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Charlotte County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Charlotte, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 50,000 entries.

Charlotte County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 70 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Charlotte County families include:


 * Bouldin, Powhatan. The Old Trunk, or, Sketch of Colonial Days. 2nd ed. Danville, Va.: Blair &amp; Boatwright, Printers, 1896. ; digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archive.
 * Charlotte County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Charlotte County, Virginia 1765-2007. Waynesville, N.C.: County Heritage, 2007. 975.565 H2h
 * Priddy, A.S. and Walter M. Priddy. Notes of Some of the Old Families on the Head Waters of Roanoke and Twitty's Creek and the Keysville Section of Charlotte County. Typescript, abt. 1910. Copy: ; digital version at USGenWeb Archives.
 * Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes a great deal of information about residents of Charlotte County, see discussion of cited sources.] . Purchase at Virginians.com.
 * Steltzner, Mildred White, Virginia Frances Jordan Bloomfield and Fort Wayne Public Library. Hunting for Ancestors by Mildred W. Steltzner: A Genealogy Column in the Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, Virginia. 3 vols. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Allen County Public Library, 1977-1978. 975.565/D1 B3s

Charlotte 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] Adams, Gordon S. and Lona Odell Adams Fletcher Seitz. An Adams Family of Virginia, 1800 to Present: The Descendants of Samuel Adams and Tamson Ann Dix Adams of Pennsylvania, Halifax and Charlotte Counties, Virginia. Sunnyvale, Calif.: G. Adams, 1990.
 * [Alexander] Mitchell--Price--Zachary--Middlebrook, Family Records and Papers, ca. 1750-1883. MSS. Microfilmed 1961:
 * [Barksdale] Hubert, Sarah Donelson. Genealogy of Part of the Barksdale Family of America. Atlanta, Ga.: Franklin Printing and Publishing, 1895. ; digital versions at |  - free; Internet Archive - free; 1912 copy:.
 * [Barksdale] Owen, Thomas McAdory. "Bryant Lester, of Lunenburg Co., Va., and His Descendants," Southern History Association. Its Publications, Vol. 1 (1897):127-137. Digitized by Internet Archive - free. Available in book form at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Barksdale] Anderson, Grant James. Genealogy in Part, of the Fletcher-Crowder-Tucker Families. Westminster, Texas: G.J. Anderson, 1909. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Barksdale] Gore, Walter M. and Ethel du Pont Barksdale. History, Genealogical - Biographical, of the Barksdale - du Pont and Allied Families. New York: American Historical Society, 1922.
 * [Bates] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004-2007. Volume 1..
 * [Beasley] Bosiger, Carolyn F. Family History, Charlotte County, VA, William Dennis Beasley, Mildred Fillmore Whitworth Beasley. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Blanks] Wilson, John H. The Blanks Family. 2 vols. El Paso, Texas: J.H. Wilson, 1971-1982.
 * [Boian] Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. Boians of Kentucky. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, c1995.
 * [Booker] Booker, Lyle, Clara Glendenin Davis and D.A.R. Bland Ballard Chapter (Eminence, Ky.). Family of Richard Maret Booker, (1751-1850) of Charlotte County, Virginia and Bible Records. Typescript, 1949..
 * [Bouldin] Hardy, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the Southern States of America. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1911. Digital version at Google Books - free.
 * [Bouldin] "Col. Thomas Bouldin and Golden Hills," Tree Builders, Christian County Genealogical Society, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec. 2000):95-97. Digital version at.
 * [Buckley] Caulfield, James. Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the End of the Reign of George II Collected from the Most Authentic Accounts Extant, Vol. III. London: T.H. Whiteley, 1820.
 * [Buckley] Bass (Ivan E.) Genealogical Collection, Accretion ca. 1600-1971 (bulk ca. 1897-1971), Reference Z 2078.000 S, Mississippi Department of Archives &amp; History.
 * [Buckley] Bass, Ivan E. “Queries,” The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 4 (October-December, 1957): 184. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Buckley] Bass, Ivan E. “Queries,” The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 3 (July-September, 1961): 140. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Buckley] Buckley, Kenneth Welch. The Descendants of Butler Buckley and Elizabeth Story 1710-1994. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1995.
 * [Burt] Broughton, Richard. Descendants of Mathew Burt. Cave City, Ariz.: R. Broughton, 199-?. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Caldwell] Miller, Samuel. An Address on the Dedication of a Monument Erected to the Memory of the Rev. James Caldwell: Formerly Pastor of the Said Church, Who Fell by the Hand of an Assassin, November 24th, 1781, Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth-town, N.J. 1846. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($)
 * [Caldwell] Anderson, Marie Loraine Epps. Caldwell. College Station, Texas: Mrs. J.Q. Anderson, 1959.
 * [Callicott] Callicoat, Jewel M. Callicott Connections II: Callicott, Callicoat, Callicotte, Calicott, Calicoat, Calicotte, Collicutt, Burcham, Colcott, Sowards, Corn, Simpson, Kingery, Null, Harmon, Dillon, McMahan, Pinkerman, Roach, Others. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Genealogy Computer Service, 1986.
 * [Carrington] Killebrew, J.B. "Introduction to the Genealogy of the Descendants of Judge Paul Carrington and His Wife Priscilla (nee) Sims," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 5, No. 3 (May 1901):228-231. Digitized by Internet Archive - free.
 * [Chaffin] Chaffin, Charles Weldon, Lola Sherrod Chaffin, and W. LaJean Chaffin. Chaffin, Leonidas Coleman: His Ancestors and Descendants. Austin, Texas: C.W. Chaffin, 1987.
 * [Cheatham] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "The Cheatham Family of Colonial Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):163-173; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):273-279; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):38-43; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):102-112; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):209-216; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):293-297; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):32-40; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):123-127; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):179-185; Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):262-265; Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):17-23; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):99-104. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Childrey] 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 ($)..
 * [Chisholm] Balmer, Malcolm V. Chisholm-Chisum Family Records. Typescript. Microfilmed 1974:
 * [Clayton] Rhodes, Phillip Wayne. "Clayton-Davies Re-visited," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):243-257. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Clayton] Calyton, William A. Southern Heritage: A Clayton Genealogy. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1992.
 * [Collier] Boss, Lula Reed. Captain Thomas Collier of Charlotte County, Virginia, Including Records of Mason County, Kentucky. MSS., microfilmed by the University of Kentucky, 1956.
 * [Cox] Cox, Idris Jacob and Dorisha Jane Cox Chargualaf. Our Cox Family History. Knoxville, Tenn.: I.J. Cox, 1999.
 * [Deavenport] Deavenport, 1766-1926. 1926.
 * [Deupree] The Mixing of Brother William Deupree &amp; Sister Nanny Deupree's Families: Via (1) Crenshaw, (2) Knott.
 * [Elam] Lane, Bryte Elam. Dr. Anderson Samuel Elam: His Ancestors and His Descendants. Typescript. Microfilmed 1978:
 * [Elliott] Marshall, Thomas E. Robert Elliott, -ca. 1786, of Prince Edward County, Virginia. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1990.
 * [Farish] Key, Marcus M., F. Paul Farish, and John Frederick Dorman. "Capt. Farish's Near Hanging and Notes on the Charlottesville Farishes," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1980):283-286. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Farris] McGauhey, John Farris. A Partial Genealogy of the Farris Family. 1987-1988.
 * [Featherston] Macdonald, Margaret T. "Beware of the Charlotte County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds: The Featherston Family," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):3-7. ; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
 * [Foster] Martindale, Donald L. Some Descendants of George Foster of Charlotte CO., VA, 1695-1997 Emphasizing Three Foster Families (James, Allen, and Singlton) Who Migrated from Union County, South Carolina to Yell County, Arkansas in 1842. Roanoke, Va.: D.L. Martindale, 1998. 929.273 F811m
 * [Franklin] Marshall, Thomas E. Family of Robert Franklin of Charlotte County, Va. Bedford, Va.: T. Marshall, 1993.
 * [Fuqua] Irwin, Alya Dean. Fuqua -- A Fight for Freedom. Houston, Texas: A.D.S. Irwin, 1974..
 * [Fuqua] Porter, Howard Leonard. Fuqua Family Genealogical Data, 1736-1880. MSS. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Hamblen] Hamblen, Armeanous Porter. A History of the Hamblen and Allied Families. Franklin, Ind.: Franklin Democrat, 1940.
 * [Hamblen] Hamblen, Armeanous Porter and John W. Hamblen. The Hamblen and Allied Families. Rolla, Mo.: J.W. Hamblen, 1985.
 * [Hancock] Marshall, Thomas E. Some Descendants of Anthony Hancock and Son Martin Hancock of Red House, Virginia. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall III, 1983.
 * [Harlee] Harllee, William Curry and Bessie B. Pryor. Kinfolks: A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stuart) Harllee; Andrew and Agnes (Cade) Fulmore; Benjamin and Mary Curry; Samuel and Amelia (Russell) Kemp; John and Hannah (Walker) Bethea; Sterling Clack and Frances (King) Robertson; Samuel and Sophia Ann (Parker) Dickey; Their Antecedents, Descendants and Collateral Relatives; with [a] Chapter Concerning State and County Records and the Derivation of Counties of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia / prepared and published by William Curry Harllee, assisted by numerous collaborators. 4 vols. New Orleans, La.: Searcy &amp; Pfaff, 1934-1937..
 * [Harvey] Cawyer, Shirley Katherine Brittain, Vermell Anderson Brust, and Carol Young Knight. Harvey and Allied Families of Louisiana and Texas. Stephenville, Texas: S.B. Cawyer, 1985.
 * [Hazelwood] White, Norma Elnora Kidd. James P. and Sarah Hazelwood and Elijah and Fanny Hazelwood Duggin. South Gate, Calif.: N.E.K. White, 1987.
 * [Henry] Daily, Patrick. Patrick Henry, the Last Years, 1789-1799. Bedford, Va., 1986.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, John Goodwin. The Herndon Family of Virginia. Multi-vol. Philadelphia, Pa.: Engineers Publishing, c1947-c1952.
 * [Hines] Hines, James Davis and J. Adger Stewart. Descendants of Henry Hines, Sr., 1732-1810. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton, 1925.
 * [Howle] Lauer, Edna Howl. Howl and Cowan Families. Typescript, 1967.
 * [Hunter] Marshall, Thomas E. Family of John Hunter, Sr. of Charlotte County, Va. Bedford, Va.: T. Marshall, 1992. 929.273 H917m
 * [Jackson] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. "The Jacksons of Lower Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1986):163-169; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):288-295; Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):11-18; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1987):101-111; Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1987):195-204; Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):269-278; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):49-57; Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1988):119-130; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1988):185-192; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):259-263; Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):34-44; Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):135-143; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):204-207; Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1989):295-304. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Jennings] Robert Jennings (Senior). Typescript. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 6, Jen.
 * [Jordan] Jordan, Paul R. Some Charles and James Jordans, Born in Virginia 1790-1848: and Their Families. Lawrence, Kan.: P.R. Jordan, 1997.
 * [Lester] Owen, Thomas McAdory. "Bryant Lester, of Lunenburg Co., Va., and His Descendants," Southern History Association. Its Publications, Vol. 1 (1897):127-137. Digitized by Internet Archive - free. Available in book form at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [LeSueur] Allen, Cameron. "David LeSueur (1703/04-1771/72) of Manakin Town, Virginia: An Outline of the First Three Generations of His Descendants, As Constructed from the Tax Records of the 'Burned' County of Buckingham," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1999):3-22; Vol. 43, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1999):110-125; Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1999):178-189; Vol. 43, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1999):256-269. Available at ; digital version at American Ancestors($).
 * [Maddox] Maddox, William H. and Florence Spring Maddox. Nathan Maddox and Family. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971:
 * [Madison] Amundson, Margaret R. "Who Did Elizabeth Taliaferro, Daughter of Margaret French and Robert Taliaferro, Mary?" The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jan.-Mar. 1997):3-14. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Marshall] John Marshall Journal, 1856-1857. MSS. Microfilmed 1945:
 * [Marshall] Marshall, Thomas E. Family of John Wilkins Marshall, No. 1, of Charlottte County, Va.: Some Descendants of Sons. 4 vols. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1988-.
 * [Mason] Mason, Lawrence N. Up from Turnip Creek the Mason Family of Campbell-Charlotte County, Virginia: The Ancestors and Descendants of John Norman Mason. Arlington, Va.: L.N. Mason, 1979. 929.273 M381mL
 * [Morton] Pollock, Michael E. The Mortons of Southside Virginia: A Study of the Ancestry of Dorothea Mary Leta Morton Albritton and Other Mortons in Charlotte, Prince Edward and Other Counties. 1984. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Moseley] Forsythe, Warren L. "Resolving Conflict between Records: A Spurious Moseley Bible," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 84, No. 3 (September 1996):182-199.
 * [Nash] Nash, Claude Witten. Some Nashes of Virginia: Two Hundred Years of an American Family, 1774-1974. Radford, Va.: Commonwealth Press, 1975.
 * [Osborn] Osborn, Donald Lewis. Genealogy of Edward and Sarah (Burchett) Osborn of Floyd County, Kentucky. Lee's Summit, Mo., 1970..
 * [Osborne] Harrell, Elizabeth Jean. The Osbornes and Related Families; Jones, Worsham, Fowlkes, Robertson and Gayle. Los Altos, Calif.: B. Harrell, c1983.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. [Charlotte County appears in Vol. 2 Part 2]
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. [Charlotte County appears in Vol. 1]
 * [Pattillo] Jones, James Logan (Mrs.). The Pattillo Family and Their Descendants. Macon, Ga.: J.W. Burke Col., 1800s.
 * [Perkinson] Perkinson, Eula Thomas. Good Morning, Mr. Featherstone?: 700 Years of Perkinson Family History. Riceville, Tennessee: D.D. &amp; E.T. Perkinson, 1983..
 * [Perrin] Harrison, Thomas Perrin. The Honorable Thomas Chiles Perrin of Abbeville, South Carolina, Forebears and Descendants. Greenville, S.C.: T.P. Harrison, 1983..
 * [Pettus] Duke, Walter Garland. Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and Connections. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1949. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Prewitt] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. Ancestry of Nancy Powell Hawkins (Mrs. William Beverly Hawkins), 434 Erie Ave., Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971:
 * [Prewitt] Prewitt, Richard A. Isham Prewitt of Virginia. Grimes, Iowa: R.A. Prewitt, 1979.
 * [Read] Eggleston, J. D. Distinguished Descendants of Colonel Clement Read and Bushy Forest and Other Charlotte County Homes of the Early Reads: Two Addresses. unknown: unknown, 1932. Digital version available at Ancestry ($).
 * [Rogers] Leppert, Ruth Margaret Patton. Ezekiel Rogers, 1764-1811: A Soldier of the Revolution and His Descendants. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1972:
 * [Skelton] Skelton, Earl F. "The Skeltons of Colonial Virginia," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 2 (August/September 1994):86-100; Vol. 3, No. 3 (November/December 1994):151-162. 975.51 D25t
 * [Snell] Marshall, Thomas E. The Family of Brothers, Bezer and Noble Snell of Red House, Virginia, Charlotte County. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1994. 929.273 A1 no. 528
 * [Spencer] Reitz, Elva Griffith and Louis Powers Reitz. Griffin-Sexton, Cooper-Adkins, Spencer-Tate, McCammon-Bland Families of Kansas: and Their Antecedents in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia and New York. Sun City, Ariz.: Privately printed, 1979.
 * [Spencer] Spencer and Allied Families in North Carolina and Virginia (Halifax, Person, Granville, Pittsylvania, Mecklenburg and Charlotte Counties): Genealogy Family Charts for the Following Names, Spencer, Ingram, Yancey, Davis, Burch, Slaughter, Lyon, Clark, Hughes, Anderson, Jeter, Woody, Warren, Clayton and Gill. Wendell, N.C.: W.F. Spencer, 1984. 929.273 Sp33sw
 * [Spencer] Spencer, Delbert Lewis. The Descendants of James Robertson Spencer (1761-1851). 1995.
 * [Stowe] Hoke, Rachel Hannah. The Stowe Family of Virginia, Descendants of William and Mary Stowe, From Virginia to North Carolina, 1718-1976.
 * [Stowe] Stowe, Charles Edward. "My Stowe Family from Virginia," Tree Builders, Christian County Genealogical Society, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Sep. 2000):66-71. Digital version at.
 * [Sublette] Sublette, Robert E. Sublett(e) Family. Typescript. Microfilmed 1979:
 * [Sullivan] Sullivan, William Dunklin. History of the Sullivan Family. 1913.
 * [Tarpley] Macdonald, Margaret T. "Who was Mary, Wife of James Tarpley of Richmond and Burnswick Cos., VA.?" The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1993):38-47. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Toombs] Ross, Janet Morgan and Hester Gates Morgan. "Gates Families of the Colonial Virginia Counties of Henrico and Chesterfield," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2002):137-150; Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2002):183-189. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Walton] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. The Walton Family of Virginia Abstracts from County Court Houses in Virginia. Typescript, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 16, Walt..
 * [Watkins] Watkins, Francis N. A Catalogue of the Descendants of Thomas Watkins of Chickahomony, Virginia Who was the Common Ancestor of Many of the Families of the Name in Prince Edward, Charlotte and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia. Virginia: F.N. Watkins, 1852. 1036817 Item 14; digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Watkins] Priddy, Walter M. Some Data Covering Descendants of William Watkins, Born 1690. Typescript. Microfilmed 1975:
 * [Watkins] Watkins, Raymond W. Watkins Genealogy from Records in Charlotte County, Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1978. 1036067 Item 5
 * [West] West, Hoke Holland. What is in a Name? West: The Life of a Family, a People, Their History, Their Homes, Their Lands and Their Hopes, Their Labors and Their Courage, Their Faith, Their Devotion and Their Loyalty, Their Love and Their Dreams. Gallatin, Tenn.: Quality Printing, 1970. Digital version at - free;
 * [West] "West Genealogical Materials from Charlotte County, Virginia," in Letta Brock Stone and Leonardo Andrea, West Genealogical Research, 1550-1950. MSS. Microfilmed 1987:
 * [Wheeler] Marshall, Thomas E. Family of John Wheeler, Sr. of Charlotte County, Va. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1991. Digital version at - free;.
 * [Whitwell] Malone, Royleta Clopton. Thomas Whitwell and His Descendants, 1750-2002: Other Surnames Anderson, Bates, Moore, Murray, Randel, Ward and Others. Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, c2002.
 * [Wilkinson] Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. "The Wilkinson Family of Southside Virginia: Descendants of John and Sarah (Royall) Wilkinson," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):3-9; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):126-140; Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1992):178-193; Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1992):260-272. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Wilks] Johnston, Doris Ross Brock. Wilks and Young Families, Texas Pioneers: Maternal Lines, Pfeiffer, Whitesides, Mead, Newman, Marrs, Kerr. Irving, Texas: D.R.B. Johnston, 1984. Digital version at - free;
 * [Williams] Yoder, Berneice Williams. "The Henry (Hal) Williams Family of Hanover and Charlotte Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):91-99. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Woods] Woods, Weightsill Arno. A Short History of Descendants and Allied Families of Robert Woods of Ireland. Versailles, Mo.: W.W. Kinloch, 1909. ; digital version at - free.
 * [Woods] Wood, John A. Woods and Others in Bath County, Va. and Elsewhere. Cambridge, Mass.: J.A. Wood, 1996. Digital version at - free;
 * [Worthy] Comer, James Vann. Ancestors and Descendants of Kenneth Henderson Worthy, Sheriff of Moore County, North Carolina 1850-1856, 1860-1872. Sanford, N.C.: Ruby Vann Crumpler McSwain, 1996.
 * [Worthy] McCoslin, Leon Dwane and Earnest Lynn McCoslin. The McCoslin and Worthy Families, Descendants of Henry Houston McCoslin and Martin Worthy Sr. n.p.: L.D. &amp; E.L. McCoslin, c1999. ; digital version at - free.