Goochland County, Virginia Genealogy

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History
The county is named after Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, Royal Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1681-1751), who was in office at the time of Goochland County's formation.

Parent County
1727--Goochland County was created 1 February 1727 from Henrico County. County seat: Goochland

African American

 * Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:5B6387:1, William Bolling Slave Register, 1752-1890, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * Burwell, Ann Powell and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:5B9585:1, Ann (Powell) Burwell Commonplace Book, 1746-1839, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996. [Includes lists of slaves owned by the Burwell family.]
 * Heinegg, Paul. "Goochland County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1809," Free African Americans.com, available online. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * Kegley, Mary B. Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. Wytheville, Virginia: Kegley Books, 2003. Available at FHL; digital version at Family History Archives. [Includes information from Goochland County.]
 * Maxwell, Sarah Catherine. "'The Very Bulwark of Defense': Freedmen's Navigation of the Courts of Orange, Louisa, and Goochland Counties, Virginia," Thesis/dissertation, 2002.
 * Townes, A. Jane. "The Effect of Emancipation on Large Landholdings, Nelson and Goochland Counties, Virginia," The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Aug. 1979):403-412. Digital version at JSTOR ($).

Census
1782


 * Little, Barbara Vines. "1782 State Census, Goochland County," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol.47, No.4 (Nov. 2009):265-266.

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
Baptist


 * Baptist Association in the District of Goshen (Va.). Minutes of the Baptist Association in the District of Goshen: Held at Licking-Hole Meeting-House, Goochland, Beginning the Third Saturday in October, 1803. Fredericksburg, Virginia: Printed by James Walker, 1803.
 * Baptist Association in the District of Goshen (Va.). Minutes of the Baptist Association in the District of Goshen: Held at Williams's Meeting-House, Goochland, Beginning Third Saturday in October, 1808. Fredericksburg, Virginia: n.p., 1808.
 * Goshen Baptist Association. Minutes of the Goshen Baptist Association: Held at Liberty M.H., Goochland County, Va., on the 6th, 7th, and 8th Days of September, 1843. Richmond: Printed at the Office of the Religious Herald, 1843.
 * Dover Baptist Association (Va.). Minutes of the LXXXVII Annual Session of the Dover Baptist Association ... Goochland Church ... July 19-21, 1870. Richmond, Virginia: Dispatch Steam Power Presses, 1870.
 * History of Goochland Baptist Church, 1771-1971, 200th Anniversary. 1971.
 * Richardson, Hazel Martin. Mount Gilead Baptist Church, Goochland County, Virginia, 1831-1981. Charlottesville, Virginia: King Lindsay Print. Corp., 1981?.
 * "Beaver Dam Episcopal Church: New Research Reveals its True Location ...Whereon the Church Stood," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 39 (2007):10-77.
 * Price, Douglas. "A Sequel to the History of Beaver Dam Church," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.40 (2008):32-34.

Church of England


 * Fife, R.H. "The Vestry Book of King William Parish, Va., 1707-1750," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan. 1904):289-304; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr. 1904):425-440; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jul. 1904):17-32; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan. 1905):241-256; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr. 1905):369-384; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jul. 1905):65-80; Vol. 13, No. 2 (Oct. 1905):175-190; Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jan. 1906):265-280. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jul. 1906):24-36; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Oct. 1906):113-123; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Apr. 1907):249-255. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. St. James Northam Parish Vestry Book, 1744-1850, Goochland County, Virginia. 1987.

Episcopal


 * Carrington, William T. A History of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dover Parish, Goochland County, Virginia, 1877-1977. Richmond, Virginia: William Byrd Press, 1978.

Methodist


 * Duke, Isabelle B. A History of Bethel United Methodist Church: Oilville, Virginia--Goochland County, 1834-1934. Oilville, Virginia: n.p., 1984.
 * Salmon, M. Carol. Corinth United Methodist Church, Goochland County, Virginia: A Brief History Commemorating 130 Years of Service. 2008.

Quaker


 * Bell, James Pinkney Pleasant. Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time: Being in Part a Transcript of the Minute Books of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County, and the South River Meeting, Campbell County, Va. Lynchburg, Va.: J.P. Bell Company, 1905. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view). [Includes Quakers from Goochland County.]

Court
General


 * Street, Elwood. Wellsprings of Democracy in Virginia: Goochland County Courthouse. Richmond, Virginia: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1941.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Goochland County residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified the lineages of those tested.


 * [Doss] Multiple descendants of Thomas Doss, b. 1686/87 Middlesex County, Virginia, d. aft. 1750 Goochland County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12, 37 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 42781, 49305, 96454); also SMGF. Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Haplotype I," Jh-1, Jh-2, Jh-3, Jp-1), courtesy: The Doss DNA Project, World Families Network. [Several DNA matches have been established with Doss families in Amelia, Bedford, Buckingham, Essex, Goochland, Henrico, Lunenburg, Middlesex, and Pittsylvania counties.]

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]

Henrico County, Virginia Family Histories

Powhatan County, Virginia Family Histories

General


 * 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 a great deal of information about residents of Goochland County, see discussion of cited sources.] FHL US/CAN CD-ROM no. 3887. Purchase at Virginians.com.

Bibliography


 * [Amos] Leake, Myrtle Jewel Toler. Powers / Amos Family Goochland County/Hanover County Virginia: The Story of Thomas Eugene Powers and Lydia Lockett Amos Powers and Their Descendents. 2008. ; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Bell] Bell, T.O. "Bell Family Genealogical Notes," MSS., Library of Virginia.
 * [Bradshaw] James, Jessamine Bland. Bradshaw Family, Deeds and Other Records from Goochland County, Virginia and Mercer Co., Ky. Tucson, Arizona, 196-?.
 * [Bradshaw] Bradshaw, Walter Lee. The Bradshaws of Henrico and Goochland Counties, Virginia and Mercer and Marion Counties of Kentucky. Louisville, Kentucky: W.L.Bradshaw, 1992?.
 * [Brian] Allen, Cameron. "Ancestral Table of Susanne Brian, Wife of Abraham Soblet, the 1700 Immigrant to Manakin Town, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 78, No. 4 (Oct. 2003):245-252.
 * [Britt] Britt, Albert S. "William Britt of Goochland County, Virginia," MSS., at Library of Virginia.
 * [Chastain] Allen, Cameron. "The Chastain Families of Manakin Town in Virginia and their Origin Abroad," The American Genealogist, Vol. 39 (1963):149-156; Vol. 40 (1964):1-12, 135-147. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Cocke] Martin, Richard T. The Cocke Family: A History of the Cocke Family from Richard Cocke, Who Emigrated from England to Virginia, about 1628, to Martha Cocke, Who Died in Goochland County, Virginia, in 1853: Including the Pleasants, Lewis, Woodson, Parish and Holland Families. Spring, Texas: R.T. Martin, 2007. Available at FHL.
 * [Coleman] Marshall, Thomas E. Robert Coleman, Sr. of Goochland, Buckingham and Appomattox Counties, Virginia. Bedford, Virginia: T.E. Marshall, 1992.
 * [Davenport] Beekman, Jane Kyhl. Davenport of King William, Goochland, Cumberland and Halifax Counties, Virginia, North Carolina, and Elsewhere: With Allied Families of Boyd, DeJarnet, Kent and Terry. Muncie, Indiana: J.K. Beekman, 2006.
 * [Depp] Allen, Cameron. "Jean Depp of Manakin Town, Virginia, and Bath/Craven County, North Carolina," The Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 2001):3-52.
 * [Dupuy] Allen, Cameron. "The Origin of Barthelemy Dupuy of Manakin Town, Virginia, and His Wife: The Construction of the 'Comtesse Susanne Lavillon,' Her Desconstruction, and Her Replacement by Marie Gardie/Gardier," The American Genealogist, Vol. 74, No. 1 (Jan. 1999):1-14.
 * [Finley] Chronology of the James Finley Family of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia [1731-1773], Carmen Finley Papers, available at Sonoma State University.
 * [Finley] James Finleys in Goochland (Albemarle), Augusta, Fincastle, Montgomery, and Wythe Counties, Virginia, 1731-1811. Carmen Finley Papers, available at Sonoma State University.
 * [Fleming] Fleming, Tarlton. Genealogy of Tarlton Fleming, of Mannsville, Goochland County, Virginia. n.p. 185-?.
 * [Foster] Thompson, Barbara Martin. Elkins Families of Lawrence County, Ohio and Their Descendants --The Fosters of Goochland and Fluvanna Counties, Virginia and Lawrence County, Ohio. Santa Rosa, California: B.M. Thompson, 1984.
 * [Gevaudan] Allen, Cameron. "Antoine Gevaudan of Manakin Town and His Immediate Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 73, No. 1, Part One (Jan. 1965):22-28. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Gordon] Hodges, Frances Beal Smith. Gordons of Spotsylvania County. Wichita Falls, TX: Wichita Multigraphing Co., 1934. Available on microfilm and microfiche at FHL. Digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Hancock] Hancock, Richard R. et al. Hancock: Some Descendants of John Hancock (1733-1802) of Goochland, Fluvanna and Patrick Counties, Virginia. Higginson Book Company, 1992.
 * [Harris] Taylor, William R. "Evidence of the Descent of William Harris of Goochland Co., Va., and his Father William Harris of Henrico, New Kent, Hanover, and Louisa cos., Va., from Maj. William Harris, son of Capt. Thomas Harris of Jamestown," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):261-270. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [Harrison] Green, Bettye M. Harrison: The Family of Andrew Harrison of Goochland County, Virginia Who Settled in Caswell County, North Carolina, Descendants Who Settled in Dallas County, Arkansas, 1850. MSS., at Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Available at FHL.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, Dudley L. The Herndons of the American Revolution Part VIII: #57, Lewis Herndon, b. ca. 1738-ca. 1796, of Goochland County, Va. and His Known Descendants of the Family in America. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994.
 * [Herndon] Herndon, Dudley L. The Herndons of the American Revolution Part IX: #61, John Herndon (b. ca. 1746-d. ca. 1821) of Goochland County, Virginia, and His Known Descendants of the Family in America. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, Personal Property Tax Lists, and Court Records for Hodges, Lee and Page Families. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1746-1774: Hodges Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1983.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1728-1763: Hodges Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1986.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists: Supplemental Reading, 1754-67; Hodges. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1986.
 * [Hodges] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1728-1826: Hodges Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1989.
 * [Hylton] Hylton, Paul and Evelyn Hylton. Genealogy of the Hylton Family in America: Branch of George Hilton, Sr., 1699-1770?, of (Goochland Co., Albemarle Co., Amherst Co.) Va. Woodinville, Washington: P. &amp; E. Hylton, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Jackson] Williams, Lyle Keith. Joseph Jackson, 1705-1774 of Bedford and Goochland counties, Virginia and Descendants. Fort Worth, Texas: L.K. Williams, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Lacy] Lawler, Hazel Potter. The Stephen Lacy Family of Goochland County, Virginia: With Forebears, Descendants and Allied Families. College Station, Texas: H. Elton Lacey, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * [Layne] Lane, Ralph H. and John P. Landers. Descendants of John Layne of Goochland County, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: M.O. &amp; W.H. Lane, 1965. Available at FHL.
 * [LaForce] Allen, Cameron. "Rene Massoneau LaForce of Henrico and Goochland Counties, Virginia," The Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall 2004):162-193; Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring 2005):69-92; Vol. 19, No. 2 (Fall 2005):231-249; Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 2006):112-127.
 * [Lee] See also Hodges.
 * [Lee] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland Co., Virginia, Court Records: Lee Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 198-?.
 * [Lee] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1793: Lee Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1989.
 * [Lee] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1728-1781: Lee Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1991.
 * [Lee] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, and Inventories, 1728-1803: Lee Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 199-?.
 * [Lefebure] Allen, Cameron. "Isaac Lefebure (Lefevre) of Manakin Town and His Immediate Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 74, No. 1, Part One (Jan. 1966):26-33. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [LeVillain] Allen, Cameron. "Jean-Jacques LeVillain of Manakin, Virginia: His Origin and Immediate Descendants," The American Genealogist, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Jan. 1966):20-31. ; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Lewis] Gottschalk, Katherine Cox. "John and Mildred (Lewis) Lewis of Goochland County: A Correction," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1957):86-88. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [Martin], Irene Dabney. The Martin Family: Descendants of Thomas Martin of Goochland Co., Virginia. Fayetteville, Arkansas: Sentinel Print, 1906. Available at FHL.
 * [Mayo] See Steger.
 * [Merryman] Mertens, Nova May Turner. John and Elizabeth Merryman Family History of Goochland and Cumberland Counties, Virginia. Available at Indiana State Library.
 * [Moss] White, Jesse E. Moss, Massie, Hughes and Thurmond Families, New Kent, Hanover, Albermarle &amp; Goochland Counties, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Norvell] Norvell, Grace. James Norvell of Colonial Goochland County, Virginia; the Virginia Collection; James Norvell of Bedford County, Tennessee. Austin, Texas: Grace Norvell, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Norvell] Norvell, Grace. James Norvell of Colonial Goochland County, Virginia: Line of Capt. Hugh Norvell of Williamsburg with Some Indications of His Tidewater Ancestry; Hugh Norvell of Mecklenburg County, Virginia and James Norvell of Granville County, North Carolina; James Norvell of Bedford County, Tennessee. n.p.: G. Norvell, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Oglesby] Paul, Oglesby. "Joseph Oglesby with Some Account of the Oglesby Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 17 (1940):144-151. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Oglesby] Paul, Oglesby. "A Further Account of the Oglesby Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 19 (1942):150-152. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Page] See also Hodges.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia: Court Orders, 1728-1805: Page Family. Carmichael, California: Rutherford, 1979.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia; Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1728-1832, Page Family. Carmichael, California: Dolores Crumrine Rutherford, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithables, 1750-1782: Page Family Only. Carmichael, California: Rutherford, 1981.
 * [Page] Page, Donald W. The History and Genealogy of the Robert and Rachel Page Family: From Goochland County, Virginia and Spartanburg County, South Carolina. 2 vols. Franklin, North Carolina: Genealogy Pub. Service, 1992-2002. Available at FHL.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1728-1805: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1820: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Land Taxes and Alterations, 1782-1835, Page Family. 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1788-1815: Page Family, Supplemental Reading. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1993.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1728-1782: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 1994.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. The Page Family in Virginia Personal Property Taxes (1782-1850). Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 2002.
 * [Page] Page, Daniel E. Some Descendants of Exolheath Page of Goochland Co., Virginia, and Some Possible Relatives. Arkoma, Oklahoma : D.E. Page, 2004. Available at FHL; digital book at Family History Archives.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, and Inventories (1728-1832) and Two Addendas ; Deeds, Wills, and Inventories (1728-1817) and an Addenda: Page Family. Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 2006.
 * [Page] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, and Inventories (1728-1832): Page Family: Original Reading (1728-1832), First Addenda (1777-1787), Second Addenda (1765-1842), Third Addenda (1728-1817) and Deeds, Wills &amp; Inventories (1788-1815): Supplementary Reading, Fourth Addenda (1788-1815). Carmichael, California: D.C. Rutherford, 2006.
 * [Parrish] Gardner, Nancy Elizabeth Parrish. "Notes on the Humphrey Parrish Family of Goochland and Louisa Counties, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1964):99-109; Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1964):160-169. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [Parrish] Gorham, James Woodrow. The Parrish Family of Early Goochland Co., Virginia: The Descendants of Elisha L. Parrish, Their Connecting Links, and the Ancestry of Grace Parrish Gorham. O'Fallon, Illinois: J.W. Gorham, 2003.
 * [Payne] "The Payne Family of Goochland, &amp;c.," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):313-316.; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr. 1899):427-428; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):79-82; Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct. 1899):200-201. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Payne] Richardson, Charlotte P. The George Payne Family of Goochland County and Surrounding Area. Available at New York Public Library.
 * [Powers] Leake, Myrtle Jewel Toler. Powers / Amos Family Goochland County/Hanover County Virginia: The Story of Thomas Eugene Powers and Lydia Lockett Amos Powers and Their Descendents. 2008. ; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Randolph] Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, With References to the Bland, Burwell, Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * [Rice] Wellman, Denver J. Rice Family of Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, and New Kent Counties, Virginia, Bath Carter, Elliott, and Lawrence Counties, Kentucky. Columbus, Ohio: D.J. Wellman, 198-?.
 * [Robinson] Reynolds, Katherine and D.A.R. Samuel Sorrell Chapter (Houston, Texas). Some Descendants of John Robinson of Cumberland County, Virginia with Notes on the Robinson Family. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. 875356 Item 1
 * [Rogers] Martin, Richard T. The Rogers Family: A History of the Rogers Family from Robert Rogers, Who Lived in Goochland County, Virginia, During the Early 1700's, to Anna Maria Rogers, Who Died in Tyro, Lincoln County, Arkansas, in 1881: Including the Bradshaw and Clark Families. Spring, Texas: R.T. Martin, 2007. Available at FHL.
 * [Smith] Headley, Marvin D. Smith Families: Goochland Co., Va., Chucky, Greene Co., Tn. Rock Port, Atchison Co., Mo., Ashland, Clark Co., Ks. and Other Places. Blue Springs, Missouri: M.D. Headley, 2001.
 * [Soblet] See also Brian.
 * [Soblet] Allen, Cameron. "The Soblets of the European Refuge: Ancestral to the Soblet-Sublett Family of Manakin Town, Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 2 (Apr. 2000):99-107.
 * [Soblett] Allen, Cameron and James N. Jackson. The Soblett (Sublet) Family of Manakintown, King William Parish, Virginia. Detroit, Michigan: The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Steger] Pullen, William E. John Perratt Sr., of Barbados, 1654-1729: Ancestor of the Steger and One Branch of the Mayo Families of Goochland County, Virginia. 1976. Available at FHL.
 * [Sublet] Allen, Cameron and Donald J. Sublette. The Sublet (Soblet) Family: of Manakintown, Virginia. Birmingham, Michigan: D.J. Sublette, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Sublette] Allen, Cameron and Minnie Dubbs Millbrook. Sublette Family from 1698 to Present Time. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Tatum] Lorente, Arline Tatum. Our Tatum Family and Kin. Richmond, Va.: A.T. Lorente, 1977. 929.273 T189La
 * [Thompson] Stercula, Beverly M. The Thompson Families of Hanover, Louisa, Albemarle, Goochland, Amelia &amp; Fluvanna Counties in Virginia. Fullerton, California: Genealogems, 1966.
 * [Williams] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia; Court Orders, 1728-1794, Williams Family. Carmichael, California: Dolores Crumarine Rutherford, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Williams] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia; Deeds, Wills and Inventories, 1728-1817, Williams Family. Carmichael California: Delores Crumrine Rutherford, 1979. Available at FHL.
 * [Williams] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. Goochland County, Virginia, Tithable Lists, 1720-1781: Williams Family. Carmichael California: Delores Crumrine Rutherford, 1984.
 * [Wood] Southall, Stephen O. "Henry Wood, First Clerk of Goochland, and His Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan. 1945):64-69. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Identifying the Wrights in the Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists. Menlo Park, California: R.N. Grant, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Identifying the Wrights in the Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists, 1732-1784. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2001. Available at FHL.
 * [Wright] Grant, Robert N. Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia: Part II, John Wright (Goochland County Carpenter), His Wife Judith (Easly) Wright, and Their Descendants, 5 vols. Menlo Park, California: R.N. Grant, 2004. Available at FHL.

Historic Residences

 * Thompson, Jessie. "Tuckahoe Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia," Thesis/Dissertation, Wellesley College, 1971.

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes wills of residents of Goochland County proved in London. One of the testators built Waller Mines. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [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=Goochland&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 Goochland County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Deeds


 * [Tandy and Ann Holman] to David Ross, for Four Hundred and Ten Acres of Land, Goochland County, Deed and Plat 1783 November 9. Available at the Library of Virginia.

Grants and Patents


 * Grundset, Eric and Paula Hollis Grundset. Central Virginia Land Patents from the County Abstracts for Goochland, Albemarle, Cumberland, Buckingham, and Amherst Counties in the Virginia Land Office 1735-1774. Fairfax, Virginia: E.G. Grundset, 1999.
 * Bannister et al. 410 patents dated 1689-1816 in what is now Goochland County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2002. [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.]

Land Processioning


 * Blomquist, Ann Kicker. Southam Parish Land Processioning, 1747-1784: Goochland, Cumberland, and Powhatan Counties, Virginia. Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2004.

Maps

 * Fontaine, Peter and Thomas Jefferson. An Exact Plan of a Tract of 7732 Acres of Land in Goochland and Albemarle Counties in Virginia... (ca. 1790). Available at the University of Michigan, William Clements Library.
 * Weeks, Elie, Robert J. Foley, Goochland County Bicentennial Commission, Goochland County Historical Society. Historical Map of Goochland County, Virginia: From Goochland's Formation (1727) to America's Independence (1783). Goochland, Virginia: Goochland County Bicentennial Commission, 1977.
 * Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office, Virginia Historical Society (Va.) Gilmer Civil War Map Collection. Map of the Counties of Charles City, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent, and Part of the Counties of Caroline and Louisa, Virginia. n.p.: Chief engineer's Office D.N.V.: Virginia Historical Society, 1998, 1863.
 * Historical Boundary Atlas of Central Virginia: Covering Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Nelson, and Powhatan Counties. Fairfax, Virginia: Grundset, 1999.
 * Wight, Richard C. The Story of Goochland. Richmond, Va.: Richmond Press, 1935. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Migration

 * Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Goochland County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on pp. 287-288.]

French and Indian War

 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Goochland 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 (full-view). [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 Goochland County, see pp. 82-83.]
 * Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Goochland County militia officers; see place name index.]

Revolutionary War

 * Maass, John R. "The Greatest Terror Imaginable: Cornwallis Brings His Campaign to Goochland, June 1781," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):12-101.
 * Agee, Helene Barret. "Goochland County Revolutionary War Soldiers," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):102-103.
 * 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: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Eastern District, Goochland County on page 130.]
 * 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." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

War of 1812

 * Douthat, James L. Roster of War of 1812, Southside, Virginia. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press website. 975.5 M2djL. [Includes Goochland County.]

Civil War

 * Coski, John M. "Four Goochland Soldiers in the Civil War: Highlights from the Museum of the Confederacy's Library Collection," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):148-225.
 * "Goochland County Civil War Dead: Goochland Soldiers Killed in Action or Died as a Result of Their Wounds in Battle," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):226-227.

Minorities

 * Butler, Reginald Dennin. "Evolution of a Rural Free Black Community: Goochland County, Virginia, 1728-1832," Thesis/dissertation, 1989.

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.

Occupations

 * Randolph, Isham. "Brick-Making in Goochland," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):109-110. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * Randolph, Isham. "Shoemaking in Goochland," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Oct. 1896):109-110. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Private Papers

 * [Ballinger] Letter Concerning Joseph Ballinger of Goochland County, Virginia. [Incomplete WorldCat citation.]
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Duke University, Library, Manuscript Department. William Bolling Papers, 1724 (1776-1859)-1883, Goochland County, Virginia: Also Kentucky. Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1987.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:1, William Bolling Diary, 1794-1795, Chesterfield, Goochland, and Prince George Counties, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:2, William Bolling Diary, 1827-1828, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:3, William Bolling Diary, 1840-1842, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:4, William Bolling Diary, 1809, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1B6386:5, William Bolling Diary, 1836-1839, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Bolling] Bolling, William and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:5B6387:1, William Bolling Slave Register, 1752-1890, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Burwell] Burwell, Ann Powell and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:5B9585:1, Ann (Powell) Burwell Commonplace Book, 1746-1839, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Harrison] Virginia Historical Society. Mss1H2485c, Harrison Family Papers, 1725-1907, Buckingham, Cumberland, and Goochland Counties. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Harrison] Virginia Historical Society. Mss1H2485d, Harrison Family Papers, 1756-1893, Cumberland, Goochland, and Hanover Counties, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Payne] Daughters of the American Revolution. James River Chapter (Lynchburg, Virginia). "Bible Records of Charles Scott Carrington, Halifax County; Willie Hunter Crutchfield, Lynchburg; James Davis and Macyah Pendleton, Amherst County, Lynchburg; Philip Matthews Payne, Campbell County; Philip Matthews Payne, Sr., Goochland [and] Campbell Counties, Virginia," MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Rutherford] Rutherfoord, John C. and Virginia Historical Society. Mss5:1R9335, John Coles Rutherfoord diary, 1847, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Seddon] Seddon Family, James A. Seddon and Sarah Bruce Seddon. Papers, 1831-1882, of the Seddon Family of Richmond and Goochland County, Va. MSS., available at the Virginia Historical Society Library.
 * [Trice] Trice Family. Papers Regarding Land in Goochland County, [Virginia], 1780-1969. MSS., available at Library of Virginia.
 * [Wight] Wight, Hezekiah Lord and Virginia Historical Society. Mss1W6393a, Hezekiah Lord Wight Papers, 1794-1854, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Wight] Wight, Hezekiah Lord and Virginia Historical Society. Mss1W6393b, Hezekiah Lord Wight Papers, 1794-1854, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.
 * [Wight] Wight, Hezekiah Lord and Virginia Historical Society. Mss2W6396b, Hezekiah Lord Wight Papers, 1820-1836, Goochland County, Virginia. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1996.

Probate
Local Court


 * Jones, W. Mac. "Index to Wills in Goochland County Court House," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan. 1927):48-56; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1927):193-203. Available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * Will of Walter Leak, Goochland County, Virginia, 1757, MSS., available at FHL.

London Courts


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

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Goochland County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):132-134. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * "Genealogical Research in Goochland County," The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 35, No. 5 (2009). Available at FHL.

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?

The original King William Parish Vestry Book is kept at the Virginia Historical Society.

The original Goochland County personal property tax lists are kept at the Library of Virginia. Microfilm copies (1782-1850): 2024552-2024554

The following Goochland tax records have been abstracted:


 * [1700s] Roll of the 18th Century, Virginia Tidewater Genealogy, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Jun. 1993). 975.5 D25vt v. 24 (1993)
 * [1710-1740s] Fife, R.H. and R.L. Maury. "The Vestry Book of King William Parish, Va., 1707-1750," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11 (1903-1904):289-304, 425-440; Vol. 12 (1904-1905):17-32, 241-256, 369-384; Vol. 13 (1905-1906):65-80, 175-190, 265-280. 975.5 B2v v. 11 (1903-1904) etc.; digital version at JSTOR ($); reprinted in Vestry Book of King William Parish, Virginia 1707-1750. Midlothian, Va.: Manakin Episcopal Church, 1966.  975.5455/M1 K2v with an index prepared in 1974:  975.5455/M1 K2v index; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, Free Online Name Search, Purchase at Genealogical.com;  975.5 R4v. [French Huguenot parish; includes tithe lists dated 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1715, 1717, 1719, 1720, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, various entries identifying residents in 1740s, c1722 list of landowners, and 1727/1728 list of landowners.]
 * [1730s] Tithable List, 1730s, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 33, No. 2 (May 1995). v. 33 (1995); digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [1735-1749] Lurvey, A. Jean. Goochland Co., Virginia Tithe Lists. [1735-1749] 2 vols. Springfield, Missouri: A.J. Lurvey, 1979. 975.5455 R4L v. 1-2
 * [1735] "Goochland County Tithables, c1735," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Aug. 2008):235-236.  v. 46 (2008)
 * [1735] Le Seur, David. "Tithables in King William Parish, Goochland County," [1735] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul. 1899):31-32. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [1744] Tithables, 1744, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Feb. 2006). v. 44 (2006)
 * [1747, 1751] Sweeny, Mrs. William Montgomery. "Goochland County Tithables, 1747, 1751," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1962):28-31. 975.5 B2vg v. 6 (1962); digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [1747] Tithables, 1747, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 40, No. 2 (May 2002). v. 40 (2002); digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [1759] List of Tithables for Year 1759, The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan. 2003). 975.5 B2vg v. 47 (2003)
 * [1776] Tithe List, 1776, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 1973).
 * [1782] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. 975.5 R4f 1978 [1782 personal property tax list of Goochland County.]
 * [1782-1794] Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Goochland County, Virginia, Land Tax Books. 2 vols. [1782-1794] McLean, Va.: Antient Press, 1997. 975.5455 R4s
 * [1782-1804] Free in County, 1782-1802, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 20 (1988); Vol. 21 (1989); Vol. 22 (1990); Vol. 23 (1991); Vol. 24 (1992).
 * [1783] Tax Rolls and Land Transfers, 1783, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 35 (2003).
 * [1784] Tax Rolls and Land Transfers, 1784, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 35 (2003).
 * [1785] Land Tax, 1785, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 1970).
 * [1785] Tax Rolls and Land Transfers, 1785, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 35 (2003).
 * [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. 975.5 R4sn v. 2. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Goochland County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1789] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1977):287-292. 975.5 B2vg v. 21 (1977); digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Goochland County's 1789 Delinquent List appears on pp. 287-288.]
 * [1789, 1801/1802] Indexed images of the 1789 and 1801/1802 Personal Property Tax Lists of Goochland County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1790] Tax List, 1790, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Autumn 1971).
 * [1795] Land Tax List, 1795, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 36 (2004).
 * [1800] "Goochland County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1981):7-11; Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1981):103-111. 975.5 B2vg v. 25 (1981); digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. 975 E4w v. 1 [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Goochland County is included in Vol. 1.]
 * [1815] Landowners Tax List, 1815, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vols. 37-38 (2005).
 * [1831-1834] Personal Property Tax, 1831-34, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 27 (1995).
 * [1835-1840] Property Tax List, 1835-40, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 29 (1997).
 * [1866] Chappel Lot, New Description of Old Beaver Dam Church First Appears in Records, 1866, Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 39 (2007).
 * [1871] Return of Grain, 1871, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 82, No. 11 (Nov. 1948). 973 B2dar v. 82 (1948)

Vital Records
Marriage


 * "Marriage Bonds in Goochland County," [1730s-1780s] The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct. 1898):98-106; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jan. 1899):197-200; Vol. 8, No. 2 (Oct. 1899):91-96. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Abercrombie, Janice L. Cohabitation Lists of Former Slaves, in Goochland, Hanover &amp; Louisa Counties Virginia as Recorded in the Freedmen's Bureau. New Papyrus Co., 2002.
 * "Index to Goochland County Marriage Records 1730-1799," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.41 (2009):104-147.
 * Price, Douglas and James Richmond. "Index to Goochland County Marriage Records, 1800 to 1859," Goochland County Historical Society Magazine, Vol.40 (2008) 58-155.
 * Ricks, Joel. Goochland County, Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1730-1854. 1936. Available at FHL.
 * Smith, Macksene. Goochland County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1730 - 1854. Genealogical Society of Utah 1936. Digital version available at World Vital Records ($) from the Quintin Publications Collection.
 * Williams, Kathleen Booth. Marriages of Goochland County, 1733-1815. Alexandria, Va.: K.B. Williams, 1960. Available at FHL; digital version at World Vital Records ($). Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1960):140. Review available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).

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