Loudoun County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Loudoun County





County Courthouse


Loudoun County Courthouse 18 East Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176

Telephone: 703-777-0270 (Clerk of the Circuit Court) Website: Circuit Court of Loudoun County Directions

Hours: Open 8:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday The Clerk's office closes at 4:30 P.M.

History
Loudoun County is named after Major General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (1705-1782). Campbell, a Scottish nobleman, served as Governor General of Virginia (1756-1758) at the time Loudoun County was organized.

Parent County
1757--Loudoun County was created 25 March 1757 from Fairfax County.

Boundary Changes
When Loudoun County was organized, the eastern border was Difficult Run. Officials moved the line further northwest to near Sugarland Run in 1798. The boundary, a straight line, does not follow the stream. This boundary change impacts genealogists, because this land and its occupants, which had originally belonged to Fairfax County, fell under the jurisdiction of Loudoun County for 40 years, from 1757 to 1798, after which time it went back to Fairfax County.

For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, visit My Virginia Genealogy. [Maps created using AniMap Plus County Boundary Historical AniMap 3.0, by permission of the Goldbug Company.]

Record Loss
Loudoun County has suffered some record loss. The following records cannot be found:


 * 1) Survey books.
 * 2) A few original wills.
 * 3) Pre-1793 marriage bonds (only "F" groom surname bonds survive). Ministers' returns can be used as a substitute for many of the marriages occurring between 1757 and 1793.
 * 4) One court minute/order book.

Populated Places
The county seat is Leesburg. There are seven incorporated towns: Hamilton, Hillsboro, Leesburg, Lovettsville, Middleburg, Purcellville, and Round Hill. For more information, see: Towns in Loudoun County, courtesy: Loudoun County, Virginia.

The following post offices have existed in Loudoun County:

Sources:


 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Loudoun County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1972):126-129. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [Includes Loudoun's post offices.]
 * "Post Office Boxes in Loudoun, 1960," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 295. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * "Post Offices of Loudoun County: Compilation from Records in U.S. Archives Building in Washington, D.C. 1958-1959 with Names of Postmasters and Years of Appointment," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Sep. 2001):1-3; Vol. 9, No. 4 (Dec. 2001):1-3. Available at FHL.
 * Rowberg, Andrew A. and Marie C. Rowberg. "The Post Offices of Loudoun," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 79-92. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

African American
Paul Heinegg's Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware [free online book] is a very helpful guide to free blacks in Loudoun County, Virginia before 1820. [Identifies following free African American surnames in Loudoun County: Ball, Banninger (see Welch), Burke, Burnett, Butler, Copeland, Davis, Driver, Fox, Gowen, Graham, Grant, Grimes, Harvey, Hill, Hubbard, Lawson, Lett, Lucas, Mackey, Manley, Matthews, Melvin, Palmer, Pierce, Proctor, Reeves, Robinson, Russell, Veney, Welsh, Winters.] Sources Heinegg used to identify these individuals in Loudoun County include: (1) U.S. Federal Census Records, (2) MS Court Orders 1765-1800; General Index to Deeds 1757-1833; Will Books A-C, 1757-1788. Library of Virginia microfilm reel nos. 49, 53, 71-76. PPTL 1782-1825. LVA microfilm reels 207-210, (3) Sparacio, Sam &amp; Ruth. 1997. Loudoun County, Virginia Order Book, 1757-1764. The Antient Press. McLean, Virginia, and (4) Sparacio, Sam &amp; Ruth. 1998. Loudoun County, Virginia Tithable Lists, 1770-1774. The Antient Press. McLean, Virginia.] Other items found on Heinegg's website include:


 * "Virginia Slaves Freed After 1782." [Identifies some Loudoun county slaves freed between 1780 and 1800.]
 * "Loudoun County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1821." [Identifies free blacks listed in these records.]
 * "'Other Free' Heads of Household in the 1810 Virginia Census, by County," [Identifies many Loudoun County free African American residents.]

The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court has made two African American collections available online, based on records in their collection:


 * Slave Issues, 1757-1861. Available online. ["Collection of Commonwealth (Criminal), Fiduciary, Deeds, Court Judgments and Bill of Sales papers that include the names of slaves and their owners." ] Compare Slave Information from Various Loudoun County, Virginia Documents (1809-1861) by Sue Beach, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * Free Black Papers, 1757-1861. Available online.

Colonial Williamsburghas made images of theVirginia Gazette(1736-1800) available for free online. They include runaway slave advertisements and slave sales.

Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia.

The Friends of the Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va., have made the following African American database available online:


 * Runaway Slave Advertisements from the Genius of Liberty (Newspaper), Leesburg, Virginia, 1817-1842.

African-American Genealogical Research Pathfinder identifies many Loudoun area resources available at the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg, Va.

Additional African American resources for Loudoun County include:


 * 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudon [sic] County.]
 * 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County.]
 * Bishop, G. Thomas. "Brown - Steere Bible," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 5 (2000):515-523. Available at FHL. [Includes slave births from 1820s to 1850s.]
 * Duncan, Patricia B. Abstracts of Loudoun County, Virginia, Register of Free Negroes, 1844-1861. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2000. Available at FHL. The original records, held at the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Va. are also available on microfilm at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Duncan, Patricia B. 1850 Fairfax County &amp; Loudoun County, Virginia, Slave Schedule. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books: Heritage Books, c2003. Available at FHL.
 * Duncan, Patricia B. 1860 Loudoun County, Virginia, Slave Schedule. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c2003. Available at FHL.
 * Hall, George R. "Economics of Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 131-142. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Hopkins, Margaret Lail. Index to the Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia and to Slaveholders and Slaves, 1758-1786. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1991. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * "Phillips Freedom - Culpeper to Loudoun," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer 1999):328. Available at FHL.
 * "Thomas Fouch's Book," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Jun. 1997):1. Available at FHL. [Identifies slaves owned by Thomas Fouch between 1794 and 1826.]
 * Tyler-McGraw, Marie. "'The Prize I Mean Is the Prize of Liberty': A Loudoun County Family in Liberia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 97, No. 3, "A Sense of Their Own Power": Black Virginians, 1619-1989 (Jul. 1989):355-374. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * U.S. Freedmen Bank Records, 1865-1874. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes five natives of Loudoun County.]

Cemeteries
Loudoun Cemetery Database, courtesy: Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va., is the place to start. The database contains updates to the Library's 1995 book publication and includes over 160 cemeteries, but is not yet complete (N.B. Copyrighted materials are not included; make sure to check published cemetery transcripts for omitted graveyards).

Additional Loudoun County cemetery resources include:


 * "An Old Forgotten Graveyard," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1997):44. Available at FHL. [Oxley family.]
 * Arnold Grove Methodist Cemetery, Southern Genealogists Exchange Quarterly. Jacksonville FL: Winter 1965. Vol. 6 Iss. 36.
 * Balls Bluff National Cemetery, Leesburg, Reflections. Corpus Christi TX: Dec 1973. Vol. 9 Iss. 3.
 * Bazly Cemetery, Loudoun: the 1757 Legacy. Leesburg VA: Dec 1996. Vol. 4 Iss. 4.
 * Catoctin Baptist Church Cemetery, National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Arlington VA: Mar 1942. Vol. 30 Iss. 1.
 * "Cemetery Committee of Thomas Balch Library: Locating Old Family Burying Grounds," [Old Dames Cemetery] Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Sep. 2002):6. Available at FHL.
 * "Commonwealth of Virginia, Joint Legislative and Review Committee, Study of Revolutionary War Soldier Grave Sites, Search for Missing Soldiers of Loudoun County, Virginia, We Need Your Help!!!," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Sep. 1999):1. Available at FHL.
 * Frantum, David M. Confederate Burials in Northern Virginia: The Final Bivouac of Northern Virginia's "Band of Brothers". [Virginia?]: D.M. Frantum, 2000. Available at FHL.
 * Hiatt, Marty. "Loudoun Heights Cemetery," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1997):36. Available at FHL.
 * Hiatt, Marty. Lovettsville Union Cemetery, Loudoun County, Virginia, 1879-1999. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * Hiatt, Marty. "Lutheran Cemetery Restoration Plans," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Mar. 1999):4. Available at FHL.
 * Hillsboro United Methodist Church Black Cemetery, Northern Virginia Genealogy. Lovettsville VA: 2004. Vol. 9.
 * Jewell, Aurelia M., Walter Towner Jewell, Nada M. Seymour and Daughters of the American Revolution. Federal City Chapter (District of Columbia). Cemetery Records from Loudoun County, Virginia. Available at FHL; digital version at Internet Archive. [Online version includes the following cemeteries: Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church Cemetery, Aldie, Va.; Hamilton City Cemetery, Hamilton, Va.; Hillsboro City Cemetery, Hillsboro, Va.; Union Cemetery, Lovettsville, Va.; Old Cemetery in rear of New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, Va.; Old Baptist Church Cemetery, Middleburg, Va.; Waterford Union Cemetery, Waterford, Va.; Friends Cemetery Fairfax Meeting House Churchyard, Waterford, Va.; Catoctin Methodist Church Cemetery.]
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. and Daughters of the American Revolution. Federal City Chapter (District of Columbia). Miscellaneous Records from Loudoun and Prince William Counties. Typescript, 1953-1954; available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Taylorstown, Loudoun County, Virginia.]
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. et al. Virginia Cemetery Records Presented to Genealogical Records Committee, District of Columbia. Typescript, 1949-1950, National Library, Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C.; available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church Cemetery on Route 50 in Loudoun County and Old Methodist Church Cemetery in Leesburg.]
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. W.P.A. Records of Loudoun County, Virginia. Typescript, 1936-1938; available on microfilm at FHL.
 * Kilgour-Hummer Family &amp; Burial Site, Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy. Leesburg VA: 1995. Vol. 3 Iss. 3.
 * Middleburg Cemetery, National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Arlington VA: Jun 1931. Vol. 19 Iss. 2.
 * Old Methodist Burying Ground, Krefeld Immigrants and Their Descendants. Sacramento CA: 1985. Vol. 2 Iss. 1.
 * Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Northern Virginia Genealogy. Lovettsville VA: Jul 1998. Vol. 3 Iss. 3.
 * Vestal-Miller, Anne, Jane Teel Norman, and Ebenezer Cemetery. Index of Ebenezer Cemeteries, Loudoun Co., VA 1888-1940. Rocky Mount, Va.: Old Mill Printers, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * "Wilson Family Cemetery, Sam Fred Road and Berryman Lane, Middleburg, Virginia," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 10, Nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Mar.-June 2002):6. Available at FHL.

Census
1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses of Loudoun County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Virginia Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts, these indexes are often more accurate than those available online.

1779


 * Dumont, William H. "A Short Census of Virginia - 1779," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Dec. 1958):163-211. Available at FHL in original journal format and as a separate reprint. [Includes Loudoun County.]

1790 - Lost, but a substitute is available, see Taxation.

1800 - Lost, but a substitute is available, see Taxation.

1810


 * Duncan, Patricia B. 1810-1840 Loudoun County, Virginia, Federal Population Census Index. [Bowie, Maryland]: Heritage Books, c2003. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

1820


 * Duncan, Patricia B. 1810-1840 Loudoun County, Virginia, Federal Population Census Index. [Bowie, Maryland]: Heritage Books, c2003. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

1820 Manufacturers


 * "1820 Manufacturers Census," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1997):125-126. Available at FHL. [Includes Fairfax, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties.]

1830


 * Duncan, Patricia B. 1810-1840 Loudoun County, Virginia, Federal Population Census Index. [Bowie, Maryland]: Heritage Books, c2003. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

1840


 * Duncan, Patricia B. 1810-1840 Loudoun County, Virginia, Federal Population Census Index. [Bowie, Maryland]: Heritage Books, c2003. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners


 * The Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; With Their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence ... Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1965. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Loudoun County pensioners appear on page 131.]

1850


 * Loudoun County, Virginia: 1850 Census Index. S-K Publications, 1990. Available online, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * Loudoun County, Virginia 1850 Census Index. Free Lookups Available!

1850 Mortality Schedule


 * U.S. Federal Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County.]

1850 Slave Schedule


 * 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudon [sic] County.]
 * Duncan, Patricia B. 1850 Fairfax County &amp; Loudoun County, Virginia, Slave Schedule. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books: Heritage Books, c2003. Available at FHL.

1860

Counties of birth were recorded for some residents by 1860 census takers.


 * Loudoun County, Virginia 1860 Census Index. Free Lookups Available!

1860 Mortality Schedule


 * U.S. Federal Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County.]

1860 Slave Schedule


 * 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County.]
 * Duncan, Patricia B. 1860 Loudoun County, Virginia, Slave Schedule. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c2003. Available at FHL.

1870


 * Duncan, Patricia B. 1870 Loudoun County, Virginia Federal Population Census Index. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, c2002. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

1870 Mortality Schedule


 * U.S. Federal Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County.]

1880


 * Thomas Balch Library (Leesburg, Va.). Loudoun County, Virginia Census Index 1880. 2000. Available at FHL.

Free Lookups Available!

1880 Mortality Schedule


 * U.S. Federal Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County.]

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.]

1900


 * Thomas Balch Library (Leesburg, Va.). Loudoun County, Virginia, Census Index, 1900. 1996. Available at FHL.

Free Lookups Available!

1910


 * Thomas Balch Library (Leesburg, Va.). Loudoun County, Virginia, Census Index, 1910. 1996. Available at FHL.

Free Lookups Available!

1920


 * Thomas Balch Library (Leesburg, Va.). Loudoun County, Virginia, Census Index, 1920. Free Lookups Available!

1930


 * Thomas Balch Library (Leesburg, Va.). Loudoun County, Virginia, Census Index 1930. 2003?. Available at FHL.

Church
Marty Hiatt, CG, delivered a lecture titled "Early Church Records in Loudoun County, Virginia," to the Loudoun County Genealogy Club Spring Seminar on 29 April 1997. The text is available online, courtesy: USGenWeb. Hiatt also published very useful abstracts to many of the earliest church records in the county:


 * Hiatt, Marty. Early Church Records of Loudoun County. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1995. Available at FHL. [Contains records from the Fairfax Monthly Meeting, Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Shelburne Parish (vestry minutes), Reformed Church of Loudoun County, Frying Pan Baptist Church (minutes), Ketoctin Baptist Church (minutes), and North Fork Primitive Baptist Church (minutes). Unless stated, the records contain births, marriages and deaths, ca. 1745-1800.] Free Lookups Available!

Other resources include:


 * Church Files Index, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va., available online.
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. et al. Miscellaneous Records from Loudoun and Prince William Counties. Typescript, 1953-1954. Available on microfim at FHL. [Includes Early ministers in Loudoun County, Va.; Inscriptions from Mt. Pleasant M.E. Church Cemetery, Taylorstown, Loudoun County, Va.; Inventory of Shelburne Parish, 1785; Early officers in Cameron and Shelburne parishes.]
 * Kincaid, Nan Lin. "The First Churches in Loudoun County," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 3-14. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

Baptist

In 1810, Robert Baylor Semple published excellent histories of early Baptist churches in Loudoun County, Virginia. G.W. Beale revised and expanded Semple's work in an 1894 reprint, which is available for free online:


 * Semple, Robert Baylor and G.W. Beale. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia. 1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [See chapters on the Ketoctin Association, which begin on page 386.]

Additional Baptist resources for Loudoun County include:


 * A Church Book of Ebenezer, 1804-1896: Wherein is Concisely Recorded the Progress and Proceedings of that Church from Its Constitution to the Present Time. Original records, Frederick County Courthouse, Winchester, Va.; also available on microfilm at FHL and Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
 * Frying Pan Baptist 1791-1879. Original records, Frederick County Courthouse, Winchester, Va.; also available on microfilm at FHL and Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
 * Ketoctin Baptist Church Minutes 1776-1890, microfilm, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
 * "Second Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Brownsville, Virginia," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 4 (June 2000):3. Available at FHL.
 * "Thomas Jefferson and the Ketocton Baptist Association," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 93-96. Available at FHL. [1998 edition includes revisions.] Free Lookups Available!

Catholic


 * O'Connor, David J. "Virginians in the Baptismal Records of Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Georgetown) Washington, D.C., 1795-1833," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1997):161-164. Available at FHL. [Includes persons born in Loudoun County.]
 * O'Connor, David J. "Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington: Register of Baptisms," [1830s] Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar. 1998):3. Available at FHL.
 * O'Connor, David J. "Virginians in the Baptismal Records of Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Georgetown) Washington, D.C. 1834 through 1840," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1997):113-124. Available at FHL. [Includes persons born in Loudoun County.]
 * O'Connor, David J. "Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington: Register of Baptisms and Marriages," [1830s-1850s] Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Mar. 1999):3. Available at FHL.
 * O'Connor, David J. "Virginians in the Marriage Records of Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Georgetown) Washington, D.C. 1797 through 1871," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1998):79-81. Available at FHL. [Includes residents of Loudoun County.]

Church of England


 * Hopkins, Margaret Lail and Nancy Hopkins Phillips. The Anglican Parishes of Loudoun County, Virginia, Truro, Cameron, and Shelburne, 1736-1805. Lovettsville, Virginia: Willow Bend Books, 1997. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Hopkins, Margaret Lail. Cameron Parish in Colonial Virginia. n.p.: M.L. Hopkins &amp; N.H. Phillips, c1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Griffith] Moore, J. Staunton. The Annals and History of Henrico Parish, Diocese of Virginia: and St. John's P.E. Church. 1904, pp. 165-169. Digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($). [Biography of Rev. Dr. David Griffith, minister of Shelbourne Parish in 1770s.]
 * Shelburne Parish Vestry Book 1771-1805, microfilm, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
 * Slaughter, Philip and Edward Lewis Goodwin. History of Truro Parish in Virginia. Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs, 1907. Available at FHL. Digital versions available at Ancestry ($); Family History Archives; Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($).

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

LDS people trace their family trees. There were a few early LDS converts from the Loudoun County area. The information they recorded on their ancestors out in Utah in the nineteenth century can also assist other relatives whose ancestors remained in Virginia. The following early LDS converts, who were in Utah Territory by 1850, had connections with Loudoun County:

Episcopal


 * Frain, Elizabeth R. "St. James Episcopal Church, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia Burial Records 1830-1855," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul. 1998):119-127; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter 1999):228-242; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1999):260. Available at FHL.

German Reformed


 * Church Records of the German Reformed Church, Loudoun County, Virginia, 1764-1859. Original records, Evangelical and Reformed Archives, Lancaster, Penn.; also available on microfilm at FHL. [Later became St. James United Church of Christ, Lovettsville, Va.]
 * German Bible Subscribers, 1819. Report: Journal of German-American History, Vol. 35 (1972).
 * Mower, Jerry et al. St. James United Church of Christ, Church Register (Reformed Church), Loudoun County, Virginia, ca. Sept. 17, 1789-August 23, 1823. Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, c1993. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

Lutheran

Free Lookups Available! for Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials of New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church from April 1899 (to October 1927).

Other Loudoun County Lutheran resources include:


 * Church Records of the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Loudoun County, Virginia, 1784-1836. Original records, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Penn.; also available on microfilm at FHL.
 * "Saint Paul Lutheran Church Records Baptisms," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec. 1997):1; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar. 1998):4; Vol. 6, No. 2/3 (Sep. 1998):2; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Dec. 1998):4. Available at FHL.
 * Hiatt, Marty. "Burials, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Neersville, Virginia," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer 1999):317-328. Available at FHL.
 * Weiser, Frederick S. et al. New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia, Parish Registers, 1784-1836. 1970. Available at FHL.

Presbyterian


 * Leesburg Presbyterian Church Records (Session Records and Church Register, various dates), microfilm, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
 * Paul, Joseph B. et al. Extracts from Minutes of the Sessions, Leesburg Presbyterian Church, Loudoun County, Virginia, 1804-1900. Typescript, 1971?; available on microfilm at FHL.

Quakers


 * Brown, Jane Douglas Summers and Jones Memorial Library. Jane Douglas Summers Brown (1903-) Quaker Records: Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia); MS 1515. MSS, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Va. Available on 26 microfilms at FHL. [Includes records of Loudoun County Quakers; Brown assisted "William Wade Hinshaw in the writing of the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy."]
 * Fairfax Monthly Meeting Minutes and Other Records, 1745-1939. Original records at the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis, Maryland; also available on microfilm at FHL and at the Thomas Balch Library.
 * Janney, Asa Moore. "A History of the Society of Friends in Loudoun," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 15-28. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Janney, Asa Moore and Werner Janney. Ye Meetg Hous Smal: A Short Account of Friends in Loudoun County, Virginia, 1732-1980. Lincoln, Virginia: n.p., 1980. Available at FHL.
 * Janney, Samuel M. Memoirs of Samuel M. Janney, Late of Lincoln, Loudoun County, Va., A Minister in the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia: Friends' Book Association, 1881. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * Society of Friends. Fairfax Monthly Meeting (Waterford, Loudoun County, Virginia). Extracts from the Book of Marriage Certificates of Fairfax Monthly Meeting, 1760 to 1892; handwritten copy made in 1924. Original records, Loudoun County Courthouse, Leesburg, Va.; available on microfilm at FHL.

Court
Chancery Court


 * Hiatt, Marty and Craig Roberts Scott. Index to Loudoun County, Virginia Chancery Suits, 1759-1915. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Hiatt, Marty. "Loudoun County Chancery Suit Abstracts," [1760s-1800] Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr. 1997):87-90; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1997):135-140; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct. 1997):173-176; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1998):44-47; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1998):84-88; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1999):279-285; Vol. 5 (2000):482-502; Vol.6. Volumes 2-5 available at FHL.
 * Preston, P.L., Louisa Hutchison, Ann A. Hennings. Loudoun County, Virginia Chancery Suits, 1757-1874: Alphabetized by Plaintiff and Defendant with Cross References. 1982. Available at FHL.

County Court

Loudoun County's original order and minute books are deposited at the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Va. FHL has acquired microfilms of order books 1757-1904 and rough minute books 1767-1809. Some of the earliest records have been published and indexed:


 * Cook, Bettie Cummings. "Order Book A, Loudoun County," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1999):368-371. Available at FHL.
 * Constantino, Roberto. Miscellaneous Road Cases, Loudoun County, Virginia, 1758-1782: Loudoun County Circuit Court, Clerk of Circuit Court, Archives: Miscellaneous Road Cases, Files No. 38 to 48, Leesburg, Virginia. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books: Heritage Books, 2003. Available at FHL.
 * Phillips, John T. The Historians Guide to Loudoun County, Virginia. Leesburg, Virginia: Goose Creek Productions, c1996. Available at FHL. [Includes detailed abstracts and interpretations of court orders 1757-1766.] Free Lookups Available!
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Loudoun County, Virginia Orders [1757-1765]. 8 vols. McLean, Virginia: Antient Press, 1997-. Available at FHL.
 * T.L.C. Genealogy. Loudoun County, Virginia Minute Book, 1780-1783. Miami Beach, Florida: TLC Genealogy, 1990. Available at FHL. ["Contains hundreds of claims paid by the County Court of Loudoun for material assistance given during the Revolutionary War."-Intro.] Free Lookups Available!

Criminal Cases


 * Criminal Cases, 1757-1825. Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court. [Includes "court's summons, judgments, bonds and the descriptions of charges and sentences." ]

Dumfries District Court and Superior Court of Law


 * Dumfries District Court Order Books, 1793-1817. Original records, Prince William County Courthouse, Manassas, Va.; available on microfilm at FHL. [Dumfries District Court encompassed Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties.]

Fee Books


 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey, Sam Sparacio, and Charles Binns. Fee Books of Loudoun County, Virginia (Charles Binns, Clerk of Court): Clerk's Fee Book for Year 1762, Clerk's Fee Book for Year 1764, Clerk's Fee Book for Year 1765. McLean, Virginia: R. and S. Sparacio, 1987. Available at FHL.

Hillsboro


 * Town of Hillsboro Minute Book 1871-1963, microfilm, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.

Miscellaneous Papers


 * Miscellaneous Papers, 1757-present. Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Loudoun County, Virginia residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [Conner] Descendant of Daniel Conner, b. c1736 of Loudoun County, Virginia, d. 1815 Montgomery County, Virginia. Y-DNA 22 Marker Test. Genetic signature available online (labelled GB-1), courtesy: The Conner DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Coombs] Descendant(s) of Andrew Coombs, b. bef. 1728, d. 1773/1774 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA. Genetic signature(s) available online (password protected), courtesy: Combs-Coombs &amp;c. International DNA Study.
 * [Coombs] Descendant(s) of Samuel Coombs, b. c1728, resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, d. c1815 Nelson County, Kentucky. Y-DNA. Genetic signature(s) available online (password protected), courtesy: Combs-Coombs &amp;c. International DNA Study.
 * [Doughty] Multiple descendants of Reuben Doughty, b. c1740 Loudoun County, Virginia, d. c1820 possibly in Cocke County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 34127, 37372, 42988, 120843). Genetic signatures available online, courtesy: Doty Doughty DNA Project.
 * [Drake] Descendant of Benjamin Drake, b. 1742, d. 1827 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 17904). Genetic signature available online (labelled 25 in Captain Francis Drake - R1a Subgroup Virginia), courtesy: Drake Family Tree DNA Project, Family Tree DNA.
 * [Dunn] Descendant of John Dunn, b. c1857, d. 1935 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 71439). Genetic signature available online (labelled Haplogroup R1b, Lineage Va), courtesy: The Dunn DNA Project, World Families Network. [Several DNA matches have been found with Dunn families from Ireland.]
 * [Eaton] Descendant of Charles Eaton, b. c1765 of Loudoun County, Virginia, d. aft. 1825. Y-DNA, FTDNA (Kit 155731). Genetic signature available online (not clearly identified, contact descendant listed on Patriarch page for more information), courtesy: The Eaton ENA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Fletcher] Multiple descendants of Moses Fletcher, b. c1725, d. aft. 1797 Fauquier County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12, 25, and 37 Marker Tests, FTDNA. Genetic signatures available online, courtesy: The Fletcher DNA Project. [Some descendants settled in Loudoun County, Virginia.]
 * [Garrison] Descendant of Nehemiah Garrison, b. c1700, d. 1769 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA. Genetic signature available online (password protected), courtesy: The Garrison-Davies Research and Dna Project.
 * [Goff] Multiple descendants of James Goff, b. 1735 England, resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, d. 1834 West Virginia. Y-DNA 12, 31, 40, 67 Marker Tests, SMGF. Genetic signatures available online (labelled F25897, SMGF1, F25496, F26367, Four Goff Bros, WV/KY &amp; Stephen Gough, St. Mary's Co., MD), courtesy: Goff Surname DNA Study.
 * [Goff] Multiple descendants of John Turton Goff, b. c1738 England, resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, d. 1803 West Virginia. Y-DNA 37 and 67 Marker Tests. Genetic signatures available online (labelled F88604, F97884, Four Goff Bros, WV/KY &amp; Stephen Gough, St. Mary's Co., MD), courtesy: Goff Surname DNA Study.
 * [Goff] Descendant of Salathiel Goff, b. c1748 England, resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, d. 1791 West Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit F29240). Genetic signature available online (labelled F29240, Four Goff Bros, WV/KY &amp; Stephen Gough, St. Mary's Co., MD), courtesy: Goff Surname DNA Study.
 * [Harrison] Descendant of Burr Harrison, b. 1637 St. Margaret's Parish, Westminster, Middlesex, England, d. 1697 Westmoreland County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (labelled H-63, Lineage 22). Genetic signature available online, courtesy: The Harrison DNA Project, World Families Network. [Ancestor of many Harrison families of Northern Neck and neighboring counties, including: Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford.]
 * [Jay] Multiple descendants of William Jay, 1767, of Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 43 Marker Tests. Genetic signatures available online (labelled William Jay 1767 m. Anne King, Loudoun Co. VA&gt;MD Current DNA Marker Haplotype and donors), courtesy: GEEroots -- the GEEnetics Portal: GeeRoots.
 * [Longley] Multiple descendants of Joseph Longley/Langley, b. c1703 prob. Gloucester County, New Jersey, d. c1765 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 25 and 37 (?) Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 1575, 64370, 84116). Genetic signatures available online (labelled NJ-MD-VA), courtesy: Longley DNA Project.
 * [Milner] Descendant of Edward Milner, b. 1745 England, d. of Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (labelled M-2, Milner Lineage I), courtesy: The Milner DNA Project, World Families Network. [Several DNA matches have been found.]
 * [Mohn] Multiple descendants of Georg Mohn, b. c1759 Berks County, Pennsylvania, resident of Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 25 and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 47692 and 75884). Genetic signatures available online (labelled M-5 and M-11 in Haplogroup R1b - Lineage II), courtesy: The Moon DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Newhouse] Descendant(s) of David Newhouse, b. c1746 Pennsylvania, d. prob. in Revolutionary War, resident of Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature(s) available online (contact project administrator to clarify which signature(s) are from David's descendants), courtesy: Newhouse Surname Project, Family Tree DNA.
 * [Phillips] Descendants of David Phillips, b. 1774 Loudoun County, Virginia, d. 1825 Belmont County, Ohio. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 59633). Genetic signature available online (labelled Family Group 9), courtesy: The Phillips DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Phillips] Descendants of John Phillips, b. c1725, resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, d. 1801 Rowan County, North Carolina. Y-DNA 37 and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 50779 and 84729). Genetic signatures available online, courtesy: The Phillips DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Phillips] Descendant of Nicholas Phillips, d. c1786 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA, FTDNA (Kit 59822). Genetic signature available online (labelled Family Group 27), courtesy: The Phillips DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Shoemaker] Descendant of Jacob Shoemaker, b. 1731 Cleebourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France, d. 1805 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled S-3), courtesy: The Shoemaker DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Statler] Multiple descendants of Abraham Statler, b. bef 1740, d. aft 1790 of Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 25 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 7816, 68506). Genetic signatures available online (labelled Group 8), courtesy: Statler Y-Chromosome DNA Project. [See also discussion at Stutler DNA Test Results.]
 * [Stukesberry] Descendant of Robert Stukesberry, of Pennsylvania, d. 1750s Fauquier/Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 50707). Genetic signature available online, courtesy: Stokesbury Family Tree DNA Project, Family Tree DNA.
 * [Whaley] Descendant of James Whaley, b. c1720, d. 1785 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 25 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 92841). Genetic signature available online (labelled W-5), courtesy: The Whaley DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Wilks] Descendants of Francis Wilks, b. 1700 London, England, d. 1783 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12 and 37 Marker Tests, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled W-20 and W-23, Lineage 4), courtesy: Wilkes DNA Project.
 * [Winegardner] Descendant of Johannes Harbard Winegardner, b. 1718 Germany, d. 1779 Loudoun County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 48937). Genetic signature available online (labelled Lineage 4), courtesy: The Weingart DNA Project, World Families Network.

Genealogy
More than 150 genealogies have been published about Loudoun County families. To view a list, visit Loudoun County, Virginia Genealogy.

Historic Residences
The Lewis File, at the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg, Va., contains "over 1,000 buildings surveyed for the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission; the Historic House File - information on homes and public buildings, such as schools, mills, churches, and bridges in the county."

Pat Rock published a column titled "Historic Houses and Places of Loudoun County," in Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club. This journal is available at the FHL. Here is a list of the houses, their occupants, and the newsletter citations:


 * Buckskin Manor, Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 1996):7. [Built by the Cocke family.]
 * The Carr House, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Dec. 1996):7. [Home of the Romine and Blakely families.]
 * Catalpa Grove, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar. 1997):7. [Home owned by the Poak, McGavack, Colwell, and Vandeventer families.]
 * The Chamblin House, Round Hill, Va., Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar. 1998):7. [Home of the Chamblin family.]
 * Chesnut Hill, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Fall 1995):5. [Home of the Clapham and Mason families.]
 * Coton, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1993):4. [Home of the Lee family.]
 * Exeter, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Spring 1995):6. [Home of the Mason, Selden, Rust, and Carr families.]
 * Greenway Farm, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep. 1997):7. [Home of the Mead family.]
 * Hannah Brown House, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Sep. 1996):7. [Built by Thomas Birkby, home of the McIntosh and Dezerega families.]
 * Harrison House, Vol. 5, No. 2 (June 1997):7. [Home of the Minor, Hereford, Thornton, Losch, Gray, Benedict, and Harrison families.]
 * Harrison House (also known as Glenfiddich), Vol. 7, No. 1 (Mar. 1999):7. [Built by Henry Tazewell Harrison, home of the Harrison family, leased to James Dickey, author of Deliverance.]
 * Hearth House, Vol. 6, Nos. 2-3 (Sep. 1998):7. [Built by James Trayhern, home of the Tavenner and Dillon families.]
 * Locust Grove/ Liberty Hall, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Summer 1993):2. [Home of the Van Deventer family.]
 * Rock Spring Farm, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec. 1997):7.
 * Stoney Lonesome, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Mar. 1996):5. [Home of the Lickey, Eaton, and New families.]

Other Loudoun County house histories include:


 * Bergner, Audrey Windsor. Old Plantations and Historic Homes around Middleburg. Free Lookups Available!
 * Lewis, John G. "Coton Manor over the Ages," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 245-266. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * McGhee, George C. "George Washington's Trusteeship over the Estate of the Reverend Dr. Charles Green, 1765-1772, Which Included the Present Area of Farmer's Delight Farm, Loudoun County, Virginia," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 143, No. 4 (Dec. 1999):639-647. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Monroe, James. "Monroe's Estate in Loudoun County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr. 1934):168. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * "Oatlands: A National Trust Property, Leesburg, Virginia," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 9, Nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Mar. &amp; Jun. 2001):1-2. Available at FHL.
 * Osburn, Penelope M. "Exeter Plantation: Its History and Architecture," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 225-244. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Williams, Harrison. Legends of Loudoun: An Account of the History and Homes of a Border County of Virginia's Northern Neck. Richmond, Virginia: Garrett and Massie, 1938. Available at FHL; reprint at FHL; digital versions at Ancestry ($), BYU Family History Archives, and Heritage Quest Online ($). Free Lookups Available!

Immigration

 * Bartley, Bev. "The Seeding of Loudoun," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1993):1-2. Available at FHL.
 * [http://www.immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Loudoun&placeOfIndentureColony=&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Loudoun County, Virginia (work in progress), Courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.
 * "Pennsylvania-Germans in Loudoun Co., VA," Pennsylvania German, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Mar. 1908).

The following transported English convicts who served labor terms and/or lived in eighteenth-century Loudoun County, Virginia have been identified as part of Nathan W. Murphy's Ph.D. dissertation research:


 * William Atterbury
 * William Grove
 * Griffith Meyrick
 * Richard Pell
 * Christopher Perfect
 * William Sadd
 * Samuel Smotherman

Land
Deeds

The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court has made the following information available online:


 * Deeds: 1757-1812.

The original deed books are held at the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Va. FHL has acquired microfilms of the deed books (1757-1901) and indexes (1757-1916).

Many of Loudoun County's deeds have been abstracted, published, and thoroughly indexed:


 * Duncan, Patricia B. Index to Loudoun County, Virginia, Land Deed Books [1757-1800, 1811-1846]. 8 vols. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2002-2006. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available! for Deed Books A-Z (1757-1800) and 2A-2M (1800-1810).
 * Fowler, Virginia B. and Daughters of the American Revolution. Ketoctin Chapter (Purcellville, Virginia). Loudoun County, Virginia, General Index to Deeds, etc., 1757-1812. Typescript, 1968. Available on microfilm at FHL.
 * Johnson, Robert E., Daughters of the American Revolution. Thomas Nelson Chapter (Arlington, Virginia), and Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Virginia). Genealogical Records, 1600-1900: Records from 18 Family Bibles, 9 Wills, 11 Deeds, 2 Marriage Bonds, Miscellaneous Records. MSS., 1956, available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes: Copy of will of Arminda Swart, Loudoun County, Virginia (dated 1877); Copy of deed for Arminda Swart, Loudoun County, Virginia (dated 1851) and deeds for James Swart, Sr., (dated 1821-1833).]
 * "Loudoun County Courthouse Books in Balch Library," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Dec. 2001):5-7. Available at FHL. [Microfilm reproductions of Deed Books B, C, E, F, G, I, L, M, O, 2-A, 4-V, 6-Q, 5-V (1760-1866); Will Books B, C, D, S, AA, 2-C, 2-E, G (1772-1868) are available at the Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.]
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. A Digest of Family Relationships. 4 vols. Virginia?: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1990-. Available at FHL. [Includes relationships drawn from Loudoun County, Virginia deeds.]
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Deed Abstracts of Loudoun County, Virginia [1757-1797]. 22 vols. McLean, Virginia: Antient Press, R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1987-. Available at FHL.

Grants and Patents


 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County.]
 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1775-1800. Vol. III. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County.]
 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1800-1862. Vol. IV. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County.]
 * Land Grants, 1757-1799. Virginia County Records, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Jun. 1909); Vol. 6, No. 4 (Dec. 1909).
 * Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and C. Blair Tavenner. Loudoun County, Virginia Original Land Grants -- In Six Sections: Section "C". [Map]. Springfield, Virginia: N. Schreiner-Yantis, 1997. Available at FHL. Discussed in Netti Schreiner-Yantis's article, "Loudoun County Plat Maps," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul. 1998):115-117. Available at FHL.

Land Causes


 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey, Sam Sparacio, and Dumfries, Va. District Court. Abstracts of Land Causes, Prince William County, Virginia. [1789-1793] 2 vols. McLean, Va.: Antient Press, 1992. Available at FHL. [Includes Loudoun County.]
 * Wilson, Donald L. "Prince William County Land Causes," [1789-1793] The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Aug. 1984):5-7; Vol. 3, No. 7 (Jan. 1985):3-6; Vol. 3, No. 10 (Apr. 1985):6-7; Vol. 3, No. 12 (Jun. 1985):6-7; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1985):4-6; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Aug. 1985):3-4; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Sep. 1985):5-7; Vol. 4, No. 7 (Jan. 1986):4-6; Vol. 4, No. 9 (Mar. 1986):3-4; Vol. 4, No. 10 (Apr. 1986):5-7; Vol. 4, No. 12 (Jun. 1986):5-7; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1986):5-7; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep. 1986):6-9; Vol. 5, No. 6 (Dec. 1986):5-6; Vol. 5, No. 10 (Apr. 1987):5-7. Available at FHL.

Superior Court Deeds


 * Superior Court Deed Book A, 1809-1844, Northern Virginia Genealogy. Lovettsville VA: 2004. Vol. 9.

Local Histories
The History of Loudoun County, Virginia website includes many articles about Loudoun's past, including the following topics: African American chronology, Civil War, Colonial history, and Indians.

Other local histories include:


 * Divine, John, Brownen and Souders. When Waterford &amp; I Were Young. Free Lookups Available!
 * Head, James W. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia. [Washington? District of Columbia]: Park View Press, 1908. Available at FHL; digital versions at Ancestry ($), Google Books, Heritage Quest Online ($), and World Vital Records ($).
 * "How Loudoun Fought an Epidemic in 1793," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Dec. 2002):1-2. Available at FHL.
 * Nichols, Joseph V. "Tales of Old Virginia," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 117-120. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Osburn, Penelope M. "Establishing the Towns in Loudoun County," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 71-75. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Osburn, Thomas. "Former Citizen Writes Interestingly of the Inhabitants of Bluemont in the '50's," written 1923, published in Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Dec. 1998):1-2; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Mar. 1999):2; Vol. 7, No. 2 (Jun. 1999):2. Available at FHL.
 * Phillips, John T. The Historians Guide to Loudoun County, Virginia. Leesburg, Virginia: Goose Creek Productions, c1996. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available! [One section of this book was republished as "Colonial Ferries and Ordinaries at Goose Creek," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1993):1-2. Available at FHL.]
 * Scheel, Eugene M. The Story of Purcellville. Free Lookups Available!
 * Weatherly, Yetive. Lovettsville, the German Settlement. Free Lookups Available!
 * Williams, Harrison. Legends of Loudoun: An Account of the History and Homes of a Border County of Virginia's Northern Neck. Richmond, Virginia: Garrett and Massie, 1938. Available at FHL; reprint at FHL; digital versions at Ancestry ($), BYU Family History Archives, and Heritage Quest Online ($). Free Lookups Available!

Maps
Eugene M. Scheel has produced detailed historical maps of Loudoun County. To purchase these maps, visit The History of Loudoun County, Virginia website.


 * Loudoun County, with detailed inserts of towns (1990), 3' by 4'. $12; folded ed. $8. Available at FHL.
 * Loudoun County (1975), 18" by 24". Small map of Loudoun. $10.

For free animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, visit My Virginia Genealogy. [Maps created using AniMap Plus County Boundary Historical AniMap 3.0, by permission of the Goldbug Company.]

Surveyor Yardley Taylor created a map of Loudoun County, Virginia, which was printed in 1853. The following materials, along with the map, are available:


 * Yardley Taylor's Surveying Notebook, 1832. Original manuscript, Winchester Courthouse, Winchester, Va.; available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes real property identification map of Loudoun County, Virginia.]
 * Map of Loudoun County, Virginia. 1853; reprint, Lincoln, Va.: A.M. &amp; W.L. Janney, 1976. Available at FHL.
 * Memoir of Loudoun County, Virginia: To Accompany the Map of Loudoun County (1853). Digital version at Internet Archive.

Additional map resources for Loudoun County include:


 * Sanborn Insurance Maps for Leesburg 1886, 1894, 1899, 1903, 1907, 1912 and 1930, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
 * Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and C. Blair Tavenner. Loudoun County, Virginia Original Land Grants -- In Six Sections: Section "C". [Map]. Springfield, Virginia: N. Schreiner-Yantis, 1997. Available at FHL. Discussed in Netti Schreiner-Yantis, "Loudoun County Plat Maps," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul. 1998):115-117. Available at FHL.

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):199-208; Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1978):43-50.. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Loudoun County's 1790 Delinquent List appears on 20:201-202; 1786 and 1788 Delinquent Lists appear on 22:44-45.]
 * Loudoun Co., Virginia to Ohio: Migration of Families, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * Moore, Robert P. "New Jersey Families in Loudoun Co., Va., Tithable Lists in the 1700s," The Nelson County Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Autumn 1992):9-10. Available at FHL.
 * "Pennsylvania-Germans in Loudoun Co., VA," Pennsylvania German, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Mar. 1908).
 * Weatherly, Yetive. Lovettsville, the German Settlement. Free Lookups Available!

Military
The Virginia Military Dead database covers many American military conflicts dating back to the French and Indian War. More than 200 Loudoun County casualties are listed. Available online, courtesy: Library of Virginia.

French and Indian War

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL; free name index at Genealogical Publishing Company. [Identifies some Loudoun County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view); free name index at Genealogical Publishing Company. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Loudoun County, see pp. 88-89, 111.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($); free name index at Genealogical Publishing Company. [Identifies some Loudoun County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]
 * Phillips, John T. The Historians Guide to Loudoun County, Virginia. 1993. [Contains a list of Loudoun County Militia Officer Commissions 1750s, 1760s]. Free Lookups Available! Also published as "Loudoun County Militia Officer Commissions," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring 1993):4-5. Available at FHL.

Revolutionary War
The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court has made the following information available online, based on records in their collection:


 * Revolutionary War. ["The Court Order books and miscellaneous papers provide information on county relief to soldier’s families, a list of county militia officers (1778-1783) and letters from Revolutionary War soldiers and families requesting their pensions from the War Department." ]

Another superb online resource is Loudoun County Virginia in the American Revolution 1774-1783, which includes "well over 700 names and countless original Loudoun County courthouse records ... uploaded to this site for the express purpose of helping researchers find their Loudoun County Revolutionary War ancestors."

Two data providers make Revolutionary War Pensions available online:


 * 1) Revolutionary War Pensions, courtesy: Footnote ($).
 * 2) Revolutionary War Era Pension &amp; Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, courtesy: Heritage Quest Online ($).

N.B. Footnote digitized the entire files, while Heritage Quest Online digitized select portions of files. These records are also available on 2670 microfilms at FHL.

Summaries of Revolutionary War Pensions may be found in the following book:


 * White, Virgil D. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files. 4 vols. Waynesboro, Tennessee: National Historical Publishing Co., 1990-1992. Available at FHL.

The DAR has made its Patriot Index available to search for free online in the database DAR Genealogical Research System. This database includes the following information about accepted Revolutionary War Patriots: biographical details, sources documenting military service, family details, and descendant information.

Many residents of Loudoun County filed public claims for damages incurred to their property during the Revolutionary War, see:


 * Abercrombie, Janice Luck and Richard Slatten. Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims. 3 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co., 1992. Available at FHL. [Volume 2 covers Loudoun County.]
 * Public Service Claims, 1782, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. Washington DC: Nov 1969. Vol. 103 Iss. 9.

Additional Revolutionary War resources for Loudoun County include:


 * Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view); free name index at Genealogical Publishing Company. [Includes a chapter titled "Loudoun County, Virginia, in the Revolution. A list of Officers with date of appointment, 1778-1782. With partial list of private soldiers and how their families were supplied with provisions by the county. See pp. 216-222.]
 * "Commonwealth of Virginia, Joint Legislative and Review Committee, Study of Revolutionary War Soldier Grave Sites, Search for Missing Soldiers of Loudoun County, Virginia, We Need Your Help!!!," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Sep. 1999):1. Available at FHL.
 * County Committee, 1775, Seattle Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Mar. 1976).
 * Hutchison, Louisa. "Revolutionary War Soldiers of Loudoun County," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Dec. 1999):1, 6. Available at FHL. [Names of patriots taken from Loudoun County's Court Order Books.]
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. et al. Miscellaneous Records from Loudoun and Prince William Counties. Typescript, 1953-1954. Available on microfim at FHL. [Includes Loudoun County, Va., Revolutionary records and Loudoun Co. soldiers in Washington's Army.]
 * Pierce, Alycon Trubey. "Wringing Northern Virginians Out of Final Pension Payment Vouchers, 1818-1864," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr. 1997):73-77. Available at FHL. [Identifies married daughters and granddaughters of Revolutionary War Pensioners, and other persons mentioned in these records. Pierce abstracted entries for residents of Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties.]
 * "Resolutions of Loudoun County: Loudoun County a Hundred Years Ago," [1774] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1904):231-236. Digital versions available at JSTOR ($) and Combs-Coombs website.

Militia

 * Blincoe, Don. Loudoun County, Virginia Militia Journal 1793-1829. Free Lookups Available!

War of 1812

 * Walko, Laura. "Edmund Tyler Papers 1812 Manuscripts, Thomas Balch Library," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 6, No. 2/3 (Sep. 1998):4. Available at FHL. [Includes many records related to men who participated in the War of 1812.]

Mexican War
The Mexican War database, available online, courtesy: Library of Virginia, is the place to start. Other resources include:


 * Hall, Wilbur C. "Philip St. George Cooke of Leesburg, Commander of the Mormon Battalion," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 121-127. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

Civil War
The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court has made the following information available online, based on records in their collection:


 * Civil War Papers, 1861-1948. ["Includes the names from the Roster of Confederate Soldiers from Loudoun County, pension papers and court orders related to the Civil War in Loudoun County." ] Also available on microfilm at FHL.

Another superb online resource is Loudoun County, Virginia and the Civil War 1861-1865, which includes an index of Loudoun County Confederate soldiers, Confederate graves, and local history.

In the 1870s, more than 400 claims were filed by residents of Loudoun County, Virginia for "reimbursement of personal property losses due to the Civil War." To learn more about these records, consult:


 * Mills, Gary B. Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Additional Civil War resources for Loudoun County include:


 * "A Memory of John Divine," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 221-220. Available at FHL.
 * "The Confederate Monument in Leesburg," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 215-220. Available at FHL.
 * Confederate Navy Index. Available online, courtesy: Library of Virginia.
 * Divine, John. "'The Comanches' in Action (35th Battalion Va. Cav., C.S.A.)," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 191-194. Available at FHL.
 * Divine, John. Loudoun County and the Civil War. Free Lookups Available!
 * Divine, John. "Passage of the Armies Through Loudoun: 1861-1865," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 195-214. Available at FHL.
 * Goodhart, Briscoe. History of the Independent Loudoun Rangers: U.S. Vol. Cav. (Scouts), 1862-65. Washington, D.C.: Press of McGill &amp; Wallace, 1896. 1990 reprint at FHL; 1996 reprint at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Hall, George R. "Economics of Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 131-142. Available at FHL.
 * Howard, William F. The Battle of Ball's Bluff: "The Leesburg Affair", October 21, 1861. Lynchburg, Virginia: H.E. Howard, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * Johnson, A.B. "The Skirmish at Mile Hill," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 187-190. Available at FHL.
 * "The Loudoun Guards - A Muster Roll (Company C, 17th Regiment Va. Inf., C.S.A.," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 181-186. Available at FHL.
 * Michael, Jerry. The Years After, Selections from the Loudoun Democratic Mirror June 14, 1865 - June13, 1866. Free Lookups Available!
 * "Statements Relative to Disloyalists There," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar. 1998):1-2. Available at FHL. [Taken from the Turner-Baker Papers, Baker #839, No. 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, National Archives, Washington, D.C.]
 * Thompson, Mrs. Magnus S. "States Rights Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy (Loudoun County, VA)," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Dec. 1996):1. Available at FHL. [Identifies youths resident in Loudoun County in 1924 who descend from Confederate soldiers.]
 * White, E.V. "The Battle of Ball's Bluff," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 143-156. Available at FHL.

World War I

 * World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Naturalization

 * Aliens, 1800s-1900s. Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court.
 * Index to Naturalization Petitions, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, 1909-1929, available online, courtesy: Alexandria Library, Special Collections Division, Alexandria, Va. [Includes WWI soldies stationed in or near Loudoun County.]

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Loudoun Co. Newspapers: Information Regarding Newspapers Previously Published in Loudoun Co. is a helpful guide, courtesy: USGenWeb.


 * "The Genius of Liberty," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 10, Nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Mar.-June 2002):1. Available at FHL.
 * "Marriage Records from the Genius of Liberty," [1810s-1820s] Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 10, Nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Mar.-June 2002):2-4. Available at FHL.
 * Osburn, Penelope M. "A Hometown Newspaper: 'The True American,' The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 97-110. Available at FHL.

Occupations

 * "Beard Account Book," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep. 1997):1; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec. 1997):3; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar. 1998):3. Available at FHL. [Identifies persons with accounts 1790s-1840s.]
 * Binns, John. A Treatise on Practical Farming. Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
 * "Business Directory of Leesburg: Containing the Names of Merchants and Mechanics with Their Places of Business, published by William L. Stork, Bookseller &amp; Stationer, Leesburg, VA, 1860," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar. 1997):1; Vol. 5, No. 2 (June 1997):3; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep. 1997):2. Available at FHL.
 * Business Licenses, 1757-1900. Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court. [Includes liquor, mill, ordinary, restaurant and hotel, and retail indexes.]
 * Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL. [Includes a section on Leesburg silversmiths.]
 * "Hillsboro General Store, Post Office and Lending Library 1821-1836," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 6, No. 2/3 (Sep. 1998):1; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Dec. 1998):3. Available at FHL. [Indexes persons with accounts.]
 * List of Male and Female Indentures (Apprenticeships) from 1757-1872. Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court.
 * Marsh, Helen Hirst. "Early Loudoun Water Mills," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 29-34. Available at FHL.
 * Marsh, Helen Hirst. "Hometown Banking: The Loudoun Company," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 111-116. Available at FHL.
 * U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909. Available online, courtesy: Ancestry ($). [Lists dozens of inventions patented by residents of Loudoun County, Virginia.]

Officials

 * "Some of the Officials of Loudoun County 1757 - The Civil War," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 6, No. 2/3 (Sep. 1998):4; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Mar. 1999):1. Available at FHL. [N.B. This serial article was published backwards, includes Court Clerks, Deputy King's Attorneys and Commonwealth Attorneys, and Sheriffs.]

Petitions

 * There are seven religious petitions from residents of Loudoun County, Virginia (dated 1776-1802) online in Early Religious Petitions, courtesy: American Memory, The Library of Congress. (Church of England, German Lutheran, German Episcopelian Society.)
 * There are 492 petitions from residents of Loudoun County, Virginia (1776-1865) in the Legislative Petitions Database. Available online, courtesy: Library of Virginia.
 * Petition to Send Slaves to Africa, 1827, Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul. 1996).

Private Papers
The Brock Miscellaneous Files, 1655-1908 database, based on the private collection of Robert Alonzo Brock found at the Huntington Library in California, contains 11 items of interest to Loudoun County, Virginia. The database is available online, courtesy: Library of Virginia.


 * [Baldwin] Miller, Adrian Cather. Baldwin-Brown Bible Records, Loudoun County, Virginia: Including the Names of Burson, Chamblin, Ewers, Love, Tavenner, Saffer and Van Sickler. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Baldwin] "Loudoun Families: Baldwin-Brown Bible Records, Loudoun County, VA," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar. 1997):4. Available at FHL.
 * [Beans] Rickard, Dorothy. "Loudoun Bibles: Burr H. Beans Bible," published 1893, Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 5 (2000):524. Available at FHL.
 * [Beans] Rickard, Dorothy. "Loudoun Bibles: Absalom Beans Bible," published 1838, Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 5 (2000):526-534. Available at FHL. [Includes Goodin family entries dating back to 1720s.]
 * [Beard] "Beard Account Book," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep. 1997):1; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec. 1997):3; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar. 1998):3. Available at FHL. [Identifies persons with accounts 1790s-1840s.]
 * [Binns] Charles Binns Account Book 1785-1786, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
 * [Brown] See also Baldwin.
 * [Brown] Bishop, G. Thomas. "Brown - Steere Bible," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 5 (2000):515-523. Available at FHL. [Includes slave births from 1820s to 1850s.]
 * [Creswell] "Journal of Nicholas Creswell 1774-1777: Index of Loudoun County Names and Places, The Dial Press, New York, 1924," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Jun. 1999):1, 3. Available at FHL. [An Englishman who lived in the colonies during the Revolutionary War.]
 * [Crissy] See Harris.
 * [Eaches] Gott, John K. "Eaches Family Bible, Loudoun County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):87. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Goode] Mucciarone, Meridee Orndoff. Letters to Ella Lee Goode: A Collection of Turn-of-the-Century Correspondence. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2003. Available at FHL.
 * [Goodin] See Beans.
 * [Gregg] Gregg Family Bible Records, 1760-1832. Available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Harris] Carr, Joseph J. "Harris &amp; Crissy Families of Loudoun County, Virginia: Bible Record Transcription," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1997):42-44. Available at FHL.
 * [Laycock] Gott, John K. "Laycock Family Bible, Loudoun County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1968):150-151. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Littlejohn] "Preacher - Sheriff Kept Archives," Loudoun Times Mirror, Leesburg, Va., 12 Aug. 1965, p. A-6, 7. Reprinted in Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 5 (2000):503-505. Available at FHL.
 * [Littlejohn] "Journal of [Rev.] John Littlejohn," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 5 (2000):506-512. Available at FHL. [Methodist preacher.]
 * [Martz] Rickard, Dorothy. "Loudoun Bibles: Samuel Martz Bible," published 1884, Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 5 (2000):525. Available at FHL.
 * [Mason] Lewis, John G. "Thomson Mason of Raspberry Plain, Letters of 'A British American,' The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 35-70. Available at FHL.
 * [Paxson] Stepp, Janet. "List of Deaths from Charles Paxson's Journal," [Loudoun County 1858-1870] Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1999):358-359. Available at FHL.
 * [Saffer] "Bible of William T. Saffer and Ruth E. Tavenner (1860-1984)," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep. 1997):3. Available at FHL.
 * [Saffer] "Bible Records at the Thomas Balch Library: Saffer-Tavenner Bible," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 4 (June 2000):1, 4. Available at FHL.
 * [Shaw] "Bible of Marshall G. Shaw &amp; Lany E. Orrison (1868-1877)," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec. 1997):3. Available at FHL.
 * [Smith] Mary Smith Bible Records, ca. 1658-1906. Available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [Stevens] Beach, Ron and Sue Beach. "Stevens Bible, Loudoun County to Ohio," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1999):360-364. Available at FHL.
 * [Tyler] Walko, Laura. "Edmund Tyler Papers 1812 Manuscripts, Thomas Balch Library," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 6, No. 2/3 (Sep. 1998):4. Available at FHL.
 * [White] Price, Prentiss. "White Family Bible, Loudoun County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1957):43-44. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [White] Price, Prentiss. "Bible of Joseph White, Loudoun Co., Va.-Hawkins Co., Tenn.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1963):125. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

Probate
Wills

The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court has made the following index available online:


 * Wills: 1757-1946.

Loudoun County's original probate records are held at the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Va. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the following records from that facilty:


 * Will Books A to 3C (1757-1879) and original handwritten Indexes (1757-1949)
 * Superior Court Will Book 1810-1888 and an Index
 * Bond Books, Volumes 1-6, 1867-1963 (each volume has its own index)
 * Administrators Bond Books, 1869-1904

SamPubCo has created a free online resource that serves as a good aid for finding Colonial Loudoun County wills:


 * Loudoun County, Virginia Will Testators Index, Book A (1757-1771)

Several people and organizations have published indexes and abstracts of Loudoun County's wills:


 * Clemens, William M. Virginia Wills Before 1799: A Complete Abstract Register of All Names Mentioned in Over Six Hundred Recorded Wills, ... Copied from the Court House Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William and Rockbridge Counties. Pompton Lakes, N.J.: Biblio Co., 1924. Fiche 6015628-6015629; digital versions at Access Genealogy; Ancestry ($); and Heritage Quest Online ($). Free online surname index and 2004 reprint purchase details at Mountain Press website.
 * Duncan, Patricia. Loudoun Co. VA Will Book Index 1757-1946. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2001. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Duncan, Patricia. Loudoun County Virginia Will Book Abstracts, Books A-Z, December 1757 - June 1841. Free Lookups Available!
 * Duncan, Patricia. Loudoun Co. VA Will Book Abstracts, Books 2A-3C, Jun 1841-Dec 1879 &amp; Superior Court Books A and B, 1810-1888. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2001. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Eden Carter Will including Slaves, 1857, OH. Ohio's Last Frontier, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Sep. 2006).
 * Fishback, John and Mary Fishback. "Orphan Records," [1750s-1770s] Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 5, No. 2 (June 1997):2. Available at FHL.
 * Hutchison, Louisa Skinner. Index to Loudoun County, Virginia Wills 1757-1850. Free Lookups Available!
 * Johnson, Robert E., Daughters of the American Revolution. Thomas Nelson Chapter (Arlington, Virginia), and Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Virginia). Genealogical Records, 1600-1900: Records from 18 Family Bibles, 9 Wills, 11 Deeds, 2 Marriage Bonds, Miscellaneous Records. MSS., 1956, available on microfilm at FHL. [Includes: Copy of will of Arminda Swart, Loudoun County, Virginia (dated 1877); Copy of deed for Arminda Swart, Loudoun County, Virginia (dated 1851) and deeds for James Swart, Sr., (dated 1821-1833).]
 * King, J. Estelle Stewart. Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1757-1800. Available at FHL here andhere. Digital version available at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($). Free Lookups Available!
 * "Loudoun County Courthouse Books in Balch Library," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Dec. 2001):5-7. Available at FHL. [Microfilm copies of Deed Books B, C, E, F, G, I, L, M, O, 2-A, 4-V, 6-Q, 5-V (1760-1866); Will Books B, C, D, S, AA, 2-C, 2-E, G (1772-1868) are available at the Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.]
 * Loudoun County Will Book A 1757-1771 and Addenda. Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 82, No. 7 (Jul. 1948); Vol. 82, No. 8 (Aug. 1948); Vol. 82, No. 9 (Sep. 1948); Vol. 82, No. 10 (Oct. 1948); Vol. 82, No. 11 (Nov. 1948); Vol. 82, No. 12 (Dec. 1948); Vol. 83, No. 2 (Feb. 1949)
 * Loudoun County Will Index 1757-1780. Texarkana USA Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall 1988); Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring 1990); Vol. 17, No. 3 (Fall 1990); Vol. 18, Nos. 2-3 (Summer 1991).
 * Peter Carter Will, including Slaves, 1794. Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct. 1998).
 * Sparacio, Ruth and Sam Sparacio. Will Abstracts of Loudoun County, Virginia. [Books A-F, 1757-1801] 7 vols. McLean, Virginia: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1988. Available at FHL.

Guardian Accounts


 * Duncan, Patricia B. Abstracts from Loudoun County, Virginia Guardian Accounts: Books A-H, 1759-1904. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2000. Available at FHL.

Probate Records


 * Duncan, Patricia B. Loudoun County, Virginia Clerk's Probate Records, Book 1 (1904-1921) and Book 2 (1922-1938) : Book 1, 1904-1921, and Book 2, 1922-1938. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2000. Available at FHL.

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Loudoun County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1972):126-129. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * The WPA Survey for Loudoun County. Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.; also available on microfilm at FHL.

School

 * History of Secondary Education in Loudoun County. 1948. Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
 * "Virginia Public School Register, Broad Run District, Frankville School, 1886-1893," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 1996):1; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Sep. 1996):1. Available at FHL.

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?

FHL has not microfilmed Loudoun County's personal property tax and land tax records, but many published transcripts are available in its collection. The Library of Virginia's website includes inventories of Loudoun's personal property tax records (1782-1900) and land tax records (1782-1900). FHL has microfilmed the original tithe lists (1758-1799) found at the Loudoun County Courthouse.

Here is a list of Loudoun County's tithe and tax records available online, in print, or on film:


 * [1749] Hiatt, Marty and Craig Roberts Scott. Loudoun County, Virginia, Tithables, 1758-1786. 3 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1995. Available at FHL. [Volume 1 includes a 1749 tithables list for Fairfax County which identifies tithe payers and many of their religions.] Digital version of 1749 tithe list available online, courtesy: Fairfax County Chapter NSDAR.
 * [1758-1786] Hopkins, Margaret Lail. Index to the Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia and to Slaveholders and Slaves, 1758-1786. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1991. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [1758-1799] Loudoun County, Virginia Lists of Tithables, 1758-1799. Original records, Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Virginia; also available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [1760s-1780s] Moore, Robert P. "New Jersey Families in Loudoun Co., Va., Tithable Lists in the 1700s," The Nelson County Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Autumn 1992):9-10. Available at FHL.
 * [1765] Johnson, June Whitehurst. Surviving Cameron Parish Records, Loudoun County, Virginia: Tithable List of 1765. [Fairfax, Virginia?: J.W. Johnson?], 1984. Available at FHL. ["The records that have been abstracted in this book were found in a suit in Loudoun County, Virginia .... It appears in these records there is a titable list for this district above Goose Creek and Little River for the year 1765." -- page i.]
 * [1771] Creekmore, Pollyanna. "Loudoun County, Virginia, 1771 Tithable List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):243-248; Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1973):8-13; Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1973):107-113; Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1973):187-190; Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1973):270-276. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [1775-1781] Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Tithables, Loudoun County, Virginia [1775-1781]. McLean, Virginia: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [1777] Sherwood, Claire. "Tithables, Cameron Parish, Loudoun Co., Virginia April 15, 1777," Genealogical Reference Builders Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Nov 1974):5-7. Available at FHL.
 * [1782] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at FHL. [1782 personal property tax list of Loudoun County.]
 * [1782-1850] Duncan, Patricia. Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850. Free Lookups Available!
 * [1782-1821] Heinegg, Paul. "Loudoun County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1821," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 R4sn v. 1. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Loudoun County is included in Vol. 1.] Free Lookups Available!
 * [1786, 1788, 1790] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):199-208; Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1978):43-50.. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg v. 20 (1976); FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg v. 22 (1978); digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Loudoun County's 1790 Delinquent List appears on 20:201-202; 1786 and 1788 Delinquent Lists appear on 22:44-45.]
 * [1788] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1788 for Loudoun County, Virginia. Springfield, Virginia: Genealogical Books in Print, 1986. FHL US/CAN Book 975.528 R4s. Free Lookups Available!
 * [1789] Indexed images of the 1789 Personal Property Tax List of Loudoun County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1789] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1789 for Loudoun County, Virginia. Springfield, Virginia: Genealogical Books in Print, 1986. FHL US/CAN Book 975.528 R4sy. Free Lookups Available!
 * [1798] Harvey, Nancy Palmer. "1798 Land Tax List Loudoun County, Virginia, Cameron Parish Area," Fairfax Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Sep. 1996):12-15; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan. 1997):20-22. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5291 D25f v. 12-13 (1996-1998).
 * [1798] Harvey, Nancy Palmer. "1798 Personal Property Tax List Cameron Parish Area, Loudoun County, Virginia," Fairfax Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 5 (May 1995):6-11. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5291 D25f v. 10-11 (1994-1996).
 * [1800] Images of the 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Loudoun County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1806] "Taxpayers in Loudoun County, Virginia, 1806," St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Fall 1991):86-88; Vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 1991):125-126; Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring 1992):21-22; Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 1992):97-98; Vol. 25, No. 4 (Winter 1992):125-126; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Fall 1993):85-86. FHL US/CAN Book 977.865 B2q v. 24 (1991) ff.
 * [1810] Loudoun County Delinquent Taxes, 1810. Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 6 (2001).
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975 E4w v. 4. [The source for this publication is 1815 land tax. Loudoun County is included in Vol. 4.]
 * [1860] Landowners and Tax Maps, Thomas Wrenn District, 1860. Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 7 (2002).
 * [1862-1918] U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Transportation

 * Constantino, Roberto. Miscellaneous Road Cases, Loudoun County, Virginia, 1758-1782: Loudoun County Circuit Court, Clerk of Circuit Court, Archives: Miscellaneous Road Cases, Files No. 38 to 48, Leesburg, Virginia. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books: Heritage Books, 2003. Available at FHL.
 * Rose, Murray. "Potomac River Bridges into Loudoun County," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring 1993):1-2; Vol. 1, No. 4 (Summer 1993):1. Available at FHL.
 * Saffer, Wynne. "Overseers of the Road in Southern Loudoun in 1801," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct. 1998):166-169. Available at FHL.
 * "Seven Ferries Served Loudoun in 1700s," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Dec. 2002):2-4. Available at FHL.

Vital Records
Birth


 * Birth and Death Records (Births 1853-1859, 1864-1866, 1869-1879, and 1912-1917). Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court.
 * Duncan, Patricia B. Loudoun County, Virginia, Birth Registers. [1853-1896] 2 vols. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 1999. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

The original register of births, 2 vols. (1853-1859 and 1864-1866), are held at the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Va. They are available on microfilm at FHL.

For illegitimate births, see:


 * Base Born Children, 1757-1872. Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court. [This is an incomplete list, it may be viewed in alphabetical order by the name of the father, or the mother; the child's name was not usually recorded.]
 * Hutchison, Louisa Skinner. Apprentices, Bastards, and Poor Children of Loudoun Co VA 1757-1850. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2000. Available at FHL.

Marriage

The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court has made the following information available online:


 * Marriage Bonds, 1767-1850. [Includes marriage and bond index 1767-1914; and marriage indexes 1852-1866, 1865-1879, 1879-1895, and 1896-1914.]

Free Lookups Available! for Loudoun County, Virginia marriages 1757-1853.

The original marriage bonds (1779-1850), ministers' returns (1793-1850), marriage records (1850-1866), and register of marriages, 4 vols. (1852-1914) are available on microfilm at FHL.

Additional Loudoun County marriage resources include:


 * Chiarello, Suzy. "Samuel Claggett's Marriage Bond," [1786] Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct. 1998):159. Available at FHL. [Cannot be found in Leesburg, Va. Courthouse. Chiarello took this record from Claggett's Revolutionary War Pension Application (W6693).]
 * Dodd, Jordan. Virginia Marriages to 1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Abstracts of several hundred Loudoun County marriage records.]
 * Dodd, Jordan R., et al. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers, 1990. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Abstracts of approximately 1000 Loudoun County marriage records; alternate title: Virginia Marriages, Early to 1800: A Research Tool.]
 * Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Virginia Marriages, 1851-1929 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Loudoun County 1851-1880.]
 * Duncan, Patricia B. and Elizabeth R. Frain. Loudoun County, Virginia Marriages after 1850 [1851-1880]. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books, c2000. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Henry Furlong (Rev.) M.E. Marriages, 1833-1834. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1969).
 * Henry Furlong (Rev.) Marriages, 1834-51. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 2 (May 1969).
 * Hutchison, Louisa Skinner. New Information About Old Marriages," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 5 (2000):513-514. Available at FHL. [Hutchison identifies biographical details omitted from the published abstracts of Loudoun's marriages by Vot, Kethly, and Wertz.]
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. Marriage Records of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1751-1880, Typescript, 1952; available at FHL. [This manuscript differs in arrangement and indexing from the typescript made in 1959. Some of the information may also be different.]
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. Marriage Bonds and Miscellaneous Marriage Records, 1767 through 1843, Loudoun County, Virginia. MSS., 1958, available on microfilm at FHL.
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. Marriage Records of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1751-1880. MSS., 1959, available on microfilm at FHL.
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. Loudoun County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1762-1850. Berryville, Virginia: Chesapeake Book Co., 1962. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1962):180. Review available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. Loudoun County, Virginia, Marriage Records to 1891. [1798-1881] Berryville, Virginia: Virginia Book Co., c1975. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * [Loudoun County, Virginia] Marriage Bonds and Licences, 1804-1914, William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jul. 1912).
 * Marriage Records Collection. Available online, courtesy: Library of Virginia. [Based on a card index in the Library of Virginia; one entry for Loudoun County.]
 * "Marriage Records from the Genius of Liberty," [1810s-1820s] Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 10, Nos. 1 &amp; 2 (Mar.-June 2002):2-4. Available at FHL.
 * Marriages, 1793-1795, National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Oct. 1920).
 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Prince William County, Virginia, Residents: Marriages from Sources Outside the County. Manassas, Va.: R.R. Turner, 1993. Available at FHL. [Some of these marriages were drawn from Loudoun County sources.]
 * "Unpublished Marriage Records," [1857-1866] Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Summer 1995):1-2; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Mar. 1996):3-4. Available at FHL. [180 marriage licenses and ministers returns dated 1857-1866 preserved in private possession of one of Loudoun County's sheriffs; now viewable at the Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.]
 * Vogt, John and T. William Kethley. Loudoun County Marriages, 1760-1850. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., c1985. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!
 * Wertz, Mary Alice. Marriages of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1757-1853. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Death


 * Birth and Death Records (Deaths 1912-1917). Available online, courtesy: The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court.

The original Loudoun County Register of Deaths 1853-1866 is at the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Va. It is available on microfilm at FHL.

Elizabeth R. Frain has published these records:


 * Frain, Elizabeth R. Loudoun County, Virginia, Death Register, 1853-1896. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 1998. Available at FHL. Free Lookups Available!

Other Loudoun County, Virginia resources for death information include:


 * Death Records Commended by D. J. Hauer at the New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lovettsville (March 1837 - October 1852). Free Lookups Available!
 * Fishback, John. "Loudoun Death Records," [1700s] Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1993):5; Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring 1993):3; Vol. 1, No. 4 (Summer 1993):3; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1993):3; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter 1994):3; Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 1996):2; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Sep. 1996):2; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Dec. 1996):2; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar. 1997):2; Vol. 5, No. 2 (June 1997):2; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec. 1997):2. Available at FHL. [Fishback abstracted approximate dates of death from Loudoun County court records.]
 * Jewell, Aurelia M. Death Records of Loudoun County, Virginia. MSS., National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C.; also available on microfilm at FHL. [Volume covers 1853-1866 (from county death register?), 1892-1900 (from records kept by John James Dillon), 1869-1892 (from records kept by Burr W. Paxson), and 1818-1869 (from various newspapers and all related to Loudoun County).]
 * Stepp, Janet. "List of Deaths from Charles Paxson's Journal," [Loudoun County 1858-1870] Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1999):358-359. Available at FHL.

We would like to acknowledge the contributions of local expert Marty Hiatt, CG. Her knowledge has greatly improved this research guide.

Societies and Libraries

 * Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va., is an excellent facility devoted entirely to the area's local history and genealogy. It is supported by the Town of Leesburg.
 * The Friends of the Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va., is an organization devoted to supporting the Thomas Balch Library and its collections.

Websites

 * Loudoun County, Virginia at USGenWeb. Includes maps, name indexes, history and other information about Loudoun County. Don't miss Loudoun County, Virginia Resource Materials and Look-Ups, on this site. It is an excellent free resource.
 * Family History Library Catalog at FamilySearch. Learn what Loudoun County resources are available at the Family History Library.
 * Loudoun County, Virginia - Family History &amp; Genealogy Message Board at Ancestry. 7500 posts about Loudoun County families.
 * Loudoun County, Virginia Genealogy Forum at GenForum. Over 1500 posts about Loudoun County families.
 * Loudoun County, Virginia Mailing List at Rootsweb. Thousands of messages about Loudoun County families.