Loudoun County, Virginia Military

Virginia

Loudoun County

Military Records

See also the main article on genealogical research in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Introduction

The Virginia Military Dead database covers many American military conflicts dating back to the French and Indian War. More than 200 Loudoun County casualties are listed. Available online, courtesy: Library of Virginia.

French and Indian War

• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. FS Catalog Collection. Online at: Ancestry ($). Identifies some Loudoun County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.
• Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FS Library; online at Internet Archive. Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch (French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War) with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Loudoun County, see pp. 88-89, 111.
• Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. FS Catalog Collection; digital book at Ancestry ($). Identifies some Loudoun County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.
• Phillips, John T. The Historians Guide to Loudoun County, Virginia. 1993. [Contains a list of Loudoun County Militia Officer Commissions 1750s, 1760s]. Free Lookups. Also published as "Loudoun County Militia Officer Commissions," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring 1993):4-5. FS Catalog Collection

Revolutionary War

Regiments. Service men in Loudoun County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Loudoun County supplied soldiers for the:

- 3rd Virginia Regiment

- 5th Virginia Regiment

- 11th Virginia Regiment

The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court has made the following information available online, based on records in their collection:

• Revolutionary War. "The Court Order books and miscellaneous papers provide information on county relief to soldier’s families, a list of county militia officers (1778-1783) and letters from Revolutionary War soldiers and families requesting their pensions from the War Department."

Another superb online resource is Loudoun County Virginia in the American Revolution 1774-1783, which includes "well over 700 names and countless original Loudoun County courthouse records ... uploaded to this site for the express purpose of helping researchers find their Loudoun County Revolutionary War ancestors."

Loudoun residents' participation in the Revolutionary War.

Two data providers make Revolutionary War Pensions available online:

1. Revolutionary War Pensions, courtesy: Fold3 ($).
2. Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, courtesy: Heritage Quest Online ($).

N.B. Footnote digitized the entire files, while Heritage Quest Online digitized select portions of files. These records are also available on 2670 microfilms at FS Library.

Summaries of Revolutionary War Pensions may be found in the following book:

• White, Virgil D. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files. 4 vols. Waynesboro, Tennessee: National Historical Publishing Co., 1990-1992. FS Catalog Collection

DAR Genealogical Research System, a collection of databases, including the Ancestor, Descendants, and Member databases.

Many residents of Loudoun County filed public claims for damages incurred to their property during the Revolutionary War, see:

• Abercrombie, Janice Luck and Richard Slatten. Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims. 3 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co., 1992. FS Catalog Collection [Volume 2 covers Loudoun County.]
• Public Service Claims, 1782, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. Washington DC: Nov 1969. Vol. 103 Iss. 9.

Additional Revolutionary War resources for Loudoun County include:

• Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. FS Catalog Collection; online at Internet Archive. Includes a chapter titled "Loudoun County, Virginia, in the Revolution. A list of Officers with date of appointment, 1778-1782. With partial list of private soldiers and how their families were supplied with provisions by the county. See pp. 216-222.
• "Commonwealth of Virginia, Joint Legislative and Review Committee, Study of Revolutionary War Soldier Grave Sites, Search for Missing Soldiers of Loudoun County, Virginia, We Need Your Help!!!," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Sep. 1999):1. FS Catalog Collection
• County Committee, 1775, Seattle Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Mar. 1976).
• Hutchison, Louisa. "Revolutionary War Soldiers of Loudoun County," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Dec. 1999):1, 6. FS Catalog Collection. Names of patriots taken from Loudoun County's Court Order Books.
• Jewell, Aurelia M. et al. Miscellaneous Records from Loudoun and Prince William Counties. Typescript, 1953-1954. Microfilmed reproduction: FS Catalog Collection Includes Loudoun County, Va., Revolutionary records and Loudoun Co. soldiers in Washington's Army.
• Pierce, Alycon Trubey. "Wringing Northern Virginians Out of Final Pension Payment Vouchers, 1818-1864," Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr. 1997):73-77. FS Catalog Collection. Identifies married daughters and granddaughters of Revolutionary War Pensioners, and other persons mentioned in these records. Pierce abstracted entries for residents of Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties.
• "Resolutions of Loudoun County: Loudoun County a Hundred Years Ago," [1774] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1904):231-236. Digital versions available at JSTOR ($) and Combs &c..

Militia

• Blincoe, Don. Loudoun County, Virginia Militia Journal 1793-1829. Free Lookups

War of 1812

Loudoun County men served in the 56th and 57th Regiments.

• List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FS Catalog Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, Virginia, Loudoun County, p. 88. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.
• Walko, Laura. "Edmund Tyler Papers 1812 Manuscripts, Thomas Balch Library," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 6, No. 2/3 (Sep. 1998):4. FS Catalog Collection. Includes many records related to men who participated in the War of 1812.

Mexican War

The Mexican War database, available online, courtesy: Library of Virginia, is the place to start. Other resources include:

The usage of "Mormon" and "LDS" on this page is approved according to current policy.

• Hall, Wilbur C. "Philip St. George Cooke of Leesburg, Commander of the Mormon Battalion," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 121-127. FS Catalog Collection Free Lookups

Civil War

The Archives of the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court has made the following information available online, based on records in their collection:

• Civil War Papers, 1861-1948. "Includes the names from the Roster of Confederate Soldiers from Loudoun County, pension papers and court orders related to the Civil War in Loudoun County." Microfilmed reproduction: FS Catalog Collection

Regiments. Service men in Loudoun County, Virginia Military 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 Loudoun County, Virginia Military:

- 1st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate).

- 6th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company A (Dulany Troop or Loudoun Dragoons), Company K (The Loudoun Cavalry or Leesburg Cavalry).

- 8th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Hillsboro Border Guards), Company D (Champe Rifles), Company E (Hampton's Company), Company F (Blue Mountain Boys), Company H (Potomac Grays), and Company I (Simpson's Company).

- 17th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Loudoun Guard).

Records and histories are available, including:

• Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
• Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865

In the 1870s, more than 400 claims were filed by residents of Loudoun County, Virginia for "reimbursement of personal property losses due to the Civil War." To learn more about these records, consult:

• Mills, Gary B. Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. FS Catalog Collection; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Additional Civil War resources for Loudoun County include:

• "A Memory of John Divine," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 221-220. FS Catalog Collection
• "The Confederate Monument in Leesburg," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 215-220. FS Catalog Collection
• Confederate Navy Index. Available online, courtesy: Library of Virginia.
• Divine, John. "'The Comanches' in Action (35th Battalion Va. Cav., C.S.A.)," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 191-194. FS Catalog Collection
• Divine, John. Loudoun County and the Civil War. Free Lookups
• Divine, John. "Passage of the Armies Through Loudoun: 1861-1865," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 195-214. FS Catalog Collection
• Goodhart, Briscoe. History of the Independent Loudoun Rangers: U.S. Vol. Cav. (Scouts), 1862-65. Washington, D.C.: Press of McGill & Wallace, 1896. 1990 reprint: FS Catalog Collection; 1996 reprint: FS Catalog Collection; digital version at Ancestry ($).
• Hall, George R. "Economics of Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 131-142. FS Catalog Collection
• Howard, William F. The Battle of Ball's Bluff: "The Leesburg Affair", October 21, 1861. Lynchburg, Virginia: H.E. Howard, 1994. FS Catalog Collection
• Johnson, A.B. "The Skirmish at Mile Hill," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 187-190. FS Catalog Collection
• "The Loudoun Guards - A Muster Roll (Company C, 17th Regiment Va. Inf., C.S.A.," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 181-186. FS Catalog Collection
• Michael, Jerry. The Years After, Selections from the Loudoun Democratic Mirror June 14, 1865 - June13, 1866. Free Lookups
• "Statements Relative to Disloyalists There," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar. 1998):1-2. FS Catalog Collection. Taken from the Turner-Baker Papers, Baker #839, No. 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Thompson, Mrs. Magnus S. "States Rights Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy (Loudoun County, VA)," Loudoun: The 1757 Legacy, Newsletter of the Loudoun Genealogy Club, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Dec. 1996):1. FS Catalog Collection. Identifies youths resident in Loudoun County in 1924 who descend from Confederate soldiers.
• White, E.V. "The Battle of Ball's Bluff," The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, Va.: Goose Creek Productions, 1998, pp. 143-156. FS Catalog Collection

World War I

• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

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