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*'''[Boian]''' Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. ''Boians of Kentucky''. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, 1995. {{FHL|759962|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 B635e}}<br>  
*'''[Boian]''' Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. ''Boians of Kentucky''. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, 1995. {{FHL|759962|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 B635e}}<br>  
*'''[Bowen]''' Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. ''Boians of Kentucky''. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, 1995. {{FHL|759962|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 B635e}}<br>  
*'''[Bowen]''' Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. ''Boians of Kentucky''. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, 1995. {{FHL|759962|item|disp=FHL 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. {{FHL|247062|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 B684bc}}; digital version at [[www.archive.org/stream/bowmangenealogyf00bowm|Internet Archive]].<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. {{FHL|247062|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 B684bc}}; digital version at [http://www.archive.org/stream/bowmangenealogyf00bowm Internet Archive].<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. {{FHL|294640|item|disp=FHL Film 1035730 Item 11}}<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. {{FHL|294640|item|disp=FHL Film 1035730 Item 11}}; digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17114 Ancestry] ($); [http://books.google.com/books?id=zz47AAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>  
*'''[Butler]''' ''Butler Family Bible Records, 1879-1953''. MSS. Microfilm: {{FHL|522867|item|disp=FHL Film 869287 Item 2}}<br>  
*'''[Butler]''' ''Butler Family Bible Records, 1879-1953''. MSS. Microfilm: {{FHL|522867|item|disp=FHL Film 869287 Item 2}}<br>  
'''[Cabell]''' Brown, Alexander. ''The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy''. 1895. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/cabellstheirkinm00brow Internet Archive 2nd ed. 1939; digital version of 2nd ed.: [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=12821 Ancestry] ($). 1978 reprint of 2nd ed.: {{FHL|77592|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 C111b 1978}}.<br>
*'''[Campbell]''' Symonds, Francis Campbell. ''Campbell Documents''. Typescript. [[Library of Virginia|Library of Virginia]], Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 1, Ca. {{FHL|323201|item|disp=FHL Film 29883 Item 1}}<br>
*'''[Childers]''' Hanks, Virginia C. ''Childers of Lincoln County, Washington''. 1989. {{FHL|420217|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 C437hvc}}<br>  
*'''[Childers]''' Hanks, Virginia C. ''Childers of Lincoln County, Washington''. 1989. {{FHL|420217|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 C437hvc}}<br>  
*'''[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}}  
*'''[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}}  
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*'''[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}}  
*'''[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}}  
*'''[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?]. {{FHL|961245|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 G223k}}<br>  
*'''[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?]. {{FHL|961245|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 G223k}}<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. {{FHL|113007|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 G416s}}<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. {{FHL|113007|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 G416s}}<br>  
*'''[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;($).  
*'''[Goodwin]''' "Appendix M: The Goodwins of Caroline and Amherst Counties, Virginia,"&nbsp;''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Vol. 6, No. 2, Supplement (Oct., 1897), p. 120. Available at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR]&nbsp;($).  
*'''[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. {{FHL|1120579|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W582td}}<br>  
*'''[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. {{FHL|1120579|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W582td}}<br>  
*'''[Hamilton]''' Hamilton, Emory L. ''One Hamilton Clan: The Descendants of Schuyler Hamilton''. Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press, 1990. {{FHL|400496|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 H18h}}; digital version at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH6,101382 Family History Archives].<br>
*'''[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.]  
*'''[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.]  
*'''[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] ($).  
*'''[Higginbotham]''' Sweeny, Mrs. William Montgomery. "Colonel James Higginbotham, Surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia,"&nbsp;''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Second Series, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 1931), pp. 29-41. Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org JSTOR] ($).  
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*'''[Hill]''' Albin, Nancy Hill Layne. ''A Genealogical History of the Hill, Dameron, Layne and Bailey Families''. n.p.: N.H.L. Albin, 2001. {{FHL|1039668|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 774}}<br>  
*'''[Hill]''' Albin, Nancy Hill Layne. ''A Genealogical History of the Hill, Dameron, Layne and Bailey Families''. n.p.: N.H.L. Albin, 2001. {{FHL|1039668|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 774}}<br>  
*'''[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.  
*'''[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.  
'''[Ison]''' Tripp, Marcia J. Wagar. ''Ison-Gilliam Genealogical Collection, ca. 1600-1936''. MSS. Microfilmed 1973:&nbsp;{{FHL|353271|item|disp=FHL 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. {{FHL|299182|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Is7p}}<br>
*'''[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}}  
*'''[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}}  
*'''[Landrum]''' Albin, Nancy Hill Layne. ''A Genealogical History of the Hill, Dameron, Layne and Bailey Families''. n.p.: N.H.L. Albin, 2001. {{FHL|1039668|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 774}}<br>  
*'''[Landrum]''' Albin, Nancy Hill Layne. ''A Genealogical History of the Hill, Dameron, Layne and Bailey Families''. n.p.: N.H.L. Albin, 2001. {{FHL|1039668|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 774}}<br>  
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*'''[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.  
*'''[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.  
*'''[Lockhart]''' Lockhart, Tex and Lawanda Lockhart. ''Walter Lockhart and Descendants''. Stanton, Calif.: L. Lockhart, 1983. {{FHL|4127|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 L811L}}<br>  
*'''[Lockhart]''' Lockhart, Tex and Lawanda Lockhart. ''Walter Lockhart and Descendants''. Stanton, Calif.: L. Lockhart, 1983. {{FHL|4127|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 L811L}}<br>  
*'''[McCraw]''' Kent, Jane McCraw. ''The McCraw Clan of Lynchburg &amp; Vicinity''. Dover, Del.: J.M. Kent, 1981. {{FHL|205277|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 M137k}}<br>
*'''[McCraw]''' Kent, Jane McCraw. ''The McCraw Clan of Lynchburg &amp; Vicinity''. Dover, Del.: J.M. Kent, 1981. {{FHL|205277|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 M137k}}<br>  
*'''[Manion]''' Rice, Christine Rogers. ''Genesis in Virginia''. 2 vols. Carbondale,&nbsp;Ill.: C.R. Rice, 1995.&nbsp;{{FHL|746354|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R36rc v. 1-v. 2}}<br>  
*'''[Manion]''' Rice, Christine Rogers. ''Genesis in Virginia''. 2 vols. Carbondale,&nbsp;Ill.: C.R. Rice, 1995.&nbsp;{{FHL|746354|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R36rc v. 1-v. 2}}<br>  
'''[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. {{FHL|12502|item|disp=FHL 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.&nbsp;{{FHL|9773|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 M455ma}}<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.&nbsp;Ledgerwood, 1989. {{FHL|929.273 M766L}}  
*'''[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}}  
*'''[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}}  
*'''[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}}  
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*'''[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;  
*'''[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;  
*'''[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  
*'''[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  
*'''[Phillips]''' Austin, Jeannette H. ''Genealogy of the Phillips Family in Georgia, 1656-1923''. Riverdale, Ga.: J.H. Austin, [1985?]. {{FHL|388865|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P541aj}}<br>
*'''[Powell]''' Floyd, N.J. ''Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyd Families: With Notes of Some Collateral Branches''. Baltimore: Williams &amp; Wilkins Co., 1912. {{FHL|262506|item|disp=FHL Film 1017043 Item 16}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=bUNMAAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>  
*'''[Powell]''' Floyd, N.J. ''Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyd Families: With Notes of Some Collateral Branches''. Baltimore: Williams &amp; Wilkins Co., 1912. {{FHL|262506|item|disp=FHL Film 1017043 Item 16}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=bUNMAAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br>  
*'''[Purvis]''' Oliver, Alice Lee Simpson. ''The Purvis Family in Virginia and Their Kin''. Shipman, Va.: Oliver, 1969. {{FHL|45354|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P978a}}<br>  
*'''[Purvis]''' Oliver, Alice Lee Simpson. ''The Purvis Family in Virginia and Their Kin''. Shipman, Va.: Oliver, 1969. {{FHL|45354|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P978a}}<br>  
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*'''[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}}  
*'''[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}}  
*'''[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] ($); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdt3338_thurmonds World Vital Records] ($).  
*'''[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] ($); and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdt3338_thurmonds World Vital Records] ($).  
*'''[Thurmond]''' Witschey, Walter Robert Thurmond and Shirley Donnelly. ''The Thurmonds of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: Gatewood Company, 1978. {{FHL|369367|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 T425ww}}<br>
*'''[Tucker]''' Chapman, Cindy. ''The Tucker Tree''. Pontiac, Ill.: C. Chapman, 1986. {{FHL|433801|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 T795tcc}}<br>  
*'''[Tucker]''' Chapman, Cindy. ''The Tucker Tree''. Pontiac, Ill.: C. Chapman, 1986. {{FHL|433801|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 T795tcc}}<br>  
*'''[Tucker]''' Tucker, Denise A. ''The Family of Drury Tucker of Amherst County, Virginia''. Greensboro, N.C.: D.A. Tucker, 2002. {{FHL|929.273 T795td}}
*'''[Tucker]''' Tucker, Denise A. ''The Family of Drury Tucker of Amherst County, Virginia''. Greensboro, N.C.: D.A. Tucker, 2002. {{FHL|929.273 T795td}}

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Main article: 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.

Compiled genealogies covering many Amherst County families include:

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 ($).
  • [Blanks] Wilson, John H. The Blanks Family. 2 vols. El Paso, Texas: J.H. Wilson, 1971-1982. FHL Book 929.273 B611bc v. 1-v. 2
  • [Boian] Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. Boians of Kentucky. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, 1995. FHL Book 929.273 B635e
  • [Bowen] Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. Boians of Kentucky. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, 1995. FHL Book 929.273 B635e
  • [Bowman] Bowman, Charles W. Bowman Genealogy: Fragmentary Annals of a Branch of the Bowman Family, to Which is Appended Data Relating to Other Bowmans and the Spencers. Washington, D.C.: Law Reporter Print, 1912. FHL Book 929.273 B684bc; digital version at Internet Archive.
  • [Burford] Burford, Wesley B. Burford Genealogy: Showing the Ancestors and Descendants of Miles Washington Burford and Nancy Jane Burford the Father and Mother of Wesley B. Burford, the Compiler. Indianapolis: W.B. Burford, 1914. FHL Film 1035730 Item 11; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books.
  • [Butler] Butler Family Bible Records, 1879-1953. MSS. Microfilm: FHL Film 869287 Item 2

[Cabell] Brown, Alexander. The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy. 1895. Digital version at 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.: FHL Book 929.273 C111b 1978.

  • [Campbell] Symonds, Francis Campbell. Campbell Documents. Typescript. Library of Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 1, Ca. FHL Film 29883 Item 1
  • [Childers] Hanks, Virginia C. Childers of Lincoln County, Washington. 1989. FHL Book 929.273 C437hvc
  • [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
  • [Dameron] Dameron, Kyle. Descendants of Charles and Mary E. "Polly" (Magann) Dameron. Tulsa, Okla.: K. Dameron, 1989. FHL Book 929.273 A1 no. 5601
  • [Dillard] Dillard Family Association. Dillard Annual: The Dillard Family Association. Dillard, Ga.: Dillard Family Association, 1992-[2001]. FHL Book 929.27305 D581da
  • [Evans] Evans, Cleo Louise Harman. The Robert Evans Family, Virginia and Georgia. Arlington, Va.: Babbelonia Printers, 1966. FHL Film 1033987 Item 11
  • [Fitzgerald] Olson, Charlene. The Joseph Hawkins Fitzgerald Family: From Virginia to Kentucky to Indiana. Lindon, Utah: C. Olson, 2007. FHL Book 929.273 F576o
  • [Fitzgerald] Olson, Charlene. The John Fitzgerald Family: From Virginia to Kentucky and Indiana. Lindon, Utah: C. Olson, 2007. FHL Book 929.273 F576oc
  • [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. FHL Book 929.273 T821tw; digital versions at Family History Archives; Google Books; Internet Archive.
  • [Floyd] Floyd, N.J. Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyd Families: With Notes of Some Collateral Branches. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1912. FHL Film 1017043 Item 16; digital version at Google Books.
  • [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
  • [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?]. FHL Book 929.273 G223k
  • [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. FHL Book 929.273 G416s
  • [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 ($).
  • [Goodwin] Turner, David Anderson and Bonnie Turner Cook. White Families of the Virginias: Featuring Descendants of Chickasaw Ben White. Cape Coral, Fla.: B.T. Cook, 2001. FHL Book 929.273 W582td
  • [Hamilton] Hamilton, Emory L. One Hamilton Clan: The Descendants of Schuyler Hamilton. Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press, 1990. FHL Book 929.273 H18h; digital version at Family History Archives.
  • [Hansard] Hansard, Sam L. Descendants of John Hansard of Amherst County, Virginia, 1766-1976. Knoxville, Tenn.: Hansard, 1977. FHL 929.273 H198b [Mislabeled Jansard in FHLC.]
  • [Higginbotham] Sweeny, Mrs. William Montgomery. "Colonel James Higginbotham, Surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 1931), pp. 29-41. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
  • [Higginbotham] Higginbotham Family. Library of Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 4, Hig. FHL Film 29884 Item 1
  • [Hill] Albin, Nancy Hill Layne. A Genealogical History of the Hill, Dameron, Layne and Bailey Families. n.p.: N.H.L. Albin, 2001. FHL CD-ROM no. 774
  • [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.

[Ison] Tripp, Marcia J. Wagar. Ison-Gilliam Genealogical Collection, ca. 1600-1936. MSS. Microfilmed 1973: FHL Film 908349 Item 1

  • [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. FHL Book 929.273 Is7p
  • [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
  • [Landrum] Albin, Nancy Hill Layne. A Genealogical History of the Hill, Dameron, Layne and Bailey Families. n.p.: N.H.L. Albin, 2001. FHL CD-ROM no. 774
  • [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.
  • [Lockhart] Lockhart, Tex and Lawanda Lockhart. Walter Lockhart and Descendants. Stanton, Calif.: L. Lockhart, 1983. FHL Book 929.273 L811L
  • [McCraw] Kent, Jane McCraw. The McCraw Clan of Lynchburg & Vicinity. Dover, Del.: J.M. Kent, 1981. FHL Book 929.273 M137k
  • [Manion] Rice, Christine Rogers. Genesis in Virginia. 2 vols. Carbondale, Ill.: C.R. Rice, 1995. FHL Book 929.273 R36rc v. 1-v. 2

[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. FHL Film 1016936 Item 8

  • [Mays] Mays, Ivan K. and Samuel Edward Mays. The Mays Family, a Sequel to "The Mays Family" by Samuel Edward Mays. Austin Texas, 1970. FHL Book 929.273 M455ma
  • [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 ($).
  • [Omohundro] Palmer, Gloria Omohundro. Descendants of Spottswood James Omohundro of Amherst County, Virginia, and Elsberry, Lincoln County, Missouri. Santa Ana, Calif.: G.O. Palmer, 1984. FHL 929.273 Om6p 
  • [Penn] Allen, Robert M. The Ancestry of Joseph Penn of Amherst Co., Virginia. San Jose, Calif.: R.M. Allen, 1980. FHL 1206417 Item 7
  • [Phillips] Austin, Jeannette H. Genealogy of the Phillips Family in Georgia, 1656-1923. Riverdale, Ga.: J.H. Austin, [1985?]. FHL Book 929.273 P541aj
  • [Powell] Floyd, N.J. Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyd Families: With Notes of Some Collateral Branches. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1912. FHL Film 1017043 Item 16; digital version at Google Books.
  • [Purvis] Oliver, Alice Lee Simpson. The Purvis Family in Virginia and Their Kin. Shipman, Va.: Oliver, 1969. FHL Book 929.273 P978a
  • [Quinn] Marshall, Thomas E. Some Descendants of Jordon Stewart Quinn, Amherst County, Va. Bedford, Va.: T.E. Marshall, 1990. FHL 929.273 Q44m
  • [Rhoads] Rhoads, Frederick W., Forrest L. Rhoads and Najla L. Kutait. Our Rhoads Family. Longview, Wash.: F.L. Rhoads, 1990s. FHL Book 929.273 R346rf
  • [Rose] Rose, Christine. Abstracts of Early Virginia Rose Estates: Wills, Inventories, Accounts and Administrator's Bonds before 1850. San Jose, Calif.: Rose Family Bulletin, 1972. FHL 975.5 A1 no. 56; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
  • [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 ($).
  • [Sims] Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. FHL Collection 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at JSTOR ($).
  • [Sorrells] Weaver, Dorothy Lee. The Sorrells Family of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Orange, Va.: D.L. Weaver, 1990. FHL Book 929.273 So69w
  • [Stamper] Latham, Betty Stamper. Stamper Footprints, Eleven Generations. Heritage Books, 1995. FHL Book 929.273 St23L
  • [Stewart] Barlow, John R. The Spurger Years, 1948-1953. Corvallis, Oregon: J.R. Barlow, 1996. FHL Book 921.73 B249bj v. 3
  • [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 ($); and World Vital Records ($).
  • [Thurmond] Witschey, Walter Robert Thurmond and Shirley Donnelly. The Thurmonds of Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Gatewood Company, 1978. FHL Book 929.273 T425ww
  • [Tucker] Chapman, Cindy. The Tucker Tree. Pontiac, Ill.: C. Chapman, 1986. FHL Book 929.273 T795tcc
  • [Tucker] Tucker, Denise A. The Family of Drury Tucker of Amherst County, Virginia. Greensboro, N.C.: D.A. Tucker, 2002. FHL 929.273 T795td
  • [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?]. FHL Book 929.273 T971f
  • [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. FHL Book 929.273 W582td
  • [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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