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. County Seat: Leesburg

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.]

Variant Spellings

 * Loudon

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.
 * 5) Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890

Populated Places
Loudoun County, Virginia Populated Places identifies local towns and post offices.

Research Guides

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

African American
Many resources relating to the free and enslaved black popluations of Loudoun County have been collected, indexed, and published to help genealogists trace their ancestors. Loudoun County, Virginia African Americans details these handy resources.

Cemeteries
Loudoun County's cemetery records have been thoroughly indexed and local volunteers are available to photograph tombstones. Loudoun County, Virginia Cemeteries aids researchers in accessing these resources.

Census
All extant Loudoun County, Virginia census records (population, mortality, and slave schedules) have been published and indexed and volunteers are available to do free lookups for most census years, see: Loudoun County, Virginia Census.

Church
Many old Loudoun County church records survive. Select Baptist, Catholic, Church of England, Episcopal, German Reformed, Lutheran, Presyterian, and Quaker records have been abstracted and published, see the Loudoun County, Virginia Church page.

Court
Abstracts of several of Loudoun County's courts have been published, including chancery court, county court, criminal cases, Dumfries district court, fee books, and loose papers. These resources are outlined on the Loudoun County, Virginia Court page.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from more than 20 Loudoun County, Virginia historic families. DNA data helps to establish people's origins, kin, and dispersed descendants, see: Loudoun County, Virginia DNA.

Genealogy
More than 275 genealogies have been published about Loudoun County families. To view a list, visit Loudoun County, Virginia Genealogy.

House Histories
House histories have become a popular hobby. Learning about the inheritance of specific estates can aid genealogists in piecing together family trees. Loudoun County, Virginia House Histories points readers to such resources.

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
Loudoun County has a rich collection of land records. Many deeds, grants, land causes, patents, and superior court deeds have been published and indexed. Some finding aids are available online, while volunteers offer to make free lookups for others records. Loudoun County, Virginia Land assists researchers in locating finding aids and accessing the original records.

Law and Legislation

 * 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).

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
Several historic maps of Loudoun County survive. Modern maps, created to show county boundary changes, and to plot land owners, are also available, see: Loudoun County, Virginia Maps.

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
Records regarding Loudoun County veterans are kept in diverse archives and repositories. The Loudoun County, Virginia Military page will assist you in finding these resources.

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.]

Private Papers
Researchers should not limit their searches to records kept by government officials and religious organizations. Diaries, business account books, and family Bibles, kept in private hands, though they can be difficult to track down, yield valuable genealogical data. Loudoun County, Virginia Private Papers points researchers to some of these resources.

Probate
A good collection of wills, administrations, and guardianship records survives for Loudoun County, see: Loudoun County, Virginia Probate.

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.