Highland County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Highland County

Virginia county in the Shenandoah Valley region.

County Courthouse
County Courthouse P.O. Box 190 Monterey, VA 24465-0190

History
The county takes its name from its elevation in the Appalachian Mountains.

Parent County
1847--Highland County was created 19 March 1847 from Bath and Pendleton Counties. County seat: Monterey

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Neighboring Counties

 * Augusta
 * Bath
 * Pendleton County, West Virginia
 * Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Cemeteries
The Genealogy Center at Allen County Public Library (Indiana) has a number of searchable databases of Highland County cemeteries:

• Clover Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery • Doe Hill Cemetery • Headwaters Community Cemetery • McDowell Community Cemetery • McKendree Methodist Cemetery • Old McDowell Presbyterian Cemetery

Tombstone Transcription Project Highland County - cemetery transcriptions - USGenWeb

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.]

Genealogy
More than 15 genealogies have been published about Highland County families. To view a list, visit Highland County, Virginia Genealogy.

Local Histories

 * Morton, Oren Frederic. A Handbook of Highland County and a Supplement to Pendleton and Highland History. Monterey, Va.: Highland Recorder, 1922. ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Morton, Oren Frederic. A History of Highland County, Virginia. Monterey, Va.: Morton, c1911. Original edition: ; 1979 reprint with index: ; digital versions of original edition at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).

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. ; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Highland County, p. 86. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Research Guides

 * Hamilton, Clay. "Genealogical Research in Highland County," The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 29, No. 3 (June 2003):1-2. ; digital version at Virginia Genealogical Society website.

Vital Records
Birth


 * Fridley, Beth, comp. Highland County Virginia Birth Records, 1853-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Highland Co., VAGenWeb. Part of the USGenWeb Project. Maps, name indexes, history.
 * Cyndi's List
 * Cyndi's List