Loudoun County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1757--Loundoun County was created 25 March 1757 from Fairfax County. County seat: Leesburg

Neighboring Counties

 * Clarke
 * Fairfax
 * Fauquier
 * Frederick County, Maryland
 * Jefferson County, West Virginia
 * Montgomery County, Maryland
 * Prince William
 * Washington County, Virginia

Church
Church of England


 * Hopkins, Margaret Lail and Nancy Hopkins Phillips. The Anglican Parishes of Loudoun County, Virginia, Truro, Cameron, and Shelburne, 1736-1805. Lovettsville, Virginia : Willow Bend Books, 1997. Available at FHL.

Family Histories

 * [Abel] McCarley, Walter R. and Margaret Poe McCarley. The Abel - Keller Genealogy: Eleven Generations, Earliest Born in Switzerland: Central Figure in America was George Abel (1754), Home was in Loudoun Co., Va., Bought Land in Harrison Co., Ohio for Children but Died at Home Place 6 mi. from Harper's Ferry; Hessian Soldier Deserted to the American Side. 1982. Available at FHL; digital book at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Adams] Ljunstedt, Milnor. "The Adamses in the Northern Neck of Virginia (Upper Counties) and Some Nearby Counties of Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 13 (1936):82-88, 233-241. Available at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [Ball] Maerz, Claudette Atwood.Ball Families of Loudoun County, Virginia. Bloomington, Minnesota: C. Maerz, [199-?]. Available at FHL.
 * [Counts] Bushnell, Jean. Counts - Countz Surname Appearing in the Loudoun County, Virginia Tithables, 1761-1782. MSS., available at FHL.
 * [Dilley] Jones, Thomas W. "Dilley of Northern Virginia and Ohio: A Proposed Solution Hanging on a Single Word," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):220-227.
 * [Gregg] Casey, Nancy A. Ancestors and Descendants of Hamilton and Dinah (Gregg) Rogers of Loudoun County, Virginia. Hadley, Massachusetts: N.A. Casey, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [McCabe] McCabe, Michael V. Descendants of Dr. John Henry McCabe, Mayor of Leesburg and Sheriff of Loudoun County, Virginia: Especilly through Dr. Henry McCabe, New Martinsville, West Virginia, and the McCabe Ancestral Line. Sterling, Virginia: M.V. McCabe, 1997. Available at FHL.
 * [Morrison] King, John Walter. Archibald Morrison of Loudoun County, Virginia, and His Descendants. MSS., available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.
 * [Pursell] Winchester, Warren. Benjamin Pursley (Pursell): of Loudoun County, Virginia, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Madison County, Kentucky. Middletown, Kentucky: W. Winchester, 1995. Available at FHL.
 * [Pursell] Winchester, Warren. "Thomas Pursell of New York New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware: Early Descendants in Maryland, Virginia (now West Virginia), and Kentucky," The American Genealogist, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Apr. 2006):110-120.
 * [Pursley]See Pursell.
 * [Rogers] See Gregg.
 * [Rousseau] Rousseau, Marilyn K. "The Colonial Virginia Ancestry of a Pioneer Florida Family: William H. Rousseau (1818-1870), Florida House of Representatives 1852, Florida State Senate 1865," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul. 2004):184-198.
 * [Wright] Perrine, Howland Delano. Anthony Wright of Loudoun County, Virginia and His Descendants. MSS., Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, available at &columns=*,0,0 FHL.

Immigration

 * [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=Loudoun&placeOfIndentureColony=&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 from Europe] who served labor terms in Colonial Loudoun County, Virginia (work in progress), Courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

Military
French and Indian War


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

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Private Papers

 * Miller, Adrian Cather. Baldwin-Brown Bible Records, Loudoun County, Virginia: Including the Names of Burson, Chamblin, Ewers, Love, Tavenner, Saffer and Van Sickler. MSS., available at FHL.

Taxation

 * Indexed images of the 1789 Personal Property Tax List of Loudoun County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.
 * Images of the 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Loudoun County, Virginia are available online at Binns Genealogy.

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