Rockbridge County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1777--Rockbridge County was created 20 October 1777 from Augusta and Botetourt Counties. County seat: Lexington

Neighboring Counties

 * Alleghany
 * Amherst
 * Augusta
 * Bath
 * Bedford
 * Botetourt
 * Nelson

Court
Indexes (1781-1958) and images (1781-1931) to Rockbridge County, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, which were often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

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.

Taxation
Images of the 1789 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Rockbridge County, Virginia are available to browse online at 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