Orange County, Virginia Genealogy

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History


The county was named after King William III of England (1650-1702). Before ruling England, he governed the Dutch Republic and was known as Stadtholder William III of Orange.

Parent County
1734--Orange County was created 1 February 1734 from Spotsylvania County. County seat: Orange

Cemeteries

 * Klein, Margaret C. Tombstone Inscriptions of Orange County, Virginia. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5372 V3k; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).

Census
For tips on accessing census records online, see Virginia Census.

1790 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

1800 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

1810 - Lost, but a subsitute is available, see Taxation.

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


 * Davis, Rosalie Edith Rogers, St. Mark's Parish (Culpeper County, Virginia: Episcopal), Bromfield Parish (Rappahannock and Madison Counties, Virginia: Episcopal). Saint Mark Parish Vestry Book &amp; Levies, 1730-1785: Spotslyvania, Orange and Culpeper counties, Virginia. Manchester, Missouri: Heritage Trails, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * Papageorgiou, Lizabeth Ward. The Colonial Churches of St. Thomas' Parish, Orange County, Virginia: With Notes on Sites in Orange, Greene, and Madison Counties. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, 2008. Available at FHL.

Court
Chancery Court


 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Chancery Suits (Superior Court of Law &amp; Chancery), Orange County, Virginia, 1831-1845. McLean, Virginia: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1988. Available at FHL.

District Court of Fredericksburg

The District Court of Fredericksburg and later the Superior Court of Chancery had jurisdiction over certain Orange 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 available at FHL. [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.]

Superior Court of Chancery

See District Court of Fredericksburg

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


 * Brockman, William Everett. Orange County (Va.) Families. 4 vols. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Pub. Co., 1949-1965. Available at FHL. Volume two reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):92; volume three reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1960):88; volume four reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1966):85-86. Reviews available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Cerny, Johni and Gary J. Zimmerman. Before Germanna. 12 vols. Bountiful, Utah: American Geneal. Lending Library Publishers, 1990. Available at FHL. [Discusses families of German immigrants who settled in Spotsylvania and Orange counties, Virginia.]
 * Holtzclaw, B.C. et al. Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1964. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 D2gd no. 5.
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Pamunkey Neighbors of Orange County, Virginia: Lindsay, Mills, Montague, Stevens, and Related Families and Neighbors. 2 vols. and supplement. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1985. Available at FHL. 1994 supplements by Lauretta Trickey Corkill, Eldon Corkill, Ruth Trickey Sparacio, and Sam Sparacio also available at FHL.

Bibliography


 * [Ballard] Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. Ballard Family of Orange County, Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Beckham] Beckham, James Madison. Genealogy of the Beckham Family in Virginia: and the Branches Thereof in Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and West Virginia with Family Sketches. Richmond, Va.: J.M. Beckham, 1910. FHL US/CAN Film 1015833 Item 19.
 * [Bell] Essker, Katie-Prince Ward and Daughters of the American Revolution. Mary Washington Chapter (District of Columbia). Records of the Bell Family, Orange County, Virginia. MSS., 1946, available at FHL.
 * [Brockman] Herring, Dorothy Holland. Family Group Sheets. Jonesboro, Ga.: D.H. Herring, 19-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B783h.
 * [Buchanan] Trimble, David B. Buchanan and Gillespie of Southwest Virginia. Austin, Texas: D.B. Trimble, 1992. Available at FHL.
 * [Burgess] Reginald, R. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of Edward Burgess of King George and Stafford Counties, Virginia, with His Sons - Garner Burgess of Fauquier Co., Virginia; William Burgess of Stafford Co., Virginia; Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben Burgess of Rowan Co., North Carolina - and His Grandsons - Edward Burgess of Culpeper Co., Virginia; John Burgess of Harrison Co., Kentucky; Henry Burgess of Fleming Co., Kentucky; Edward Burgess of Scott Co., Kentucky; John P.B. Burgess of Halifax Co., Virginia; Edward Burgess of Kanawha Co., West Virginia; William Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; Reuben Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; and Thomas Burgess of White Co., Tennessee - Together with Their Known Descendants Named Burgess. San Bernardino, California: Borgo Press, 1983. Available at FHL.
 * [Burgess] Burgess, Michael and Mary A. Wickizer Burgess. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, His Son Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King Geoge) County, Virginia, with the Descendants in the Male Line of Edward's Sons: Garner Burgess of Fauquier County, Virginia, William Burgess of Stafford County, Virginia; Edward Burges, Jr. of Faugqier County, Virginia, Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben of Rowan (later Davie) County, North Carolina. San Bernardino, California: Burgess and Wickizer, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Burk] Kelly, John A. et al. Burk(e) Family of Southwest Virginia and the Valley. Roanoke, Va.: n.p., 1973. FHL US/CAN Film 1454579 Item 9.
 * [Carlton] Carleton, George H. John Carlton of Orange County and Albemarle County, Virginia: and Some of His Descendants, 1720-1989. Dallas, Texas: Brooks Publishing Co., 1989. Available at FHL.
 * [Cox] Weaver, Oliver C. Naomi Ann Cox (1814 - 1884) (Wife of the Reverend Benjamin Lloyd): Daughter of Cary Cox-II, Granddaughter of Cary Cox-I, Great Granddaughter of William Cox-I, of Orange County, Virginia and Three Generations of Earlier Ancstral (sic) Lines. Birmingham, Alabama: O.C. Weaver, Jr., 2001. Available at FHL; digital version at BYU Family History Books.
 * [Davidson] Davidson, Mildred Davis. Frederick Davidson: Revolutionary Soldier and His Descendants. Carmichael, Calif.: M.D. Davidson, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D282da.
 * [Davis] Davidson, Mildred Davis. Jonathan Davis of Orange County, Virginia and Wilkes County, Georgia and Some of His Descendants. Carmichael, California: M.D. Davidson, 1994. Available at FHL.
 * [Durrett] Durrett, Arthur Thurmond. Durrett Family History, ca. 1609-1949. Typescript. FHL US/CAN Film 1750757 Item 23.
 * [Embree] Olson, Sylvia R. Descendants of John Embree, b. 1710 of Orange Co. Va.: A-Z, ca. 1710-1980. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Faulconer] Mann, J. William. Faulconers of Virginia: and Related Families of Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Virginia. Fredericksburg, Virginia: J.W. Mann, 198-?. Available at FHL.
 * [Fitzgerald] Hudgins, Dennis Ray. Fitzgerald &amp; Jarrell Families: Orange, Madison, Culpeper, Greene Co. Virginia. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Gaines] Miller, Lynne D. The Descendants of Humphrey Gaines and Sarah Watts. Lincolnton, N.C.: American Research, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G127m; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Garr] Garr, John Wesley and John Calhoun Garr. Genealogy of the Descendants of John Gar, or More Particularly of His Son, Andreas Gaar, Who Emigrated from Bavaria to America in 1732: With Portraits, Coat of Arms, Biographies, Wills, History, Etc. Cincinnati, Ohio: J.C. Garr, 1894; digital version at Internet Archive. 1990 reprint: FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G191g 1990.
 * [Graves] Kruges, Patricia C. Isaac Finks Graves, 1815-1886. [Bryan, Texas]: P.C. Kruger, [1996?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 G784k.
 * [Harris] Wiggins, Kathryn. The Harris Papers: A Genealogical Notebook. 34 vols. Camarillo, Calif.: [K. Wiggins], [1970]-1971. FHL US/CAN Film 1318195 Item 1. [Orange County Harrises are discussed in Volume 17.]
 * [Harrison] Torrence, Robert M. "Charles Harrison, of St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia, and Descendants," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan., 1947), pp. 85-94. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Hausenbella] Cartinell, T.K. Stephen Hausenbella: Brief Sketch of Himself and Family as Shown by Old Records of the Counties of Frederick and Orange in State of Virginia. MSS., 1939?, available at FHL.
 * [Henderson] Neal, Josephine Henderson. The Henderson Family of Orange Co., Va. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Herndon] The Herndon Family, MSS., Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Microfilmed in 1952. FHL US/CAN Film 759.
 * [Hiestand] Moore, Barbara Jean Hiestand. Hiestand Family History. 2 vols. New Braunfels, Texas: B.H. Moore, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H533mb ff.
 * [Hobson] Hobson, Jay W. The Hobson Family Lineage: Descendants of George and Elizabeth Hobson. Columbus, Ga.: J.W. Hobson, 1994. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H653hj.
 * [Hofmann] Claypool, Don. Hobmann, Hofmann, Hufman, Huffman. D. Claypool, 2001. Available at FHL.
 * [Hollingsworth] Jolliffe, William. Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1893, pp. 143-153. FHL US/CAN Film 1036357 Item 19; digital versions at Ancestry ($), Google Books, and Internet Archive.
 * [Jarman] Campbell, Shirley O'Neal. The Jarman Family of Spotsylvania, Orange, &amp; Albemarle Counties of Virginia. S.O. Campbell, 2004. Available at FHL.
 * [Jarrell] See Fitzgerald.
 * [Jones] McLane Bobbie Lee Jones and Richard Steele. Descendants of Hugh Jones of Orange County, Virginia: A Family History and Genealogy. Hot Springs, Arkansas: B.J. McLane, 1991. Available at FHL.
 * [Kavanaugh] Vaughn, Barbara B. Descendants of Lewis Davis Yancey: With a Brief Genealogy of John Berry. Paris, Missouri: B.B. Vaughn, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Y15v.
 * [Keaton] Hopkins, A.A. Genealogical History of the Hopkins, Farley, Cook, Keaton and Brown Families. Bluefield, W.Va.: A.A. Hopkins, Jr., 1964. FHL US/CAN Fiche 6017514.
 * [Lanter] Robinson, Mary Lois. The Genealogy of the Lanter Family, 1700-1983. Danville, Ky.: M.L. Robinson, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L294r.
 * [Maddy] Maddy, Olive, Sandra L. McVay Malone, and Maddy's Association. US Maddys: An Account of the Family in England and the Descendants of William Maddy of Fairfax County, Virginia, and James Maddy of Fairfax and Orange Counties, Emigrants. Oskaloosa, Iowa: O. Maddy, 1950. Available at FHL. 1985 revision available at FHL.
 * [Manion] Dinn, Ruth and Chelsea Orem Dinn. Descendants of Edmond Manion, Va.--Ky.--In. Franklin, Ind.: R. Dinn, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Large Q Book 929.273 M314d.
 * [Mauck] Moore, Ronald M. The Early Mauck Families of the Shenandoah Valley: Counties of Shenandoah, Augusta, Rockingham, and Page. Clovis, Calif.: R.M. Moore, 1993. FHL US/CAN Film 1598393 Item 26.
 * [Maxwell] Houston, Florence Wilson, Laura Cowan Blaine, and Ella Dunn Mellette. Maxwell History and Genealogy: Including the Allied Families of Alexander, Allen, Bachiler, Batterton, Beveridge, Blaine, Brewster, Brown, Callender, Campbell, Carey, Clark, Cowan, Fox, Dinwiddie, Dunn, Eylar, Garretson, Gentry, Guthrie, Houston, Howard, Howe, Hughes, Hussey, Irvine, Johnson, Kimes, McCullough, Moore, Pemberton, Rosenmuller, Smith, Stap, Teter, Tilford, Uzzell, Vawter, Ver Planck, Walker, Wiley, Wilson; Also Baptismal Record of the Rev. John Craig, D.D., of Augusta County, Virginia, 1740-1749, Containing One Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-four Names (First Publication of the Original Record). Indianapolis, Indiana: Press of C.E. Pauley, Indianapolis Engraving Co., 1916. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).
 * [Miller] Miller, Boyce. "Miller Family of Orange County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan., 1933), pp. 39-45. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Miller] Miller, James Boyce and Robert Braxton Miller. The Miller Family of Orange/Greene Counties, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: R.B. Miller, [1995?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Moore] Moore, Charles R. The Moore Family of Central Virginia: Covering the Counties of Albeharle, Amherst, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange, Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia: C.R. Moore, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Newman] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Genealogy of the Newman Family, 1618-1900," see Table of Contents; discusses Newmans of Orange County.]
 * [Poage] Woodworth, Robert Bell, Andrew Woods Williamson and John Guy Bishop. The Descendants of Robert and John Poage, Pioneer Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia: A Genealogy. Staunton, Va.: McClure Printing Co., 1872. FHL US/CAN Film 1689438 Item 1.
 * [Render] Smith, Pearl O. Renders and Their Relatives: Joshua Render of Charles County, Maryland, and Orange County, Virginia, and His Descendants, 1720-1985. Arlington, Virginia: P.O. Smith, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [Rucker] Wood, Sudie S. Rucker. The Rucker Family Genealogy: With Their Ancestors, Descendants and Connections; from Original Records, Letters, and Other Material Collected Over a Period of Thirty Years. Richmond, Va.: Old Dominion Press, 1932. FHL US/CAN Film 1033596 Item 1; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Sanford] Bendigo, Irma Sanford. Pierce Sanford of Orange County, Virginia: Genealogy and Personal Glimpses. Fort Myers, Florida: I.S. Bendigo, 1978. Available at FHL.
 * [Scott] Scott, Paul H. "The Scott Family of Orange County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct., 1939), pp. 485-509. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Sebree] Guss, Willa I. Sebree Studies, Lineage of Charles Jenkins Sebree (1854-1913) and Collateral Lines Traced to Colonial Virginia: Conjugate Lines Including Barnett, Butler, Butts, Carter, Gibbs, Hord, Jarrell, Johnson, Sage, Shreves, Thomason, Watts, Wilson; Incorporating Work by Kathryn S. Salyers, Richard Sebree of Scott County, Kentucky, and His Descendants, (1981)- and Others. Gilpin, Colorado: W.I. Guss, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Se11g.
 * [Stephens] Stephens, Benjamin. Stephens/Ryle Family of Kenton/Boone Counties, Kentucky: Descendents of Blessing Stephens and Stephens of Orange Country, Va. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Taylor] Anderson, William Kyle. Donald Robertson and His Wife Rachel Rogers, of King and Queen County, Virginia, Their Ancestry and Posterity, Also a Brief Account of the Ancestry of Commodore Richard Taylor, of Orange County, Virginia, and His Naval History during the War of the American Revolution. Detroit, Michigan: Winn &amp; Hammond, Printers, 1900. Available at FHL. Reviewed in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Oct., 1902), p. 224. Review available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Teague] Cherry, David H. Cousins by the Dozens: A Genealogy of the Teague Family of Alexander County, North Carolina: Families also Included are: Mitchell, Bowman, Deal, Hefner, Isenhour, Little, Austin, Hall, Childers, Munday. Kannapolis, N.C.: D.H. Cherry, 1978. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 288.
 * [Terrill] Wiggins, Mrs. Joseph P. "Will of Robert Terrill, of Orange County, Virginia," (and family notes) [1786] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1923), pp. 175-180. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Walker] Ashworth, June Faye. Walker Family History: (Early Orange, Giles, Cabell, Wayne Counties of Va.); (Mainly Charles Walker, Jr. and Descendants). Huntington, West Virginia: J.F.B. Walker, 1996. Available at FHL.
 * [Willis] Willis, Byrd Charles and Richard Henry Willis. A Sketch of the Willis Family, Fredericksburg Branch. Richmond, Va.: Whittet and Shepperson, 1909. FHL US/CAN Film 1429813 Item 12; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Wooton] Wooton, Richard C. et al. The Wootons of Surry County, North Carolina, 1735-1820. Arlington, Va.: Wooten and Related Family Association, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W889ww.
 * [Yager] Yowell, Claude Lindsay, B.C. Holtzclaw, Charles Herbert Huffman, and Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. Clore, Yager, and Utz Descendants - 1717 Colonists. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1967. Available at FHL.

Historic Residences

 * Miller, Ann L. Antebellum Orange: The Pre-Civil War Homes, Public Buildings, and Historic Sites of Orange County, Virginia. Orange, Virginia: Orange County Historical Society, 1989. Reviewed by Calder Loth in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 98, No. 4 (Oct., 1990), pp. 671-672. Review available at JSTOR ($).
 * Taylor, Jaquelin P. "'Meadowfarm' Orange County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul., 1938), pp. 231-233. Available at JSTOR ($).

Immigration

 * Coldham, Peter Wilson. North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [Includes will of a resident of Orange County proved in London. These records often help establish an immigrant's place of origin.]
 * [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=Orange&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 Orange County, Virginia (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Land
Grants and Patents


 * [Map] Hildebrand, John R. The Beverley Patent, 1736: Including Original Grantees, 1738-1815 in Orange &amp; Augusta Counties, Va. 1954. FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5 E7hjr.
 * Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. Available at FHL; digital version at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49389 Ancestry. [Includes an Orange County resident.]
 * Hudgins, 390 patents dated 1713-1815 in what is now Orange County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2004. [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.]

Local Histories

 * Hurst, Patricia J. The History and People of Clark Mountain, Orange County, Virginia. Rapidan, Virginia: P.J. Hurst, 1989. Available at FHL.
 * Joyner, Ulysses P. The First Settlers of Orange County, Virginia: A View of the Life and Times of the European Settlers of Orange County, Virginia, and Their Influence Upon the Young James Madison, 1700-1776. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1987. Available at FHL.
 * Mansfield, James Roger. A History of Early Spotsylvania. Berryville, Virginia: Virginia Book Co., 1977. Available at FHL.
 * Moffatt, L. G., J. M. Carrière and J. G. Moffatt. "A Frenchman Visits Norfolk, Fredericksburg and Orange County, 1816," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Apr., 1945), pp. 101-123; Vol. 53, No. 3 (Jul., 1945), pp. 197-214. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Scott, W.W. A History of Orange County: From Its Formation in 1734 (O.S.) to the End of Reconstruction in 1870; Compiled Mainly from Original Records. Richmond, Virginia: Everett Waddey Co., 1907. Original edition available at FHL; 1974 reprint available at FHL; digital versions of original edition at Ancestry ($) and Google Books (full-view). Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1962):181. Review available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * Thomas, William H.B. Orange, Virginia: Story of a Courthouse Town. Verona, Virginia: McClure Press, 1972. Reviewed by James T. Moore in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 81, No. 1 (Jan., 1973), pp. 116-117. Review available at JSTOR ($).

Maps

 * Hildebrand, John R. The Beverley Patent, 1736: Including Original Grantees, 1738-1815 in Orange &amp; Augusta Counties, Va. 1954. Available at FHL.

Military
French and Indian War


 * Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Orange 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 Orange County, see p. 112.]

Revolutionary War


 * Thomsa, William H.B. Patriots of the Upcountry: Orange County, Virginia in the Revolution. Orange, Virginia: Orange County Bicentennial Commission, 1976. Available at FHL.

Civil War


 * Hurst, Patricia J. Soldiers, Stories, Sites and Fights, Orange County, Virginia 1861-1865 and the Aftermath. Rapidan, Virginia: P.J. Hurst, 1998. Available at FHL.
 * Virginia. Office of Comptroller and Library of Virginia. Confederate Pension Applications, Virginia, Acts of 1888, 1900, 1902; Index, 1888-1934. 220 microfilms, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available at FHL. [Includes Spotsylvania County veterans.]
 * Watkins, Raymond Wesley. Deaths of Confederate Soldiers in Orange County, Virginia Hospitals, 1861-1864. MSS., 1979, 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

 * Buni, Andrew. "Reconstruction in Orange County, Virginia: A Letter from Hannah Garlick Rawlings to Her Sister, Clarissa Lawrence Rawlings, August 9, 1865," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 75, No. 4 (Oct., 1967), pp. 459-465. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Redwine, Lucy Leah, J.E. Hays, and Daughters of the American Revolution. Elijah Clarke Chapter (Athens, Georgia). Family Bible Records. MSS., Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia; also available at FHL. [Includes records from Spotsylvania County, Virginia.]

Probate
Local Court


 * Wiggins, Mrs. Joseph P. "Will of Robert Terrill, of Orange County, Virginia," (and family notes) [1786] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1923), pp. 175-180. Available at JSTOR ($).

London Courts


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

Research Guides

 * "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Orange County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):283-286. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Cortada, James W. A Select Bibliography on Orange County, Virginia. Orange, Virginia: Green Publishers, 1975. Available at FHL.
 * Miller, Ann L. A Guide to Historical Research in Orange County, Virginia. Orange, Virginia: Orange County Historical Society (Virginia), 1988. Available at FHL.

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * [1730-1754] Joyner, Peggy Shomo. Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys. Vol. 1 [Orange &amp; Augusta counties, with tithables, delinquents, petitioners, 1730-1754]. Portsmouth, Virginia: P.S. Joyner, 1985. Available at FHL.
 * [1734, 1738-1739] Hoppin, Charles Arthur. "Orange County Tithe Lists," [1734, 1738 Delinquents, 1739] The William and Mary Quarterly, 1st Series, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jul., 1918):19-27. Available at FHL; reprinted in Virginia Tax Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, which is also available at FHL; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [1734-1782] Little, Barbara Vines. Orange County, Virginia, Tithables 1734-1782. 2 vols. [Orange, Virginia?]: Dominion Market Research Corp., 1988. Available at FHL.
 * [1736-1782] Orange County, Virginia Tithables, 1736-1782. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; also available on microfilm at FHL.
 * [1739] German Tithables, 1739, Beyond Germanna, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Jul. 1990).
 * [1756, 1782] Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Deed Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia. [1743-1802] 9 vols. McLean, Virginia: R.L. and S. Sparacio, 1985-1995. Available at FHL. [Volume 2. Deed abstracts 1759-1778 (Deed books 13-16; tithable list of Benjamin Cave's precinct, 1756; and land tax book, 1782).]
 * [1785] Tithables, 1785, Orange County Historical Society Newsletter. Vol. 19, No. 4 (Apr. 1988).
 * [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. Orange County is included in Vol. 2.]
 * [1790] Indexed images of the 1790 Personal Property Tax List of Orange County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1800] Tax List, 1800, Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 3 (2003); Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct. 2003); Vol. 48, No. 1 (Jan. 2004). Available at FHL.
 * [1800] Images of the 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Orange County, Virginia are available to browse online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [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 source for this publication is the 1810 personal property tax list. Orange County is included because the 1810 Census for that county has been destroyed.]
 * [1810] Personal Property Tax 1810, Genealogical Forum of Portland Oregon Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 8 (Apr. 1966).
 * [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 1815 land tax. Orange County is included in Vol. 4.]

Vital Records
Birth


 * King, George H.S. "Some Orange County Virginia Birth Records," [1750s-1770s] The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul., 1942), p. 317. Available at JSTOR ($). [Found at the back of Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 17; King may have omitted births of black children.]

Marriage


 * 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 "Early Marriages, Orange County, Virginia, 1770-1800," see p. 383.]
 * Fisher, Therese A. Marriage Records of the City of Fredericksburg, and of Orange, Spotsylvania, and Stafford Counties, Virginia 1722-1850. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1990. Available at FHL.
 * Grinnan, A.G. "Some of the Early Marriage Licenses of Orange County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul., 1895), pp. 59-61. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Knorr, Catherine L. Marriages of Orange County, Virginia, 1747-1810. Pine Bluff, Arkansas: C.L. Knorr, 1959. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1961):41. Review available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors($).
 * Scott, W.W. "A List of Marriages Recorded in the Back Part of Deed-Book No. 17, Orange County," [1770s-1810] The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Apr., 1918), pp. 190-200; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jul., 1918), pp. 297-302; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Oct., 1918), pp. 401-404; Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan., 1919), p. 68; Vol. 27, No. 3/4 (Jul. - Oct., 1919), pp. 345-348; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr., 1920), pp. 152-160; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul., 1920), pp. 256-265; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1920), p. 360. Available at JSTOR ($). Alternative titles: "A List of Marriages in Orange County," "List of Marriages in Orange County," and "Orange County Marriages."

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
 * RootsWeb Mailing List: GERMANNA_COLONIES-L