Campbell County, Virginia Genealogy
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Guide to Campbell County, Virginia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, immigration records, and military records.
| Campbell County, Virginia | |
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 Location in the state of Virginia | |
 Location of Virginia in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | 1781 |
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| County Seat | Rustburg |
| Courthouse | |
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Contents
- 1 County Information
- 2 Campbell County Virginia History
- 3 Campbell County Virginia Places/Localities
- 4 Campbell County Virginia Genealogy Resources
- 4.1 Research Guides
- 4.2 African American
- 4.3 Bible Records
- 4.4 Cemeteries
- 4.4.1 Census
- 4.4.2 Church Records
- 4.4.3 Court
- 4.4.4 Funeral Homes
- 4.4.5 Genealogy
- 4.4.6 Immigration
- 4.4.7 Land and Property
- 4.4.8 Local Histories
- 4.4.9 Maps
- 4.4.10 Migration
- 4.4.11 Military
- 4.4.12 Miscellaneous Records
- 4.4.13 Naturalization
- 4.4.14 Newspapers
- 4.4.15 Occupations
- 4.4.16 Probate Records
- 4.4.17 Taxation
- 4.4.18 Vital Records
- 5 Campbell County Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries
- 6 Campbell County Virginia Genealogy Websites
- 7 Campbell County Virginia Genealogy References
County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
Campbell County is located in the Piedmont area of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named for General William Campbell, the Revolutionary War hero famous for his leadership in defeating the Tories and Loyalists at the Battle of King’s Mountain in the Carolinas[1].
Campbell County Virginia Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Campbell County Courts
P.O. Box 7
732 Village Highway
Rustburg, VA 24588-0007
Phone: (434) 592-9517
Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1912-1918
marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1782[2]
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1912 | 1782 | 1912 | 1782 | 1782 | 1782 | 1810 |
General compliance year is unknown. | ||||||
Campbell County Virginia History[edit | edit source]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
1781--Campbell County was created 5 November 1781 from Bedford County.
County seat: Rustburg [2]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps" (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
- Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890
Campbell County Virginia 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:[4]
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| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Census-designated places | ||
Campbell County Virginia Genealogy Resources[edit | edit source]
Research Guides[edit | edit source]
- A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Campbell County. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1962):176-179. CD available at: American Ancestors ($). Available at FHL.
African American[edit | edit source]
In 1860, Campbell County had one of the largest enslaved populations in the state (11,580 enslaved). Ten years later in 1870, it had one of the largest African American populations in Virginia (14,343) - the town of Lynchburg in particular.[5]
- 1865-1872 Freedmen's Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-1872
- 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete
- Campbell County Personal Property Tax List 1785-1814. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans.
- Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans in Campbell County.
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 | Billion Graves |
| VAGenWeb Archives | ||
| Tombstone Project | ||
| Virginia Gravestones | ||
| Billion Graves | ||
| See Virginia Cemeteries for more information. | ||
Census[edit | edit source]
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1790 | 7,685 | — |
| 1800 | 9,866 | 28.4% |
| 1810 | 11,001 | 11.5% |
| 1820 | 16,569 | 50.6% |
| 1830 | 20,350 | 22.8% |
| 1840 | 21,030 | 3.3% |
| 1850 | 23,245 | 10.5% |
| 1860 | 26,197 | 12.7% |
| 1870 | 28,384 | 8.3% |
| 1880 | 36,250 | 27.7% |
| 1890 | 41,087 | 13.3% |
| 1900 | 23,256 | −43.4% |
| 1910 | 23,043 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | 26,716 | 15.9% |
| 1930 | 22,885 | −14.3% |
| 1940 | 26,048 | 13.8% |
| 1950 | 28,877 | 10.9% |
| 1960 | 32,958 | 14.1% |
| 1970 | 43,319 | 31.4% |
| 1980 | 45,424 | 4.9% |
| 1990 | 47,572 | 4.7% |
| 2000 | 51,078 | 7.4% |
| 2010 | 54,842 | 7.4% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
1890 Union Veterans
- Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. c1994. By Ronald Ray Turner. Online at: 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):
Campbell County fell within the bounds of the Appomattox Association, the Roanoke Association, and the Strawberry Association.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
See also Russell Parish
Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Campbell County is available online.[7]
Quaker[edit | edit source]
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):
- Hill's Creek Monthly Meeting (1778-1803)[8]
- Seneca Monthly Meeting (1781-1810)
- South River Monthly Meeting, Lynchburg, Va. (1757-1839). The original records have been microfilmed: FHL Films 33937-33939. In 1905, Bell published the early records, which are now available online at FamilySearch Digital Library and Google Books.[9] Wright also published early records (1756-1800): FHL Book 975.567 K2w.[10] Hinshaw also published the early records: FHL Book 973 D2he 1993 v. 6.[11]
- South River Meeting House Graveyard database at Find A Grave. (64+ entries)
In the 1700s and 1800s, Friends from Campbell County, Virginia Genealogy also attended the Cedar Creek Meeting House in Hanover County, Virginia.[12]
- Jane Douglas Summers Brown and Jones Memorial Library. Jane Douglas Summers Brown (1903-) Quaker Records: Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia); MS 1515. MSS, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Va. Available on 26 microfilms at FHL. Includes records of Campbell County Quakers; Brown assisted William Wade Hinshaw in the writing of the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.
Presbyterian[edit | edit source]
- History of Hat Creek Church. 1834. By William Irvin. Columbia, SC : n.p. Online at: Hathitrust
Court[edit | edit source]
Chancery Court
- Indexes (1793-1946) and images (1793-1914) to Campbell County, Virginia Chancery Records are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.[13]
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 Campbell County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of 175+ published books and articles, or jump to the surname using the alphabet bar.
Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families
- The Campbell Clan in Virginia. 1954. By Leslie Lyle Campbell. Lexington, VA : The Virginia Book Co. Online at: Hathitrust
- Early, R. H. Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1926. Lynchburg, Va.: J.P. Bell Co., 1927. FHL Collection; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
Information on the Adams, Alexander, Anderson, Anthony, Bailey, Brown, Bolling, Bullock, Burton, Callaway, Candler, Chiles, Clark, Clay, Clemens, Clement, Cobbs, Cocke, Dabney, Daniel, Davis, Davies, Deering, Diuguid, Douglas, Early, Evans, Floyd, Franklin, Garland, Gilliam, Goggin, Hairston, Hanks, Haythe, Henry, Holcombe, Hughes, Hunter, Irvine, Jennings, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kabler, Langhorne, Lee, Leftwich, Lewis, Lynch, McReynolds, Miller, Moorman, Morgan, Murrell, Norvell, Otey, Owen, Pannill, Payne, Perrow, Preston, Pleasants, Prewitt, Robertson, Rosser, Russell, Scott, Slaughter, Snow, Stith, Strange, Talbot, Tate, Terrell, Thompson, Thorpe, Thurman, Tyree, Venable, Wade, Walden, Ward, Watts, Winston, Withers, Wyatt, and Yuille families.[14]
- 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 Campbell County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887. Purchase at Virginians.com.
- Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia has a nice genealogical collection. Among its holdings are the Family File. An index is available onsite and will help you track down genealogical charts and sources about specific families. To learn more, visit their website. Go to collections, family file.
Immigration[edit | edit source]
- North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. By Peter Wilson Coldham. 2007. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co. At various libraries (WorldCat). Includes wills of residents of Albemarle County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.
During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 11 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Lynchburg, Campbell County.[15]
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.
- Hudgins et al. 795 patents dated 1736-1902 in what is now Campbell County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2010. [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]
- Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1926. 1927. By Ruth Hairston Early. Lynchburg, VA : J.P. Bell Co. Online at: FamilySearch Books, Ancestry ($).
- Index to Mrs. Cabell's Sketches and Recollections of Lynchburg. Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul. 1920):35-45. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
- Lest It Be Forgotten : A Scrapbook of Campbell County, Virginia. 1976. By Historical Committee of the Bicentennial Commission of Campbell County, Virginia. Altavista, VA : Altavista Printing Co. Online at: FamilySearch Books.
- Virginia and Virginians : Eminent Virginians (from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War). 1888. By Dr R. A. Brock. Richmond, VA : H. H. Hardesty, Publisher. Online at: Hathitrust.
Maps[edit | edit source]
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Migration[edit | edit source]
- Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia. 1966. By Katherine B. Elliott. South Hill, Virginia : K.B. Elliott. 2 vols. Vol. 1 online at: Ebook download, FHL. Vol 1-2 1983 reprints at FHL. Vol 1-2 1990-1992 reprints at FHL. Includes individuals who migrated out of Campbell County to other parts of the country.
Military[edit | edit source]
French and Indian War[edit | edit source]
- Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2bL.
Revolutionary War[edit | edit source]
- 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. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. See Virginia, Eastern District, Campbell County on page 129.
- A List of Soldiers Who Made Declaration of Service in Revolutionary War. By W.S. Morton. Campbell County, VA. The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1962):79. Available at JSTOR ($) .
- King's Mountain and Its Heroes : History of the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the Events Which Led to It. 1881. By Lyman C. Draper, LL.D. Cincinnati, OH : Peter G. Thomson, Publisher. Online at: Hathitrust.
- Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include an Added Index to States. FHL Book 973 M24ur. Online at: Ancestry ($). Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.
- Revolutionary War Soldiers from Campbell County, Virginia. By Harriett A. Chilton. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1976):297-298. Available at FHL. CD available at: New England Ancestors ($).
War of 1812[edit | edit source]
Campbell County men served in the 53rd and 117th Regiments.[16]
- List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Campbell County, pp. 65-66.]
- Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. 2007. By James L. Douthat. Signal Mountain, Tennessee : Mountain Press. Online at: Mountain Press ($) with Free online surname index. FHL Collection.
Civil War[edit | edit source]
Regiments. Service men in Campbell 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 Campbell County, Virginia Genealogy:
- - 1st Regiment, Virginia Artillery (Confederate). Company C (1st) (Lynchburg Beauregard Rifles Artillery)
- - 2nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company B (Wise Troop), Company C (Botetourt Dragoons), Company I (Campbell Rangers)
- - 11th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate).[17]
- - 28th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company E (Clifton Grays).[18]
- - 34th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Davis Artillery).[19]
- - 42nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company D (Campbell-Lee Guards) and Company I (Campbell Guards).[20]
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 at Ancestry ($)
- 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry ($)
- Page's Battery or Morris Artillery, 2d Corps, Army Northern Virginia. 1885. By One of the Company. New York, NY : Thomas Smeltzer, Stationer and Printer. Online at: Hathitrust.
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 at FamilySearch — index and images
Naturalization[edit | edit source]
- Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Jones Memorial Library has a free online obituary index to many local newspapers. They also have a great collection of newspapers accessible in their facility.
The Virginia Newspapers Project identifies local Campbell County, Virginia Genealogy newspapers.
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 the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia.
- 1797-1798 Lynchburg Weekly Museum at Genealogy Bank ($).
- 1798-1799 Lynchburg Weekly Gazette at Genealogy Bank ($).
- 1809-1818 Lynchburg Press at Genealogy Bank ($).
Occupations[edit | edit source]
- The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. 1952. By George Barton Cutten. Richmond, Virginia : The Dietz Press, Incorporated. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 U23c. Includes a section on Liberty (now Bedford) silversmiths and watchmakers.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
A free index to Campbell County, Virginia Genealogy wills and administrations (1782-1800) is available at the Library of Virginia.
Local Court
- Virginia Wills Before 1799: A Complete Abstract Register of All Names Mentioned in Over Six Hundred Recorded Wills, ... Copied from the Court House Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William and Rockbridge Counties. 1924. By William M. Clemens. Pompton Lakes, NJ : Biblio Co. Online at: Access Genealogy, Ancestry ($), Heritage Quest Online ($). Free online surname index and 2004 reprint purchase details at Mountain Press ($).
A free index to Campbell County, Virginia Genealogy wills and administrations (1754-1800) is available at the Library of Virginia.
- 1763-1787; 1788-1805 Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Bonds Virginia Pioneers ($).
London Courts
- North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. 2007. By Peter Wilson Coldham. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Includes wills of Lynchburg residents proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.
Online Probate Records
- 1639 – 1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry ($).
- 1782-1810 Images of Wills Virginia Pioneers ($).
Taxation[edit | edit source]
| Online Campbell County, Virginia Tax Lists | |||||||||||
| Type | Index | Images | |||||||||
| Free | FHC | Fee | Free | FHC | Fee | ||||||
| Land | 1783 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Personal Property | 1785, 1785 | - | - | - | 1785 | 1785 | |||||
| Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1786 | 1786 | |||||
| Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1787 | 1787 | |||||
| Land | - | - | - | - | 1787 | - | |||||
| Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1788 | 1788 | |||||
| Land | - | - | - | - | 1788 | - | |||||
| Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1789 | 1789 | |||||
| Personal Property | - | - | - | - | 1790 | 1790 | |||||
| Land | - | - | - | - | 1790 | - | |||||
| Personal Property | 1791 | - | - | 1791 | 1791 | 1791 | |||||
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How can Virginia tax lists help me?
Bibliography
- 1783 Land Tax List, 1783. Online at: Revolutionary War Service.
- 1785 Campbell County, Virginia Personal Property Tax list; index online at New River Notes.
- 1785-1814 Indexed images of the 1785-1814 Personal Property Tax Lists of Campbell County, Virginia - Binns Genealogy.
- 1785 Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940. By Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, FHL 975.5 R4f 1978.
- 1785-1814 Campbell County Personal Property Tax List 1785-1814. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans.
- 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). Campbell County is included in Vol. 1.
- 1791, 1800 Indexed images of the 1791 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Campbell County, Virginia - Binns Genealogy.
- 1800 Campbell County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1969):61-64; Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1969):106-110; Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1969):159-162. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
- 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). By Roger D. Ward. c1997. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. FHL 975 E4w. At various libraries (WorldCat). The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Campbell County is included in Vol. 2.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Indexes to Campbell 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]
- 1660-1800 - Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 Ancestry ($).
- 1660-1959 - Virginia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast ($)
- 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 Ancestry ($).
- 1781-1854 - Ricks, Joel. Campbell County, Virginia Marriage Bonds 1781-1854. 1936. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
- 1782-1800 - Marriage Bonds Virginia Pioneers ($).
- 1782-1810 - Marriages of Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1810. c1971. By Lucy Harrison Miller Baber. Lynchburg, Virginia : L.H.M. Baber and H.L. Williamson. Available at FHL. Online at: Ancestry ($) - 1980 edition.
- 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
- 1812-1828 - Marriages Virginia Pioneers ($).
- 1853-1935 - Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1936-1988 - Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988.
Divorce[edit | edit source]
- 1918-1988 - Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988
Death[edit | edit source]
- 1812-1828 Deaths Virginia Pioneers ($)
- 1912-1987 - Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987
See also Newspapers
The website of Jones Memorial Library includes a free online index to records of several local twentieth century funeral homes.
Vital Record Substitutes[edit | edit source]
Indexes to Campbell 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
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.
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For birth, marriage, and death record substitutes, see Bible Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Newspapers, and Probate Records. |
Campbell 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
Campbell County Virginia Genealogy Websites[edit | edit source]
- Campbell Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, history.
- Campbell County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
- FamilySearch Catalog
- Cyndi's List
Campbell County Virginia Genealogy References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://www.co.campbell.va.us/377/County-History
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Campbell County, Virginia. Page 711 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Campbell 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, "Campbell_ County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_County,_Virginia accessed 19 Decamber 2019.
- ↑ Ninth Census of the United States: Statistics of Population, Tables I to VIII Inclusive. 1872). Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, pg 70. Online at: Internet Archive. Available at FHL Book 973 X2pcu.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (1810; reprint, Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 272, 303-304, 338-339. Digital version at Google Books.
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- ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 62. FHL Book 975.5 M2bs.
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- ↑ Frank E. Fields, 28th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1985). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 15.
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