item 1.
 * [Rucker] Snyder, Mary Rucker. Rucker Ruckus: A Conglomerate of Information on the Rucker Family and Related Families. Newsletter. 10 vols. Berea, Ky.: Kentucke Imprints, 1983-. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.27305 R828s.
 * [Rucker] Rucker, William Robert. Rucker and Edwards Heritages: A Compendium of Genealogical Sketches and History of the Families and Related Lines, Baird, Batte, Bostick, Bridgewater, Cunningham, Jennings, Leckey, McDougal, Shackelford. Dallas, Texas: W.R. Rucker, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R828rw.
 * [Rucker] Tayloe, Stephanie Routon and Val Rucker Routon. Rucker: The Family of Joseph Allen Rucker and His Son Rev. Edmond B. Rucker. [Tenn.]: S.R. Tayloe, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R828t.
 * [Russell] Kurtz, Sarah Eldora. Ancestors and Descendents of John Franklin Kurtz. Typescript, Iowa State Historical Society; also available at: FHL US/CAN Film 1016917 Item 4.
 * [Sampson] Sampson, Edward E. The Sampson Family. Typescript. FHL US/CAN Film 1697863 Item 12.
 * [Sanford] Bendigo, Irma Sanford. Pierce Sanford of Orange County, Virginia: Genealogy and Personal Glimpses. Fort Myers, Florida: I.S. Bendigo, 1978. Available at FHL.
 * [Scarborough] Scarborough, Henry W. Scarborough Family Papers, 1696-1934. Library of Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 12, Sca. FHL US/CAN Film 29888 Item 1.
 * [Scott] Scott, Paul H. "The Scott Family of Orange County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct., 1939), pp. 485-509. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Sebree] Sebree, W.E. History of the Sebree Family, 1749-1892. New York: W.E. Sebree, 1892. FHL US/CAN Film 1429826 Item 5.
 * [Sebree] Salyers, Kathryn. Richard Sebree of Scott County, Kentucky: and His Descendants. [Carrollton, Ky.]: K. Salyers, 1981. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Se22s.
 * [Sebree] Guss, Willa I. Sebree Studies, Lineage of Charles Jenkins Sebree (1854-1913) and Collateral Lines Traced to Colonial Virginia: Conjugate Lines Including Barnett, Butler, Butts, Carter, Gibbs, Hord, Jarrell, Johnson, Sage, Shreves, Thomason, Watts, Wilson; Incorporating Work by Kathryn S. Salyers, Richard Sebree of Scott County, Kentucky, and His Descendants, (1981)- and Others. Gilpin, Colorado: W.I. Guss, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Se11g.
 * [Shifflett] Jameson, Edith Wilkinson. The Thomas Shifflett Family from Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. Kettering, Ohio: Helen Thompson Weidel, 1965. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh61j.
 * [Smitha] Fisk, Anna Laura. Family Chart: Smitha - Taylor - Robins - Wildman - [Walton]. Library of Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 13, Smit. Also available at FHL US/CAN Film 29888 Item 2.
 * [Spicer] Danielson, Mary Frances Gregory. The Story of Wilbur Samuel &amp; Mary Spicer Gregory, Their Descendants and Ancestors. [Wichita, Kansas]: M.F.G.W. Danielson, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G862d.
 * [Spicer] Scott, Betty Ellis. The Ancestors and Descendants of John Charles Ellis and Alcinda B. Glaze: A Genealogical Study. Gig Harbor, Washington: B.E. Scott, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 EL59sb.
 * [Stapp] Harkins, Marilouise Chambers. Elijah Stapp, Texian, His Ancestors and Descendants: A Family History. El Paso, Texas: M.C. Harkins, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St27h.
 * [Stephens] Stephens, Benjamin. Stephens/Ryle Family of Kenton/Boone Counties, Kentucky: Descendents of Blessing Stephens and Stephens of Orange Country, Va. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1598042 Item 9.
 * [Stephens] Stephens, Dan Voorhees and Clarence Ellsworth. Peter Stephens and Some of His Descendants, 1690-1935. Fremont, Nebraska: Hammond and Stephens, 1936. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St44sda.
 * [Stephens] Calvert, John (1814-1897), Minnie Stephens, William Fitzgerald and Anne Fitzgerald. John Calvert's Notebook--Containing Data on the Stephens, Ryle and Related Families of Boone County, Kentucky. Florence, Ky.: W. &amp; A. Fitzgerald, 1955. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C139cj.
 * [Stephens] Osborn, Donald Lewis. A Family Record: Stephens. 1973. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 1297.
 * [Stepp] Evans, Shirley and Lucy Gay. Fallen Leaves. [Ky.]: S. Evans, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St45e.
 * [Stevens] Stevens, Albert Clyde. Stevens Family Record. Louisville, Ky.: n.p., 1959. Original edition: FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St47sa; Supplement: FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St47sa supp.
 * [Stover] Trine, Euphemia Louisa Stover. History of Joseph Stover and His Descendants. Typescript, Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa, 1943. FHL US/CAN Film 1018916 Item 11.
 * [Straughan] Bryant, Garry E. Bryant, Straughan and Roney. Salt Lake City, Utah: G.E. Bryant, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B841by.
 * [Taylor] Anderson, William Kyle. Donald Robertson and His Wife Rachel Rogers, of King and Queen County, Virginia, Their Ancestry and Posterity, Also a Brief Account of the Ancestry of Commodore Richard Taylor, of Orange County, Virginia, and His Naval History during the War of the American Revolution. Detroit, Michigan: Winn &amp; Hammond, Printers, 1900. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R545a. Reviewed in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Oct., 1902), p. 224. Review available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Taylor] Carte, Carrie Cathern. The Forebearers and Descendants of William Taylor and Mahala Cromwell. Parsons, W. Va.: C.C. Carte, 1980. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T219c.
 * [Taylor] Taylor, John. Descendants of James (I) Taylor, Great-great-grandfather of Zachary (III) Taylor, Twelfth President of the United States. Typescript, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 1405006.
 * [Teague] Cherry, David H. Cousins by the Dozens: A Genealogy of the Teague Family of Alexander County, North Carolina: Families also Included are: Mitchell, Bowman, Deal, Hefner, Isenhour, Little, Austin, Hall, Childers, Munday. Kannapolis, N.C.: D.H. Cherry, 1978. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 288.
 * [Terrill] Wiggins, Mrs. Joseph P. "Will of Robert Terrill, of Orange County, Virginia," (and family notes) [1786] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1923), pp. 175-180. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Terrill] Cooper, William Ross (1869-1943) and Ralph E. Harrington. Terrill Family Royal and Baronial Lineage, 742 A.D. - 1954. Typescript. Microfilmed in 1980s. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6019105.
 * [Thomas] Crismore, Mary Thomas. The Robert and Anne (Moore) Thomas Family History. n.p.: n.p., 1972. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T366a.
 * [Underwood] Underwood, Burl H. The Underwoods from Roaring Gap, North Carolina to Dumplin Valley, Tennessee and Onward. Knoxville, Tenn.: Mannis Printing Co., 1975. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Un2a.
 * [Vaught] Spurlin, Helen Alice Woodrow et al. Vaught Compilation. Multi-volume. Diamond Springs, Calif.: Vaught Association of the United States, 1989-. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 V465va ff.
 * [Walker] Ashworth, June Faye. Walker Family History: (Early Orange, Giles, Cabell, Wayne Counties of Va.); (Mainly Charles Walker, Jr. and Descendants). Huntington, West Virginia: J.F.B. Walker, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W151as.
 * [White] White, Gifford. James Taylor White of Virginia and Some of His Descendants into Texas. Austin, Texas: G. White, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W584wg.
 * [White] Haskell, Peggy L. and Opal L. Streiff. White, Hill, Wiley &amp; Kuns Cousins. Callaway, Nebraska: Loup Valley Queen, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W584hs.
 * [Wilhite] See Wilhoit.
 * [Wilhoit] Sargent, Samuel Stephen, John Calhoun Garr, and Arthur Leslie Keith. Ancestors and Relations of Mrs. Gerry Brown Dudley (nee Esther Wilhoit Shoot), Charleston, Ill., 1680-1950: as Compiled from the Garr Genealogy by John Calhoun Garr, and the Writings of the Late Dr. Arthur Leslie Smith of Vermillion, South Dakota, and Other Sources. Typescript, microfilmed in 1955. FHL US/CAN Film 790.
 * [Wilhoit] Broyles, Cathy B. Wilhite--Wilhoit, 1825-1982. Chuckey, Tenn. C.B. Broyles, c1982 (Clinton, Tenn.: J.K. Broyles, Sr.). FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W649bc.
 * [Wilhoit] Beckham, Max Glenn. The Genealogy of Max Glenn Beckham Sr. ... Lamesa, Texas, ca. 1685-1983. MSS., Microfilmed in 1990. FHL US/CAN Film 1697284 Item 1.
 * [Willis] Willis, Byrd Charles and Richard Henry Willis. A Sketch of the Willis Family, Fredericksburg Branch. Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson, 1909. FHL US/CAN Film 1429813 Item 12; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Willis] Hoskins, Genevieve Harris and Elizabeth Valentine Garnett. The Family of Absalom Graves Willis of Culpeper County, Virginia: Recollections Written Some of His Descendants. 1970. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W679h.
 * [Wood] Wood, Edith Louise. The Wood and Allied Families. Middletown, Ky.: n.p., 1973. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W85we.
 * [Woolford] The Descendants of Robert Woolford as of October 1976. Typescript, Greensburg Public Library, Greensburg, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1531730 Item 7.
 * [Wooten] Wooten, R.K. Wooten Pedigree Chart and Information Sheet. Little Rock, Ark.: n.p., 198-?. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File PEDIGREE no. 1980.
 * [Wooton] Wooton, Richard C. et al. The Wootons of Surry County, North Carolina, 1735-1820. Arlington, Va.: Wooten and Related Family Association, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W889ww.
 * [Wright] Vaughn, Michael J. The Family and Pedigree of William Jefferson Wright. Waco, Texas: M.J. Vaughn, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W937v.
 * [Wyatt] Artoe, Lee. Wyatt Genealogical Data. MSS. Microfilmed in 1980. FHL US/CAN Film 1033505. [This is part of a large Wyatt One-Name Study.]
 * [Yager] Yowell, Claude Lindsay, B.C. Holtzclaw, Charles Herbert Huffman, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Clore, Yager, and Utz Descendants - 1717 Colonists. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1967. Available at FHL.
 * [Zimmerman] See Carpenter.

Historic Residences

 * Miller, Ann L. Antebellum Orange: The Pre-Civil War Homes, Public Buildings, and Historic Sites of Orange County, Virginia. Orange, Virginia: Orange County Historical Society, 1989. Reviewed by Calder Loth in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 98, No. 4 (Oct., 1990), pp. 671-672. Review available at JSTOR ($).
 * Taylor, Jaquelin P. "'Meadowfarm' Orange County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul., 1938), pp. 231-233. Available at JSTOR ($).

Immigration

 * Andrea, Leonardo. Miscellaneous Court Records. Typescript. FHL US/CAN Film 954248 Item 16. [Includes "Importations from abroad to Orange Co., Va., 1735-1755."]
 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Orange County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [http://immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Orange&placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Orange County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * [Map] Hildebrand, John R. The Beverley Patent, 1736: Including Original Grantees, 1738-1815 in Orange &amp; Augusta Counties, Va. 1954. FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5 E7hjr.
 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at FHL; digital version at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49389 Ancestry. [Includes an Orange County resident.]
 * Hudgins, 390 patents dated 1713-1815 in what is now Orange County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2004. [Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of charge (click "Index" next to the county listing); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]
 * Joyner, Ulysses P. Orange County Land Patents. [Orange, Va.]: Orange County Historical Society (Virginia), 1985. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5372 R2j.

Local Histories

 * Gwathmey, John Hastings. Twelve Virginia Counties, Where the Western Migration Began. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1937. FHL US/CAN Film 1320669 Item 13.
 * Hurst, Patricia J. The History and People of Clark Mountain, Orange County, Virginia. Rapidan, Virginia: P.J. Hurst, 1989. Available at FHL.
 * Joyner, Ulysses P. The First Settlers of Orange County, Virginia: A View of the Life and Times of the European Settlers of Orange County, Virginia, and Their Influence Upon the Young James Madison, 1700-1776. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * Mansfield, James Roger. A History of Early Spotsylvania. Berryville, Virginia: Virginia Book Co., 1977. Available at FHL.
 * Moffatt, L. G., J. M. Carrière and J. G. Moffatt. "A Frenchman Visits Norfolk, Fredericksburg and Orange County, 1816," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Apr., 1945), pp. 101-123; Vol. 53, No. 3 (Jul., 1945), pp. 197-214. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Scott, W.W. A History of Orange County: From Its Formation in 1734 (O.S.) to the End of Reconstruction in 1870; Compiled Mainly from Original Records. Richmond, Virginia: Everett Waddey Co., 1907. Original edition available at FHL; 1974 reprint available at FHL; digital versions of original edition at Ancestry ($) and Google Books (full-view). Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1962):181. Review available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * Thomas, William H.B. Orange, Virginia: Story of a Courthouse Town. Verona, Virginia: McClure Press, 1972. Reviewed by James T. Moore in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 81, No. 1 (Jan., 1973), pp. 116-117. Review available at JSTOR ($).

Maps

 * Hildebrand, John R. The Beverley Patent, 1736: Including Original Grantees, 1738-1815 in Orange &amp; Augusta Counties, Va. 1954. Available at FHL.

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Orange County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Orange County, see p. 112.]

Revolutionary War


 * Thomsa, William H.B. Patriots of the Upcountry: Orange County, Virginia in the Revolution. Orange, Virginia: Orange County Bicentennial Commission, 1976. Available at FHL.

Civil War


 * Hurst, Patricia J. Soldiers, Stories, Sites and Fights, Orange County, Virginia 1861-1865 and the Aftermath. Rapidan, Virginia: P.J. Hurst, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * Virginia. Office of Comptroller and Library of Virginia. Confederate Pension Applications, Virginia, Acts of 1888, 1900, 1902; Index, 1888-1934. 220 microfilms, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available at FHL. [Includes Spotsylvania County veterans.]
 * Watkins, Raymond Wesley. Deaths of Confederate Soldiers in Orange County, Virginia Hospitals, 1861-1864. MSS., 1979, available at FHL.

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Private Papers

 * Buni, Andrew. "Reconstruction in Orange County, Virginia: A Letter from Hannah Garlick Rawlings to Her Sister, Clarissa Lawrence Rawlings, August 9, 1865," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 75, No. 4 (Oct., 1967), pp. 459-465. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Redwine, Lucy Leah, J.E. Hays, and Daughters of the American Revolution. Elijah Clarke Chapter (Athens, Georgia). Family Bible Records. MSS., Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia; also available at FHL. [Includes records from Spotsylvania County, Virginia.]

Probate
Local Court


 * Wiggins, Mrs. Joseph P. "Will of Robert Terrill, of Orange County, Virginia," (and family notes) [1786] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1923), pp. 175-180. Available at JSTOR ($).

London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Orange County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Orange County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):283-286. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Cortada, James W. A Select Bibliography on Orange County, Virginia. Orange, Virginia: Green Publishers, 1975. Available at FHL.
 * Miller, Ann L. A Guide to Historical Research in Orange County, Virginia. Orange, Virginia: Orange County Historical Society (Virginia), 1988. Available at FHL.

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1730-1754] Joyner, Peggy Shomo. Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys. Vol. 1 [Orange &amp; Augusta counties, with tithables, delinquents, petitioners, 1730-1754]. Portsmouth, Virginia: P.S. Joyner, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [1734, 1738-1739] Hoppin, Charles Arthur. "Orange County Tithe Lists," [1734, 1738 Delinquents, 1739] The William and Mary Quarterly, 1st Series, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jul., 1918):19-27. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [1734-1782] Little, Barbara Vines. Orange County, Virginia, Tithables 1734-1782. 2 vols. [Orange, Virginia?]: Dominion Market Research Corp., 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [1736-1782] Orange County, Virginia Tithables, 1736-1782. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [1739] German Tithables, 1739, Beyond Germanna, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Jul. 1990).
 * [1756, 1782] Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Deed Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia. [1743-1802] 9 vols. McLean, Virginia: R.L. and S. Sparacio, 1985-1995. Available at FHL. [Volume 2. Deed abstracts 1759-1778 (Deed books 13-16; tithable list of Benjamin Cave's precinct, 1756; and land tax book, 1782).]
 * [1785] Tithables, 1785, Orange County Historical Society Newsletter. Vol. 19, No. 4 (Apr. 1988).
 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Orange County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1790] Indexed images of the 1790 Personal Property Tax List of Orange County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 3 (2003); Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct. 2003); Vol. 48, No. 1 (Jan. 2004). Available at FHL.
 * [1800] Images of the 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Orange County, Virginia are available to browse online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1810] Schreiner-Yates, Netti. A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia: Tax Lists of the Counties for which the Census is Missing. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1971. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1810 personal property tax list. Orange County is included because the 1810 Census for that county has been destroyed.]
 * [1810] Personal Property Tax 1810, Genealogical Forum of Portland Oregon Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 8 (Apr. 1966).
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is 1815 land tax. Orange County is included in Vol. 4.]

Vital Records
Birth


 * King, George H.S. "Some Orange County Virginia Birth Records," [1750s-1770s] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul., 1942), p. 317. Available at JSTOR ($). [Found at the back of Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 17; King may have omitted births of black children.]

Marriage


 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Early Marriages, Orange County, Virginia, 1770-1800," see p. 383.]
 * Fisher, Therese A. Marriage Records of the City of Fredericksburg, and of Orange, Spotsylvania, and Stafford Counties, Virginia 1722-1850. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * Grinnan, A.G. "Some of the Early Marriage Licenses of Orange County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul., 1895), pp. 59-61. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Knorr, Catherine L. Marriages of Orange County, Virginia, 1747-1810. Pine Bluff, Arkansas: C.L. Knorr, 1959. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1961):41. Review available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Scott, W.W. "A List of Marriages Recorded in the Back Part of Deed-Book No. 17, Orange County," [1770s-1810] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Apr., 1918), pp. 190-200; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jul., 1918), pp. 297-302; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Oct., 1918), pp. 401-404; Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan., 1919), p. 68; Vol. 27, No. 3/4 (Jul. - Oct., 1919), pp. 345-348; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr., 1920), pp. 152-160; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul., 1920), pp. 256-265; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1920), p. 360. Available at JSTOR ($). Alternative titles: "A List of Marriages in Orange County," "List of Marriages in Orange County," and "Orange County Marriages."

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * RootsWeb Mailing List: GERMANNA_COLONIES-L