Photos of Sherman Family in Woodstock Virginia Circa 1910

Guide to Shenandoah Canton, Virginia beginnings, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Information [edit | edit source]

Description [edit | edit source]

Shenandoah County is located in the Northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and shares a border with Westward Virginia. Shenandoah Canton was created on 15 May 1772 from Frederick County and was initially named Dunmore County.^[2]

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Shenandoah Canton Courthouse
215 Manufacturing plant Route # 128
Woodstock, VA 22664-1409
Telephone: 540-459-6130
Shenandoah Canton Website

Clerk Excursion Court has union, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1772^[3]

Shenandoah County, Virginia Record Dates [edit | edit source]

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, oft containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified past contacting the county and/or the country government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major Canton Records [4]
Nascence*	Marriage	Death*	Court	State	Probate	Demography
1853	1772	1853	1772	1772	1772	1810
* Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1912. Full general compliance twelvemonth is unknown.

Record Loss [edit | edit source]

Purlieus Changes [edit | edit source]

• Parent Canton:-- Shanando [Shenandoah] County was first chosen Dunmore County.^[5] Dunmore Canton was created from Frederick County 15 May 1772^[six]
  
• County seat: Woodstock^[7]
  
• Interactive Map of Virginia County Formation History (1790-1897) - animated maps illustrating Virginia county purlieus changes
• Virginia Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

For a complete list of populated places, including small-scale neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The post-obit are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:^[8]

Towns
Edinburg Mount Jackson	New Market Strasburg	Toms Beck Woodstock
Unincorporated communities
Alonzaville Bowmans Crossing Calvary Carmel Clary Columbia Furnace Conicville	Detrick Fishers Hill Forestville Hamburg Hawkinstown Lebanon Church	Mountain Clifton Mount Olive Oranda Orkney Springs Saumsville Wheatfield
Demography-designated places
Basye	Maurertown

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

Formerly Dunmore County, whose records it has. Name changed to Shanando [Shenandoah] 1 February 1778.^[9]

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

For databases and indexes, see Virginia Bible Records.

• 1607-2007 Virginia, Historical Guild Papers, 1607-2007 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Biographies [edit | edit source]

Business, Commerce, and 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. Bachelor at FHL. [Includes a section on Woodstock silversmiths.]

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

• 1800-1986 Virginia, Jewish Cemetery Records Index, ca. 1800-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Vol. I. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965. Available at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Census Records [edit | edit source]

For databases, indexes, and information online, run across Virginia Demography.

Historical populations
Demography	Pop.	%±
1790	10,510	—
1800	13,823	31.5%
1810	13,646	−one.3%
1820	18,926	38.7%
1830	19,750	4.four%
1840	eleven,618	−41.2%
1850	thirteen,768	18.v%
1860	13,896	0.9%
1870	xiv,936	vii.5%
1880	eighteen,204	21.9%
1890	19,671	8.1%
1900	20,253	three.0%
1910	xx,942	3.iv%
1920	20,808	−0.6%
1930	20,655	−0.7%
1940	20,898	i.2%
1950	21,169	i.iii%
1960	21,825	3.1%
1970	22,852	four.7%
1980	27,559	20.6%
1990	31,636	xiv.viii%
2000	35,075	10.nine%
2010	41,993	19.seven%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1783 Enumeration

• Shenandoah Canton Heads of Families - 1783 at U.Due south. Census Agency - complimentary. County begins on page 63.

1785 Enumeration

• Shenandoah Canton Heads of Families - 1785 at U.S. Demography Bureau - gratis. Canton begins on page 104.

1820 - Exists, just the National Athenaeum microfilm re-create of Shenandoah Canton, Virginia omits pages 150a and 150b. The missing names have been published in The Virginia Genealogist:

• Petty, Gerald Thou. "Virginia 1820 Federal Demography: Names Not on the Microfilm Copy," The Virginia Genealogist 18, no two (April-June 1974):136-139.

The list is also bachelor online at the Shenandoah County GenWeb Project. Run across 1820 Demography page 150, Shenandoah County, Virginia for digital copies of the missing Shenandoah Canton pages.

1890 Union Veterans

• "Virginia's Union Veterans: Eleventh Census of the U.s. 1890." Prince William County Virginia, by Ronald Ray Turner. FHL Collection.

Church Records [edit | edit source]

Baptist
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):

1. Lost River (1784)^[10]
2. Smith'southward Creek (1774)^[ten]
3. Southward River (1783)^[10]
4. Water Lick (1787)^[ten]

Shenandoah County fell within the premises of the Culpeper Association and the Ketocton Association.

Church of England
See also Beckford Parish.

Meade'south 1861 history of parishes in Shenandoah County is available online.^[11]

Quaker
Early monthly meetings (with years of beingness):

• Smith's Creek Monthly Meeting (1736-1810) aka Broadway^[12]

Court Records [edit | edit source]

Online Courtroom Indexes and Records

Chancery Courtroom

• Indexed images of Shenandoah County, Virginia Chancery Records 1772-1927 are available online through Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index. These records, often concerned with inheritance disputes, contain a wealth of genealogical information.

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Clearing [edit | edit source]

For databases and immigrant groups, encounter Virginia Emigration and Clearing

Indigenous, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]

African American

• 1782-1818 "Shenandoah County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1818," Complimentary African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted gratis blacks listed in these records.]
• 1865-1872 Virginia, Freedmen'due south Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Search the Library of Virginia'southward Virginia Untold collection for digitized records related to African Americans of Shenandoah County.

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

• 1935-2009 Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Collection; index & images

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

Compiled Genealogies by Surname

• Run into Shenandoah County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies for a listing of published books and articles, or spring to the surname using the alphabet bar.

Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families

• Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of One-time Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick. n.p.: north.p., c1909. Available at FHL US/Tin Book 975.59 H2c 1963; FHL United states of america/Tin can Film 1000634 Item 1; digital version at Ancestry ($), FamilySearch Digital Library, World Vital Records ($). [3 copies at FHL.]
• O'Dell, Cecil. Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. FHL Collection. One of the most impressively researched i-place studies in the United States. In a review, Dorman stated "Comprehensive studies such as this appear only rarerly. This book should exist in every Virginia genealogical collection."^[xiii]
• Vann, Marvin J. Shenandoah County, Virginia, a Study of the 1860 Census with Supplemental Information. iv vols. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1993-1998. FHL Collection 975.595 X2v v. 1
• The Katherine Bushman Papers, 1961-1997 at the Library of Virginia include files almost Shenandoah County families.

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

Land and Holding Records [edit | edit source]

For land indexes, records, and databases, see Virginia Country and Property, including Colonial and State Land Grants.

Online Land Indexes and Records

Grants and Patents

• Crown. 84 patents dated 1749-1858 in what is now Shenandoah County, Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. 2005. [Names of those who received country patents, dates, country descriptions, and references may be viewed complimentary of accuse (click "Index" next to the canton listing); however, in lodge to view the maps, it is necessary to buy Directly Line Software'south DeedMapper product.]
• 1742-1775 Gray, Gertrude E. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. Available at FHL; digital version at Beginnings ($).
• Gray, Gertrude Due east. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1775-1800. Vol. III. Baltimore, Doc, Usa: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. Bachelor at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes Shenandoah County.]

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

• Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Germination in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Quondam Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick. n.p.: n.p., c1909. Bachelor at FHL U.s.a./Tin can Book 975.59 H2c 1963; FHL US/Tin Film 1000634 Item i; digital version at Ancestry ($), FamilySearch Digital Library, Globe Vital Records ($). [3 copies at FHL.]
• Wayland, John Walter. A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Pub. Business firm, 1927. Bachelor at FHL; 1980 reprint at FHL; digital version at Beginnings ($); and World Vital Records ($).

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

County and land maps, historical and more electric current, are valuable research tools. For map collections, online and in libraries, see Virginia Maps.

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Massanutten Area Atlas. Original records, Shenandoah County Archives, Woodstock, Va. Microfilmed reproduction available at FHL. [This is a bound book of manus fatigued maps showing property boundaries for grant map, ca. 1748-1915. Information technology covers parts of Shenandoah, Warren and Page counties.]

Migration [edit | edit source]

• Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. i (Jan.-Mar. 1977):49-53. Available at FHL; digital version at American Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Shenandoah Canton's 1789 Runaway List appears on pp. 49-50.]

War machine Records [edit | edit source]

French and Indian State of war

• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Bachelor at FHL. [Identifies some Shenandoah Canton militia officers and veterans; meet place name index.]

Revolutionary State of war

• Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Drove, Largely from Original Sources. Washington, D.C.: northward.p., 1903. FHL Drove; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Roster of Capt. Thomas Buck'south visitor, enlisted from Dunmore county (at present Shenandoah), Sept. 5, 1777, encounter pp. 178-180.]
• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military machine Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Human action for Taking the 6th Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Shenandoah 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 Book 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes veterans. Virginia section begins on folio 238.

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

- 8th Virginia Regiment

- twelfth Virginia Regiment (7th Company)^[xiv]

• Shenandoah Canton, Virginia War of 1812 Soldiers
• List of Pensioners on the Ringlet, January i, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Postal service-Part Accost, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Assart... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Function, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. five; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Shenandoah County, p. 103-104. Identifies State of war of 1812 veterans living in this canton in 1883.]

Regiments. Shenandoah County men served in the 13th and 97th Regiments.^[16]

Civil War

• 1861-1865 Virginia, Ceremonious State of war Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; alphabetize & images
• 1861-1865 Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Matrimony Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Collection; index & images
• 1861-1865 U.South., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Beginnings — alphabetize (complimentary)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Beginnings — index (free)

Regiments. Ceremonious War service men in Shenandoah 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:

- 7th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Ashby's) (Confederate). Company C (Shenandoah Rangers), Company Grand (Helm William Miller).^[17]

- 10th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Company A (Strasburg Guards) and Company F (Muhlenburg Rifles).^[18]

- 11th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry. Company E (Potomac Mounted Riflemen or Valley Mounted Riflemen).^[19]

- 12th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company J.^[xx]

- 18th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company D.^[21]

- 35th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate).^[22]

Civil War Battles
The post-obit Civil War battles were fought in Shenandoah Canton.

• May 15, 1864 = New Market^[23]
• September 21-22, 1864 = Fisher's Colina^[24]
• October 9, 1864 = Tom's Brook, also known equally Woodstock Races^[25]
• Oct 19, 1864 = Cedar Creek, also known as Belle Grove^[26]

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

World War 2

• 1940-1945 Virginia, World War Ii Typhoon Registration Cards, 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

For online newspaper resource, see the Virginia Newspapers page.

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 Academy of Virginia accept 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), encounter: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

• 2007-present Northern Virginia Daily (Strasburg, Va.) at Genealogy Bank ($).
• 2009-present Shenandoah Valley-Herald (Woodstock, Va.) at Genealogy Banking concern ($).

Obituaries [edit | edit source]

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

For probate records, indexes, and databases, see Virginia Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Will Records of Shenandoah County, Virginia 1771-91. Chillicothe, MO, The states: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, c1965. Bachelor at FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($).
• 1639-1850 Virginia State, Marriage and Probate Records 1639-1850 at Beginnings — alphabetize, incomplete ($)
• 1772-1784 Wills & Inventories Virginia Pioneers ($)
• 1783-1789 Wills & Inventories Virginia Pioneers ($)

School Records [edit | edit source]

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• 1935-2014 U.s.a. Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to apply this collection; alphabetize. Besides at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more data.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records [edit | edit source]

For additional online collections and the value and use of Virginia's taxation lists in your inquiry, see Virginia Taxation.

Online Tax Indexes and Records

• 1774-1776 Dunmore County (Va.) Hire Rolls, 1774-1776
  
• 1782-1799 Shenandoah County Personal Holding Tax Lists 1782-1799 (images); digital version in Tax List Club at Binns Genealogy ($).
• 1782-1818 Heinegg, Paul. "Shenandoah County Personal Holding Tax List 1782-1818," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
• 1783 - Personal Holding (or State) Taxation List, 1783; alphabetize online at Revolutionary War Service website - free.
• 1783 Revenue enhancement List 1783 - Shenandoah County at VAGenWeb Images and transcription.
• 1787 Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Beloved. The 1787 Demography of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between xvi & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Nether 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Md'south Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. FHL. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax listing. Shenandoah County is included in Vol. 1.]
• 1789 Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1977):49-53. Available at FHL; digital version at American Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the canton and often their intended destinations. Shenandoah County'southward 1789 Delinquent List appears on pp. 49-50.]
• 1789, 1799 Indexed images of the 1789 and 1799 Personal Holding Revenue enhancement Lists of Shenandoah Canton, Virginia are bachelor online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
• 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 taxation. Shenandoah County is included in Vol. 4.]
• 1815 Country Tax Roll, 1815, Frederick Findings. Mechanicsville VA: Summer 1996. Vol. 8 Iss. 2; Fall 1995. Vol. eight Iss. 3; Winter 1995. Vol. 8 Iss. 4; Jump 1996. Vol. 9 Iss. 1; Summer 1996. Vol. ix Iss. 2; Autumn 1996. Vol. ix Iss. three; Winter 1996. Vol. ix Iss. iv; Wintertime 1998. Vol. x Iss. 1; Spring 1998. Vol. 10 Iss. ii. FHL Book 975.59 D25f.

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

For additional indexes, databases, and details, see Virginia Vital Records.

Vital Tape Substitutes

• 1786-1827 Shenandoah County Church Records of Births 1786-1827: Zion-Pino Church, Shenandoah County - gratuitous.

Birth [edit | edit source]

• 1853-1866 Virginia, Slave Nascency Index, 1853-1866 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images
• 1872- - Shenandoah County, Virginia Births at VAGenWeb
• 1912-1913 Virginia, Nascency Certificates, 1912-1913 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; index & images

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

• Shenandoah County, Virginia Births, 1853-71 [database on-line]. Available at Beginnings ($).
• Shenandoah County, Virginia Births, 1872-77 [database on-line]. Bachelor at Ancestry ($).
• Shenandoah Canton, Virginia Births, 1878-90 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).
• 1584-1917 Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Shenandoah Canton, Virginia Births, 1891-96 [database on-line]. Available at Ancestry ($).

Wedlock [edit | edit source]

• 1660-1959 Virginia, Usa Marriages at at FindMyPast — alphabetize, ($) — index $
• 1772-1850 Ashby, Bernice One thousand. Shenandoah Canton Marriage Bonds, 1772-1850. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996. FHL; digital version at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).

Accept care when using published abstracts of early marriages of Shenandoah County. Editors who originally did this work did not understand German very well.

• 1660-1800 Virginia Marriages 1660-1800 at Beginnings — index ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Alphabetize; As well at: MyHeritage ($)
• 1740-1850 Virginia Marriages 1740-1850 at Ancestry — alphabetize ($)
• 1785-1940 Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1851-1929 Virginia Marriages 1851-1929 (Ancestry) ($).
• 1853-1935 Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Matrimony Registers, 1853-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize
• 1936-1988 Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; alphabetize & images
• Shenandoah County Marriage Records (VAGenWeb) - gratis.

Expiry [edit | edit source]

• 1912-1987 Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Drove; alphabetize & images
• 1853-1912 Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 at FamilySearch — How to Utilize this Collection; index & images

Divorce [edit | edit source]

• 1918-1988 - Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988 at FamilySearch — index & images

Inquiry Facilities [edit | edit source]

Athenaeum [edit | edit source]

Listed below are archives in Shenandoah County. For country-wide facilities, see Virginia Archives and Libraries.

Family unit History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Chapter Libraries

• Family History Centers provide 1-on-1 assistance, gratuitous access to eye-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have admission to most centre-merely databases, just may non always take full services commonly provided past a family history center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Franklin West Virginia Family unit History Center
• Front Majestic Virginia Family History Center
• Petersburg West Virginia Family History Center

• Shenandoah Canton Library - an affiliate library

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in Shenandoah County. For state-wide library facilities, meet Virginia Archives and Libraries.

• Key Virginia Genealogical Clan
  Website

Shenandoah County Library
300 Stoney Creek Blvd
Edinburg, VA 22824
Phone: 504-984-8200
Website

Museums [edit | edit source]

Societies [edit | edit source]

Listed below are societies in Shenandoah County. For country-broad genealogical and historical societies, run across Virginia Societies.

Websites [edit | edit source]

• Shenandoah County, Virginia USGENWEB
• Cyndi's Listing
  

• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Inquiry Guides [edit | edit source]

• "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Shenandoah Canton," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 22, No. three (Jul.-Sep. 1978):210-213. Bachelor 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

References [edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Newberry
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/10607/dvm_LocHist000260-00001-0?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d10607%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=dvm_LocHist000260-00018-i
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s.a. of America, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Shenandoah County, Virginia. Page 721 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Volume 973 D27e 2002.
5. ↑ William Waller Hening, editor, The Statutes at Big; Existence a Drove of all the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature in the twelvemonth 1619, 13 vols. (Richmond: J.&M. Cochran, Printers, 1821), vol. Ix, folio 424, Affiliate Xviii, "An act for forming several new counties, and reforming the boundaries of two others," Oct 1777, the proper noun of Dunmore County changed to Shanando on i February 1778, digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org : 25 October 2018).
6. ↑ Newberry
7. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s. of America, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
8. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Shenandoah Canton,_Virginia," in Wikipedia: the Costless Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_County,_Virginia#Communities accessed 25 February 2020.
9. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: The states of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iowa.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.one x.two 10.iii} Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Ascension and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 229-230. Digital version at Google Books.
11. ↑ William Meade, Sometime Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. 2.
12. ↑ Jay Worrall, The Friendly Virginians: America'south First Quakers (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Company, 1994), 537-539. FHL Book 975.five K2wj.
13. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, "Review of Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1995):236.
14. ↑ E.M. Sanchez-Saavedra, A Guide to Virginia War machine Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787 (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1978), 67-68. FHL Book 975.5 M2s.
15. ↑ J.T. McAllister, Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War: McAllister's Data (Hot Springs, Va.: McAllister Pub. Co., 1913), 44. Digitized by Net Archive.
16. ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the State of war of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 194. FHL Volume 975.5 M2bs.
17. ↑ Richard 50. Armstrong, 7th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1992). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 88.
18. ↑ Terrence 5. Murphy, tenth Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.Eastward. Howard, c1989). FHL Volume 975.5 M2vr v. 55.
19. ↑ Richard L. Armstrong, 11th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.Due east. Howard, c1989). FHL Book 975.five M2vr 5. 52.
20. ↑ Dennis East. Frye, 12th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.East. Howard, c1988). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr five. 42.
21. ↑ Roger U. Delauter, 18th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.East. Howard, 1985). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr five. 18.
22. ↑ John E. Divine, 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.Due east. Howard, 1985). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 19.
23. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Ceremonious State of war Battle Summaries by Land, (accessed 2 August 2012).
24. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Ceremonious War Boxing Summaries by State, (accessed xvi August, 2012)
25. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed vii August 2012).
26. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Ceremonious State of war Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 16 Baronial 2012).

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