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:''See also the main article on genealogical research in [[Amherst County, Virginia]].''


See also:<br>
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:  
*[[Virginia Compiled Genealogies]]
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==='''''Published Genealogy Books and Articles'''''===
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Use this list to: <br>
*Locate publications about direct ancestors  
*Locate publications about direct ancestors  
*Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family  
*Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family  
*Identify publications about an ancestor's [https://www.evidenceexplained.com/content/quicklesson-11-identity-problems-fan-principle "FAN Club"] ('''F'''riends, '''A'''ssociates, and '''N'''eighbors)
*Identify publications, to quote [[Elizabeth Shown Mills|Elizabeth Shown Mills]], about an ancestor's "FAN Club" ['''F'''riends, '''A'''ssociates, and '''N'''eighbors]
 
 
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===A===
*{{Anchor|A}}'''[Ailstock]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Alcock]''' Alcott-Rammelsberg, Billie Lee. ''Some Descendants of William Allcock: Tobacco Inspector of Caroline Co., Va.: &amp; Other Alcock Families''. Manchester, Mo.: Independent Pub., c2004. Available at [[Virginia Historical Society]].
*'''[Ampey]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Anderson]''' Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. {{FSC|248629|item}} 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920602 JSTOR] ($).
*'''[Anderson]''' Mills, Elizabeth Shown. "A Case Study in Family Reconstruction Within a 'Burned County,'" ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1983):3-19, digital versions at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($); [http://historicpathways.com/download/anderbuckpt2.pdf Historic Pathways]; reprinted in ''Genealogy: A Publication of the Family History Section, Indiana Historical Society'', [http://historicpathways.com/download/burnedcounty.pdf No. 78 (July 1983):1-10] (available for free online at Historic Pathways). Digital version also at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 27 (1983)}}.
*'''[Arnold]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Arnold]''' Dorman, John Frederick. ''Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5.'' 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2. {{FSC|1149556|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 H2j v. 2}}.
*'''[Arrington]''' Word, Mary Florence Arthur. ''Absalom Arrington, Some Descendants, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, 1798-1984: Down from the Hills''. Carrollton, Ga.: M.F.A. Ward, 1984. {{FSC|511210|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 Ar69w}}<br>
*'''[Asher]''' Hendrickson, Monte M. ''Six Generations, Descendants of Dillion Asher and Nancy Davis & Sally Davis: Preliminary Draft Copy, Work in Progress''. Seattle, Wash.: M.M. Hendrickson, 1999. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/157094-six-generations-descendants-of-dillion-asher-and-nancy-davis-sally-davis-preliminary-draft-copy-work-in-progress?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. {{FSC|972211|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 As35h}}<br>


===B===
=== General  ===
*{{Anchor|B}}'''[Bell]''' Mastin, Mary Emma Dunn and Kathreen Norfleet. ''The Bell and Thompson Families: and Supplements on the Ashby and Norfleet Descendants''. Coffeyville, Kan.: K. Norfleet, [1989]. {{FSC|458943|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 B413mm}}<br>
*'''[Beverly]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Bickley]''' Bell, John C. "Bickleys of the Pamunkey River Watershed of Virginia in the 18th Century," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1983):32-49; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1983):90-104; Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):179-189; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):259-264; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):19-32; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):88-98; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):169-186; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):261-274. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 27 (1983)-v. 28 (1984)}}.
*'''[Blanks]''' Wilson, John H. ''The Blanks Family''. 2 vols. El Paso, Texas: J.H. Wilson, 1971-1982. {{FSC|231121|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 B611bc v. 1-v. 2}}<br>
*'''[Boian]''' Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. ''Boians of Kentucky''. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, 1995. {{FSC|759962|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 B635e}}<br>
*'''[Bowen]''' Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. ''Boians of Kentucky''. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, 1995. {{FSC|759962|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 B635e}}<br>
*'''[Bowman]''' Bowman, Charles W. ''Bowman Genealogy: Fragmentary Annals of a Branch of the Bowman Family, to Which is Appended Data Relating to Other Bowmans and the Spencers''. Washington, D.C.: Law Reporter Print, 1912. {{FSC|247062|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 B684bc}}; digital version at [https://www.archive.org/stream/bowmangenealogyf00bowm Internet Archive].<br>
*'''[Brannum]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Buckner]''' Turner, Mayme Gertrude Yager and E. LaMar Buckner. "Amhurst County, Virginia," ''Buckner Family Research and Allied Families''. MSS., 1992. {{FSC|725968|item|disp=FS Library Film 1598295 Item 20}}.
*'''[Bugg]''' Faber, Barbara Bugg. ''My Dickens History''. 6 vols. Cañon City, Colo.: B.B. Faber, c1999, 2000. {{FSC|1007393|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 D554f v. 1-6}}<br>
*'''[Burford]''' Burford, Wesley B. ''Burford Genealogy: Showing the Ancestors and Descendants of Miles Washington Burford and Nancy Jane Burford the Father and Mother of Wesley B. Burford, the Compiler''. Indianapolis: W.B. Burford, 1914. {{FSC|294640|item|disp=FS Library Film 1035730 Item 11}}; digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17114 Ancestry] ($); [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/281468-burford-genealogy-showing-the-ancestors-and-descendants-of-miles-washington-burford-and-nancy-jane-burford-the-father-and-mother-of-wesley-b-burford-the-compiler?offset=1 FamiloySearch Digital Library]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=zz47AAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>
*'''[Burnett]''' Peterson, Dorothy Burnett. ''Blue Ridge Heritage; Burnett, Branscome, Hylton, Cox, Slaughter and Related Families''. Memphis, Tenn.: Roblee Press, 1982. {{FSC|188045|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 B934p}}.
*'''[Butler]''' ''Butler Family Bible Records, 1879-1953''. MSS. Microfilm: {{FSC|522867|item|disp=FS Library Film 869287 Item 2}}<br>
===C===
*{{Anchor|C}}'''[Cabell]''' Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft Vol. II] - free.
*'''[Cabell]''' Brown, Alexander. ''The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy''. 1895. Digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=BAo7AAAAMAAJ Google Books]; [https://www.archive.org/details/cabellstheirkinm00brow Internet Archive]; 2nd ed. 1939; digital version of 2nd ed.: [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=12821 Ancestry] ($). 1978 reprint of 2nd ed.: {{FSC|77592|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 C111b 1978}}.<br>
*'''[Cabell]''' McVea, Eleanor Lobdell. ''Ancestors and Descendants of Dr. Sears Cabell and Althaea Spalding Cabell''. Provo, Utah, 1977. {{FSC|188937|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 C111a}}<br>
*'''[Camm]''' Tyler, Lyon G. "Descendants of John Camm, President of William and Mary College," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1916186 Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):61-62]; [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915469 Vol. 4, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):275-278]. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/ JSTOR] - free.
*'''[Camm]''' Crozier, William Armstrong. ''Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families.'' New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/virginiaheraldic00croz Internet Archive] - free.
*'''[Camp]''' ''Cecellius (Cecil) Camp Family Records''. MSS. Microfilmed 1977: {{FSC|331089|item|disp=FS Library Film 982185 Item 8}}<br>
*'''[Campbell]''' Symonds, Francis Campbell. ''Campbell Documents''. Typescript. [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]], Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 1, Ca. {{FSC|323201|item|disp=FS Library Film 29883 Item 1}}<br>
*'''[Campbell]''' Symonds, Francis Campbell. ''Campbell Family Genealogical Notes''. Typescript. [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]], Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 1, Ca. {{FSC|214393|item|disp=FS Library Film 29883 Item 1}}<br>
*'''[Carter]''' Sutton, Rita K. and Eliza Sutton Rigg. ''Early Carters in Scott County, Virginia''. 1981. 1993 edition: {{FSC|701669|title-id|disp=FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C245sr}}.
*'''[Cash]''' Cash, Don L. ''Ancestors and Descendants of My Grandfather, William Thomas Cash, Jr.'' San Diego, Calif.: D.L. Cash, 1970s. {{FSC|833402|item|disp=FS Library Film 1425403 Item 5}}<br>
*'''[Cash]''' Prince, Thelma Faye Cain. ''Our Southern Ancestors, Cain, Cash, Cooper, Hughes, Martin, Moore, Prince, Sanders, Sorrells, Still, Williams, Wright Families''. Baltimore, Md., 1985. {{FSC|174048|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 C123p}}.<br>
*'''[Cash]''' Cash, Patricia J. ''Cash - Butcher Family Genealogical Records, ca. 1680-1985''. MSS. Microfilmed 1987: {{FSC|508687|item|disp=FS Library Film 1320611 Item 1}}<br>
*'''[Cash]''' Dorman, John Frederick. ''Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5.'' 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2. {{FSC|1149556|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 H2j v. 2}}.
*'''[Childers]''' Hanks, Virginia C. ''Childers of Lincoln County, Washington''. 1989. {{FSC|420217|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 C437hvc}}<br>
*'''[Childers]''' Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "Progenitors and Kinfolk of Abraham Childers III," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):3-13; Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1990):97-109; Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):180-194; Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):266-280; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):43-54; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):108-118; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):199-207. [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 34 (1990)-v. 35 (1991)}}.
*'''[Childers]''' Roberts, Gary Boyd. ''Ancestors of American Presidents.'' Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. {{FSC|1582605|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D2r 2009}}.
*'''[Christian]''' Russell, Edna Mae and Ora Mae Wallace Crane. ''Samuel Marshall Christian and Clarinda Adeline Smith: A Family History''. Modesto, Calif.: O. Crane, 1992. {{FSC|606324|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 C462r}}<br>
*'''[Clark]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Clemens]''' Bell, Raymond Martin and Ralph E. Gregory. ''The Ancestry of Samuel Clemens, Grandfather of Mark Twain: With an Introduction by Ralph Gregory''. Washington, Pa.: R.M. Bell, 1984. {{FSC|147093|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 C591brm}}; digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/533117-the-ancestry-of-samuel-clemens-grandfather-of-mark-twain-with-an-introduction-by-ralph-gregory-revised-edition?offset=3 FamilySearch Digital Library].<br>
*'''[Coleman]''' Brennaman, Richard E. ''James Coleman and His Descendants''. Boston, Mass.: R.E. Brenneman, 2000. {{FSC|979014|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 C677br}}<br>
*'''[Cooney]''' ''Cooney: Family Records''. Microfilmed 1986: {{FSC|378118|item|disp=FS Library Film 1421586 Item 4}}<br>
*'''[Coppage]''' House, Katherine Lucille. ''George Monroe Abell and Lucinda Ludwell Able, A Story of Two Nelson County, Kentucky, Families''. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 2001. {{FSC|1048559|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 Ab35h}}; 2005 edition: {{FSC|1233629|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 Ab35h 2005}}.
*'''[Coy]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Craighead]''' Key, Marcus M., Rhoda (Freer) Newman, and Helen (Kay) Yates. "George Key: Virginia Soldier and Missouri Pioneer," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1974):3-12; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1974):97-104; Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1974):211-219. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 18 (1974)}}.
*'''[Curry]''' Curry, James A. ''From Corner to Corner with John Curry, Sr.'' Seattle, Wash.: J.A. Curry, 1985. {{FSC|624014|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 C937c}}<br>
===D===
*{{Anchor|D}}'''[Dameron]''' Dameron, Kyle. ''The Descendants of Zechariah Dameron and Margaret Willis Rucker of Amherst County, Virginia. ''Coweta, Okla.: n.p., 1975. {{FSC|929.273 D182a}}
*'''[Dameron]''' Dameron, Kyle. ''Descendants of Charles and Mary E. "Polly" (Magann) Dameron''. Tulsa, Okla.: K. Dameron, 1989. {{FSC|446067|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 A1 no. 5601}}<br>
*'''[Davies]''' Rhodes, Phillip Wayne. "Clayton-Davies Re-visited," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):243-257. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 30 (1986)}}.
*'''[Denny]''' Denney, Guy C. ''Descendants of Samuel Denny''. Indianapolis, Ind.: G.C. Denney, 1946. {{FSC|568241|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 D428dg}}<br>
*'''[Denny]''' Denny, Joel. ''History of the Denny Family as Given .. by Joel Denny in a Letter to A.M. Denny Many Years Ago''. Typescript. Microfilmed 1977: {{FSC|247272|item|disp=FS Library Film 982434 Item 15}}<br>
*'''[Denny]''' Hirtzel, Richard D. ''Samuel Denny (1764-1829) of Surry County, North Carolina; and Gallia County, Ohio''. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 1999. {{FSC|824687|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 D428hr}}<br>
*'''[Dillard]''' Dillard Family Association. ''Dillard Annual: The Dillard Family Association''. Dillard, Ga.: Dillard Family Association, 1992-[2001]. {{FSC|391873|item|disp=FS Library&amp;nbsp;Book 929.27305 D581da}}
*'''[Dobbs]''' Dobbs, Nellie West. ''Ancestry of Nellie West Dobbs and Joseph Henry Dobbs''. Typescript. [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]]. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 10, Qua. {{FSC|41492|item|disp=FS Library Film 29887 Item 1}}<br>
*'''[Duggins]''' White, Norma Elnora Kidd. ''Elijah and Rachel Foster Duggins Genealogy and Related Families, ca.1750-1985: Where Final Settlement was in Grayson Co., Texas''. MSS., 1980-1988. {{FSC|643238|item|disp=FS Library Film 1320770 Item 2}}<br>
*'''[Duncan]''' Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. ''Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson''. MSS. 1975-1999. {{FSC|827988|item|disp=FS Library Film 795592 Item 5}} Includes Amherst County.
*'''[Dupuy]''' Smith, O. Norris. ''Dupuy Trails in Virginia, 1968''. 1969. Available at [[Virginia Historical Society]].
===E===
*{{Anchor|E}}'''[Eads]''' Eads, Evelyn Atteberry. ''Isaac Eads, 1755-1816-17, and Some of His Descendants''. Cerro Gordo, Ill.: E.A. Eads, 1996. {{FSC|768098|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 Ea25e}}<br>
*'''[Ellis]''' Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft Vol. II] - free.
*'''[Ellis]''' Ontario Genealogical Society. Niagara Peninsula Branch. ''Record of the Ellis Family''. n.d. {{FSC|638894|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 EL59r}}<br>
*'''[Ellis]''' ''Family Records of the Ellis and Leonard Families''. MSS. Microfilmed 1965: {{FSC|316005|item|disp=FS Library Film 414865}}<br>
*'''[England]''' McNutt, Eula M. Lyon. "John England, Revolutionary Soldier," ''Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists,'' Vol. 13, No. 2 (1984):130-132.
*'''[Evans]''' Evans, Cleo Louise Harman. ''The Robert Evans Family, Virginia and Georgia''. Arlington, Va.: Babbelonia Printers, 1966. {{FSC|87942|item|disp=FS Library Film 1033987 Item 11}}<br>
*'''[Evans]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
===F===
*{{Anchor|F}}'''[Ferrar]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Fields]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Fitzgerald]''' Olson, Charlene. ''The Joseph Hawkins Fitzgerald Family: From Virginia to Kentucky to Indiana''. Lindon, Utah: C. Olson, 2007. {{FSC|1408545|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 F576o}}<br>
*'''[Fitzgerald]''' Olson, Charlene. ''The John Fitzgerald Family: From Virginia to Kentucky and Indiana''. Lindon, Utah: C. Olson, 2007. {{FSC|1408549|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 F576oc}}<br>
*'''[Floyd]''' Tyley, William Floyd. ''The Tuley Family Memoirs: An Historical, Biographical and Genealogical Story of the Tuleys and the Floyd Family Connection in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana''. New Albany, Ind.: W.J. Hedden, 1906. {{FSC|103406|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 T821tw}}; digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/371299-the-tuley-family-memoirs-an-historical-biographical-and-genealogical-story-of-the-tuleys-and-the-floyd-family-connection-in-virginia-kentucky-and-indiana?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ez5ZAAAAMAAJ Google Books]; [https://www.archive.org/details/tuleyfamilymemoi00tule Internet Archive].<br>
*'''[Floyd]''' Floyd, N.J. ''Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyd Families: With Notes of Some Collateral Branches''. Baltimore: Williams &amp; Wilkins Co., 1912. {{FSC|262506|item|disp=FS Library Film 1017043 Item 16}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=bUNMAAAAMAAJ Google Books] - free.<br>
*'''[Floyd]''' Cartlidge, Anna Margaret. "Floyd Family, Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois," ''The Kentucky Genealogist,'' Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1963):3-6.
*'''[Fortune]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Franklin]''' Dorman, John Frederick. ''Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5.'' 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2. {{FSC|1149556|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 H2j v. 2}}.
*'''[Frost]''' Roberts, Snyder E. ''Descendants of Joseph Frost, Sr. from Amherst, Bedford, &amp; Washington Counties, Va. to Anderson County, Tn. and Elsewhere''. n.p.: S.E. Roberts, 1989. {{FSC|929.273 F929r}}
===G===
*{{Anchor|G}}'''[Gatewood]''' Keeney, Roscoe C. ''Gatewood Family: Including: Murray, Keeney, Spaulding, White, Slack, Kelly, Cozad, Jarrett, Bonham, Nowlan, Stanley, Montague, Fout, Bibb''. [Charleston, West Virginia: R.C. Keeney, 2000?]. {{FSC|961245|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 G223k}}<br>
*'''[Gillenwaters]''' Hammarlund, Mrs. Dale. "Will of Thomas Gillenwaters," ''Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists,'' Vol. 18, No. 1 (1989):31-33.
*'''[Gilliam]''' Old, Mary A. ''Gillam Charts (1989)''. Aldergrove, British Columbia: M.A. Old, 1989. {{FSC|458123|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 G411o}}<br>
*'''[Gillispie]''' Sutherland, Opal Gillispie. ''The Gillispie Family Tree, 1730-1983: With Related Families, Boggs, Cornelison, Gentry, Hudson, Smither, Terrill and White''. n.p.: n.p., n.d. {{FSC|113007|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 G416s}}<br>
*'''[Goodrich]''' Maxson, Peter Flagg. ''Goodrich Scrapbook: With Information on the Ancestors and Descendants of Hugh &amp; Emma Hatton Goodrich, Including the DeGolyer, Porter, Rogers &amp; Henson Families''. Austin, Texas: Peripatetic Press, 1992. {{FSC|639753|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 G625ma}}<br>
*'''[Goodwin]''' "Appendix M: The Goodwins of Caroline and Amherst Counties, Virginia," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Vol. 6, No. 2, Supplement (Oct., 1897), p. 120. Available at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR] ($).
*'''[Goodwin]''' Turner, David Anderson and Bonnie Turner Cook. ''White Families of the Virginias: Featuring Descendants of Chickasaw Ben White''. Cape Coral, Fla.: B.T. Cook, 2001. {{FSC|1120579|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 W582td}}<br>
===H===
*{{Anchor|H}}'''[Hailstock]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Hamilton]''' Hamilton, Emory L. ''One Hamilton Clan: The Descendants of Schuyler Hamilton''. Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press, 1990. {{FSC|400496|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 H18h}}; digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/399640-one-hamilton-clan-the-descendants-of-schuyler-hamilton?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].<br>
*'''[Hansard]''' Hansard, Sam L. ''Descendants of John Hansard of Amherst County, Virginia, 1766-1976. ''Knoxville, Tenn.: Hansard, 1977. {{FSC|929.273 H198b}} [Mislabeled Jansard in FamilySearch Catalog.]
*'''[Hansard]''' Bell, Annie W.B. ''Hansard-Christian Family History Records''. Knoxville, Tenn.: Hansard Family Register, 1978. {{FSC|475196|item|disp=FS Library Film 1445967}}<br>
*'''[Hansford]''' Garrett, Winnie H. ''The Hansard-Hansford Family History.'' 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1984. {{FSC|5113|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 H198gw}}.
*'''[Hardwick]''' Steele, Betty Ann Williams. ''Williams and Weaver Ancestors''. 3 vols. Las Cruces, New Mexico: B.A.W. Steele, 1993-2000. {{FSC|640748|item|disp=FS Library Books 929.273 W67st v. 1- v. 3}}<br>
*'''[Hartless]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Henley]''' Godfrey, Priscilla M. "Henley," ''Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1969):38-42. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($).
*'''[Henry]''' Brayton, John Anderson. "Genealogical Notes from Virginia Colonial Decisions by William Ronald Cocke III - A Correction and Another 'Burned County' Pedigree," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2003):38-50. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($); {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg}}.
*'''[Higginbotham]''' Peery, Joseph S. "Higginbotham Genealogy," ''The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine,'' Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1916):189-201. Digital version at [https://www.archive.org/stream/utahgenealogical1916gene#page/188/mode/2up Internet Archive].
*'''[Higginbotham]''' Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Higginbotham Family of Virginia," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915143 Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jan. 1918):205-213]; [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1914759 Vol. 26, No. 4 (Apr. 1918):265-274]; [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1916110 Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jul. 1918):45-56]; [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915247 Vol. 27, No. 2 (Oct. 1918):123-129]; [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1916295 Vol. 27, No. 4 (Apr. 1919):294-298]. Digital versions at JSTOR ($).
*'''[Higginbotham]''' Sweeny, Mrs. William Montgomery. "Colonel James Higginbotham, Surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Second Series, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1931), pp. 29-41. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR] ($).
*'''[Higginbotham]''' ''Higginbotham Family''. [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]], Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 4, Hig. {{FSC|298906|item|disp=FS Library Film 29884 Item 1}}<br>
*'''[Higginbotham]''' LaBiche, Mabel. ''Higginbotham: Descendants of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Graves)''. Rayne, La.: Hebert Publications, 1996. {{FSC|778618|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 H535Lm}}<br>
*'''[Higginbotham]''' ''Higginbotham Family Land Grants''. MSS. Microfilmed 2000: {{FSC|831060|item|disp=FS Library Film 1425227 Item 13}}<br>
*'''[Higginbotham]''' Dorman, John Frederick. ''Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5.'' 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2. {{FSC|1149556|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 H2j v. 2}}.
*'''[Hight]''' Creasy, Mary Hight and Aldwin Hight. ''History of the John Hight Family of Nelson County, Virginia: Notes on the Related Families of George Washington Stratton, James Loving, John Preston Campbell, Thomas Jones''. Lynchburg, Va.: M.H. Creasy, 1979. {{FSC|62548|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 H538c}}<br>
*'''[Hight]''' Hight, James Russell. ''Genealogy of a Hight Family: Virginia 1725 to California 1996''. Citrus Heights, Calif.: J.R. Hight, 1996. {{FSC|661714|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 H538hi}}<br>
*'''[Hight]''' Vassar, Stephen D. ''Hite Family History''. Roanoke, Va.: S.D. Vassar, Sr., 1999. {{FSC|992644|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 H637v}}<br>
*'''[Hill]''' Albin, Nancy Hill Layne. ''A Genealogical History of the Hill, Dameron, Layne and Bailey Families''. n.p.: N.H.L. Albin, 2001. {{FSC|1039668|item|disp=FS Library CD-ROM no. 774}}<br>
*'''[Hill]''' Hill, Thomas B. ''Thomas Hill Genealogical Records''. 2005. {{FSC|1224612|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 H555ht}}<br>
*'''[Hopper]''' Hopper, Wallace. "Blaggrove Hopper Family of Virginia," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1974):83-91. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 18 (1974)}}.
*'''[Humbles]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Hylton]''' Hylton, Paul and Evelyn Hylton. ''Genealogy of the Hylton Family in America Branch of George Hilton, Sr., 1699-1770?, of (Goochland Co., Albemarle Co., Amherst Co.) Va.'' Woodinville, Washington: P. &amp; E. Hylton, 1979. FS Library US/CAN Pedigree no. 1041.
===I===
*{{Anchor|I}}'''[Ison]''' Tripp, Marcia J. Wagar. ''Ison-Gilliam Genealogical Collection, ca. 1600-1936''. MSS. Microfilmed 1973: {{FSC|353271|item|disp=FS Library Film 908349 Item 1}}<br>
*'''[Ison]''' Breeding, Carlice Ison. ''Partial Ison Genealogy, 1650-1982: Approximately 3000 Descendants of Gideon Ison I, Lord in the English Parliament''. Charleston, Ind.: C. Breeding, 1982. {{FSC|299182|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 Is7p}}<br>
===J===
*{{Anchor|J}}'''[Jackson]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Jenkins]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Johns]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
===K===
*{{Anchor|K}}'''[Key]''', Marcus M., Rhoda (Freer) Newman, and Helen (Kay) Yates. "George Key: Virginia Soldier and Missouri Pioneer," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1974):3-12; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1974):97-104; Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1974):211-219. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 18 (1974)}}.
*'''[Key]''' Key, Marcus M. "Key: A Further Elucidation," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul./Sep. 1980):199-200. {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 24 (1980)}}; digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($).
*'''[Key]''' Key, Betty and Marcus M. Key. "John and Susannah Key of Old Amherst County, Virginia," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):117-122; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):196-204. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 29 (1985)}}.
*'''[Key]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Kincaid]''' Clan Kincaid International. ''Assortment of Kincaid Papers''. 2 vols. San Diego, Calif.: Clan Kincaid International, 1987. {{FSC|633527|item|disp=FS Library Films 1697700 Item 6; 1750764 Item 7}}<br>
===L===
*{{Anchor|L}}'''[Landrum]''' Wiley, Roberta V. Landrum. ''Some Descendants of Thomas Landrum of Amherst Co., Va. and Allied Families''. Parkville, Mo.: n.p., 1974. {{FSC|929.273 L238w}}
*'''[Landrum]''' Albin, Nancy Hill Layne. ''A Genealogical History of the Hill, Dameron, Layne and Bailey Families''. n.p.: N.H.L. Albin, 2001. {{FSC|1039668|item|disp=FS Library CD-ROM no. 774}}<br>
*'''[Lane]''' Williams, Lyle Keith. ''The Lane-Robertson Families of Amherst County, Virginia and Descendants''. Fort Worth, Texas: L.K. Williams, 1991. {{FSC|929.273 L24wi}}
*'''[Lanier]''' Ingersoll, Louise. ''Lanier: A Genealogy of the Family Who Came to Virginia and Their French Ancestors in London''. Washington, D.C.: Goetz Printing Company, 1965, {{WorldCat|608577961|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
*'''[Lansford]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Lantor]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Layne]''' Layne, Floyd Benjamin and William Robert Layne. ''Layne Pedigree [Chart], Amherst, Va.'' n.p.: F.B. Layne, 1952. FS Library US/CAN Pedigree no. 2157.
*'''[Layne]''' Layne, Floyd Benjamin. ''Layne Genealogy''. Los Angeles, Calif.: Layne, 1953. {{FSC|185591|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 L454Lf}}; digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/555368-layne-genealogy?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].<br>
*'''[LeMaster]''' Garber, Virginia Armistead. ''The Armistead Family, 1635-1910.'' Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson, 1910. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/armisteadfamily100ingarb Internet Archive] - free.
*'''[Lockhart]''' Lockhart, Tex and Lawanda Lockhart. ''Walter Lockhart and Descendants''. Stanton, Calif.: L. Lockhart, 1983. {{FSC|4127|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 L811L}}<br>
*'''[Love]''' Rhodes, Phillip Wayne. "Descendants of Thomas Love of Lynchburg and Amherst County, Virginia," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):83-91; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):190-198; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):269-283; Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1992):16-27; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1992):89-102; Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1992):194-206. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 35 (1991)-v. 36 (1992)}}.
*'''[Loving]''' Read, Carl and Mabert Elizabeth Kiel (May) Read. ''The Loving Family in America, 1705-1981: Plus, Lovan, Lovein, Loven, Lovern, Lovin, Lovorn, Lovvorn and Those Who Add an "S" to the Name''. Warner Robins, Ga.: Harp &amp; Thistle, 1981. {{FSC|76213|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 L948r}}<br>
*'''[Luttrell]''' Armstrong, Zella. ''Notable Southern Families.'' Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1918. Vol. 1. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/509172-notable-southern-families?viewer=1&offset=1#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library].
*'''[Lyon]''' Lyon(s) Family Association of America. ''Lyon(s) Family Archives, ca.1605-ca.1980: Lyon(s) Individual and Family Files for Various Counties in the State of Virginia''. Typescript, 1960-1975. {{FSC|408849|item|disp=FS Library Film 1320853 Item 2}}<br>


===M===
As of August 2010, a query for [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=Amherst+Virginia&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Amherst, Virginia] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 94,000 entries.  
*{{Anchor|M}}'''[McCraw]''' Kent, Jane McCraw. ''The McCraw Clan of Lynchburg &amp; Vicinity''. Dover, Del.: J.M. Kent, 1981. {{FSC|205277|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 M137k}}<br>
*'''[McDaniel]''' ''McDaniel''. Microfilmed 1989: {{FSC|622279|item|disp=FS Library Film 1638488 Item 14}}<br>
*'''[Mallory]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Manion]''' Rice, Christine Rogers. ''Genesis in Virginia''. 2 vols. Carbondale, Ill.: C.R. Rice, 1995. {{FSC|746354|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 R36rc v. 1-v. 2}}<br>
*'''[Mason]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Mays]''' Mays, Samuel Edward. ''Genealogy of the Mays Family and Related Families to 1929 Inclusive''. Plant City, Fla.: F.M. Prewitt of Plant City Enterprise, 1929. {{FSC|12502|item|disp=FS Library Film 1016936 Item 8}}<br>
*'''[Mays]''' Mays, Ivan K. and Samuel Edward Mays. ''The Mays Family, a Sequel to "The Mays Family" by Samuel Edward Mays''. Austin Texas, 1970. {{FSC|9773|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 M455ma}}<br>
*'''[Messencup]''' Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. ''Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. 1''. MSS. Microfilmed 1990: {{FSC|543271|item|disp=FS Library Film 1597677 Item 12}}
*'''[Miller]''' Duff, Marian Miller. ''Miller, Duff and Related Families''. Burlington, N.C.: M.M. Duff, 1981. {{FSC|47094|item|disp=FS Library Film 1035936 Item 19}}<br>
*'''[Miller]''' Niemann, Rubinette Miller. ''Our Heritage: Miller - Rose - Niemann - Hedges, 1520-1981''. Burlington, N.C.: R.M. Niemann, 1981. {{FSC|310181|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 M612mrm}}<br>
*'''[Mills]''' Ambrose, Lorene Burton. ''Mills, Stokes, Forrester of Primarily Greenville County, South Carolina''. Greer, S.C.: L.B. Ambrose, 1979. {{FSC|391067|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 M624ab}}<br>
*'''[Montgomery]''' Ledgerwood, Marian Carter. ''A Montgomery and Cole Record Some Descendants of Alexander Montgomery of Amherst Co., Virginia and Orange Co., North Carolina''. Hot Springs Village, Ark.: M. Ledgerwood, 1989. {{FSC|929.273 M766L}}
*'''[Moore]''' Moore, Charles R. ''The Moore Family of Central Virginia Covering the Counties of Albeharle, Amherst, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange, Virginia''. Charlottesville, Va.: C.R. Moore, 1985. {{FSC|929.273 A1 no. 6921}}
*'''[Morrison]''' Mosher, Merrill Hill. ''Morrison of Albemarle, Amherst &amp; Nelson Counties, Virginia''. Coos Bay, Oregon: M.H. Mosher, 1982. {{FSC|929.273 M834mmh}}.
*'''[Morrison]''' Dorman, John Frederick. ''Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5.'' 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2. {{FSC|1149556|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 H2j v. 2}}.
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===O===
*{{Anchor|O}}'''[Oglesby] '''Paul, Oglesby. "A Further Account of the Oglesby Family," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 19 (1942):150-152. {{FSC|973 D25aga}}; digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/283/american-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($).
*'''[Omohundro]''' Palmer, Gloria Omohundro. ''Descendants of Spottswood James Omohundro of Amherst County, Virginia, and Elsberry, Lincoln County, Missouri''. Santa Ana, Calif.: G.O. Palmer, 1984. {{FSC|929.273 Om6p}} 
===P===
*{{Anchor|P}}'''[Page]''' Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. ''Page Family Records in Virginia Counties''. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. {{FSC|308367|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 P141rdc v. 2}} [Amherst County appears in Vol. 2 Part 1]
*'''[Page]''' Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. ''The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850)''. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. {{FSC|1060643|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 P141rd v. 1-2}} [Amherst County appears in Vol. 1]
*'''[Patton]''' Howard, Jack R. ''Alexander Patton of Haw Old Fields Progeny''. Towson, Md.: J.R. Howard, 1980. {{FSC|254517|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 P278ap}}<br>
*'''[Penn]''' Allen, Robert M. ''The Ancestry of Joseph Penn of Amherst Co., Virginia''. San Jose, Calif.: R.M. Allen, 1980. {{FSC|1206417}} Item 7
*'''[Perkins]''' Perkins, William Robertson. ''Papers 1929-1943. Section 2''. MSS. Available at [[Virginia Historical Society]].
*'''[Peters]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Phillips]''' Boss, Lula Reed. "Phillips Family of Mason County Kentucky," ''The Kentucky Genealogist,'' Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):6-19.
*'''[Phillips]''' Austin, Jeannette H. ''Genealogy of the Phillips Family in Georgia, 1656-1923''. Riverdale, Ga.: J.H. Austin, [1985?]. {{FSC|388865|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 P541aj}}<br>
*'''[Pinn]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Pope]''' Johnston, F. Claiborne. "The Tangled Trail of Two John Popes: Colonel John Pope of Amherst County and John Pope of Prince William County and Wilkes County, Georgia," ''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy'', Vol. 50, No. 1 (Feb. 2012):45-64.
*'''[Powell]''' The Colonial Dames of America. ''Ancestral Records and Portraits,'' 2 vols. New York: The Grafton Press Publishers, 1910. Digitized by Internet Archive: [http://archive.org/details/cu31924092885304 Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/cu31924092885312 Vol. II] - both free.
*'''[Powell]''' Floyd, N.J. ''Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyd Families: With Notes of Some Collateral Branches''. Baltimore: Williams &amp; Wilkins Co., 1912. {{FSC|262506|item|disp=FS Library Film 1017043 Item 16}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=bUNMAAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>
*'''[Pryor]''' Roberts, Gary Boyd. ''Ancestors of American Presidents.'' Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. {{FSC|1582605|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D2r 2009}}.
*'''[Pugh]''' Moore, Junius T. ''Moore-Pugh Genealogy, 1263-1974''. Charleston, West Virginia: J.T. Moore, 1975. {{FSC|509730|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 M781mj}}<br>
*'''[Purvis]''' Oliver, Alice Lee Simpson. ''The Purvis Family in Virginia and Their Kin''. Shipman, Va.: Oliver, 1969. {{FSC|45354|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 P978a}}<br>
*'''[Purvis]''' Murphy, Virginia J. ''The Purvis Family, by George!: The Descendants of George Purvis of Virginia and Their Kin''. Manchester, Tenn.: V.J. Murphy, 1990. {{FSC|514000|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 P978m}}<br>
===Q===
*{{Anchor|Q}}'''[Quinn]''' Marshall, Thomas E. ''Some Descendants of Jordon Stewart Quinn, Amherst County, Va.'' Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1990. {{FSC|929.273 Q44m}}
===R===
*{{Anchor|R}}'''[Ray]''' Mason, Kathryn Harrod. "The Career of General James Ray, Kentucky Pioneer," ''The Filson Club Historical Quarterly'', Vol. 19, pages 87-88.
*'''[Ray]''' Mason, Kathryn Harrod. "The Family and Fortune of General James Ray, Pioneer of Fort Harrod," ''The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society'', Vol. 43, page 59.
*'''[Ray]''' Watts, Dorothy Chambers. "General James Ray of Virginia and Kentucky," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1977):163-166. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 21 (1977)}}.
*'''[Redcross]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Rhoads]''' Rhoads, Frederick W., Forrest L. Rhoads and Najla L. Kutait. ''Our Rhoads Family''. Longview, Wash.: F.L. Rhoads, 1990s. {{FSC|673492|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 R346rf}}<br>
*'''[Robertson]''' McCullah, Willis Austin. ''A Genealogy of the McCullah-Wasson Families, 1700-1967''. Springfield, Mo.: Southworth Printing, 1967. {{FSC|66670|item|disp=FS Library Film 1035949 Item 6}}<br>
*'''[Rose]''' Meade, William. ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia''. 2 vols. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861. Digital versions at Internet Archive: [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft Vol. II] - free.
*'''[Rose]''' Rose, Christine. ''Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850''. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. {{FSC|975.5 A1 no. 56}}; digital version at [http://www.heritagequestonline.com Heritage Quest Online] ($).
*'''[Rose]''' Rose, Christine. "The Turpin Notebook," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):3-10. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 31 (1987)}}.
*'''[Rucker]''' Boddie, John Thomas and John Bennett Boddie. ''Boddie and Allied Families.'' Chicago: n.p., 1918. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/419575-boddie-and-allied-families?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
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*{{Anchor|S}}'''[Sanderson]''' Hill, Margaret Lester. ''Sanderson: Selected Families from Virginia Westward''. Mollusk, Va.: M.L. Hill, 1988. {{FSC|387088|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 Sa56h}}
*'''[Shelburne]''' Shelburne, Robert Craig. ''Shelburne, the Lineage of Robert Craig Shelburne, M.D., Virginia''. [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]]. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 12, Shel. {{FSC|322726|item|disp=FS Library Film 29888 Item 1}}<br>
*'''[Shelton]''' Whitaker, Mildred Campbell. ''Genealogy of the Campbell, Noble, Gorton, Shelton, Gilmour and Byrd Families.'' St. Louis, Mo.: Mound City Press, 1927. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17165 Ancestry] ($) and [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/475892-genealogy-of-the-campbell-noble-gorton-shelton-gilmour-and-byrd-families-and-numerous-other-families-of-prominence-in-america-with-whom-they-have-intermarried?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*'''[Shelton]''' Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. {{FSC|248629|item}} 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920602 JSTOR] ($).
*'''[Sims]''' Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. {{FSC|248629|item}} 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920602 JSTOR] ($).
*'''[Slatten]''' Slayton, William John. ''The Descendants of Tyree Slatten''. MSS. Microfilmed 2000: {{FSC|653327|item|disp=FS Library Fiche 6002810}}<br>
*'''[Smith]''' Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "Progenitors and Kinfolk of Abraham Childers III," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1990):3-13; Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1990):97-109; Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1990):180-194; Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):266-280; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):43-54; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):108-118; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):199-207. [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 34 (1990)-v. 35 (1991)}}.
*'''[Sneed]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Sorrells]''' Weaver, Dorothy Lee. ''The Sorrells Family of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia''. Orange, Va.: D.L. Weaver, 1990. {{FSC|625593|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 So69w}}<br>
*'''[Stamper]''' Latham, Betty Stamper. ''Stamper Footprints, Eleven Generations''. Heritage Books, 1995. {{FSC|755187|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 St23L}}<br>
*'''[Stewart]''' Barlow, John R. ''The Spurger Years, 1948-1953''. Corvallis, Oregon: J.R. Barlow, 1996. {{FSC|769182|item|disp=FS Library Book 921.73 B249bj v. 3}}<br>
*'''[Stovall]''' Baughan, Barbara Clark and Lillian King Lewis. "The Family of George Stovall, Jr.," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1975):195-201. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 19 (1975)}}.
*'''[Sweeney]''' Long, Jerry. ''The Family of Moses Sweeney, ca. 1734-1813''. Owensboro, Ky.: J. Long, 1990. {{FSC|617124|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 Sw35L}}<br>
*'''[Sweeney]''' Sweeney, J. Harvey. ''Moses Sweeney, 1734-1813 Descendants from Amherst County, Virginia and Lincoln County, Kentucky''. Crossville, Tenn.: Sweeney Trust, 2005. {{FSC|929.273 Sw35s}}
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*{{Anchor|T}}'''[Taliaferro]''' Saunders, James Edmonds and Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs. ''Early Settlers of Alabama.'' New Orleans: L. Graham and Son, Printers, 1899. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924102201641 Internet Archive] - free.
*'''[Taylor]''' Dixon, Judith Holden. ''The Moseley/Taylor Families of Thomas Berry Proctor and Willie Ann (Taylor) Moseley: With Material on the Allied Families of: Maxey, Radford, Bondurant, Smith, Trabue, Guerrant, Withers, Hawkins, Duff, Pryor, Branch, Sandifer, Ligon, Hancock, Stovall, Berry, Proctor, Cheadle, Chiles, Woodson, Fleming, Tarleton''. Joplin, Mo.: J.H. Dixon, 1990. {{FSC|407650|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 M852d}}<br>
*'''[Thomas]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
*'''[Thurmond]''' Donnelly, Shirley. ''The Thurmonds: A Study in the Genealogy and History of Philip Thurmond of Amherst County, Virginia and His Descendants''. Oak Hill, W. Va.: n.p., 1939. {{FSC|400139|item|disp=FS Library Film 1036037 Item 17}}; {{WorldCat|5068134|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25672 Ancestry] ($); [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/175731-the-thurmonds-a-study-in-the-genealogy-and-history-of-philip-thurmond-of-amherst-county-virginia-and-his-descendants?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*'''[Thurmond]''' Witschey, Walter Robert Thurmond and Shirley Donnelly. ''The Thurmonds of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Gatewood Company, 1978. {{FSC|369367|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 T425ww}}<br>
*'''[Tilford]''' Smith, Pearl O. ''Tilford Trails''. Arlington, Va., 1991. {{FSC|588965|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 T455s}}.<br>
*'''[Townsend]''' Miles, Frances Townsend. ''Some Descendants of Nathaniel C. Townsend &amp; Sarah H. Austin of Nelson County, Virginia''. Bartlesville, Okla.: F.T. Miles, 1976. {{FSC|27053|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 T665a}}.<br>
*'''[Trent]''' ''Notes on Peter Field Trent''. Typescript. Microfilmed 1983: {{FSC|436253|item|disp=FS Library Fiche 6019060}}; digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/419531-notes-on-peter-field-trent?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].<br>
*'''[Tucker]''' Chapman, Cindy. ''The Tucker Tree''. Pontiac, Ill.: C. Chapman, 1986. {{FSC|433801|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 T795tcc}}<br>
*'''[Tucker]''' 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. [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 34 (1990)-v. 35 (1991)}}.
*'''[Tucker]''' Tucker, Denise A. ''The Family of Drury Tucker of Amherst County, Virginia''. Greensboro, N.C.: D.A. Tucker, 2002. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/596276-the-family-of-drury-tucker-of-amherst-county-virginia?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. {{FSC|1049567|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 T795td}}.
*'''[Tuley]''' Tyley, William Floyd. ''The Tuley Family Memoirs: An Historical, Biographical and Genealogical Story of the Tuleys and the Floyd Family Connection in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana''. New Albany, Ind.: W.J. Hedden, 1906. {{FSC|103406|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 T821tw}}; digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/371299-the-tuley-family-memoirs-an-historical-biographical-and-genealogical-story-of-the-tuleys-and-the-floyd-family-connection-in-virginia-kentucky-and-indiana?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ez5ZAAAAMAAJ Google Books] - free; [https://www.archive.org/details/tuleyfamilymemoi00tule Internet Archive] - free.
*'''[Turner]''' House, Katherine Lucille. ''George Monroe Abell and Lucinda Ludwell Able, A Story of Two Nelson County, Kentucky, Families''. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 2001. {{FSC|1048559|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 Ab35h}}; 2005 edition: {{FSC|1233629|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 Ab35h 2005}}..<br>
*'''[Tyler]''' Fuhlhage, Dorothy V. ''Tyler - Fuhlhage: Cash, Cowman, Doane, Parker, Stradling, Twining, Deane, Ring, Votaw, Yates, Buz, Pribbernow, Ehlert, Hafling, Hartwig, Rieks, Sasse, Sieker''. Benedict, Kansas: D.V. Fuhlhage, [1989?]. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/375449-tyler-fuhlhage-cash-cowman-doane-parker-stradling-twining-deane-ring-votaw-yates-buz-pribbernow-ehlert-hafling-hartwig-rieks-sasse-sieker?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. {{FSC|703415|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 T971f}}<br>


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*Pritchett, John W. ''Southside Virginia Genealogies''. CD-ROM.&nbsp;Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing&nbsp;Co., Inc., 2007.&nbsp;[http://virginians.com/index/index_f.htm Free online index], courtesy: [http://virginians.com/ Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett]. [Includes information about residents of Amherst County, see [http://virginians.com/sources/sources_f.htm discussion of cited sources].] {{FHL|1376005|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1273955415140_890" />&nbsp;CD-ROM no.&nbsp;3887}}. Purchase at [http://virginians.com/index.htm Virginians.com].
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*{{Anchor|V}}'''[Valentine]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].  
*'''[Viers]''' Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book].
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*{{Anchor|W}}'''[Waddill]''' Cabell, James Branch. ''The Majors and Their Marriages: With Colateral Accounts of the Allied Families of Aston, Ballard, Christian, Dancy, Hartwell, Hubard, Macon, Marable, Mason, Patteson, Piersey, Seawell, Stephens, Waddill and Others''. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Printing, 1915. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/majorstheirmarri00cabe Internet Archive] - free; {{FSC|443615|item}}.
*'''[Warwick]''' Beardsley, William Agur. ''Notes on Some of the Warwicks of Virginia.'' New Haven, Conn., 1937.
*'''[Warwick]''' Brayton, John Anderson. "The Warwick Family of Middlesex Co., Va.," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 47, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2003):198-214. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($).
*'''[White]''' Turner, David Anderson and Bonnie Turner Cook. ''White Families of the Virginias: Featuring Descendants of Chickasaw Ben White''. Cape Coral, Fla.: B.T. Cook, 2001. {{FSC|1120579|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 W582td}}<br>
*'''[Whitehead]''' Chorlian, Ruth Whitehead. ''The Whitehead Story''. 1945; revised ed. (1981): {{FSC|81026|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 W587c}}<br>
*'''[Whitten]''' Alexander, Virginia Wood. ''Whitten and Allied Families''. Columbia, Tenn.: V.W. Alexander and W.C. Whitten, 1984.  {{FSC|460296|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 W618a}}.
*'''[Wilcher]''' Horne, Raymond L., Rachel B. Horne, and Melba M. Smith. ''The Wilchers, Georgia Pioneers: A Genealogical Portrait with Supporting Historical Data of the Early Georgia Wilchers with a Special Focus on the Ancestors and Descendants of Julius Wilcher (1879-1953) and Eva Hawkins Wilcher (1883-1925)''. Laurel, Miss.: R.L. Horne, 1995. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/81037-the-wilchers-georgia-pioneers-a-genealogical-portrait-with-supporting-historical-data-of-the-early-georgia-wilchers-with-a-special-focus-on-the-ancestors-and-descendants-of-julius-wilcher-1879-1953-and-eva-hawkins-wilcher-1883-1925-vol-1?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. {{FSC|756497|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 W642hr}}<br>
*'''[Wilson]''' Shinn, Josiah Hazen. ''Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas.'' Little Rock, Ark.: Democrat Printing and Lithographing Co., 1908. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/pioneersandmake01shingoog#page/n352/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free.  
*'''[Wingfield]''' Quarles, Richard W. "The Wingfields of Albemarle County, Virginia--A Correction," ''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy,'' Vol. 26, No. 2 (May 1988):79-100; Vol. 27 (1989):102. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($); {{FSC|478773|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vs}}.
*'''[Wingfield]''' Preston, LeBron C. and Richard Wingfield Quarles. "John and Mary Hudson Wingfield of Hanover County, Virginia," ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1992):243-259. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/285/virginia-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($). {{FSC|33159|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 36 (1992)}}.
*'''[Worley]''' Dean, H. Clark. "Caleb Worley (say 1730-circa 1790) of Virginia and Kentucky, Grandson of Francis Worley of Pennsylvania," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 70, No. 2 (Apr. 1995):75-81. Digital version at [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/283/american-genealogist-the American Ancestors] by NEHGS ($); {{FSC|973 D25aga}}.
*'''[Wright]''' Prince, Thelma Faye Cain. ''Our Southern Ancestors, Cain, Cash, Cooper, Hughes, Martin, Moore, Prince, Sanders, Sorrells, Still, Williams, Wright Families''. Baltimore, Md., 1985. {{FSC|174048|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 C123p}}.<br>  
*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia Part VII, 1767 Francis Wright of Amherst County, His Wife Mary (Hawkins) Wright and His Descendants''. Menlo Park, Calif.: R.N. Grant, 2008. {{FSC|929.273 W93gry v. 7}}; digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/523639-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-1?offset=5 FamilySearch Digital Library]- Vol 1, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/511714-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-2?offset=7 FamilySearch Digital Library]- Vol 2, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/534275-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-3?offset=6 FamilySearch Digital Library]- Vol 3, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/519743-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-4?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]- Vol 4, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/513337-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-5?offset=4 FamilySearch Digital Library]- Vol 5, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/286769-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-6?offset=3 FamilySearch Digital Library]- Vol 6, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/339325-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-7?offset=8 FamilySearch Digital Library]- Vol 7, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/470088-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-8?offset=2 FamilySearch Digital Library]- Vol 8.
*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Wright Family Land Tax Records 1782-1850 Amherst County, Virginia''. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2007. {{FSC|1537069|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 W93gaL}}.
*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Wright Family Birth Records, 1853-1896 Marriage Records, 1761-1900; Census Records, 1810-1900 in Amherst County Virginia''. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2008. {{FSC|1537066|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 W93gab}}.
*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Wright Family Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1850 Amherst County, Virginia''. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2008. {{FSC|1537068|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 W93gap}}.
*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Wright Family Patent Deeds and Land Grants, 1761-1900; Deed Records, 1761-1903; Chancery Court Files, 1804-1900; Death Records, 1853-1920; Cemetery Records by Cemetery; and Probate Records, 1761-1900 in Amherst County, Virginia''. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2009. {{FSC|1649924|item|disp=FS Library Book 929.273 W93gam}}.  
*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia Part VIII, William Wright (Amherst County) and His Wife Esther (_______) Wright and His Descendants''. 3 vols. Menlo Park, Calif.: R.N. Grant, 2009. Digital versions at FamilySearch Digital Library: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/523639-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-1?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library] - Vol 1, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/511714-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-2?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library] - Vol 2, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/534275-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-3?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library] - Vol 3, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/519743-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-vii-1767-francis-wright-of-amherst-county-his-wife-mary-hawkins-wright-and-his-descendants-vol-4?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library] - Vol 4, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/23062-sorting-some-of-the-wrights-of-southern-virginia-part-ix-1769-george-wright-of-essex-county-his-wives-wright-and-elizabeth-wright-and-their-descendants?offset=12 FamilySearch Digital Library], {{FSC|929.273 W93gry v. 8}}
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*'''[Anderson]''' Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. {{FHL|248629|item}} 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920602 JSTOR] ($).
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*'''[Dameron]''' Dameron, Kyle. ''The Descendants of Zechariah Dameron and Margaret Willis Rucker of Amherst County, Virginia.&nbsp;''Coweta, Okla.: n.p., 1975. {{FHL|929.273 D182a}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#A|A]]
*'''[Dillard]''' Dillard Family Association. ''Dillard Annual: The Dillard Family Association''. Dillard, Ga.: Dillard Family Association, 1992-[2001]. {{FHL|391873|item|disp=FHL&nbsp;Book 929.27305 D581da}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#B|B]]
*'''[Frost]''' Roberts, Snyder E. ''Descendants of Joseph Frost, Sr. from Amherst, Bedford, &amp; Washington Counties, Va. to Anderson County, Tn. and Elsewhere''. n.p.: S.E. Roberts, 1989. {{FHL|929.273 F929r}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#C|C]]
*'''[Goodwin]''' "Appendix M: The Goodwins of Caroline and Amherst Counties, Virginia,"&nbsp;''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Vol. 6, No. 2, Supplement (Oct., 1897), p. 120. Available at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR]&nbsp;($).
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#D|D]]
*'''[Hansard]''' Hansard, Sam L. ''Descendants of John Hansard of Amherst County, Virginia, 1766-1976. ''Knoxville, Tenn.:&nbsp;Hansard, 1977. {{FHL|929.273 H198b}} [Mislabeled Jansard in FHLC.]  
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#E|E]]
*'''[Higginbotham]''' Sweeny, Mrs. William Montgomery. "Colonel James Higginbotham, Surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia,"&nbsp;''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Second Series, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 1931), pp. 29-41. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR] ($).
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#F|F]]
*'''[Hylton]''' Hylton, Paul and Evelyn Hylton. ''Genealogy of the Hylton Family in America Branch of George Hilton, Sr., 1699-1770?, of (Goochland Co., Albemarle Co., Amherst Co.) Va.'' Woodinville, Washington: P. &amp; E. Hylton, 1979. FHL US/CAN&nbsp;Pedigree no. 1041.
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#G|G]]
*'''[Landrum]''' Wiley, Roberta V. Landrum. ''Some Descendants of Thomas Landrum of Amherst Co., Va. and Allied Families''. Parkville, Mo.: n.p., 1974. {{FHL|929.273 L238w}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#H|H]]
*'''[Lane]''' Williams, Lyle Keith. ''The Lane-Robertson Families of Amherst County, Virginia and Descendants''. Fort Worth, Texas: L.K. Williams, 1991. {{FHL|929.273 L24wi}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#I|I]]
*'''[Layne]''' Layne, Floyd Benjamin and William Robert Layne. ''Layne Pedigree [Chart], Amherst, Va.'' n.p.: F.B. Layne, 1952.&nbsp;FHL US/CAN Pedigree no. 2157.
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#J|J]]
*'''[Montgomery]''' Ledgerwood, Marian Carter. ''A Montgomery and Cole Record Some Descendants of Alexander Montgomery of Amherst Co., Virginia and Orange Co., North Carolina''. Hot Springs Village, Ark.: M.&nbsp;Ledgerwood, 1989. {{FHL|929.273 M766L}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#K|K]]
*'''[Moore]''' Moore, Charles R. ''The Moore Family of Central Virginia Covering the Counties of Albeharle, Amherst, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange, Virginia''. Charlottesville, Va.: C.R. Moore, 1985. {{FHL|929.273 A1 no. 6921}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#L|L]]
*'''[Morrison]''' Mosher, Merrill Hill. ''Morrison of Albemarle, Amherst &amp; Nelson Counties, Virginia''. Coos Bay, Oregon: M.H. Mosher, 1982. {{FHL|929.273 M834mmh}}.
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#M|M]]
*'''[Oglesby] '''Paul, Oglesby. "A Further Account of the Oglesby Family," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 19 (1942):150-152. {{FHL|973 D25aga}}; digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=283 New England Ancestors] ($).
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#N|N]]
*'''[Omohundro]'''&nbsp;Palmer, Gloria Omohundro. ''Descendants of Spottswood James Omohundro of Amherst County, Virginia, and Elsberry, Lincoln County, Missouri''. Santa Ana,&nbsp;Calif.:&nbsp;G.O. Palmer, 1984. {{FHL|929.273 Om6p}}&nbsp;
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#O|O]]
*'''[Penn]''' Allen, Robert M. ''The Ancestry of Joseph Penn of Amherst Co., Virginia''. San Jose, Calif.: R.M. Allen, 1980. {{FHL|1206417}}&nbsp;Item 7
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#P|P]]
*'''[Quinn]''' Marshall, Thomas E. ''Some Descendants of Jordon Stewart Quinn, Amherst County, Va.'' Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1990. {{FHL|929.273 Q44m}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#Q|Q]]
*'''[Rose]''' Rose, Christine. ''Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850''. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. {{FHL|975.5 A1 no. 56}}; digital version at [http://www.heritagequestonline.com Heritage Quest Online] ($).
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#R|R]]
*'''[Sanderson]''' Hill, Margaret Lester. ''Sanderson: Selected Families from Virginia Westward''. Mollusk, Va.: M.L. Hill, 1988. {{FHL|387088|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Sa56h}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#S|S]]
*'''[Shelton]''' Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. {{FHL|248629|item}} 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920602 JSTOR] ($).
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#T|T]]
*'''[Sims]''' Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. {{FHL|248629|item}} 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920602 JSTOR] ($).
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#U|U]]
*'''[Sweeney]''' Sweeney, J. Harvey. ''Moses Sweeney, 1734-1813 Descendants from Amherst County, Virginia and Lincoln County, Kentucky''. Crossville, Tenn.:&nbsp;Sweeney Trust, 2005. {{FHL|929.273 Sw35s}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#V|V]]
*'''[Thurmond]''' Donnelly, Shirley. ''The Thurmonds:&nbsp;A Study in the Genealogy and History of Philip Thurmond of Amherst County, Virginia and His Descendants''. Oak Hill, W. Va.: n.p., 1939. {{FHL|1036037}} Item 17; digital versions at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25672 Ancestry] ($); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdt3338_thurmonds World Vital Records] ($).
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#W|W]]
*'''[Tucker]''' Tucker, Denise A. ''The Family of Drury Tucker of Amherst County, Virginia''. Greensboro, N.C.: D.A. Tucker, 2002. {{FHL|929.273 T795td}}
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#X|X]]
*'''[Worley]''' Dean, H. Clark. "Caleb Worley (say 1730-circa 1790) of Virginia and Kentucky, Grandson of Francis Worley of Pennsylvania," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 70, No. 2 (Apr. 1995):75-81. {{FHL|973 D25aga}}.
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#Y|Y]]
*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia Part VII, 1767 Francis Wright of Amherst County, His Wife Mary (Hawkins) Wright and His Descendants''. Menlo Park, Calif.: R.N. Grant, 2008. {{FHL|929.273 W93gry v. 7}}; digital version at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH34,112950 Family History Archives].
[[Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies#Z|Z]]
*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Wright Family Land Tax Records 1782-1850 Amherst County, Virginia''. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2007. {{FHL|929.273 W93gaL}}
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*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Wright Family Birth Records, 1853-1896 Marriage Records, 1761-1900; Census Records, 1810-1900 in Amherst County Virginia''. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2008. {{FHL|929.273 W93gab}}
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*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Wright&nbsp;Family Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1850 Amherst County, Virginia''. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2008. {{FHL|929.273 W93gap}}
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*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Wright Family Patent Deeds and Land Grants, 1761-1900; Deed Records, 1761-1903; Chancery Court Files, 1804-1900; Death Records, 1853-1920; Cemetery Records by Cemetery; and Probate Records, 1761-1900 in Amherst County, Virginia''. Westminster, Md.:&nbsp;Heritage Books, 2009. {{FHL|929.273 W93gam}}
=== References ===
*'''[Wright]''' Grant, Robert N. ''Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia Part VIII, William Wright (Amherst County) and His Wife Esther (_______) Wright and His Descendants''. Menlo Park, Calif.: R.N. Grant, 2009. {{FHL|929.273 W93gry v. 8}}


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

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[edit | edit source]

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Amherst, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 94,000 entries.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • [Anderson] Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. FHL Collection 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at JSTOR ($).
  • [Dameron] Dameron, Kyle. The Descendants of Zechariah Dameron and Margaret Willis Rucker of Amherst County, Virginia. Coweta, Okla.: n.p., 1975. FHL 929.273 D182a
  • [Dillard] Dillard Family Association. Dillard Annual: The Dillard Family Association. Dillard, Ga.: Dillard Family Association, 1992-[2001]. FHL Book 929.27305 D581da
  • [Frost] Roberts, Snyder E. Descendants of Joseph Frost, Sr. from Amherst, Bedford, & Washington Counties, Va. to Anderson County, Tn. and Elsewhere. n.p.: S.E. Roberts, 1989. FHL 929.273 F929r
  • [Goodwin] "Appendix M: The Goodwins of Caroline and Amherst Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2, Supplement (Oct., 1897), p. 120. Available at JSTOR ($).
  • [Hansard] Hansard, Sam L. Descendants of John Hansard of Amherst County, Virginia, 1766-1976. Knoxville, Tenn.: Hansard, 1977. FHL 929.273 H198b [Mislabeled Jansard in FHLC.]
  • [Higginbotham] Sweeny, Mrs. William Montgomery. "Colonel James Higginbotham, Surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 1931), pp. 29-41. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
  • [Hylton] Hylton, Paul and Evelyn Hylton. Genealogy of the Hylton Family in America Branch of George Hilton, Sr., 1699-1770?, of (Goochland Co., Albemarle Co., Amherst Co.) Va. Woodinville, Washington: P. & E. Hylton, 1979. FHL US/CAN Pedigree no. 1041.
  • [Landrum] Wiley, Roberta V. Landrum. Some Descendants of Thomas Landrum of Amherst Co., Va. and Allied Families. Parkville, Mo.: n.p., 1974. FHL 929.273 L238w
  • [Lane] Williams, Lyle Keith. The Lane-Robertson Families of Amherst County, Virginia and Descendants. Fort Worth, Texas: L.K. Williams, 1991. FHL 929.273 L24wi
  • [Layne] Layne, Floyd Benjamin and William Robert Layne. Layne Pedigree [Chart], Amherst, Va. n.p.: F.B. Layne, 1952. FHL US/CAN Pedigree no. 2157.
  • [Montgomery] Ledgerwood, Marian Carter. A Montgomery and Cole Record Some Descendants of Alexander Montgomery of Amherst Co., Virginia and Orange Co., North Carolina. Hot Springs Village, Ark.: M. Ledgerwood, 1989. FHL 929.273 M766L
  • [Moore] Moore, Charles R. The Moore Family of Central Virginia Covering the Counties of Albeharle, Amherst, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange, Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: C.R. Moore, 1985. FHL 929.273 A1 no. 6921
  • [Morrison] Mosher, Merrill Hill. Morrison of Albemarle, Amherst & Nelson Counties, Virginia. Coos Bay, Oregon: M.H. Mosher, 1982. FHL 929.273 M834mmh.
  • [Oglesby] Paul, Oglesby. "A Further Account of the Oglesby Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 19 (1942):150-152. FHL 973 D25aga; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
  • [Omohundro] Palmer, Gloria Omohundro. Descendants of Spottswood James Omohundro of Amherst County, Virginia, and Elsberry, Lincoln County, Missouri. Santa Ana, Calif.: G.O. Palmer, 1984. FHL 929.273 Om6p 
  • [Penn] Allen, Robert M. The Ancestry of Joseph Penn of Amherst Co., Virginia. San Jose, Calif.: R.M. Allen, 1980. FHL 1206417 Item 7
  • [Quinn] Marshall, Thomas E. Some Descendants of Jordon Stewart Quinn, Amherst County, Va. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1990. FHL 929.273 Q44m
  • [Rose] Rose, Christine. Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. FHL 975.5 A1 no. 56; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
  • [Sanderson] Hill, Margaret Lester. Sanderson: Selected Families from Virginia Westward. Mollusk, Va.: M.L. Hill, 1988. FHL Book 929.273 Sa56h
  • [Shelton] Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. FHL Collection 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at JSTOR ($).
  • [Sims] Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. FHL Collection 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at JSTOR ($).
  • [Sweeney] Sweeney, J. Harvey. Moses Sweeney, 1734-1813 Descendants from Amherst County, Virginia and Lincoln County, Kentucky. Crossville, Tenn.: Sweeney Trust, 2005. FHL 929.273 Sw35s
  • [Thurmond] Donnelly, Shirley. The Thurmonds: A Study in the Genealogy and History of Philip Thurmond of Amherst County, Virginia and His Descendants. Oak Hill, W. Va.: n.p., 1939. FHL 1036037 Item 17; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
  • [Tucker] Tucker, Denise A. The Family of Drury Tucker of Amherst County, Virginia. Greensboro, N.C.: D.A. Tucker, 2002. FHL 929.273 T795td
  • [Worley] Dean, H. Clark. "Caleb Worley (say 1730-circa 1790) of Virginia and Kentucky, Grandson of Francis Worley of Pennsylvania," The American Genealogist, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Apr. 1995):75-81. FHL 973 D25aga.
  • [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia Part VII, 1767 Francis Wright of Amherst County, His Wife Mary (Hawkins) Wright and His Descendants. Menlo Park, Calif.: R.N. Grant, 2008. FHL 929.273 W93gry v. 7; digital version at Family History Archives.
  • [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Land Tax Records 1782-1850 Amherst County, Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2007. FHL 929.273 W93gaL
  • [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Birth Records, 1853-1896 Marriage Records, 1761-1900; Census Records, 1810-1900 in Amherst County Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2008. FHL 929.273 W93gab
  • [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1850 Amherst County, Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2008. FHL 929.273 W93gap
  • [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Wright Family Patent Deeds and Land Grants, 1761-1900; Deed Records, 1761-1903; Chancery Court Files, 1804-1900; Death Records, 1853-1920; Cemetery Records by Cemetery; and Probate Records, 1761-1900 in Amherst County, Virginia. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2009. FHL 929.273 W93gam
  • [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia Part VIII, William Wright (Amherst County) and His Wife Esther (_______) Wright and His Descendants. Menlo Park, Calif.: R.N. Grant, 2009. FHL 929.273 W93gry v. 8

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