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Guide to '''Montgomery County Virginia genealogy.''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.  

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== Montgomery County, Virginia Courthouse ==

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[http://www.montva.com/ Montgomery County Courthouse]<br>1 East Main Street<br>Christiansburg, Virginia 24073-3027<br>Phone: 540-382-5760<br>

 

Clerk Circuit Court has birth, and death records 1853-1871<br>marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1773<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Montgomery County, Virginia. Page 717 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>  

 

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| width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Vital_Records|Birth]]'''

| width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Vital_Records|Marriage]]'''

| width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Vital_Records|Death]]'''

| width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Census|Census]]'''

| width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Land|Land]]'''

| width="16.6%" align="center" | '''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Probate|Probate]]'''

| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1853

| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1773

| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1853

| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1810

== Montgomery County, Virginia History  ==

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'''1776'''--Montgomery County was created 7 October 1776 from Fincastle and [[Botetourt County, Virginia|Botetourt]] Counties. Fincastle County was formed from Botetourt County in 1772, and was abolished in 1777.<br>'''County seat:''' Christiansburg&nbsp;<ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

==== Boundary Changes ====

For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, [http://www.mapofus.org/virginia/ "Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps"] (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

 

== Montgomery County, Virginia Places/Localities  ==

 

 

 

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*[[Craig County, Virginia|Craig]]  

*[[Floyd County, Virginia|Floyd]]

 

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*[[Giles County, Virginia|Giles]]  

*[[Pulaski County, Virginia|Pulaski]]

 

*[[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke]]

 

== Montgomery County, Virginia Genealogy Resources  ==

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Freedmen's Bureau {{RecordSearch|1596147|Letters or Correspondence, 1865-1872}}

*Dickenson, Richard B. ''Entitled! Free Papers in Appalachia Concerning Antebellum Freeborn Negroes and Emancipated Blacks of Montgomery County, Virginia''. Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society Bookstore, 1981. {{FHL|190075|item}} 975.5785 F2d

==== Bible Records  ====

{{RAOGKcemetery}}  

*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/virginia/montgomery.html Tombstone Transcription Project Montgomery County] - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb

{{VAcensus}}  

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|1800=9044

|1810=8409

|1820=8733

|1830=12306

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<br>'''1790''' - Lost, but a substitute is available, see [[Montgomery County, Virginia#Taxation|Taxation]].

'''1800''' - Lost, but a substitute is available, see [[Montgomery County, Virginia#Taxation|Taxation]].  

'''1810'''  

*''1810 Census of Montgomery County, Virginia.'' Beverly, W. Va.: Crickard, 1969?, 1979. Available at {{FHL|635919|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10621 Ancestry] ($).

'''1840'''  

*Douthat, James L. ''1840 Mountain Empire of Virginia Census''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2001. {{FHL|1006618|item}} 975.5 X2d 1840. '''Free online surname index''' and purchase details at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/1840_MtnEmpireCensus.html Mountain Press] website. [Includes Montgomery County.]

'''1890 Union Veterans'''  

*Turner, Ronald Ray. ''[http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/VirginiaCivilWarVets.doc Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890]''. Available online, courtesy: [http://www.pwcvabooks.com/index.htm Prince William County Virginia] website. [Includes residents of this county.]

==== Church Records ====

===== Baptist  =====

Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

#'''Greasy Creek''' (1789)<ref name="baptist" />  

#'''Meadow Creek''' (1785)<ref name="baptist" />  

#'''N.F. Roanoke''' (1801)<ref name="baptist" />  

#'''Pine Creek '''(1803)<ref name="baptist">Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, ''A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia'' (Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 349. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t6RhTC8ziQQC Google Books].</ref>  

Montgomery County fell within the bounds of the New River Association.  

===== Church of England =====

Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Montgomery County is available [http://archive.org/stream/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft#page/56/mode/2up online.]<ref name="meade">William Meade, ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia'', 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: [http://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft Vol. II].</ref>

===== German Reformed  =====

*Braun, Johannes, Klaus Wust and Joseph H. Meyerhoeffer. ''Shenandoah Valley Family Data, 1799-1813: From the Memorandum Book of Pastor Johannes Braun''. Edinburg, Va.: Shenandoah History Publishers, 1978. {{FHL|16966|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2bjo}}.

===== Quaker  =====

*'''Burk's Fork Monthly Meeting''' (1800-1812)<ref name="jay">Jay Worrall, ''The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Company, 1994), 537-539. {{FHL|702792|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 K2wj}}.</ref>

==== Court  ====

More than 100 genealogies have been published about Montgomery County families. To view a list, visit [[Montgomery County, Virginia Genealogy|Montgomery County, Virginia Genealogy]].

==== Land and Property  ====

An early settlers map is available for Montgomery County. Hildebrand plots the locations of pioneers from 1750-1865. The Family History Library has a copy: {{FHL|505481|item|disp=FHL Map 975.5785 E7h}}.

'''''Grants and Patents'''''  

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*Sims, Edgar Barr. ''Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia''. [Springfield, Virginia]: Genealogical Books in Print, c1992. Available at {{FHL|519486|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [Includes Montgomery County, Virginia.]

==== Local Histories  ====

*Crush, Charles W. ''The Montgomery County Story, 1776-1957''. unknown: unknown, 1957. Available at {{FHL|158008|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10584 Ancestry] ($).

*''Montgomery County, Virginia''. Blacksburg?, Va.: unknown, 1907. Available at {{FHL|633818|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10582 Ancestry] ($).

==== Military  ====

===== French and Indian War  =====

[http://www.archive.org/stream/virginiamilitiai00mcal#page/37/mode/1up {{PAGENAME}} residents' participation in the Revolutionary War].<ref>J.T. McAllister, ''Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data'' (Hot Springs, Va.: McAllister Pub. Co., 1913), 37-38. Digitized by [http://www.archive.org/details/virginiamilitiai00mcal Internet Archive].</ref>

*Kegley, Mary B. ''Revolutionary War Pension Applications of Southwest Virginia Soldiers''. n.p.: M.B. Kegley, 1997. {{FHL|677541|item}} [Includes Montgomery County pensioners.]

*''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841. Digital versions at [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books] ''et. al''. 1967 reprint: {{FHL|282860|item|disp=FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840}}. [See Virginia, Western District, Montgomery County on page 135.]

*''Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions''. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include&nbsp;"an Added Index to States." {{FHL|287870|item|disp=FHL Book 973 M24ur}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48141 Ancestry] ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

===== War of 1812  =====

Montgomery County men served in the 75th Regiment.<ref>Stuart Lee Butler, ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 145. {{FHL|669440|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2bs}}.</ref>

*''List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance...'' Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. {{FHL|286899|item}} 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog Internet Archive]. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Montgomery County, p. 91. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

===== Civil War  =====

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:- [[4th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)|4th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)]]. Company B (Fort Lewis Volunteers), Company E (Montgomery Highlanders), Company G (Montgomery Fencibles).<ref>James I. Robertson, ''4th Virginia Infantry'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.F. Howard, 1982). {{FHL|342003|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 1}}.</ref>  

:- [[11th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)|11th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)]].<ref>Robert T. Bell, ''11th Virginia Infantry'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1985). {{FHL|430130|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 20}}.</ref>  

:- [[14th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)|14th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)]]. Company F (2nd) and Company G (Border Rangers).<ref>Robert J. Driver, ''14th Virginia Cavalry'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1988). {{FHL|370000|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 47}}.</ref>

:- [[22nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Bowen's Virginia Mounted Riflemen) (Confederate)|22nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Bowen's Virginia Mounted Riflemen) (Confederate)]]. Company K.

:- [[24th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)|24th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)]]. Company K (New River Grays).<ref>Ralph White Gunn, ''24th Virginia Infantry'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1987). {{FHL|577176|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 34}}.</ref>

:- [[25th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)|25th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)]]. Company E and Company F.<ref>Dobbie E. Lambert, ''25th Virginia Cavalry'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1994). {{FHL|566442|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 106}}.</ref>

:- [[54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)|54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)]]. Companies C and E (Montgomery Grays).<ref>George L. Sherwood and Jeffrey C. Weaver, ''54th Virginia Infantry'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1993). {{FHL|645812|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 91}}.</ref>

:- [[63rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (McMahon's) (Confederate)|63rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (McMahon's) (Confederate)]]. Company D.<ref>Jeffrey C. Weaver, ''63rd Virginia Infantry'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1991). {{FHL|457315|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 76}}.</ref>

Records and histories are available, including:  

*Virginia, Civil War Service {{RecordSearch|1932427|Records of Union Soldiers 1861-1865}}

{{VAnews}}  

Indexed images of the [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm Virginia Gazette ](1736-1780) are available online through the [http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/ Colonial Williamsburg ]website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia]. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.  

==== Naturalization  ====

Virginia Naturalization {{RecordSearch|1877093|Petitions, 1906-1929}}  

==== Periodicals ====

'''''Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin'''''  

Several genealogical articles with abstracts of Montgomery County, Virginia records have been published in the ''Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin'' (39+ vols., 1972-present), the journal of the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwag/index.htm Watauga Association of Genealogists]. The organization has posted tables of contents for most volumes on their [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwag/bulletins.htm website]. Back issues are available for purchase.The Family&nbsp;History Library has a complete collection {{FHL|39987|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Books 976.897 B2w}}, including Margaret W. Hougland and Betty Jane Hylton's&nbsp;''Bulletin Subject Index: The First Thirty Years, 1972-2001'' (Johnson City, Tenn.: Watauga Association of Genealogists, 2002) {{FHL|1119285|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.897 B2w index 1972-2001}}.

==== Probate Records ====

{{Vawill|1773-1800}}  

==== Public Papers  ====

Virginia, {{RecordSearch|1932510|Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007}}  

==== Research Guides ====

*"A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Montgomery County," ''The Virginia Genealogist'', Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):298-301. {{FHL|33159|title-id|disp=FHL Collection}}; digital version at [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=285 American Ancestors] ($).

==== Taxation  ====

[[Virginia Tax Lists|How can Virginia tax lists help me?]]&nbsp;  

*'''[1770-1773] '''Kegley, Mary B. ''New River Tithables, 1770-1773''. Wytheville, Virginia: M.B. Kegley, 1972. Available at {{FHL|62229|title-id|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[1782] '''Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. ''Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau''. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at {{FHL|1111104|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [1782 personal property tax list of Montgomery County.]

*'''[1787] '''Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. ''The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's&nbsp;Licenses Were Issued''. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at {{FHL|622815|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Montgomery County is included in Vol. 1.]

*'''[1787-1788, 1797]''' Delinquent Tax List, 1787, 1788, 1797 ''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy,'' Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov. 1999). Available at {{FHL|478773|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($).

*'''[1787, 1798-1799]''' Delinquent Tax Lists, 1787 (sel.), 1798-99, ''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy,'' Vol. 34, No. 2 (Spring 1996). Available at {{FHL|478773|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 New England Ancestors].

*'''[1790]''' County Tax Delinquents, 1790,&nbsp;''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy'', Vol. 43, No. 4 (Nov. 2005). Available at {{FHL|478773|title-id|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[1815] '''Ward, Roger D. ''1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer)''. 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at {{FHL|692063|title-id|disp=FHL}}. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Montgomery County is included in Vol. 5.]

*'''[1830]''' Delinquent Muster Tax, Capt. Osborne, 1830,&nbsp;''Magazine of Virginia Genealogy'', Vol. 38, No. 1 (Feb. 2000). Available at {{FHL|478773|title-id|disp=FHL}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6131 Ancestry] ($).

==== Vital Records ====

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===== Birth =====

*'''1853-1871''' - Montgomery County Birth Index 1853-1871. Batch {{IGI|C868789}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr">Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/3/37/Igivirginia.pdf.</ref>

*'''1660-1800''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3002 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800] (Ancestry) ($).

*'''1740-1850''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3723 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850] (Ancestry) ($).

*'''1777-1853''' - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1777-1853. Batch {{IGI|M868788}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr" />

*'''1850-1860''' - Montgomery County Marriages 1850-1860 (VAGenWeb) - free. Sorted by [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vamontgo/mcvamarriagessortedbygroom1850-1860.htm groom]; sorted by [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vamontgo/marriagemontgomerycounty1850-1860.htm bride].

*'''1854-1902''' - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1854-1902. Batch {{IGI|M868789}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr" />

===== Death  =====

*'''1853-1868''' - Montgomery County Death Index 1853-1868. Batch {{IGI|B868789}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr" />

===== Vital Record Substitutes  =====

{{VAnewspapers}}  

{{Tip|For birth, marriage, and death record substitutes, see [[{{PAGENAME}}#Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[{{PAGENAME}}#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[{{PAGENAME}}#Church Records|Church Records]], [[{{PAGENAME}}#Newspapers|Newspapers]], and [[{{PAGENAME}}#Probate Records|Probate Records]].}}  

== Montgomery County, Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries  ==

There are many geneological MS holdings, including&nbsp;full collections&nbsp;located at Virginia Tech Special Collections Department on the first floor of Newman Library on campus.  

== Montgomery County, Virginia Genealogy Websites  ==

*Montgomery County, Virginia[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vamontgo/montgomy.htm USGENWEB].

*[http://www.familytree101.com/virginia/montgomery-county.html Montgomery County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy] (Familytree101)

*{{FHL|Virginia%2C+Montgomery|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}  

*[http://www.cyndislist.com/us/va/counties/montgomery/ Cyndi's List]

== References ==

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