Wythe County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Wythe County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of August 2010, a query for individuals born in Wythe, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 90,000 entries.

The Virginia Room at the Roanoke Public Library includes Surname Files. A list of families in this collection is available at the library's website.

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

Compilations that treat multiple Wythe County families include:


 * Cameron, Joseph Rodney and Constance Ann Cameron. Addendum to Early Settlers of Old Mount Airy, Wythe County, Virginia. Wytheville, Va.: J.R. Cameron and C.A. Cameron, 1999. . [Includes Brandstetter, Buck, Burkett, Cameron, Cassell, Chambers, Cormany, Daut, Duncan, Kinder, Levinson, Musser, Snavely, Staley, Tobler, and Weaver families.]

Wythe 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]


 * [Abel] McDowell, Lottie C. Descendants of Francis Abel. [Detroit: s.n.], 1970.
 * [Alford] Gallaugher, Jewell Alford and Leroy Gallaugher. Alford Lineage, as of February 1963. MSS., reproduction:
 * [Alley] See King.
 * [Andruss] Kokojan, Merriam and Barbara A. Irwin. Andruss Family. Irving, Texas: M. Kokojan, 1985. Digital version at - free;
 * [Austin] Curtis, Janet Austin. "Southside Virginia Austins," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1961):147-154. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Bates] Bates of Old Virginia, Wayne Witt Bates, and Bates Association. The Bates Booster: The Bates Family of Old Virginia. Centreville, Va.: Bates Family of Old Virginia, 1972-..
 * [Bates] Miller, Jackie D. Bates Family of Kentucky, 1415-1992. Silver Grove, Kentucky: J.D. Miller Publishing Co., c1992. Digital version at - free;
 * [Berry] Berry, CarolLe Stratton Berry. The Descendants of Joseph and Sarah (Shaffer) Berry and James and Sarah (Crume) Hasty. Provo, Utah: BYU Print Services, 1993.
 * [Blackard] Padgett, Wilma Lawson. Early Virginia Settlers: Blackard, DeHart, Hubbard, Hurst, Lawson, Shelor, Southern, Thompson, Turner. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, c2001.
 * [Bonham] Bicentennial Register of The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the District of Columbia, 1976. Washington, D.C., 1976.
 * [Bralley] Swecker, Kathleen B. History of the Descendants of John Bralley, Immigrant from Ireland to America: An Authentic Genealogical Family Register of Eight Generations from the First of the Name in America, with Numerous Sketches Collected from Many Indisputable Sources, Church Records, Old Family Bible Records, and Tombstones. Pulaski, Virginia: K. B. Swecker, [19--].
 * [Brandstetter] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Braun] See Brown.
 * [Brown] Balis, Leila Smith. My Braun/Brown Family of Lebanon Co., Pa.; Wythe Co., Va.; Clinton Co., Oh. [Murray, Utah: L.S. Balis, 1999]. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Brownlow] Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, the Tennessee Patriot: Together with His Last Editorial in the Knoxville Whig; Also, His Recent Speeches, Rehearsing His Experience with Secession, and His Prison Life. Indianapolis: Asher &amp; Co., Publishers, 1862. Digital version at Google Books.
 * [Buchanan] Buchanan, Paul C. "Descendants of Robert Washington Buchanan," Mountain Empire Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. 4. Pages 49-56.
 * [Buck] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Bunts] Tickle, James Robert. The Tickle, Bunts, Bond and Jennings Families of Southwest Virginia: A Family History with Some North Carolina Roots. Morristown, Tennessee: J.R. Tickle, c1996.
 * [Burkett] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Calhoun] Calhoun, Robert Dabney. The Calhouns of Ninety Six, South Carolina &amp; Their Descendants. MSS., William King Hunt Collection, Salt Lake City, Utah; microfilmed reproduction:
 * [Calhoun] Johnson, Ellen R. History of the Colquhoun/Calhoun Families and Their Ancestral Homeland. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993.
 * [Cameron] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Cassell] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Cecil] Ball, Walter V. "Cecil Information," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 4, No. 20 (Apr. 1981):32..
 * [Chambers] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Chaney] Lewis, Olan R. and Dorothy Anne Vedder Jenner. The Hezekiah Chaney Sr. Family. Lakeport, Ca.: O.R. Lewis, 1988.
 * [Chaney] Lewis, Olan R. The Hezekiah Chaney Jr. Family. Lakeport, California: O.R. Lewis, 1988.
 * [Clark] Coleman, Ella W. Lest We Forget: John Clark of Wythe County, Virginia, with Allied Lines of Seybert, Eager, Carter &amp; Others. Port St. Lucie, Florida: E.W. Coleman, c1990.
 * [Cole] Leiter, Fay Cole. Cole History and Genealogy: From Wythe County, Virginia to Cooper County, Missouri. Sedalia, Missouri: n.p., 1962.
 * [Cole] Leiter, Fay Cole and Anne Milburn Baker. Cole History and Genealogy: From Wythe County, Virginia to Cooper County, Missouri. Sedalia, Missouri: [s.n.], 1984.
 * [Colquhoun] See Calhoun.
 * [Copenhaver] Canfield, Clifford R. The Copenhaver Family of Wythe County, Virginia. Pasadena, California: Canfield, 1958.
 * [Cormany] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Cowan] Rehm, Martha Weidlich. The Cowan Family History: Descendants of Samuel Thomas Cowan &amp; Margaret Maria Halsey of Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia 1816-1208. Fort Collins, Colorado: M.W. Rehm, 2008.
 * [Creager] See Phillippe and Shupe.
 * [Crigger] Webb, Earl F. "Crigger-Hawkins-Webb Family Data," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 14, No. 2 (1985):142.
 * [Crockett] Crockett, S. Rush. "Crockett's Cove," Wythe County Historical Review, No. 14 (Jan. 1978):6-14. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Crockett] Trimble, David B. Crockett and Graham of Southwest Virginia. Austin, Texas: D.B. Trimble, 1992.
 * [Darter] Darter, Oscar H. The Darter -- Tarter Family. Fredericksburg, Va.: O.H. Darter, 1965..
 * [Darting] Darting Family: Genealogical Data. MSS., microfilmed reproduction:
 * [Daut] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Davis] Marella, Maureen E. Chronicles of the Davis Family of Virginia and Kentucky. Rodeo, California: M.E. Marella, c1992.
 * [Deckard] Reeve, Kenneth J. and Helen H. Reeve. Hezekiah Deckard. Nashville, Indiana: Brown County Genealogical Society (Indiana), 1998.
 * [Derton] See Darting.
 * [Dick] Hickam, Nora Jones. The Dick Family of Wayne County, Kentucky. MSS., Willard Library, Evansville, Indiana; microfilmed reproduction:
 * [Downing] Finley, Carmen J. "Identifying the Revolutionary Soldier: James Downing of Lincoln County, Virginia (Kentucky)," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 77 (Sep. 1989):169-185.
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Wythe County Duncans.
 * [Duncan] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Engle] Towle, Juanita Belle Anderson. So Many Ancestors, Our Engle Ancestors, Henry (Heinrich) Engle 1742-1811, Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania Militia with Many Descendants to 1983: Supplement to Hartwell Colman Genealogy. [San Bernardino, California: J.A. Towle, 198_?].
 * [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. John and Mary Finley of Montgomery and Wythe County, Virginia. Santa Rosa, Calif.: C. Finley, 1990.
 * [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. "John and Mary Finley of Montgomery (Wythe) County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):243-255; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):18-33; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):122-135; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):173-185; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):251-262. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. "John Finley of Montgomery/Wythe County, Virginia: Additional Children Identified," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1995):3-222. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. "The John Finleys of Augusta County, Virginia: Correcting the Record," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):3-13; Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2002):98-113; Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2002):171-178; Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2002):268-281. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Fisher] King, Larry. Blue Ridge Mountain Kinfolks. Manchester, Tenn.: privately published, 1976..
 * [Foglesong] Fleetwood, Chester Leroy and Louisa Foglesong Cone. Skeedee Cemetery, West Beaver Township, NW 1/4 of Section 27-T18-R5W, Nance County, Nebraska: Also a Brief Foglesong Genealogy. Fort Wayne, Indiana: Chester Fleetwood, [1996].
 * [Forester] Forester, James L. "The Family Register of the Rev. David Forester of Greene Co., Tennessee," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 14, No. 2 (1985):125-130.
 * [Gannaway] Roberson, Rhonda S. "Gannaway Sketch," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 2, No. 11 (October 1979):35-36..
 * [Gose] See also Litz.
 * [Gose] Gose, George B. Pioneers of the Virginia Bluegrass (and Their Descendants). Radford, Va.: Commonwealth Press, n.d..
 * [Gose] Gose, George B. and Mary B. Kegley. Pioneers of the Virginia Bluegrass (and Their Descendants). Wytheville, Va.: Kegley Books, 2007. Revised edition..
 * [Graham] See Crockett.
 * [Groseclose] Groseclose, B. Clark. Grosecloses and Descendants in America: (With Short Sketches of Nineteen Related Families). [Brentwood, California: B.C. Groseclose], 1999.
 * [Hale] Lynch, Muriel Nadine Hale. Spanning the Centuries with the Hale Family. 3 vols. Independence, Missouri: M. Lynch, 1990 and Kansas City, Missouri: MNL Publishers, 1999.
 * [Hanshew] Frandsen, Margaret Walter Croom and Jean Knight Whalen. The History of William Vaughan and Related Families. [Las Vegas, Nevada?]: M.A. Frandsen, 1989.
 * [Henson] Henson, John P. and Sarah Henson. Ancestors and Family of John P. &amp; Sarah Henson. MSS., microfilmed reproduction:
 * [Honaker] Gilbert, Glen A. Ancestors and Descendants of Artemus Madison Hicks and Sarah Martha (Mattie) Honaker. Hialeah, Florida: Mrs. G.A. Gilbert, 196-?.
 * [Honaker] Honaker Family Association, National Association of Hans Jacob "Honnegger" Honaker Families, and Tom Hanlin. Honaker Family Newsletter. Alexandria, Virginia: National Association of Hans Jacob Honaker Families, 1992-.
 * [Honaker] Davison, Freida Patrick. Honaker Family in America. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, c1998. Original edition and two supplements: ; digital version of a supplement at - free.
 * [Hounshell] Canfield, Clifford R. The Hounshell Family of Southwest Virginia. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Canfield, 1973.
 * [Hurst] Littell, Noble K. The Hurst Family: From the Archives. Newsclipping, Morgan County Public Library, Martinsville, Indiana, microfilmed reproduction:
 * [Hurst] Branch, Virginia. The Hurst Nation: A Family History. 2 vols. Paragould, Arkansas: V. Branch, [1987-1991?].
 * [Jackson] Roberson, Rhonda S. "Jackson-Walton Sketch," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 3, No. 14 (Apr. 1980):25-26. {FHL|116611|item|disp=FHL Book 975.57 D25s v. 3 (1980)}}.
 * [Johnston] Davis, Elsie Jean Spry. Some Ancestors and Descendants of David Johnston: Born 1797, Wythe County, Virginia, Died 1879, Pike County, Illinois. Coronado, Calif.: E.S. Davis, 1992. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Keen] Westfall, Reta Keene. Father's Grandparents: Their Ancestors and Following Generations. [Cottage Grove, Oregon]: R.K. Westfall, [198-?].
 * [Kelly] Stallard, Christine and Conley D. Stallard. The Ferguson Connection: Russell County, Virginia, 1775-1994 : A Family History. [Ormond Beach, Florida]: C. Stallard, c1995.
 * [Kent] White, George and Historical Records Survey (New York City). The George White Papers, 1846-1864: Consisting Mainly of the Correspondence of a Confederate Surgeon to His Wife. New York: Historical Records Survey, 1942.
 * [Kinder] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [King] King, Larry. Blue Ridge Mountain Kinfolks: A Record of Ancestors, Descendants and Relatives of the Author and Wife, Including Fisher - Gilbert - Hall - Hartley - Hill - King - Kirby - Lawson Families. Manchester, Tennessee: King, c1976.
 * [Kitts] Kitts, David G. "John Kitts (ca. 1730-1802): Newly Discovered Founder of the East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia Kitts Families," Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Aug. 2000):97-98.
 * [LaHue] Rife, Martha Rayl. Descendants of Amanda (Lahue) Blankenbeker. Wexford, Pa.: M.R. Rife, 1991?.
 * [Lambert] Manson, Robert W. and Linda Manson. The Lambert Family of Old Wythe County, Virginia, 1778-1930. n.p.: R.W. Manson, 2005..
 * [Levinson] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Lilly] Flaningam, Mary Jane Lilly. Genealogy of the Family of James Lilly: Seventh Child of David Lilly and Sarah Wilson. MSS., reproduction:
 * [Litz] Lower, Samuel S. Peter Gose Litz (1802-1880), Burke's Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, and Wife, Sarah Gose (1805-1860): Ancestors, Descendants and History. Plain City, Utah: S.S. Lower, 1996.
 * [Long] Jones, Gerald Edward. "Solving a Brickwall Problem: The Ancestry of Joseph Long of Wythe County," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 49, No. 3 (Aug. 2011):217-236.
 * [Love] Connally, Mary Virginia Brown. Love: A Partial History of the Families of Joseph Love of Augusta County, Virginia, and His Brother, Samuel Love, Originally from Ireland. Atlanta, Georgia: n.p., n.d.
 * [Love] Love, Robert A. General Thomas Love of Western North Carolina and Western Tennessee and His Brothers Robert and James. St. Petersburg, Florida: R.A. Love, [194_?]. ; second edition, 1950s, with addenda and corrections:
 * [Love] Love, Albert G. Our Ancestors: The Love Family of Trezevant, Carroll County, Tennessee. Washington, D.C.: A.B. Love, 1953.
 * [Lynch] Roberson, Rhonda S. "Lynch," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 3, No. 14 (Apr. 1980):29. {FHL|116611|item|disp=FHL Book 975.57 D25s v. 3 (1980)}}.
 * [McCullah] A Genealogy of the McCullah-Wasson Families, 1700-1990: A Brief History and Genealogy of the McCullah-Wasson Families from the Record of Willis Austin McCullah. Billings, Missouri: McCullah-Wasson Families, 1990.
 * [McEntire] Russell, G. Oscar. The McEntire Family in America. n.p.: G.O. Russell, 1960.
 * [McGavock] Gray, Robert. The McGavock Family: A Genealogical History of James McGavock and His Descendants, from 1760 to 1903. Richmond: W.E. Jones, 1903. 1970 reprint:
 * [McGavock] Aiken, Leona Taylor. The McGavocks of Two Rivers. Kingsport, Tennessee: L.T. Aiken, c1975.
 * [McGavock] Aiken, Leona Taylor. The Descendants of James McGavock, Sr. and the McGavock Mansions, Fort Chiswell, Va and Carnton, Franklin, Tenn. Rogersville, Tenn.: L.T. Aiken, 1986.
 * [Minchey] Hewitt, Arminta. Descendents of Richard Minchey and Related Families. Emery, Utah: A. Hewitt, 2001.
 * [Montgomery] Withers, Mary Cloyd Kent. "Montgomery Family," Wythe County Historical Review, No. 75 (Summer 2010):14-19. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Musser] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Oury] Roberson, Rhonda S. "Oury Sketch," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 3, No. 15 (June 1980):26-28. {FHL|116611|item|disp=FHL Book 975.57 D25s v. 3 (1980)}}.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Scott County appears in Vol. 2 Part 4]
 * [Painter] Douthat, James L. "George K. Painter," Wythe County Historical Review, No. 19 (Jan. 1981):1-10; No. 20 (Jul. 1981):18-28. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Pearman] Pearman, Jean R. The Melting Pot, Pearman-Stevenson with Hampton, Penhollow, Richardson, Troyer and Other Related Families. Tallahassee, Fla.: J.R. Pearman, 1983..
 * [Phillippe] Smith, Donald R. Phillippe Ancestry. Hopkinsville, Kentucky: Donald R. Smith, 2005.
 * [Pugh] Moneta, Daniela. "Identifying the Children of David Pugh and Nancy Minton of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 96, No. 1 (March 2008):13-22..
 * [Rader] Rader, James Lee. Rader Ramblings. [Newsletter] Rancho Cordova, California: J.L. Rader, c1991-.
 * [Rader] Rader, James Lee. First Attempt to Collect All of the Rader/Raeder/Reader/Röder/Roeder/ Rötter Families in America. Rancho Cordova, California: J. L. Rader, 1992.
 * [Rader] Rader, James Lee. Second Attempt to Collect All of the Rader, Reader, Raeder, Röder, Roeder, Rötter Families in America. Rancho Cordova, California: J.L. Rader, c1995.
 * [Repass] Hoch, Beverly Repass. Orville Robinson Repass and the Repass Family of Wythe County Virginia. Darnestown, Maryland: Hoch, 1978.
 * [Rife] Rife, A. Dewey. History of Rife and Riffe Families. Cedar Bluff, Virginia: A.D. Rife, c1987.
 * [Riggle] Kegley, Mary B. The Riggle Family of Wythe County Virginia. Chincoteague, Va.: M. Kegley, 1960. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Rippas] See also Repass.
 * [Rippas] Hoch, Beverly Repass. Repass Family Newsletter: Descendants of Hans Jacob Rippas and Anna Gerber. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Jacob Repass Memorial Fund, 1991-.
 * [Rogers] Dallas, Zella Rogers, Eureatha Rogers Lourens and John Keith Lourens. Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers and Some of Their Relatives. 4 vols. plus index. Enon, Ohio: J.K. Lourens, 1984.
 * [Rutherford] Jobe, Sybil Shipley. My Shipley Family: A Genealogical History of the Christopher Shipley Family. Neosho, Missouri: S.S. Jobe, 1992.
 * [Scott] Thomas, LaVerne and Kay Lee Wrage Gunn. The Scotts of Southwest Virginia: Descendants of the James &amp; Rachel Scott of Wythe/Smyth County and Ten Other Early Lines. 3 vols. Marion, Va.: Dean Tucker Printing, c1999. ; digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: |  |  - free.
 * [Shupe] Raty, Leslie Shupe. Peter Shupe, 1792-1846, and Sarah Wright, 1793-1846. Ogden, Ut.: Shoop-Shupe Family Organization, 1967?.
 * [Shupe] Shupe, Russell C. and June W. Shupe. History of James Wright Shupe, 1823-1899: Sarah Coats Prunty (1822-1865), Louisa Crabtree (1838-1911). [Ogden, Utah?: Shupe, 1981?].
 * [Shupe] Hunter, Dolores Montgomery. John Whitstein Shupe (1819-1846), Martha Ann Thomas (1827-1891). Ogden, Utah: D.M. Hunter, 1990?.
 * [Shupe] Hansen, Holly T., Charlene Strickland, and Samuel S. Lower. Andrew Jackson Shupe, 1815-1877 and Mary Elizabeth Creager, 1820-1900. Croydon, Utah: H.T. Hansen, 1995.
 * [Shupe] Raty, Leslie Shupe. John Shupe (Shoop) and Catherine of Cripple Creek, Wythe Co., Virginia. [S.l.: s.n., 1995?].
 * [Shupe] Raty, Leslie Shupe. Peter Shupe, 1792-1846, and Sarah Wright, 1793-1846: A History of Peter Shupe and Sarah Wright and Their Families Who Originated in Southwestern Virginia and Pennsylvania in the Early 1700's. [Utah : Shoop--Shoup--Shupe Family Organization, 1995?].
 * [Shupe] Harris, Angeline Agnes Block. The Harris, Marsh, and Shupe families of Surry County, North Carolina; Grayson County, Virginia; Wythe County, Virginia. Ventura, Calif.: A.B. Harris, 2001. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Snavely] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Spear] Spear, W.E. Memorial Sketch of the Spear Families and Their Relatives. Westport, Indiana, 1900. 1980 reprint:
 * [Spear] Phillips, John and W.E. Spear. The Spear Family: A Supplement to the 1906 Edition that was Published by W.E. Spear of Westport, Indiana. Cabin John, Maryland: J. Phillips, 1986.
 * [Spratt] Buchanan, Paul C. "The Spratt Family of Southwest Virginia Prior to 1800," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):297-305. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Staley] Staley, Alan L., John Everett Staley and Nellie Logie Mitchell Staley. Staley-Keith Family Histories, 265 Years, 1732-1997: Wythe County, Virginia, Lafayette County, Missouri, Huron County, Canada. [Roswell, New Mexico: A.L. Staley], c1997. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Staley] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Steele] Steele, Carl Edmond. Steele...A Gathering of the Clan. 1981. 1983 update has been digitized: - free.
 * [Tate] "The Tate Family of Wythe County, Virginia," Family File, n.d., Augusta County Historical Society.
 * [Tate] Riley, Agnes Graham Sanders. "The Tate Family of Wythe County, Virginia," Wythe County Historical Review, Nos. 8-9 (Jan.-Jul. 1975):1-12. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Thompson] Boyd, Jouet McGavock. "Esther Thompson's Cabin," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 48 (1940):304-306. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Thompson] Cragun, Brian J. Andrew Thompson of Wythe and Bland Counties, Virginia and Descendants. Rochester, Minnesota: B.J. Cragun, 1995. Digital version at - free;
 * [Tobler] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Totten] Dillon, Anna Mary Totten. The John Totten Family of Early Tazewell County, Virginia (McDowell County, W. Va.) and Descendants 1774 - 1986. Columbus, Ohio: A.M.T. Dillon, 1986.
 * [Totten] Dillon, Anna Mary Totten. Errara and Additional Totten Families of The John Totten Family of Early Tazewell Co., Va. (McDowell Co., W. Va.) and Descendants, 1774-1986. [Columbus, Ohio]: A.M.T. Dillon, [1990?].
 * [Vaught] Spurlin, Helen Alice Woodrow. Vaught Compilation. Multi-volume. Diamond Springs, California: Vaught Association of the United States, 1989-. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: |  |  |  | ;
 * [Walker] Walker, Edward R. Walking With the Walkers. Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press, 1981..
 * [Walton] Roberson, Rhonda S. "Jackson-Walton Sketch," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 3, No. 14 (Apr. 1980):25-26..
 * [Wampler] Levien, Kenneth W. Family of James Monroe Wampler. Mercer Island, Wash.: K.W. Levien, 1974.
 * [Wampler] Shouse, Genevieve M. Wamplers in America. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1981..
 * [Ward] Anderson, Judy B. Virginia Connections: A Genealogical History of the Thompson - Ward Families from Tazewell County and Wythe County, Virginia: With Histories and Supplemental Material Concerning the Direct-line Ancestors of the Compiler of this Work. Roy, Utah: J.B. Anderson, 1983.
 * [Ward] King, Alice B. "John Ward Son of James the Elder," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 15, No. 1 (1986):56-60.
 * [Ward] Anderson, Judy B. Virginia Connections, 1722-1986. 2 vols. Roy, Utah: J.B. Anderson, c1987-c1988.
 * [Ward] Anderson, Judy B. Virginia Connections. 5 vols. Roy, Utah: J. B. Anderson, 1990.
 * [Ward] Anderson, Judy B. Virginia Connections: A Genealogical History of the Thompson-Ward Family Originating in Southwest Virginia in Three Parts. Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, c1992.
 * [Ward] Anderson, Judy B. Virginia Connections: A Genealogical History of the Thompson and Ward Families of Southwest Virginia. Roy, Utah: J.B. Anderson, 2005. Digital version at - free;
 * [Weaver] Curtis, Oscar F. Research File: Weaver and Allied Families. MSS., Oscar Curtis, Bloomington, Indiana. Microfilmed reproduction:
 * [Weaver] See Old Mount Airy Addendum (1999) in the General section.
 * [Wyly] Smith, Jonathan K.T. The Wyly Saga. Memphis, Tennessee: Panmoor Press, c1981. Digital version at - free;
 * [Younts] Ross, Elizabeth E. Younts and Kepley Families Supplement, 1979. Clayton, North Carolina: E. E. Ross, c1979.