Oliver Lines of Descent from Olivers in the Charlotte and Caroline County Regions of Virginia
This web page was first mounted on March 15, 2008 by Sheila Schmutz. sheila.schmutz@usask.ca and updated on April 18, 2009. This is a private webpage that has no "official" connection to FTDNA or the Oliver Surname Y DNA Project there, or at any other such company. Please address corrections and additions to her. If you wish to correspond with other participants whose lines are shown, she will forward your message to them.
Mr. Pat Oliver coordinates The Oliver Y DNA Project. The results of the Oliver men who have participated in Y DNA testing through this project are shown on his webpage. This webpage focuses only on the men who are highlighted in the second group colored in aqua that consists of 3 men currently, among the many Oliver men who have been tested thus far.
I am not related to this group but present this page as a "sister" page to the one on the men in the "bright yellow group" to whom I am related. Both groups have a connection to Carolline County, VA. Also, I have had a long standing interest in the Oliver Families who settled in Georgia, and one of these did.
- Dashed line = No hard evidence, assumptions made based on similar time and place and occasionally by reports of others who have posted information on WorldConnect
- Solid line = Some evidence such as a Bible record, will, court record or census record.
- Black line = Line based on genealogy with DNA results not yet available.
- Aqua line = Line based on genealogy, supported by DNA results.
Note that the names of the participants and their Fathers are not shown to protect the privacy of the individuals. If individuals do not wish their line to be shown at all, please contact me and I will respect your wishes.
The chart above illustrates the lines of the 4 men who have been Y DNA tested and match. Complete genealogy is not available for all lines.
Descendant 13316 states that Joseph Oliver who died in Charlotte Co, Va in 1786 had lived in King William County, VA earlier in his life. He was born before 1725. The northern third or so of King William County became part of the new Caroline County in 1727. Therefore it is quite possible that Joseph was the grandfather or great-uncle of Marshall Oliver who was born in Caroline County about 1780.
This map of Virginia shows the county boundaries at the present time. The region that was once part of the area that eventually became Caroline County is circled in yellow. Charlotte county is to the Southwest of this and Bath County is to the West of this by some distance.
Useful References
Links to Other Related Sites
- Some Oliver will abstracts Submitted by Ward Oliver 13 March 2000
- Some early Virginia Oliver records Originally posted by Mr. Waller
- GaOlivers My gedcom file with notes indicating the references which support these lines is available on WorldConnect.
- Oliver Y DNA project at FTDNA This is the site to view the actual haplotype data and sign up to participate if you are not already tested and would like to be.
- Y Search This website althoughs men who have been tested to look for matches, even if they were tested with a company other than FTDNA
- The Genographic Project Another Y DNA project co-hosted by National Geographic that some Oliver men participate in, if they know their ancestor's country of origin (you can participate in more than one with the same DNA sample)
- Wikipedia Y DNA haplogroup Explanation
- Virginia Oliver Records A webpage posted originally by George Waller originallly
- Virtual Jamestown A site that provides maps of the early settlement of Virginia
- The locations of individuals named Oliver living in Great Britain in 1881 and 1998 Select the year and name to see a map of Great Britain with areas highlighted by occupancy
- RootsWeb Genealogy Repository A searchable database that allows free access to genealogies and other valuable information for genealogical research
- Genealogical Information for the State of Virginia Information about Caroline County
Printed Oliver References Related to These Families
- Marriages of Caroline County Virginia 1777-1858 (1998) by Therese A. Fisher, Heritage Books
Early Virginia Olivers for a listing of all Olivers in pre-1830 Virginia
BACK TO Oliver Lines of Descent from the Caroline County, VA Region a related page on Oliver men in the Bright Yellow Group of the Oliver Y DNA project