Gloucester County, Virginia Genealogy

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History


The county is named after Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1640-1660), third son of King Charles I of England.

Parent County
1651--Gloucester County was created in 1651 from York County. County seat: Gloucester

Research Guides

 * A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865, Archives Division, Virginia State Library, Richmond, September 1976. FHL US/CAN Book 975.532 A3b.

African American

 * Heinegg, Paul. "Gloucester County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1815," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]


 * Johnson, Martha C. Black Families of Elizabeth City Co., VA, 1800-1990: Research of Families of Callis, Davis, Simpson, Radcliff, Originating from Gloucester Co., Mathews Co., York and James Counties and Elizabeth Co., Hampton, Virginia. 1985?. Available at FHL.


 * Smith, Gloria L. Solemn Ceremonies: Index of Civil War Marriages, Virginia: Marriage Records of African-American Families of Gloucester County, Virginia Area: From Record Group 105 Received at Camp Hamilton, Virginia. Tucson, Arizona: G.L. Smith, 1990. Available at FHL.

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Lower Gloucester County, Virginia, by Harry R. Jordan. Available at FHL.


 * Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews Counties in Tidewater Virginia through 1865, 1959, The Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia. FHL US/CAN Book 975.53 V3e.


 * More Cemeteries of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Harry R. Jordan.


 * Tyler, Lyon G. "Old Tombstones in Gloucester County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1894):219-229; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul. 1894):28-43; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):115-120; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):182-189; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):253-255. Available at JSTOR ($). [Alternate title: "Inscriptions on Old Tombs in Gloucester Co., Virginia."]

Census
1782-1783


 * James, Edward Wilson. "Census Gloucester County, 1782-83, Free and Slave, Gloucester County," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jul. 1904):14-16; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Oct. 1904):185-187; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan. 1905):269-271; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1905):414-416. Available at JSTOR ($).

1890 Union Veterans


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

Church Records

 * A Guide to Church Records in the Library of Virginia

Anglican
(Also known as Church of England and Episcopal Church)


 * Axelson, Edith F. A Guide to Episcopal Church in Virginia. Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia, ISBN 0-935931-45-7.
 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Gloucester County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul. 1939):325-346; Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct. 1939). Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1945. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes Gloucester County.]


 * Abingdon Parish


 * The Register of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1780, Compiled by Robert W. Robins, Honford House, Arlington, Virginia, (c)1981, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 80-85448


 * Abingdon Church: A Chronology of its History, 1650-1970. (c)1972, Gloucester County, Virginia.


 * Kingston Parish


 * Matheny, Emma R. and Helen K. Yates. Kingston Parish Register, Gloucester and Mathews Counties, Virginia, 1749-1827, Richmond [Virginia]: E.R. Matheny and H.K. Yates, c1963. Reprinted 2004. Original is available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).


 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr. 1940):261-264. Available at JSTOR ($).


 * The Vestry Book of Kingston Parish, Mathews County, Virginia (until May 1, 1791, Gloucester County), 1679-1796. Transcribed, annotated, and indexed by C.G. Chamberlayne. Originally published Richmond, Virginia, 1929. ISBN 0-8063-4842-9; available at FHL; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and BYU Family History Archives.


 * Petsworth Parish


 * Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793 Richmond [Virginia]: Library Board, Division of Purchase and Printing, 1933. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.532 K2c and US/CAN Film 1425712 Item 7; Reprint US/CAN Book 975.532 K2c 1979. Digital version at Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($).


 * Ware Parish


 * The World of Ware Parish in Gloucester County, Virginia, by Spotswood Hunnicutt Jones, The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia, (1991). ISBN 0-87517-063-3. Library of Congress Number: 91-91176

Baptist Church

 * Dover Association


 * The Baptists of Virginia, 1699-1926, by Garnett Ryland, The Virginia Baptist Board of Missions and Education, Richmond, Virginia, 1955


 * A Chronicle of Christian Heritage, Dover Baptist Association: 1783-1983. by William L. Lumpkin. Skipworth Press, Inc. Richmond, Virginia. (c) 1983, ISBN 0-931804-11-6


 * A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia, by Robert B. Simple. Revised and extended by Rev. G. W. Beale, Pitt and Dickinson, Publishers, Richmond, Virginia, 1894.

Methodist Church

 * Gloucester County, Virginia, Methodist Records, by Michael Pollock, New Papyrus Publishing, Athens, Georgia, (c)2007.

Court
Chancery Court


 * Indexed images of Gloucester County, Virginia Chancery Records 1866-1931 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

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


 * Robins, Sally Nelson. History of Gloucester County, Virginia, and Its Families. Richmond, Virginia: West, Johnston &amp; Co., 1893. Reviewed in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Apr. 1894):477-481. Review available at JSTOR ($). Also reviewed in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1894):216. Review available at JSTOR ($).

Bibliography


 * [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, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 An23ca.
 * [Andrews] Andrews, Andrew Jackson. A Sketch of the Boyhood Days of Andrew J. Andrews of Gloucester County, Virginia, and His Experience as a Soldier in the Late War Between the States. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * [Armistead] Todhunter, Charles Timothy. The Churchill Family Genealogy: Genealogical and Biographical. 2 vols. Payneville, Ky.: C.T. Todhunter, 1988-1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C473t ff.
 * [Barbour] Cooley-Cain, Estelle Briggs. Genealogy of the Families of Cooley - Bolton - Barbour - Pendleton - Thomas - Lee - Taliaferro - Todd and Their Kin. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 873024 Item 6.
 * [Berkeley] Young, Frances Berkeley. The Berkeleys of Barn Elms. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press, Inc., 1964. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B455y.
 * [Bernard] Reed, Paul C. "The Royal Descent of the Bernard, Corderoy, and Ironmonger Families of Virginia through the Seymour Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 73, No. 3 (Jul. 1998):181-192; Vol. 73, No. 4 (Oct. 1998):294-311.
 * [Booker] Booker, J. Motley. A Booker Family of Virginia: Gloucester and Essex Counties and the Northern Neck, with Some of the Descendants and Related Families. Heathsville, Virginia: The Northumberland County Historical Society, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Booker] von Schilling, Jean Marshall. Booker: Descendants of Captain Richard Booker of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia. 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Bryan] Dorman, John Frederick. The Bryan and Stewart Families, Descendants of John Randolph Bryan of "Eagle Point", Gloucester County, Virginia: And His Wife, Elizabeth Tucker Coalter, and of John Stewart of "Brook Hill", Henrico County, Virginia, and His Wife, Mary Amanda Williamson. 1969. Available at FHL.
 * [Buckner] Wright, Mary G. Cousins by the Dozen: The Story of John Buckner "The Immigrant" and His Antecedents, Siblings and Descendants. Bowling Green, Va.: M.G. Wright, 1994?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B857w.
 * [Burwell] "Elegy on the Death of Lewis Burwell, Esq., of Gloucester, Written in April, 1779," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jan. 1907):20-21. Available at FHL.
 * [Burwell] Burwell, George H. Record of the Burwell Family. Milwood, Va.: G.H. Burwell, 1908. (Rev. ed.: Richmond, Va.: Whittet & Shepperson.) FHL US/CAN Film 1697655 Item 3
 * [Burwell] Shelburne, Robert Craig. The Shelburne Family: Maternal Lineages. Libary of Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 12, Shel. FHL US/CAN Film 29888 Item 1.
 * [Callis] McGinnis, Helena Callis. The Callis Family in England and the USA, 1086-1986. Chicago, Illinois: H.C. McGinnis, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C134m.
 * [Coleman] Nicol, Sherrianne Coleman. The Coleman Family of Mobjack Bay, Virginia. 2 vols. Bradenton, Fla.: S.C. Nicol, 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C677n v. 1 ff.
 * [Cooke] Stubbs, William Carter and Elizabeth Saunders Blair. Descendants of Mordecai Cooke of "Mordecai's Mount", Gloucester Co., Va., 1650, and Thomas Booth of Ware Neck, Gloucester Co., Va., 1685. 1895; reprint, New Orleans, La.: n.p., 1923. FHL US/CAN Film 896951 Item 2 [2 copies at FHL]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Corderoy] See Bernard.
 * [Dunston] Altemus, William Hollowell and Sarah Levenia Dunston Altemus. The Dunston Family of Gloucester County, Virginia. MSS., microfilmed in 1982, available at FHL US/CAN Film 1307585 Item 1.
 * [Easter] Essary, Linda Sue Betts. Our Easter Family. Floyd, N.M.: L.S.B. Essary, 2002. FHL US/CAN Film 1440695 Item 3.
 * [Forrest] Frakes, Lola Bernice. The Motleys of Virginia. 1963; reprint, Chalmette, La.: B.W. Cadwell, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M857f; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Foster] Longwell, Barbara Stenzel. Our Foster Heritage. Cape Girardeau, Mo.: Longwell Pub., 2007. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F811L.
 * [Garnett] Rowland, Jane Thomas. The Garnett, Foster, Catlett, Taliaferro, Collins, Dudley Gatewood, Ham Connections: 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. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G187g.
 * [Garnett] Garnett, Douglas Acree. Garnett Family, Ancestors &amp; Descendants of Joseph B. Garnett Sr. (1849-1931): Involving Gloucester, Essex, Caroline and King &amp; Queen Counties, Virginia. Chesterfield, Virginia: D. Garnett, 2000. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Garnett] Pearce, Charlotte Allyne Garnett. You Must Give Something Back: Some Descendants of John Garnett, Gloucester County, Virginia. Abilene, Texas: H.V. Chapman &amp; Sons, 2000. Available at FHL.
 * [Graves] Maloney, Francis Andrews. Fifth & Sixth Supplements to My Book on the Andrews, Harrison, Lea (& Graves), Maloney, Slade, & Vincent Families. Typescript. FHL US/CAN Film 1035708 Item 6.
 * [Grimes] Grimes, Emma Elizabeth, Mary A. Grimes, and Ella A. Eustis. The Grimes Family. Minneapolis, Minn.: Lund Press, 1946. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G883gm.
 * [Hall] Hall, Janet Dapson. The Hall Family: From Gloucester County, Virginia to Champaign County, Ohio. West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Infinity Pub., 2009. Available at FHL.
 * [Hankins] Orrick, Marie Hankins. Reaching Back. Fort Worth, Texas: M.H. Orrick, 19--. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H194o
 * [Hanks] Baber, Adin, Nancy Baber McNeill and Louis Franklin Hanks. The Hanks Family of Virginia and Westward: A Genealogical Record from the Early 1600s, Including Charts of Families in Arkansas, the Carolinas, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and West to the Pacific Ocean and Beyond. Carpinteria, Calif.: N.B. McNeill, 2004. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H194bh 2004.
 * [Hayes] Hatfield, Melinde. Hayes and Allied Families of Gloucester County, Virginia: The Descendants of William Hayes and Elizabeth Foster. Eugene, Oregon: M. Hatfield, 1981. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Hogg] Ironmonger, Elizabeth Hogg. Hogg Family of York and Gloucester Counties, Va. Seaford, Virginia: Ironmonger, 1968. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H679i.
 * [Hogg] Hogge, Shirley S. The Genealogy of Shirley S. Hogg(e) and the Stubblefields of Gloucester County, Virginia. Melbourne, Florida: S.S. Hogge, 1994. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H679hs.
 * [Hundley] Chatham, Anne Bassett Stanley and Karen Kampsula Clifford. Tidewater Families of the New World &amp; Their Westward Migrations: Case Studies in Southern States Research: Ancestors of Chatham, Gwyn, Armfield, Gray, Stanley, Walker, Bassett &amp; Hundley Families. Austin, Texas: Historical, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Ironmonger] See Bernard.
 * [James] Ironmonger, Elizabeth Hogg. A Virginia Genealogy: Thomas James (Clerk of Kingston Parish, 1783 - 1796; Ancestry and Descendants, 1653 - 1961. [Crozet, Virginia: Arthur W. James, c1961]. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J231i. Digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * [Lea] Lee, Dorothy Greenman. Descendants of William Lea of Amelia Co., Va. (Leigh, Lea, Lee): Allied families of Taylor, Thompson, Penn, Shelton, Weisiger, Rochester, Standifer. Pleasant Hill, Calif.: D.G. Lee, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L464L.
 * [Lee] Alexander, Frederick Warren. Stratford Hall and the Lees Connected with Its History: Biographical, Genealogical and Historical. Oak Grove, Va.: F.W. Alexander, 1912. FHL US/CAN Film 1016919 Item 7; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Lewis] Lewis Genealogy. Library of Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 6, Lew. FHL US/CAN Film 29885 Item 1.
 * [Lewis] Harris, Malcolm H. "John Lewis (1594-1657) of Monmouthshire, England, and Gloucester and New Kent Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Apr. 1948):195-205. Available at FHL.
 * [Lewis] Lewis, Stanford Bacon. Descendants of John Lewis (b.1692, d.1754) Married 1718 to Frances Fielding, "Warner Hall," Gloucester County, Virginia. Arlington, Virginia: Lewis Family Foundation, [1990?]. FHL FAM HIST Large Q Book 929.273 L587Ls; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Lewis] Lewis, Stanford Bacon. Lewis Family Tree: Showing Many of the Descendants of Robert Lewis of Wales, Who Emigrated to America in the Year 1635; Prepared from Historical and Genealogical Publications, Family, Church, and Court Records. Arlington, Va.: Lewis Family Foundation, [1990?]. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File no. 1302.
 * [Lewis] Moses, Grace McLean. The Welsh Lineage of John Lewis, 1592-1657: Emigrant to Gloucester, Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, 1993. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L587m. Digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Longest] Longest, H. Earl and Gladys B. Longest. The History of the Longest Family. St. Stephens Church, Va.: H.E. Longest, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L858L.
 * [Mackan] McKann, George Cundiff, Almeta Bender Gibbs McKann, George H. Yewell. Clan News of the Mackans, MacKans, and McKanns. Newsletter. 1962-1981. FHL 929.27305 M191c.
 * [Moody] Moody Family. Typescript, Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library, Smithfield, Va. FHL US/CAN Film 1753000 Item 10.
 * [Motley] Frakes, Lola Bernice. The Motleys of Virginia. 1963; reprint, Chalmette, La.: B.W. Cadwell, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M857f; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Page] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * [Page] Lanciano, Claude O. Rosewell, Garland of Virginia. Va.: Gloucester County and the Gloucester Historical and Bicentennial Committee, 1978. FHL US/CAN Film 1598032 Item 1.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P141rd v. 1-2.
 * [Rich] Jacobus, Donald Lines. "The House of Rich," The American Genealogist, Vol. 21 (1944):234-238. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [Roane] Selden, Jefferson Sinclair. Charles Roane the Immigrant and His Wife Frances Roane: The First of the Name in Virginia Settled in Gloucester County, Virginia in 1664. Hampton, Virginia: Jefferson Sinclair Selden, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * [Robins] Glaser, Ruth. Ancestors of Ruth Bryan and Carl David Glasser. Pedigrees, Dunbar Library, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. FHL US/CAN Film 1887883 Item 2.
 * [Scott] Sims, Annie Noble. Scott Data. Library of Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 12, Sco. FHL US/CAN Film 29888 Item 1.
 * [Shropshire] Drew, Lennoe Lee Schermerhorn. The Shropshires and Allied Families. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Print, 1948. FHL US/CAN Film 1033635 Item 9.
 * [Singleton] Garvin, Carol Lipps. The John F. Singleton Family of Central West Virginia. Sherrodsville, Ohio: C.L. Garvin, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Si64g.
 * [Smith] White, Robert Ellerson. Ancestry and Descendants of Peter B. Smith and His Wife Catherine G. Smith 1730-1984: Including Family Names: Armistead, Butler, Carmines, Davis, Diggs, Forrest, Foster, Gayle, Hudgins, Moore, Presson, Rollins, Tatterson, Wainwright, Wood and Many Others: A Virginia Genealogy. Grafton, Va.: John Henry Printing Co., 1984. FHL US/CAN Film 1728880 Item 5.
 * [Smith] Bradley, Noah Harrison. My Mother's Family. 2 vols. Powhatan, Va.: N.H. Bradley, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm51bn 1992 ff.
 * [Smith] Miller, Lynne D. Wyatt-Ballard-Smith Families. Lincolnton, N.C.: L.D. Miller, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W97m.
 * [Snipes] Fisher, James W. Our Snipes Ancestors: England, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. New Orleans, La.: J.W. Fisher, 1981?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sn36f.
 * [Stubblefield] Hogge, Shirley S. The Genealogy of Shirley S. Hogg(e) and the Stubblefields of Gloucester County, Virginia. Melbourne, Florida: S.S. Hogge, 1994. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H679hs.
 * [Stubbs] Stubbs, William Carter. The Descendants of John Stubbs of Cappahosic, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1652. New Orleans: American Printing, 1902. FHL US/CAN Film 928516 Item 3; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Thornton] William Thornton Family. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T397.
 * [Throckmorton] Sitherwood, Frances Grimes. Throckmorton Family History: Being the Record of the Throckmortons in the United States of America, with Cognate Branches; Emigrant Ancestors Located at Salem, Massachusetts, 1630, and in Gloucester County, Virginia, 1660. Bloomington, Illinois: n.p., 1929. Available at FHL.
 * [Walker] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * [Warden] Warden, Page Laubach. The Kin Patch: A Path to the Past. White Stone, Va.: Brandylane Publishers, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W776wp.
 * [Warner] Rowland, Jane Thomas. Augustine Warner (Burgess) of Virginia: 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. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W242au.
 * [Wiatt] Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd. The Wiatt Family of Virginia: The Descendants of John Wiatt, Jr. (1732-1805) of Gloucester County, Virginia; with Notes on the Field, Carter, Todd, Ball, Montague and Jones Families. [Newport News, Virginia: A. L. Wiatt], 1980. Available at FHL.
 * [Willis] See also Rich.
 * [Willis] DeHuff, Elizabeth Willis. The Family of Robert Willis of Barnwell County, South Carolina. 196-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W679we.
 * [Willis] Potter, Maud. The Willises of Virginia: A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of Colonel Francis Willis of Gloucester County, Virginia, Colonel Henry Willis of Fredericksburg and William Willis of Southside Crany Creek. Mars Hill, North Carolina: n.p., 1964. Available at FHL.
 * [Withers] Warden, Page Laubach. The Kin Patch: A Path to the Past. White Stone, Va.: Brandylane Publishers, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W776wp.
 * [Woolfolk] Woolfolk, Elizabeth Carrow. Pioneers, Patriots, and Planters: A Historic Narrative of a Woolfolk Family; First Settlers in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. Houston, Texas: Wynnton Pub., 2004. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W884w; Supplement: FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W884w supp.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Abingdon Parish, Ware Parish, and Gloucester County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]


 * [http://www.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=Gloucester&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 Gloucester County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.
 * [http://www.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=Gloucester&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 Gloucester County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * Mason, Polly Cary. Records of Colonial Gloucester County Virginia. 2 vols. 1946-1948; reprint, Baltimore: Clearfield, 2003. Original edition and 1965 reprintavailable at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($). [Includes land patent abstracts, 1704/05 rent roll, Gloucester County tax lists 1770-1782, Mathews County tax lists 1774-1791, burgesses, council, and court, county officials, etc.]
 * Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Vol. I (1934; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991). Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Gloucester County. N.B. If Ancestry's search engine fails, try checking the printed index at the end of the book.]

Local Histories

 * A Guide to Gloucester County, Virginia Historical Manuscripts, 1651-1865. Compiled by Charles A, Bodie and William H. Steriner. Archives Divisionn, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, September 1976. Available at FHL.


 * Gray, Mary Wiatt. Gloucester County, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Cottrell &amp; Cooke Inc., 1936. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). Reviewed by M.W. Hiden in The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan. 1938):135-136. Review available at JSTOR ($).


 * Mason, Polly Cary. "The Story of Elmington: Gloucester County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Jul. 1947):247-258. Available at JSTOR ($).


 * "...past is prologue", Gloucester County, Virginia, A publication of Gloucester County and The Gloucester Historical and Bicentennial Committee, (c)1973, Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 73-87-914. Reviewed by William M.E. Rachal in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 83, No. 2 (Apr. 1975):214. Review available at JSTOR ($).


 * Sinclair, Caroline Baytop. Gloucester's Past in Pictures. Reviewed by David C. Holly in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 100, No. 3, The Home Front and Beyond: Virginians in the World War 2 Era (Jul. 1992):462-463. Review available at JSTOR ($).


 * Six Periods in the History of Gloucester County. DeHardit Press.


 * Swem, E.G. "Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town, 1755," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Apr. 1946):99-105. Available at JSTOR ($).


 * With Reverence for the Past: Gloucester County, Virginia. by Martha W. McCarthney, The Dietz Press, Richmond, Virginia.(c)2001.ISBN 0-9710690-0-X. Reviewed by Emily Salmon in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 109, No. 4 (2001):419-420. Review available at JSTOR ($).

Military

 * Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Gloucester County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Gloucester County militia officers; see place name index.]


 * French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Gloucester 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 Gloucester County, see p. 82.]


 * Revolutionary War


 * Clayton, Jasper. "Officers Appointed by the Gloucester Co. (Va.) Committee of Safety in 1775," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Oct. 1906):123-124. Available at JSTOR ($).


 * Hatch, Charles E. "Gloucester Point in the Siege of Yorktown 1781," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr. 1940):265-284. Available at JSTOR ($).


 * The Governors' Island, Gwynn's Island, Virginia, During the Revolution. By Peter Jennings Wrike.(c) 1993, The Gwynn's Island Museum, Gwynn, Virginia. ISBN 1-883911-00-1 (pbk.). ISBN 1-883911-01-X (cloth).


 * Revolutionary War - Gloucester District Battlion


 * A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787, Compiled by E. M. Sanchez-Saavedra, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland, ISBN 1-58549-652-9.


 * Civil War


 * Andrews, Andrew Jackson. A Sketch of the Boyhood Days of Andrew J. Andrews of Gloucester County, Virginia, and His Experience as a Soldier in the Late War Between the States. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1990. Available at FHL.


 * Gloucester County In The Civil War, by Ludwell Lee Montague, The DeHardit Press, Gloucester, Virginia. Reviewed by Ludwell H. Johnson III in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 74, No. 4 (Oct. 1966):497-498. Review available at JSTOR ($).


 * Reminiscences, Confederate Soldiers of Gloucester County, Virginia and Other matter pertaining to local history during the War betweeen the States, 1861-1865, written by notable Richmond and Gloucester women of the Confederancy. Collected and compiled by Nellie Shackleford Smith.


 * 26th Virginia Infantry, by Alex L. Wiatt, (c)1984, H. E. Howard, Inc.

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.

Occupations

 * Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (Together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL. [Includes a section on Abingdon silversmiths.]

Officials

 * Mason, Polly Cary. Records of Colonial Gloucester County Virginia. 2 vols. 1946-1948; reprint, Baltimore: Clearfield, 2003. Original edition and 1965 reprintavailable at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes land patent abstracts, 1704/05 rent roll, Gloucester County tax lists 1770-1782, Mathews County tax lists 1774-1791, burgesses, council, and court, county officials, etc.]

Private Papers

 * "Family Account of Mrs. Lucy Ann Page, Dec'd, Late of Gloucester County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr. 1903):251-260. Available at JSTOR ($).

Probate

 * Local Court


 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. Available at FHL. [Includes Gloucester County.]
 * King, George H.S. "Will of Robert Singleton of Gloucester County," [1725] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 64, No. 1 (Jan. 1956):103-104. Available at JSTOR ($).


 * London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Abingdon Parish, Ware Parish and Gloucester County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Schools

 * Bagby, George F. "William G. Price and the Gloucester Agricultural and Industrial School," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 108, No. 1 (2000):45-84. Available at JSTOR ($).

Taxation

 * How can Virginia tax lists help me?
 * [1704] "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28 (1920):207-218, 328-339; Vol. 29 (1921):18-28, 337-343, 402-412; Vol. 30 (1922):21-30, 280-285, 341-347; Vol. 31 (1923):70-75, 153-163, 215-231, 314-318; Vol. 32 (1924):69-75, 144-158, 281-287, 338-343; Vol. 33 (1925):47-50, 359-370; Vol. 34 (1926):113-119, 252-258, 313, 321. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version of VMHB at JSTOR ($). [Gloucester County appears in 32:281-287, 338-343.]
 * [1704] Hansford, Thelma. Tax Lists York County 1782, 1783, 1784; Rent Roll York County 1704, Gloucester 1704, Warwick 1704; James City County Taxes 1768. Virginia?: T.I. Hansford?, 1950. Available at FHL.
 * [1704/05, 1770-1782] Mason, Polly Cary. Records of Colonial Gloucester County Virginia. 2 vols. 1946-1948; reprint, Baltimore: Clearfield, 2003. Original edition and 1965 reprintavailable at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($). [Includes land patent abstracts, 1704/05 rent roll, Gloucester County tax lists 1770-1782, Mathews County tax lists 1774-1791, burgesses, council, and court, county officials, etc.]
 * [1770-1771, 1774-1775] Woodson, Robert F. and Isobel B. Woodson. Virginia Tithables from Burned Record Counties: Buckingham, 1773-1774; Gloucester, 1770-1771, 1774-1775; Hanover, 1763 and 1770; James City, 1768-1769; Stafford, 1768 and 1773. Richmond, Virginia: I.B. Woodson, 1970. Available at FHL. ISBN 0-89308-306-2.
 * [1774-1775] Billups, John R. Tithables, 1774-1775, of Kingston Parish, also Billups' Accounts, 1787-1842. MSS., Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available at FHL. [Kingston Parish was located in Gloucester County at the time, but later fell within the bounds of Mathews County.]
 * [1782] Land Tax Records, 1782, Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Feb. 1993); Vol. 2, No. 1 (May 1993).
 * [1782-1820] Land Tax Lists, 1782-1820, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Spring 1997).
 * [1782-1815] Heinegg, Paul. "Gloucester County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1815," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [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. Gloucester County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1789, 1799] Indexed images of the 1789 and 1799 Personal Property Tax Lists of Gloucester County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1790, 1800] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Land Tax Lists of Gloucester County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1794] James, Edward Wilson. "Carriage Owners, Gloucester County, 1784," [or 1794] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jan. 1906):313-314. Available at JSTOR ($). [Abstracted from 1794 Personal Property Tax Lists.]
 * [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul. 1980); Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct. 1980).
 * [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 the 1815 land tax. Gloucester County is included in Vol. 3.]

Vital Records

 * Death


 * Hunt, L. Roane and Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia. Death Records of Gloucester County, Virginia, 1865-1890: Special Project of the Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia. Gloucester, Virginia: Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia, 2000. Available at FHL.

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