Halifax County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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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

• 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 Halifax County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL Collection CD-ROM no. 3887]. Purchase at Virginians.com.

Bibliography

• [Adams] Adams, Gordon S. An Adams Family of Virginia, 1800 to Present the Descendants of Samuel Adams and Tamson Ann Dix Adams of Pennsylvania, Halifax and Charlotte Counties, Virginia. Sunnyvale, Calif.: G. Adams, 1990. FHL Collection 929.273 Ad17ags
• [Adams] Proctor, Irene Adams. The Adams Family Kith and Kin from Halifax County, Virginia to Yellow Creek Valley and Grices Creek, Houston County, Tennessee; a Narrative Account: History, Biography, Genealogy and Legend. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2000. FHL Collection 929.273 Ad17pi
• [Beale] Beale, Barkly DeRoy. The Beale Family of Halifax County, Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Beale, 1978. FHL Collection 929.273 B365a
• [Black] Black, William A. Black Seven Generations from William Black of Lunenburg and Halifax Counties in Virginia, 1757 to William Black 1974. Black, Texas: W.A. Black, 1974. FHL Collection 929.273 B561bw
• [Brandon] Betts, Arlie Brandon and Robert Louis Underhill. The Brandons of Halifax County, Virginia, Gaston County, North Carolina, and York County, South Carolina. Deerfield, Mass.: R.L. Underhill, 1987. FHL Collection 929.273 B734ba
• [Bryant] Beekman, Jane Kyhl. Bryant or Bryan of Richmond, Then Frederick and Halifax Counties, Virginia and Finally Randolph and Surry Counties, North Carolina and Other Miscellaneous Bryan/Bryants Who Lived Nearby: With Allied Families of Brannon, Curtis, Ellis, Hightower, Lowe, McVay, Robbins and Smith. Muncie, Ind.: J.K. Beekman, 2003. FHL Collection 929.273 B841bj; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
• [Burgess] Reginald, R. The House of the Burgesses Being a Genealogical History of Edward Burgess of King George and Stafford Counties, Virginia, with His Sons - Garner Burgess of Fauquier Co., Virginia; William Burgess of Stafford Co., Virginia; Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben Burgess of Rowan Co., North Carolina - and His Grandsons - Edward Burgess of Culpeper Co., Virginia; John Burgess of Harrison Co., Kentucky; Henry Burgess of Fleming Co., Kentucky; Edward Burgess of Scott Co., Kentucky; John P.B. Burgess of Halifax Co., Virginia; Edward Burgess of Kanawha Co., West Virginia; William Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; Reuben Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; and Thomas Burgess of White Co., Tennessee - Together with Their Known Descendants Named Burgess. San Bernardino, Calif.: Borgo Press, 1983. FHL Collection 929.273 B912r
• [Crowley] Crowley, Ariel L. Some of the Crowleys of Ireland and the English Midlands with an Account of Jeffrey Crowley of Halifax, Virginia .. Idaho City: A.L. Crowley, 1973. FHL Collection 908897 Item 1
• [Farmer] Coonrod, J. Donald. Two Farmer Families of of Early Virginia Descendants of Thomas Farmer of the Neck-of-Land and Frederick & Elizabeth (Metcalf) Farmer of Halifax; Includes Allied Families of Ward, Burton, Allen, Fowler, Metcalf, Echols and Williams. Lexington, Ky.: J.D. Coonrod, 2006. FHL Collection 929.273 F229c
• [Fisher] Fisher, Margaret and Betty Fisher Cox. The Fisher Line: Nicholas Fisher's Descendants, 1730-1980.
• [Goodwin] "Appendix Z: The Goodwins of Halifax County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2, Supplement (Oct., 1897):131. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
• [Hubbard] Bowling, Noland Hubbard. Meet Your Ancestors Some Descendants of Robert Hubbard (ca. 1600-1663) Westmoreland, New Kent, Amelia, Halifax, Lunenburg, Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia and Other States: Families Allied by Marriage: Arnn (Aron, Aaron), Adkins (Atkins), Clement (Clements), ... Utica, Ky.: N.H. Bowling, 1985. FHL Collection 929.273 H861m
• [Hudson] Hudson, J. Porter, Mary R. Belle Hudson, and William A. Allen. A Notebook of Early Hudson History of Halifax County, VA. Richmond, Va.: J.P. Hudson, 1991. FHL Collection 929.273 H867hj
• [Jackson] Hockett, Thomas Jack. The Jacksons of Halifax, Pittsylvania and Washington Counties, Virginia. St. David's, Pa.: J. Hockett, 1993. FHL Collection 1750779 Item 10
• [McGinnis] Miller, Ilene Chandler. The Descendants of William McGinnis about 1723-1762 of Halifax County, Virginia. 3 vols. Garden Grove, Calif.: Keepsake Pub., 2006. FHL Collection 929.273 M175mi v. 1
• [Roberts] Debenport, Jane Clancy. John Roberts (1707?-1776) of Henrico and Halifax Counties Virginia His Life and Some of His Descendants: Including Informatioon on Families of: Fourqurean, Ralston, Savage, Scates, Watkins, and Wooldridge. Temple, Texas: J.C. Debenport, 1997. FHL Collection 929.273 R541dj
• [Simpson] Johnson, Katherine Baker. The Family of John Simpson of Montgomery and Halifax Cos., Virginia. Typescript, 1940. FHL Collection 875376 Item 6
• [Spencer] Spencer and Allied Families in North Carolina and Virginia (Halifax, Person, Granville, Pittsylvania, Mecklenburg and Charlotte Counties) Genealogy Family Charts for the Following Names, Spencer, Ingram, Yancey, Davis, Burch, Slaughter, Lyon, Clark, Hughes, Anderson, Jeter, Woody, Warren, Clayton and Gill. Wendell, N.C.: W.F. Spencer, 1984. FHL Collection 929.273 Sp33sw
• [Stewart] Stone, Martha Jane. The Genealogy and History of the Stewart Family of Halifax County, Virginia, Caswell and Person Counties, North Carolina, Trigg County, Kentucky. 2 vols. Lexington, Ky.: M.J. Stone, 1986-1987. FHL Collection 929.273 St49n
• [Stewart] Stone, Martha Jane. The Goode Family of Virginia, Georgia and Kentucky a Supplement to the Genealogy and History of the Stewart Family of Halifax County, Virginia, Caswell and Person Counties, North Carolina, Trigg County, Kentucky. Lexington, Ky.: M.J. Stone, 2000. FHL Collection 929.273 G613s
• [Throckmorton] Justus, Judith Price. The History of the Morton Family from Nicholas (Clay) Co., WV Details of the Descent from the Throckmorton, Throgmorton Families from Henrico and Halifax Co., Virginia. Perrysburg, Ohio: J.P. Justus, 199-?. FHL Collection 929.273 M846j
• [Tuck] Macon, Alethea Jane. John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia and Some of Their Descendants. Macon, Ga.: Southern Press, 1964. FHL Collection 929.273 T791m
• [Tuck] Tuck Family Marriages in Halifax County, Virginia, ca. 1780-1888. Typescript. FHL Collection 29889 Item 1
• [Vaughan] Tilton, Elizabeth Foster. Descendants of William and Dorithy Vaughan of Halifax County, Virginia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: E.F. Tilton, 2002. FHL Collection 929.273 V465te
• [Walton] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. The Walton Family of Virginia Abstracts from County Court Houses in Virginia. Typescript, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 16, Walt. FHL 29889 Item 2
• [Watkins] Watkins, Raymond W. Williams and Thomas Watkins Family in the Halifax County, Virginia Tax Lists, Census and Other Records. Typescript, 1975. FHL Collection 928145 Item 12
• [Wilkerson] Wilkinson, Thomas B. Our Wilkerson and Wilkinson Families a History of the Wilkerson and Wilkinson Families Found in Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia, Along with Many of Our Kin that had Moved to Other Locations. Clearwater, Fla.: Author's Publishing Consultants, [2006?]. FHL Collection 929.273 W652wt
• [Wyatt] Wyatt, Pearl Virginia Spitzer. The Wyatt Family an Account of Certain Descendants of John Wyatt (1740-1808) of Halifax County, Virginia; with Notes on the Upton and Gwatkin Families. Richmond, Va.: P.S. Wyatt, 1969. FHL Collection 1035815 Item 7

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