Rockingham County, Virginia Genealogy

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

Rockingham County, Virginia
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Facts
Founded 1666
County Seat Harrisonburg
Courthouse
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County Information[edit | edit source]

Description[edit | edit source]

Rockingham County is located in the Western portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and it shares a border with West Virginia. The County was named for the Marquis of Rockingham, a British statesman sympathetic with the American Revolution[1].

Rockingham County, Virginia Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Rockingham County Courthouse
Circuit Court
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801
Phone: 540-564-3111

Clerk Circuit Court has birth records 1862-1894,
death records 1890-1894, marriage, probate,
court and land records from 1778 and divorce
records from 1833.  Some records burned in 1864[2]

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records[3]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1862 1778 1890 1778 1778 1778 1810
Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912.
General compliance year is unknown.

Rockingham County, Virginia History[edit | edit source]

2nd Marquess of Rockingham

The county is named after Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-1782), who served two terms as Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Parent County[edit | edit source]

1777--Rockingham County was created 20 October 1777 from Augusta County.
County seat: Harrisonburg [2]

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

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

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

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1787 Wills and estate records were destroyed in a courthouse fire.

1864 Deeds, orders, wills and fiduciary books were lost or severely damaged by fire in June 1864 during the American Civil War after having been removed from the courthouse. Many loose records remaining at the courthouse survived. Pre-1865 deeds and wills were re-recorded particularly after November 1884.[4][2][5]

  • Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890

Visit the Library of Virginia's website to determine exactly what records have been lost and their Lost Records Localities Database to find additional resources.For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:


Rockingham County, Virginia Places/Localities[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

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:[6]

Towns
Unincorporated communities
Census-designated places


Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Research Guides[edit | edit source]

  • "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Rockingham County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1981):54-57. Available at FHL; digital version at American Ancestors ($).
  • Good, Rebecca H. and Rebecca A. Ebert. Finding Your People in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia: A Genealogical Guide. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1998. 4th ed. FHL Book 975 D27e 1998

African American[edit | edit source]

Bible Records[edit | edit source]

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


Biography[edit | edit source]

  • Wayland, John W. Men of Mark and Representative Citizens of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: McClure Co., 1943. FHL; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

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.

Census[edit | edit source]

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1790 7,449 —
1800 10,374 39.3%
1810 12,753 22.9%
1820 14,784 15.9%
1830 20,683 39.9%
1840 17,344 −16.1%
1850 20,294 17.0%
1860 23,408 15.3%
1870 23,668 1.1%
1880 29,567 24.9%
1890 31,299 5.9%
1900 33,527 7.1%
1910 34,903 4.1%
1920 30,047 −13.9%
1930 29,709 −1.1%
1940 31,289 5.3%
1950 35,079 12.1%
1960 40,485 15.4%
1970 47,890 18.3%
1980 57,038 19.1%
1990 57,482 0.8%
2000 67,725 17.8%
2010 76,314 12.7%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

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


1784 Enumeration

1890 Union Veterans

1900

  • United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Rockingham County, Virginia, Census, 1900. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Church Records[edit | edit source]

A map identifying the locations of early churches is available for Rockingham County: Where the River Flows: Finding Faith in Rockingham County, Virginia, 1726-1876. The Family History Library has a copy: FHL Map 975.5922 H2h, 975.5922 H2h supp..

Baptist[edit | edit source]

Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

  1. Lost River (1784)[7].
  2. Lynville's Creek aka Linville Creek (1756)[7]. Minute books begin in 1756: FHL Film 441485 Item 2. Another copy: FHL Film 32271. Some records have been published: FHL Book 975.5922 K2w.[8] Cemetery records are online. Church records are online in Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society.
  3. Pleasant Run (by 1806). Membership rolls (1806-1809) were published in the Seattle Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Mar. 1967). FHL Book 979.777 B2b v. 16-17 (1966-1968).
  4. Smith Creek (1756), New Market, Va. A history has been published: FHL Book 975.5 A1 no. 307. Some records have been published: FHL Book 975.5922 K2w.[8]
  • 1776 Petition of Baptists (10,000 names!) and sympathizers from all over Virginia, dated 16 October 1776, asking for an end to persecution of Baptists by the established church. After locating your ancestor, view the digital copies.
    – Digital copies at Library of Congress; also at Library of Virginia using the code word "000606093"
    – Hall, Jean Pickett. "Legislative Petitions: the 10,000 name petition" transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39, (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983-) online at Ancestry ($) and in book form at various libraries.
    Rockingham County fell within the bounds of the Culpeper Association.
Church of England[edit | edit source]

Meade's 1861 history of parishes in Rockingham County is available online.[9]

German Reformed[edit | edit source]
  • 1745-1880 - Peaked Mountain Church, McGaheysville Christening Index 1745-1880. Batch C506111 at FamilySearch - free.[10]
  • Braun, Johannes, Klaus Wust and Joseph H. Meyerhoeffer. Shenandoah Valley Family Data, 1799-1813: From the Memorandum Book of Pastor Johannes Braun. Edinburg, Va.: Shenandoah History Publishers, 1978. FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 K2bjo.
  • Burkett, Brigitte. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 2003. German Church Records of Rockingham County, Virginia. v. 1. Friedens Lutheran and Reformed Church, 1786-1897; St. Michael's Lutheran and Reformed Church, 1789-1889; Ermentraut's Lutheran and Reformed Church, 1798-1863. FHL 975.5922 K2b v. 1. 
Quaker[edit | edit source]

Early monthly meetings (with years of existence):

  • Smith's Creek Monthly Meeting (1736-1810) aka Broadway[11]

Court[edit | edit source]

Library of Virginia's Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index can be used to search for Rockingham County chancery records for the years 1781-1946. Digital images are available for 1781-1913. Indexed information and originals available through 1946 - see online catalog or contact Archives Research Services for availability.

Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

Compiled Genealogies by surname


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Compiled Genealogies for multiple Families

  • The Katherine Bushman Papers, 1961-1997 at the Library of Virginia include files about Rockingham County families.
  • Arrington, Mary Marie Koontz. Mountain Valley People: A Historical Sketch of a Section of Rockingham County, Virginia, and It's People. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1982. FHL Fiche 6049051 (9 fiche).
  • Brock, Robert L. 47 Pioneer Families of Rockingham County, Virginia Who Migrated through Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois to Missouri. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1997. FHL Collection 975.5922 D2b
  • Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Adams, Ailstock, Barrell, Clark, Connally, Colley, Fortune, Hughes, Hurley, Jackson, McCoy, Mayo, Nickens, Payne, Peters, Redman, Spelman, Tyre, Vena, Venie families of pre-1820 Rockingham County, Virginia.
  • Hodges, Elisabeth Wilson. They Came to Rockingham. Lynchburg, Va.: Warwick House Publishers, 2004. FHL Book 929.273 W691he. Includes Bagenal, Berchtoll, Coakley, Colclough, Curry, Driver, Gaines, Games, Kiracofe, Long, Studebaker, Vaughan, Waddle and related families.
  • Kline, Agnes. Stone Houses on Linville Creek and Their Communities, Rockingham County, Virginia. Harrisonburg, Va., 1971. Discusses the Kauffman, Trent, Kline, Branner, Rife, Bowman, and Sites families.
  • Spencer, Paula Underwood. Paula Underwood Spencer Papers. MSS. Library of Virginia. Microfilmed 2001: FHL Films 1426442-1426446. Papers consisting of genealogical research on the following families: Elmore, Johnson, Kerns, Skidmore, Cutler, Sutton, Saunders, Lindley, Fansler, Crews, Underwood, Beem, Beemer, Phares, Ellyson and Coons, including those lines which settled in Augusta, Henrico and Rockingham Counties in Virginia and in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
  • 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, Rothgebs 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 Present Time, 1924. Dayton, Va.: Reubush-Kieffer, c1925. FHL Fiche 6046689 (6 fiche).
  • Wayland, John Walter. Virginia Valley Records: Genealogical and Historical Materials of Rockingham County, Virginia, and Related Regions (with Map). Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1930. FHL Collection 485954 Item 3 and FHL Collection 975.5 H2wa 1978; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records Original, and Reprint ($). Includes sketches of many families from the area.
  • Wayland, John Walter. Men of Mark and Representative Citizens of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia. 1946. Includes ancestor sketches of hundreds of prominent citizens.
  • Yankey, Lewis H. and Patricia T. Ritchie. Brocks Gap Families. 2 vols. Dayton, Va.?: Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society?, 1991-1992. FHL Books 975.5922 D2y v. 1-v. 2. Contents: v. 1. Bible, Cherryholmes, Freed, Heavner, and Aubrey families -- v. 2. Fink and Sonifrank families.
  • Yankey, Lewis H., Patricia T. Ritchie, and Lonzo Dove. Brocks Gap Miscellaneous Records: Including Notes on These Families: "Hessian John" Baker, Michael Baker, Caplinger, Custer, Dove, Halterman, Hupp, Lair, Lantz, May, Ritchie, Secrist, Siever, Souder, Whetzel, West, and Others... Dayton, Va.?: Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society?, 1992. FHL Book 975.5922 D2ya

Immigration[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  • Kaylor, Peter Cline. Abstract of Land Grant Surveys of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, 1761-1791. Dayton, VA: Shenandoah Press, 1938. Available at FHL; digital version at World Vital Records ($).

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

  • Wayland, John Walter. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, Va.: Ruebush-Elkins Co., 1912. FHL; digital versions at Ancestry ($); FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Wayland, John Walter. Men of Mark and Representative Citizens of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia: Portraits and Biographies of Men and Women. Staunton, Va.: McClure Co., 1943. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
  • Wayland, John Walter. Virginia Valley Records: Genealogical and Historical Materials of Rockingham County, Virginia, and Related Regions (with Map). Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1930. Available at FHL (original edition FHL US/CAN Film 485954 Item 3 and 1978 reprint FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2wa 1978); digital versions at FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry ($); World Vital Records ($).
  • Arrington, Mary M. Mountain Valley People: A Historical Sketch of a Section of Rockingham County, Viginia, and it's People. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1982. FHL Book 975.5922 H2. Also available on microfiche FHL 6049051.

Maps[edit | edit source]

Harrisonburg (Independent City)Staunton (Independent City)Augusta CountyAlbemarle CountyGreene CountyPage CountyShenandoah CountyHardy CountyPendleton CountyVA ROCKINGHAM.PNG
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  • Map of Rockingham County, Virginia - 1866 by U.S. Army at Library of Congress - free. View entire page to find other maps of Rockingham at the LOC.

Migration[edit | edit source]

  • Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1976):269-274. Available at FHL; digital version at American Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Rockingham County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on pp. 273-274.]

Military[edit | edit source]

French and Indian War[edit | edit source]
  • Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Available at FHL. [Identifies some Rockingham County veterans; see place name index.]
Revolutionary War[edit | edit source]

Rockingham County, Virginia Genealogy residents' participation in the Revolutionary War.[12]

  • "A Page from Court Orders of Rockingham County, VA" [Showing Public Claims Enabling Descendants to Join Revolutionary Societies], The American Genealogist, Vol. 11 (1934):4. Available at American Ancestors ($).
  • Revolutionary Soldiers, Rockingham County, Virginia. Harrisonburg, Va.: The Historical Society?, 1976. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
  • 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. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Rockingham County on page 136.]
  • 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." FHL Collection 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]
War of 1812[edit | edit source]

Rockingham County men served in the 58th and 116th Regiments.[13]

  • Switzer, Frank C. and Dorothy A. Boyd-Rush Rosters, Rockingham Units, War of 1812. Rockingham Historical Society, 1987. Leaves 12. FHL Book 975.5 A1
  • Yankey, Lewis H. and Patricia T Ritchie. Brocks Gap Miscellaneous Research. FHL Book 975.5922 D2
  • 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... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Rockingham County, p. 101-102. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]
Civil War[edit | edit source]

Regiments. Service men in Rockingham 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 in Rockingham County:

-1st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)|1st Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate)]].
- 6th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company C (Rockingham Cavalry, River Rangers).[14]
- 7th Battalion, Virginia Reserves (Confederate). Companies A, B, and C.
- 7th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Ashby's) (Confederate). Company B (2nd) (Letcher Brock's Gap Rifles), Company H (1st) (Brock's Gap Sharpshooters), Company H (2nd) (Captain John C. Shoup), and Company I (Captain E.A. Shands).[15]
- 9th Battalion, Virginia Reserves (Confederate). Companies A, B, C, and D.
- 10th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company B (Rockingham Rifles), Company C (2nd) (Mauck's Company), Company D (Bridgewater Greys), Company E (Peaked Mt. Grays), Company G (Valley Guards), Company H (Chrisman's Infantry), and Company I (Riverton Invincibles).[16]
- 10th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion (Confederate). Company H (Valley Rangers).[17]
- 11th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry. Company C (The Brock's Gap Sharpshooters or The Brock's Gap Rifles).[18]
- 12th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company H.[19]
- 23rd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company B.[20]
- 25th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Heck's) (Confederate). Company I (Mount Crawford Cavalry aka Valley Rifles).[21]
- 31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). 1st Company B (Pendleton County Minutemen).[22]
- 33rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company I (Rockingham Confederates).[23]

Men from Rockingham County were also members of the following regiments: 35th Battlion Virginia Cavalry, 58th Virginia Militia, 3rd Battalion Virginia Reserves, 97th Virginia Militia, 136th Virginia Militia, 146th Virginia Militia.

Records and histories are available, including:

Civil War Battle[edit | edit source]

The following Civil War battles were fought in Rockingham County.

Maps of Civil War battles in Virginia: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865
World War I[edit | edit source]
World War II[edit | edit source]

Miscellaneous Records[edit | edit source]

Naturalization[edit | edit source]

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

The Virginia Newspapers Project identifies local Rockingham 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.

Occupations[edit | edit source]

  • Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL. [Includes a section on Harrisonburg silversmiths.]

Private Papers[edit | edit source]

Probate Records[edit | edit source]

Online Probate Links

Taxation[edit | edit source]

How can Virginia tax lists help me?

  • [1777] "Augusta County Tithables, 1777," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 42 Iss. 4 (Nov. 2004):307-310. Available at FHL. [Covers area of present-day eastern Rockingham and Page counties.]
  • [1782-1813] Rockingham County Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1813 (images); digital version in Tax List Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
  • [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Rockingham County is included in Vol. 1.]
  • [1787] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1976):269-274. Available at FHL; digital version at American Ancestors ($). [These records often identify migrants who left the county and their intended destinations. Rockingham County's 1787 Delinquent List appears on pp. 273-274.]
  • [1788] Boyd-Rush, Dorothy. "Three Tax-Militia Lists: Heads of Families and Male Members Thereof Over Sixteen Years of Age of Rockingham County, Virginia, 1788," The Rockingham Recorder, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1982):66-68. Available at FHL. 
  • [1789, 1801] Images of the 1789 and 1801 Personal Property Tax Lists of Rockingham County, Virginia  are available to browse online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
  • [1790] Boyd-Rush, Dorothy. "1790 Poling List, Rockingham County, Virginia," The Rockingham Recorder, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1982):69. Available at FHL.
  • [1792] Strickler, Harry M. Tenth Legion Tithables (Rockingham Division) Rockingham County, Virginia Tithables for 1792: A List of All the White Males Above 16 Years of Age in the County and All the Slaves Above 12 in the County in 1792. Luray, Virginia: H.M. Strickler, 1930. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.592 R4sand FHL US/CAN Film 1425662 Item 7 ; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
  • [1795-1813]Heinegg, Paul. "Rockingham County Personal Property Tax, 1795-1813," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
  • [1798] Tax list of house owners, 1798, Rockingham Recorder. Dayton VA: Apr 1945. Vol. 1 Iss. 1.
  • [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. Rockingham County is included in Vol. 4.]
  • [1815] Boyd-Rush, Dorothy A. "1815 Rockingham County Tax List," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 40, No. 2 (May 2002):89-102; Vol. 40, No. 3 (Aug. 2002):200-206; Vol. 40, No. 4 (Nov. 2002):317-326; Vol. 41, No. 1 (Feb. 2003):55-68; Vol. 41, No. 2 (May 2003):149-166; Vol. 42, No. 2 (Feb. 2005):97-104; Vol. 43, No. 1 (Feb. 2005):70-74. Available at FHL; digital version of Volume 40 at Ancestry ($).
  • [1815] Boyd-Bragg, Dorothy A. "A List of the Free Negroes, Rockingham County [1815]," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Feb. 2007):63-64. Available at FHL. 
  • [1816] Boyd-Bragg, Dorothy A. "Rockingham County Tax Book for the Year 1816," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Aug. 2004):189-202; Vol. 42, No. 4 (Nov. 2004):265-284; Vol. 43, No. 2 (May 2005):153-168. Available at FHL.
  • [1857-1863] Tax Digests Virginia Pioneers ($)
  • [1865] Tax Digests Virginia Pioneers ($)

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Indexes to Rockingham 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[edit | edit source]

Beth Fridley has published the following abstracts of Rockingham County, Virginia birth records online at Ancestry:

  • Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1853-56 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1857-59 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1860-65 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1866-84 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1885-87 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1888-90 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1891-93 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1894-96 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
Marriage[edit | edit source]
Divorce[edit | edit source]
Death[edit | edit source]
  • 1862-1866 - Rockingham County Death Index 1862-1866. Batch B868651 at FamilySearch - free.

Beth Fridley has published the following abstracts of Rockingham County, Virginia death records online at Ancestry:

  • Rockingham County, Virginia Deaths, 1853-61 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Deaths, 1862-77 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Deaths, 1878-85 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
  • Rockingham County, Virginia Deaths, 1886-95 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
Vital Record Substitutes[edit | edit source]

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.


Tip
 For birth, marriage, and death record substitutes, see Bible Records, Cemeteries, Church History and Records, Newspapers, and Probate Records.

Rockingham County, Virginia Genealogy Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]

Family History Centers[edit | edit source]

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  • Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
  • FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Rockingham County, Virginia Genealogy Websites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ http://www.rockinghamcountyva.gov/120/History-of-County
  2. ↑ 2.02.12.2 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Rockingham County, Virginia. Page 720 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Rockingham County, Virginia . Page 710-723 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 715-720.
  4. ↑ Lost Records Localities: Counties and Cities with Missing Records, 6, in Library of Virginia (accessed 4 April 2014).
  5. ↑ Dorothy Boyd-Rush, "The Estate of Margaret Sipe of Rockingham County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):268-271. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 29 (1985).
  6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Rockingham County,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockingham_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed 25 February 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.07.1 Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 229-230. Digital version at Google Books.
  8. ↑ 8.08.1 F. Edward Wright, Early Church Records of Rockingham County, Virginia (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1998). FHL Book 975.5922 K2w.
  9. ↑ William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.
  10. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/3/37/Igivirginia.pdf.
  11. ↑ Jay Worrall, The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Company, 1994), 537-539. FHL Book 975.5 K2wj.
  12. ↑ J.T. McAllister, Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data (Hot Springs, Va.: McAllister Pub. Co., 1913), 43-44. Digitized by Internet Archive.
  13. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 190. FHL Book 975.5 M2bs.
  14. ↑ Michael P. Musick, 6th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1990). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 66.
  15. ↑ Richard L. Armstrong, 7th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1992). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 88.
  16. ↑ Terrence V. Murphy, 10th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1989). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 55.
  17. ↑ Robert J. Driver, 10th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1992). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 87.
  18. ↑ Richard L. Armstrong, 11th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1989). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 52.
  19. ↑ Dennis E. Frye, 12th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, c1988). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 42.
  20. ↑ Richard B. Kleese, 23rd Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1995). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 118.
  21. ↑ Richard L. Armstrong, 25th Virginia Infantry and 9th Battalion Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1990). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 71.
  22. ↑ John M. Ashcraft, 31st Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1988). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 48.
  23. ↑ Lowell Reidenbaugh, 33rd Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1987). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 35.
  24. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 16 August, 2012)
  25. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 2 August 2012).
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