Nelson County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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 * Virginia Compiled Genealogies

Published Genealogy Books and Articles
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 * [Alcock] Alcott-Rammelsberg, Billie Lee. Some Descendants of William Allcock: Tobacco Inspector of Caroline Co., Va.: &amp; Other Alcock Families. Manchester, Mo.: Independent Pub., c2004. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Bell] Coke, Ben H. Early Landowners Near Greenfield, Virginia and the Bell Family Who Once Lived There. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, c1993..

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 * [Cabell] Meade, William. Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - free.
 * [Childers] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "Progenitors and Kinfolk of Abraham Childers III," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):3-13; Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1990):97-109; Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):180-194; Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):266-280; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):43-54; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):108-118; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):199-207. American Ancestors ($)..

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 * [Dawson] Sherrard, Joseph H. The Loving, Dawson, Gleason Families of Nelson County, Virginia. Fair Oaks, Calif.: J.H. Sherrard, 1985..
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. . Includes Nelson County Duncans.
 * [Dunning] Dunning, Harold M. Genealogy of the Dunnings, Descendants of William Dunning of Nelson County, Virginia. Typescript, 1961..

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 * [Giannini] Gianniny, O. Allan, Robert Lewis Giannini, Rosanna Bencoach, Barbara Martin, and Robert Vawter Gianniny. The Giannini's of Virginia. 3rd edition. 1999. Online bookstore: here.
 * [Giannini] Giannini, Robert Lewis and Nathan W. Murphy. "An Italian Indentured Servant Contract: Thomas Jefferson's Gardener, Anthony Giannini (1773-1778)," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 100, No. 3 (Sep. 2012):221-228. Digital version at NGS website ($).
 * [Gleason] Sherrard, Joseph H. The Loving, Dawson, Gleason Families of Nelson County, Virginia. Fair Oaks, Calif.: J.H. Sherrard IV, 1985..

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 * [Hight] Creasy, Mary Hight and Aldwin Hight. History of the John Hight Family of Nelson County, Virginia Notes on the Related Families of George Washington Stratton, James Loving, John Preston Campbell, Thomas Jones. Lynchburg, Va.: M.H. Creasy, 1979..

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 * [Key] Key, Marcus M. "Key: A Further Elucidation," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul./Sep. 1980):199-200. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Key] Key, Betty and Marcus M. Key. "John and Susannah Key of Old Amherst County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):117-122; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):196-204. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..

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 * [Lea] Lea, Reba Fitzpatrick. The Lea Family in Nelson county, Virginia - Their History and Genealogy. Lynchburg, Va.: Brown-Morrison, 1946..
 * [Love] Rhodes, Phillip Wayne. "Descendants of Thomas Love of Lynchburg and Amherst County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):83-91; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):190-198; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):269-283; Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):16-27; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):89-102; Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1992):194-206. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Loving] Sherrard, Joseph H. The Loving, Dawson, Gleason Families of Nelson County, Virginia. Fair Oaks, Calif.: J.H. Sherrard, 1985..
 * [Lyon] Norvell, Grace. "James Norvell of Goochland County, Virginia," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):157-168; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):237-246. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.

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 * [Massie] Meade, William. Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - free.
 * [Messencup] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. 1. MSS. Microfilmed 1990:
 * [Moore] Moore, Charles R. The Moore Family of Central Virginia Covering the Counties of Albeharle, Amherst, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange, Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: C.R. Moore, 1985..
 * [Morrison] Mosher, Merrill Hill. Morrison of Albemarle, Amherst &amp; Nelson Counties, Virginia. Coos Bay, Oregon: M.H. Mosher, 1982..

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 * [Norvell] Norvell, Grace. "James Norvell of Goochland County, Virginia," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):157-168; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):237-246. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.

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 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Nelson County appears in Vol. 2 Part 3]
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. [Nelson County appears in Vol. 2]
 * [Perkins] Perkins, William Robertson. Papers 1929-1943. Section 2. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Porter] Solla, Linda Weihl. Porter Profiles: The John Porter Family from Nelson County, Virginia. n.p.: L.W. Solla, [1996]. ; digital version at.

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 * [Richardson] McMillan, Lucille Elizabeth Richardson. Five Roads from Cloverdale: The Descendants of James Muse Richardson (1815-1895) and Narcissa Theresa Wills Richardson (1815-1893) from Cloverdale, Virginia and Related Families. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1992..
 * [Rose] Meade, William. Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - free.
 * [Rose] Rose, Christine. Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. ; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).

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 * [Shelton] Whitaker, Mildred Campbell. Genealogy of the Campbell, Noble, Gorton, Shelton, Gilmour and Byrd Families. St. Louis, Mo.: Mound City Press, 1927. Digital versions at Ancestry ($) and - free.
 * [Shields] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1918. Vol. 1. Digital version at - free.
 * [Shields] Hynes, Lee Powers. Our Heritage: A Record of Information about the Hynes, Wait, Powers, Chenault, Maxey, Brewster, Starr and McIntosh Families. Haddonfield, N.J., 1957.

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 * [Townsend] Miles, Frances Townsend. Some Descendants of Nathaniel C. Townsend and Sarah H. Austin of Nelson County, Virginia. Bartlesville, Okla.: F.T. Miles, 1976..
 * [Tucker] 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;.
 * [Turner] Walker, Alexander McDonald. William Terry Turner: Pioneer Physician of St. Albans, West Virginia. Bethesda, Md.: A.M. Walker, 1963. Digital version at - free.

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 * [Wills] McMillan, Lucille Elizabeth Richardson.Five Roads from Cloverdale: The Descendants of James Muse Richardson (1815-1895) and Narcissa Theresa Wills Richardson (1815-1893) from Cloverdale, Virginia and Related Families. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1992..
 * [Wingfield] Quarles, Richard W. "The Wingfields of Albemarle County, Virginia--A Correction," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 26, No. 2 (May 1988):79-100; Vol. 27 (1989):102. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Wingfield] Preston, LeBron C. and Richard Wingfield Quarles. "John and Mary Hudson Wingfield of Hanover County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1992):243-259. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Land Tax Records 1809-1850 Nelson County Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2009..
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Personal Property Tax Lists 1809-1850 Nelson County Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2009..

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