Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy
Guide to Amherst County, Virginia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.
Amherst County, Virginia | |
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![]() Location in the state of Virginia, United States Genealogy | |
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Facts | |
Founded | September 14, 1758 |
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County Seat | Amherst |
Courthouse | |
Contents
- 1 County Information
- 2 Amherst County Virginia History
- 3 Places/Localities
- 4 Amherst County Virginia Genealogy Resources
- 4.1 Research Guides
- 4.2 African American
- 4.3 Bible Records
- 4.4 Cemeteries
- 4.5 Census
- 4.6 Church Records
- 4.7 Court
- 4.8 Funeral Homes
- 4.9 Genealogy
- 4.10 Immigration
- 4.11 Land and Property
- 4.12 Local Histories
- 4.13 Maps
- 4.14 Military
- 4.15 Miscellaneous Records
- 4.16 Naturalization
- 4.17 Newspapers
- 4.18 Officials
- 4.19 Petitions
- 4.20 Probate Records
- 4.21 Taxation
- 4.22 Vital Records
- 5 Amherst County Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries
- 6 Amherst County Virginia Genealogy Websites
- 7 Amherst County Virginia Genealogy References
County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
Amherst County is located in the Piedmont region near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia[1] and was named in honor of Lord Jeffery Amherst, British Commander-in-Chief[2].
Amherst County Virginia Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Amherst County
100 East Court Street
Amherst, Virginia, 24521
Phone: 804-946-9321
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate court and land records from 1761[3]
Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
1853 | 1761 | 1853 | 1761 | 1761 | 1761 | 1810 |
General compliance year is unknown. |
Amherst County Virginia History[edit | edit source]
The county was named after Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797). Amherst conquered what is now Canada for the British during the French and Indian War.[5]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
1758--Amherst County was created 14 September 1758 from Albemarle County.
County seat: Amherst [3]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, visit "Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps"
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Places/Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]\
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Amherst County Virginia Genealogy Resources[edit | edit source]
Research Guides[edit | edit source]
- A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Amherst County. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1960):38-40. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg, CD available at: American Ancestors ($).
African American[edit | edit source]
- 1865-1872 Freedmen's Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-1872
- 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete
- Amherst County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1822. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans.
- Strangers in Their Midst the Free Black Population of Amherst County, Virginia. 1993. By Sherrie S. McLeRoy. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. Online at: eBook-Unlimited ($), AncestorStuff ($), FHL 975.5496 F2m; At various libraries (WorldCat). Information was taken from the register of free blacks, census listings, tax records, deeds, wills, marriages and land plats. Time period covers 1761-1865.
- Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans in Amherst County.
- Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. c2005. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans of North Carolina and Virginia. At various libraries (WorldCat).
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
Images of the Virginia Historical Society's family Bible collection have been digitized:
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Tombstone Transcriptions Online | Tombstone Transcriptions in Print | List of Cemeteries in the county |
Findagrave.com | Family History Library | Findagrave.com |
VAGenWeb | WorldCat | BillionGraves |
VAGenWeb Archives | ||
Tombstone Project | ||
BillionGraves | ||
See Virginia Cemeteries for more information. |
Census[edit | edit source]
For tips on accessing Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy census records online, see: Virginia Census.
Historical populations | ||
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Census | Pop. | %± |
1790 | 13,703 | — |
1800 | 16,801 | 22.6% |
1810 | 10,548 | −37.2% |
1820 | 10,423 | −1.2% |
1830 | 12,071 | 15.8% |
1840 | 12,576 | 4.2% |
1850 | 12,699 | 1.0% |
1860 | 13,742 | 8.2% |
1870 | 14,900 | 8.4% |
1880 | 18,709 | 25.6% |
1890 | 17,551 | −6.2% |
1900 | 17,864 | 1.8% |
1910 | 18,932 | 6.0% |
1920 | 19,771 | 4.4% |
1930 | 19,020 | −3.8% |
1940 | 20,273 | 6.6% |
1950 | 20,332 | 0.3% |
1960 | 22,953 | 12.9% |
1970 | 26,072 | 13.6% |
1980 | 29,122 | 11.7% |
1990 | 28,578 | −1.9% |
2000 | 31,894 | 11.6% |
2010 | 32,353 | 1.4% |
Source: "Wikipedia.org". United States Census Bureau. |
1783 Enumeration
- Amherst County Heads of Families - 1783 at U.S. Census Bureau. County begins on page 47.
1785 Enumeration
- Amherst County Heads of Families - 1785 at U.S. Census Bureau. County begins on page 83.
1890 Union Veterans
- Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. By Ronald Ray Turner. c1994. Prince William County Virginia, FHL Collection. At various libraries (WorldCat).
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Baptist[edit | edit source]
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):
- Buffaloe River (by 1771).[7][8] Edwards published a membership list dated 1771 in Materials Towards a History of the Baptists... (1772), 66.
- Ebenezer (1773)[7]
10,000 name petition (dated: 16 October 1776) signed by Baptists and Baptist sympathizers from all over Virginia, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. A digitzed copy can be viewed at the Library of Congress website. Hall's transcription of the petition can be read in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983-) available at Ancestry ($); or at the Family History Library: FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 35-39. After locatiing your ancestor in the transcription, proceed to the Library of Congress website to see the original images.
Amherst County fell within the bounds of the Albemarle Association.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
See also Amherst Parish
See also Lexington Parish
Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Amherst County is online at: Internet Archive[9]
Court[edit | edit source]
Chancery Court
- Amherst County Chancery Suits. By Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny. The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul., 1939), pp. 318-324. Online at: JSTOR ($). Loose chancery papers, also discusses Sweeny's discovery of Amherst's Revolutionary-era court order book.
- Indexed images of Amherst County, Virginia Chancery Records 1773-1879 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. Additional records are also available at the Amherst County Courthouse. These records, often concerned inheritance disputes and contain a wealth of genealogical information.[10]
County Court
- Amherst County Chancery Suits. By Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny. The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul., 1939), pp. 318-324. Online at: JSTOR ($). Loose chancery papers, also discusses Sweeny's discovery of Amherst's Revolutionary-era court order book.
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
- 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
Compiled Genealogies by Surname
- See Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of 225+ published books and Articles, or jump to a surname using the alphabet bar.
Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families:
- Hardesty, H.H., James S. Presgraves, Jay Cregger, and Diane Neeley. Amherst County Families and History: Compiled from Henry Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopaedia. Wytheville, Va.: J. Presgraves, 1995. FHL Book 975.5496 D2h
- Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Ailstock, Ampey, Arnold, Beverly, Brannum, Clark, Coy, Evans, Ferrar, Fields, Fortune, Hailstock, Hartless, Humbles, Jackson, Jenkins, Johns, Key, Lansford, Lantor, Mallory, Mason, Peters, Pinn, Redcross, Sneed, Thomas, Valentine, and Viers families of pre-1820 Amherst County, Virginia.
- 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 information about residents of Amherst County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887. Purchase at Virginians.com.
- Seaman, Catherine Hawes Coleman. Tuckahoes and Cohees: The Settlers and Cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties 1607-1807. Sweet Brier, Va.: Sweet Briar College Printing Press, 1992. FHL Book 975.549 H2sc
Immigration[edit | edit source]
- List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Brunswick County are online at: Immigrant Servants Database.
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Grants and Patents
Land patents (pre-1779), land grants (after 1779) and surveys are available online at the Library of Virginia website. For step-by-step instructions on retrieving these records, read the Virginia Land and Property article.
- Bannister, 971 patents dated 1738-1844 in what is now Amherst and Nelson Counties, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2005. [Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of charge (click "Index" next to the county listing); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
for more resources
Military[edit | edit source]
French and Indian War[edit | edit source]
- Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. By William F. Boogher. 2007. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat). Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Amherst County, see p. 104.
- Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2bL. Identifies some Amherst County veterans; see place name.
Revolutionary War[edit | edit source]
Regiments. Service men in Accomack County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Accomack County supplied soldiers for the:
Additional resources:
The following Amherst County Revolutionary War records are online at: Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution:- "Petition by the Men of the Amherst County, Virginia Militia who fought at the Battle of Camden," transcribed by James Lynch.
- "Payroll of Capt. Azariah Martin's Company of Militia from Amherst County VA," transcribed by C. Leon Harris.
Additional Revolutionary War records for Amherst County include:
- A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Washington : Blair and Rives. Online at: Internet Archive. Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat). See Virginia, Eastern District, Amherst County on page 128.
- Amherst County. By Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny. The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct., 1929), p. 324. Online at: JSTOR ($). List, found in private papers, which appears to identify payments made to Amherst County residents for Revolutionary War provisions.
- Index to Revolutionary Pension and Bounty-Land Documents at the Library of Virginia. 2012. Compiled by C. Leon Harris. Online at: Library of Virginia.
- Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. 1852. Washington, D.C. : Clearfield. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Collection with index and images at Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
- Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data. By J. T. McAllister. c1913. Hot Springs, Virginia : McAllister Pub. Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat).
War of 1812[edit | edit source]
Amherst County men served in the 90th Regiments.[11]
- List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... 1883. Washington, D.C : Government Printing Office. Online at: Internet Archive, Google Books. See Vol. 5, Virginia, Amherst County, p. 61.
- Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. By James L. Douthat. 2007. Signal Mountain, Tenn : Mountain Press. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
Civil War[edit | edit source]
Regiments. Service men in Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy:
- - 2nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company E (Amherst Mounted Rangers)
- - 19th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company H (The Southern Rights Guard) and Company I (The Amherst Rifles).[12]
- - 20th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery (Confederate). Company D.[13]
- - 49th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company B (Amherst Rough and Readys) were presumably from Amherst County.[14]
- - 50th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company F (Pedlar Mills Guard).[15]
Records and histories are available, including:
- 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
- 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry ($)
- 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry ($)
- Amherst County Families and History. Compiled from Henry Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopaedia. Inc. Includes the reigments that served, campaigns and unit rosters on pages 5-19. FHL book 975.5496 D2h
World War II[edit | edit source]
- 1940-1945 - Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images
Miscellaneous Records[edit | edit source]
- 1607-2007 - Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007
Naturalization[edit | edit source]
Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
The Virginia Newspapers Project identifies local Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy newspapers.
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.
Officials[edit | edit source]
- Amherst County Magistrates, 1779-1798. By Aubrey H. Starke. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1960):125-126. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg. CD available at: New England Ancestors ($).
Petitions[edit | edit source]
- A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford (Virginia State Library). By H.J. Eckenrode. 1908. Richmond, Virginia : Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Online at: Google Books. Amherst County petitions (1775-1856) are described on pp. 107-132.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
A free index to Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy wills and administrations (1761-1800) is available at the Library of Virginia.
- Digital Images of Amherst County Wills 1810-1831; 1832-1897. See names of Testators. Virginia Pioneers ($)
- Virginia Wills Before 1799: A Complete Abstract Register of All Names Mentioned in Over Six Hundred Recorded Wills, ... Copied from the Court House Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William and Rockbridge Counties. 1924. By William M. Clemens. Pompton Lakes, NJ : Biblio Co. Online at: Access Genealogy, Ancestry ($), Heritage Quest Online ($). Free online surname index and 2004 reprint purchase details at Mountain Press ($).
Online Probate Records
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Online Amherst County, Virginia Tax Lists | |||||||||||
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Personal Property | 1783 | - | - | - | 1783 | 1783 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1784 | 1784 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1785 | 1785 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1786 | 1786 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1787 | 1787 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1788 | 1788 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1789 | 1789 | |||||
Personal Property | 1790 | - | - | 1790 | 1790 | 1790 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1791 | 1791 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1792 | 1792 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1793 | 1793 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1794 | 1794 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1795 | 1795 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1796 | 1796 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1797 | 1797 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1798 | 1798 | |||||
Personal Property | 1799 | - | - | 1799 | 1799 | 1799 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | 1800 [ 1]|[ 2]|[ 3]|[ 4] | - | 1800 | 1800 | |||||
Personal Property | 1801 | - | - | 1801 | 1801 | 1801 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1802 | 1802 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1803 | 1803 | |||||
Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1804-1851 | - |
How can Virginia tax lists help me?
Bibliography
- 1782 - Personal Property Tax List. Online at Genealogy Trails.
- 1782-1803 - Amherst County Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1803 (images). CD available at: Binns Genealogy ($).
- 1782-1822 - Amherst County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1822. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Amherst County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1822.
- 1783 - Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783. Online at: Revolutionary War Service.
- 1787 - The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. By Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. c1987. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print. At various libraries (WorldCat). Amherst County is included in Vol. 1.
- 1790, 1799 - Personal Property Tax Lists of Amherst County, Virginia. Online at: Binns Genealogy.
- 1800 - Amherst County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1961):80-84; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1961):125-130; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1961):155-160; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1962):18-22. FHL 975.5 B2vg. CD available at: New England Ancestors ($).
- 1800 - Tax List, 1800. Bedford Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 2 (May 1998); Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1998); Vol. 9, No. 4 (Nov. 1998).
- 1815 - 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). By Roger D. Ward. c1997. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. FHL 975 E4w. At various libraries (WorldCat).
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Indexes to Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy births, marriages, and deaths are available online. These collections are incomplete, but are easy to search. Most records can also be ordered electronically online as well. Courtesy: FamilySearch. See also How to order Virginia Vital Records
Birth[edit | edit source]
- 1853-1866 - Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1912-1913 - Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1660-1959 - Virginia, United States Marriages - FindMyPast ($).
- 1660-1800 - Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 Ancestry ($).
- 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 Ancestry ($).
- 1753-1783, 1763-1852 - Amherst County Marriages 1753-1783, 1763-1852 Virginia Pioneers ($)
- 1763-1852 - Amherst County Marriage Index 1763-1852. Batch M868470 at FamilySearch.
- 1785-1940 - Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940. Batch M868471 at FamilySearch - index
- 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
- 1815-1821 - Marriage Records of Amherst County, 1815-1821. 1961. By Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny. Lynchburg, VA : n.p. At various libraries (WorldCat).
- 1853-1935 - Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1936-1988 - Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988
Divorce[edit | edit source]
- 1918-1988 - Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988
Death[edit | edit source]
Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy deaths are online in the Library of Virginia's Death Index of Virginia, 1853-1896, sponsored by Virginia Genealogical Society.
- 1912-1987 - Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987
Vital Record Substitutes[edit | edit source]
The Virginia Historical Society's Marriage and Obituary Index, 1736-1820 (newspaper abstracts) is available at FamilySearch. Images of the original index cards are browseable, arranged alphabetically by surname.
For birth, marriage, and death record substitutes, see Bible Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Newspapers, and Probate Records. |
Amherst County Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Libraries
Amherst County Virginia Genealogy Websites[edit | edit source]
- Amherst County, Virginia USGENWEB
- Amherst County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
- Amherst County, VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Cemetery, census, family, land, marriage, military, newspaper, and will records. Queries, mailing lists.
- Amherst County, VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Cemetery, census, family, land, marriage, military, newspaper, and will records. Queries, mailing lists.
- FamilySearch Catalog
- Cyndi's List
Amherst County Virginia Genealogy References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Amherst County, Virginia. Page 710 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Amherst County, Virginia . Page 710-723 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 715-720.
- ↑ Wikipedia Contributors, "Amherst County, Virginia," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia, accessed 13 January 2012.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Amherst _ County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed 7 November 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 221. Digital version at Google Books.
- ↑ Morgan Edwards, Materials Towards a History of the Baptists in the Provinces of Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia (1772). Digitized by SCDL Collections - free.
- ↑ William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Online at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.
- ↑ "Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index Availability," Library of Virginia (accessed 26 January 2010).
- ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 47. FHL Book 975.5 M2bs.
- ↑ Ervin L. Jordan and Herbert A. Thomas, 19th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1987). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 33.
- ↑ Tracy Chernault and Jeffrey C. Weaver, 18th and 20th Battalions of Heavy Artillery (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1995). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 113.
- ↑ Richard B. Kleese, 49th Virginia Infantry (Appomattox, Va.: H.E. Howard, 2002). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 138.
- ↑ John C. Chapla, 50th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1997). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 129.