Craig County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Craig County

Southwest Virginia county.

County Courthouse
Craig County Courthouse P.O. Box 185 303 Main Street New Castle, VA 24127-0185 Phone: 540-864-6141

Clerk Circuit Court has birth records 1864-1896, marriage, divorce, probate and court and land records from 1851

Parent County
1851--Craig County was created 21 March 1851 from Botetourt, Giles, Roanoke and Monroe (West Virginia) Counties. County seat: New Castle.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Neighboring Counties
Alleghany | Botetourt | Giles | Monroe County, West Virginia | Montgomery | Roanoke

African Americans
 Freedmen's Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-18721Cemeteries

For a detailed list, including addresses, phone numbers, and external links, see Craig County, Virginia Cemeteries.

The following is a list of cemeteries in Craig County:


 * Tombstone Transcription Project Craig County - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb

Census
1785


 * Burton, Charles T. Botetourt County, Va., 1785 Enumeration. Troutville, Va.: Burton?, 1972. Available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($). [All of part of present-day county of Craig is included.]

1890 Union Veterans


 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website. [Includes residents of this county.]

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.: Government Printing Office, 1883. 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Craig County, p. 68.61]

Civil War

 * - 28th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company B (Craig Rifles) and Company D (Craig Mountain Boys).

Records and histories are available, including:


 * Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
 * Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865

Naturalization
 Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Craig County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1964):26-27. Available at ; digital version at New England Ancestors($).

Vital Records
Birth


 * Fridley, Beth. Craig County, Virginia Births, 1853-96 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Available at Ancestry ($).

Death


 * Fridley, Beth, comp. Craig County, Virginia Deaths, 1853-96 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Available at Ancestry ($).

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Craig Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, history.
 * Cyndi's List
 * Cyndi's List