Culpeper County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1748--Culpeper County was created 23 March 1748 from Orange County. County seat: Culpeper

Neighboring Counties

 * Fauquier
 * Madison
 * Orange
 * Rappahannock
 * Spotsylvania
 * Stafford

Church

 * Thomas, Arthur Dicken, Angus McDonald Green and Culpeper Historical Society. Early Churches of Culpeper County, Virginia: Colonial and Ante-bellum Congregations. Culpeper, Virginia: Culpeper Historical Society, 1987. Available at FHL.

Baptist


 * Finnell, Woolsey. Reverend Daniel Brown of Culpepper County, Virginia and Allied Families, Webster, Finnell, McCain, Pemberton. [Tuscaloosa?] Ala.: W. Finnell, 1954. Available at FHL. [Baptist preacher.]

Lutheran


 * Blankenbaker, John. "Hebron" Baptismal Register of the German Lutheran Church in Culpeper/Madison Counties, Virginia 1750 to 1849: Transcribed, Translated and Indexed from the Church Records with a Commentary on the Relationships of the Sponsors to the Parents. Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania: J. Blankenbaker, 2004. Available at FHL.

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. In addition to finding a direct ancestor’s surname listed, and watching to see if more recent publications make additions and corrections to earlier works, this list is also useful for determining if genealogists have published accounts, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, for any members of an ancestor’s “FAN Club” [Family, Associates, and Neighbors]. Checking publications about those individuals can lead you to new information about your own ancestry. Be mindful that compiled genealogies may contain errors.

Bibliography


 * [Amiss] Ray, Laura Collison. The Amiss Family of Amissville, Rappahannock and Culpeper County, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: L. C. Ray, 1952. Available at FHL.
 * [Antram] Bird, Robert Byron and Ethel Antrim Bird. An Antrim Family History: Pertaining to Descendants of John Antram and Frances Butcher of Burlington County, New Jersey, Aaron Antram and Charlotta King of Culpeper County, Virginia, and JosAntrim and Mila America Edwards of Marion County, Indiana. 1977. Available at FHL.
 * [Baggerly] Chase, Addie Bell Baggerly. Descendants of John Baggerly (ca. 1700-1770) of England -- to Montgomery County, Maryland, 1746 and His Son John Baggerly (1737- ) of Maryland and Culpepper (now Rappahannock) County, Virginia, Sometime After 1776. 1955. Available at FHL.
 * [Brown] Finnell, Woolsey. Reverend Daniel Brown of Culpepper County, Virginia and Allied Families, Webster, Finnell, McCain, Pemberton. [Tuscaloosa?] Ala.: W. Finnell, 1954. Available at FHL. [Baptist preacher.]
 * [Bywaters]See Read.
 * [Corbin] See Read.
 * [Duncan] Vick, J. Wells. The Duncans of Culpeper County, Virginia to Logan County, Kentucky. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Genn] Hillman, Ralph E. "James Genn of Northumberland County, Virginia, and Some of His Descendants," The American Genealogist, Vol. 72, No. 1 (Jan. 1997):32-38; Vol. 72, No. 2 (Apr. 1997):101-108. Available at FHL.
 * [Griffiths] Griffith, Charlotte. The Griffiths from Culpepper, Virginia to Bourbon, Kentucky to Pike, Missouri. Clarksville, Missouri: C. Griffith, 1989. Available at FHL.
 * [Grimsley] McMeen, Lola Frances Murphy. Descendants of Silas Grimsley (1789) and Jane Moore (1791) of Culpepper County, Va., Boone Co., Ky., and Ripley Co., Ind. MSS., microfilmed in 1983, available at FHL.
 * [Jones] Jones, Mildred Conway. The Descendants of Gabriel Jones of Essex and Culpeper Counties, Virginia. Available at FHL.
 * [Jones] Morris, Lovell Jason. The Family and Some Descendants of John Jones (1755-1838) of Culpeper County, Virginia, and Kanawha County, West Virginia.
 * [Long] Long, John Turner. Genealogy of Ware Long of Culpepper. [Chicago, 1908?]. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Luttrell] See Read.
 * [Powell] DeVeau, Katharine Lee. Benjamin and Ambrose Powell of Culpeper County, Virginia, with Many Descendants of Benjamin. MSS., 1941, available at FHL.
 * [Read] Prichard, Armstead Mead. Allied Families of Read, Corbin, Luttrell, Bywaters: Starting from Culpeper County, Virginia, Their Descendants are Now Planted in Every State Westward to the Pacific: My Wife's Kin. Staunton, Virginia: [McClure Co.], 1930. Available at FHL.
 * [Rousseau] Rousseau, Marilyn K. "The Colonial Virginia Ancestry of a Pioneer Florida Family: William H. Rousseau (1818-1870), Florida House of Representatives 1852, Florida State Senate 1865," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):184-198. Available at FHL.
 * [Shiplett] Hall, Frank Nelson. A Story of the Shiplett (Shipley) Family of Muskingum County, Ohio (near Zanesville) and Related Families: David Roland Shiplett from Culpepper, Virginia, Charles Franklin from Maryland, Catherine Councilman (Franklin) from Baltimore, Maryland, William Perley (Caleb) Hughes from New Jersey, Amy Allen (Hughes) from New Jersey (and) Fred Hall of Belvidere, Illinois the Descendants of Nelson and Ephraim Shiplett. [Denton, Texas : s.n., 1962]. Available at FHL.
 * [Sims] Prewitt, Lela Wolfe. Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Sims of Culpeper County, Virginia, Edmund Butler of Virginia and Kentucky: With Allied Families and Other Culpeper Data.
 * [Yowell] Jensen, Paul Arlin and the Ewell National Genealogical and Historical Society. The Descendants of Thomas Yowell and Anne Sturman: Born about 1618 in Willbarsone, Northamptonshire, England, Immigrated to Kent Island, Maryland about 1634, Removed to Westmoreland &amp; Culpeper Counties Virginia Before 1655, Where Thomas Died Shortly Thereafter, and His Wife, Anne Sturman, Died In About 1671. Salt Lake City, Utah, 1994. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.

Immigration

 * [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=Culpeper&placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&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 Culpeper County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Local Histories

 * Jones, Mary Stevens. An 18th Century Perspective, Culpeper County. Culpeper, Virginia: Culpeper Historical Society, 1976. Available at FHL.

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Culpeper County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Culpeper County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]

Dunmore's War


 * Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775: Also Known as Dunmore's War: Enlarged and Photocopied. Fort Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 2004. Available at FHL.

Civil War


 * Grimsley, Daniel A. Battles in Culpeper County, Virginia, 1861-1865: And Other Articles. Culpeper, Va.: Raleigh Travers Green, 1900. Available at FHL.

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.

Private Papers

 * Collection of Papers from Culpeper Co., VA: Dealing with the Payne, Tull, Stewart, Ficklin and Related Families, 1848-1859. Available at FHL.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution. Culpeper Minute Men Chapter (Culpepper, Virginia). Copy of Some Family Bible Records Found in Culpepper County, Culpepper, Virginia. MSS., 1945-1946, available at FHL. [Family Bibles of: Daingerfield, Farish, Ellis B. Long, David Wright Kelly, R.T. Kelly, Richard Payne, Rust, Tutt, George Williams, and Wood.]

Taxation

 * Indexed images of the 1791 Personal Property Tax List of Culpeper County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * Images of the 1801 Personal Property Tax List of Culpeper County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog