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Complete military records do not exist for Virginia before the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Most of those that survive have been gathered and published in the following books: | Complete military records do not exist for Virginia before the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Most of those that survive have been gathered and published in the following books: | ||
*Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1988.) {{FHL|47143|item|disp=975.5 M2bL}}.) This is a comprehensive list compiled from numerous primary and secondary sources. May give the soldier's name, military unit, residence, age, description, and occupation. | *Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1988.) {{FHL|47143|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 M2bL}}.) This is a comprehensive list compiled from numerous primary and secondary sources. May give the soldier's name, military unit, residence, age, description, and occupation. | ||
*Crozier, William A. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. | *Crozier, William A. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. (New York, NY: Genealogical Association, 1905. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.) {{FHL|72797|item|disp=FHL fiche 6048997; book 975.5 M2c}} A digitized version is available through the FHL catalogy entry. This includes published rosters of soldiers listed in many sources such as land bounty certificates, militia rosters, or service records. | ||
*Eckenrode, H. J. ''List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia''. 1917. Reprint, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1974.) | *Eckenrode, H. J. ''List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia''. 1917. Reprint, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1974.) {{FHL|73202|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 M2vl}} 1974; 1917 ed. on fiche {{FHL|73202|item|disp=6046993}}) This is an alphabetical directory of 6,700 soldiers and transcripts of the original sources of information. | ||
*Kegley, Mary B. ''Soldiers of Fincastle County, Virginia, 1774''. (Dublin, Virginia: M. B. Kegley, 1974) {{WorldCat|1325026|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; ({{FHL|62113|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A1 no. 12}}) The record is arranged by companies and gives name, number of days served, rate, and amount paid. This record includes an index. | *Kegley, Mary B. ''Soldiers of Fincastle County, Virginia, 1774''. (Dublin, Virginia: M. B. Kegley, 1974) {{WorldCat|1325026|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; ({{FHL|62113|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 A1 no. 12}}) The record is arranged by companies and gives name, number of days served, rate, and amount paid. This record includes an index. | ||
*Neville, John Davenport. ''Bacon's Rebellion. Abstracts of Materials in the Colonial Records Project''. (Richmond, Va., 1976.) {{WorldCat|2624359|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; | *Neville, John Davenport. ''Bacon's Rebellion. Abstracts of Materials in the Colonial Records Project''. (Richmond, Va., 1976.) {{WorldCat|2624359|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|454985|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 H23b}} | ||
*Taylor, Philip F. ''A Calendar of the Warrants for Land in Kentucky, Granted for Service in the French and Indian War''. 1917. Reprint, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967.) {{FHL|85944|item|disp=FHL fiche 6019959; book 976.9 R21t}} This contains an alphabetical list of soldiers (mostly from Virginia) who received warrants for bounty land in what is now Kentucky from about 1774 to 1789. The original warrant records are at the Kentucky Land Office (see [[Kentucky Land and Property]]). | *Taylor, Philip F. ''A Calendar of the Warrants for Land in Kentucky, Granted for Service in the French and Indian War''. 1917. Reprint, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967.) {{FHL|85944|item|disp=FHL fiche 6019959; book 976.9 R21t}} This contains an alphabetical list of soldiers (mostly from Virginia) who received warrants for bounty land in what is now Kentucky from about 1774 to 1789. The original warrant records are at the Kentucky Land Office (see [[Kentucky Land and Property]]). | ||
*''Virginia Military Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1983.) {{FHL|306495|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 M2vm}} This contains reprints and an index of articles originally printed in periodicals. Most of the articles deal with the colonial and revolutionary periods. May show the soldier's residence, enlistment, unit, pension application, and declaration. | *''Virginia Military Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1983.) {{FHL|306495|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 M2vm}} This contains reprints and an index of articles originally printed in periodicals. Most of the articles deal with the colonial and revolutionary periods. May show the soldier's residence, enlistment, unit, pension application, and declaration. | ||