Russell County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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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]

General
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Russell, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 175,000 entries.


 * Russell County Pedigree Charts and Family Group Sheets (Russell Co., VA GenWeb)
 * Russell County, Virginia Biographies (Russell Co., VA GenWeb)
 * Russell County, Virginia Families (links to information regarding a number of specific families; Russell Co. GenWeb)

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Russell County families include:


 * The Heritage of Russell County, Virginia. 2 vols. Russell County Heritage Book Committee, c1985, c1989..
 * Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia in. 3 vols. Kingsport, Tenn., 1977. . Contents: v. 1. A Genealogical and historical account of the Evans, Ferrell, Kelly, Counts, Stinson and related families -- v. 2. Genealogical and historical records of Russell County and Southwest Virginia families; Hendricks, Gibson, Garrett, Nash, Heburn, Buckles -- v. 3. Honaker, Deskins and related families.
 * Smith, Gregg A. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Smith Family of Russell County, Va. Donated 1987. Available at Virginia Historical Society. Includes Arington, Artrip, Barks, Booth, Combs, Edwards, Finney, Glover, Grizzle, Hopkins, Johnson, Jones, Kiser, Larson, Lockhart, Martin, Mayfield, Musick, Nash, Pigman, Powers, Rasnake, Stinson, Sutherland, Sykes, Wallace, and Woolfe families.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Sumner County residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified the lineages of individuals who were tested.


 * [Brown] Descendant of Dance Brown, b. abt 1776/1777 Virginia, resident of Russell County, Virginia, d. 1860 Sumner County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 25 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 96783). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 57), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.