Henry County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Main article: Henry 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 Henry, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 70,000 entries.

Bibliography

• [Allen] Martin, John R. Your Family and Mine: The Descendants of William Allen and Martha C. Jones. 2 vols. St. Joseph, Mo.: J.R. Martin, 1956-57. FHL Book 929.273 AL53m
• [Burchett] Holden, Margarette Sue Burchett. The Burchetts of East Kentucky and Their Descendants. Prestonburg, Ky.: M.S.B. Holden, 1983. FHL Book 929.273 B893h.
  
• [Burns] Burns, Alice Burpo. Burns Family History. Martinsville, Ind.?: A.F.B. Burns, 1970s. FHL Film 1502577 Item 10.
  
• [Carter] McQuinn, Gloria Garvey.Johnston-Menefee and Related Families. McLean, Va.: G.N.G. McQuinn, 1988. FHL Book 929.273 J641m.
  
• [Charles] Smith, Sybil Roberts. The Charles Branch of My Sunshine Tree. Grove, Okla.: S.R. Smith, 1983. FHL Book 929.273 C38s.
• [Clifton] Wright, Nell M. Our Clifton Ancestors (and Their Descendants). Chillicothe, Ohio: N.M. Wright, 1982. FHL Book 929.273 C613w.
  
• [Clifton] Clifton, Robert P. A Rebuttal and Analysis of "Our Clifton Ancestors" Published by Nell Marie Wright, 1982. Sun City, Ariz.: R.P. Clifton, 1989. FHL Book 929.273 C613cL.
  
• [Coger] Coger, D. Stephan. The Coger Family: A Few Genealogical Notes. Danville, Ark.: D.S. Coger, 1983. FHL Book 929.273 C655c.
  
• [Cooper] Blair, Alexander. Genealogical Chart: Anthony, Cooper, Stovall, Nisbet. MSS. Copy: FHL Films 288404-288405.
  
• [East] Cross, Mary E. Alexander and Elizabeth Cross Brotherton. East Family from Henry County, Virginia, and Franklins County, Alabama. Typescript, microfilmed 1978. FHL Collection 1027881 Item 1 
• [Estes] McAllister, Edward Nevill and Annabelle C. McAllister. Estes Genealogy: Estes Families of Old Clay County, Missouri, Their Ancestors and Their Descendants. n.p.: A.C. McAllister, 1972. FHL Book 929.273 Es85m.
  
• [France] Styles, Marshall L. John W. Colley of Wilkes County, Georgia: A Soldier in the Revolution from Mecklenburg County, Virginia: Two Hundred Fifty-Six Years of His Descendants in Northeastern Georgia and Destinations Westward from 1752. Simpsonville, S.C.: M.L. Styles, 2008. Digital version at Family History Archives; FHL CD-ROM no. 5039.
  
• [Fuson] Ferguson, Sylvia Cecilia Fuson. The Virginia-Ohio Fusons: A Geneological [sic] History of the Virginia-Ohio Branch of the Fuson Family in America. Oxford, Ohio: Oxford Press, 1939.  FHL Film 1321200 Item 10; 1979 reprint has been digitized: Family History Archives; FHL Book 929.273 F986f 1979.
  
• [Gowan] Daniels, Jeanette K.B. The Gowan Family. Salt Lake City, Utah: J.K.B. Daniels, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 G747d.
  
• [Gravely] Fales, Ella R. Research on the Families of Richardson, Stultz, Gravely, Henry County, Virginia. Typescript, 1959. FHL Collection 873456 Item 4
• [Grimmett] Price, David L. The Grimmetts of Virginia of the Revolutionary War Era and Their Descendents. Brentwood, Tenn.: D.L. Price, 1980. FHL Film 1035992 Item 10.
  
• [Grimmett] Brown, Elois Elizabeth Renfro. Genealogy of the Grimmett Family, Concerning the Lineage of Mrs. Paul Brown (Eloise Renfro). Salem, Mass.: Higginson, 1985. FHL Book 929.273 G883b.
• [Hale] Shepard, Clarence E. Head O'Lickin' and There Abouts. 2 vols. Dayton, Ohio: C.E. Shepard, 1998. FHL Book 929.273 H13sc v. 1.
  
• [Harbour] Turman, Robert E. History of Benjamin Turman, Jr., 1762-1818, and Sarah Harbour Turman, 1765-1814, Indiana Pioneer Settlers. MSS. Microfilmed 1966: FHL Film 446502.
  
• [Hardy] Hardy, Barbara L. The Story of John and Sarah Pedigo Hardy of Henry County, Virginia and Habersham County, Georgia: Their Family and Descendants. Decatur, Ga.: B. Hardy, 1984. FHL Collection 929.273 H222hb
• [Haynes] Haynes: Family Genealogical Data, 1701-1964. MSS., Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Ind. Microfilmed 1982: FHL Film 1312800 Item 22.
  
• [Hodges] Patton, Juanita M. The Family of Isham and Betsy Hodges from Virginia to Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: J.M. Patton, 1990. FHL Book 929.273 H665p.
  
• [Hord] Gay, Charles Edward. "Other Carrs: William Carr and His Family. Part II - The Progeny," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 10, No. 4 (February/March 2002):209-225. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Jones] Jones Family Records, ca. 1700-1988. 1988. FHL Book 929.273 J71jon.
  
• [Kimzey] Kimzey, Herbert Bennett. Kimzey and Kimsey Family Records: Benjamin Kimzey and Three Hundred of His Descendants; James Kimzey and Some of His Descendants; from Augusta and Henry countys [sic] Virginia, to North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri and Oregon. Microfilmed 1974. FHL Collection 288187
• [Kimzey] Neville - Kimzey, ca. 1640-1952. MSS., Pickneyville, Ill. Microfilmed 1974: FHL Film 975738 Item 7.
  
• [Larimore] Adams, John Hamilton and Mary Morrow Hays. The Family and Descendants of William Barnes Adams and Martha Larimore Adams of Laurel, Indiana: Together with Genealogical Data on the Following Families: Bowers, Bullitt, Larimore, Lehmer, Lindley, Linville, McElhiney, Melone, Morrow, Perry, Perin and Pettit, and with Early Historical Incidents of Franklin and Fayette Counties, Indiana. Sewickley?, Pa.: J.D.A. Morrow, c1958. Includes supplement: FHL Book 929.273 Ad17m and FHL Book 929.273 Ad17m Supp..
  
• [McCall] McCall, James L. The McCall Family in Ireland and America. Morgantown, N.C.: J.L. McCall, 1950s. FHL Book 929.273 M124mjL.
  
• [McCullough] Rushing, William Randolph. The Descendants of Alexander McCullough of Henry County, Virginia. Jacksonville, Fla.: W. Rushing, 1983. FHL Collection 929.273 M139rw
• [McGuffey] McGuffey, Carroll W. A Guffey Gathering. Colbert, Ga.: C.W. McGuffey, 1997. FHL Book 929.273 G939m.
  
• [Martin] Pyrtle, E. Ruth. Early Virginia Families: Pyrtle, Davis, Turner, Martin. Lincoln, Neb.: E.R. Pyrtle, 1930. FHL Film 1321284 Item 4.
  
• [Mayo] Harter, Mrs. Bert. "James Mayo (1711-1776) of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1963):51-64. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 7 (1963).
• [Menefee] McQuinn, Gloria Garvey. Johnston-Menefee and Related Families. McLean, Va.: G.N.G. McQuinn, 1988. FHL Book 929.273 J641m.
  
• [Morris] Clark, Galilee Smith. Morrises of Henry County, Va., 1773-1973. Typescript, microfilmed 1990.  FHL Collection 1320996 Item 14
• [Nunn] Nunn, Charles G. and Henry L. Nunn. The Nunn Family: A Short Sketch of John Milton Nunn & Sallie Heiston Nunn. n.p.: C.G. Nunn, 1939. FHL Book 929.273 N923ncg.
  
• [Nunn] Smith, O. Norris. The Nunns of XVIIIth Century Virginia with Roster of 1300 Descendants of the Henry County Clan. Greensboro, N.C.: O.N. Smith, 1984. FHL Collection 929.273 N923s
• [Potter] Potter, Maud. A Family History: Potter, Kirby, Tarrant, Johnson. San Diego, Calif.: n.p., 1961. FHL Book 929.273 P851pm.
  
• [Prather] Lewis, Olan R. The Thomas Prather Family. Lakeport, Calif.: O.R. Lewis, 1988. FHL Book 929.273 A1 no. 5324.
  
• [Prillaman] Rogers, Ellen Stanley and Norris Prillaman Miller. The Prillaman Family: An Account of the Descendants of Jacob Prillaman, Sr. (1721-1796) of Franklin County, Virginia. Martinsville, Va.: N.P. Miller, 1980. FHL Book 929.273 P934r 1980.
  
• [Pritchett] Pritchett, Carr W. Pritchett and Allied Families, ca. 1740-1972. MSS., Warren County Historical Museum, Warrenton, Mo. Microfilmed 1988: FHL Film 1547664 Item 5.
  
• [Pyrtle] Pyrtle, E. Ruth. Early Virginia Families: Pyrtle, Davis, Turner, Martin. Lincoln, Neb.: E.R. Pyrtle, 1930. FHL Film 1321284 Item 4.
  
• [Rainey] Rainey, Ralph E. Wallace A. Rainey and Jessie I. Ringer, Their Ancestors, Descendants and Allied Families. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1985. FHL Book 929.273 R135rr.
  
• [Ralph] Ralph, Charles L. The Ralph Family of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee and the Smith Family of Iowa. Ft. Collins, Colo.: Golden Spectrum, 1996. FHL Book 929.273 R139rc.
  
• [Richardson] Fales, Ella R. Research on the Families of Richardson, Stultz, Gravely, Henry County, Virginia. Typescript, 1959. FHL Film 873456 Item 4
• [Strong] Jones, Mrs. Miller Gibson, Mollie Pryor Strong, and Hariet Bailie Bullock Daniel. Strong Family, Virginia - Tennessee - Arkansas. Typescript. Microfilmed 1976: FHL Film 1010142.
  
• [Stultz] Fales, Ella R. Research on the Families of Richardson, Stultz, Gravely, Henry County, Virginia. Typescript, 1959. FHL Film 873456 Item 4
• [Richardson] Locke, Bruce Whitmore. Family Group Sheets Taken from the Manuscript, "Richardsons of Henry County, Virginia". Typescript, 1990. FHL Collection 1682968 Item 3 
• [Shumate] Shumate, John James and Molly Alice Zagami Shumate. From Whence We Came; a History of the Shumate's [sic] of Henry/Pittsylvania Counties, Va. [Lynchburg, Va.] : J.J. Shumate, 1995. FHL Collection 929.273 Sh92sjj
• [Spratling] Wattenbarger, Marion S. "James Spratling and His Wife, Winifred (Munday) Caroline and Henry Counties and Wilkes County, Georgia," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 6, No. 1 (May/June 1997):30-38. FHL Collection 975.51 D25t
• [Taylor] Byars, Neva Fern Young. Some George Taylors of Henry County, Virginia, and Giles County, Tennessee. Albuquerque, N.M.: N.F.Y. Byars, 1978. FHL Collection 929.273 T214b
• [Taylor] Blomquist, Ann K. Taylors and Tates of the South. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1993. Digital version at Family History Archives; FHL Book 929.273 T212ba.
  
• [Turner] Pyrtle, E. Ruth. Early Virginia Families: Pyrtle, Davis, Turner, Martin. Lincoln, Neb.: E.R. Pyrtle, 1930. FHL Film 1321284 Item 4.
  
• [Wallin] Heflin, Donald L. The Wanderin' Wallins from Henry County, Virginia, to Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Georgetown, Ky.: D.L. Heflin, 1994. FHL Collection 929.273 W158h
• [Webb] Lansford, Delores Caylor. Webb Family History. Orange Park, Fla.: P & D Publications, 1993, c1992. FHL Book 929.273 W381L 1993.
  
• [Willard] D.A.R. Colonel John Washington Chapter (D.C.), D.A.R. Fort McHenry Chapter (Washington, D.C.), and Frank L. Van Wagnen. Ancestry of the Willard and Van Wagnen Families. Typescript. 1944. FHL Book 929.273 W661an.
  
• [Wilson] Wilson, William Serber. Wilson Family Tree: Scales, Hammonds, Gosser, Roy, Harris, Easthams. Ingle, Ky.: D. Wilson, 1980s. FHL Book 929.273 W698ww.
  
• [Witt] Fisher, William Scott and Julieann Witt Fisher. Tales of Witt: The Lives and Times of Our Witt Family Ancestors. Fruit Heights, Utah: W.S. Fisher, 1996. Digital version at Family History Archives; FHL Book 929.273 W783f.