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

Clerk Circuit Court has birth records 1863-1896

marriage divorce probate 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

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

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


 * Civil War service men from Craig County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Craig County.

Sources for the following regiments from Craig County can be found in

Naturalization
 Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929

Private Papers
Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007

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
 * Learning How to Edit our Wiki Sites
 * Family History Hall of Fame "May we preserve their memories &amp; Contributions!"
 * Add Historians and Genealogist
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