Stafford County, Virginia Genealogy

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Guide to Stafford County, Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Facts
County seat: Stafford
Organized: 1664[1]
Parent County(s): Westmoreland
Neighboring Counties
Caroline  • Charles (MD)  • Culpeper  • Fauquier  • King George  • Prince William  • Spotsylvania
See County Maps
Courthouse
VirginiaStaffordCourthouse.jpg
Location Map
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Adoption

County Information[edit | edit source]

Description[edit | edit source]

Stafford County is located in the Northern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and is included in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. Stafford was named after Staffordshire England[2].

County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Stafford County Courthouse
1300 Courthouse Road
PO Box 940
Stafford, VA 22555-0940
Phone: 540-658-8935
Stafford County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1854, divorce and court records from 1664, probate and land records from 1699[3]

Stafford County, Virginia Record Dates[edit | edit source]

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records[4]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1853 1854 1853 1664 1699 1699 1810
* Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912.
General compliance year is unknown.

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

  • 1861-1865 Many pre-Civil War court records were lost during the American Civil War (1861-1865). However, a few volumes of deeds, orders, and wills still exist.[5]
  • Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890
  • George Harrison Sanford King's Card File is especially valuable for reconstructing Stafford County families. His papers are available online, see Virginia Genealogy.[6]
  • Visit the Library of Virginia's website to determine exactly what records have been lost and their Lost Records Localities Database to find additional resources.
  • For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

Boundary Changes[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:[9]

Unincorporated communities
Census-designated places


History Timeline[edit | edit source]

Stafford County, Virginia takes its name from the English county of Staffordshire


The county is named after the English county of Staffordshire.[10]

The port of Falmouth, just opposite of Fredericksburg on the Rappahannock River, is situated in Stafford County.

Resources[edit | edit source]

Bible Records[edit | edit source]

For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.

Biographies[edit | edit source]

Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]

  • Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (Together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. FHL Collection [Includes sections on Falmouth and Stafford County silversmiths.]

Two iron making facilities operated in colonial Stafford County:

  1. Accokeek Furnace
  2. Rappahannock Forge[11]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries of Stafford County, Virginia online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Virginia Cemeteries for more information.

 

Census Records[edit | edit source]

For databases, indexes, and information online, see Virginia Census.

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1790 9,588 —
1800 9,971 4.0%
1810 9,830 −1.4%
1820 9,517 −3.2%
1830 9,362 −1.6%
1840 8,454 −9.7%
1850 8,044 −4.8%
1860 8,555 6.4%
1870 6,420 −25.0%
1880 7,211 12.3%
1890 7,362 2.1%
1900 8,097 10.0%
1910 8,070 −0.3%
1920 8,104 0.4%
1930 8,050 −0.7%
1940 9,548 18.6%
1950 11,902 24.7%
1960 16,876 41.8%
1970 24,587 45.7%
1980 40,470 64.6%
1990 61,236 51.3%
2000 92,446 51.0%
2010 128,961 39.5%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1785 Enumeration

1890 Union Veterans

Church Records[edit | edit source]

List of Churches and Church Parishes

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

  1. Chappawamsick (1767)[12]. Original records held at the Virginia Historical Society; digitized by FamilySearch - free. Church records from 1766 to 1844 were also published and indexed in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 27 (1989), which is available online at Ancestry ($).[13] Edwards published a membership list dated 1766 in Materials Towards a History of the Baptists... (1772), 28.
  2. Hartwood (1771).[12] Church records from 1771 to 1791 were published in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 28 (1990), which is available online at Ancestry ($).[14]
  3. Horsepen (by 1771)[15]
  4. Potowmack (by 1768)[15] Edwards published a membership list dated 1771 in Materials Towards a History of the Baptists... (1772), 33.
  5. White Oak (1791)[12]
  • 1776 Petition of Baptists (10,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 October 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. After locating your ancestor, view the digital copies.
    – Digital copies at Library of Congress; also at Library of Virginia using the code word "000606093"
    – Hall, Jean Pickett. "Legislative Petitions: the 10,000 name petition" transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983-) online at Ancestry ($) and in book form at various libraries.
    Stafford County fell within the bounds of the Ketocton Association.

Catholic

  • Downing, Margaret Brent. "The Old Catholic Chapel and Graveyard near Aquia, Stafford County, Va.," The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Jan. 1925):561-563. Available at JSTOR ($).

Church of England
Visit the following Church of England parish pages to learn about resources available for Anglican residents of Stafford County: Gotoarrow.png See also Brunswick Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Chotank Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Hamilton Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Lower Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Overwharton Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Potomac Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also St. Paul's Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Stafford Parish
Gotoarrow.png See also Upper Parish

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):

  • Stafford Monthly Meeting (1769-1807) aka Potomac Creek[16]

Court Records[edit | edit source]

Online Court Indexes and Records
In 2011, a transcript of missing Stafford County Order Book 1749-1755 was located. Read more at NJ.com.

General

  • Waterman, Thomas T. "The Old Court House Buildings, Stafford County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr. 1936):247. Available at JSTOR ($).
  • Waterman, Thomas T. "The Old Buildings at Stafford Court House," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):587-588. Available at JSTOR ($).
  • Happel, Ralph. "Stafford and King George Courthouses and the Fate of Marlborough, Port of Entry," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 66, No. 2 (Apr. 1958):183-194. Available at JSTOR ($).

Chancery Court

County Court

  • Court records, 1680 (contains wills, inventories, depositions, orders, judgments, powers of attorney, etc.; seems to have been transcribed in 1817 by the clerk of the Superior Court) Family History Library Microfilm #33956 Court Records [Deeds, Invs., Etc.] 1680 c, 27(a) fo.
  • Court records, 1664-1668, 1689-1693 (seems to be two order books which were bound together). Family History Library Microfilm #33947 Court Records [Orders], 1664 - 1668, c 94 p. and Court Records [Orders], 1689 - 1693, c 381 p. unpaged index.
  • Record Book, 1686-1693/4, 552 p., no index Family History Library Microfilm #1445833
  • "Notes from the Records of Stafford County, Virginia, Order Books," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul. 1936):191-206; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):296-311; Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan. 1937):11-28; Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr. 1937):171-188; Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul. 1937):243-259; Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct. 1937):367-382; Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan. 1938):20-33; Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr. 1938):126-134; Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul. 1938):222-230; Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct. 1938):316-320; Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan. 1939):22-26; Vol. 47, No. 2 (Apr. 1939):126-132; Vol. 47, No. 3 (Jul. 1939):248-252; Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct. 1939):335-348. Available at JSTOR ($).

District Court of Fredericksburg
The District Court of Fredericksburg and later the Superior Court of Chancery had jurisdiction over certain Stafford County court cases. An index has been compiled:

  • Indexes of Court Records in the Clerk's Office, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1782-1904. Original records, Fredericksburg City Courthouse, Fredericksburg, Va., microfilmed reproduction: FHL Collection [Indexes the following records: District Court law book v. 8, 1782-1792; District Court law books 1790-1793, v. A-F 1789-1811; Superior Court of Law law order books v. G-H 1812-1831; Superior Court of Chancery chancery order books 1814-1831; Hustings Court orders v. A-O 1782-1871; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery law order books v. A-E 1831-1875; Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery chancery order books v. A-D 1831-1872; Circuit Court chancery order books v. A2, B-C 1875-1904; Fredericksburg District Court (1789-1808) had jurisdiction over the following counties: Spotsylvania (including Fredericksburg), Caroline, King George, Stafford, Orange, and Culpeper; Superior Court of Chancery (1802-1831) had jurisdiction over the following localities: city of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fairfax, Lancaster, Northumberland, Madison, King George, Orange, Prince William, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Essex, and Westmoreland.]
  • See also Historic Court Records for indexes of Apprentice Records, Clerk's Order Books, Court Records, Free Negro / Slave records, Inquests, Marriage Records, Mayor's Court, Military Records & Wills
    Superior Court of Chancery

See District Court of Fredericksburg

Directories[edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

For databases and immigrant groups, see Virginia Emigration and Immigration

Falmouth, along the Rappahannock River, has been a port since colonial times. No official passenger lists survive for the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries.

  • Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. FHL Collection; digital version at Google Books. [List of immigrants, 1707, sailed to Virginia under Capt. James Gaugh on the Ship Joseph and Thomas from Bristol, England, see p. 8.]
  • Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Stafford County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
  • List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Virginia are online at: Immigrant Servants Database.
    *O'Brien, Michael J. "Virginia, Stafford County, Overwharton Parish - Extracts from the Registers of the Protestant Episcopal Church of, from 1720 to 1758, Transcribed by Mr. Powhattan Moncure, Custodian of the Records," The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, Vol. 12 (1913):156-161. FHL Collection; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [O'Brien attempts to identify Irish surnames in this Church of England parish register.]

During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 4 British aliens, some of whom had families, living in Falmouth.[17]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]

African Americans

Native Americans

  • Deyo, William L. A Brief Outline of Recorded History of the Patawomeck [Potomac] Tribe. Colonial Beach, Va.: DeJoux Publications, 2000. FHL Book 970.3 P849d

Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]

Genealogies[edit | edit source]

Compiled Genealogies by Surname

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families

  • Eby, Jerrilynn. Laying the Hoe: A Century of Iron Manufacturing in Stafford County, Virginia: With Genealogical Notes on Over 300 Families. Westminster, Md.: Willow Bend Books, 2003. FHL Book 975.526 H2eb
  • Eby, Jerrilynn. Men of Mark in Stafford County, Virginia: A Listing of County Officials, 1664-1991, with Accompanying Biographical Annotations. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 2001. FHL Book 975.526 N2e
  • Yurechko, John Otto. Virginians Along and Near the Lower Rapphahannock River, 1607-1799. 2 vols. Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1997-1998. FHL Book 975.5 D2yj v. 1-v. 2. Contents: v. 1. Blake, Brooks (Brook), Churchill, Cook (Cock), Daniel, Dixon, Gore, Kidd, Lewis, Martin, Montague, Taylor and Wood -- v. 2. Brown, Clark, Elliott, Fox (Fowkes, Vaulx), Harrison, McTyre, Moore, Pate, Rawlins (Rollins), Rhodes, Sanders (Saunders) and Williams.

Guardianship[edit | edit source]

Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]

For land indexes, records, and databases, see Virginia Land and Property, including Colonial and State Land Grants.

Online Land Indexes and Records

Grants and Patents

  • Davey. 253 patents dated 1651-1911 in what is now Fairfax, Fauquier, Northumberland, Prince William, Stafford, and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. [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, which is "Nova" in this instance); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]
  • Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. FHL Collection; digital version at Ancestry. [Includes Stafford County.]
  • 1742-1775 Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
  • Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Vol. I (1934; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991). FHL Collection; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Stafford County. N.B. If Ancestry's search engine fails, try checking the printed index at the end of the book.]

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Historic Residences

  • Goolrick, John T. Old Homes and History Around Fredericksburg: The Northern Neck and the Southside, Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties and Battle Sketches. Richmond: Garrett & Massie, c1929. FHL Collection; digital versions at Ancestry ($), FamilySearch Digital Library.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

County and state maps, historical and more current, are valuable research tools. For map collections, online and in libraries, see Virginia Maps.

Fredericksburg (Independent City)King George CountyCaroline CountySpotsylvania CountyOrange CountyCulpeper CountyFauquier CountyPrince William CountyCharles CountyVA STAFFORD.PNG
Click a neighboring county
for more resources

Migration[edit | edit source]

  • Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):49-53. FHL Collection; digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Stafford County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 53.]

Military Records[edit | edit source]

French and Indian War

  • Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. FHL Collection [Identifies some Stafford County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.]
  • Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. FHL Collection; digital version at Google Books. [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 Stafford County, see pp. 101-102.]
  • Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. FHL Collection; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Stafford County militia officers; see place name index.]


Revolutionary War

  • 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 version at Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Stafford County on page 133.]
  • 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; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.

Regiments. Service men in Stafford County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Stafford County supplied soldiers for the:

- 3rd Virginia Regiment
- 10th Virginia Regiment


Colonial Militia

  • Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. FHL Collection [Identifies some Stafford County militia officers and/or soldiers; see place name index.]
  • Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. FHL Collection; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Stafford County militia officers; see place name index.]


War of 1812

  • 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, Stafford County, p. 105. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Regiments. Stafford County men served in the 45th Regiment.[18]

Civil War

Regiments. Civil War service men in Stafford County 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 here:

- 9th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company A (Stafford Rangers).[19]
- 30th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company I.[20]
- 47th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A and Company B.[21]

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Stafford County:

May 29-June 1, 1861 = Aquia Creek[22][19][19]
Maps of Civil War battles in Virginia: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865


World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

For online newspaper resources, see the Virginia Newspapers page.

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.

Obituaries[edit | edit source]

Other Records[edit | edit source]

Private Papers

Periodicals[edit | edit source]

Probate Records[edit | edit source]

For probate records, indexes, and databases, see Virginia Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

Local Court

  • Hopkins, William Lindsay. Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800. Richmond, Virginia: W.L. Hopkins, 1987. FHL Collection [Includes Stafford County.]
  • King, George Harrison Sanford. "Will of Andrew Edwards, Stafford County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):307-310. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
  • Nicklen, John Bailey Calvert. "A Missing Will Book of Stafford County and Its Contents," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jan. 1949):67-75. Available at JSTOR ($).

London Courts

  • Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Stafford County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
  • 1699-1709 Images of Wills at Virginia Pioneers ($)
  • 1729-1748 Images of Wills at Virginia Pioneers ($)
  • 1748-1763 Images of Wills at Virginia Pioneers ($)

School Records[edit | edit source]

Social Security Records[edit | edit source]

Tax Records[edit | edit source]

For additional online collections and the value and use of Virginia's tax lists in your research, see Virginia Taxation.

Online Tax Indexes and Records

  • 1723 Stafford County Rent Roll for the Year 1723; index online at RELIC - free.
  • 1723-1790 Vogt, John and T. William Kethley. Stafford County, Virginia Tithables: Quit Rent, Personal Property Taxes and Related Lists and Petitions, 1723-1790 in Two Volumes. 2 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1990. FHL Collection
  • 1724 Stafford County Tobacco Tenders 1724; index online at RELIC - free.
  • 1742 Vogt, John. "A Stafford County, Virginia Quit Roll, circa 1742," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Nov. 1989):239-245. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  • 1746-1749 A List of the Rents Belonging to the Estate of Capt. William Brent, Dece[ase]d Virginia, y[ea]rs 1746-1749, in Milnor Ljungstedt, "Some Stafford Records," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1922):183. Available at JSTOR ($).
  • 1758-1759, 1764] Reynolds, William W. "Rent Rolls of 1758-1759 and 1764, Stafford County," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1981):137-139. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  • 1768, 1773 Woodson, Robert F. and Isobel B. Woodson. Virginia Tithables from Burned Record Counties: Buckingham, 1773-1774; Gloucester, 1770-1771, 1774-1775; Hanover, 1763 and 1770; James City, 1768-1769; Stafford, 1768 and 1773. Richmond, Virginia: I.B. Woodson, 1970. FHL Collection
  • 1782-1813 Heinegg, Paul. "Stafford County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1813," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
  • 1783 - Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783; index online at Revolutionary War Service website - free.
  • 1783-1813 Stafford County Personal Property Tax Lists 1783-1813 (images); digital version in Tax List Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
  • 1787 Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. 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. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. FHL Collection [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Stafford County is included in Vol. 2.]
  • 1787 Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):49-53. FHL Collection; digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Stafford County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on p. 53.]
  • 1789, 1798 Images of the 1789 and 1798 Personal Property Tax Lists of Stafford County, Virginiaare available to browse online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
  • 1815 Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. FHL Collection [The source for this publication is 1815 land tax. Stafford County is included in Vol. 4.]

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

For additional indexes, databases, and details, see Virginia Vital Records.

Birth[edit | edit source]

Marriage[edit | edit source]

Death[edit | edit source]

Divorce[edit | edit source]

Research Facilities[edit | edit source]

Archives[edit | edit source]

Listed below are archives in Stafford County. For state-wide facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

Family History Centers[edit | edit source]

Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

  • 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 Affiliate Libraries

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in Stafford County. For state-wide library facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

Central Rappahannock Library
1201 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540-372-1144 or 540-371-9165

Stafford County collections are also held at the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Historical Society.

Museums[edit | edit source]

Societies[edit | edit source]

Listed below are societies in Stafford County. For state-wide genealogical and historical societies, see Virginia Societies.

Websites[edit | edit source]

  • FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides[edit | edit source]

Compiled genealogies are a good place to start research for this area, see Stafford County, Virginia Genealogy. If you are researching families who lived in Stafford County, Virginia between the 1660s and 1820s, the Sparacios' book indexes are a great time saver. The indexes are available for free online.

  • King, George H.S. "A Survey of Stafford County Records [1792]," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Jul. 1945):215-218. Available at JSTOR ($).
  • "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Stafford County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):55-57. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Newberry
  2. ↑ http://genealogytrails.com/vir/stafford/
  3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  5. ↑ Lost Records Localities: Counties and Cities with Missing Records, 4, in Library of Virginia (accessed 4 April 2014).
  6. ↑ Susan Chiarello, "George Harrison Sanford King's Card File," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Feb. 2007):5. FHL Book 975.5 B2vs. Explanation by Barbara Vines Little.
  7. ↑ Newberry
  8. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  9. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Stafford County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed 2 March 2020.
  10. ↑ Wikipedia Contributors, "Stafford County, Virginia," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia, accessed 13 January 2012.
  11. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, "Review of Laying the Hoe, A Century of Iron Manufacturing in Stafford County, Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2003):238. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($); FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 47 (2003).
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 386-387. Digital version at Google Books.
  13. ↑ Richard Slatten, "Early Records of Chappawamsic Baptist Church, Stafford County, 1799-1844," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):38-40; Vol. 27, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):191-197. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  14. ↑ Richard Slatten, "Hartwood Baptist Church Records, Stafford County, 1771-1791," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Nov. 1990):317-320. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Morgan Edwards, Materials Towards a History of the Baptists in the Provinces of Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia (1772). Digitized by SCDL Collections - free.
  16. ↑ Jay Worrall, The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Company, 1994), 537-539. FHL Book 975.5 K2wj.
  17. ↑ Kenneth Scott, British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979), 320-333. FHL Book 973 W4s; digital version at Ancestry ($).
  18. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 200. FHL Book 975.5 M2bs.
  19. ↑ Robert K. Krick, 9th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1982). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 2.
  20. ↑ Robert K. Krick, 30th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1983). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 4.
  21. ↑ Homer D. Musselman, 47th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1991). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 73.
  22. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services,Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 2 August 2012)
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