Westmoreland County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1653--Westmoreland County was created 5 July 1653 from Northumberland County. County seat: Montross

Boundary Changes
In 1662, Westmoreland County and Northumberland County were temporarily joined into a single county, see: Mrs. Milnor Ljungstedt, "Westmoreland and Northumberland Joined," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1924):46-47. Available at JSTOR.

Neighboring Counties

 * Charles County, Maryland
 * Essex
 * King George
 * Northumberland
 * Richmond
 * St. Mary's County, Maryland

African American

 * "Slave Owners, Westmoreland County, Va., 1782," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jan. 1902):229-235. Available at JSTOR ($).

Cemeteries

 * Beale, G.W. "Early Tombs in Westmoreland, Richmond, and Northumberland Counties," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Oct. 1902):123-130. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * "Cemetery Records, Westmoreland County - Haywood Plantation - Washington Family," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 24 (1974).
 * "Early Tombs in Westmoreland, Richmond, and Northumberland Counties," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan. 1903):191-195. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * "Inscriptions on Old Tombstones in Westmoreland and Northumberland Counties," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jul. 1900):25-31. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Mallory. "St. Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery: Nomini Grove, Westmoreland Co., VA," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 54 (2004).
 * "Old Tombstones in Westmoreland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct. 1898):93-98. Available at JSTOR ($).

Church
Baptist


 * Dover Baptist Association, William Webber, Robert Baylor Semple, and James Greenwood. Minutes of the Dover Baptist Association,: holden at Nomony Meeting-House, Westmoreland County, Virginia. October 9th, 1802. J. Dixon and J. Courtney, Jun., 1803.
 * Dover Baptist Association, Robert Baylor Semple. Minutes of the Baptist Dover Association,: Held at Nomony Meeting House, Westmoreland County. Virginia, October 12th, 13th &amp; 14th, 1811. John O'Lynch., 1811.
 * Dozier, Richard. Historical Notes Concerning the Planting of Baptist Principles in the Northern Neck of Virginia: Text Book from 1771 : Sermons Preached from the Within Texts and Heard by me, Richard Dozier, son of Thomas in Westmoreland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * Healy, Elton C. "'History of Nomini Baptist Church' Given at Nomini Baptist Church August 9, 1953 in Connection with the 300th Anniversary of Westmoreland County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 19 (1969).
 * Henly, Robert Page. "The Family of Captain Joseph Peirce, One of the Founders of Nomini Baptist Church Westmoreland County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 8 (1958).

Church of England


 * Beale, George W. "The Early Churches of Northern Neck (Beulah Hinton Marsh)--Aquia Church in Stafford County, Christ Church Lancaster County, Farnham Church in Richmond County, Lamb's Creek Church in King George County, St. Mary's White Chapel in Lancaster County, St. Paul's Church in King George County, Yeocomico Church in Westmoreland County--Baptist Churches of White Marsh in Lancaster, Morattico Baptist, Nomini in Westmoreland, Farnham in Richmond, Hanover Baptist in King George 4. A Ride Through Westmoreland County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 2 (1952).
 * Davison, Bertha. "A History of Washington Parish," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 13 (1963).
 * Davison, Bertha Lawrence Newton. The Life of Cople Parish 1664-1964 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * Early Virginia Religious Petitions, courtesy of The Library of Congress, American Memory, has placed eight petitions from residents of Westmoreland County, Virginia dated 1778, 1778, 1785, 1785, 1785, 1786, 1786, and 1786 online. Principally, they concern matters of the Church of England. Petitions are valuable to genealogists because they contain lists of names of residents of the community.
 * Ljungstedt, Mrs. Milnor. "Westmoreland Parishes," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul. 1926):258. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Westmoreland and King George Counties, Virginia, Part I," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Apr. 1948):154-172. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Westmoreland and King George Counties, Virginia, Part II," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Jul. 1948):280-293. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Mayo, Wat Tyler, Walter Randolph Crabbe and S. Downing Cox. A Sketch of Yeocomico Church (Built 1706) in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Va: With a Reference to the Bicentennial Celebration on July 15, 1906, and the Movement to Raise an Endowment Fund for the Preservation of the Church. C.F. Sudwarth, 1906.
 * Pratt, Harden de V. "Yeocomico Church, Westmoreland County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 4 (1954); Vol. 5 (1955).

Episcopal


 * "Pope's Creek Episcopal Church, Westmoreland County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 10 (1960).

Court
General


 * Carver, Mrs. A.E. "Westmoreland County Court Houses," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1971).

Chancery Court


 * Indexed images of Westmoreland County, Virginia Chancery Records 1753-1902 (incomplete) are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Loose Papers


 * Lewis, James F. "A Jury's Verdict, Westmoreland County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1981):88-91. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. In addition to finding a direct ancestor’s surname listed, and watching to see if more recent publications make additions and corrections to earlier works, this list is also useful for determining if genealogists have published accounts, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, for any members of an ancestor’s “FAN Club” [Family, Associates, and Neighbors]. Checking publications about those individuals can lead you to new information about your own ancestry. Be mindful that compiled genealogies may contain errors.

General


 * Donnelly, Mary Louise. More Colonial Families of Maryland: Pioneers of Westmoreland County, Virginia and Kentucky. Ennis, Texas: M.L. Donnelly, 2003. Available at FHL.

Bibliography


 * [Allerton] Glass, George W. Allerton and Allied Families in Westmoreland County, Virginia. MSS., Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Available at FHL.
 * [Ashton] Fitzhugh, Norman S. "Captain John Ashton of Westmoreland County, Virginia, and Some of His Descendants," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr. 1934):151-155. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Bailey] Henry, Hazel Bailey. Descendants of Stephen Bailey of Northampton (Westmoreland) Co. Va. H.B. Henry.
 * [Baker] McKenney, Lucy Y. "C. Conway Baker," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 26 (1976).
 * [Bennett] Bennett, Benjamin Hugh. A History of the Richard Bennett Family of Westmoreland County, Virginia and Iredell County, N.C. Washington: B.H. Bennett, 1960. Available at FHL.
 * [Buck] Buck Family of Virginia: Especially Charles Buck of Frederick, Westmoreland and York Counties, Va.: Also Data on the Allied Families of Sorrell, Earle, Wilcox and Lovell. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Burnett] Gilbert, Horace Elbert and Rodney Dusterhoft. Descendants of Barnett Burnett, 1770-1843, of Westmoreland County, Va., and Spartanburg County, South Carolina: and His Son Jerry Soloman Burnett of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Gilbert &amp; Dusterhoft, 1996.
 * [Butler] Scruggs, Marion Stuart Price. Butler [Family], Westmoreland County, Va., Jefferson Co., W. Va. and Jessamine Co., Ky: Wills Sent by Crosier 1909 - Marriage &amp; Births. M.S.P. Scruggs, 1920.
 * [Butler] "Letters from Lawrence Butler, of Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Mrs. Anna F. Cradock, Cumley House, near Harborough, Leicestershire, England [1780s]," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jul. 1932):259-267; Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct. 1932):362-370; Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan. 1933):24-32; Vol. 41, No. 2 (Apr. 1933):111-116. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Campbell] Lohrenz. "Clergyman and Gentleman: Archibald Campbell of Westmoreland County, 1741-1774," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 39 (1989).
 * [Carter] See also Lee.
 * [Claybrook] The Claybrook Family of Westmoreland County, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Court] Hardwick. "The Family Court of Westmoreland County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 54 (2004).
 * [Cox] Ray, Laura Collison. The Cox Family of Westmoreland County, Virginia. 1953.
 * [DeButts] Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.
 * [Dishman] Marsteller, Charles M. Dishman Index: Tracing the Descendants of Samuel Duchemin/Dishman (c1640-w1727/Westmoreland Co, VA), Huguenot Colonist from Tinchebray, nr.Caen, France to Westmoreland Co., VA by 1693 and His Wife, Cornelia (-) (16 -inv1730/Westmorland Co, VA). San Francisco, California: C.M. Marsteller, 2000. Available at FHL.
 * [Dozier] Dozier, Richard. Historical Notes Concerning the Planting of Baptist Principles in the Northern Neck of Virginia: Text Book from 1771 : Sermons Preached from the Within Texts and Heard by me, Richard Dozier, son of Thomas in Westmoreland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Earle] Burnie, Joseph Earle. "The Earles of Westmoreland," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 22 (1972).
 * [Eskridge] Warner, Charles Willard Hoskins. "George Eskridge of Westmoreland: His Age And Political Career," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 16 (1966).
 * [Eskridge] George Eskridge of England and Westmoreland County, Virginia: Some of His Descendants. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Forsyth] Forsythe, Warren Louis. Forsyth and Similar Surnames in Early Census Records, 1790-1820 in S.W. Pennsylvania: Allegheny Co., Fayette Co., Greene Co. (Although No Forsyth Found There), Washington Co., &amp; Westmoreland Co.: With Some Related Families in Ohio &amp; Va., W. Va., and Elsewhere in Pa.: Forsyth, Forsythe, Forsith, Forsithe, Frosythe, Forscyth, Forscythe, etc. 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [French] French, David M. Descendants of John and Martha French of Westmoreland County, Virginia. 1988.
 * [Garnett] Warner, Charles Willard Hoskins. "Thomas Stuart Garnett, April 19, 1825 - May 4, 1863," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 19 (1969).
 * [Grace] Vaughn, Michael J. Descendants of John Grace of Westmoreland County, Virginia. Tyler, Texas: Tidewater Research and Pub., 2001. Available at FHL.
 * [Green] Green, C. Sylvester. Greens from Westmoreland County, Virginia: With Sketches and Index of Interrelated Families, Especially Spilman, Hudson, Barham, Owen, Chaplin, Perkins, Short, and Howell. Greenville, North Carolina: C.S. Green, 1975. Available at FHL.
 * [Harrison] See Middleton.
 * [Hubbard] Bowling, Noland Hubbard. Meet Your Ancestors: Some Descendants of Robert Hubbard (ca. 1600-1663) Westmoreland, New Kent, Amelia, Halifax, Lunenburg, Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia and Other States: Families Allied by Marriage: Arnn (Aron, Aaron), Adkins (Atkins), Clement (Clements) ... Utica, Kentucky: N.H. Bowling, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Jones] See Monroe.
 * [Kelly] Kelly, J.Y. "Kelly of Westmoreland Co.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Oct. 1906):129-131. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Kendall] Kendall, Jerry T. The Kendall Family: Descendants of William Kendall, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Bennettsville, South Carolina: J.T. Kendall, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * [Kirton] Note Pertaining to Thomas Kirton of Westmoreland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Lee] Kreiser, Barnette. "Nursery of A New Nation: The Northern Neck of Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975).
 * [Middleton] Holder, Ruth Ann Shenberger. The Middleton and Harrison Families, Westmoreland County, Virginia. MSS., 1982, available at FHL.
 * [Monroe] Pearson, Virginia Drewry McG. "James Monroe 1758-1831. Biography and Monroe Family History," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 28 (1978).
 * [Newton] Cochran, Charles F. "Early Generations of the Newton Family of Westmoreland County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul. 1928):293-302; Vol. 37, No. 1 (Jan. 1929):87-91; Vol. 37, No. 2 (Apr. 1929):179-184; Vol. 37, No. 3 (Jul. 1929):283-288.
 * [Newton] Davison, Treadwell. "The Newtons of Westmoreland," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 23 (1973).
 * [Omohundro] Omohundro, Malvern Hill. The Omohundro Genealogical Record, the Omohundros and Allied Families in America: Blood Lines Traced from the First Omohundro in Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1670, through His Descendants in Three Great Branches and Allied Families Down to 1950. Staunton, Virginia: McClure Printing, 1951. Available at FHL.
 * [Owens] Owens, Claude M. Williams Owens, Sr., (ca 1725 - ca. 1793), His Father and Grandfather : (Westmoreland, Prince William and Frederick Counties, Virginia). South Laguna, California: C.M. Owens, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Parker] MacRae, Lawrence. Descendants of John Daingerfield and His Wife, New Kent County, Virginia, 1640-1928: Including Descendants of Elizabeth Meriweather of Essex Co., Va., Apphia Fauntleroy of Richmond Co., Va., Elizabeth Parker of West Moreland Co., Va. and Their Husbands: Also Thomas Deaderick and his wife of Frederick Co., Va., and Dora Virginia Deaderick and Her Husband, Robert Strange MacRae of Orange County, N. Carolina: De[s]cendants of George Parker and His Wife, Accomac Co., Va., 1650. Greensboro, North Carolina, 1928. Available at FHL.
 * [Peirce] Henly, Robert Page. "The Family of Captain Joseph Peirce, One of the Founders of Nomini Baptist Church Westmoreland County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 8 (1958).
 * [Peyton] Higginson Book Company. Peyton Family of Cambridgeshire, England and Gloucester and Westmoreland County, Virginia (Extracted from Virginia Geneology). Higginson Book Company, 1999.
 * [Pope] Charts Concerning the Descendants of Humphrey Pope (Died 1695) and His Wife Elizabeth Hawkins of Westmoreland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Ransdell] Miscellaneous Notes on the Ransdell (Ransdall) and Related Families of Westmoreland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Reich] See Rich.
 * [Rich] Booher, Emma Rich. Rich Hill, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1740 to Rich Hill, Noble County, Ohio, 1880. Senecaville, Ohio: E.R. Booher, 1976. Available at FHL.
 * [Rose] Rose, Christine. Rev. Charles Rose of Scotland &amp; Westmoreland County, Virginia: The First Four Generations in America. Rose Family Bulletin, 1976.
 * [Rousseau] Rousseau, Marilyn K. "The Colonial Virginia Ancestry of a Pioneer Florida Family: William H. Rousseau (1818-1870), Florida House of Representatives 1852, Florida State Senate 1865," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):184-198.
 * [Rush] Moore, Gaynelle Jenkins and David Wayne Rush. The Rush Report: The Descendants of William Rush, Westmoreland Co., Virginia (1615- ??) and Descendants of Henson Rush, Adair Co., Kentucky (abt. 1794-1848) and Miller Co., Missouri; Allied Families Loveall, McAlister, Williams, Winters, also, Bittle, Farley, Johnston, Martell, Spalding. Glens Falls, New York: Historical Data Services, 2003. Available at FHL.
 * [Rust] Note Pertaining to the Family of William Rust of Westmoreland County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Sanford] Johnson, Mary L. Wallenhorst and Daughters of the American Revolution. Mount Lookout Chapter (Golden, Colorado). One Branch of the Sanford Family of Westmoreland County, Virginia: circa 1670+. The Chapter, 1989.
 * [Sanford] Marsteller, Charles M. Sanford Index: Tracing the Descendants of Robert Sanford Sr (1638-1700-), and His Wife Anne Smith (c1644-p1708), Colonists from London England to Westmoreland Co., Virginia in 1669. San Francisco, California: C.M. Marsteller, 2000. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Smith] Abell, Richard Bender and Wilmer L. Smith. Peter Smith of Westmoreland County, Virginia (Died 1741) and Some Descendants. Alexandria, Virginia: R.B. Abell, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Sutton] Sutton, Johnny F. The Suttons of Westmoreland County, Virginia, Robeson County, North Carolina, and Wilcox County, Georgia. J.F. Sutton, 1998.
 * [Tallent] Luht, Richard I. The Tallent Family of Richmond, Westmoreland and Surrounding Counties of Virginia. Fairbanks, Alaska : R.I. Luht, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Tebbs] Kebler, John Frederick and Robert Steltz Kebler. The Descendants of Daniel Tebbs of Westmoreland County, Va. MSS., 1991, available at FHL.
 * [Thomas] 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 "Historical and Genealogical Notes of Hugh Thomas, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, 1660-1750," see pp. 282-288.]
 * [Walker] Walker, Legaré. The Walker Family, Originally of the Yeocomico River Section of Nothumberland (Subsequently Westmoreland) County, Virginia: Stemming from William Walker (1622/23-1657) and Through One of His Descendants, Joseph Rabley Walker (1768-1816), Who Immigrated from Mecklenburg County in that State to South Carolina, circa 1806, and Settled in Edgefield County Near the Town of that Name : ... Summerville, South Carolina: L. Walker, 1945. Available at FHL.
 * [Washington] See also Lee.
 * [Washington] Tyler, Lyon G. "Col. John Washington: Further Details of His Life from the Records of Westmoreland Co., Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul. 1893):38-49. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Washington] Hoppin, Charles Arthur. Some Descendants of Colonel John Washington and of His Brother, Captain Lawrence Washington, Founders of the Washington family of Westmoreland, Virginia: And Records of the Allied Families of Wheelwright, Hungerford, Pratt, Dodge, Conant, Chilton, Gwinn, Barton, Birkett, Warren, Wickliffe, Bailey, Massey, Pope, Townshend, and Others. New York, New York: C.A. Hoppin, 1932. Available at FHL.
 * [Washington] Matteson, David Maydole, Anne Madison Washington, and United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission. The Washington Family: The Family in England, the Family in America [and Living Descendants of John Washington of Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lawrence Washington of Westmoreland County, Virginia, John Washington of Surry County, Virginia. 1932.
 * [Washington] "Cemetery Records, Westmoreland County - Haywood Plantation - Washington Family," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 24 (1974).
 * [Washington] Hudson, J. Paul. "John Washington: George's Great-Grandfather and Unsung Hero of Westmoreland County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 26 (1976).
 * [Weedon] Karracker, James L. and George Harrison Sanford King. The Weedon Family of Westmoreland, Prince William, Fauquier, Culpeper Counties, Va. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Westmoreland] Claypool, Edward A. Westmorland Lineage and Descendants of Thomas Westmoreland, the Immigrant to Virginia. MSS., Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, available at FHL.
 * [Wilson] Howard-Douglas, Daisy. The Descendants of the First Mitchell Wilson of Westmoreland County Virginia 1824 to 2002. D. Howard-Douglas, 2002.
 * [Yowell] Jensen, Paul Arlin. The Descendants of Thomas Yowell and Anne Sturman: Born about 1618 in Willbarsone, Northamptonshire, England, Immigrated to Kent Island, Maryland about 1634, Removed to Westmoreland &amp; Culpeper Counties Virginia Before 1655, Where Thomas Died Shortly Thereafter, and His Wife, Anne Sturman, Died in about 1671. Salt Lake City, 1994. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.

Historic Residences

 * Davison, Treadwell. "Wakefield Plantation (Westmoreland County)," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 15 (1965).
 * "Dedication of the Payne Family Memorial, to Ancestors Buried at Red House Westmoreland County, VA on May 11, 1935," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 22 (1972).
 * Dos Passos, Elizabeth H. "Pedkatone, Then and Now," [Peckatone Plantation, Westmoreland County] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 23 (1973).
 * "History of Westmoreland County &amp; Stratford Hall," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 53 (2003).
 * Latane, Lawrence Washington. "Blenheim," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975).
 * McCartney, Martha. James Monroe's Birthplace, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Virginia Research Center for Archaeology, 197-?.
 * O'Dell, Jeffrey M. "1972 Excavation at the Chantilly Manor House Site, Westmoreland County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 23 (1973).
 * Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation. Stratford, Colonial Home and Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee and of Two Signers of the Declaration of Independence. B.S. Adams, 1940.
 * "The Colonial Mansion and Grounds at Wakefield Near Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 14, Index to Vol. 14 (Jan. 1934). Available at JSTOR ($). [Photograph]
 * United States. National Park Service. George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Westmoreland County, Virginia: "Wakefield," Washington's Birthplace: The Memorial Mansion Marking the Site of the House in Which George Washington was Born. 1938.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Correspondence with the American Colonies 1739-1782," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998):108-128; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):189-205. [Overseas correspondence of a resident of Westmoreland County with the following surname: Lee.] Available at FHL.
 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Cople Parish, Leeds [Leedstown], Mattox, Nominy [Nomini Hall], Washington Parish, and Westmoreland County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * "Colonial Convicts of the Northern Neck," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 52 (2002).
 * [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=Westmoreland&placeOfIndentureColony=&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 from Europe ]who served labor terms in Colonial Westmoreland County, Virginia (work in progress), Courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Deeds


 * "Deed From 'Light Horse' Harry Lee to Willoughby Newton II, August 28, 1804. Westmoreland County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 19 (1969).
 * Fleet, Beverley. Virginia Colonial Abstracts: Westmoreland County, 1653-1657. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1961. Digital book available at Ancestry ($). [Includes deeds.]
 * King, George H.S. "Index. Westmoreland County Virginia. Deeds 1709-1804 and Wills 1755-1800. Unrecorded Wills and Deeds from a Folume at the Library of Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 22 (1972).

Grants and Patents


 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia County Records, New Series. Vol. I, Westmoreland County. Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey: The Genealogical Association, 1913. Digital book available at Ancestry ($). [Includes land grants.]
 * Davey. 253 patents dated 1651-1911 in what is now Fairfax, Fauquier, Northumberland, Prince William, Stafford, and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. [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, which is "Nova" in this instance); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]
 * Eaton, David Wolfe. Historical Atlas of Westmoreland County, Virginia: Patents, Showing How Lands were Patented from the Crown &amp; Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, Including Some History of the Patentees, Indians, Church &amp; State, Parishes, Ministers, Prominent Men, Surveys, Portraits, Maps, Airplane ... The Dietz Press, 1942.

Surveys


 * Hudson, J. Paul. "An Early Westmoreland County Land Survey Made in 1783," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 7 (1957).

Local Histories

 * Beale, George W. "A Ride Through Westmoreland County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 2 (1952).
 * Oberseider, Nancy Lou. The Wearing Apparel of the Women of Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1700-1775. College of William and Mary, 1966.
 * Westmoreland 350th Anniversary Commission. Westmoreland County, Virginia: The Cradle of the Nation. Carden Jennings Publishing Co., 2003.
 * Wright, T. R. B. Westmoreland County, Virginia: Parts I and II: A Short Chapter and Bright Day in its History. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, Printers, 1912. Digital book available at Google Books (full-view) and Ancestry ($).

Maps

 * Eaton, David Wolfe. Historical Atlas of Westmoreland County, Virginia: Patents, Showing How Lands were Patented from the Crown &amp; Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia, Including Some History of the Patentees, Indians, Church &amp; State, Parishes, Ministers, Prominent Men, Surveys, Portraits, Maps, Airplane ... The Dietz Press, 1942.

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Westmoreland County militia officers in 1724 and 1727; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Westmoreland County militia officers in 1680 and 1699; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia County Records, New Series. Vol. I, Westmoreland County. Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey: The Genealogical Association, 1913. Digital book available at Ancestry ($). [Includes militia records.]

French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County, see p. 102.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some militia officers in Westmoreland County in 1758; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War


 * O'Dell, Jeffrey M. "The War of Independence and the Northern Neck of Virginia," [Chapter III, Westmoreland County Associators, Justices, High Sheriffs, Widows and Husbands in Continental Service, Sons in Service] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 21 (1971).
 * "Resolution Opposing The Stamp Act, Adopted at Leedstown, Westmoreland County, Virginia, February 27, 1766, Memorialized on a Marble Table on the Wall of the Court House at Montross, Virginia. Transcript of the Resolution," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 1 (1951).
 * Shearman, Virginia W. "Revolutionary War Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of Richmond and Westmoreland Counties, VA (1775-1783)," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975); Vol. 26 (1976).

Civil War


 * Hutt, Charles Warren. The Diary of Charles Warren Hutt of Westmoreland County, Virginia: (Kept While a Prisoner of War at Point Lookout, Maryland, 1864). 1970.

Native American

 * "Native Americans of Westmoreland County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 53 (2003).

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

 * Beale, Lucy Brown. "Westmoreland County, Early Ordinaries in Westmoreland and Their Early Keepers," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 8 (1958).
 * Hudson, J. Paul. "Pottery-Making in Westmoreland County in the Seventeenth Century," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975).
 * "Westmoreland County Grist Mills," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol 53 (2003).

Petitions
Early Virginia Religious Petitions, courtesy of The Library of Congress, American Memory, has placed eight petitions from residents of Westmoreland County, Virginia dated 1778, 1778, 1785, 1785, 1785, 1786, 1786, and 1786 online. Principally, they concern matters of the Church of England. Petitions are valuable to genealogists because they contain lists of names of residents of the community.


 * "Miscellaneous Legislative Petitions From The Counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland and Lancaster," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 10 (1960).
 * "Westmoreland County, Virginia, Legislative Petitions," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):18-31. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Private Papers

 * [Brown] McKenney, Lucy Young. "Excerpts from a Manuscript of Thomas Brown," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 18 (1968).
 * [Hutt] Hutt, Charles Warren. The Diary of Charles Warren Hutt of Westmoreland County, Virginia: (Kept While a Prisoner of War at Point Lookout, Maryland, 1864). 1970.
 * [Lee] Coldham, Peter Wilson. "Correspondence with the American Colonies 1739-1782," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998):108-128; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):189-205. [Overseas correspondence of a resident of Westmoreland County with the following surname: Lee.] Available at FHL.

Probate
Local Court


 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia County Records, New Series. Vol. I, Westmoreland County. Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey: The Genealogical Association, 1913. Digital book available at Ancestry ($). [Includes wills.]
 * Fleet, Beverley. Virginia Colonial Abstracts: Westmoreland County, 1653-1657. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1961. Digital book available at Ancestry ($). [Includes wills.]
 * Fothergill, Augusta Bridgland Middleton. Wills Omitted from Original Publication of Wills of Westmoreland County, Va., by Augusta B. Fothergill: List Later Presented by the Author to Virginia State Library in Typewritten Copy. 1943.
 * King, George H.S. "Index. Westmoreland County Virginia. Deeds 1709-1804 and Wills 1755-1800. Unrecorded Wills and Deeds from a Folume at the Library of Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 22 (1972).
 * Lewis, James F. "Nuncupative Will of Gilbert Campbell, Westmoreland County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1974):227. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * The Will of Edward Ransdell of Cople Parish in the County of Westmoreland, Va., 1724 [incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800. Database available at Ancestry ($).

London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Cople Parish, Leeds [Leedstown], Mattox, Nominy [Nomini Hall], Washington Parish, and Westmoreland County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Westmoreland County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1979):120-123. Available at New England Ancestors ($).

Taxation
At first glance, researchers might conclude that Virginia tax lists contain very little family history data, though one soon learns that valuable genealogical conclusions can be drawn from these records, nicknamed "annual censuses," such as: relationships, approximate years of birth, socio-economic status, identification of neighbors, the ability to distinguish between persons of the same name, evidence of land inheritance, years of migration, and years of death.

Virginia began enumerating residents' payments of personal property and land taxes in 1782. These two types of taxation were recorded in separate registers. Personal property tax lists include more names than land tax lists, because they caught more of the population. The Family History Library has an excellent microfilm collection of personal property tax lists from 1782 (or the year the county was organized) well into the late nineteenth century for most counties, but only scattered land tax lists. Microfilm collections at The Library of Virginia include land tax lists for all counties and independent cities for the years 1782 through 1978, as well as personal property tax lists for the years 1782 through 1930 (and every fifth year thereafter). Taxes were not collected in 1808.

Some tax records are available online or in print, though published abstracts often omit useful details found only in the original sources. Statewide indexes can help genealogists identify specific counties where surnames occurred in the past, providing starting points for research.


 * [1776] Lewis, James F. "Westmoreland County, Virginia, Tithables, 1776," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1975):210-213. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [1782] James, Edward Wilson. "Slave Owners, Westmoreland County, Va., 1782," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 10 (1903):229-235. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [1783] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at FHL. [1783 personal property tax list of Westmoreland County.]
 * [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. Westmoreland County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1791, 1800] Indexed images of the 1791 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Westmoreland County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [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. Westmoreland County is included in Vol. 3.]
 * [1865-1883] Mayo, William. Sale of Delinquent Lands: List of Real Estate in Westmoreland Co., Va., Delinquent for Non-Payment of the Taxes Assessed ... from 1865 to 1883, Inclusive ... Take Notice! on the 23rd day of August, 1886 ... I Shall Proceed to Sell All Lands Above Mentioned ... 1886.

Vital Records
Marriages


 * Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800: Marriages and Marriage References for the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Available at FHL.
 * King, George H.S. "Some Westmoreland County Marriages 1691-1692," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan. 1943):85. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Lewis, James F. "Westmoreland County, Virginia, Marriages," [1780s-1840] The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1966):25-26. Available at New England Ancestors ($). [These loose court papers were not filed properly and do not appear in some published abstracts of Westmoreland County marriages.]

Voting

 * Lion, Jane A. "A List of Voters in the 1741 Burgess Election from Westmoreland County, Va.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1981):275-280. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * "Polls in Westmoreland County for Election of Burgesses [1744-1761]," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):32. Available at JSTOR ($). Identifies candidates by name, but not voters.

Societies and Libraries

 * Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library
 * The Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society

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
 * "Northern Neck," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Neck.