Clarke County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Main article: Clarke 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

As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Clarke, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 10,000 entries.

Clarke County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 25 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Clarke County families include:

• Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick. n.p.: n.p., c1909. FHL Collection 975.59 H2c 1963; FHL Collection 1000634 Item 1; digital version at Ancestry ($); BYU Family History Archives and World Vital Records ($). [3 copies at FHL.]
• Myers, Lorraine F., Stuart E. Brown and Eileen M. Chappel. Some Old Families of Clarke County, Virginia. Berryville, Va.: Virginia Book Co., 1994. FHL Collection 975.598 D2m

Bibliography

• [Cooper] Rivara, Don. The Cooper Family History. Lodi, Calif.: D. Rivara, [1994?]. FHL Book 929.273 C784ri.
• [Lindsey] Thorndale, William. Lindseys of Long Marsh Run, now Clarke County, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley: and Lindseys of Little Bigby Creek, Maury County, Tennessee. 1975. FHL Collection 929.273 L645tw
• [Muse] McLelland, Roz and Mariane Muse. Charles K. Muse Collection, 1533 THL: Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia. MSS. Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Va. Microfilmed 2005: FHL Film 1575454.
• [Nelson] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. FHL Collection 929.273 P141pb; digital version at Google Books.
• [Page] Coddington, John Insley. "The Family of Dr. Matthew Page of Edenton, North Carolina," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1969):121-124. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 13 (1969).
• [Page] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. FHL Collection 929.273 P141pb; digital version at Google Books.
• [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Page Family Records in Virginia Counties. 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 1982-2006. FHL Book 929.273 P141rdc v. 2 [Campbell County appears in Vol. 2 Part 2]
• [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). 2 vols. Carmichael, Calif.: D.C. Rutherford, 2002. FHL Book 929.273 P141rd v. 1-2 [Campbell County appears in Vol. 1]
• [Pendleton] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. FHL Collection 929.273 P141pb; digital version at Google Books.
• [Sowers] Buck, Dee Ann Shipp. A Tabulated Genealogy of the Family of Jacob and Mary Sowers of Virginia: Ancestry of Etta Double Sowers, Wife of Charles Edward McKay. Fairfax, Va.: D.A.S. Buck, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 So93b 1991.
• [Tomlin] Baer, Mabel Van Dyke. "The Family of John Tomlin," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1961):130. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 5 (1961).

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