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Dinwiddie County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Dinwiddie, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 20,000 entries.

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Dinwiddie County, Virginia Genealogy Books and Articles


It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]
 * [Adams] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Andrews] Baer, Mabel Van Dyke and Ella Smith Johns Andrews. Andrews Charts. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971. 1986 supplement:
 * [Archer] Davidson--Rust Family Bible Records, ca. 1795-1866. MSS. Microfilmed 1964:
 * [Armistead] "Armistead Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):31-33; Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):97-102; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):164-171; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):226-234; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul. 1898):17-24; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):181-186; Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):63-70. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Atkinson] Atkinson, John Wilder. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Atkinson Family. MSS., ca. 1900. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Banister] Horner, Frederick. The History of the Blair, Banister and Braxton Families Before and After the Revolution: With a Brief Sketch of Their Descendants. Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott, 1898. ; digital version at Google Books.
 * [Banister] Werner, Dorothy J. "Martha Batte Jones Banister Cocke," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1999):220-224. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Boisseau] "Boisseau Family" Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 10 (1928-1929):118-130, 280-283. ; Reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Volume I: Albidgton-Gerlache. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981. Free Name Search ; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical.com;.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, Robert, John Robertson, and John Randolph. A Memoir of the Bolling Family in England and Virginia. Richmond, Va.: W.H. Wade, 1868. ; digital versions at - free; Google Books - free.
 * [Bolling] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Bourdon] Wilson, LeGrande James. History of a Southern Presbyterian Family. Richmond, Va.: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1900. ; digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Bowden] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Briggs] Lancaster, Robert A. "Wales, Dinwiddie County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul. 1936):232-237. Available at JSTOR ($). [Residence of the Briggs family.]
 * [Browder] Browder, Thomas E. and David P. Browder. Genealogy of David Browder of Virginia and His Descendants. Nashville, Tenn.: Folk and Browder, 1902. ; digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Burrow] Burough, Howard Duane. The Burrow Family: Des[c]endants of Henry and Lucy Burrow from Virginia to North Carolina and Beyond: Allison, Amick, Bowman, Buckles, Burough, Burrough, Burroughs, Burrow, Embler, Gomble, Goodman, Lane, McCarry, Moore, Robinson, Stout, Warren, Yergin, York and Related Families. Augusta, Ga.: H.D. Burough, 1981.
 * [Butler] Conyers, Docia Butler. Butler, Harris, Lamb Family Records. Lynn, Ind.: D.B. Conyers, [1957?]..
 * [Campbell] "Winston (Edmund)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):206-207. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Chambers] Chambers, Catherine Cox. Chambers Family Genealogy. Blackstone, Va.: C.C. Chambers, 1987. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Chappell] Chappell, Philip E. "The Chappell Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):416-420. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Cocke] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Colquhoun] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Conner] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Curtis] Curtis, Jack. Curtis' "Lingering Shadows" and Circle of Related Families, 1485-1993. 2 vols. [Greenville, Miss.]: J. Curtis, [1993?]. Vol. I: 929.273 C941cj
 * [Curtis] Curtis, Jack. Fearless, Faithful, Forgotten Richard Curtis, Jr., 1755-1811. [Greenville, Miss.]: J. Curtis, [1997?].
 * [Dabney] Dorman, John Frederick. "Some Dabney Family Papers, Dinwiddie County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1965):111-114. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Davis] Rawlings, Michael R. The Family History of D'earcy Paul and Lula Virginia (McKenney) Davis of Dinwiddie, Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties in Virginia Being a Genealogical Outline of Their Descendants Covering the Years 1858-1996 and Assorted Sketches of Family Social History from the 1780s through the Present, Including Eight Generations. Spring Grove, A.: M.W. Rawlings, 1996. 929.273 D291r
 * [Day] Barfield, Rodney and Patricia P. Marshall. Thomas Day: African American Furniture Maker. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Office of Archives and History, 2005, 2008. (Book Storage 0290615)
 * [Downman] Steffens, Mary W. "Porteus - Downman Family," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):28-33. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Doyle] Doyle Family Records. Typescript. Microfilmed 1975. 928067 Item 4
 * [Doyle] Doyle, Leigh Silfred. The Doyles from Winona Farm, Dinwiddie County, VA. n.p.: L.S. Doyle, 2003.
 * [Dudley] Dudley, Claude William. The Dudley Family. Richmond, Va., 1971..
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Dinwiddie County.
 * [Elder] Wood, Edith Louise. A Genealogical History of the Sturgeon, Elder and Allied Families of Kentucky. Louisville, Ky.: E.L. Wood, 1968.
 * [Elder] Elder, Lee M. The Elder Families. San Angelo, Texas: L.M. Elder, 1992.
 * [Epes] Jones, Richard Lyon. The Muir-Epes Murder of 1846: Dinwiddie County, Virginia, a History. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, 1993. Available at Virginia Historical Society
 * [Ferguson] Curtis, Oscar F. Ferguson Research File. Typescript. Microfilmed 1989:
 * [Field] Thomas, Mary Ann and Marquette A. Thomas. Fields Family Findings Newsletter: Genealogical Newsletter. Sacramento, Calif.: M.A. Thomas, 1984-1997.
 * [Francis] Bushnell, Jean. Francis (France) Genealogical Records, 1721-1953. MSS. Microfilmed 1987:
 * [Gilliam] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Glasscock] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. Glasscock Family Proof that William Glasscock Married Ann Sallard in Virginia and Removed from Richmond County, Virginia to Dinwiddie County, Virginia and from There to Richmond County, Georgia. Typescript. Microfilmed 1971.
 * [Goodwin] Goodwin, John S. The Goodwin Families in America. Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1897. 1969 reprint available at . 1990s supplement also available at.
 * [Goodwin] "Appendix K: The Goodwyns of Dinwiddie County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2, Supplement (Oct. 1897):104-114. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Goodwin] "Appendix K: The Goodwyns of Dinwiddie County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2, Supplement (Oct. 1899):19-22. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Goodwin] "Additional Notes on the Goodwyns and Goodwins of Dinwiddie Co., Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2, Supplement (Oct. 1899):140-142. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Goodwin] "Dinwiddie Co., Va., Richland Orangeburg Districts, S. C., Goodwyns," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2, Supplement (Oct. 1899):26-37. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Goodwin] "The Goodwins of Dinwiddie Co., Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2, Supplement (Oct. 1899):135-138. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Grammer] Evans, Johnny William, Alice Erickson McCollum and Catherine Eastburn Jennings. John Grammer and Wife, Elizabeth Abernathy of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and Their Descendants. n.p.: J.W. Evans, 2000. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Gray] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Greenwood] Greenwood, Frederick and Brown Thurston. Greenwood Genealogies, 1154-1914: The Ancestry and Descendants of Thomas Greenwood, of Newton, Massachusetts; Nathaniel and Samuel Greenwood, of Boston, Massachusetts; John Greenwood, of Virginia, and Many Later Arrivals in America, Also the Early History of the Greenwoods in England, and the Arms They Used. New York: Lyons Genealogical Co., 1914. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Grigg] Gilchrist, Cleo Grigg Johnson. William Grigg I, Immigrant to the Virginia Colony - 340 Years of His Descendants, 1640-1980. 5th ed. Boise, Idaho: C.G.J. Gilchrist, 1984, c1981.
 * [Grigg] Gilchrist, Cleo Grigg Johnson. William Grigg I, Immigrant to the Virginia Colony - 340 Years of His Descendants, 1640-1980. 1987 update of 1984 edition. Boise, Idaho: C.G.J. Gilchrist, 1987, c1981.
 * [Hamlin] Kelly, Wilhelmina Rhodes and Linda Rhodes Jones. John W. Hamlin of Dinwiddie County, Virginia: His Ancestors and Descendants, 1753-2004. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Weeksville Society, 2004.
 * [Hardaway] Hardaway Family Records, ca. 1770-1831. MSS. Microfilmed 1960:.
 * [Hardaway] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Hardie] Clark, Robert M. Hardie, Vincent, Gaines, and Related Families from Virginia to Texas. [Dallas, Texas?]: R.M. Clark, 1989.
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. Camarillo, Calif.: K. Wiggins, 1968?-.
 * [Hatch] Dallett, Francis James. Thomas Hatch's Autobiographical Letter of 1813, A Commentary. Philadelphia: n.p., 1975.
 * [Hinton] Efford, Joan M. Our Efford Family of the Northern Neck: and Related Lines. Tappahannock, Va.: J. Efford, 1992..
 * [Hutchings] Hutchins [sic.] &amp; Moore Family Letters. MSS. Microfilmed 1939: [Moved to Wilson County, Tennessee.]
 * [I'Anson] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Jackson] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. "The Jacksons of Lower Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1986):163-169; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):288-295; Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):11-18; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1987):101-111; Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1987):195-204; Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):269-278; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):49-57; Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1988):119-130; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1988):185-192; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):259-263; Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):34-44; Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):135-143; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):204-207; Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1989):295-304. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Jackson] Jackson, B. Darrell. Jackson Family History: Descendants of Robert Jackson of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, to Nine Generations, ca. 1760-2008: with Ancestry of Allied Families -- Johnson, Blakely, Shields, Cooper, Stiles, Kitchell, Pierson, Bruen, Ogden, Swaine, and Owsley. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2009.
 * [Jackson] Jackson, B. Darrell. "Robert Jackson of Dinwiddie County in the Records of Wilson County, Tennessee," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Nov. 2011):282-292.
 * [Jarratt] Jarratt, Devereux and John Coleman. The Life of the Reverend Devereux Jarratt: Rector of Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Printed by Warner and Hanna, 1806. Digital version at Google Books.
 * [Jarrett] "Jarrett-Meanly-Jolly-Slaughter," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 9 (1927):122-124.
 * [Jones] Brayton, John Anderson. "Using Middle Names to Reconstruct a 'Burned County' Pedigree," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1992):163-172. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Jones] Coke, Ben H. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Jones Family. MSS. 2000. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Jones] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 2..
 * [King] King, Clefaine Elizabeth Reed. Thomas Benjamin King: His Ancestry and His Descendants. Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, 1993.
 * [Lanier] Ingersoll, Louise. Lanier: A Genealogy of the Family Who Came to Virginia and Their French Ancestors in London. Washington, D.C.: Goetz Printing Company, 1965. Digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * [Lewis] McCurdy, Lewis Hall and Rosa Lyon Traylor. "Francis Lewis Family Burying Ground," Quarterly of the Lowndes County Historical and Genealogical Society, Vol. 15, No. 3 (3 Jul 1982). {{FHL|1330063|item|disp=FHL Book 976.1465 B2Lp v. 15, no. 3 (July 1982).
 * [Malone] Cain, Stith Malone. "The Malone Family of Southside Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1969):99-105. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 13 (1969)}}.
 * [Manson] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1. {{FHL|1149556|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 H2j v. 1}}.
 * [May] Coke, Ben H. John May, Jr., of Virginia: His Descendants and Their Land. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1975. {{FHL|12300|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 M452a}}.
 * [Mayhugh] Mayhugh, Luther Wesley. The Robert "Bob" Philip Mayhugh Family History. Columbus, Ind.: Postal Instant Press, 1984. {{FHL|550261|item|disp=FHL Film 1435483}}
 * [Moore] Hutchins [sic.] &amp; Moore Family Letters. MSS. Microfilmed 1939: [Moved to Wilson County, Tennessee.]
 * [Muir] Jones, Richard Lyon. The Muir-Epes Murder of 1846: Dinwiddie County, Virginia, a History. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, 1993. Available at Virginia Historical Society
 * [Newsum] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Oliver] Saunders, James Edmonds and Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs. Early Settlers of Alabama. New Orleans: L. Graham & Son, Printers, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. {{FHL|1060643|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P141rd v. 1-2}} [Dinwiddie County appears in Vol. 1]
 * [Pattillo] Plumblee, Millard Quentin. At the Foot of the Lake: The Pattillo-Patillo Family and Allied Lines. Burlington, N.C.: M.Q. Plumblee, 1987. {{FHL|675343|item}} 929.273 P277pmq
 * [Peeley] Curtis, Oscar F. Ferguson Research File. Typescript. Microfilmed 1989:
 * [Pegram] Buford, Marcus Bainbridge. A Genealogy of the Buford Family in America, With Records of a Number of Allied Families. San Francisco, Calif., 1903. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Pegram] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Perdue] Pardue, Ida M. Asa Perdue, b. 1817, VA., m. Frances Pucket Amelia Co., VA., Chesterfield Co., VA., Dinwiddie Co., VA. Typescript, donated 1988. {{FHL|635380|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6038586}}.
 * [Pettypool] Hartsough, Carolyn S. "The William Pettypool Family of Southside Virginia: Lineage Reconstruction Based on Current Review of Evidence," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2003):57-75; Vol. 47, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2003):139-146. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Pistole] Gaddy, Myrtle Farmer. Charles Pistole and His Descendants. Newport, Ark.: Jackson County Historical Society (TN), 1975. {{FHL|205643|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P677g}}
 * [Pritchett] Pritchett, William McCaddin. Two Hundred Years - 1765 to 1965: A Preliminary Report on the Family of William Pritchett Sr. Dallas, Texas: W.M. Pritchett, 1965. {{FHL|590172|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P939pwm}}
 * [Reames] Smith, H.C. The Reams, Reames Family and Allied Families. [Glendale, Calif.?: H.C. Smith, 1954?]. {{FSbook|96999}};{{FHL|39959|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R23r}};.
 * [Rives] Rives, Jno. R. T. Green Rives of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and Lincoln County, Tennessee and His Descendants. Birmingham, Ala.: Printed by A.H. Cather Pub. Co., 1958. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Robertson] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Rose] Rose, Christine. Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. {{FHL|64054|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 A1 no. 56}}; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * [Rose] Rose, Ben Lacy. Alexander Rose of Person County North Carolina and His Descendants. Richmond, Va.: Carter Composition, 1979. {{FHL|136349|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R72rb and supp.}}
 * [Ruffin] Ruffin, Clara Flowers and Raymond S. Ruffin. Descendants of John D. Ruffin, Sr. 1988. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Scott] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Sears] Huff, Audrey Dyre. Sears Genealogy, ca. 1700-1980. MSS. 1980. {{FHL|206059|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Se17h}}
 * [Simmons] Nowery, Sharon Lee. Pictorial Family Register Joshua H. Simmons and Cynthia Jane (Magers) Simmons of Crawford County, Ohio and Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Rock Hill, S.C.: S.L. Nowery, 1995. {{FHL|736172|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Si47n}}.
 * [Simmons] Hart, Lyndon H. "The Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):41-61; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):146-156; Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2000):203-215; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2000):309-315; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2001):23-36; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2001):132-148; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2001):208-219; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2001):278-288; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):42-46. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Smith] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "Progenitors and Kinfolk of Abraham Childers III," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):3-13; Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1990):97-109; Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):180-194; Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):266-280; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):43-54; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):108-118; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):199-207. American Ancestors ($). {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 34 (1990)-v. 35 (1991)}}.
 * [Snipes] Snipes, Alfred Marshall and Sharon Merritt. Family History of John Manley Snipes (1761-1844) &amp; Sarah Lindsey (1770-1861): of Chatham County, North Carolina &amp; Their Descendants: With Allied Families -- Atwater, Bynum, Clegg, Dixon, Durham, Foust, Hatch, Herndon, Justice, Lacy, Lambe, Lindsey, Lloyd, Mann, McCauley, Moore, Neville, Roberson, Stanford, Stroud, Strowd, Teague, Thompson, Ward. Oklahoma City, Okla.: A.M. Snipes, 2006. {{FHL|1361550|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Sn36sa}}
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