Lancaster County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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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]

General

As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Lancaster, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 50,000 entries.

Bibliography

• [Arnold] MacIvor, Hazel Arnold. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Benjamin Arnold, King William County, Virginia and Greenville, South Carolina. Lake Orion, Michigan: Arnold Family Association of the South, 1974. FHL Collection 929.273 Ar64a
• [Ball] See also Williamson.
• [Ball] Kirk, Henry Ivens (b. 1861). Descendants of William Ball of Millenbeck, Lancaster Co., Va. MSS, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore. FHL Collection 13162 Items 5-8
• [Ball] Mann, Nina Tracy. "William Ball of Lancaster," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 24 (1974).
• [Ball] Mann, Nina Tracy. "William Ball of Millenbeck," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1975).
• [Ball] Lennon, Rachael M. "A Proposed English Ancestry for Henry Ball (circa 1676-1735) of Middlesex County, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 3 (Jul. 2003):165-172; Vol. 78, No. 4 (Oct. 2003):265-273.
• [Bell] The Rev. John Bell of Lancaster Co., VA. MSS., FHL Collection
• [Blakemore] Blakemore, John A. Known Descendants of Edward Blakemore, Junior, of Lancaster County, Virginia. Abingdon, Virginia: n.p., 1963. FHL Collection 929.273 B583bj
• [Brumley] Carlson, Gladys. The Brumley Family: Daniel Brumley and His Son Samuel Brumley, Ship Carpenter of St. Mary's Whitechapel, Lancaster County, Virginia; Some of Their Descendants Through Thirteen Generations, 1681-1984. Pensacola, Florida: G. Carlson, 1984. FHL Collection 929.273 B834cg
• [Carter] See also Dale.
• [Carter] Carter, R.R. Carter Family Tree. 1898. FHL Film 288184; reprint is available at Historic Christ Church Parish website.
• [Carter] Miller, Joseph Lyon. The Descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of "Barford", Lancaster County, Virginia: With Genealogical Notes of Many of the Allied Families. Thomas, West Virginia: n.p., 1912. FHL Collection Film 738; FHL 896936 Item 6; digital version at Ancestry ($). [11 distinct WorldCat listings]
• [Carter] "Capt. Thomas Carter, Jr., of 'Barford' Lancaster County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Apr. 1935):153-154. Available at JSTOR ($).
• [Carter] Hartshorn, Edwin Simpson. The Genealogy of Certain Descendants of John Carter of Corotoman, Lancaster County, Va. n.p.: E.S. Hartshorn, 1949. FHL Collection 1454580 Item 3
• [Carter] Bemiss, Samuel M. "Colonel Robert (King) Carter of Lancaster County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 3 (1953).
• [Carter] Warner, Charles Willard Hoskins. Thomas Carter II of Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia: His Ancestry and Descendants, and Sketches on Certain Families with Whom Carter Descendants Have Married: Garnett, Roy, Hoskins and Byrd. Williamsburg, Virginia: Virginia Gazette, 1958. FHL Collection 6017002. [3 distinct WorldCat listings]
• [Carter] Berkely, Edmund. "Robert Carter - Colonial 'King,'" Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 12 (1962).
• [Carter] Warner, Charles W. H. "The Early Carters of Corotoman," [Thomas Carter Family of Lancaster County] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 20 (1970).
• [Carter] Smith, Cora Taylor Younger. The Reverend Daniel Taylor, Senior, of Virginia, People and Places, Here and There, with Facts and Memories: West (De La Warr), Taylor, Gregory, Littlepage, Carter (Lancaster- Nansemond), Waller, Skipwith, Croshaw, Mills, Dale, Younger, Osborne, Thweatt, Stone, Smith, Bibliography (James Taylor), Charlemagne, "Adam and Eve." Danville, Va.: McCain Printing, 1981. FHL Collection
• [Carter] Carlton, Florence Tyler. A Genealogy of the Known Descendants of Robert Carter of Corotoman. Irvington, Va.: Foundation for Historic Christ Church, 1982. FHL Book 929.273 C246c This book in digital format as Carter Descendants Database, see: Historic Christ Church Research.
• [Carter] Warner. "Barford Plantation and the Thomas Carters," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 37 (1987).
• [Carter] Elliott. "Capt Thomas Carter of 'Barford' Lancaster County of Virginia, A Second View," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 37 (1987).
• [Carter] Ward, Charles Martin. "A Refutation of the Alleged Royal Ancestry of Katherine (Dale) Carter, Wife of Thomas Carter of Lancaster County, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 1 (Jan. 2000):27-29. FHL Book 973 D25 aga v. 75
• [Carter] Smith, Lloyd T. Robert Carter of Corotoman, An Analysis of His Last Will and Testament: The Disposition of a Very Large Estate. Available at Historic Christ Church bookstore.
• [Carter] Smith, Lloyd T. The Executors' Letters of Robert Carter of Corotoman 1732-1738: Settling a Very Large Estate in the 18th Century. Available at Historic Christ Church bookstore.
• [Carter] Brown, Katharine L. Robert "King" Carter: Builder of Christ Church. Available at Historic Christ Church bookstore.
• [Chowning] "Chownings of Middlesex, Lancaster & Beyond," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 56 (2006).
• [Cock] Doyle, James W. "Nicholas Cock of Virginia, Another Link with Cornwall and Holland," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 4 (February/March 1994):209-216. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Currie] Lohrenz. "An Analysis of the Life and Career of the Reverend David Currie, Lancaster County, Virginia 1743-1791," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 50 (2000).
• [Dale] See also Carter.
• [Dale] "Major Edward Dale: Lancaster County, Virginia, 1655-1694," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jan. 1909):196-202. Available at JSTOR ($).
• [Dale] Miller, Joseph Lyon and Charles W.H. Warner. "Major Edward Dale, Lancaster County, Virginia 1655-1694," [includes information about Capt. Thomas Carter II] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 24 (1974).
• [Denny] Hirtzel, Richard D. Denny Families in Early Northumberland County and Lancaster County, Virginia. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 1999. FHL Collection 929.273 D428hrd
• [Downing] "Judge Samuel Downing of 'Edgeley,' Lancaster County, Virginia," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 1 (1951).
• [Garten] Garten, Burton Lee. An Indiana Branch of the Elijah Garten Family: The James Garten Line. MSS., FHL Collection
• [Gordon] Gordon, Armistead Churchill. Colonel James Gordon of Lancaster (1714-1768): Read at the Presentation by His Descendants to the County of Lancaster, Virginia, of a Portrait of Col. James Gordon, July 21, 1913. Staunton, Virginia: n.p., 1913. FHL Collection 921.73 A1 no. 237
• [Gordon] Jones, Christine Adams. Col. James Gordon, Merchant of Lancaster County, Virginia. Lancaster, Virginia: Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library, 1983.
• [Haynes] Hart, Lyndon H. "Who Was Elizabeth Haynes-Pinckard?" Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 2, No. 4 (February/March 1994):202-208. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Headley] Headley, Marvin D. Headley Families of U.S.A.: Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa. Blue Springs, Mo.: M.D. Headley, 1991. FHL Fiche 6334534
• [Heale] See Rogers.
• [Lawson] Sydnor, Floyd Wills. Lawson Family of Lancaster and Rappahannock Counties, Va. Richmond, Va.: unknown, 1931. Digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records.
• [McCarty] "Thaddeus McCarty, Clerk of Lancaster County 1778-1787," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 51 (2001).
• [Meador] Meador, Victor P. Our Meador Families in Colonial America: As Found in the Records of Isle of Wight, Lancaster, (Old) Rappahannock, Richmond, Essex and Caroline Counties, Virginia. Independence, Missouri: V.P. Meador, 1983. FHL Collection 929.273 M461m. [2 distinct WorldCat listings]
• [Montague] Montague, George William. History and Genealogy of the Montague Family of America: Descended from Richard Montague of Hadley, Mass., and Peter Montague of Lancaster Co., Va., with Genealogical Notes of Other Families by Name of Montague. Amherst, Massachusetts: J. E. Williams, 1886. FHL Collection 897110 Item 1 [4 distinct WorldCat listings]
• [Montague] Montague, George William. History and Genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia, and His Descendants, 1621-1894. Amherst, Massachusetts: Carpenter & Morehouse, 1894. FHL Collection 928298 Item 1; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and BYU Family History Archives. [4 distinct WorldCat listings]
• [Montague] Moore, Mrs. Gay Montague. "Peter Montague, Burgess From Lancaster County," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 5 (1955).
• [Newman] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. FHL Collection; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Genealogy of the Newman Family, 1618-1900" with information on Newmans of Lancaster County, see pp. 237-282.]
• [Potter] Hunt, John G. "English Origins and Clues" [Potter and Robinson, Virginia], The American Genealogist, Vol. 36 (1960):121-122. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
• [Prou] Jackson-Laufer, Guida M. Southern Bensons, Dickson, Scruggs: and Related Families: McCracken/Youngblood/Rince/Patterson/Clack/Davis/Prou/Harwell/Hume/ Hamblin/Reasonover/Foster/Many More: and Civil War Memoirs of Lt. Peru Hardy Benson, C.S.A.: and Dunkle's 1869 List of "The Immortal Six Hundred" Prisoners of War. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 2001. FHL CD-ROM no. 825
• [Reviere] Bryant, William C. Riviere-Riveer-Revere, A Lancaster County, Virginia Line and Riviere-Reviere-Revere-Revier Collateral Lines. Williamsburg, Virginia: W.C. Bryant, 2009.
• [Robertson] Booker, Motley and Norman R. Tingle. "Andrew Robertson - Pioneer Physician of Lancaster County, Virginia," [Andrew Robertson, b. 1716 in Inverness, Scotland] Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 22 (1972).
• [Robinson] See Potter.
• [Rogers] Hudson, Carlton Lee. "Ellen Rogers, Wife of George Heale of Lancaster County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):21-29. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
• [Sydnor] McCormick, Louise Leyburn Sydnor. Sydnor Family Lines, ca. 1467-1987. 198-?. FHL 929.273 Sy25m
• [Taylor] "The Taylor Family of Northumberland and Lancaster Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr. 1927):211-218; Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct. 1928):388-389. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
• [Williamson] "Williamson Family Records - Lancaster County, Old Rapphannock County - Margaret Williamson Family, wife of William Ball II," Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 16 (1966).
• [Winstead] Winstead, Martha and Winstead National Genealogy Reunion. The Winsteads: Descendants of Samuel Winstead, 1701-1774: Branch B, Francis. South Bend, Ind.: M. Winstead, 1999. FHL Book 929.273 W733s supp. 4
• [Winstead] Winstead, Martha and Winstead National Genealogy Reunion. The Winsteads: Descendants of Samuel Winstead, 1701-1774: Branch D, Thomas. South Bend, Ind.: M. Winstead, 2001. FHL Book 929.273 W733s supp. 5
• [Winstead] Winstead, Martha and Winstead National Genealogy Reunion. The Winsteads: Descendants of Samuel Winstead, 1701-1774: Branch Three, Samuel Winstead III. South Bend, Ind.: M. Winstead, 1995. FHL Book 929.273 W733s supp. 3

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