Culpeper County, Virginia Genealogy

Guide to Culpeper County, Virginia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Culpeper County is located in the northern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named after Thomas Culpeper, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway, a governor of Virginia 1677–1683.

County Courthouse
Culpeper County Courthouse 135 West Cameron Street Culpeper, VA 22701 Phone: 540-727-3417 Culpeper County Website

Clerk Circuit Court has birth records 1864-1896, 1912-1917, death records 1864-1896, marriage records from 1781, land and probate records from 1749, and court records from 1831. Town Clerks have burial records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

History Timeline


The county was named after Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (1635-1689), Colonial Governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683. The family name was also spelled "Culpeper."

Bible Records

 * 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Copy of Some Family Bible Records Found in Culpepper County, Culpepper, Virginia. By Daughters of the American Revolution. Culpeper Minute Men Chapter (Culpepper, Virginia). MSS., 1945-1946, available at . Family Bibles of: Daingerfield, Farish, Ellis B. Long, David Wright Kelly, R.T. Kelly, Richard Payne, Rust, Tutt, George Williams, and Wood.

Cemeteries

 * 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Culpeper County, Virginia, Will Books B and C, Court Suits, Loose Papers, Inscriptions. 1965. By Dorothy Ford Wulfeck. Naugatuck, CT : D.F. Wulfeck. Available at . Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1966):35-36. Review available at ; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
 * Mitchells Presbyterian Church Graveyard. By Charles F. Speight. Richmond, Virginia : Virginia State Library. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library

Census Records
1890 Union Veterans
 * Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the United States 1890. c1994. By Ronald Ray Turner. Online at: Prince William County Virginia, ;.

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Scheel's map of Culpeper County, Virginia identifies the locations of early churches and meetinghouses circa 1776. The Family History Library has a copy:.
 * Early Churches of Culpeper County, Virginia: Colonial and Ante-bellum Congregations. 1987. By Arthur Dicken Thomas, Angus McDonald Green and Culpeper Historical Society. Culpeper, Virginia: Culpeper Historical Society. Available at.

Baptist Early Baptist churches (with years constituted): Culpeper County fell mainly within the bounds of the Culpeper Association. Hedgeman's River belonged to the Ketocton Association.
 * 1) Battle Run (1773). Meeting minutes and membership lists (1827-1852) have been filmed:.
 * 2) Bethel (1803)
 * 3) Crooked Run (1772). The DAR prepared a history: . A history was also published in Culpeper Connections, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Aug. 2005)
 * 4) Culpeper (1771). Also known as The north water of Rapidanne.
 * 5) F.T. (1778)
 * 6) Fiery Run (1771)
 * 7) Goose Creek (1799)
 * 8) Gourdvine (1791)
 * 9) Hedgeman's River (1791)
 * 10) Jeffersonton (1773). A history has been published: Culpeper Connections, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Aug. 2005).
 * 11) Mill Creek (1772)
 * 12) Mountponey aka Mount Poney (1774). A history was published in 1973: Virginia Baptist Register.
 * 13) Thompson's Gap (1787)
 * Finnell, Woolsey. Reverend Daniel Brown of Culpepper County, Virginia and Allied Families, Webster, Finnell, McCain, Pemberton. [Tuscaloosa?] Ala.: W. Finnell, 1954. Available at . [Baptist preacher.]

Church of England See also Bromfield Parish See also St. Mark's Parish  See also St. Thomas Parish
 * A History of St. Mark's Parish : Culpeper County, Virginia, with Notes of Old Churches and Old Families, and Illustrations of the Manners and Customs of the Olden Time. 1877. By Philip Slaughter. Baltimore, MD : Innes & Co. Printers. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library

Lutheran Hebron Church was the first German church in Virginia.
 * "Hebron" Baptismal Register of the German Lutheran Church in Culpeper/Madison Counties, Virginia 1750 to 1849: Transcribed, Translated and Indexed from the Church Records with a Commentary on the Relationships of the Sponsors to the Parents. 2004. By John Blankenbaker. Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania : J. Blankenbaker. Available at.
 * 1742-1775 Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Quaker Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):
 * Southland Monthly Meeting, near Stevensburg, Va. (1772-1805) aka Mount Pony

Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records Chancery Court The county's chancery causes from 1829 to 1913 — 164,000 images in all — are now available to view online at the Library of Virginia web site, one of 36 counties with chancery court records on-line as part of the Virginia Memory Collection.
 * Abstracts from the County Court Minute Book of Culpeper County, Virginia, 1763-1764. 1930. By A.M. Prichard. Dayton, Virginia : Joseph K. Ruebush Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library


 * Culpeper County, Virginia, Will Books B and C, Court Suits, Loose Papers, Inscriptions. 1965. By Dorothy Ford Wulfeck. Naugatuck, CT : D.F. Wulfeck. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1966):35-36. Review available at ; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).

District Court of Fredericksburg

The District Court of Fredericksburg and later the Superior Court of Chancery had jurisdiction over certain Culpeper 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 . [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.]

Emigration and Immigration
During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 6 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Culpeper County.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans In 1790, Culpeper County had one of the largest enslaved populations in the state (8226 slaves).
 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * See Virginia_Cohabitation_Records for links to online records.
 * Culpeper County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1802, 1803-1823. By Paul Heinegg. Free African Americans.
 * Family Lore and Effects of Slavery on the Black Psyche: Rosa Grammar's Choice. By Ruth Randall. National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 97, No. 2 (June 2009):85-96. FHL 973 B2ng v. 97
 * 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Some Pre-1871 Vital Statistics on Colored Persons of Culpeper County, Virginia. 1978. By Robert A. Hodge. Fredericksburg, Virginia : R.A. Hodge.
 * Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized images of African Americans of Culpeper County.

Funeral Homes

 * 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Genealogies
Compiled Genealogies by Surname A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 * See Culpeper County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a list of published books and articles, or jump to the surname using the alphabet bar.

Compiled Genealogies for multiple Families 
 * Harper of Virginia. 1919. Genealogy : A Monthly Magazine of American Ancestry. Hackensack, NJ : William M. Clemens Publisher. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Holtzclaw, B.C. Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. Germanna Record No. 5. Harrisonburg, Va.: The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1964. Includes Back, Brumback, Coons, Crim, Fishback, Haeger, Hanback, Hitt, Holtzclaw, Kemper, Martin, Miller, Nay, Rector, Spilman, Utterback, Wayman, Weaver, Young, Whitescarver, and Huffman (2) families.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records

Grants and Patents
 * Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys – Images for land patents issued prior to 1779, Land Office grants issued by the Virginia Land Office after 1779, Northern Neck grants from 1692-1862, and recorded Northern Neck surveys (1786-1874) are available online at the Library of Virginia.
 * 1742-1775 Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1775-1800. Vol. III. c1987. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Available at, online at: Ancestry ($).

Local Histories

 * A History of St. Mark's Parish: Culpeper County, Virginia, with Notes of Old Churches and Old Families, and Illustrations of the Manners and Customs of the Olden Time. 1877. By Philip Slaughter. Baltimore, MD : Innes & Co., Printers. Available at . Digital versions available at Ancestry ($);  and World Vital Records ($).
 * An 18th Century Perspective, Culpeper County. 1976. By Mary Stevens Jones. Culpeper, Virginia: Culpeper Historical Society. Available at.
 * Culpeper and Orange County, Va., Families. By George W. Glass. n.p. : n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia. Embracing a Revised and Enlarged Edition of Dr. Philip Slaughter's History of St. Mark's Parish. 1900. By Raleigh Travers Green. Culpeper, VA : Regional Publishing Company. Digital versions at Archive.org;($); Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($). 1964 reprint available at ; 1958 reprint reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1959):137-138. Reprint available at ; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
 * Historical Collections of Virginia : Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Tradition, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc. relating to its History and Antiquities, Together with Geographical and Statistical Description, to which is Appended an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia. 1845. By Henry Howe. Charleston, South Carolina : Babcock & Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Virginia Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Culpeper, a Virginia County's History Through 1920. 1982. By Eugene M. Scheel. Culpeper, VA : Culpeper Historical Society. Available at . Features include "old roads, mills, stores, plantations, churches, ruins, cemeteries, battles, historic sites, early stream names and boundaries." ]
 * Online interactive map with historical quad outlines and topography: OnlineGIS.
 * FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration

 * Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist. Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1976):29-34. Online at:, American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Culpeper County's 1788-1789 Delinquent Lists appear on p. 29-31.

Military Records
French and Indian War
 * 1651-1776 Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at ; digital book at Ancestry ($). Identifies some County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.
 * Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. By William F. Boogher. 2007. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online 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 Culpeper County, see pp. 70, 74, 108.
 * Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. . Identifies some Culpeper County militia officers, soldier enlistments, and veterans; see place name index.

Revolutionary War See Virginia, Eastern District, Culpeper County on page 129.
 * 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. Washington : Blair and Rives. Online at: Internet Archive, Google Books;.
 * A List of Classes in Culpeper County for January 1781 for Recruiting the States Quota of Troops to Serve in the Continental Army. 1936.By Jeannette Godby. n.p. : n.p.
 * A List of Classes in Culpeper County for January 1781, for Recruiting This Year's Quota of Troops to Serve in the Continental Army. 1971. By Tennie Selby Burk. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * List of Militia Classes and Index for Culpeper County, Virginia, for 1781. Richmond, Virginia : Library of Virginia.
 * 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." ; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on page 238.
 * The Culpeper Classes. 1999. By John Blankenbaker. Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania : J. Blankenbaker. . In 1780 and 1781 the Virginia Legislature passed an act requiring the counties to supply a specific number of men for the Continental Army. These men would be divided into classes or divisions within the militia, each under an officer. Culpeper County had 106 classes with a total of 3,000 men. This is a unique source for Culpeper County that does not survive for other Virginia counties.
 * Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data. By J. T. McAllister. c1913. Hot Springs, Virginia : McAllister Pub. Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books;.
 * Your Affectionate Cousin: The Rosses of Culpeper County, Virginia, and San Jacinto County, Texas. 1994. By Edward Ross. Houston, TX:  Thornhouse Press. . This is the story of the descendants of Daniel Ross -- a veteran on the British side of the American Revolution -- through two of his sons, William (in Virginia) and Wesley (in Texas).

Regiments. Service men in Culpeper County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Culpeper County supplied soldiers for the:
 * - 3rd Virginia Regiment
 * - 8th Virginia Regiment
 * - 10th Virginia Regiment

Dunmore
 * Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775: Also Known as Dunmore's War: Enlarged and Photocopied.  Fort Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 2004. Available at.

War of 1812
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... 1883. Washington, D.C : Government Printing Office. Online at: Internet Archive, Google Books. See Vol. 5, Virginia, Culpeper County, p. 68.

Regiments. Culpeper County men served in the 5th and 34th Regiments.

Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry index (free)
 * Battles in Culpeper County, Virginia, 1861-1865: And Other Articles. 1900. By Daniel A. Grimsley. Culpeper, VA : Raleigh Travers Green. Online at: Google Books,.
 * Confederate History of Culpeper County : Culpeper County in the War Between the States, Together with a Complete Roster of the Confederate Soldiers from this County. 1958. By Berkeley G. Calfee. Berryville, Virginia : Chesapeake Book Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library

Regiments. Civil War service men in Culpeper County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed here:
 * - 1st Regiment, Virginia Light Artillery (Pendleton's) (Confederate). Company C (Newtown Artillery)
 * - 4th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)
 * - 7th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (1st Nitre Battalion) (Confederate). Company C (Hazelwood Volunteers) and Company E (Hazelwood Volunteers).
 * - 11th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate).
 * - 13th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company B (The Culpeper Minute Men) and Company E (The Culpeper Riflemen).

Civil War Battles The following Civil War battles were fought in Culpeper County.
 * August 9, 1862 Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run
 * August 22-25, 1862 Rappahannock Station I, also known as Waterloo Bridge, White Sulphur Springs, Lee Springs or Freeman’s Ford
 * March 17, 1863 Kelly's Ford, also known as Kellysville
 * June 9, 1863 Brandy Station, also known as Fleetwood Hill
 * November 7, 1863 Rappahannock Station II
 * February 6-7, 1864 Morton's Ford, also known as Rapidan River
 * Maps of Civil War battles in Virginia: 1861 and 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1906-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all advertisements for runaway 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. The book An Index for Bell and Howell Microfilm Miscellaneous Titles and Dates, Culpeper, Va. Fredericksburg, Virginia: R.A. Hodge, 198-? is available on microfiche at through the. The book indexes the Culpeper Observer, the Culpeper Times, the Piedmont Advance, and the Culpeper Enterprise from June 24, 1859 through September 21, 1899, and The Exponent, the Culpeper Times, and the Culpeper Exponent from June 9, 1882 through February 8, 1889.]

Miscellaneous Records
1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Private Papers
Collection of Papers from Culpeper Co., VA: Dealing with the Payne, Tull, Stewart, Ficklin and Related Families, 1848-1859. Available at.

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records Loose Papers
 * 1633-1800 Wills and Estate Records Index at Library of Virginia.
 * 1749-1770; 1770-1783 Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories etc. Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * Culpeper County, Virginia Will Abstracts. By George W. Glass. n.p. : n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Culpeper County, Virginia: Will Book A, 1749 - 1770. 1956. By John Frederick Dorman. Washington, District of Columbia : J.F. Dorman. Available at ; digital verstion at World Vital Records ($).
 * Culpeper County, Virginia, Will Books B and C, Court Suits, Loose Papers, Inscriptions. 1965. By Dorothy Ford Wulfeck. Naugatuck, CT : D.F. Wulfeck. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1966):35-36. Review available at ; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
 * Digital Images of Culpeper County Wills 1749-1770. See names of testators. Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * The Will of Robert Green of Culpeper County, Va. 1895. By Susanna Thornton Green and James W. Green. Reprint with supplements, 1957. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958):91-92. Available at ; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
 * 1639-1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Ancestry — index, incomplete ($)
 * 1749-1770; 1770-1783 Images of Wills Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1826-1845; 1845-1852 Images of Wills Virginia Pioneers ($)
 *  1845-1852 Indexes to Wills and Inventories Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * Culpeper County, Virginia, Will Books B and C, Court Suits, Loose Papers, Inscriptions. 1965. By Dorothy Ford Wulfeck. Naugatuck, CT : D.F. Wulfeck. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. Reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1966):35-36. Review available at ; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records
Online Tax Indexes and Records
 * 1782-1791 Tax Digests Virginia Pioneers ($)
 * 1782-1802 Culpeper County Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1802 (images); digital version in Tax List Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
 * 1782-1823 Culpeper County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1802, 1803-1823. By Paul Heinegg. Online at:Free African Americans.
 * 1783 Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783. Online at: Revolutionary War Service.
 * 1783 Property Tax List of Culpeper County, Virginia: And Names of Slaves, 1783. 1936. By Mary Boldridge Norris. Raleigh, NC : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($); [ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/468259-property-tax-list-of-culpeper-county-virginia-and-names-of-slaves-1783?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
 * 1783 Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940. By Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, . 1783 personal property tax list of Culpeper County.
 * 1787 The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. By Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. c1987. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print. . Culpeper County is included in Vol. 1.
 * 1788-1789 Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1975):190-194. ; CD available at: New England Ancestors ($). These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Culpeper County's 1788-1789 Delinquent Lists appear on p. 29-31.
 * 1791 Indexed images of the 1791 Personal Property Tax List of Culpeper County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * 1800 Culpeper County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1972):185-190; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):277-280; Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1973):29-32; Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1973):93-100. Available at ; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
 * 1801 Images of the 1801 Personal Property Tax List of Culpeper County, Virginia Binns Genealogy.
 * 1815 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). By Roger D. Ward. c1997. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. . . Culpeper County is included in Vol. 4.

Birth

 * 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Marriage

 * 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1660-1959 Virginia, United States Marriages at Findmypast ($)
 * 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1751-1754 Some Culpeper County Marriages. By George H.S. King. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1961):176. Available at ; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). Identifies marriage license fees some men paid in 1751 and 1754. These entries were found in the Chancery Suit Clayton v. Gray, File #49, Fredericksburg District Court.
 * 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1781-1853 Culpeper County Marriage Index 1781-1853. Batch at FamilySearch.
 * 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index
 * 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index ; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Culpeper County, Virginia marriage bonds, 1780-1850. 1939. By Joel Ricks. Salt Lake City, UT : Genealogical Society of UT. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Marriages of Culpeper County, Virginia, 1781-1815. c1954. By Katherine Lindsay Knorr. Pine Bluff, Arkansas : C.L. Knorr. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Death

 * 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1880-1896 Culpeper County, Virginia Deaths, Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * 1854-1879 Culpeper County, Virginia Deaths, Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection;  index & images

Divorce

 * 1918-1988 - at FamilySearch — index & images

Family History Centers

 * Culpeper Virginia Family History Center
 * Fredericksburg Virginia Family History Center
 * Louisa Virginia Family History Center
 * Warrenton Virginia Family History Center


 * Jefferson Madison Regional Library - Northside Branch - an affiliate library

Libraries
Culpeper Minute Men Chapter SAR 11201 Springfield Fredericksburg, Virginia22408 540-710-6764Website
 * Culpeper Genealogical Society
 * Central Virginia Genealogical Association
 * Culpeper Town and County Library; Main &amp; Mason Streets; Culpeper, Virginia 22701

Websites

 * Culpeper County, Virginia USGENWEB
 * Cyndi's List
 * Virginia Pioneers ($)


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Research Guides
Compiled genealogies are a good place to start research for this area, see Culpeper County, Virginia Genealogy. If you are researching families who lived in Culpeper County, Virginia between the 1760s and 1790s, the Sparacios' books are a great time saver. They comprehensively index several publications covering that period: A website with many online resources: Culpeper County, Virginia US GenWeb Project
 * Surname Index of Antient Press Publications. 1993. By Ruth Trickey Sparacio, and Sam Sparacio. 14+ vols. McLean, VA : R.S. Sparacio, Antient Press. 975.5 P22s v. 1-2; publisher's website: Antient Press.


 * A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Culpeper County. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1964):63-66. Available at ; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).