Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy

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Augusta County

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

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Augusta County, Virginia
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Location in the state of Virginia, United States Genealogy
Location of Virginia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	August 1, 1738
County Seat	Staunton
Courthouse

County Information

Description

Augusta County is located in the Shenandoah Valley of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was named for the Princess of Wales.

Augusta County Virginia Courthouse

Augusta County, Virginia
6 East Johnson Street
Staunton, Virginia 24401-4303
Phone:540-245-5321

Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1853-1896
marriage records from 1785, probate and land records from 1745,
property tax records 1800-1851, land tax records from 1786 and court claims 1782-1785

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
	Marriage		Court	Land	Probate	Census
1853	1785	1853	1782	1745	1745	1810
Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912. General compliance year is unknown.

Augusta County Virginia History

The county was named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Alternburg (1719-1772), who through marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), became the Princess of Wales in 1736.

Parent County

1738 Augusta County was created 1 August 1738 from Orange County.
County seat: Staunton

Boundary Changes

For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, visit "Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps" (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Places/Localities

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:\ Augusta County, Virginia

Towns
Craigsville Grottoes Waynesboro
Unincorporated communities
Fort Defiance Love Mint Spring	Mount Solon Spring Hill Steeles Tavern	Swoope West_Augusta
Census-designated places
Augusta Springs Churchville Crimora Deerfield Dooms Greenville	Harriston Fishersville Jolivue Lyndhurst Middlebrook Mount Sidney	New Hope Sherando Stuarts Draft Verona Weyers Cave Wintergreen

Augusta County Virginia Genealogy Resources

Research Guides

• A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Augusta County. By John Frederick Dorman. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1960):80-86. CD available at: American Ancestors ($).
• Finding Your People in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia: A Genealogical Guide. c1998. By Rebecca H. Good and Rebecca A. Ebert. Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books. Online at: Internet Archive, FHL Book 975 D27e 1998.

African American

• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete

Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy cohabitation records are available online. Search the Library of Virginia's Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans in Augusta County.

Registers of free African Americans who lived in Augusta County, Virginia before the Civil War have been published in book form and online:

• The Registers of Free Blacks 1810-1864, Augusta County, Virginia and Staunton, Virginia. 1989. By Katherine G. Bushman. Verona, Virginia : Mid-Valley Press. FHL US/CAN Book 975.591 F2b.
• The Valley of the Shadow website has the  Register of Free Blacks in Augusta County, Virginia, 1803-1845.  Site also has a link to the Staunton City Register.

Additional resources about Augusta County's free African Americans include:

• Augusta County Personal Property Tax List 1796-1820. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
• Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. c2005. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans; At various libraries (WorldCat).
• Free People of Colour: Free Negroes, Indians, Portuguese and Freed Slaves. 2003. By Mary B. Kegley. Wytheville, Virginia : Kegley Books. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 F2kf.
• Freedmen's Bureau Letters or Correspondence, 1865-1872

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 the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia.

Bible Records

Images of the Virginia Historical Society's family Bible collection have been digitized:

• Virginia Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007.
• Clarke - Clarke Family Bible, Augusta County, Virginia. By Mary Gresham. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1964):14-16. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg. CD available at: American Ancestors ($).

• Fulton - The John Fulton Bible, Augusta County, Virginia. By Rose Fulton Cramer. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):15-18. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg. CD available at: American Ancestors ($).

• Givens - 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; At various libraries (WorldCat). Includes transcript of the bible of Robert Givens, of Lincoln County, KY, 1759-1802, and his declaration of services rendered. See pp. 223-226.

Biography

• McFerrin - John B. McFerrin, a Biography. 1888. By O.P. Fitzgerald. Nashville, Tennessee : Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Cemeteries

Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Tombstone Transcriptions in Print	List of Cemeteries in the county
Findagrave.com	Family History Library	Findagrave.com
VAGenWeb	WorldCat	Billion Graves
VAGenWeb Archives
Tombstone Project
Virginia Gravestones
Billion Graves
See Virginia Cemeteries for more information.

• 1800-1986 - Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986

The Genealogy Center at Allen County Public Library (Indiana) has searchable databases for a number of Augusta County cemeteries.

• 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; At various libraries (WorldCat).

• Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7. Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).

• Stone Church Graveyard, Middle River District, Augusta County, Virginia. By Minnie Fogel Mickley. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 V3s.

Census

For tips on accessing Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy census records online, see: Virginia Census.

 

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	10,886	—
1800	11,712	7.6%
1810	14,308	22.2%
1820	16,742	17.0%
1830	19,926	19.0%
1840	19,628	−1.5%
1850	24,610	25.4%
1860	27,749	12.8%
1870	28,763	3.7%
1880	35,710	24.2%
1890	37,005	3.6%
1900	32,370	−12.5%
1910	32,445	0.2%
1920	34,671	6.9%
1930	38,163	10.1%
1940	42,772	12.1%
1950	34,154	−20.1%
1960	37,363	9.4%
1970	44,220	18.4%
1980	53,732	21.5%
1990	54,677	1.8%
2000	65,615	20.0%
2010	73,750	12.4%
Source: "Wikipedia.org". United States Census Bureau.

1810

• 1810 Census of Augusta County, Virginia. 1968. By V. Beverly. Virginia : Crickard. Online at: Ancestry ($), FHL Collection US/CAN Access Services Window 6015641.

1840

• 1840 Augusta County, Virginia Census. By James L. Douthat. Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press ($).

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, FHL Collection; At various libraries (WorldCat).

Church Records

• Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7. Includes a list of dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).

Baptist

• 1776 Petition of Baptists (10,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 October 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. After locating your ancestor, view the digital copies.
  – Digital copies at Library of Congress; also at Library of Virginia using the code word "000606093"
  – Hall, Jean Pickett. "Legislative Petitions: the 10,000 name petition" transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983-) online at Ancestry ($) and in book form at various libraries.
  

Linville Creek Baptist Church. Also called Smith's Creek. Constituted 1756.

Church of England

See also Augusta Parish, Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy

• Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. 1861. By William Meade. 2 vols. Philadelphia, PA : J.B. Lippincott and Co. Online at: Internet Archive Vol. I and Internet Archive Vol. II. Meade's history of parishes in Augusta County begins on pg 317.

German Reformed

• Shenandoah Valley Family Data, 1799-1813: From the Memorandum Book of Pastor Johannes Braun. 1978. By Johannes Klaus Wust Braun and Joseph H. Meyerhoeffer. Edinburg, Virginia : Shenandoah History Publishers. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 K2bjo.
• St. John's Church Register, German Reformed and Lutheran, Augusta County, Virginia, (1748) 1786-1872. 1995. By Peggy Shomo Joyner. Portsmouth, Virginia : P.S. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 K2j.

Lutheran

• St. John's Church Register, German Reformed and Lutheran, Augusta County, Virginia, (1748) 1786-1872. 1995. By Peggy Shomo Joyner. Portsmouth, Virginia : P.S. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 K2j.

Presbyterian

Early Presbyterian Churches (with years constituted):

• Augusta Stone (1740)
• Bethel (1746)
• First Presbyterian Church (1818), Staunton, Va.
• Hebron (1746)
• Mount Carmel, Steele's Tavern, Va.
• South Mountain (1743)
• Stone Meeting House (1793), Old Providence, Spottswood, Va.
• Tinkling Spring (1738)

• List of Baptisms by Rev. John Craig, Augusta County, Virginia, 1740-1749. By John Craig. 1982. Staunton, Virginia : L.B. Hatke. Online at: Ancestry ($), FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015426.
• 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, Virignia, 1740-1749, Containing One Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-four Names (First Publication of the Original Record). 1916. By Florence Wilson Houston, Laura Cowan Blaine, and Ella Dunn Mellette. Indianapolis, Indiana: Press of C.E. Pauley, Indianapolis Engraving Co. Online at: Google Books.
• Reverend John Craig 1709-1774: His Descendants and Allied Families. 1963. By Lillian Kennerly Craig. New Orleans, Louisiana : Accurate Letter Co. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C844c. Founder of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church.

• The First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, Virginia. 1908. By Arista Hoge. Staunton, Virginia : Caldwell-Sites. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Court

County Court

• Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: RootsWeb, Google Books Vol 1 only, Hathitrust Vol 2 only. Volume 1 includes abstracts of Court Order Books 1-24 (1745-1799) and Court Judgments - continues in Volume 2.

Pennsylvania Courts

• The County Court for the District of West Augusta, Virginia: Held at Augusta Town, Near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1776-1777. 1905. By Boyd Crumrine and Washington County Historical Society, Washington, PA. Printed by the Observer Job Rooms for the Washington County Historical Society. Online at: Google Books.
• Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia, 1775-1780. 1974. By Boyd Crumrine and Inez Raney Waldenmaier. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co. FHL US/CAN Book 974.88 P2c.

Chancery

• 1746- 1912 Library of Virginia's Chancery Records Index 

Directories

• A Directory of the Representative Business and Professional Men of Augusta County and Staunton, Va. 1899. n.p. : Rohrer & Diamond. Online at: Ancestry ($), FHL Collection.

Funeral Homes

• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009, index and images, incomplete

Genealogy

Compiled Genealogies by Surname

• See Augusta County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies, for a list of 1000+ published books and articles , or jump to a surname using the alphabet bar.

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

• Most Distinguished Characters of the American Frontier : Robert Looney (b 1692-1702 d 1770) of Augusta (now Botetourt) County, Virginia and Some of His Descendants with Histories of the Great Road, Looney's Ferry, Crow's Ferry, Anderson's Ferry, Boyd's Ferry and Beale's Bridge. c1998-2008. By Madge Looney Crane, Phillip L. Crane. Apollo, Pennsylvania : Closson Press. At various libraries (WorldCat).

Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia at WeRelate identifies biographical information about hundreds of local families.

Collections of the Augusta County Historical Society are described online, including many compiled genealogies and family files. Surnames
Genealogy Surname Index (GEN 929.42 H) is a book at the Staunton Public Library that indexes  compiled genealogies at their facility. You can also search for your surname in their online catalog.

Augusta County Families, at VAGenWeb, identifies many resources (mainly online) containing compiled genealogies of local families.

The website includes a very useful description of the Katherine Bushman Collection at the Library of Virginia. The Katherine Bushman Collection includes material about the following Augusta County families: "Alexander, Bell, Bushman, Craig, Curry, Davis, Fauber, Fulkerson, Greaver, Hogshead, Kinkead, McCutchan, Polk, Rankin, Robertson, Sheets, Steele, Tate, and Wilson." The compiler was a professional genealogist. For further information, see: Katherine Bushman Papers, 1961-1997. See also: Virginia Heritage, which offers a detailed guide to the collection.

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families

• Allison, Elizabeth Kelly. Early Southwest Virginia Families: Families of Kelly, Smyth, Buchanan, Clark and Related Families of Edmonson, Keys, Beattie, Ryburn, McDonald. Auburn, Ala., 1960.
• Burton, Charles T. Botetourt County, Virginia, Early Settlers: From the Earliest Times through 1795, in the Area that was Botetourt County in 1782, Covers Parts of Present-day Counties of Montgomery, Bath, Giles, Floyd, Alleghany, Roanoke, Craig and Monroe. Troutville, Va.: [Burton?, 1979?]. FHL Collection 6015637 - 6015638
• Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 1957; reprint, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Original edition: FHL Collection Book 975.591 D2cg, Film 1486619 Item 29; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Specifically treats the following families: Bratton, Campbell, Carlile, Cleek, Craig, Crawford, Dyer, Gay, Givens, Graham, Gwin, Harper, Henderson, Hull, Keister, Lightner, Lockridge, McFarland, Moore, Warwick.]
• Diehl, George West and A. Maxim Coppage. Rockbridge County, Virginia Notebook: Compiled from Articles by Dr. George W. Diehl as Published in the News-Gazette, Lexington, Virginia; Additional Charts and Notes Have Been Added, As Well As Surname Index. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, c1982. FHL Book 975.5852 H2r Treats families that lived in the area that split off in the eighteenth-century as Rockbridge County.
• Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Ailstock, Anderson, Barnett, Battles, Bush, Cauther, Cooper, Fields, Jenkins, Kinney, Knox, McCoy, Mason, Maxfield, Nickens, Parr, Pryor, Redcross, Road, Roberts, Scot, Simpson, Tyre, Vena, Viers, Walden, Young families in pre-1820 Augusta County, Virginia.
• Hoge, Arista. The First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: Caldwell-Sites, 1908 (1909). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library; FHL Film 599249 Item 4.
  
• King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. FHL Collection 850091 Item 7; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]
• Leitch, Meredith. Papers, 1933-1953. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society. Also, includes genealogical notes concerning the following families: Adams, Armstrong, Bartley, Beck, Carlyle, Clayton, Craig, Dunlap, Ervine, Estill, Fulton, Gabbard, Gay, Glendy, Graham, Guy, Henderson, Hodges, Houston, Hughart, Irvine, Kinkead, Knight, McCausland, McCutcheon, McKee, Miller, Miser, Montgomery, Pauley, Ramsey, Rich, Rubush, Shiplette, Summers, Walkup, and Wandless.
  
• Peyton, John Lewis. History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: S.M. Yost, 1882. Original edition available at FHL US/CAN Film 30313; 1972 reprint at FHL US/CAN Book 975.591 H2p 1972; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($).
• Strickler, Harry M. Forerunners, a History or Genealogy of the Strickler Families, Their Kith and Kin: Including Kauffmans, Stovfrs [i.e. Stovers], Burners, Ruffners, Beavers, Shavers, Brumbachs, Zirkles, Blossers, Groves, Brubakers, Neffs, Roth- gebs and Many Other Early Families of Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Frederick and Page Counties of the Shenandoah Valley: A Memorial to All Who Have Gone Before From About 1700 to the Present Time, 1924. Harrisonburg, Va.: H.M. Strickler, 1925. FHL Collection 6046689; digital version at Ancestry ($).
• Towler, Sam. Excerpts from Augusta Chancery Drawers 188 to 258 and Other Charts. Charlottesville, Va.: S. Towler, c1998. FHL Book 975.5916 P2t.
  
• Trimble, Kelly Walker (1885-1955). Papers, 1770-1954. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society. "Also, include Kelly Trimble's genealogical information and notes on the following Augusta County families: Alexander, Anderson, Baylor, Bell, Breckinridge, Bumgardner, Caldwell, Calhoun, Caruthers, Christian, Cochran, Crawford, Crockett, East, Eidson, Gilkeson, Hanger, Henderson, Hog, Hogshead, Jameson, Jamison, Johnston, McClanahan, McClenahan, McClure, McPheeters, Mitchell, Moffett, Newton, O'Friel, Peirpoint, Pilson, Ralston, Ruff, Scott, Sproul, Steele, Sterrett, Steritt, Swoope, Tate, Thompson, Trimble, Wallace, Wayland, Wilson, Young, and Zimmerman."
  
• Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. Staunton, Va.: C.R. Caldwell, 1902. Available at FHL US/CAN Book and FHL US/CAN Film 1000633 Item 2; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books (full-view); and World Vital Records ($) (second edition).

Immigration

• Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7. Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).

• Items from Southern Record. By Milnor Ljungstedt. The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. FHL US/CAN Book 973 D25aga. Shows Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries.

• List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Virginia are online at: Immigrant Servants Database.
  

Land and Property

An early settlers map is available for Beverley Manor in Augusta County. The cartographer plots the locations of pioneers' land tracts. FHL Map 975.5916 E7h, FHL Map 975.5 E7hjr. An alphabetical listing is available: FHL Book 975.5916 E7h supp. 1.

An early settlers map showing the purchasers of the 92,100 acre grant to Benjamin Borden on the west side of the Blue Ridge Mountains (1739) FHL Map 975.5 E7hi.

Augusta County Property Book 1876 Virginia Pioneers ($).

Deeds

• Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: RootsWeb, Google Books Vol 1 only, Hathitrust Vol 2 only. Volume 1 includes abstracts of Court Order Books 1-24 (1745-1799) and Court Judgments - continues in Volume 2.

Grants and Patents

• Abstract of Land Grant Surveys of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, 1761-1791. 1938. By Peter Cline Kaylor. Dayton, VA : Shenandoah Press. Online at: Google Books.
• Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia. c1992. By Edgar Barr Sims. Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print. FHL US/CAN Book 975.4 R22w 1992.

Local Histories

• A History of the Valley of Virginia. 1833. By Samuel Kercheval. Winchester, Virginia : Samuel H. Davis. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books.
• Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. 1902 Second Edition. By Joseph Addison Waddell. Bridgewater, Virginia : C.J. Carrier. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books.
• Annals of Augusta County, Virginia : With Reminiscences, Biographical Sketches, a Diary of the War, 1861-'5 and a Chapter on Reconstruction with Supplement. 1888. By Joseph Addison Waddell. Richmond, Virginia : J. W. Randolph & English, Publishers. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, With Reminiscences Illustrative of the Vicissitudes of Its Pioneer Settlers ... 1886. By Joseph Addison Waddell. Richmond, Virginia : Wm. Ellis Jones, Book and Job Printer. Online at: FamilySearch Online Books, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books. 1888 Supplement. Richmond, Virginia : J. W. Randolph & English, Publishers. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust.
• Augusta County, Virginia in the History of the United States. 1918. By Boutwell Dunlap. Frankfort, Kentucky : The Kentucky State Historical Society, Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Google Books.
• Beautiful Thornrose. 1921. By Artista Hoge. n.p. : Staunton, Virginia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Early History of Staunton and Beverley Manor in Augusta County, Virginia. 1963. By Edward Aull. Birmingham, AL : Aull. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 A1 no. 40.
• Historical Notes from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia. 1979. By Charles Edward Kemper. Lancaster, PA : Historical Society. Online at: Ancestry ($). FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015425.
• History of Augusta County, Virginia. By John Lewis Peyton. 1882. Staunton, Virginia : Samuel M. Yost & Son. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books.
• History of Washington County from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, First Under Virginia as Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County Until 1781, and Subsequently Under Pennsylvania; With Sketch of all the Townships, Boroughs, and Villages, Etc.; and to Which is Added a Full Account of the Celebrated Mason and Dixon's Line, the Whiskey Insurrection, Indian Warfare, Traditional and Local Historical Events. 1871. By Alfred Creigh. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : B. Singerly, Printer. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books.
• Name Index to Peyton's History of Augusta County, Virginia. 1935. By A. M. Prichard. Richmond, Virginia : L. B. Hatke. Online at: Hathitrust, Ancestry ($). FHL US/CAN Film 982336 Item 6.
• The City of Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, and the Surrounding Country: Their Condition, Resources and Advantages, and the Inducements They Offer to Those Seeking Homes or Places for Business, Investments, etc. 1878. By Jedediah Hotchkiss. Staunton, Virginia : D.E. Strasburg. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015433.

Maps

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for more resources

• An Historical Map of Augusta County, Virginia 1732-1872: Compiled from Old Maps, Historical Records and Traditions. 1933. By John R. Hildebrand. Virginia : J.R. Hildebrand. FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5916 E7hi.
• Early Settlement in Beverley Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. By John S. Hale. Staunton, Virginia : Old Dominion Map Co. Creative Cartographers. FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5916 E7h. The map shows the boundaries of each holding, the name of the grantee, and the date of purchase.
• Historical Atlas of Augusta County, Virginia: Maps from Original Surveys by Jed. Hotchkiss, its Annals by Joseph A. Waddell, Physiography by Jed. Hotchkiss. 1885. By Jed Hotchkiss, Shepard & Johnston, Joseph A. Waddell. Chicago, Illinois : Waterman, Watkins & Company. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• The Beverley Patent, 1736: Including Original Grantees, 1738-1815 in Orange & Augusta Counties, Va. 1954. By John R. Hildebrand. FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5 E7hjr.

Migration

• Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist. Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):248-254; Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1977):113-118; Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1978):194-202; Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):279-286; Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):31-38; Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1979):113-119; Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):195-198. Online at: FHL, American Ancestors ($).

These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Augusta County's 1782-1785 [sic] Delinquent Lists appear on 22:194-202; 1786-1787 Delinquent Lists appear on 22:279-286 and 23:31-37; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 21:113-114; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 23:113-119; 1788 Delinquent List appears on 19:248-250 and 23:195-198.

• Some Early Settlers in Washington County, Tennessee. By Ann Lusk. Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 34, No. 3 (2005):143-145. Lusk identifies many residents of Augusta County who migrated to pioneer Washington County, Tennessee.

Military

Colonial Militia

• Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 2001. By George Washington Cleek. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: Ancestry.
• Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. By William Armstrong Crozier. 1954. Baltimore : Southern Book Co. Online at: Internet Archive, Hathitrust, Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
• Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2bL.

French and Indian War

• Augusta County, Virginia Indian Wars 1754-1764. 2007. By Lyman Copeland Draper. Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press ($). "Lyman Draper, one of the countries earliest historians recorded the names of those either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy in Augusta County. At this time, Augusta County covered a great deal of the upper part of the eastern United States with over seven states being taken from it in total or in part. These listings included those on the Monongalia, Holston, New, Greenbrier Rivers, Reed Creek, South Branch, Fort Vause, Jackson’s River and many other areas of the east."
• Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 2001. By George Washington Cleek. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: Ancestry ($).
• 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; At various libraries (WorldCat). 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 Augusta County, see pp. 30-58, 104-107.
• Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7. Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).
• Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. By William Armstrong Crozier. 1954. Baltimore : Southern Book Co. Online at: Internet Archive, Hathitrust, Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
• Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2bL.

Dunmore's War

• 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. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Some Virginia Revolutionary War and Pension Records in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, 1776-1833. 1952-1953. By Mrs D.L. Norris and Mrs. Rudolph; Daughters of the American Revolution. Salt Lake City, UT : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 8. Includes abstracts of records concerning Dunmore's War.

Revolutionary War

Regiments. Service men in Augusta County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Augusta County supplied soldiers for the:

- 8th Virginia Regiment

- 9th Virginia Regiment

- 10th Virginia Regiment

- 12th Virginia Regiment (1st and 8th Companies)

Writing in 1889, local historian Waddell wrote, "It is impossible to obtain any list or particular account of troops furnished by Augusta County during the Revolutionary War, and the names of only a few comparatively of the soldiers have escaped oblivion." Has this conclusion held true or been disproven?

Additional resources:

• 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. Online at: U.S. Census Bureau, Google Books. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. See Virginia, Western District, Augusta County on page 133.
• Augusta County, Virginia, Court of Claims, 1782-1785. 1970. By Katherine G. Bushman. FHL US/CAN Film 858643 Item 5.
• Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 2001. By George Washington Cleek. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: Ancestry ($).
• Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. 2007. By William F. Boogher. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. Online at: Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat). Includes a chapter titled "List of Militiamen in Captain John Given's Company, Augusta County, Virginia, from October 16, 1777, to March 15, 1782, inclusive, with transcript of the bible of Robert Givens, of Lincoln county, Ky., 1759-1802, and his declaration of services rendered." See pp. 223-226.
• Index to Revolutionary Pension and Bounty-Land Documents at the Library of Virginia. 2012. Compiled by C. Leon Harris. Online at: Library of Virginia.
• Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. 1935. By Fannie Bayly. King. Staunton, Virginia : n.p. Online at: Ancestry ($), FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7. Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).
• 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. Online at: Ancestry. FHL Collection. Virginia section begins on page 238.
• Some Virginia Revolutionary War and Pension Records in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, 1776-1833. 1952-1953. By Mrs D.L. Norris and Mrs. Rudolph; Daughters of the American Revolution. Salt Lake City, UT : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 8. Includes abstracts of records concerning Dunmore's War.
• Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data. c1913. By J. T. McAllister. Hot Springs, Virginia : McAllister Pub. Co. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat).

War of 1812

Augusta County men served in the 32nd and 93rd Regiments.

• 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, Augusta County, pp. 62-63.

Civil War

Regiments. Service men in Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy 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 in Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy:

- 1st Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Local Defense (Confederate). Company E (Valley Rangers)

- 1st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate).

- 5th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company C (Mountain Guard), Company D (Southern Guard), Company E (Augusta Greys), Company F (West View Infantry), Company G (Staunton Rifles), Company H (Augusta Rifles), Company I (Ready Rifles), Company L (West Augusta Guard).

- 7th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Local Defense (1st Nitre Battalion) (Confederate). Company D.

- 14th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company C (Valley Cavalry or Rangers) and Company I (Churchville Cavalry).

- 23rd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company F.

- 25th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Heck's) (Confederate). Company C (Augusta Lee Rifles).

- 52nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Companies A (Augusta Fencibles), B2 (Waynesboro Guards), C (Letcher Guard), D (Harper Guard), F, G (Veteran Guards), H (Staunton Pioneers), and I (Men of West Augusta).

- 62nd Regiment, Virginia Mounted Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Valley Rifles).

Many records and histories are available, including:

• 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
• 1861-1865 - Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry

An interesting study, called the Valley of the Shadow Project, has collected military and private papers detailing the experience of the Civil War in Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia.

• Early Western Augusta Pioneers. 2001. By George Washington Cleek. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. Online at: Ancestry.

Civil War Battles

The following Civil War battles were fought in Augusta County:

• June 5-6, 1864 - Piedmont[18][18][16]
• March 2, 1865 - Waynesboro[19][19][17]

Maps of Civil War battles in Virginia: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

World War II

• 1940-1945 - Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images

Miscellaneous Records

• 1607-2007 - Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007

Native Americans

• Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pennsylvania). Genealogical Manuscripts Up to 1968. MSS., microfilmed in 1968, available at FHL 104 Rolls. Includes: Copy of the deed from the six united nations of Indians to the American colonies, as recorded in deed book 22 in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of Augusta County, Virginia, in the courthouse at Staunton, Va.

Newspapers

The Virginia Newspapers Project identifies local Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy 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 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.

• 1793-1794 - Staunton Spy (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1800-1801 - Political Mirror (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1808-1809 - Political Censor (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1811 - Spirit of the Press (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 1814 - Staunton Observer (Staunton, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 2011-present - News Virginian (Waynesboro, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).

Occupations

• Mercantile Adventures in Early Virginia, John Stewart, Tailor of Augusta and Botetourt Counties. By William C. Stewart. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967):3-11; Vol. 11, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1967):61-66. Online at: American Ancestors ($), FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg.
• The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. By George Barton Cutten. 1952. Richmond, Virginia : The Dietz Press, Incorporated. Online at: Hathitrust; At various libraries (WorldCat). Includes sections on Staunton and Waynesboro silversmiths.

Periodicals

The Blount Journal

Genealogical articles with abstracts of Augusta County, Virginia records have been published in The Blount Journal, the publication of the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society which began in 1985 and is still in print. Past issues can be purchased online from a list that includes issue contents. The Family History Library has acquired most volumes FHL US/CAN Book 976.8885 B2b.

Petitions

• A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford (Virginia State Library). By H.J. Eckenrode. 1908. Richmond, Virginia : Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. Online at: Google Books. Augusta County petitions (1776-1864) are described on pp. 135-185.

Probate Records

• Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: RootsWeb, Google Books Vol 1 only, Hathitrust Vol 2 only. Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds.

• Copies of Wills of Early Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia. By Frances Lee Wilson Rudolph. 1950. FHL.
• Digital Images of Augusta County Wills 1745-1753. See names of Testators. Virginia Pioneers ($).

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1639 – 1850 Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Ancestry ($) - incomplete.

Taxation

Online Augusta County, Virginia Tax Lists
Type	Index			Images
	Free	FHC	Fee	Free	FHC	Fee
Delinquents	1748	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1750	-	-	-	-	-
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Delinquents	1755	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1756	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1766	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1767	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1768	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1773-74	-	-	-	-	-
Tithes	-	-	-	-	1777	-
Tithes	-	-	-	-	1778	-
Delinquents	1779	-	-	-	-	-
Tithes	1781	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1782	-	1782	-	-	-
Personal Property	1782	-	-	1782	1782	1782
Personal Property	1783	-	-	1783	1783	1783
Tithes	1783	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1783	-	1783	-	-	-
Delinquents	1784	-	1784	-	-	-
Personal Property	-	-	-	1784	1784	1784
Personal Property	-	-	-	1785	1785	1785
Delinquents	1785	-	1785	-	-	-
Delinquents	1786 1|2	-	1786	-	-	-
Personal Property	-	-	-	1786	1786	1786
Delinquents	-	-	1787, 1787, 1787	-	-	-
Personal Property	-	-	-	1787	1787	1787
Personal Property	-	-	-	1788	1788	1788
Delinquents	-	-	1788, 1788	-	-	-
Personal Property	-	-	-	1789	1789	1789
Delinquents	1790	-	-	-	-	-
Personal Property	1790	-	-	1790, 1790	1790	1790
Personal Property	-	-	-	-	1791	1791
Delinquents	1791	-	-	-	-	-
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Personal Property	-	-	-	-	1792	1792
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Personal Property	-	-	-	-	1794	1794
Personal Property	-	-	-	-	1795	1795
Personal Property	-	-	-	-	1796-1799	-
Delinquents	1795	-	-	-	-	-
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Delinquents	1798	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1799	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1800	-	-	-	-	-
Personal Property	1800, 1800 1|2|3	-	-	1800	-	-
Personal Property	-	-	-	-	1801-1851	-
Delinquents	1801	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1802	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1803	-	-	-	-	-
Delinquents	1804	-	-	-	-	-

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Bibliography

• 1730-1754 - Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys. 1985. By Peggy Shomo Joyner. Portsmouth, Virginia : P.S. Joyner. Vol. 1 Orange & Augusta counties with tithables, delinquents, petitioners, 1730-1754. FHL 975.5 R2j.
• 1748-1804 - Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: RootsWeb, Google Books Vol 1 only, Hathitrust Vol 2 only. Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds. Includes abstracts of delinquents and insolvents for the years 1748 to 1804 on pp. 413-429.
• 1764-1765, 1769 - Tax List, 1764-65, 1769. Augusta Historical Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Fall 1972).
• 1777-1778 - Augusta County, Virginia List of Tithables, 1777-1778. FHL 30312. Original records, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
• 1777 - Augusta Tithables List, 1777. Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Aug. 2001); Vol. 39, No. 4 (Nov. 2001); Vol. 40, No. 4 (Nov. 2002); Vol. 41, No. 2 (May 2003); Vol. 42, No. 2 (May 2004); Vol. 42, No. 3 (Aug. 2004); Vol. 42, No. 4 (Nov. 2004); Vol. 43, No. 2 (May 2005); Vol. 43, No. 4 (Nov. 2005); Vol. 44, No. 1 (Feb. 2006); Vol. 44, No. 2 (May 2006); Vol. 44, No. 3 (Aug. 2006); Vol. 44, No. 4 (Nov. 2006). FHL 975.5 B2vs; Vols. 39 and 40 online at: Ancestry ($).
• 1777 - Tithables, 1777. Allegheny Regional Ancestors, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter 1993). FHL 975.4 D25a v. 1-2
• 1781-1784 - Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: RootsWeb, Google Books Vol 1 only, Hathitrust Vol 2 only. Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds. Includes abstracts of tithables 1781 to 1784 on pp. 429-431.
• 1782-1795 - Augusta County Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1795. Online at: Tax List Club - Binns Genealogy ($).
• 1782 - 1782 Augusta County, Virginia Tax Listing. 2012. By James L. Douthat. Signal Mountain, TN : Mountain Press. Online at: Free online surname index and publisher's bookstore.
• 1782 - 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, FHL 975.5 R4f 1978. 1782 personal property tax list of Augusta County.
• 1782 - Tax List, 1782. Bath County Heritage Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Winter 1998).
• 1782 - Personal Property Tax List, 1782. Augusta Historical Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 1976).
• 1782-3;1820-7; 1836-60; 1876-9; 1881-1900 - Augusta County Tax returns 1782-3;1820-7; 1836-60; 1876-9; 1881-1900. Online at: Virginia Pioneers ($).
• 1782-1788 - Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790. By Robert Y. Clay. The Virginia Genealogist. Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1975):248-254; Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1977):113-118; Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1978):194-202; Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1978):279-286; Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):31-38; Vol. 23, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1979):113-119; Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1979):195-198. Online at: FHL, American Ancestors ($). These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Augusta County's 1782-1785 [sic] Delinquent Lists appear on 22:194-202; 1786-1787 Delinquent Lists appear on 22:279-286 and 23:31-37; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 21:113-114; additional 1787 Delinquent List appears on 23:113-119; 1788 Delinquent List appears on 19:248-250 and 23:195-198.
• 1783 - Personal Property (or Land) Tax List, 1783. Online at: Revolutionary War Service.
• 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. At various libraries (WorldCat). The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Augusta County is included in Vol. 1.
• 1784-1800 - Tax List, 1784-1800: Men to French Broad. Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 6 (Dec. 1978).
• 1790, 1800 Indexed images of the 1790 and 1800 Personal Property Tax Lists of Augusta County, Virginia - Binns Genealogy.
• 1796-1820 - Augusta County Personal Property Tax List 1796-1820. By Paul Heinegg. Online at: Free African Americans. Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.
• 1800 - Augusta County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1962):75-80; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1962):113-120; Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1962):157-163. Online at: American Ancestors ($), FHL 975.5 B2vg.
• 1815 - 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). By Roger D. Ward. c1997. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co. FHL 975 E4w. At various libraries (WorldCat). The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Augusta County is included in Vol. 5.

Vital Records

Indexes to Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy births, marriages, and deaths are available online. These collections are incomplete, but are easy to search. Most records can also be ordered electronically online as well. Courtesy: FamilySearch. See also How to order Virginia Vital Records

Birth

• 1853-1874 - Augusta County Birth Index 1853-1874. Batch C868473.
• 1853-1866 - Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1912-1913 - Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913

Beth Fridley has published the following databases online at Ancestry:

• Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1862-75. Online at: Ancestry ($).
• Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1876-79. Online at: Ancestry ($).
• Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1880-87. Online at: Ancestry ($).
• Augusta County, Virginia Births, 1888-96. Online at: Ancestry ($).

Marriage

• 1660-1800 - Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 Ancestry ($).

• 1660-1959 - Virginia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast ($).

• 1700-1799 - Augusta County, Virginia Marriages 1700-1799.

• 1740-1850 - Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 Ancestry ($).

• 1749-1773, 1785-1793 - Early Virginia Marriages. 1953. By William Armstrong Crozier. Baltimore, MD : Southern Book Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. Includes marriages performed by Rev. John Brown 1785-1793 and Augusta County marriages 1749-1773.

• 1749-1799 - Augusta County, VAGenWeb includes abstracts of marriage book 1, marriages 1700-1799, and marriages from Chalkley's Chronicles.

• 1749-1799 - Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 1912. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia : The Commonwealth Printing Co. Online at: RootsWeb, Google Books Vol 1 only, Hathitrust Vol 2 only. Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds. Some early marriages (groom only list) 1748-1788 are found in Volume 2; these records were copied from a clerk's record book that was lost some time after the author transcribed the list in 1912. The original list was the clerk's record of marriage license payments and the date of the payment.

• 1785-1813 - First Marriage Record of Augusta County, Virginia, 1785-1813. 1962. By Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter, D.A.R. Baltimore, MD : Clearfield Company by Genealogical lPublishing Co. Online at: Ancestry ($), FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 V2f 1962.

• 1785-1887 - Augusta County Marriage Index 1785-1887. Batch M868472.

• 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry.com ($) — index

• 1853-1935 - Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — index and images

• 1854-1900 - Augusta County Marriage Index 1854-1900. Batch M868473.

• 1936-1988 - Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988.

Divorce

• 1918-1988 - Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988

Death

• 1853-1896 - Augusta County Death Index 1853-1896. B868473
• 1912-1987 - Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987

Vital Record Substitutes

The Virginia Historical Society's Marriage and Obituary Index, 1736-1820 (newspaper abstracts) is available at FamilySearch. Images of the original index cards are browseable, arranged alphabetically by surname.

Augusta County Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries

• Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia
• Augusta County Genealogical Society
• Augusta County Virginia Historical Society
• Central Virginia Genealogical Association

Family History Centers

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Waynesboro Virginia Family History Center

Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy Websites

• Augusta County, Virginia USGENWEB 
• Augusta County, VA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
• Augusta County, VAGenWeb
• FamilySearch Catalog
• Cyndi's List
• Virginia Pioneers ($)

Augusta County Virginia Genealogy References

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