Russell County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Russell County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
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.

Russell 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]


 * [Addington] Addington, Hugh M. History of the Addington Family in United States and England: Including Many Related Families: A Book of Compliments. 2 vols. 1931, 1960. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: |  - both free;.
 * [Addington] Brown, Nancy Clark, Rhonda Robertson, and Norman P. Addington. The Addingtons of Virginia: The Descendants of William Addington and Margaret Cromwell. Wise, Va.: Sainte Marie on the Clinch, c1994..
 * [Aistrop] Hockett, Thomas Jack. Family of Reuben Helton &amp; Nancy Burnett: Family of Karen Snead &amp; Vanranselrei Aistrop. St. Davids, Pa.: T.J. Hockett, 1992..
 * [Alley] Allen-Osborn-Alley, and Connected Families, Census Records, 1850-1870. Typescript. Donated 1937..
 * [Alley] Sutton, Rita Kennedy. Early Osbornes and Alleys with Notes on Allied Families. Wise, Va.: Historical Society of Southwest Virginia, 1973..
 * [Amburgey] Griffith, Dorothy Amburgey. Amburgey Ancestry in America: Amburgey Ancestral Register. St. Louis, Mo.: D.A. Griffith, c1982..
 * [Amburgey] Amburgey Family Association. Amburgey News: Newsletter of the Amburgey Family Association, Inc. St. Louis County, Mo.: Amburgey Family Association, 1990-1992..
 * [Amburgey] Amburgey Family Association. Amburgey Family Association News. St. Louis County, Mo.: Amburgey Family Association, 1993-present..
 * [Amburgey] Griffith, Dorothy Amburgey. Amburgey (Amberger) Ancestors and Descendants: A Supplement to Amburgey Ancestry in America. St. Louis, Mo.: Amburgey Family Association, 1997..
 * [Anderson] Anderson, Terry Jay. Anderson and Hackney Genealogy: With Anderson Family Records. Maysville, Ky.: T.J. Anderson, 1989..
 * [Baldridge] Shepard, Clarence E. A Small Twig from the Baldridge Tree: The Descendants of William Baldridge of Russell County, Virginia. Dayton, Ohio: C.E. Shepard, c1984..
 * [Ballew] Walton, Violet Ann Ballew. William Ballew: His Ancestors and Descendants. Woods Cross, Utah: Robert Torkelson, 1972. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Beverly] Adkins, Frank M. "A Historical Sketch of the Beverlys," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 4, No. 19 (Feb. 1981):14-20..
 * [Beverly] Steele, Fannie Lane and Ina Jean Stanley Dotson. The Crabtree--Stanley Connection: A Memorial, A Collection of the Ancestry and Descendants of James Crabtree and James Stanley. Wise, Va.: F.L. Steele, c1996..
 * [Branham] Salyers, Brenda D. Branhams and Kin: The Descendants of Milly Branham. Pound, Va.: B.D. Salyers, c1994..
 * [Breeding] Breeding, Carlice Ison. Genealogy of Spencer Breeding. MSS. Microfilmed 1973. Digital version at ;.
 * [Brown] Brown, Freddy Joe. Dance Steps: Six Generation History &amp; Genealogy of Dance Brown (1776-1860). Scottsville, Ky.: F.J. Brown, c1996..
 * [Carter] Carter, John Denton. The Munsey Ancestors of Rhoda Munsey Carter (1814-1899) of Russell County, Virginia, and Newton County, Missouri. Biloxi, Miss.: J.D. Carter, 1969..
 * [Carter] Carter, Lennie Melvin. The Carter Family: The Genealogy and Family History of the Virginia Carters and Their Migration to Lawrence County, Kentucky. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1992..
 * [Casteel] Yarberry, Barbara Green. Casteels. Phoenix, Ariz.: B. Yarbery, 1980s..
 * [Clevenger] Griffiths, George R. Clevenger, Pioneers &amp; Descendants. Baltimore, Md., 1980.
 * [Cockrell] Cockrell, Monroe Fulkerson. Francis Marion Cockrell of Warrensburg, Mo. and Alexander Cockrell I of Dallas, Texas. Chicago, Ill.: M.F. Cockrell, c1947..
 * [Cole] Ledgerwood, Marian Carter. A Montgomery and Cole Record: Some Descendants of Alexander Montgomery of Amherst Co., Virginia and Orange Co., North Carolina. Hot Springs Village, Ark.: M. Ledgerwood, 1989..
 * [Colley] Boardman, Elizabeth Joye Mabe. Thomas Colley Family: Russell County, Virginia; Washington County, Virginia; Dickenson County, Virginia; Buchanan County, Virginia; Smyth County, Virginia. [Palm Coast, Florida]: J. Boardman, 2001. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Comann] Gray, Anne Comann. "Thomas Wilkins Comann (October 16, 1857 to September 27, 1944)," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Dec. 1996):75-77..
 * [Counts] Sutherland, Elihu J. Some Descendants of John Counts of Glade Hollow, (Southwest Virginia): Including the Families of Artrip, Carter, Colley, Counts, Deel, Dyer, Edwards, Fuller, Grizzle, Jessee, Kiser, Long, Mattox, Owens, Rasnick, Skeen, Smith, Stinson, Sutherland, Willard, Yates and Many Others. [Clintwood, Va.: H.S. Sutherland, 1978?]..
 * [Crabtree] Crabtree, Norma Jean. Leaving a Trail: Crabtree, Bales, Jackson, Presley. Dublin, Ind.: Prinit Press, c1987..
 * [Dale] Brummett, Jack D. Meet the Dale and Gilliam Cousins from the Hurricane. Wise, Va.: Wise County Historical Society, c1999..
 * [Daniel] Anderson, Connie Clifton. "Descendants of James Daniel," Connie Clifton Anderson Genealogical Collection. Microfilmed 2004:.
 * [Davidson] Davidson, Frank. Davidson and Related Families: Western Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, 1725-2001. n.p.: F. Davidson, 2001..
 * [Davis] Hendrickson, Monte M. Six Generations, Descendants of Dillion Asher and Nancy Davis &amp; Sally Davis: Preliminary Draft Copy, Work in Progress. Seattle, Wash.: M.M. Hendrickson, 1999..
 * [DeBusk] Genealogical Lines of Some of the Descendants of Elisha &amp; Esther DeBusk. n.d..
 * [Dickenson] Bales, Vivian D. Research Material on Dickenson/Dickinson/Etc., New England, Va., A Little of N.C. and Ky. MSS. 1965-1990..
 * [Dickenson] Bales, Vivian D. My Paternal Ancestors &amp; Kin: Dickenson/Dickison, Kiser, Jessee, Lee, Waugh, Duduit, and Wives, and McKinney, Ring from Va., to Ky. Marion, Ind.: V.D. Bales, 1994..
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Russell County Duncans.
 * [Easterling] Easterling, Letson Elthron et al. A History of the Easterling Family. Wesson, Miss.: Easterling Family Genealogical Society, c1990..
 * [Elam] Elam, Marion J. and Dean A. Elam. The Elam Family, Then and Now. Noblesville, Ind.: PrePress Type Services, Inc., 1989?..
 * [Elkins] Stultz, Carol Elkins. A Couple Collier Families to Indiana and Parts West. Danville, Ind.: C.E. Stultz, 1992..
 * [Ervin] Ervin, Maxwell. Clan Ervin: Russell and Dickenson Counties, Virginia. Springfield, Mass.: M. Ervin, c2008..
 * [Evans] Albert, Ethel Evans. The History of Five Southern Families. A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Evans, Kelly, Nash, Hendricks and Blankenship Families. Baltimore, 1970.
 * [Evans] Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia Kin. 2 vols. Kingsport, Tenn.: 1977.
 * [Ewing] The Augustan - Book One. Hermosa Beach, Calif., 1973.
 * [Farris] Mcintire, Sandra and Joyce Duncan. Farris Files: Dedicated to the Research of All Farris, Ferris and Pharis Families. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: S. McIntire, 1992-..
 * [Ferguson] Stallard, Christine and Conley D. Stallard. The Ferguson Connection: Russell County, Virginia, 1775-1994: A Family History. Ormond Beach, Fla.: C. Stallard, c1995..
 * [Ferrell] Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia Kin. 2 vols. Kingsport, Tenn.: 1977.
 * [Fraley] Bowen, Bill R. A Fragmentary Genealogy of the William Jackson Fraley Family: 1702-1988. Kingsport, Tenn.: B.R. Bowen, [1988?]..
 * [Fugate] Faris, David. The Fugate Family of Russell County, Virginia: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Francis, Benjamin, Colbert, Zachariah, Henley &amp; William Fugate, Settlers of Moccasin Valley from 1772. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1986..
 * [Garrett] Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia Kin. 2 vols. Kingsport, Tenn.: 1977.
 * [Gent] Gents of Russell County, Virginia. 1980s..
 * [Gibson] Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia Kin. 2 vols. Kingsport, Tenn.: 1977.
 * [Hargis] Stewart, R. Lee. "Hargis Family," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Jun. 1997):28-30..
 * [Heburn] Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia Kin. 2 vols. Kingsport, Tenn.: 1977.
 * [Helton] Snead, Janice M. and Thomas Jack Hockett. William Campbell Henderson and Elizabeth Helton and Their Descendants. MSS. 1991..
 * [Helton] Hockett, Thomas Jack. Family of Reuben Helton &amp; Nancy Burnett: Family of Karen Snead &amp; Vanranselrei Aistrop. St. Davids, Pa.: T.J. Hockett, 1992..
 * [Henderson] Snead, Janice M. and Thomas Jack Hockett. William Campbell Henderson and Elizabeth Helton and Their Descendants. MSS. 1991..
 * [Hendricks] Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia Kin.
 * [Hicks] Bales, Vivian D. Henry and Sarah (Nolen) Hicks, Their Descendants from Russell Co., Va. to Carter Co., Ky. MSS. Microfilmed 1995:.
 * [Holbrook] Ervin, Maxwell and Helen Irene Holbrook Thomas. Holbrook on the Clinch 1798-2005. Springfield, Mass.:H.I.H. Thomas, 2006. ; 3rd ed.:.
 * [Howard] Dunham, Frances Yeager. Howards in Southeastern Kentucky. Panama City, Fla.: K. White, c1979, 1985..
 * [Jackson] Hockett, Thomas Jack and Janice M. Snead. John R. Jackson and Mary Walden of Russell and Washington Cts., Va. Typescript. Donated 1991..
 * [Jackson] Hockett, Thomas Jack and Janice M. Snead. The Family of Jonathan C. McNew II and Mary Jackson of Washington and Russell Counties, Virginia. Typescript. Donated 1991:.
 * [Keen] Ratliff, Grace. "William Keen Descendants," Buchanan County Times Past, No. 1 (Winter 1998):9. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Kelly] Albert, Ethel Evans. The History of Five Southern Families. A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Evans, Kelly, Nash, Hendricks and Blankenship Families. Baltimore, 1970.
 * [Kelly] Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia Kin. 2 vols. Kingsport, Tenn.: 1977.
 * [Kennedy] Kennedy, W.P. The Name and Family of Kennedy and Powers. South Pittsburg, Tenn.: Hustler Printing Co., 1941..
 * [Keyser] Keyser, Charles S. The Keyser Family; Descendants of Dirck Keyser of Amsterdam. Philadelphia, Pa.: Wm. F. Fell and Co., 1889. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Keyser] Strickler, Harry M. Forerunners: A History or Genealogy of the Strickler Family. 1925..
 * [Keyser] Buchanan, Paul C. "The First Keyser Family of Page County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):27-34. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Kiser] Rose, Mildred Gail et al. Kiser. Family and Descendants of John Mulkey Kiser of Dumps Creek, Russell County (Southwest Virginia). Hubbard, Ore., 1980.
 * [Kiser] Logan, Joyce. Kaiser-Kiser-Keyser. 1982.
 * [Kiser] Kiser, Esther. Sandy Ridge Kiser - Powers Kinfolks. Clintwood, Va.: Mullins Printing, c1986..
 * [Kitchen] Carter, Lennie Melvin. The Kitchen Family: The Genealogy of James Kitchen from Greenbrier County, West Virginia to Carter and Lawrence Counties, Kentucky. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., c1989..
 * [Lane] Steele, Fannie Lane. The Lane Family: The Ancestry and Descendants of General Jackson Lane and Allied Families: Crabtree, Estep, Hutchinson, Powers, Ritchie, Roberson, Russell. Wise, Va.: F.L. Steele, c1991..
 * [Lewis] Lewis, Billie Redding. Pioneers of the Virginias. Lake Wales, Fla.: B.R. Lewis, 1989..
 * [Litton] Lytton, Eugene R. The Ancestry and Progeny of Aker E. Litton: The Next Generation. Copperhill, Tenn.: E. Lytton, [1994]..
 * [Locke] Tiller, Linda Locke, Ardith H. Johnson, Jeanne R. Stanis, and Stella Locke. "Locke Families of Southwest Virginia," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1978):25-33..
 * [Long] Long, Nella Fae Bradford. Richard and Elizabeth Long and Allied Families. Portland, Texas: N.F.B. Long, c1987..
 * [Long] Jones, Gerald Edward. "Solving a Brickwall Problem: The Ancestry of Joseph Long of Wythe County," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 49, No. 3 (Aug. 2011):217-236.
 * [McCoy] Wheeler, Phillip Glenn. My McCoy Family &amp; Parr Family Roots. 1980?.
 * [McCoy] The McCoys of Russell &amp; Wise Counties: MacKay, MacKoy, MacCoy, McKoy, McCoy. 2000s..
 * [McGlothlin] Ratliff, Grace. "Jacob McGlothlin Family," Buchanan County Times Past, No. 2 (Summer 1999):6; No. 3 (Winter 1999):28-29; No. 4 (Summer 2000):13-15. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Meade] Bruce, Philip Alexander et al. History of Virginia. 6 vols. Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, 1924. Vol. 6, p. 352.
 * [Meade] Salyers, Brenda D. The Meades: From Henry to Sam Meade 1760 - Present. Pound, Va.: B.D. Salyers, c1992, 1993..
 * [Munsey] Carter, John Denton. The Munsey Ancestors of Rhoda Munsey Carter (1814-1899) of Russell County, Virginia, and Newton County, Missouri. Biloxi, Miss.: J.D. Carter, 1969..
 * [Munsey] Carter, John Denton. Rhoda Munsey Weems Carter, A Pioneer Methodist Mother of the Upper South. Biloxi, Miss.: J.D. Carter, 1977..
 * [Nash] Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia Kin. 2 vols. Kingsport, Tenn.: 1977.
 * [Osborn] Allen-Osborn-Alley, and Connected Families, Census Records, 1850-1870. Typescript. Donated 1937..
 * [Owens] Owens, Jane E. Bolton. Owens Family: and Related Families. San Diego, Calif.: J.B. Owens, 1989..
 * [Peters] Walker, Marilyn. The Williams Family. Oxford, Pa.: M. Walker, 1994..
 * [Prichard] Prichard, Armstead Mead. Descendants of William Prichard. Charleston, W. Va.: Tribune Ptg. Co., 1912. Digital versions at ; ; - all free;.
 * [Reynolds] Reynolds, Edward J. "My Civil War Ancestor: Phillip Jerome Reynolds, 1830-1914 of Russell County, Virginia," Holston Pastfinder, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Dec. 2002):12-13.
 * [Riggs] Sutton, Rita K. "The Riggs Family (A Partial Genealogy)," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 1, No. 5 (1978):2-15..
 * [Riggs] Sutton, Rita Kennedy. "The Riggs Family (A Partial Genealogy)," The Appalachian Quarterly (June 2002):4-27..
 * [Riggs] Smith, Alvy Ray. William Riggs of Virginia and His Probable Family (c1765-2005). Berkeley, Calif.: Ars Longa, 2011. Digital version at Edwardian Riggs of America (PDF file) - free.
 * [Riley] Ports, Michael A. Genealogical Notes and History Concerning the Riley Family of Washington, Russell, and Scott counties, Va. Donated 1993. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Russell] Russell, Andrew. "Some History of the Russell Family from 1782 to 1865," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 2, No. 10 (August 1979):7-12..
 * [Saylor] Pillion, Paris. The Ancestors of Paris Pillion and Related Families. Bowling Green, Ky.: P. Pillion, 1997..
 * [Short] Wright, Pauline Williams. A Short Line Across America: Descendants of John and Mary Hansford Short. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1984..
 * [Short] Short, Donald Paul. The Prairie Shorts: Descendants of Thomas and Mary Hurt Short. Andover, Kansas: D. Short, 1995..
 * [Skeen] Evans, Jerry and Jessica Jean Skeens. Skeen(s)/Sargent and Evans. Wise, Va.: Wise County Historical Society, 1990s..
 * [Smith] Owen, Thomas McAdory, "William Strother of Virginia and His Descendants," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Apr. 1898):149-173. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Smith] Smith, Gregg A. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Smith Family of Russell County, Va. Donated 1987. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Snead] Hockett, Thomas Jack. Family of Reuben Helton &amp; Nancy Burnett: Family of Karen Snead &amp; Vanranselrei Aistrop. St. Davids, Pa.: T.J. Hockett, 1992..
 * [Snead] Hockett, Thomas Jack. Ancestors and Descendants of Benjamin Snead and Felicia Oliver. St. Davids, Pa.: J. Hockett, 1995..
 * [Stephens] Scalf, Henry P., Henry Stephens, and Edgar P. Stephens. The Stephens Family. Dayton, Ohio: C.E. Sheperd, 1970..
 * [Strother] Owen, Thomas McAdory, "William Strother of Virginia and His Descendants," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Apr. 1898):149-173. Digitized by Internet Archive.
 * [Tate] Updike, Ethel Speer. Tate Families of the South. 3 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Hobby Press, 1972-1984, 1989. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: |  |  - all free.
 * [Vance] Burgess, James A. Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families. Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Printing Company, 1978. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Vaughan] Vaughan, Lewis Elmo. Vaughan Pioneers: William and Fereby Vaughan of Russell County, Virginia, and Their Descendants. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1979..
 * [Vaughan] Frandsen, Margaret Walter Croom and Jean Knight Whalen. The History of William Vaughan and Related Families. n.p.: M.A. Frandsen, 1989..
 * [Walter] Walter, Theodore B. et al. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Israel Walter. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1980-1983..
 * [Wells] Barrett, Theodosia Wells. Looking Back. Bristol, Tenn.: Service Printing, c1987..
 * [White] Hockett, Thomas Jack. White, Ratcliffe (Ratcliff, Ratliff, Ratliffe) &amp; Some Related Families: Mentions in Tazewell County, Virginia (TVC) Order Books 1801-1840. St. Davids, Pa.: J. Hockett, 1995..
 * [Wolfe] Trimble, David B. American Origins. San Antonio, Texas: D.B. Trimble, c1974..