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VIRGINIA

U.S.A.

Source: Wikipedia

An Introduction

Family Surnames

Ancestral Counties

County Research Links

Ancestral Timeline

Genealogy Information Websites

Contact Information

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VIRGINIA

An Introduction

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The Commonwealth of Virginia is a Southeastern state historically considered part of the Southern region of the United States of America. Named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the Virgin Queen, this commonwealth was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. Virginia was the first part of the Americas to be continuously inhabited by British colonists from its founding as a European colony up to the American Revolution. It included area explored by the 1584 expedition of Sir Walter Raleigh along the coast of North America, and at one time it also included Bermuda (or Virgineola). The London Virginia Company became incorporated as a joint stock company by a proprietary charter drawn up on April 10, 1606. The charter granted lands stretching from approximately the 34th parallel (North Carolina) north to approximately the 45th parallel (New York) and from the Atlantic Ocean westward. The Third Charter of 1612 extended its boundaries far enough across the Atlantic to incorporate Bermuda, which the company had possessed since 1609. The capital is Richmond and

the most populous city is Virginia Beach. Due to the nature of independent cities in Virginia, the most populous local jurisdiction is Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. Independent cities and counties function in the same manner, and according to the US Census Bureau independent cities are considered county-equivalent.

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson), a number exceeded by no other state. Most of the United States' early presidents were from the state. Virginia has also been known as the "Mother of States" (sometimes "Mother of States and Statesmen") because portions of the original Colony subsequently became Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and West Virginia as well as some portions of Ohio. Additionally, most of what is now Wisconsin and Michigan was also briefly claimed by Virginia during the Revolutionary War.

VIRGINIA

Family Surnames

The following are surnames of our persons in our databases(s) identified as having been born, married, died in this State.

McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied families

Bagly; Bailey; Bates; Bennett; Bobo; Brooks; Brown; Brumwell; Burford; Campbell; Carlock; Carpenter; Carter; Caudill; Chandler; Chapman; Childress; Clements; Coleman; Cummings; Davis; Demoss; Douglass; Dovel; Downing; Eades; Garthright; Givens; Goode; Haden; Hamilton; Hardy; Hitt; Howell; Johnson; Jopling; Kay; Kerr; Langston; Lanier; Martin; Mason; Mcmillin; Mcvicker; Miller; Mills; Moree; Moreland; Morrow; Napper; Nowlin; Oaks; Ogden; Pannell; Pasque; Phillips; Pickens; Pinnell; Price; Rankin; Robertson; Ross; Rowen; Royston; Salisbury; Scruggs; Scruggs; Sewell; Sheperd; Smith; Starke; Sterne; Stone; Stringer; Suddarth; Thomas; Trout; Turner; Venable; Wade; Walker; Webb; Wheeler; White; Williams; Williamson; Wolverton; Wood; Yarborough

Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart and allied families

Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied families

Creager; Ellis; Hauer; Silar

To find out more about each family listed here click on this link FAMILY SURNAMES - (General Index) or the appropriate LINK(s above.

VIRGINIA

Our Ancestral Counties

The following named counties are associated with the history of our DIRECT ancestors. To select a specific ancestral county, click on the following link. Here you will find additional links to our county pages where you can obtain information about our family gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of persons, in our database, who have lived in the selected county.

Albemarle; Amelia; Amherst; Augusta; Bedford; Campbell; Charles City; Cumberland; Fluvanna; Goochland; Halifax: Henrico; James City; King & Queen; Lancaster; Loudoun; Middlesex; Montgomery; Nelson; New Kent; Pittsylvania; Russell; Washington; York

To find out more about each county named above use the following LINK:

ANCESTRAL LOCATIONS

VIRGINIA

County Research Links

The links below may assist you with your research

within the various counties of this state.

Click on State image, at the right, to view a map of all county locations.

Click on Image to see map of counties. 50states.com

Genealogical

Research Links

Source: USGenWeb

ACCOMACK            FREDERICK           NOTTOWAY

ALBEMARLE           GILES               ORANGE

ALLEGHANY           GLOUCESTER          PAGE

AMELIA              GOOCHLAND           PATRICK

AMHERST             GRAYSON             PITTSYLVANIA

APPOMATTOX          GREENE              POWHATAN

ARLINGTON           GREENSVILLE         PRINCE EDWARD

AUGUSTA             HALIFAX             PRINCE GEORGE

BATH                HANOVER             PRINCE WILLIAM

BEDFORD             HENRICO             PRINCESS ANNE

BLAND               HENRY               PULASKI

BOTETOURT           HIGHLAND            RAPPAHANNOCK

BRUNSWICK           ISLE OF WIGHT       RICHMOND

BUCHANAN            JAMES CITY          ROANOKE

BUCKINGHAM          KING AND QUEEN      ROCKBRIDGE

CAMPBELL            KING GEORGE         ROCKINGHAM

CAROLINE            KING WILLIAM        RUSSELL

CARROLL             LANCASTER           SCOTT

CHARLES CITY        LEE                 SHENANDOAH

CHARLOTTE           LOUDOUN             SMYTH

CHESTERFIELD        LOUISA              SOUTHAMPTON

CLARKE              LUNENBURG           SPOTSYLVANIA

CRAIG               MADISON             STAFFORD

CULPEPER            MATHEWS             SURRY

CUMBERLAND          MECKLENBURG         SUSSEX

DICKENSON           MIDDLESEX           TAZEWELL

DINWIDDIE           MONTGOMERY          WARREN

ELIZABETH CITY      NANSEMOND           WARWICK

ESSEX               NELSON              WASHINGTON

FAIRFAX             NEW KENT            WESTMORELAND

FAUQUIER            NORFOLK             WISE

FLOYD               NORTHAMPTON         WYTHE

FLUVANNA            NORTHUMBERLAND      YORK

FRANKLIN

General

Research Links

Source: Wikipedia

COUNTIES

INDEPENDENT CITIES

Ancestral Timeline

Descriptions of significant family happenings from 1624 to 1879 as they relate with major historical events in VIRGINIA during the same period of time.

Year

Ancestor

Event

Location

1624

Virginia becomes England's first royal colony.

1635

Arrives in the Virginia Colony aboard the ship Paule out of London England.

Bef. 1653

Giles Carter Sr.

William Frye is granted land for transporting to America among others, Giles Carter

Henrico Co.

1661

Giles Carter Sr.

Marriage to Hannah Rowen?

Henrico Co.

1662

Theodrick Carter

Born

Henrico Co.?

1676

A rebellion is led by Nathaniel Bacon.

1679

Giles Carter Sr.

Required to provide a man and horse for service in the militia.

Henrico Co.

1680

Giles Carter Sr.

Deposition (establishes DOB)

Henrico Co.

1687

Giles Carter Sr.

A certificate is granted unto Giles Carter for 800 acres of land due for the importation of 16 people.

Varina Parish, Henrico Co.

1687

Giles Carter Sr.

A grant of 1,780 acres in the on the north side of the James River to Carter and four others.

Varina Parish, Henrico Co.

1699

Giles Carter Sr.

Made Will and died

Henrico Co.?

1716

An expedition under Alexander Spotswood sights the Shenandoah Valley.

c. 1720

Susanna Carter

Born

Henrico Co.

c. 1736-37

Theodrick Carter

Will executed in July 1636, probated April 1637

Henrico Co.

1739

James Kerr

Travels the old “Warrior’s Path” and settles at Beverly Manor

Augusta Co.

c. 1740

Abraham Eades, Jr.

Born

Virginia

1743

Catherine Demos

Born

Berkeley Co.

c. 1746

Brown, (First Nm. Unk.)

Born

Russell Co.

c. 1751

Grizel Wade

Born

Virginia

1754

The French and Indian War is fought, partly because settlers in western Virginia threaten French interests in the region.

c. 1755

William Walker

Born

Virginia

1757

Samuel S. Scruggs

Born

Amherst Co.

bef. 1758

Robert Douglass. Sr

Migrated to America from Northern Ireland

Augusta Co.?

1758

Robert Douglass, Jr.

Born

Augusta Co.,

1760

Jane Childress

Born

Albemarle Co.

1761

Elizabeth Robertson

Born

Augusta Co.

1763

The French and Indian War Ends

aft. 1764

James Johnson

Catherine Demos

Marriage

Virginia

1766

Elijah Bennett

Born

Pittsylvania Co.

1770

Abraham Eades, Jr.

Purchased land on Totier Creek

Albemarle Co.

1772

Robert Brown

Born

Washington Co.

1775

Lord Dunmore flees Virginia, and the colonial government is ended. Revolutionary War begins.

1776

The fifth Virginia convention proclaims Virginia a free and independent state and adopts a bill of rights and a constitution.

1777

Samuel S. Scruggs

Enlisted into the Continental Army

Amherst Co.

1777

Robert Douglass, Jr.

Enlisted into the Continental Army

Virginia

1779

Anthony Sheperd

Born

Albemarle Co.

1779

Abraham Eades, Jr.

Signed Virginia Declaration of Independence

Virginia

1781

Robert Douglass, Jr.

George Washington's victory at Yorktown ends major action in the American Revolution.

York Co.

c. 1782

Samuel S. Scruggs

Jane Childress

Marriage

Albemarle Co.

1782

Mary Eades

Born

Albemarle Co.

1783

Samuel S. Scruggs

Listed in Virginia Heads of Households

Amherst Co.

1784

Robert Douglass, Jr.

Elizabeth Robertson

Marriage

Augusta Co.

1787

Samuel S. Scruggs

Listed in Virginia Heads of Households

Amherst Co.?

1788

Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution and to enter the Union (June 25).

1791

Jemima Walker

Born

Montgomery Co.

1794

Joseph C. Scruggs

Born

Amherst Co.

1795

Robert Douglass, Sr.

Died

Campbell Co.

1798

Susanna (Carter) Scruggs

Will written in March, probated in October

Amherst Co.

1800

Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion.

1808

Anthony Sheperd

Mary Eades

Marriage

Albemarle Co.

1810

Abraham Eades, Jr.

Listed in Census of St. Anne’s Parish

Albemarle Co.

1810

Mary (Cummings) Douglass

Died

Campbell Co.

1811-15

Samuel S. Scruggs

Listed on Property Tax Lists

Nelson Co.

1819

Mary (Eades) Sheperd

Died

Albemarle Co.

1824

Joseph C. Scruggs

Frances P. Shepard

Marriage

Fluvanna Co.

1828

Abraham Eades, Jr.

Died

Albemarle Co.

1830

Samuel S. Scruggs

Listed on Property Tax Lists

Nelson Co.

1832

Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion.

1837

Anthony Sheperd

Died

Albemarle Co.

1842

Jane (Childress) Scruggs

Died

Nelson Co.

1846

Albea E. Scruggs

Born in Palmyra Twp.

Fluvanna Co.

1861

Virginia secedes from the Union (April 17) and joins the Confederacy.

The American Civil War begins and is fought, mainly in Virginia.

1863

The western counties that separated from Virginia become the State of West Virginia.

1864

Albea E. Scruggs

Enlisted into the Army of the Confederacy, 5^th Virginia Cavalry

Virginia

1865

Albea E. Scruggs

Signed parole papers at Charlottesville

Albemarle Co

1865

The American Civil War ends at Appomattox, Virginia.

1870

Virginia is readmitted to the Union (January 26).

1879

Joseph C. Scruggs

Dies in Palmyra Twp.

Fluvanna Co.

VIRGINIA

Genealogy Information Websites

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