Middlesex County, Virginia Genealogy

United States &gt; Virginia &gt; Middlesex County





Parent County
1674--Middlesex County was created 21 September 1674 from Lancaster County. County seat: Saluda

African American
The original Registers of Free Negroes and Mulattoes for the County of Middlesex, 1800-1862 are held at the Middlesex County Courthouse in Saluda, Va. The Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia) microfilmed these records in 1981. A copy of their microfilm is available at the Family History Library: FHL US/CAN Film 2024874 Items 1 - 2.

Additional Middlesex County African American resources include:


 * Heinegg, Paul. "Middlesex County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1819," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]

Census
1890 Union Veterans


 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website. [Includes residents of this county.]

Church
Church of England


 * Mason, George Carrington. Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1945. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. [Includes Middlesex County.]
 * National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia from 1653 to 1812. Richmond, VA, USA: Christ Church, 1897. Available at FHL. This book has been converted into databases at Ancestry ($):


 * Christ Church Parish, Virginia Births, 1653-1812
 * Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages, 1653-1812
 * Christ Church Parish, Virginia Deaths, 1653-1812
 * Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812


 * O'Brien, Michael J. "Virginia, Middlesex County. - Extracts from the Parish Register of Christ Church," The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, Vol. 12 (1913):149-155. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [O'Brien attempts to identify Irish surnames in this Church of England parish register.]
 * The Vestry Book of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1663-1767. Richmond, Virginia: Old Dominion Press, 1927.

Court
Chancery Court


 * Indexed images of Middlesex County, Virginia Chancery Records 1754-1820 and 1894 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General


 * DeBusk, Jessie M. Family Histories of Middlesex County, Virginia. Urbanna, VA: Ralph Wormeley Branch APVA, 1982.

Bibliography


 * [Amis] Owings, Elizabeth S. The Amis Family and Their Known Descendants. Clinton, Mississippi: E.S. Owings, [1996?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Am57o.
 * [Amiss] Leavell, John C. Amiss: Genealogy Report for Holloway-Amis-Leavell Society. Waynesboro, Va.: J.C. Leavell, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Am57L.
 * [Ball] Ballew, David L. Benjamin Ball Sr. &amp; Ann McIntosh, His Ancestors &amp; Some of His Descendants to the Present Generation. West Palm Beach, Florida: D.L. Ballew, [1987?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B21b.
 * [Ball] Ball, Helen A. The Edward Ball Family of Middlesex County, Va. 2 vols. Horton, Mich.: H. Ball, 1990. FHL US/CAN Film 1597894 Item 2.
 * [Ball] Maerz, Claudette. The Edward Ball Family of Virginia. Bloomington, Minnesota: C. Maerz, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B21mc.
 * [Ball] Maerz, Claudette. The William Ball Family of Virginia. Bloomington, Minnesota: C. Maerz, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B21mcL; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Ball] Mills, Donna Rachael. Some Southern Balls: From Valentine to Ferdinand and Beyond. Orlando, Florida: Mills Historical Press, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B21mdr; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Ball] Maerz, Claudette. The Benjamin Ball Family of Virginia. Bloomington, Minnesota: C. Maerz, 1994. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B21ma; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Ball] Maerz, Claudette. The Daniel Ball Family of Virginia. Bloomington, Minnesota: C. Maerz, 1994. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B21mcb.
 * [Ball] Ball, E. Graham. Edward Ball of 1670: Family Line. Salt Lake City, Utah: A.E. Ball, 1995?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B21beg.
 * [Ball] Bertrand, Arthur P. Ball Family Line. Multi-volume. n.p.: A.P. Bertrand, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B21bap v. 1 ff.
 * [Ball] Hill, Ronald A. "Ball Family Migration: Virginia to Kentucky, 1784," The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 2 (April 2003):103-114.
 * [Ball] Lennon, Rachael M. "A Proposed English Ancestry for Henry Ball (circa 1676-1735) of Middlesex County, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 3 (Jul. 2003):165-172; Vol. 78, No. 4 (Oct. 2003):265-273.
 * [Barbee] Sanders, Julia C. A History of the Sears Family. Texarkana, Texas: J.C. Sanders, 1968. FHL US/CAN Large Q Book 929.273 Se17sj.
 * [Barbee] Shields, Ruth Herndon, Belle Lewter West and Kathryn Crossley Stone. A Study of the Barbee Families of Chatham, Orange and Wake Counties in North Carolina. Boulder, Colorado: K.C. Stone, 1971. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B232s; 1976 edition: FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B232a 1976; 1976 supplement: FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B232a 1976 supp.
 * [Barbee] Mullen, Roderic L. Lynn, Barbee, Miller, Mayton, Hutchins, Rhodes, Nicholls, Herndon, Blake, Clifton, Vickers, Trice, Patterson, Proctor, Dollar: and Allied Families of Durham, Orange and Wake Counties, North Carolina. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L993mr.
 * [Bennett] Bennett, Carmen Taylor. The Bennetts, Italy, France, England, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, 1501-1982. [Lubbock, Texas]: C.T. Bennett, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B441b.
 * [Beverley] Wise, John S. and John McGill. Family of Beverley of Beverley. New York: R.J. Page, Jr., 1890. FHL US/CAN Film 1454560 Item 42.
 * [Beverley] Stanard, William G. Major Robert Beverley and His Descendants. Reprint of articles appearing in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2 (1895). FHL US/CAN Access Services Window 6334159. Andrew J. Morris indexed this material.
 * [Beverley] McGill, John. The Beverley Family of Virginia: Descendants of Major Robert Beverley (1641-1687) and Allied Families. Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan, 1956. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B467m.
 * [Blake] Blake Family Records, ca. 1630-1961. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 2055330 Item 1.
 * [Blakey] Blakey, Bernard Buckner. A Blakey Book: Being an Account of Those Believed to be Descended from Thomas and Susannah Blakey of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia. Little Falls, Minnesota: Blakey, 1977. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B587a.
 * [Bristow] Woolley, Gordon Byron. John Bristow of Middlesex County, Virginia and Descendants through Ten Generations. New York: Vantage Press, 1969. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B776w.
 * [Bristow] Mahaffey, Nola Egle. Bristow Gleanings. [Palm Bay, Florida]: N. Mahaffey, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B776m.
 * [Brown] Lightburn, Faye Marie Brown. Revolutionary Soldier, Samuel Brown, and Some of His Family: From Middlesex County, Virginia to the Sacramento Valley of California. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B815Lf.
 * [Burk] Burke, Eugene, Lois Burke, and Bob Burke. 3,500 Years of Burkes. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Commonwealth Press, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B917bu; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Burk] Greever, Kathryn Burke. Some Descendants of John Burk, 1656-1699, Middlesex County, VA. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B917g
 * [Churchill] Todhunter, Charles Timothy. The Churchill Family Genealogy: Genealogical and Biographical. 2 vols. Payneville, Kentucky: C.T. Todhunter, 1988, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C473t ff.
 * [Clark] Smith, Walter Burgess. The Edward Clark Genealogy, 1676-1988: From Bacon's Rebellion of 1676 in Virginia Down to the Present Day: Edward (1655?-1737) of Middlesex and Essex Counties, Virginia, and His Descendants, including the Bristow, Stiff, Roudebush, McFarland, Holleman, and Other Families. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C547sw.
 * [Copeland] Coplen, Herman L. The Copeland / Coplen and Allied Families, Immigrants to Virginia. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C79ch.
 * [Copeland] Winnefeld, James and Fredda Coupland Winnefeld. A Copeland/Coupland Genealogy: Tracing a Family from Medieval Britain to the American South. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C79w.
 * [Corbin] Bruce, John Goodall. Corbin Family Data. Typescript, Library of Virginia, Genealogical Notes [Collection], Box 1, Cor. FHL US/CAN Film 29883 Item 1.
 * [Daniel] Mann, Robert Neville and Cathrine Cleek Mann. Middlesex, Virginia Daniel Descendants. Cedar Bluff, Alabama: R.N. and C.C. Mann, 1959. Available at FHL in both book: FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D221m and electronic format: FHL CD-ROM no. 5120; digital version of 2001 reprint at World Vital Records ($).
 * [Daniel] Heinemann, Charles Brunk. Daniel Families of the Southern States. [San Diego, California]: G.D. Cavanaugh, 1978. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D22h.
 * [Daniel] Cavanaugh, Georgia Daniels and Connie Daniels Graves. The Daniel Discoverer and Documenter. Newsletter. San Diego, California: G. D. Cavanaugh, 1976-1982; Del Mar, California : C.D. Graves, 1982-1988. FHL 929.27305 D221d.
 * [Daniel] Adams, Rosa Bell. Daniel Family Records. ca. 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D221ar.
 * [Davis] DeVerter, Ruth Hendricks. The Genealogy of the Davis Family: Middlesex County, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Kentucky. Baytown, Texas: R.H. DeVerter, 1957. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H384d v. 1.
 * [Degge] Ravenscroft, Ruth Thayer and Willard Heiss. The Degge Family of Staffordshire, England, and the American Branches, [and] the Diggs Family of Kent, England, and the American Families. Typescript, Lilly Library, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. FHL US/CAN Film 1571762 Item 2; also FHL US/CAN Film 860977 Item 2; also FHL US/CAN Film 908337 Item 3; 2002 digital reprint: FHL CD-ROM no. 5114.
 * [Degge] Diggs, Billy Horace. Diggin' Up the Roots. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: B.H. Diggs, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D569db.
 * [Dudley] Mason, James Henry. The Dudley Genealogies. Glendale, Calif.: J.H. Mason, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D865md.
 * [Early] Early, R.H. The Family of Early, Which Settled Upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and Its Connection with Other Families. Lynchburg, Va.: Brown- Morrison, 1920. FHL US/CAN Film 1321144 Item 5; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Fearn] Ferneyhough, Elizabeth Lee Fearn Cabell and Elizabeth Lee Lusk. The Fearns of Virginia and Some Allied Families. [Virginia?]: E.L.F.C. Feyneyhough and E.L. Lusk, 1973. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 1270.
 * [Gillenwater] Brown, Barbara Rose Gillenwater. Gillenwaters and Related Families. Albuquerque, New Mexico: B. Brown, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G412bb; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Goar] See Gore.
 * [Goodloe] Lollar, Mary Alexander. My Colbert County Families: Lanes, Prides, Goodloes, Rutlands, and Bartons. Alabama?: n.p., 1977?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L24c.
 * [Gordon] Gordon, Armistead C. Gordons in Virginia: With Notes on Gordons of Scotland and Ireland. Hackensack, N.J.: William M. Clemens, 1918. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6060531; 2003 reprint: FHL CD-ROM no. 1466.
 * [Gore] West, H.H. West Family Genealogy. Transcript; FHL US/CAN Film 965603 Item 17.
 * [Greenwood] Hayes, Donna Katherine Loyless, Betty French Hayes and Bascom Barry Hayes. "I Remember When--": Memoir and Essays on the Paternal Ancestry of Albert Hendon Loyless: Including the Families Bates, Bradley, Burkhalter, Carter, Christian, Daniel, Demsey, Duckworth, Fawdon, George, Gilliland, Greenwood, Hardin, Hayes, Hendon, Hooper, Lawless-Loyless, Lynch, McTyre, Pendleton, Pettus, Robbins, Russell, du Sauchoy, Tarleton, Tinsley, Upshaw, Winston, Winters, and Word. Austin, Texas: D.K.L. Hayes, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G857h.
 * [Grimes] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. Grimes Family of Virginia. n.p.: Gottschalk and Reddy, 1947. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G883g.
 * [Grimes] Grimes, E.B. The Grimes Family. Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson, 199?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G882ge.
 * [Hickey] Lewis, Olan R. The John Hickey Family. Lakeport, Calif.: O.R. Lewis, 1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H526Lo.
 * [Hill] Byrd, Helen Norris. Two Norris, Two Hills, Two Smiths &amp; Other Families: Ancestors of My Father, James Thomas Norris, 1872 TX-1953 FL. Tampa, Florida: H.N. Byrd, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N794b.
 * [Hooke] Hook, James William. James Hook and Virginia Eller: A Family History and Genealogy. New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse &amp; Taylor, 1925. FHL US/CAN Film 874198 Item 2.
 * [Hord] Hord, Arnold Harris. Genealogy of the Hord Family. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1898. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6060613.
 * [Hord] Hord, Arnold Harris. The Hord Family of Virginia: A Supplement to the Genealogy of the Hord Family. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Ferris &amp; Leach, 1915. FHL US/CAN Film 1033860 Item 7; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Humphries] Williams, JoAnn Rork. Genealogical Anecdotes of Our Ancestral Families: Bradley, Bruton, Humphries, Lamer, Montgomery, Newsham, Williams. Decatur, Illinois: J.R. Williams, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B728w.
 * [Kidd] H.J.M. [sic]. Kidd Family History and Genealogical Records, ca. 1768-1945. MSS., FHL US/CAN Film 1321077 Item 14.
 * [Lewis] Lewis. Typescript, n.p.: n.p., n.d. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H273hw.
 * [Lewis] Rowland, Arthur Ray. Ancestors of Rachael Hines Lewis with Rowland Family Connections: The Lewis Family of Greene County, Georgia, Christ's Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia, England and Wales. Augusta, Georgia: RR Books, 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L588r; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Longest] Longest, H. Earl and Gladys B. Longest. The History of the Longest Family. St. Stephens Church, Virginia: H.E. Longest, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L858L.
 * [Machen] Edwards, Laura C. Three Centuries in America: Thomas Machen of Middlesex County, Virginia. Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina: L.C. Edwards, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M18e.
 * [Mackan] McKann, George Cundiff and Almeta Bender Gibbs McKann. Clan News of the Mackans, MacKans, and McKanns. Newsletter, 1962-1981. FHL 929.27305 M191c.
 * [Mackan] McKann, George Cundiff and Almeta Bender Gibbs McKann. Partial History of the Mackans, MacKans &amp; Mckanns, an Early Virginia Family. Evanston, Illinois: G.C. McKann Jr., 1977. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M191m and FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M191m Supp.
 * [Maxwell] Norman, Annie, Helen Maxwell Longino and Annie Lou Maxwell. Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia, and His Descendants. Macon, Georgia: J.W. Burke, 1956. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M451n.
 * [Mercer] Mercer, George Gunther and Marjorie M. Quigley. The Mercer Family, 1652-1976. n.p.: G.G. Mercer, 1976. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M534m; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Merritt] Turner, Lynne Slater. The Merritt Families of Virginia and Allied Associated Families. 2 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: L.S. Turner, 1987-1988. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M553t ff.
 * [Morgan] Hinson, Emma Morgan. Morgan. [North Carolina]: E.M. Hinson, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M821hi.
 * [Moseley] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. 1. Typescript, FHL US/CAN Film 1597677 Item 12.
 * [Pace] Stevens, Ruth Virginia Pace. Pace Genealogical Data, 1672-1961. Transcript, FHL US/CAN Film 1036444 Item 5.
 * [Pace] Pace Society of America, Marion Pace Maherkins and Diana Rich Hinshaw. Pace Society of America Bulletin. Newsletter. Jackson, Mississippi: Pace Society of America, 1967-1998. FHL 929.27305 P114p.
 * [Pace] McCary, Ben Clyde. McCary and Several Allied Families. Richmond, Va.: Tidewater Press, 1972. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M127mb.
 * [Pace] Jantz, Virginia Copeland. Pierce, Pace, Hall, Minton, and Huie Families. Waco, Texas: V.C. Jantz, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P611j.
 * [Pace] Turner, Freda Reid and Pace Society of America. Pace Society of America Bulletin. 2 vols. Fernandina Beach, Florida: Wolfe Pub., 1998-1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P114tfr v. 1 ff.; digital version Volume One: BYU Family History Archive; digital version Volume Two: BYU Family History Archive.
 * [Petty] See Moseley.
 * [Rhodes] Rhoads, Frederick W., Forrest L. Rhoads and Najla L. Kutait. Our Rhoads Family. [Longview, Washington: F.L. Rhoads, 199_]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R346rf.
 * [Rhodes] Mullen, Roderic L. Lynn, Barbee, Miller, Mayton, Hutchins, Rhodes, Nicholls, Herndon, Blake, Clifton, Vickers, Trice, Patterson, Proctor, Dollar: and Allied Families of Durham, Orange and Wake Counties, North Carolina. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L993mr.
 * [Roane] Jared, Grace E. Heminger. A Letter to Edwin Upshaw. FHL US/CAN Film 896608 Item 1.
 * [Robinson] Jarvis, Julia. Three Centuries of Robinsons, the Story of a Family. Don Mills, Ontario: T.H. Best Printing, 1967. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.271 R561a.
 * [Robinson] Battleson, Helen Nichols. Robinson Family Journal. Newsletter. Urbanna, Va.: H.N. Battleson, 1991-. FHL 929.27305 R56.
 * [Shelton] Miller, April. Shelton County: A Genealogy of Pittsylvania County's Largest Family. Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 199-. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh44m.
 * [Shelton] Gart, Jeanne Brooks. The Families of Joseph and Charlotte (Shelton) Ayers: Knox County, Tennessee and Macon County, Missouri, including Ralph Shelton, Middlesex County, Virginia and Reuben M. Dunnington. Boston, Massachusetts: Newbury Street Press, [c1997?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ay24g.
 * [Sinclair] Hurst, Arthur M. Sinclair Family. Original records, Clark County Genealogical Society, Marshall, Ill. FHL US/CAN Film 1306074 Item 12.
 * [Smith] Smith, Jonathan K.T. Smith of Abram's Plains. n.p.: n.p., n.d. FHL US/CAN Film 1266694.
 * [Smith] Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford. Smith of Virginia. 3 vols. Naugatuck, Connecticut: D.F. Wulfeck, 1966-1969. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm51wd ff.
 * [Smith] Witt, Mary Emily Smith. Keeping Up with the Smiths: Alexander Smith of Scotland and Virginia to Dewitt Talmadge Smith of Tennessee and Texas. Dallas, Texas: Mew Pub., 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm51wme.
 * [Stamper] Maynard, Betty M. Stamper Court Records, Middlesex County, Virginia 1673-1852. Danville, Va.: B.M. Maynard, 1989. FHL US/CAN Book 975.533 V2mb.
 * [Stamper] Varbel, Rovena Stamper and Kathy Varbel. Stamper Saga. [Targent, Oregon]: R.S. Varbel, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St23v.
 * [Stamper] Latham, Betty Stamper. Stamper Footprints, Eleven Generations. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St23L.
 * [Stamper] The Stamper Family Association. Eastern Kentucky Stamper Kin: Some Descendants of James, Jonathan and Joel Stamper. Dwarf, Kentucky: Stamper Family Association, Inc, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St23sf.
 * [Stamper] Greer, Sadie Mae Stamper. The Stampers: Looking Back. [Chilhowie, Virginia: S.S. Greer], 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St23g.
 * [Stanley] Flaherty, Elnora Stanley. Whither Thou Goest, a Story of the Stanley Family in Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas and Oklahoma. 1973. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St25fe.
 * [Stiff] Stiff, Judd Golladay. My Name is Stiff. Fort Worth, Texas: Miran Pub., 1976. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St51a.
 * [Sutton] Rose, George H. The Kelsick--Dobyns--Sutton Families. Provo, Utah: J. Grant Stevenson, 1971. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K299rg.
 * [Thacker] Ells, Henry (Mrs.). Eells, Vivion, and Allied Families. Typescript, National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. FHL US/CAN Film 872806 Item 8.
 * [Timberlake] Timberlake Genealogy. 1936. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T481t.
 * [Timberlake] Blankenship, Gayle King. Families of Warren, Franklin, and Granville Counties, North Carolina and Virginia Ancestry: King, Tharrington, Shearin, and Timberlake. Poquoson, Virginia: G.K. Blankenship, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K58bL.
 * [Towles] Andrea, Leonardo. Towles in S.C. Typescript, 1962. FHL US/CAN Film 978080 Item 1.
 * [Tuggle] Tuggle, Vivian S. The Tuggle Family of Virginia, Thomas Tuggle of Middlesex County, Virginia and His Descendants, 1630-1967. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1970. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T817t.
 * [Tuggle] Epley, John William. Family of Tuggle, Founders and Patriots of America. Plymouth, Indiana: J.W. Epley, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T817e.
 * [Tuggle] Mahlmeister, Gladys Gilbert. Tuggle Family History of Walker County, Alabama. Oceanside, California: Mahlmeister Pub. House, 2003. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T817m.
 * [Twyman] Lockett, William T. Twyman. Laguna Hills, Calif: W.T. Lockett, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T94L.
 * [Vivian] Ford, Mary B. Webb (b. 1827). Webb--Ford Papers. MSS. FHL US/CAN Film 170885.
 * [Weatherspoon] See Moseley.
 * [Williams] Steele, Betty Ann Williams. Williams and Weaver Ancestors. 3 vols. Las Cruces, New Mexico: B.A.W. Steele, 1993-2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W67st v. 1 ff.
 * [Williamson] Herring, Dorothy Holland. The Williamson Manuscript: Williamson Family of Georgia 1759-1850. Jonesboro, Georgia: D.H. Herring, [19-?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W676h.
 * [Wortham] Crowder, Len C. Some Descendants of Thomas Wortham, Sr.: of Virginia and Georgia. [Newnan, Georgia?: Crowder, Len C., 2006?]. FHL CD-ROM no. 3468.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Middlesex County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Available at New England Ancestors ($). [Middlesex Co., VA possible residents: Hudson, Musgrove, Pickwerth, Steevens, Whiteacre.]
 * O'Brien, Michael J. "Virginia, Middlesex County. - Extracts from the Parish Register of Christ Church," The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, Vol. 12 (1913):149-155. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [O'Brien attempts to identify Irish surnames in this Church of England parish register.]
 * [http://www.immigrantservants.com/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Middlesex&placeOfIndentureColony=Virginia&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Middlesex County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1978):43-50. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Middlesex County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on 22:50.]

Military
Colonial Militia


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

French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Middlesex 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. Available at FHL; 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 Middlesex County, see p. 95.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Middlesex County militia officers; see place name index.]

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. 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.

Probate
London Courts


 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Middlesex County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?

The original volumes of Middlesex County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists are held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, Va. The Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed these records for the years 1782 to 1799 in 1947: FHL US/CAN Film 29302 Item 1. In 1992, the Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed these records for the years 1782 to1850: FHL US/CAN Film 1905689.


 * [1704] "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28 (1920):207-218, 328-339; Vol. 29 (1921):18-28, 337-343, 402-412; Vol. 30 (1922):21-30, 280-285, 341-347; Vol. 31 (1923):70-75, 153-163, 215-231, 314-318; Vol. 32 (1924):69-75, 144-158, 281-287, 338-343; Vol. 33 (1925):47-50, 359-370; Vol. 34 (1926):113-119, 252-258, 313, 321. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version of VMHB at JSTOR ($). [Middlesex County appears in 33:47-50.]
 * [1782-1819] Heinegg, Paul. "Middlesex County Personal Property Tax List, 1782-1819," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. Available at FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Middlesex County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1789] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1978):43-50. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Middlesex County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on 22:50.]
 * [1790, 1801] Indexed images of the 1790 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Middlesex County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jul. 1997). Available at FHL.
 * [1810] Schreiner-Yates, Netti. A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia: Tax Lists of the Counties for which the Census is Missing. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1971. Available at FHL. [The sources for this publication are the 1810 Personal Property Tax List and the 1810 U.S. Federal Census. The names listed in these two sources are compared for Middlesex County.]
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Middlesex County is included in Vol. 3.]
 * [1820-1821] Sheriffs Receipt Book, 1820-21, Tidewater Virginia Families, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Nov. 1995); Vol. 4, No. 4 (Feb. 1996); Vol. 5, No. 2 (Aug. 1996). Available at FHL.

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog