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Charles City County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Charles City, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 60,000 entries.

Charles City County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 100 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Charles City County families include:


 * Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families. 2 vols. 1955-1956; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976..
 * Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy. 12 vols. Urbanna, Virginia: V.L.H. Davis, 1992-2004.
 * Foley, Louise Pledge Heath. Early Virginia Families Along the James River, Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. 3 vols. Richmond, Va.: L.P.H. Foley, 1974-1990. . Volume 2 includes Charles City County families (see also Vol. 1).
 * Harrison, Francis Burton and Fairfax Harrison. Aris Sonis Focisque; Being a Memoir of an American Family, the Harrisons of Skimino: and Particularly of Jesse Burton Harrison and Burton Norvell Harrison. New York: De Vinne Press, 1910. Digital version at Internet Archives. Discusses the Harrisons, Jordans, Bates, Burtons, Hudsons, Whitlockes and Bacons were landowners in the adjoining counties of York, James City and Charles City and across the James River in Nansemond, from the middle of seventeenth century, and later in Henrico and all were of purely English stock.
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Heinegg identifies the following free African American surnames in Charles City County before 1820: Ampey, Anderson, Atkins, Barham (see introduction), Bates, Bowman, Bowser, Bradby, Brown, Bragby, Carsey, Carter, Cary, Charity, Chavis, Colley, Corney, Cumbo, Elliott, Evans, Fields, Gibson, Goeing, Gowen, Grantum, Green, Griffin, Hamlin, Harris, Hill, Homes, Hood, Humbles, Hunt, Jasper, Lewis, Kecatan, King, Lucie, Marshall, Miles, Morris, Moss, Redcross, Reed, Rosarran, Scott, Seldon, Smith, Stewart, Stringer, Sweat, Thomas, Toney, Valentine, Wallace, Willis, and Young.
 * Lawrence-Dow, Elizabeth. Autographs of 65 Gentlemen Justices, Militia Officers and Members of the Grand Jury from Charles City/Prince George and Surry counties Who Signed an Oath of Loyalty to Protestant King William III of England in March 1701/2. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1976. . [Includes biographies of Charles City County men.]
 * McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. ; purchase at Genealogical Publishing Company.
 * Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes a great deal of information about residents of Charles City County, see discussion of cited sources.] . Purchase at Virginians.com.

Charles City 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]


 * [Abernethy] Smith, Edward B. James Abernethy, 1790-1859: His Forefathers and His Descendants. Connely Springs, N.C.: E.B. Smith, 1965..
 * [Abernethy] Abernethy, Thomas Perkins. The Antecedents of the Abernethy Family in Scotland, Virginia and Alabama. 1966..
 * [Alsup] Disbrow, Bernice Alsup. Your Mamas and Your Papas. 2 vols. Warrensburg, Ill.: D.B.A. Disbrow, 1993. ; digital version at.
 * [Ampey] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Anderson] Darnel, Michael R. "Which James Anderson Married Elizabeth Ligon?" The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1995):163-170. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Anderson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Aston] Boddie, John B. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Digital version at - free.
 * [Aston] Reed, Paul C. "The False English Origin of Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Aston of Charles City County, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 3 (Jul. 2001):234-236.
 * [Atkins] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bagwell] McCurdy, Mary Burton Derrickson. "The English Origins and History of Henry Bagwell and Thomas Stratton of Early Eastern Shore Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):3-16. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Baker] Baker, Vaughn H. The Children of John Baker (1604-1654) of the First Eastern Shore Census and Charles City County, Va. ca. 1994. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Barham] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. (see introduction)
 * [Barker] Pullen, William E. The Barkers of Virginia: Captain John Barker, English Shipmaster of Surry County, Virginia, His Descendants and Their Kin. Hollywood, Fla.: W.E. Pullen, 1971..
 * [Bass] Ward, Charles Martin. "Who was Elizabeth, Wife of Colonel Joseph Bass (d. 1778) of Chesterfield County?" Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 46, No. 2 (May 2008):91-96.
 * [Bates] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Batte] Hamiln, Charles Hughes. "Batte and Allied Families: Genealogical Research Reports to a Client," The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Mar. 1972):8-12; Vol. 60, No. 2 (June 1972):103-107; Vol. 60, No. 3 (Sep. 1972):207-212.
 * [Batte] Butts, William Taylor. Retired, at Batte and on Deck: The Story of the Batte Family. San Antonio, Texas: W.T. Butts, 1981..
 * [Beeton] Beeton, Robert D. History of the Beeton Family of Virginia. Sterling, Va.: F&amp;L Printing, 1979..
 * [Binford] Bruner, Mary L. (b. 1855). Binford Family Genealogy. Greenfield, Ind.: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co., [1925]..
 * [Bird] See also Byrd.
 * [Bird] Stewart, Robert Armistead. “The First William Bird of Charles City County, Virginia,” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 41, No. 3 (July 1933):189-195; Vol. 41, No. 4 (October 1933):323-329; Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 1934):41-46; Vol. 42, No. 2 (April 1934):123-128; Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul. 1934):247-251. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Bird] Ingersoll, Louise. Lanier: A Genealogy of the Family Who Came to Virginia and Their French Ancestors in London. Washington, D.C.: Goetz Printing Company, 1965. Digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * [Bird] Rogers, Robert W. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Bird/Byrd and Rogers Families, 1650-1870, of "Westover," and Charles City County and King and Queen County, Va. 1987. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Bland] Bland, Charles L. Vision of Unity: The Bland Family in England and America, 1555-1900. Amherst, N.Y.: C.L. Bland, 1982, 1990..
 * [Bird] Harrison, Barbara Lyon. The Laniers and Their World (1559-1719). 1996.
 * [Blitchington] Bruister, Daysidel Day. Blitchington, Bright, Long, Norcom, Worley. Tutwiler, Miss.: D.D. Bruister, 1987..
 * [Bobbitt] Mount, Allen Wade. Our Bobbitt Family: Genealogical and Historical Record of the Southern Branch, with the Beck, Elliott, Goodloe and Hurd Families and Allied Lines. Prairie Village, Kan.: A.W. Mount, Sr., 1972..
 * [Bolling] Bolling, Alexander R. The Bolling Family, Eight Centuries of Growth. Baltimore, Md., 1990.
 * [Bowman] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bowry] Bowry, John Philip. Four Generation of the Descendants of the Reverend Mr. John Bowry of Charles City County, Virginia. 1989. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Bowser] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Boyce] Dotson, Flora B. Analysis of Cheney Boyce, Richard Tye, and John Coggan and Poythress;: The Pace-Poythress Land Transactions, Continuation of the Pace-Poythress Connection, The Richard Pace-Richard Baker Question, Research Notes on Rebecca Cocgan and Major Francis Poythress, Supplement, Research Notes on Poythress, Research Notes on Littlebury Eppes (Epes). 1987-1988..
 * [Boyce] Brayton, John Anderson. The Descendants of Cheney Boyce, "Ancient Planter", and of Richard Craven for Seven Generations: Including the Following Families - Briggs, Chappell, Coggins, Gee, Rives, Scott, Tatum and Others. Winston-Salem, N.C.: J.A. Brayton, c1996..
 * [Bradby] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Bradford] Bradford, David Thomas. The Bradfords of Charles City County, Virginia, and Some of their Descendants, 1653-1993. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994.
 * [Bradford] Sandlund, Peter G. The Bradford Family of Charles City County, Virginia, 1651-1729. 2 vols. Alexandria, Va.: P.G. Sandlund, 1996?. ; digital book at.
 * [Bradley] 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.
 * [Bradley] "Jarrett-Meanly-Jolly-Slaughter," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 9 (1927):122-124.
 * [Bradley] Bradley, Frank E. Joseph Bradley: ca. 1730-1855. New York: F.E. Bradley Jr., [1982?]..
 * [Bradley] Bradley, Frank Eugene. Descendants of Joseph Bradley (abt. 1636-1662) of Charles City County, Virginia. F.E. Bradley, 1995.
 * [Bragby] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Breazeale] Folger, Walter Weston. Breazeales of Virginia and South Carolina. Copy:.
 * [Brizendine] Morris, Lovell Jason. The Family of William "Will" Brizendine (1667-1728) and His Descendants. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: L.J. Morris, 1994. 929.273 B779m
 * [Brooks] Edwards, Bruce Montgomery. The Brooks of Virginia. Knoxville, Tenn.: Montgomery Publishing, 1985. 929.273 B791eb
 * [Brown] "Charles City's Brown Families: Tangled Roots and Obscure Origins," Charles City County Historical Society Newsletter, Issue No. 10 (Mar. 1997):11-17. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Brown] Dance, Daryl Cumber. The Lineage of Abraham: The Biography of a Free Black Family in Charles City, VA. D.C. Dance, 1998. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Brown] Brown, Jefferson. From Indian Fields to Ruthville: A Brown Family History of Charles City County, Va., 1760 to the Present: A Book. 1999.
 * [Brown] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Buckner] Wright, Mary G. Meet Your Buckner and Wright Ancestors and the Families that Intermarried. Bowling Green, Va.: M.G. Wright, [1986?]. 929.273 B857wm
 * [Burton] Jones, Tilford A. Some of the Ancestors and Some of the De[s]cendants of Henry Burton, Revolutionary War Soldier, and John Burton, Revolutionary War Seaman. Bethesda, Md.: T.A. Jones, 1990..
 * [Byrd] Byrd Pedigree, 1704, College of Arms, London.
 * [Byrd] See also Bird.
 * [Byrd] Waters, Henry F. "Genealogical Gleanings in England," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 39 (1885):160-163. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Byrd] Newspaper article, 1886.
 * [Byrd] The Critic (Richmond, Va.), 14 December 1888 and 16 December 1888.
 * [Byrd] Vermont, E. de V. America Heraldica - A Compilation of Coats of Arms, Crests and Mottoes of Prominent American Families Settled in This Country Before 1800. New York: The America Heraldica Publishing Association, 1889. Pages 142-143. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Byrd] Browning, C.H. Americans of Royal Descent. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Porter &amp; Coates, 1891. Pages 183-187, 333. Digital version at Google Books.
 * [Byrd] Browning, C.H. Some Colonial Dames of Royal Descent. Philadelphia, Pa., 1900. Pages 54-57. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Byrd] Nicholas, Elizabeth Byrd (d. 1901). Genealogical Notes Concerning the Byrd Family of "Westover," Charles City County, Va. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Byrd] Bassett, John Spencer. The Writings of Colonel William Byrd of Westover in Virginia, Esqr. New York, 1901. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Byrd] Du Bellet, Louise Pecquet. Some Prominent Virginia Families. Lynchburg, Va., 1907. Volume 1, Pages 247-248.
 * [Byrd] Lancaster, Robert A. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Pages 78-85. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Byrd] Virkus, Frederick A. The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy. First Families of America. Chicago: A.N. Marquis &amp; Company, Publishers, 1925. Volume 1, Page 525.
 * [Byrd] Beatty, Richmond Croom. William Byrd of Westover. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1932. (Book Storage 0238748).
 * [Byrd] Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949. Digital version at ;.
 * [Byrd] Houlette, William D. "William Byrd I and Some of His American Descendants," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 16 (1934-1935):36-42, 93-100, 198-199. 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;.
 * [Byrd] Hatch, Alfred. The Byrds of Virginia. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1969.
 * [Byrd] Tinling, Marion, ed. The Correspondence of the Three William Byrds of Westover, Virginia, 1684-1776. 2 vols. Charlottesville, Virginia: Published for the Virginia Historical Society by the University Press of Virginia, 1977.
 * [Byrd] Boddie, Mrs. John Bennett, ed. Historical Southern Families. Vol. XXII. Baltimore, Md., 1978. [Contains errors, see review in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22 (1978):314.]
 * [Byrd] Rogers, Robert W. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Bird/Byrd and Rogers Families, 1650-1870, of "Westover," and Charles City County and King and Queen County, Va. 1987. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Byrd] McLean, Dabney N. Mary Horsmanden Byrd of "Westover". Treasure Island, Fla.: D.N. McLean, 1989. (High Density 0238750)
 * [Byrd] Murphy, Nathan W. "The Devon Seafaring Origins of William Byrd's Mother's Family: Grace (Stegge) Byrd of London, Thomas Stegge of Charles City County, Viginia, and Captain Abraham Read of Charles City County, Virginia; Including Additional Details about William Byrd's Father John Byrd's Career as a London Goldsmith," The American Genealogist, Vol. 84, No. 4 (October 2010):241-256.
 * [Cannon] 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 ($)..
 * [Cantrell] "Cantrell of Charles City County," Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Carsey] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Carter] Carter, Williams. Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of Charles Carter of Shirley [Charles City County, Va.]. 1855. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Carter] Mathys, Mary Sue. "One Branch of a Colonial Carter Family in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):117-126. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Carter] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cary] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cavenaugh] Wrenn, Gladys Robbins Guins. The Stanfield and Miles Families: Including Cavenaughs/Cavenahs, Jacksons, Talberts/Tolberts and Related Families. Cleveland, Texas: G.R.G. Wrenn, 1998..
 * [Charity] Lucas, Edna Charity. The Descendants of James and Keziah Charity of Charles City County, Virginia. E.C. Lucas, 1991.
 * [Charity] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Chavis] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Chiles] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Walter Chiles, Father and Son," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May-June 1992):67-72; Vol. 1, No. 3 (November/December 1992):120-122. 975.51 D25t
 * [Christian] Lamb, John Christian. William and Mary Quarterly, 1st Ser., Vols. 5, 8, 9. Published 1900.
 * [Christian] Herring, Dorothy Holland. History and Genealogy of the Christian Family, 1643-1850. Morrow, Ga.: D. Holland, n.d..
 * [Christian] Herring, Dorothy Holland. Addenda, 1758-1867, to "History and Genealogy of the Christian Family, 1743-1850." Typescript. Microfilmed 1989:.
 * [Christian] Lamb, James Christian. Christian Family of Virginia: A Brief Outline of the Early History of the Family in the Counties of Charles City and New Kent, and an Attempt to Trace the Descendents of William Christian... S.B. Adkins, 1921.
 * [Christian] Goddard, Clyde. The Christian Family. 3 vols. New Boston, Mo.: C. Goddard, 1971-1973. (FHL is missing Vol. 2)
 * [Christian] Stacy, Eunie V. Christian. Christian of Charles City: An Account of the Antecedents and Descendants of Charles Christian of Virginia and Allied Families, Mainly Found in the Southern States. Shreveport, La.: E.V.C. Stacy, 1982..
 * [Christian] Berry, Michael W. and Ann Arsell Wheat Hunter. "Collier and Christian of Charles City and New Kent Counties," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1990):83-88. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Christian] Edwards, Howell B. A Family Named Christian of Wilson County, Tennessee. Grants Pass, Ore.: H.B. Edwards, [1994?]..
 * [Christian] Christian, Donna Lynne. Christian Family Genealogical Chart. 2010. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Clay] Clay, Clifford Charles and Lewis Wiley Rigsby. The Colonial Clay's of Virginia and Some of Their Descendants, 1443-1943. MSS. Copy:.
 * [Clay] Hoskins, Clarence E. History and Genealogy of the Hoskins, Clay and Related Families United in Cole County, Missouri. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1972..
 * [Clay] Clay Family Association et al. The Clay Family Quarterly. Houston, Texas: Clay Family Association, 1975..
 * [Clay] Harrold, Clay. Before Clement C. Clay and After. Sparks, Nev.: C. Harrold, 1983..
 * [Clay] Rowland, Jane Thomas. My Kinship to the Clay Family: Papers from the Family Files with Rowland/Thomas Connections and Some Ancestors and Descendants of Jane Thomas Rowland and Arthur Ray Rowland. Augusta, Georgia: RR Books, 1998.
 * [Clay] Knighton, Charles von Dietrich and Patricia M. Donaldson. Clay, Bruce, and Kavanaugh Families: Lineage Memorial - Revisited. Cincinnati, Ohio: C. Knighton, c2007..
 * [Cocke] Cocke, Virginia Webb. "Thomas Cocke of Pickthorn," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):26-30. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Cole] "Cole of Charles City County," Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Coleman] Coleman, J.P. The Robert Coleman Family from Virginia to Texas, 1652-1965. Ackerman, Miss.: J.P. Coleman, 1965..
 * [Coleman] Robling, James Warner. Coleman Family-Virginia to Pike County, Indiana. Villa Ridge, Mo.: J.W. Robling, 1997..
 * [Colley] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Collier] Berry, Michael W. and Ann Arsell Wheat Hunter. "Collier and Christian of Charles City and New Kent Counties," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1990):83-88. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Corney] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Cosby] Jenkins, Elizabeth Crosby Stafford. The Cosbys of York County, Virginia 1737-1790. Charlotte, N.C.: E.C.S. Jenkins, 1994..
 * [Cotton] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Thomas Cotton, c.1687, Charles City and Surry Counties; Walter Cotton, c.1688, Surry County," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 9, No. 4 (February/March 2001):217-225. 975.51 D25t
 * [Cowles] Cowles, Calvin Duvall and Cowles Family Association. Genealogy of the Cowles Families in America. New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse &amp; Taylor, Co., 1929..
 * [Craven] Brayton, John Anderson. The Descendants of Cheney Boyce, "Ancient Planter", and of Richard Craven for Seven Generations: Including the Following Families - Briggs, Chappell, Coggins, Gee, Rives, Scott, Tatum and Others. Winston-Salem, N.C.: J.A. Brayton, c1996..
 * [Crowder] Brayton, John Anderson. "A Tentative Reconstruction of the Crowder Family of Bristol Parish, Virginia," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 11, No. 2 (August/September 2002):74-78..
 * [Cumbo] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Daux] Burgess, James A. Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families. Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Printing Company, 1978. ; digital version at.
 * [Douthat] Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. Some Prominent Virginia Families. 4 vols. 1907. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. see also . Index: . Digital versions available online: Vol. 2 | Vol. 4 | Index. All four volumes have been digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * [Duke] Morris, Jane Sims Davison. The Duke-Symes Family. Philadelphia, Pa.: Dorrance &amp; Co., [1940]..
 * [Duke] Smyth, Samuel Gordon. Genealogy of Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family.
 * [Duke] Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949. Digital version at ;.
 * [Duke] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. The Duke Family. 2 vols. [Houston, Texas]: E.D. Brandenberger, 1979-1995..
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Charles City County.
 * [Edmunds] Edmunds, Mary Stuart Green. "Edmunds Family," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 17 (1935-1936):59-63, 111-117, 193-199. 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;.
 * [Elliott] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Epes] Clark, Eva Turner. Francis Epes, His Ancestors and Descendants. New York: Richard R. Smith, 1942..
 * [Epes] O'Neal, Arey Moss. Epes-Moss Family Genealogical Records, 1599-1978. MSS. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Epes] O'Neal, Arey Moss. Addendum, 1921-1979, to "Epes-Moss Family Genealogical Records." Typescript. Microfilmed 1988:.
 * [Epes] Dorman, John Frederick and Society of the Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia. Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia (Epes-Eppes-Epps). n.p.: Society of the Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, 1992. 929.273 Ep27d
 * [Epes] Dorman, John Frederick. Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia: (Epes-Eppes-Epps). n.p.: Society of the Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, c1999..
 * [Evans] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Ferrell] Boddie, Mrs. John Bennett. Historical Southern Families. Volume XXI. Baltimore, Md., 1976.
 * [Fields] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Fontaine] Cattle, Mercedes Brown. Genealogies and Biographical Sketches of the Many Families from Whom We Descend. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1967..
 * [Fontaine] Currie, Randolph N. The Second Family of Rev. Peter Fontaine 1691-1757. Sylvania, Ohio: R.N. Currie, 1990..
 * [Fontaine] Ragland, Charles J. Ancestors and Descendants of the Reverend Peter Fontaine (1691-1759) of Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia. 2 vols. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: C.J. Ragland Jr., 1997?.
 * [Fontaine] Ragland, Charles J. The "Fontainebleau Fontaines": Biographical Sketches of the Ancestors and One Branch of the Descendants of the Reverend Peter Fontaine (1691-1759) of Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia. 1998.
 * [Freeman] Hopkins, Garland Evans. Freeman Forbears: Being the History, Genealogy, Heraldy [sic], Homes and Traditions of the Family of Freeman and Related Families Originating in the Original Shires of James City and Charles River in Virginia. Virginia: G.E. Hopkins, 1942.
 * [Gee] Kessler, Marian S., Garnette S. Teass, and Samuel Edward Gee. Gee Family Tree: Charles and Hañah from the Colonial Era to the Year 2000: An Expansion and Update of "The kin of Dr. Ned Gee, Lunenburg County, Virginia" by Samuel Edward Gee, Included Surnames Bailey, Barnes, Barry, Bonner, Bugg, Cash, Daniels, Dilworth, Drury, Dunbar, Fitzwater, Foglesong, Hammock, Harris, Harvie, Hawthorne, Heath, Hite, Hicks/Hix, Hubbard, Johnson, Jones, Kennedy, Kessler, Kunau, Ligon, Link, Love, Maddux, Marable, McClintic, Moore, Nevill/Neavil/Neville, Parham, Peace, Pritchett, Ragsdale, Rainey, Saunders, Seward, Skinner, Stokes, Teass, Turbyfill, Wadsworth, Walker, Watkins, Webb, Williams, Winn. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c2001. Digital version at.
 * [George] George, Thomas R. George Family Record: Descendants of Colonel John George of Virginia. Houston, Texas: Hunter George Graphic Design, 1978..
 * [George] Shockey, Amanda Rudder Taylor. Our George Family. [Camden, Ohio]: A.R.T. Shockey, 1991.
 * [Gibbs] Gibbs, Stanley Eugene and Gibbs Associates. From Castle to Country: A Gibbs Family History from 1378 to the Present. 2 vols. Boulder, Colo.: Gibbs Associates, 1996. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: and ..
 * [Gibson] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
 * [Going] Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book.
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