Surry County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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See also the main article on genealogical research in Surry 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 Surry, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 115,000 entries.

• Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes a great deal of information about residents of Surry County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887. Purchase at Virginians.com.

Bibliography

• [Barker] Pullen, William E. The Barkers of Virginia: Captain John Barker, English Shipmaster of Surry County, Virginia, His Descendants and Their Kin. Hollywood, Fla.: W.E. Pullen, 1971. FHL Collection 929.273 B241pa
• [Bell] Rollings, Virginia H. Bell Family of Surry & Isle of Wight, Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1990. FHL Collection 1728456 Item 15
• [Berryman] Rollings, Virginia H. Berryman of Surry County, Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1990. FHL Collection 1683131 Item 13
• [Bonner] Bonner, Kathryn R. The Bonner Family Record This Record is Primarily of the Bonners of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia, Those that Went to Wilson, Madison and Shelby Counties, Tennessee, and Those that Went on to Phillips County, Arkansas: Today the Descendants are Spread into Many States. Marianna, Ark.: K.R. Bonner, 1979. FHL Collection 929.273 A1 no. 3414
• [Clements] Rose, Lynn Kirk. Clements: Notes Taken from Clements Bible 1803-1853, William Clements of Surry County, Virginia Descendants. MSS., Smithfield Branch of the Isle of Wight Library, Smithfield, Va. FHL Collection 1753003 Item 10 
• [Cocke] "The Cocke Family of Virginia. The Cockes of Surry and Princess Anne," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1897):181-198. Available at JSTOR ($).
• [Cocke] Keim, Betty T. "Cocke Genealogy," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr. 1898):449. Available at JSTOR ($).
• [Cocke] Warner, Pauline Pearce. Benjamin Harrison of Berkeley, Walter Cocke of Surry, Family Records. Tappahannock, Virginia, 1962. FHL Collection. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1962):83. Review: FHL Collection; digital version of review at New England Ancestors
• [Cofer] Cofer, Wesley. Cofer [Family] of Surry and Isle of Wight [Counties], Virginia, 1784-1908. MSS. Microfilmed 1990. FHL Collection 1728457 Item 3
• [Coker] Jones, Gerald Edward. "The Coker Family: Laurens County, South Carolina and Colonial Virginia," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Winter 2010):14-28. FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 38
• [Collier] Arnot, Paul H. Colliers from Surry County, Virginia. [Palo Alto, Calif.]: P.H. Arnot, 1989. FHL Collection 929.273 C69a
• [Cotton] Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. "Thomas Cotton, c.1687, Charles City and Surry Counties; Walter Cotton, c.1688, Surry County," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 9, No. 4 (February/March 2001):217-225. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Edmunds] Hart, Lyndon H. and Henry Wilkins Lewis. A Genealogy of the Southern Virginia Blunts Including the Descendants of Howell Edmunds of Surry. 1987. FHL Collection 929.273 B628h
• [Ellis] McCrary, Dixie L. The Ellis Line from Surry--Sussex in Virginia. St. Petersburg, Fla.: D.L. McCrary, 1978. FHL Collection 929.273 EL59p
• [Ezell] Sheldon, Christine W. The Ezell Family in America. Descendants of George Ezell of Old Colonial Surry, Va. 1692-1961. 1961. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
• [Freeman] Miller, Marianne Freeman. The Freemans of Surry County, Virginia and Franklin County, North Carolina and Their Alabama Descendants. Talladega, Ala.: M. Miller, 1988. FHL Collection 929.273 F877m.
• [Harris] Rollings, Virginia H. Harris of Virginia 1620-1750: Surry - Isle of Wight. MSS. Microfilmed 1990. FHL Collection 1728459 Item 1
• [Harris] Brayton, John Anderson. Colonial Families of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia, v. 2: The Descendants of Robert Harris, Including Families of Spiltimber, House, Swann, Drew, Sugars, Phillips, Crafford, Jones, Macon, Arrington, Hilliard, Carrell, Fort and Bynum. Memphis, Tenn.: J.A. Brayton, 1999. FHL Collection 975.55 H2b v. 2.
• [Harrison] Harrison, James E. Harrison Families in 17th Century Virginia: A Primer. Oklahoma City, Okla.: J.E. Harrison, 1994. FHL Book 929.273 H245he
• [High] Lawrence, Grace High. High Family Notes: Descendants of Thomas High, Surry County, Virginia; 12 Plus Generations. Dothan, Ala.: G. Lawrence, 1999. FHL Collection 929.273 H537L
• [Hight] Wallace, Robert E. Hight-Hite Families of Sussex and Surry Counties, Virginia, from about 1634 1,333 Descendants, with a Full-name Index of 2,736 Names of Those Who Went to Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, North Carolina and Those Who Stayed in and around Lunenburg County, Virginia with Chronology, Abstracts from the Register of Albemarle Parish, and Records of New Kent, Surry, Sussex, Lunenburg and Prince George Counties (487 Surnames). Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1976, 1993. FHL Collection 929.273 H538w
• [Inman] Inman, Joseph Francis. The Inman Family of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia and Some of Their Kin. Richmond, Va.: J.F. Inman, 1975. FHL Collection 929.273 A1 no. 5404
• [Kilpatrick] Neuhauser, Edna Walling. "James Kilpatrick of Surry County, Virginia, 1668," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 2 (June 1975):83-95. FHL Book 973 B2ng v. 63
• [Mabry] Collins, Donald Eugene. The Mabry Family: Descendants of Francis Maybury and Elizabeth Gilliam of Surry County, Virginia. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1987. FHL Collection 929.273 M115c
• [Meriwether] Meriwether Society, Joel T. Meriwether, and Joseph Meriwether Oglesby. Meriwether Connections: A Newsletter of the Meriwether Society, Inc. San Diego, Calif.: Meriwether Society, 1982-. FHL Collection 929.27305 M545m
• [Owen] Mathys, Mary Sue. Owen Connections: The Family of Bartholomew and Johanna Owen, Emigrants to Surry County, Virginia. Pacific Grove, Calif.: M.S. Mathys, 1984. FHL Collection 929.273 Ow2m
• [Pennington] Boddie, John Bennett. Pennington of Surry, Virginia. 1960. FHL Collection 1638489 Item 3 [Taken from Historical Southern Families, Vol. 4, pp. 24-29.]
• [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 US/CAN Book 975.5 A1 no. 56; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
• [Rose] Freese, Eunice Brooks and Katheirne B. Elliott. William Rose of Surry County, Virginia: Some of His Descendants and Related Families. 1976. FHL Collection 929.273 R716a
• [Simmons] McCall, Ettie Tidwell. William Simmons of James City County and Surry County Virginia and Descendants in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia. Typescript, 1953. FHL Collection 875376 Item 5
• [Skelton] Skelton, Earl F. "The Skeltons of Colonial Virginia," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 2 (August/September 1994):86-100; Vol. 3, No. 3 (November/December 1994):151-162. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Spiers] Lane, Marian Spiers. Census Reports of Spiers, Spires, Speirs: Prince George, Sussex, Dinwiddie, Surry, Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1982. FHL Collection 1307573 Items 2-4
• [Walton] Walton, Britain W. and Margaret H. Walton. Walton from the James and Many Descendants American Origin, James River Locale, Colony of Virginia, Those of Isle of Wight County, Those of York County, Those of King and Queen County, Those of Surry County. Edenton, N.C.: n.p., 1977. FHL Collection US/CAN Pedigree File no. 986
• [Washington] Matteson, David Maydole, Anne Madison Washington, and United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission. The Washington Family: The Family in England, the Family in America [and Living Descendants of John Washington of Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lawrence Washington of Westmoreland County, Virginia, John Washington of Surry County, Virginia. 1932. Available at FHL. Digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
• [Wilkinson] Wilkinson, Gene Cox and George Carroll Wilkinson. The Wilkinsons of Isle of Wight, Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia and Related Families Magee, Cox, Goodwyn and Other Allied Family Ties. n.p.: G.C. Wilkinson, 2006. FHL Collection 929.273 W659wg 2006; digital version at Family History Archives.
• [Woodruff] Woodruff, Howard W.The Woodroof-Woodrough-Woodruff Family: of Surry, Brunswick, Greensville counties, Virginia, 1700-1825, and Some Branches Who Migrated to Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Texas, 1820-1985. Independence, Mo.: A.L. Woodruff, 1985. Digital version at Internet Archive. [Revised and updated version of Tall Trees in the Forest (1966).]

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