Powhatan County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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

Powhatan County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 40 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Powhatan County families include:


 * 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 1 includes Powhatan County families.
 * 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 Powhatan County, see discussion of cited sources.] ; purchase at Virginians.com.

Powhatan 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]

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 * [Agee] Agee, James Wesley. Agee Record. ca. 1890.
 * [Agee] Agee, James Wesley. Agee Bee. ca. 1895.
 * [Agee] Agee, Paul. The Agee Family. 1937..
 * [Agee] Agee, Louis N. The Agee Register: A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Mathieu Agee, A Huguenot Refugee to Virginia. Farmville, Va.: Mrs. L.N. Agee, 1982..
 * [Agee] Agee, Sara. History of the Randolph Leighton Agee, Jr. Family. Walnut Cove, N.C.: S. Agee, 1995..
 * [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 ($)..
 * [Archer] Watson, Walter A. Notes on Southside Virginia. Richmond, Va.: D. Bottom, Superintendant of Public Print., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

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 * [Banton] Futrell, Roger Henry Lofland. The Banton Family. Fort Worth, Texas: American Reference Publishing Company, 1970. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Baskerville] Reed, Paul C. "The Baskerville Family: Three Generations of Descendants of John Baskerville, Clerk of York County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005):257-268; Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2006):60-69; Vol. 50, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2006):115-120. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Bellamy] Bellamy, Stanley E. Bellamy Family Records: Stanley E Bellamy, A Descendant of Elisha Bellamy (b. 1760), Father of Jesse Parker Bellamy (b. 1791), Father of James Franklin Bellamy (b.1823), Father of Alonzo Frank Bellamy (b. 1846) Father of Worth T. Bellamy (b. 1877) ... Skyforest, Calif.: S. Bellamy, 1998. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Bondurant] Bondurant Family Association et al. The Bondurant Family Association [Newsletter]. Canyon Lake, Texas: Bondurant Family Association, 1987-..
 * [Bransford] American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A.D. 1776. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1898. Vol. 9:98-99. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Browne] Hayworth, Marianne Browne. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Browne Family of Powhatan County, Va. Donated 1983. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Browne] Genealogical Notes Concerning the Browne Family. MSS. Donated 1990. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Bryant] Lane, Annabel Wishart. The Roots and Fruit of the Bryant Family Tree: A Genealogical Study. Kansas City, Mo.: A.W. Lane, 1954..
 * [Bryant] Lane, Annabel Wishart. The Bryant Family Tree, with Records of Allied Families. Littleton, Colo.: A.W. Lane, 1966. Digital version at - free;.

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 * [Chastain] Chastain, James Garvin. A Brief History of the Huguenots and Three Family Trees Chastain-Lochridge-Stockton. Shaw, Miss.: J.G. Chastain, 1933..
 * [Chaudoin] Allen, Cameron. "Francis (Francois) Chaudoin (c.1717/18-c.1799/1800) of Manakin Town and of Buckingham Co., Va.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1996):83-94; Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1996):179-190; Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1996):261-274; Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1997):18-33; Vol. 41, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1997):97-113. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Cheatham] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "The Cheatham Family of Colonial Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):163-173; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):273-279; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):38-43; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):102-112; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):209-216; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):293-297; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):32-40; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):123-127; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):179-185; Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):262-265; Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):17-23; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):99-104. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Chitwood] Chitwood, I.O. and Reuben Chitwood. Descendants of Matthias Chitwood. Winfield, Tenn.: H. and R. Chitwood, 1986..
 * [Clarke] Gardner, Malcolm Everett. Papers, ca. 1933-1979. Section 1. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Clay] Smith, Zachary F. and Mary Rogers Clay. The Clay Family. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Company, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Clay] Heflin, Donald L. The Clay's of White Hall. Richmond, Ky.: D.L. Heflin, 1994..
 * [Cocke] "Genealogy of the Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1896):282-292, 340; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):405-414; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):86-96; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):212-217; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1897):322-332, 334; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1897):431-450; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):71-89; Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):181-198; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):303-327; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):449. Digitized by JSTOR - free.

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 * [DeNoon] Couture, Richard T. Charlie's Letters: The Correspondence of Charles E. DeNoon. 1982. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Denoon] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Depp] Allen, Cameron. "Lucinda Depp and Her Descendants: A Freed Black Family of Virginia and Ohio," The Genealogist, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring 2003):3-36.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Powhatan County Duncans.
 * [Dupuy] Dupuy, B.H. and Henry Dudley Teetor. The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and His Descendants. Louisville, Ky.: B.H. Dupuy, 1908. ; digital version at and Internet Archive.
 * [Dupuy] Smith, O. Norris. Dupuy Trails in Virginia, 1968. 1969. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Eggleston] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Elam] Reed, Mary. Descendants of Lavinia Crowder. MSS., microfilmed 2000..

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 * [FitzSimmons] Hathaway, Bernice FitzSimmons. FitzSimmons and Allied Lines (Ellis, Lee, Perkins, Radford, Redding, Aston, Cocke, Smith, Pierce): Some of the Ancestors and All of the Descendants of Willis FitzSimmons, b. 1854, d. 1930: Early Virginia and Kentucky Lines. Denver, Colo.: B.F. Hathaway, 1963..
 * [Flournoy] Rivers, Flournoy. "The Flournoy Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul. 1894):81-90; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):190-213; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):318-327; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):437-447; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):67-79; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):414-416; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):97-101. Digitized by JSTOR - free.

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 * [Guerrant] Guerrant, C.T. Guerrant Family Genealogical Notes. MSS., Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 4, Gue..

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 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. 34 vols. Camarillo, Calif.: K. Wiggins, 1970-1971. [Vol. 16 includes Powhatan County]
 * [Harris] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Hatcher] Maloney, James Hallett. "Drury Hatcher of Cumberland County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005):243-256; Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2006):51-59. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Hobson] Gish, Agnes Evans. Hobson's Chapel: 18th - Early 19th Century Settlement Along Branches of Deep Creek, Cumberland-Powhatan Counties, Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1997. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Hughes] Woodson, C.V. "Hughes Family of Powhatan County," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):208-209. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Hughes] Hughes, Lydia Annie and Richard Hughes Sullivan. Hughes Family of Kentucky and Virginia. Columbia, S.C.: McCaw of Columbia, 1920..

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 * [James] Burke, Carolyn Jordan. The James Boys and Girls, Their In-laws and Outlaws Including Chapters on These Connecting Lines, Ammonet, Bolling, Bransford, Branum, Connally, Cook, Dandridge, Harris, Hill, Jefferson, Maples, Oaks, Turpin. Lakeport, Calif.: C. Burke, 1995..
 * [Jennings] Jennings, Ruth Helen Watt. Jennings - Williams Lineage, 1740-1979. Typescript, microfilmed 1982..
 * [Johns] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Jones] Fothergill, Augusta B. Peter Jones and Richard Jones Genealogies. Richmond, Va.: Old Dominion Press, 1924. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Jones] Watson, Walter A. Notes on Southside Virginia. Richmond, Va.: D. Bottom, Superintendant of Public Print., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Jones] Allen, Cameron. "Jean Jouany as American as John Jones," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1963):147-157. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Jouany] Allen, Cameron. "Jean Jouany as American as John Jones," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1963):147-157. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..

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 * [LeSueur] Allen, Cameron. "David LeSueur (1703/04-1771/72) of Manakin Town, Virginia: An Outline of the First Three Generations of His Descendants, As Constructed from the Tax Records of the 'Burned' County of Buckingham," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1999):3-22; Vol. 43, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1999):110-125; Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1999):178-189; Vol. 43, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1999):256-269. Available at ; digital version at American Ancestors($).

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 * [Marye] Eberhart, Edith Whitcraft and Adaline Marye Robertson. The Maryes of Virginia, 1730-1985. Arlington, Va.: E.W. Eberhart &amp; A.M. Robertson, 1985..
 * [Michaux] de Graffenried, Thomas Pritchett. History of the de Graffenried Family from 1191 A.D. to 1925. Binghampton, N.Y.: Vail-Ballou Press, 1925. Digital version at Internet Archive - free;.
 * [Miller] Holman, Harry Stuart. "The Miller Manuscript," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):25-27. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Miller] Mathis, Peggy Miller and Diane Smith Zimmerman. Before We Were a Twinkle: The Miller-McWilliams Connection. Huntsville, Texas: P.M. Mathis, 1994..
 * [Miller] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Morrison] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Mosby] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Moseley] Stutesman, John Hale. "Two Virginia Continental Officers Named Benjamin Moseley," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):243-251. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Moseley] Stutesman, John Hale. "Sorting Out Some Moseleys," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):65-70. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..

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 * [Ochiltree] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Powhatan County appears in Vol. 2 Part 4]
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. [Powhatan County appears in Vol. 2]
 * [Pankey] Pankey, George Edward. John Pankey of Manakin Town, Virginia, and His Descendants. 3 vols. Ruston, La.: G.E. Pankey, 1969-1981..
 * [Perkins] Perkins, William Robertson. Papers 1929-1943. Section 2. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Porter] Genealogical Chart of the Porter Family of Henrico, Goochland, Cumberland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield counties, Virginia. ca. 1920. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Porter] Genealogical Charts of the Descendants of Captain Thomas Porter and Allied Families, Including the Randolphs, Woodsons, Harrises and Hardings of Henrico, Goochland, Cumberland, Powhatan and Chesterfield counties, Virginia. Donated 1995. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Randolph] Watson Family. Papers, 1866-1900. Section 4. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Royall] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Saunders] Saunders, James Edmonds and Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs. Early Settlers of Alabama. New Orleans: L. Graham and Son, Printers, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Skelton] Baskervill, P. Hamilton. The Skeltons of Paxton, Powhatan County, Virginia and their connections : including sketches of the families of Skelton, Gifford and Crane. Richmond, Va.: Old Dominion Press, Printers, 1922. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and.
 * [Smith] Society of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, Robert Glenn Thurtle, and Lillian S. King. Pedigrees of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy. 3 vols. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1976-1987..
 * [Smith] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "Progenitors and Kinfolk of Abraham Childers III," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):3-13; Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1990):97-109; Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):180-194; Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):266-280; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):43-54; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):108-118; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):199-207. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Smith] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Steger] Steger, William E. and William F. Steger. Descendants of Thomas Hales Steger: Son of John Perratt Steger. n.p.: W.E. Steger and W.F. Steger, 199?..
 * [Stovall] Peterson, Daniel McLeod. McLeod, Stovall, Hinkle and Allied Families. 1978.
 * [Stovall] Williams, Lyle Keith. The Stovall Family and Related Lines. 2 vols. Fort Worth, Texas: L.K. Williams, 1984..
 * [Stovall] Bishop, Donald E. Descendants of Bartholomew Stovall (1655-1722): First Five American Generations. Laurel, Miss.: Stovall Family Association, 1999. ; digital version at.
 * [Stratton] Brown, Herman Stratton. Genealogy of Certain Stratton Families of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: H.S. Brown, 1982..
 * [Sublett] Sublett, Samuel S. A Partial History by Sam'l S. Sublett, of the French Huguenots by Name Soblets: Who Emigrated to America in 1700 and Settled at Manakin in Powhatan County, Virginia, 18 Miles West of Richmond City. Richmond, Va.: J.L. Hill Printing Co., Printers, 1896. ; digital version at.

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 * [Tatum] Lorente, Arline Tatum. Our Tatum Family and Kin. Richmond, Va.: A.T. Lorente, 1977..
 * [Turpin] Chambers, Moreau Browne Congleton. Papers, 1954-1966. MSS. Acquired 1966. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Turpin] Rose, Christine. "The Turpin Notebook," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):3-10. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Turpin] Yeck, Joanne L. Lethe: A House in Powhatan and the People Who Lived There. 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Watkins] Meade, William. Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - free.
 * [Watkins] Saunders, James Edmonds and Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs. Early Settlers of Alabama. New Orleans: L. Graham and Son, Printers, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Watkins] Watkins, Raymond W. John Watkins Family of Cumberland County, Now Powhatan County, Virginia. MSS., microfilmed 1976..
 * [Watkins] Stutesman, John Hale. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Watkins Family of Virginia. Series 3. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Watkins] Stutesman, John Hale. Some Watkins Families of Virginia and Their Kin: Abbott, Anderson, Bass, Clay, Cox, Farrar, Hancock, Hundley, Montague, Moseley, Randolph, Walthall, Woolridge. San Francisco, California: J.H. Stutesman, 1989..
 * [Wilkerson] Jordan, Janie Moseley Garraghty. The Descendants of Joseph Wilkerson (12 May 1729-15 March 1829) and Allied Families of Bedford County, Virginia. Lynchburg, Va.: Warwick House, 1995..
 * [Wilkinson] Rokas, Bonnie Jeffers. Colonials and Kindreds: The Story of the Jeffers and Wilson Families in America. 1984..
 * [Wilkinson] Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. "The Wilkinson Family of Southside Virginia: Descendants of John and Sarah (Royall) Wilkinson," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):3-9; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):126-140; Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1992):178-193; Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1992):260-272. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Winfrey] Winfrey, James Clifton. The Winfrey Family. Littleton, Colo.: J.C. Winfrey, 1982. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Witt] Edwards, Eva Dean Boian and Sandra Winkler Rose. Witt Newsletter. Irvine, Ky.: Edwards and Rose Genealogical Heritage, 1987-..
 * [Woodfin] Woodfin, Emmet S. Biography and Genealogy of the Woodfin Family Tree. New Orleans, La.: n.p., 1928..
 * [Woodfin] Matthews, Elizabeth Woodfin. Pages and Missing Pages in Virginia Courthouse Records, with Reference to Woodfin, Howlett, Panetier, Luck, King, Duke and Page. Carbondale, Ill.: E.W. Matthews, 1989. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Wooldridge] Wooldridge, William C. The Wooldridge Family: Wooldridge Surname Descendants to ca. 1900 of John Wooldridge (ca. 1678-1757), Blacksmith of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia. 2 vols. Fredericksburg, Va.: Sheridan Books, 2002..