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Guide to Hampshire County, West Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, nascence records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Information [edit | edit source]

Description [edit | edit source]

The county was named for Hampshire, England. The County is located in the northeast surface area of the state.^[2]

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Hampshire Canton Courthouse
Primary Street
Romney, WV 26757-1696
Telephone: 304-822-5112
Hampshire County Website

Canton Clerk has nascence, wedlock, expiry records from 1865, probate from 1780, court records from 1831 and land records.^[3]

Hampshire Canton, West Virginia Record Dates [edit | edit source]

Information for this nautical chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This data should exist taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Get-go Dates for Major County Records [4]
Birth*	Marriage	Decease*	Court	State	Probate	Census
1865	1865	1865	1831	1757	1780	1870
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1917. General compliance past 1925.

Record Loss [edit | edit source]

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county; all the same, in that location were significant loss of records during the Ceremonious War due to many movements of the records from one place to another as command of the canton changed hands dozens of times.^[5] Below is a list of known tape losses:

• Births: 1861-1863
• Deaths: 1867
• Marriages: prior to 1824, 1829-1863 and 1864
• Nigh will books prior to 1865; just some loose wills practice be and have been transcribed. [See below.]
• Court orders and infinitesimal books 1753-1787

For suggestions about research in places that suffered celebrated tape losses, meet:

• Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circumvolve.
• When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle'due south Tennessee Blog.
• Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the nigh historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this canton:^[seven]

Cities
Romney
Towns
Capon Bridge
Unincorporated communities
Augusta Barnes Mill Bloomery Blues Embankment Bubbles Spring Capon Lake Capon Springs Capon Springs Station Cold Stream Creekvale Davis Ford Delray Dillons Run Donaldson Forks of Cacapon Frenchburg Glebe Expert Grace Hainesville Hanging Rock Higginsville	High View Hooks Mills Hoy Intermont Jericho Junction Kirby Largent Lehew Levels Petty Cacapon Loom Mechanicsburg Millbrook Millen Millesons Manufacturing plant Neals Run Nero Due north River Mills Okonoko Pancake Pin Oak	Pleasant Dale Points Purgitsville Rada Raven Rocks Ridgedale Rio Ruckman Sector Sedan Shanks Shiloh Slanesville South Co-operative Depot 3 Churches Valley Vance Vanderlip Wappocomo Woodrow Yellow Spring
Census-designated places
Green Spring	Springfield

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

Biographies [edit | edit source]

Business concern, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

Census Records [edit | edit source]

For tips on accessing Hampshire demography records online, see: West Virginia Demography.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	7,346	—
1800	viii,348	13.6%
1810	9,784	17.ii%
1820	10,889	11.iii%
1830	11,279	3.six%
1840	12,295	9.0%
1850	fourteen,036	14.2%
1860	13,913	−0.9%
1870	7,643	−45.i%
1880	ten,366	35.6%
1890	11,419	ten.2%
1900	11,806	iii.4%
1910	xi,694	−0.9%
1920	11,713	0.two%
1930	11,836	1.1%
1940	12,974	9.6%
1950	12,577	−three.1%
1960	eleven,705	−vi.9%
1970	11,710	0.0%
1980	14,867	27.0%
1990	16,498	eleven.0%
2000	xx,203	22.five%
2010	23,964	18.6%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

• 1782 Enumeration: Hampshire County Heads of Families - 1782 at U.S. Demography Bureau. Canton begins on page 24.
• 1784 Enumeration: Hampshire Canton Heads of Families - 1784 at U.S. Census Bureau. County begins on folio 69.

Church Records [edit | edit source]

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

• Crooked Run (1790)^[8]
• North River (1787)^[8]
• Patterson's Creek (1808)^[viii]

• 1776 Petition of Baptists (ten,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 October 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists past the established church building. After locating your antecedent, view the digital copies.
  – Digital copies at Library of Congress; besides at Library of Virginia using the lawmaking word "000606093"
  – Hall, Jean Pickett. "Legislative Petitions: the 10,000 name petition" transcription in the Mag of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983-) online at Ancestry ($) and in book class at various libraries.
  

Hampshire County cruel inside the bounds of the Ketocton Association.

Church of England
Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Hampshire County is available online.^[9]

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of beingness):

• Bear Garden Monthly Meeting (1767-1809)^[ten]
• Dillon'southward Run Monthly Coming together (1795-1822) aka Great Cacapon^[10]
• Howard's Lick Monthly Meeting, Petersburg, Westward.Va. (1750-1767) aka North Fork.^[10] This area is currently located in Grant County.
• Little Cacapon Monthly Meeting (1748-1755)^[10]

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Courtroom Records [edit | edit source]

• Horton, Vicki Bidinger. Hampshire County, Virginia: Minute Book Abstracts. Green Spring, WV: V.B. Horton, 1993-1994. Book 1: 1788-1802 and Volume two: 1817-1823 are bachelor at FHL. Digital versions are available at World Vital Records ($) Volume one and Volume 2.
• Hampshire County Court, 1816-1923 at Ancestry ($)

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]

African Americans [edit | edit source]

In 1860, census takers recorded slaves' names on slave schedules in Hampshire County.^[11]

• Heinegg, Paul. "Hampshire County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1814," Costless African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

• Cartmell, T. Yard. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick. c1909. FHL Book 975.59 H2c 1963; FHL Moving-picture show 1000634 Item one; digital versions at Ancestry ($); FamilySearch Digital Library and World Vital Records ($).
• O'Dell, Cecil. Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. FHL Collection. One of the virtually impressively researched ane-place studies in the The states. In a review, Dorman stated "Comprehensive studies such every bit this announced only rarely. This volume should be in every Virginia genealogical drove."^[12]

• Adams - "The Adams Family of Frederick and Hampshire Counties, Virginia," Frederick Findings, Vol. four, No. 1 (Winter 1991):39-48; Vol. 4, No. ii (Spring 1991):91-100; Vol. four, No. 3 (Summer 1991):143-152; Vol. 4, No. 4 (Fall 1991):213-222; Vol. 5, No. ane (Winter 1992):3-12; Vol. 5, No. two (Spring 1992):73-82; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Summer 1992):145-154; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Autumn 1992):215-224; Vol. vi, No. 1 (Winter 1993):iii-12; Vol. 6, No. 2 (Leap 1993):75-84; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Summer 1993):149-158; Vol. half-dozen, No. 4 (Fall 1993):217-226; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1994):1-x; Vol. vii, No. 2 (Summer 1994):73-82; Vol. 7, No. three (Autumn 1994):147-156; Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 1994):213-222; Vol. eight, No. 1 (Spring 1995):iii-12; Vol. viii, No. 2 (Summer 1995):73-82; Vol. eight, No. 3 (Autumn 1995):145-154; Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter 1995):217-226; Vol. nine, No. 1 (Spring 1996):ane-10; Vol. 9, No. two (Summertime 1996):71-80; Vol. 9, No. 3 (Fall 1996):141-150; Vol. ix, No. 4 (Winter 1996):211-220; Vol. 10, No. i (Winter 1998):1-10; Vol. 10, No. 2 (Spring 1998):71-81 ... FHL Book 975.59 D25f.
• Alt - , Monte Paul. Buzzard and Alt Families. San Luis Obispo, Calif.: M.B. Buzzard, 1991. FHL Volume 929.273 B988bu.
• Alt - Ross, Clara Mae Alt. Alt/Ault Public Records in Grant and Pendleton counties of West Virginia. Colfax, North.C.: C.M. Ross, 2003.
• Arnold - Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. ane. MSS. Microfilmed 1990: FHL Film 1597677 Particular 12
• Asbury - Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Social club Quarterly, Vol. five, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. iv (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. vi, No. i (January. 1968):10-26. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
• Beeler - Pappas, Carolyn H. "Christopher Beeler, 1705-1775," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. iv (Oct.-Dec. 1999):243-255; Vol. 44, No. one (Jan.-Mar. 2000):18-30; Vol. 44, No. 2 (April.-Jun. 2000):115-125. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg.
• Beeler - Pappas, Carolyn H. "Christopher Beeler's 2nd Wife," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 49, No. 2 (April.-Jun. 2005):156-157. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg.
• Beyser - Lebherz, Margaret K. Jacob Beyser and Family, 1746-1986. 1987. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library. 1989 supplement has also been digitized at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
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• Bowell - Bowell, Lillian and William Bowell. A Bowell Family History. St. Paul, Minn.
• Bowley - McPhaul, Margaret Bowley. The Bowley-Boley Family and Their Descendants: The Iron Furnace Workers of Hampshire Canton, West Virginia, 1750-1996. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1999. FHL Collection.
• Brenton - Brenton, Chester F. The Life and Times of James Brenton, Major, Virginia Militia. 1976. FHL Volume 921.73 B753b.
• Brenton - Brenton, Chester F. Descendants of Henry Brenton Sr. Spokane, Launder.: C.F. Brenton, 1987. FHL Book 929.273 B753bd.
• Brenton - Brenton, Chester F. Descendants of Brentons of Bourbon Canton, Kentucky. Spokane, Wash.: C.F. Brenton, 1995. FHL Book 929.273 B753bn.
• Dark-brown - Bell, Raymond Martin. The Beginnings of Richard Milhouse Nixon. 3rd ed. Washington, Pa., 1971. FHL Volume 929.273 N654b.
• Dark-brown - Jones, Gerald Edward. "The Benjamin Brownish Family of Laurens, Due south.C., and Colonial Virginia," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Aug. 2009):192-212. FHL Book 975.5 B2vs.
• Dark-brown - Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Lodge, 2009. FHL Volume 973 D2r 2009; online bookstore.
• Buzzard - Buzzard, Monte Paul. Buzzard and Alt Families. San Luis Obispo, Calif.: M.B. Buzzard, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 B988bu.
• Camby - Morriso, Patricia Hewitt. From the Potomac to the Columbia; The Camby or Cambe Family unit. Yorba Linda, Calif., 1994. FHL Book 929.273 C144m.
• Carter - Katheder, Thomas. "Origins of James Carter, Sr. (ca.1741-1812) of Loudoun Canton, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2003):295-310. Digital version at American Ancestors ($); FHL Book 975.5 B2vg.
• Coberly - Arthaud, John Bradley. "Dr. James Stell Coberly 18th Century Migrant from New Bailiwick of jersey to Virginia and Revolutionary Patriot," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1982):112-117; Vol. 26, No. three (Jul.-Sep. 1982):183-189. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 26 (1982).
• Coberly - Harter, Mary. "James Cunningham of Western Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):9-xvi; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):109-116. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.v B2vg v. 29 (1985).
• Coberly - Arthaud, John Bradley. A Coberley/Coberly/Cuberly Genealogy 1690-1985. 1985.
• Collins - Cresap, Joseph Ord and Bernarr Cresap. The History of the Cresaps. Revised edition. Gallatin, Tenn.: Cresap Society, 1987. FHL Book 929.273 C863c 1987.
• Coomes - Payne, Henry D. William Coomes of Fort Harrod and Bardstown, Kentucky. Mt. Carmel, Ill.: H.D. Payne, 1994. FHL Volume 929.273 C782p.
• Cresap - Cresap, J. Ord et al. The History of the Cresaps. McComb, Miss.: The Cresap Society, 1937. FHL Moving picture 897292 Item 1.
• Cresap - Cresap, Joseph Ord and Bernarr Cresap. The History of the Cresaps. Revised edition. Gallatin, Tenn.: Cresap Club, 1987. FHL Book 929.273 C863c 1987.
• Deever - Deever, Gladys. The Deever Heritage - Etherington Influence: With Bonebrake, Morgan, Wilkin, and Related Lines. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Printing, 1987. FHL Book 929.273 D36d.
• Devolt - Ricketts, June. The Devolt--Tevault Family, 1782-1982. Linville, Ind.: J. Ricketts, 1982?. FHL Pic 1481367 Particular 14.
• Early - Some Biographical Sketches of David Early and His Descendants. Columbus, Ohio: Hann & Adair, 1896. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Ellifrit - Ellifrit, Ralph South. A Brief Preliminary History of Our Ellifrit Branch. Houston, Texas: R.South. Ellifrit, 1977.
• Ellifrit - Strever, Neva. Ellifritz, Ellifrit, Ellifritt, Ellifrits, Family Group Records, ca. 1700-1990. Hesperus, Colo.: Due north. Strever, 1991. FHL Large Q Book 929.273 EL55s.
• Ely - Carder, Emma Ann Ely. No More at Present: From a Cache of Old Letters. northward.d. FHL Book 929.273 C178n.
• Enoch - Keith, Arthur L. "The Enoch (Enochs) Family," Tyler'south Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 4 (1923):442-445. Reprinted in Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Volume I: Albidgton-Gerlache. Baltimore, Doc.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1981. Costless Name Search ^[13]; publisher'due south bookstore: Genealogical.com; FHL Book 975.5 D2gvf v. ane.
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• Enochson - McCracken, George E. "Enochsons of Virginia and Pennsylvania," The American Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct. 1970):255. FHL 973 D25aga v. 46.
• Everman - Haraldson, Irene Everman. Record of Michael Everman of Germany, Immigrant [of] 1732, and of His Descendents in Role. Reeds Spring, Mo.: I.E. Haraldson, 1967. FHL Book 929.273 Ev27h.
• Farley - Toll, Vergie Farley. Ancestors and Descendants of Bernard Gale Farley, 1901-1990, and Hilma Hazel Hune, 1903-1989: From Their Immigrant Ancestors, Thomas Farley (?-1782) and Heinrich C. Hune (1784-1849) Through 1997 and Centrolineal Lines. Grove Urban center, Ohio: 5.F. Price, 1998. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Flesher - Casdorph, Shirley A. Parsons. Parsons People of Virginia, West Virginia. Mesa, Ariz.: Cox Press, 1998. FHL Volume 929.273 P251c.
• Fulkamore - Flint, Rosalie Viola Matthews. Vulgamore, Fulkamore Family History, 1769-1992: The Family unit History of John Martin Fulkamore, ca. 1745-1821 of Hampshire County, West Virginia, and His Descendants. Quincy, Wash.: R. Flint, 1993.
• Haines - The Descendants of John Newton & Nellie Lee Simmons Haines.
• Harness - Harness, Harold Duncan. A Glimpse of the Past - The Harness Family unit History. Bel Air, Doctor.: H.D. Harness, 1983. FHL Book 929.273 H229h.
• Hellyer - Spiros, Joyce Five. Hawley. Genealogy of Thomas Hellyer and His Wife Cynthia. Gallup, N.One thousand.: Verlene Publishing, 1983? FHL Book 929.273 H369s.
• Hellyer - Spiros, Joyce V. Hawley. Genealogy of George Hellyer and Mary Spaid. Gallup, New Mexico: J.V.H. Spiros, 1985? FHL Book 929.273 H369sjv.
• Hickle - Moss, Ernestine Parke. Hickle Heritage. 2 vols. Memphis, Tenn.: E.P. Moss, 1979-1986. FHL Books 929.273 H527m.
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• Hutton - Ward, Flora Lusk. Genealogical Notes on the Hutton Family (Indentures, Wills, Land Records) West Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1971: FHL Film 824076 Item 10.
• Jackson - Jackson, Nancy Ann. Col. George Jackson (1757-1831), the Human being and the Individuals Buried in His Orchard Identify: The Legacy of the Historic Jackson Cemetery. Claksburg, W.Va.: N.A. Jackson, 2006. FHL Book 921.73 J134j.
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• Johnson - Lehman, Mary Jean Johnson. A History of Four Families. Cincinnati, Ohio: M.J.J. Lehman, 1996? FHL Book 929.273 J633L.
• Jones - Lewis, Anna Wox. Family History of Peter and John Jones: Thru Their Ohio Descendants. Typescript. Microfilmed 1949: FHL Moving-picture show 13167 Item 11.
• Keith - Young, Laurie M. Family Notes on Keith, Lott, Sketoe, Donahoo and Arnold of Muhlenberg : Lear and Sheffield of Christian, Todd and Muhlenberg Canton, Kentucky; Smith and Beck, Spencer County, Indiana; Moffitt, Randolph County, North Carolina, Perry, Hickman and Humphries Co., Tn. Boise, Idaho: 50.M. Immature, 1990. FHL Volume 929.273 K269y.
• Kercheval - Dillon, Ruth Wilson Van Deusen and Marguerite Relyea Lewis. The Chinn Volume. Cottonport, La.: Polyanthos, 1972. FHL Book 929.273 C441d.
• Kiger - Pappas, Carolyn H. "Christopher Beeler, 1705-1775," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1999):243-255; Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2000):eighteen-30; Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):115-125. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.v B2vg.
• Lander - Lander, David and Peggy Roberta Brown Chapman. History of the Lander Family unit of Virginia and Kentucky. Chicago, Illinois: Regan Printing House, 1926. 1993 reprint bachelor at FHL.
• Largent - Eustice, Joanne. History of Thomas Largent (1760-1831) and Wife Eleanor Shivers of Hampshire Co., VA (WV). St. George, Utah: J. Eustice, 2006. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• LaRue - Mather, Otis May. Six Generations of LaRues and Centrolineal Families: Containing Sketch of Isaac LaRue, Senior, Who Died in Frederick County, Virginia in 1795, and Some Account of His American Ancestors and 3 Generations of His Descendants and Families Who Were Continued by Inter-matrimony: Amongst Others Carman, Hodgen, Helm, Buzan, Rust ... : Copies of Vi Quondam Wills and Other Documents, Various Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the Nolynn Valley in Kentucky; Also a Chapter on the La Rue Family and the Child Abraham Lincoln. Hodgenville, Kentucky: O.M. Mather, 1921. Available at FHL FAM HIST Volume 929.273 L329m 1968; FHL Usa/Tin can Flick 1208 [two listings at FHL]; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive - costless; and World Vital Records ($).
• Lewis - Long, Daniel Reid. John Lewis "The Lost Pioneer", His Ancestors and Descendents (1670-1970). Baltimore, Dr..: D.R. Long, 1971. FHL Volume 929.273 L585Lo.
• Lewis - Hinson, Gail Whiteaker. Some Descendants of John Lewis & Margaret Rees of Wales, 1713-1997. Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen, 1997? FHL Book 929.273 L587h.
• Linn - Hull, Margaret Virginia. Genealogical History of the Family of William Linn Who Came from Belfast, Ireland, in 1771. Scottdale, Pa.: Mennonite Publishing Business firm, 1932. FHL Volume 929.273 L649hm.
• Locke - Tiller, Linda Locke, Ardith H. Johnson, Jeanne R. Stanis, and Stella Locke. "Locke Families of Southwest Virginia," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. one, No. iv (1978):25-33. FHL Book 975.57 D25s v. 1 (1978).
• McColloch - McColloch, Samuel Wilbur. McColloch Family unit of Ohio County, W.Va. Katy, Texas: S.W. McColloch, 2003. FHL Volume 929.273 M133ms.
• McKee - Sunley, Emil M. The Descendants of Samuel Edward McKee and Martha Ann Emmart. Bethesda, Doc.: E.G. Sunley, Jr., 1968.
• Male person - Mayhle, Bernard Victor. The Males of Barbour County, Westward Virginia. 1983.
• Male - Barnett, Glenn Due west. Mayle-Male-Male Family Kinship: Four Generations of Descendants of Mary Elizabeth Male nee Cockit.
• Male - Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware (2005). Digital version online
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• Milleson - Heller, W. Ralph. The Milleson Family unit of West Virginia: Presented to Members of the Family unit at the Seventh Almanac Family Reunion, June 26-28, 1981, Fort Ashby, Mineral Canton, West Virginia. Bound Beck, N.J.: W.R. Heller, Jr., 1981. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Muhlenberg - Meade, William. Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. two vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Annal: Vol. I and Vol. Two - complimentary.
• Nash - Meade, William. Quondam Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. ii vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Net Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II - free.
• Newman - Loveless, Richard William. Potpourri, I-III: (French: The Writings of a Miscellanarian). 3 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Historical Publications, 1972-1974. FHL Book 929.273 P871Lp.
• Nixon - Nixon, George Darrell. The Lineage of George D. Nixon from George Nixon and Elizabeth Arnold, Hampshire County, Virginia, circa 1740. Walnut Creek, Calif.: G.D. Nixon, 1985? Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
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• Parker - Campbell, Kathryn Hutcherson. John Parker, the Virginian, and His Descendants, 1749-1980: Johannas (John) Peters (1675-1766), Hampshire Co., Va. (now W. Va.). Dallas, Tex.: K.H. Campbell, 1980.
• Parriott - Young, M.L. Parriott - Turner Family History. Mediapolis, Iowa: Chiliad.L. Young, 1970. FHL Book 929.273 P248y.
• Peters - Campbell, Kathryn Hutcherson. John Parker, the Virginian, and His Descendants, 1749-1980: Johannas (John) Peters (1675-1766), Hampshire Co., Va. (at present W. Va.). Dallas, Tex.: K.H. Campbell, 1980.
• Peters - Lutz, June Shaull. Historical Account of the Peters Family. Grand Rapids, Mich.: J.S. Lutz, 1986. FHL Volume 929.273 P442Lj.
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• Post - Poinsett, Doris Jean Mail service. Valentin Pfost/Mail service, 1740-1800, of Hardy County (West) Virginia and Some of His Descendants. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1989. Digital version at Family unit History Athenaeum; FHL Book 929.273 P845p.
• Price - Toll, Kenneth Eastward. Descendants of Arjalon Price, Jr.: A Compilation of Lineage Data on Prices, and on Principal Allied Families, Baker, Briggs, Cockayne, Cresap, Colina, Kight, Parriott. Camillus, Due north.Y.: K.E. Price, 1985. FHL Book 929.273 P931pk.
• Pursell - Winchester, Warren. "Thomas Pursell of New York New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware: Early Descendants in Maryland, Virginia (now West Virginia), and Kentucky," The American Genealogist, Vol. 81, No. two (Apr. 2006):110-120. FHL 973 D25aga v. 81.
• Radabaugh - Buzzard, Monte Paul. Buzzard and Alt Families. San Luis Obispo, Calif.: M.B. Buzzard, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 B988bu.
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• Ravenscroft - Smith, Perry Ravenscroft. John Ravenscroft, Sr., of Hampshire County, Va., and His Descendants. State College, Pa.: P.R. Smith, 1975. FHL Film 2055413 Detail 3.
• Ravenscroft - Arthur, Marion Madaline Jones. Some Descendants of James and Sarah (Ravenscroft) Jones: Including Split Sections of the the Connecting Families of Ravenscroft, Collins, Hickman, Richards and Cain. Mt. Lookout, W.Va.: M.J. Arthur, 1992. FHL Book 929.273 J71ar.
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• Rigor - Henrick, Carmine Rigor. Rigor and Associate Families from Illinois: With Ancestors, Rager, Riger, Reager, Etc. St. Louis, Mo.: R.R. Henrick, 1982. FHL Book 929.273 R449hr.
• Rinehart - Rinehart, John Sargent. Ancestry of John Sargent Rinehart (and His Siblings). Santa Iron, N.M.: J.Due south. Rinehart, 1994. FHL Book 929.273 R472ri.
• Rogers - Rogers, Lon B. "Colonel James Rogers (1742--1828) Nelson Canton Pioneer," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January.-Mar. 1961):3-6.
• Rogers - Czarny, Linda Saul. Rogers Run: James Rogers and His Descendants. Denver, Colo.: L.Southward. Czarny, 1977. FHL Book 929.273 R632c.
• Ross - Jobson, Robert C. "The Ross Family of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 2 (April/June 1983):69-71. FHL Book 976.9 B2kg 5. 25 (1983).
• Royse - Pappas, Carolyn H. "Christopher Beeler, 1705-1775," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 4 (October.-Dec. 1999):243-255; Vol. 44, No. ane (Jan.-Mar. 2000):xviii-30; Vol. 44, No. two (April.-Jun. 2000):115-125. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg.
• Salts - Salts, Walter. The Salts Genealogy: The Family unit and Descendants of Thomas and Mary Salt(s) Who Were Living in Hampshire County, Virginia (Now Westward Virginia) in 1782, and Who Purchased Land in Ross County, Ohio in 1814. West Lebanon, Ind.: W. Salts, 1978. FHL Book 929.273 Sa37a.
• Saville - Saville, Frank L. and Nancy R. Saville. The Saville Family in America: With English Origins. Baltimore, Dr..: Gateway Press, 1989. FHL Book 929.273 Sa94s.
• Seaton - Katheder, Thomas. "Seaton of Fauquier County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):83-102. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Volume 975.v B2vg.
• Shanholtzer - Kerns, Wilmer L. Peter Shanholtzer, Sr.: Father of All Shanholtz/Shanholtzers in Hampshire County, West Virginia and Adjoining Counties. Typescript. Microfilmed 1979: FHL Film 1036271 Item 7.
• Shanholtzer - Kerns, Wilmer 50., Audrey Sine Baker, and Adah Shanholtzer Hedrick. Shanholtzer History and Centrolineal Family Roots of Hampshire County, W.Va. and Frederick Canton, Va. Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Print. Co., 1980.
• Curt - Fee, Audrey Wolford. Wolford, Short, Pritchard, Scott, Alexander, Grimm, Horn, Stoltenberg, Schlichting Genealogical History. 1957. FHL Moving-picture show 1020783 Item x.
• Sibole - Davis, Ruth and Darrol Davis. History of the Sibole Family, 1809-1975. Richmond, Calif.: Davis, 1976. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library. Revision of 1971 and 1955 editions.
• Sibole - Descendants of Joseph Sibole Sr. Typescript. 1976-1977. FHL Film 1036561 Particular v.
• Spaid - Secrest, Abraham Thompson. Spaid Genealogy from the First of the Proper name in This State to the Present Fourth dimension, With a Number of Allied Families and Many Historical Facts. Columbus, Ohio: A.T. Secrest, 1922. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Stone - Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Lodge Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. v, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (January. 1968):ten-26. Digital version at Beginnings ($).
• Stump - Stump, Joseph and Jacob Milton Stump. History or record of the descendants of Peter Stump, of Hampshire County, West Virginia whose verbal date, and identify of nascence, is unknown : with a biographical sketch of some of the descendants, who number upward in the thousands which has continued through 3 centuries. 1956. FHL Film 1321317 Detail 2.
• Switzer - Burkholder, Cornelia Juliet Switzer. The Switzers of Virginia and Due west Virginia. Harrisonburg, Va.: C.South. Burkholder, 1930.
• Tarvin - Tarvin Family unit Association. The Descendants of George Tarvin IV: Tenth Child of Reverend George Tarvin. Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, 1993. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Tarvin - Tarvin Family Association. The Descendants of Thomas Tarvin: Offset Kid of Reverend George Tarvin. Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, 1997. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Tasker - Lavins, Eric Southward. and James R. Tasker. Tasker Heritage Family Tree. Solon, Ohio: E.S. Lavins, 1996. FHL Flick 2055413 Particular 8.
• Timmons - Corum, Frank. Captain George Timmons, Fact and Fiction. Hanson, Ky., 1990. FHL Volume 929.273 T484c.
• Triplett - Lytle, Leonard. The Descendants of Joseph Triplett of Hardy Canton, West Virginia, and Summit and Licking Counties, Ohio. Ballycastle, North.I.: J.S. Scarlett, 1955. FHL Fiche 6017233.
• Tulles - Mitchell, Estelle E. Tulles Genealogy. Long Embankment, Calif.: E.East. Mitchell, 1969. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Vulgamore - Flint, Rosalie Viola Matthews. Vulgamore, Fulkamore Family History, 1769-1992: The Family History of John Martin Fulkamore, ca. 1745-1821 of Hampshire County, Westward Virginia, and His Descendants. Quincy, Launder.: R. Flint, 1993.
• Waggoner - Wagoner, Crystal V. John Waggoner (1751-1842) and Margaret (Bonnet) Waggoner: Ancestors, Families, and Descendants. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1995. FHL Book 929.273 W124wc.
• Waxler - Price, Vergie Farley. Ancestors and Descendants of Bernard Gale Farley, 1901-1990, and Hilma Hazel Hune, 1903-1989: From Their Immigrant Ancestors, Thomas Farley (?-1782) and Heinrich C. Hune (1784-1849) Through 1997 and Allied Lines. Grove City, Ohio: V.F. Price, 1998. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Weedman - Weedman, H.N. et al. Weedman Newsletter. 45+ vols. 1968-nowadays. FHL Book 929.27305 W41a.
• Wilson - Maxwell, C.J. Descendants of William Wilson (1722-1801) and Elizabeth Blackburn. Dallas, Texas: C.J. Maxwell, 1943. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Wise - Stewart, Mildred Beth Wise and Richard McCoy Dickinson. They Dared to Be Wise: The Ancestors and Descendants of James Thomas Wise... Fairborn, Ohio: Thousand.B.W. Stewart, 1990.
• Wolford - Fee, Audrey Wolford. Wolford, Short, Pritchard, Scott, Alexander, Grimm, Horn, Stoltenberg, Schlichting Genealogical History. 1957. FHL Film 1020783 Item 10.
• Wright - Wright, F.North. History of the Wrights and Their Connections: Being a Tape of Gabriel Wright and His Outcome and Their Posterity, Especially Through the Lineage of David Wright Sr.; Including Many of the More Distand [sic] Relatives, and Giving the Mail service Offices of the Living. n.d. Microfilmed 1979.

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

Land and Property Records [edit | edit source]

Land and property records can place an antecedent in a particular location, provide economical data, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

Come across W Virginia Land and Property for additional information about early West Virginia land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were ordinarily recorded at the canton courthouse and where records are currently housed.

• Hampshire Canton [West] Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1800-1814 at Ancestry ($)
• Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck State Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes Hampshire County.
• Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1775-1800. Vol. 3. Baltimore, Physician.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes Hampshire Canton.

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

Local histories are bachelor for Hampshire County, West Virginia Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and authorities history, and military data. For more information about local histories encounter the wiki page department Due west Virginia Local Histories.

• History of Hampshire County, Westward Virginia at Ancestry ($)
• Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Germination in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Sometime Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick. c1909. Digital version at Beginnings ($); FamilySearch Digital Library and Earth Vital Records ($). FHL US/Tin Book 975.59 H2c 1963; FHL US/Can Film 1000634 Particular 1.

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
• Maps of Westward Virginia (1617-1995)
• Map of 1850 Virginia and Due west Virginia

Migration [edit | edit source]

• Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-December. 1977):287-292. FHL Book 975.5 B2vg; digital version at American Ancestors ($). These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Hampshire County's 1786 Delinquent List appears on p. 289.

Military Records [edit | edit source]

Indian Wars [edit | edit source]

• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia'due south Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. FHL Volume 975.v M2bL. Identifies some Westmoreland Canton militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name alphabetize.
• Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1903. Digital version at Google Books; 1965 reprint: FHL Book 975.5 H2bw 1965. Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding celebrated sketch (French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War) with the arbitrament of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to bounty for war machine and other services rendered." For Hampshire Canton, see pp. 85-86.

Revolutionary War [edit | edit source]

Regiments. Service men in Hampshire County served in diverse regiments. Men oft joined a visitor (inside a regiment) that originated in their county. Hampshire County supplied soldiers for the:

- eighth Virginia Regiment

- 12th Virginia Regiment (2nd and 3rd Companies)^[14]

Boosted resources:

• A Demography of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Human action for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.Due south. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840. Run into Virginia, Western District, Hampshire County on page 134.
• Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at Ancestry ($); FHL Volume 973 M24ur. Includes veterans from this canton; Virginia section begins on page 238.
• West Virginia Ceremonious War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 (index) - FamilySearch - How to Employ this Drove
• Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. By J.T. McAllister. 1913. Hot Springs, Va.: McAllister Pub. Co. Online at: Internet Archive

State of war of 1812 [edit | edit source]

Hampshire County men served in the 77th and 114th Virginia Regiments.^[fifteen]

Civil State of war [edit | edit source]

• 1861-1865 West Virginia Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (costless)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)

Regiments. Service men in Hampshire served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Hampshire County:

- 7th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Ashby's) (Confederate). Company F (Hampshire Riflemen aka New Creek Riflemen).^[16]

- 11th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry. Company D.^[17]

- 13th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company I (The Frontier Rifles) and Company K (The Hampshire Guard).^[18]

- 18th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Companies B, C, F, I, and K.^[19]

- 23rd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Amalgamated). Visitor Due east.^[20]

- 62nd Regiment, Virginia Mounted Infantry (Confederate). Company H.^[21]

Globe War Two [edit | edit source]

• 1940-1945 - Due west Virginia, Globe State of war Ii Typhoon Registration Cards,1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

• 1814-1991 Due west Virginia Naturalization Records, 1814-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Employ this Collection

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

Obituaries [edit | edit source]

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1724-1978 W Virginia Wills and Probate Records 1724-1978 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
• 1756-1971 West Virginia Volition Books 1756-1971 at FamilySearch — alphabetize and images - How to Apply this Collection

School Records [edit | edit source]

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• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to use this drove; alphabetize. As well at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click hither for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.Southward., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more data.

Taxation Records [edit | edit source]

How can Virginia tax lists assistance me?

• 1781-1782 1781-1782 Hampshire County, Virginia Personal Property Taxation List; index online at New River Notes
• 1782-1814 Heinegg, Paul. "Hampshire County Personal Property Taxation List, 1782-1814," Free African Americans.com. Heinegg abstracted complimentary blacks listed in these records.
• 1783 Personal Belongings (or Land) Revenue enhancement List, 1783; alphabetize online at Revolutionary War Service website
• 1786 Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (October.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Digital version at American Ancestors ($); FHL Volume 975.5 B2vg. These records often identify migrants who left the canton and their intended destinations. Hampshire County'southward 1786 Runaway List appears on p. 289.
• 1787 Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between xvi & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over xvi & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Too the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. FHL Volume 975.five R4sn v. 1. The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Hampshire County is included in Vol. one.
• 1800-1814 Horton, Vicki Bidinger. Hampshire County, Virginia (WV) Personal Property Tax Lists, 1800-1814. Romney, W. Va.: Hampshire Review, 1995. FHL Volume 975.495 R28ho.
• 1815 Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). half dozen vols. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. FHL Book 975 E4w 5. 6. The source for this publication is the 1815 state tax. Hampshire Canton is included in Vol. six.

West Virginia existent and personal property tax records are managed by the Canton Assessor in each canton. Country and land improvements are considered real property while mobile property is classified as personal property.

Many County Assessors offer an online searchable database, where assessment record searches tin be performed by proper noun, business relationship number, year, or mp/parcel number. Where online records are not available, requests for records can be made to the Cess Part in person, past telephone, or in writing.

The search for taxation data tin start here

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

• West Virginia Vital Records, 1865-1969 (varies) - Includes nativity, decease, and wedlock.

Birth [edit | edit source]

• 1853-1914 W Virginia Birth Index, 1853-1914 at MyHeritage - alphabetize ($)

Marriage [edit | edit source]

• 1776-1971 West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
• 1780-1970 West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970 at FamilySearch — How to Utilise this Collection; index
• 1801-1962 Due west Virginia, U.s.a. Marriages at FindMyPast; alphabetize $

Death [edit | edit source]

• 1804-1999 - West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999 at FamilySearch — index - How to Utilize this Collection
• 1853-1964 West Virginia Death Index & Certificates, 1853-1964 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Divorce [edit | edit source]

Inquiry Facilities [edit | edit source]

Archives [edit | edit source]

Listed below are archives in Hampshire County. For state-wide archival repositories, encounter W Virginia Athenaeum and Libraries.

Family History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family History Middle and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• Family History Centers provide one-on-i aid, free access to eye-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries accept admission to most center-merely databases, but may not always have full services commonly provided by a family history centre.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Introduction to Family History Centers

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed beneath are libraries in Hampshire County. For state-wide library facilities, encounter West Virginia Archives and Libraries.

• Hampshire County Public Library
  153 Due west Primary Street
  Romney, WV 26757
  Website
  Genealogy Resources

Museums [edit | edit source]

• Hampshire County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Various museums and historical sites in Hampshire Canton.

Societies [edit | edit source]

Listed below are societies in Hampshire County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see W Virginia Societies.

Websites [edit | edit source]

• Hampshire County, West Virginia History
• Hampshire Canton, WV History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
• West Virginia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
• Cyndi'south Listing for West Virginia
• Microfilms at the Library of Virginia for Hampshire County, Due west Virginia
• FamilySearch Catalog - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and admission data for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their drove.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records

Enquiry Guides [edit | edit source]

• Skillful, Rebecca H. and Rebecca A. Ebert. Finding Your People in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1998. 4th ed.

References [edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: The states of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Due west Virginia.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Hampshire County, West Virginia" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia."
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: Us of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Hampshire County, West Virginia. Page 743 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Hampshire Canton, West Virginia. Page 743-746 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry'southward Cherry-red Book: American Land, Canton, and Town Sources, Tertiary ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 742-743.
5. ↑ West Virginia Athenaeum and History News, "Courthouse Disasters and Myths;" digital images, Westward Virginia Culture, Volume V, No. three, May 2004; (http://world wide web.wvculture.org/history/ahnews/0504news.pdf : accessed Dec 2018).
6. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), W Virginia.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Hampshire County, W Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire_County,_West_Virginia, accessed 03 July 2018.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 viii.ii} Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Ascent and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 386-387. Digital version at Google Books.
9. ↑ William Meade, Sometime Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Net Annal: Vol. I and Vol. II.
10. ↑ ^{ten.0 10.ane x.ii ten.3} Jay Worrall, The Friendly Virginians: America's Showtime Quakers (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Company, 1994), 537-539. FHL Book 975.5 K2wj.
11. ↑ Tony Burroughs, "African American Research," in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy. Digital version at Ancestry Wiki.
12. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, "Review of Pioneers of Sometime Frederick Canton, Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1995):236.
13. ↑ Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive proper name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Visitor (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com
14. ↑ Due east.Thousand. Sanchez-Saavedra, A Guide to Virginia Military machine Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787 (Richmond, Va.: Virginia Country Library, 1978), 67-68. FHL Book 975.5 M2s.
15. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 100. FHL Book 975.5 M2bs.
16. ↑ Richard 50. Armstrong, 7th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.Eastward. Howard, 1992). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 88.
17. ↑ Richard Fifty. Armstrong, 11th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1989). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 52.
18. ↑ David F. Riggs, 13th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1988). FHL Book 975.v M2vr 5. 49.
19. ↑ Roger U. Delauter, 18th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1985). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. xviii.
20. ↑ Richard B. Kleese, 23rd Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.East. Howard, 1995). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 118.
21. ↑ Roger U. Delauter, 62nd Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.East. Howard, 1988). FHL Volume 975.5 M2vr v. 41.

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