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Guide to Alleghany County, Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Alleghany County is located on the far Western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia, sharing a boundary line with West Virginia. Alleghany took its name from the mountain range on which it borders.

County Courthouse
Alleghany County Courthouse P.O.Box 670 266 West Main Street Covington, VA 24426-0670 Phone 540-965-1730 Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1845 Divorce, Probate, Court and land recrord from 1822

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county: \

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * Alleghany County, Virginia, Its Resources and Industries. 1907. Available at ; online collection with index and images at Ancestry ($).

Cemeteries

 * 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records
To access census records online, see Virginia Census.

1840
 * 1840 Alleghany County, Virginia Census. By James L. Douthat. Signal Mountain, Tenn : Mountain Press. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press ($).

1860
 * 1860 Alleghany County, Virginia Census. By Louise M. Perkins. Signal Mountain, Tenn : Mountain Press. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press ($).

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans
 * 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * A Register of Free Negroes &amp; Mulattoes in Alleghany County, Virginia, 1855-1856. By Dorothy A. Boyd-Bragg. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005):307-312. Online at: American Ancestors ($).
 * Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans in Alleghany County.

Funeral Homes

 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Genealogies
'Online Land Indexes and Records''

Compiled Genealogies by Surname
 * See Alleghany County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of several published books and articles.

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families
 * Alleghany County Heritage Book Committee. Alleghany County Heritage. Summersville, W.Va.: Shirley Grose &amp; Associates, c1997..
 * Morton, Oren Frederic. A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia. Dayton, Va.: J.K. Ruebush Co., 1923. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * Turk, David Scott. The Memorialists: An Antebellum History of Alleghany, Craig and Monroe counties of West Virginia, 1812-60. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, c1997..

Local Histories
The county was named after the Alleghany Mountains.


 * A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia. 1923. By Oren Frederic Morton. Dayton, Virginia : J.K. Ruebush Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Google Books, Ancestry ($);.
 * Alleghany County, Virginia: Its Resources and Industries. 1907. By The Chamber of Commerce of Covington, Virginia. Online at: Hathitrust, Google Books;.
 * Alleghany County Heritage. c1997. By Alleghany County Heritage Book Committee. Online at: eBookDownload ($);.
 * Historical Sketch of Alleghany County, Virginia. 1902. By Hugh Maffitt McAllister. Clifton Forge Review, August-September, 1902. n.p. Available at, Online at: Ancestry ($);.
 * Michelle Dudley, "Judge Andrew Damron home, Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia," The Dameron-Damron Family Newsletter 45 (Fall 2007):2217. FamilySearch Books.
 * Pioneer Days in Alleghany County. 1902. By W.A. McAllister. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Oct., 1902), pp. 183-187 JSTOR, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jan. 1902):254-257 JSTOR.
 * The Memorialists : An Antebellum History of Alleghany, Craig and Monroe Counties of Virginia and West Virginia, 1812-60. c1997. By David Scott Turk. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. Online at: eBookDownload ($);.
 * Virginia Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Alleghany County maps at David Rumsey Map Collection — if needed, click magnifying glass (upper right)

Military Records
Revolutionary War
 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Online at: U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Allegany County on page 133.]
 * Index to Revolutionary Pension and Bounty-Land Documents at the Library of Virginia. 2012. Compiled by C. Leon Harris. Online at: Library of Virginia.

War of 1812
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Governnment Printing Office. 973 M2Lp v. 5. Online at: Google Books,  Internet Archive. See Vol. 5, Virginia, Alleghany County, p. 60.

Civil War Civil War service men from Alleghany County served in various regiments. Within a regiment, companies were often comprised of men who lived in a smaller geographical area within the county parameters. Listed below are regiments with whom men from Alleghany County served. Because Confederate units often reorganized, this list might not be complete. The following Regiments are mentioned in A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia. 1923. By Oren Frederic Morton. Dayton, Virginia : J.K. Ruebush Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Google Books, Ancestry ($);.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate), A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia, only lists the names of five men who were from Alleghany County.
 * - 10th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company I (Riverton Invincibles).
 * - 11th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company K (Valley Regulators).
 * - 22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment). Company G (Rocky Point Grays).
 * - 27th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate) . Company A Light Infantry (Alleghany Roughs), Company B (Virginia Hibernians), and Company C (Alleghany Rifles).
 * - 59th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company G1 (Alleghany Rifles).
 * - 60th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (3rd Regiment, Wise Legion) (Confederate). Company D (The Allegheny Rifles).

However, A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia. 1923. By Oren Frederic Morton. Dayton, Virginia : J.K. Ruebush Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Google Books, Ancestry ($); also lists additional names of Alleghany Companies such as the Alleghany Rough Artillery (Capt. John C. Carpenter's Co.), Alleghany Light Infantry (Co. A, 27th Regiment) afterwards called Alleghany Artillery, Alleghany Reserves (Co. C, 10th Battalion, Virginia Reserves), Alleghany Rifles (Co. C, 27th Regiment).

Civil War Sources

Online Civil War Indexes and Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry ($)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry ($)
 * A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia. 1923. By Oren Frederic Morton. Dayton, Virginia : J.K. Ruebush Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Google Books, Ancestry ($);.

World War II World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1906-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Other Records
1785
 * Botetourt County, Va., 1785 Enumeration. 1972. By Charles T. Burton. Troutville, Virginia : C.T. Burton. Online at: FamilySearch.

1890 Union Veterans
 * Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. By Ronald Ray Turner. Prince William County Virginia,.

Miscellaneous Records
 * 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

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Petitions

 * Virginia State Library: A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford. 1908. By H.J. Eckenrode. Richmond, Virginia: Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Online at: Google Books. Alleghany County petitions (1820-1861) are described on pp. 87-95.

Probate Records
'Online School Indexes and Records''
 * 1822-37; 1837-49; 1847-76 Indexes to Wills, Inventories, Estates Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1833-37; 1837-49; 1849-76 Images of Wills, Inventories, Estates Virginia Pioneers ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records
How can Virginia tax lists help me?
 * 1774 Tithables, 1774, Alleghany Highlands Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1998).

Vital Records
Vital Record Substitutes

Birth

 * 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1853-1896 Alleghany County, Virginia Births, 1853-96. 1999. By Beth Fridley. Provo, UT : The Generations Network, Inc. Online at: Search My Past ($), I Dream of Genealogy, Ancestry ($).
 * 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages - FindMyPast ($)
 * 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 Ancestry ($)
 * 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
 * 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1854-1916 Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Death

 * Deaths are online in the Library of Virginia's Death Index of Virginia, 1853-1896, sponsored by The Virginia Genealogical Society.
 * 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Libraries

 * Alleghany Highlands Genealogical Society, Inc.

Websites

 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides

 * A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Alleghany County. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul-Sep. 1959):129-131. Online at: American Ancestors ($),.