Pittsylvania County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1766--Pittsylvania County was created 6 November 1766 from Halifax County. County seat: Chatham

Neighboring Counties

 * Bedford
 * Campbell
 * Caswell County, North Carolina
 * Franklin
 * Halifax
 * Henry
 * Rockingham County, North Carolina

Church
Baptist


 * Leek, Charles F. and Pittsylvania Baptist Association. The History of Pittsylvania Baptist Association, 1788-1963. Danville, Virginia: Pittsylvania Baptist Association, 1963. Available at FHL.
 * Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society. Abstracts of Mt. Ararat Primitive Baptist Church near Whitmell, Pittsylvania County, Virginia: Includes Biographies of Area Primitive Baptist Ministers. Danville, Virginia : Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society, 1981. Available at FHL.

Family Histories
Bibliography


 * [Aaron] Aaron, Larry. Aaron Ancestors of Pittsylvania County, Virginia: Aaron, Aron, Arnn Surnames. Danville, Virginia: L. Aaron, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * [Ball] Baldwin, Evelyn Briggs. Concerning the Tomahawk Creek, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Ball Family, 1770-1925. MSS., 1925, Library of Congress. Available at FHL.
 * [Bays] See also Bingham.
 * [Bays] Carter, Charles O. Branches in the Tree of Josiah Bays I and Lettice Mayes: Married 15 Feb 1808, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; Born Virginia; Died Greene Co., IN. Chanute, Kansas: C.O. Carter, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Bennett] Collie, Betty Cox. The Bennett Family of Southern Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Elon, North Carolina: B. C. Collie, 2001. Available at FHL.
 * [Bingham] See also Uland.
 * [Bingham] Carter, Charles O. Branches in the Tree of Edmond Bingham I and Lucy Bays: Married 8 Jan 1795, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia: Born Virginia, Died Greene Co., IN. Chanute, Kansas: C.O. Carter, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Blue] Clement, Maud Carter et al. Genealogical Miscellanea (Blue Family): Wills and Material of Genealogical Interest Taken from Foot-notes of the History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Lynchburg, Virginia: J.C. Bell, 1929. 1967 reprint available at FHL.
 * [Burnett] Corkill, Eldon. Cain-Burnett Kin: Descendants of Bailey Cain (1767/70-1807) of Virginia and Kentucky, and of James Burnett, Who Died in 1797 Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Dallas, Texas: E.&amp;L. Corkill, 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [Collie] Collie, Betty Cox and Robert E. King. The Collie Family of Pittsylvania County, Virginia: Their Scottish Origins, Relatives and Descendants, Including Connecting Families of Cornwell, Jennings, and Richardson. Elon College, North Carolina: B. C. Collie, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * [Crane] Hockett, Thomas Jack. The Crane/Crain/Crayne Family of King William, King &amp; Queen, Pittsylvania, and Washington Counties, Virginia. St. David's, Pennsylvania: J. Hockett, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Foust] Faust, Bertha P. The Genealogy of the Foust, Grubb, Yeatts, Short and Tucker Families of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Faust, 1976. Available at FHL.
 * [Garner] Whisenant, Dora Gordon. James Garner from Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Fayetteville, Tennessee: D.G. Whisenant, 2004. Available at FHL.
 * [Grugg]See Foust.
 * [Holder] Woolen, Edward A. Holder Family Biographical and Historical Records and Genealogy of Daniel Holder, 1758-1843: Of Fauquier &amp; Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia and Union County, South Carolina. Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Hubbard] Bowling, Noland Hubbard. Meet Your Ancestors: Some Descendants of Robert Hubbard (ca. 1600-1663) Westmoreland, New Kent, Amelia, Halifax, Lunenburg, Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia and Other States: Families Allied by Marriage: Arnn (Aron, Aaron), Adkins (Atkins), Clement (Clements) ... Utica, Kentucky: N.H. Bowling, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Jackson] Hockett, Thomas Jack. The Jacksons of Halifax, Pittsylvania and Washington Counties Virginia. St. David's, Pennsylvania: J. Hockett, 1993. Available at FHL.
 * [Mayes] See Bays.
 * [Murphy] Murphy, Marion Emerson. Early Murphys-Murpheys in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Robertson and Carroll Counties, Tennessee: Their Ancestry and Progeny. San Diego, California: M.E. Murphy, 1974. Available at FHL.
 * [Mustain] Mustaine, Delores M. The Descendants of Thomas Mustain of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Phoenix Arizona: D.M. Mustaine, [1989?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Nance] Nance, Geo. W. The Nance Memorial: A History of the Nance Family in General, but More Particularly of Clement Nance of Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Descendants, Containing Historical and Biographical Records with Family Lineage. Bloomington, Illinois: J.E. Burke, 1904. Available at FHL; digital book at Ancestry ($).
 * [Nowlin] Nowlin, James Edmund. The Nowlin-Stone Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of James Nowlin, Who Came to Pittsylvania County, Virginia, from Ireland about 1700: of Bryan Ward Nowlin, Grandson of James Nowlin, Who was Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, about 1740: of Micheal Nowlin and of the Earlier Nowlins (Nowlans) of Ireland : and Also a Record of the Descendants of George Stone: and of James Hoskin Stone, Who was Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in 1778: and Also a Record of the Descendants of Edmund Fitzgerald. Salt Lake City, Utah: n.p., 1916. Digital book at Ancestry ($).
 * [Shelton] Stonecypher, Thomas E. Family Information on Some Sheltons from Pittsylvania Co., Va., to Georgia. Albany, Georgia: T.E. Stonecypher, 1999. Available at FHL.
 * [Short] See Foust.
 * [Shumate] Shumate, John James and Molly Alice Zagami Shumate. From Whence We Came; A History of the Shumate's [sic] of Henry/Pittsylvania Counties, Va. [Lynchburg, Virginia]: J.J. Shumate, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Stone] See Nowlin.
 * [Tucker] See Foust.
 * [Uland] Carter, Charles O. Branches in the Tree of Jonas Uland and Elizabeth Bingham: Married 16 Aug 1813, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; Born Virginia; Veteran, War of 1812. Chanute, Kansas: C.O. Carter, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Walden] Hockett, Thomas Jack and Janice M. Snead. Lewis Walden and Amelia (Mildred, Milly) Hunt of Pittsylvania County and Washington County, Virginia. MSS., microfilmed in 2001, available at FHL.
 * [Wilson] Coleman, Daniel and Lucillius Lewis Cody. John Wilson, 1740-1820, of Pittsylvania County, Va.: Data Collected, Extending Over a Period of Thirty Years. n.p.: L.L. Cody, 1929?. Available at FHL.
 * [Yeatts] See Foust.

Immigration

 * [http://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=Pittsylvania&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 Pittsylvania County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Record Book


 * Stith, Drury. Entries from an Old Record Book of Drury Stith Concerning Land and Property in Pittsylvania County, 1737-1770. Microfilmed reproduction available at FHL.

Local Histories

 * Clement, Maud Carter. History of Pittsylvania County Virginia. Lynchburg, Virginia: J. P. Bell Co., 1929. Digital book at Ancestry ($).

Military
Colonial Militia


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Pittsylvania County militia officers (1767-1774); 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 Pittsylvania County veterans; see place name index.]

American Revolution


 * Hurt, Frances Hallam. An Intimate History of the American Revolution in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Danville, Virginia: Womack Press, 1976. Available at FHL.

Civil War


 * Williams, Mike K. Confederate Soldiers of Pittsylvania County &amp; Danville. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988. Available at FHL.

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.

Private Papers

 * [Shelton] Shelton, William Christopher and R.D. Ricketts. A Diary Kept by William C. Shelton for the Year 1850: The Daily Journal of a School Master and Farmer of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. n.p.: n.p., 199-?. Available at FHL.

Taxation
The first taxable tithable records that were found in Pittsylvania County was in the year 1767 and a David Barber was to be one of the first records found on this list. The 1767 list may be found in Maud Carter Clement's The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia (1929) [digital book at Ancestry ($)]. There was a period of time from 1767 until 1782 that was the next year and after that 1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790. This was the first year 1790 that the United States Federal census began. This list is an early time because no census for people was available. This was started because England wanted the revenue and money.


 * Austin, Gayle. The Land Tax Lists of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1782-1802. Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 2006. Available at FHL.
 * Indexed images of the 1789 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Pittsylvania County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

Vital Records
Birth


 * Fridley, Beth, comp. Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Births, 1853-96 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Library of Virginia, Richmond VA. Available at Ancestry ($).

Marriage


 * Knorr, Catherine Lindsay. Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1767-1805. Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1956. 1956 edition and 1982 reprintavailable at FHL. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1957):46. Review available 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