Prince William County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Prince William County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Prince William, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 75,000 entries.

Prince William County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 125 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Prince William County, Virginia Genealogy Books and Articles


It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]


 * [Adams] Ljunstedt, Milnor. "The Adamses in the Northern Neck of Virginia (Upper Counties) and Some Nearby Counties of Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 13 (1936):82-88, 233-241. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Adams] "Queries from the Mailbag," [Adams, Pearson, Thomas by J.K. Jetton] The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Sep. 1991):20-21.
 * [Alexander] Hayden, Horace E. Virginia Genealogies. Wilkes Barre, Pa., 1891. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Alexander] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Alexander] Bentley, James R. "The Family of Andrew Jackson Alexander (1821-1902)," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1976):302-304. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Armistead] Appleton, William S. The Family of Armistead of Virginia. Boston: W.S. Appleton, 1899. Digital versions at - free; Internet Archive - free;
 * [Armistead] "Armistead Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):31-33; Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):97-102; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):164-171; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):226-234; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul. 1898):17-24; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):181-186; Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):63-70. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Armistead] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.
 * [Asbury] Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1968):10-26. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Ball] Hill, Ronald A. "Ball Family Migration: Virginia to Kentucky, 1784," The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 2 (April 2003):103-114.
 * [Baylis] Blum, Willetta Edmonia Carr Baylis. The Baylis Family of Virginia. Supplements on the Chunn, Fawcett, Hawkins and Turner Families, and a Baylis Family in England. Washington, D.C.: W.B. and W. Blum, 1958..
 * [Bird] King, Martha Eheart. "James Kempe," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):3-10. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Blackburn] Tyler, Lyon G. "The Blackburns, of 'Ripon Lodge,'" The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):266-269. Digital version at JSTOR - free.
 * [Blackburn] Ranke, Vinnette Wells. Our Forefathers, Welles, Wickham, Blackburn, and Others. Typescript, 1946. Item 3
 * [Blackwell] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Bland] Bland Family of Prince William County, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Bobo] Bobo, Charles Henry. Bobo Family History: Draft Manuscript. Orange, California: C.H. Bobo, 1990.
 * [Boswell] Pippenger, Jean Boswell. Descendants of Edward Boswell: Prince William County, Virginia and Orange County, North Carolina. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1986..
 * [Bowell] Bowell, Lillian and William Bowell. A Bowell Family History. St. Paul, Minn.
 * [Bowling] "Who Is This Benjamin Bowling?," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Dec. 2007):87-102..
 * [Bradfield] Armstrong, Donald G. Bradfield Genealogy: Descendants of John and Jane (Harmer) Bradfield of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with Notes on Zachariah Bradfield of Prince William County, Virginia, and Other Miscellaneous Bradfields. Newbury Street Press, 2000.
 * [Brent] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Brewer] Broyhill, Marvin T. The Brewer Families of Colonial Virginia, 1626-1776. Estill Springs, Tenn.: Brewer Researcher, 1994. 1992 edition and supplements have been digitized: - free.
 * [Bridwell] Bridwell, Robert G. The Bridwells of Stafford and Prince William Counties, Virginia, 1620-1998: Allied Families: Combs, Herndon, Lee, Purkins. R.G. Bridwell, 1998.
 * [Brown] Brown, James Edgar. Genealogy of the Brown Family of Prince William County, Virginia: Being a History of William Brown and Seven Generations of His Descendants. Chicago: Press of G.E. Brown &amp; Co., 1898. ; digital book available at Ancestry ($).
 * [Brown] Brown, James Edgar. Genealogy of the Brown Family of Prince William County, Virginia, and the Following Group of Families Allied by Marriage: Bland, Buckner, Byrne, Fairfax, Morgan, Tebbs, Watson, Zinn and Others. Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1930.
 * [Butler] Memoirs of General William Butler: Including a Brief Sketch of His Father and Brother, Who Fell in the Revolution, at Cloud's Creek, Lexington District, S.C. Atlanta, Ga.: Jas. P. Harrison &amp; Co., Printers and Binders, 1885. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Buttons] "The Button and Young Families," Beyond Germanna, digital version at Germanna.com.
 * [Calvert] O'Gorman, Ella Foy. Descendants of Virginia Calverts. Los Angeles, Calif., 1947.
 * [Calvert] Maryland Genealogies. A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980.
 * [Calvert] Hackett, John Davis and Kathryn Dickerson Shannon. "Mills Families of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):215-228; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):284-296; Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):34-48; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):109-119. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Carter] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Caulk] Russell, George Ely. "The Swedish Settlement in Maryland, 1654," The American Genealogist, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Oct. 1978):203-210.
 * [Cazier] Eagar, Martha Cazier. The Life History of William Cazier. Provo, Utah: J. Grant Stevenson, n.d. (High Density 0238817)
 * [Cazier] Cazier, Ivan George, Fern O. Rutledge, and Gail A. Cazier. Descendants of William Cazier and Pleasant Drake, 1794-1988. Provo, Utah: Stevenson's Genealogy Center, 1988..
 * [Cazier] Eager, Martha Cazier. Book of Remembrance of Ancestors and Descendants of William Cazier and Pleasant (Drake) Cazier. MSS. Microfilmed 1989:.
 * [Cazier] Clayton, Dawnette Tolman. Our Cazier and Blacker Ancestors: A Family History Collection. West Jordan, Utah: D.T. Clayton, 1990..
 * [Cazier] Riddle, Chauncey Cazier. Adelbert Cazier and His Family. n.p.: C.C. Riddle, 2007. Digital version at - free.
 * [Chancellor] King, George Harrison Sanford. "The Chancellor Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr. 1935):178-198. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Chilton] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Chilton] Dorman, John Frederick. "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):71-78; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):121-125; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1967):167-174; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1968):15-18; Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1968):83-86; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1968):109-113; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1968):169-175; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1969):32-36; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):65-71; Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1969):177-180; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1970):15-22; Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1970):75-82; Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1970):123-128; Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1970):165-168; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):32-41; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):122-124; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):259-264; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):301-306; ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Cleveland] "Roger Cleveland of Prince William County," Virginia Folder Collection at Virginia Pioneers ($).
 * [Cleveland] Cleveland, Edmund James and H.G. Cleveland. The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families: An Attempt to Trace in Both Male and the Female Lines the Posterity of Moses Cleveland Who Came from Ipswich, County Suffolk, England, about 1635, was of Worburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; of Alexander Cleveland of Prince William County, Virginia; and of Ancient and Other Clevelands in England, America and Elsewhere; with Numerous Biographical Sketches; and Containing Ancestriesof Many of the Husbands and Wives; Also a Bibliographyof the Cleveland Family and a Genealogical Account of Edward Winn of Woburn and of Other Winn Families. 3 vols. Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899.
 * [Cocke] "Genealogy of the Cocke Family in Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1896):282-292, 340; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):405-414; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):86-96; Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):212-217; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jan. 1897):322-332, 334; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1897):431-450; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):71-89; Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):181-198; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan. 1898):303-327; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):449. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Cockrell] Battaile, Muriel. "Peter Cockrell/Cottrell ca 1730-1803," The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 6, No. 7 (Jan. 1988):62. Available at.
 * [Cockrell] Burgess, James A. Anderson, Cockrill, Moffett, Smith &amp; Allied Families of Northern Virginia. Vol. 1. Chandler, Ariz.: J.A. Burgess, 2002. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Cornnell] See Kincheloe.
 * [Cornwell] See Kincheloe.
 * [Cottrell] See Cockrell.
 * [Croswell] Russell, George Ely. "The Croswell Family of Old Rappahannock County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1966):169-. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Crump] Barham, Marius Randolph and Nellie McLane Barham. A Crump on Every Stump the Crump Family of New Kent County, Virginia Descendants of Thomas Crump the Progenitor of the Family in the Virginia Colony in the Seventeenth Century and Their Family Connections. n.p.: M.R. Barham, 1986-1989..
 * [Davis] See also Dawson.
 * [Davis] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. ; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Davis Family Notes (Revolutionary)," see Table of Contents; discusses Davises of Prince William County.]
 * [Davis] Newton, Edythe C. "The Family of Elijah Davis of Nelson County, Ky.," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1960):148-149.
 * [Davis] King, George Harrison Sanford. "Harris - Harrison - Davis - Fletcher," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1961):60-61.
 * [Davis] Moore, Robert P. Ancestors and Nelson Co., Ky., Associates of the Kincheloe, Wickliffe, and Davis Families of Prince William County, Virginia. Lexington, Kentucky: R.P. Moore, 1996.
 * [Davis] Peyton, Helen E. Isaac Davis and Elizabeth Kincheloe of Virginia, Their Ancestors and Descendants, and Related Families. Charleston, S.C.: H.E. Peyton, 2005. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Dawson] Dawson, Leslie Davis. History of the Dawson-Davis Family and Related Families of Fairfax and Prince William Counties, Virginia. 1974.
 * [DeBell] Peters, Joan and Juanita Price. Descendents of William and Margaret DeBell of Prince William County, Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Albemarle Press, 1992.
 * [DeButts] Russell, George Ely. "DeButts Family of Maryland and Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1998):131-188.
 * [Deneal] DeNeal, Gary. The DeNeales of Virginia. 1971. Fairfax Public Library, Fairfax, Va.
 * [Deneal] Hunt, John G. "Deneal(e) or Oduneal of Fairfax County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1981):295-302. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Dilley] Jones, Thomas W. "Dilley of Northern Virginia and Ohio: A Proposed Solution Hanging on a Single Word," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):220-227.
 * [Diskin] Mosher, Merrill Hill. "The Diskin Family of Old Rappahannock, Essex, King George and Prince William Counties," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1997):243-255. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Drakeford] Mosher, Merrill Hill. "Richard Drakeford and His Descendants," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1995):135-142. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Duncan] Roy, Nancy Reba. Some Descendants of Marshall Duncan of Prince William County, Virginia and of Surry County, North Carolina: Also Descendants of Peter Duncan, Immigrant to Virginia. MSS., available at
 * [Duncan] Duncan, George O. and N.R. Roy. Marshall Duncan, The First: And Some of His Descendants. Typescript, 1961..
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Prince William County Duncans.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann. Some Duncan Families of Eastern Tennessee Before 1800. 1979. ; 1991 updated edition:.
 * [Earle] Birnie, Joseph Earle. The Earles and the Birnies. Richmond, Va.: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1974..
 * [Eskridge] Rust, Ellsworth Marshall. Rust of Virginia: Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of William Rust, 1654-1940. Washington, D.C.: Rust, 1940..
 * [Ewell] Hord, Arnold Harris. Genealogy of the Hord Family. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1898. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Fairfax] Thatcher, Mrs. Franklin L. "Our Fairfax Ancestors." Microfilm. Family History Library.
 * [Fairfax] Hackett, John Davis and Kathryn Dickerson Shannon. "Mills Families of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):215-228; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):284-296; Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):34-48; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):109-119. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Farrow] Cantrell, Dorothy McMahan. "McMahan," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 20, No. 2 (1991):144-145.
 * [Fishback] Kemper, Willis M. Genealogy of the Fishback Family in America, The Descendants of John Fishback, the Emigrant, with an Historical Sketch of His Family and of the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Virginia, 1714-1914. New York: T.M. Taylor, 1914. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Fitzhugh] Family Bible of John Fitzhugh of Prince William County, Virginia: Generations 5, 6, 7, and 8.
 * [Florence] Florence, James Edward. The Flourance, Florance, Florence Families of Old Prince William County, Virginia. Nokesville, Va.: J.E. Florence, 2001. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Forbes] "Forbes Family: With References to the Smith and Willis Families," The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 6, No. 6 (Dec. 1987):53; Vol. 6, No. 7 (Jan. 1988):61; Vol. 6, No. 8 (Feb. 1988):69-73. [Excerpts from Douglas Vanderhoof's The Book of Nancy Selden Vanderhoof. Richmond, Va., 1934.]
 * [Foster] Lineage of the Foster Family of Prince William and Frederick Counties, Virginia. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Foster] King, George Harrison Sanford. "Harris - Harrison - Davis - Fletcher," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1961):60-61.
 * [Foster] Cornell, Ruth Williams. My Family Connections. 6 vols. South Charleston, West Virginia: S.B. Cornell, 1980-1993.
 * [Garner] D.A.R. Dr. Elisha Dick Chapter (Alexandria, Va.). Records of William Garner of Mt. Vernon and Prince William County, Virginia," Miscellaneous Family Records. MSS. Microfilmed 1970:.
 * [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.
 * [Gordon] Marshall, Erminie Northcutt. Gordons of the Deep South. Austin, Texas: [E.N. Marshall], 1961.
 * [Graham] Stafford, George Mason Graham. General George Mason Graham of Tyrone Plantation and His People. Baton Rouge, La.: Claitor's, 1947..
 * [Graham] Talley, William M. "The Graham Family of Prince William Co., Va., and Lewis Co., KY.," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1976):123-127. 976.9 B2kg v. 18 (1976)
 * [Graham] King, Martha Eheart. "James Kempe," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):3-10. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Gray] Mosher, Merrill Hill. "Richard Drakeford and His Descendants," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1995):135-142. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Grimes] Grimes, Alden R. Descendants of Benjamin Grimes (1796-1849): An Ohio Pioneer Family Genealogical Resource, Ross, Pickaway, and Pike Counties. Evanston, Illinois: A.R. Grimes, 1989.
 * [Guest] Martin, Alta Louise Biggs. Guest-Guess and Related Families. 1981.
 * [Gwinn] Winn, Lee T. "James Guinn/Gwinn Calendar," The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 7, No. 7 (Jan. 1989):27. Update in Vol. 7, No. 10 (Apr. 1989):48.
 * [Hager] Kemper, Willis M. Genealogy of the Fishback Family in America, The Descendants of John Fishback, the Emigrant, with an Historical Sketch of His Family and of the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Virginia, 1714-1914. New York: T.M. Taylor, 1914. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Hampton] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2..
 * [Hanson] Jones, Blair. Westbrook and Allied Families (Foster, Barker, Fort, Sandefur, Lambert-h, Hanson. Pell City, Ala., 1967..
 * [Harris] King, George Harrison Sanford. "Harris - Harrison - Davis - Fletcher," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1961):60-61.
 * [Harrison] Harrison, Fairfax. "Parson Waugh's Tumult: A Chapter from 'Landmarks of Old Prince William,'" The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan. 1922):31-37. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Harrison] Edmunds, Mary Burnley Wilson. Ancestry of Janie Blackwell Hughes (1879-1968) Containing History of the Families of Le Bigod, Despenser, Howard, Waldegrave, Two Royal Lineages (Charlemagne and Robt. II of France), De Quincey, De Lacie, De Roos, Clopton, Booth, Mills, Burnley, Goodman, Gardner, Harrison, Gibson, Catlett, Blackwell, Downing, and Hughes. Lynchburg, Va.: M. Edmunds, 1970..
 * [Harrison] Dillon, Ruth Wilson Van Deusen and Marguerite Relyea Lewis. The Chinn Book. Cottonport, La.: Polyanthos, 1972..
 * [Harrison] Alcock, John P. Five Generations of the Family of Burr Harrison of Virginia, 1650-1800. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1991. . Reviewed in The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 9, No. 11 (May 1991):84. Review available at
 * [Hawley] King, George H.S. "Some Notes Relative to the Virginia Ancestry of President Harry S. Truman," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 21. Page 197.
 * [Hawley] Mack, Ann H. "Hawley/Halley in Seventeenth Century Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):3-7; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):121-125; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):197-203; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):281-292; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):21-28. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Hedges] Hedges, Robert. The Hedges of Stafford/Prince William Counties, Virginia, 1660-1980. Taylorsville, Kentucky: R. Hedges, 1994.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, Dudley L. The Herndons of the American Revolution Part IV: #82, William Herndon (b. ca. 1737-d. ca. 1796) of Prince William County, Va., and His Known Descendants. Maryland: Gateway Press, 1992.
 * [Higgs] Holder, Jean Jones. Higgs Heritage. Volume One. Spokane, Wash., 1982.
 * [Holder] Woolen, Edward A. Holder Family Biographical and Historical Records and Genealogy of Daniel Holder (1758-1843) of Fauquier and Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia, and Union County, South Carolina. Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen Publishing Co., 1992..
 * [Holmes] King, George H.S. "Some Notes Relative to the Virginia Ancestry of President Harry S. Truman," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 21. Page 197.
 * [Holt] Holt, Lessie Davis. Charles Holt, American Revolutionary War Veteran - Charles Holt &amp; Descendants, 1762-1980. Blountsville, Ala.: L.D. Holt, 1981..
 * [Holton] "Some Descendants of Rev. William Holton, Sr., Fauquier County, Virginia &amp; Mason County, Kentucky," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1965):83-91..
 * [Holtzclaw] Kemper, Willis M. Genealogy of the Fishback Family in America, The Descendants of John Fishback, the Emigrant, with an Historical Sketch of His Family and of the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Virginia, 1714-1914. New York: T.M. Taylor, 1914. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Hopper] Hopper, Wallace. "Blaggrove Hopper Family of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1974):83-91. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Hord] Hord, Arnold Harris. Genealogy of the Hord Family. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1898. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Horner] Horner, Frederick. The History of the Blair, Banister and Braxton Families Before and After the Revolution: With a Brief Sketch of Their Descendants. Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott, 1898. ; digital versions at Google Books - free and Internet Archive - free.
 * [Howison] Howison, Louise. "Howison Family Members Help Dedicate Park," Richwood (Ohio) Gazette, 8 May 1991; reprinted in The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Oct. 1991):30.
 * [Hughes] Cornell, Ruth Williams. My Family Connections. 6 vols. South Charleston, W. Va.: S.B. Cornell, 1980-1993. [The Hughes family is discussed in Volume 4.]
 * [Hutchison] Winthurst, Phyllis. The Hutchison Chronicles: Some Stories of the Nine Generations of Descendants of John and Margaret Hutchison, Prince William and Shenandoah Counties, Virginia and Montgomery County, Tennessee. Tucson, Arizona: P.R. Winthurst, 1998.
 * [Janney] Jolliffe, William. Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1893, pp. 164, 170. 1036357 Item 19; digital versions at Ancestry ($), Google Books, and Internet Archive - free.
 * [Johnson] Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1968):10-26. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Johnson] Weight, Verl Fredrick. Captain Samuel Johnson of Wilkes County, North Carolina--Ancestry and Descendants. Carmichael, California: V.F. Weight, 1988.
 * [Kempe] Rowland, Eron. Varina Howell, Wife of Jefferson Davis. New York, 1927-1931.
 * [Kempe] King, Martha Eheart. "James Kempe," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):3-10. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Kemper] Kemper, Willis M. Genealogy of the Fishback Family in America, The Descendants of John Fishback, the Emigrant, with an Historical Sketch of His Family and of the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Virginia, 1714-1914. New York: T.M. Taylor, 1914. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Kincheloe] McPherson, Lewin Dwinell. Kincheloe, McPherson and Related Families, Their Genealogies and Biographies. Washington: n.p., 1951.
 * [Kincheloe] McPherson, Lewin Dwinell. Kincheloe from Calhoun, Baskin, Hamilton and Related Families. Typescript, 1957..
 * [Kincheloe] Newton, Edythe C. "The Family of Elijah Davis of Nelson County, Ky.," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1960):148-149.
 * [Kincheloe] Edgeworth, M.J. "Kincheloe's Bluff Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1968):114-117.
 * [Kincheloe] Jones, Clement Ross and James Ulysses Kincheloe. Kincheloe Family in America. 5 vols. Typescript. Microfilmed 1971:
 * [Kincheloe] Bacon, Thelma E. "John Justus Kincheloe of Harmony, Washington Co., TN," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 16, No. 2 (1987):138-140.
 * [Kincheloe] Jaggers, Michael and Melinda Jaggers. A New Country: Lewis, Tipton, Bruce, Lee, Williams, Walker and Associated Families Berry, Duvall, Earle, Gardner, Gill, Highley, Kincheloe, Oates, Randolph, Shank, Thompson, Wickliffe and Many Others. n.p.: M. Jaggers, 1990s.
 * [Kincheloe] "Early Narrative of the Kincheloe and Cornwell Families," The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 8, No. 6 (Dec. 1989):45-47; Vol. 8, No. 7 (Jan. 1990):51-53; Vol. 8, No. 11 (May 1990):86-87; Vol. 8, No. 12 (Jun. 1990):91-92..
 * [Kincheloe] Smith, EuGene. Wheelock - Whillock Family of Tennessee and the Western U.S. (1774-1992). Springfield, Va.: privately published, ~1993.
 * [Kincheloe] Moore, Robert P. Ancestors and Nelson Co., Ky., Associates of the Kincheloe, Wickliffe, and Davis Families of Prince William County, Virginia. Lexington, Kentucky: R.P. Moore, 1996.
 * [Kincheloe] Brown, William Morgan. McPherson &amp; Pfalzgraf, Building of an American Heritage: Including Allied Families of Bartlett, Byrd, Campbell, Christman, Diehl, Kincheloe, Prince, Schoolcraft, and Wickliffe. Archbold, Ohio: W.M. Brown, 1996.
 * [Kincheloe] Fancy, Steven G. Genealogy of the Reno Family in America, 1600-1900. Hilo, Hawaii: S.G. Fancy, 1997.
 * [Kincheloe] Peyton, Helen E. Isaac Davis and Elizabeth Kincheloe of Virginia, Their Ancestors and Descendants, and Related Families. Charleston, S.C.: H.E. Peyton, 2005. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Kirkpatrick] Kirkpatrick, Martin Glen. John and Priscilla Kirkpatrick of Prince William County, Va: and Their Descendants; Records. 1959.
 * [Lamkin] Wilkins, Harold E. and Barbara J. Mathews. "The Legatees of Hannah (Cox) (Lamkin) Demouvel/Demonville 8 Sept. 1744, Westmoreland Co., Va.," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1999):83-101; Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1999):200-217. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Lashbrooke] The Bench and Bar of St. Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, and Other Missouri Cities. Biographical Sketches, with Steel Engraved Portraits. St. Louis and Chicago: American Biographical Publishing Company, 1884.
 * [Lashbrooke] Hord, Arnold Harris. Genealogy of the Hord Family. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1898. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Lashbrooke] Lashbrook, Mary K. Lashbrooke, Lashbrooks and Lashbrook (of the United States). Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1986. 929.273 L334l
 * [Lashbrooke] Additional Warder-Moss Information. Typescript, 1992..
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 * [Lewis] Jones, L.H. Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia, Some of His Antecedents and Descendants: With Appreciative Notice of Other Families, viz.: Bathurst, Belford, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latane, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walker, Waring, Woodford, and Others. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1891. Digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archives. 1911 edition: ; 1985 reprint:.
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 * [Lynn] Duncan, Bruce Chapin. "S.A.R. Application of Worth H. Storke," The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Sep. 1991):19. [Revolutionary War ancestor: William Lynn (c1750-1795).]
 * [Lynn] "Queries from the Mailbag," [Lynn, Lathom by Grace Porterfield] The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 10, No. 10 (Apr. 1992):77.
 * [McAllester] King, Martha Eheart. "James Kempe," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):3-10. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [McCarty] The Colonial Dames of America. Ancestral Records and Portraits, 2 vols. New York: The Grafton Press Publishers, 1910. Digitized by Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - both free.
 * [Mills] Hackett, John Davis and Kathryn Dickerson Shannon. "Mills Families of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):215-228; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):284-296; Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):34-48; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):109-119. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
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 * [Milton] Moore, Robert P. Milton of Virginia and Kentucky: Richard Milton (Melton) of Prince William County, Virginia, and Nelson County, Kentucky (1712-1801), His Ancestors and Descendants. R.P. Moore, 1992.
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 * [Nodding] Ray, Loraine B. "Jacob Hoss and the Hoss Apple," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 16, No. 1 (1987):32-35.
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 * [Owens] Owens, David Hatfield. Owens Family of Virginia (Richmond, King George, Stafford, Prince William, Fauquier Counties) and Kentucky (Mason, Lewis, Fleming, Bracken, Mercer, Boyle Counties). Ann Arbor, Michigan: D.H. Owens, 1991.
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 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Prince William County appears in Vol. 2 Part 4]
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 * [Peyton] Sone, Guy M. Genealogy of Rogers, Peyton, Owens, Sone, Marrs, Jennings, Jouett and Allied Families. Jefferson City, Mo.: G.M. Sone, 1958.
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 * [Posey] "Queries from the Mailbag," [Posey, by Lillian R. (Bennett) Hooks] The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 10, No. 11 (May 1992):83.
 * [Prince] See Legg.
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 * [Randolph] Small, Deborah Ann Kraemer and Blanche Willie Grace Randolph. The Randolphs of Prince William County, Virginia, Volume II. Winter Park, Florida: D. Small, 1989.
 * [Randolph] Raski, Arma, James Randolph, and Glenita Guthrie. Additions &amp; Corrections to Vol. II, the Randolphs of Prince William Co., VA by Deborah K. Small.
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 * [Rector] Holtzclaw, B.C. John Jacob Rector of Germanna and His Descendants. Harrisonburg, Va., 1963.
 * [Rector] "Our Rector Line," The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 3, No. 9 (Mar. 1985).
 * [Reid] West, Donal Sinclair and Lola Edwards Lindsey. The Descendants of Joseph Reid (1702-1749) and Elizabeth Hampton: Absolom Reid (1727- ) and Sarah Simpson (1735- ), Joab Reid (1762-1855) and Nancy West (1764-1805), Prince William and Fairfax Co. VA, Adams and Brown Co. OH, Clay Co. MO. West, 1997.
 * [Reno] Reno, Guy B. John Reno and Susannah Thorn m. Nov. 17, 1737 and Their Issue. Rockford, Ill.: G.B. Reno, 1972..
 * [Reno] Reneau, J.C. "Origin of the Surname Reneau/Renno/Reno in Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):122-127. American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Rose] Rose, Mrs. Seymour T. Family of James Rose, Prince William County, Virginia. 1971.
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 * [Simpson] McFarland, Robert H. and Twilah M. McFarland. Simpson Connections: John and Hannah Simpson of Prince William County, Virginia and their Descendants. Rolla, Missouri: McFarland Home Enterprises, 1987.
 * [Smith] See Forbes.
 * [Smith] Taliaferro, Henry G. "Thomas Smith of Fairfax County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1996):3-14. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Spiller] Harrill, Janice Robertson. The Spiller Family of Prince William County, Virginia, Tennessee, and Illinois. [Incomplete citation from Google Books.]
 * [Spiller] Gottschalk, Katherine Cox. The Spiller Family of Prince William County, Virginia; Robertson County, Tennessee; Williamson County, Illinois. MSS., available at
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 * [Stone] Woodruff, Helen Stone. Stone - Descendants of Thomas and Sarah Stone of Prince William County, Virginia. Tahlequah, Okla.: H.S. Woodruff, 1984.
 * [Stone] Eagleson, Pamela Stone. In Search of an Ancestry, the Stone-Shearmire Family History. Kennebunk, Me.: P.S. Eagleson, 1984..
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 * [Stribling] Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. Some Prominent Virginia Families. 4 vols. 1907. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. see also . Index: . Digital versions available online: Vol. 2 | Vol. 4 | Index. All four volumes have been digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * [Stribling] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
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 * [Wickliffe] See Davis.
 * [Williams] Lion, Florence S. "White House, Brentsville, Virginia," The Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, Vol. 10, No. 7 (Jan. 1992):51-52. [Includes a discussion of the owners, the Williams family.]
 * [Williamson] Ballowe, Patricia Jewell. Williamson Genealogy: and Allied Lines for Reese, Norris, Lafitte, Billingsley, Bourquin, Ketter, McWillie and Micajah Williamson, A Possible Connection. n.p.: P.J. Ballowe, 2008. Digital version at - free.
 * [Willis] See Forbes.
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 * [Young] Boss, Lula Reed. "Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Mason County, Kentucky," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1968):25-33.