vagenweb  usgenweb

Augusta County, Virginia

USGenweb Archives Project

Including the City of Staunton

 VAGenWeb · Virginia USGenWeb Archives · How to Contribute · State Wide Search Engines
Augusta FTP Directory · USGenWeb Archives

Bibles · Biographies · Cemeteries · Census · Court · History · Images · Land Records · Letters
Military · Miscellaneous · Obituaries · Schools · Vital Statistics · Wills

 

 

 

Bibles

File Date Submitted Submitter
     Bush Family Bible -- Images available      Jan 2007      Wanda Crickenberger
     Crickenberger Bible -- Images available      Jan 2007      Wanda Crickenberger
     Elsie May Landes Bible      Nov 2001      Glenda Lambert Gibson
     ROWAN - PAXTON Bible, 1800-1914      Feb 2007      Harriet Harris Greaney
      & Ashton Rowan Critzer

Biographies

File Date Submitted Submitter
     CLENDENIN, Charles Hyde       Sep 2009      Alice Warner Brosey
     DAVIDSON, Charles Hyde -- [Image]       Feb 2008      Joy Fisher
     HORSLEY, John Shelton -- [Image]      Feb 2008      Joy Fisher
     William G. MONTGOMERY family      Jul 2008      Alice Warner
     WATTS, Newton Clark -- [Image]      Feb 2008      Joy Fisher

Cemeteries

Census

File Date Submitted Submitter
     1810 Census - images with index      Jan 2001      Joan Ackermann Renfrow
     1850 Census      Mar 1999      USGenweb Census Project
     1870 Census      March 2002      USGenweb Census Project

 

Court

     File      Date Submitted      Submitter
     Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement of Virginia ~ 3 Volumes, 1800 pages      Nov 1996      USGenweb
     Misc. Finley Court Documents      Feb 1997      Carmen Finley

 

History

File Date Submitted Submitter
     Unionism and Political Culture from 1850-1850.      Sep 1999      Mike Lesperance
     Misc. History      Jun 2000      William and Mary Quarterly
     History of Hampshire Co. (now WV)
 ~ formed 1754-57 from Augusta & Frederick Cos.		      Jun 2009      Alice Warner Brosey
     Centennial Letter to Editor, 1876
 ~ includes 2 1774 letters from John McMAHON to wife Debora		      Dec 2014      Johanna Standish

Images

Land Records

File Date Submitted Submitter
     ALEXANDER, et al to ALEXANDER, Jane ~ 1799      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ALEXANDER, Francis to HENDERSON, et al ~ 1794

      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ALEXANDER, Francis to HUTCHISON, John ~ 1760      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ALEXANDER, Francis to HUTCHISON, John ~ 1760      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ALEXANDER, Gabriel to BELL, et al ~ 1795      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ALEXANDER, Gabriel to ALEXANDER, John ~ 1808      Jul 2011      Linda Deppner
     ALEXANDER, James to John & William LONG ~ 1760      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     ALEXANDER, John to HENDERSON, et al ~ 1794      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ALEXANDER, William to ALEXANDER, William~ 1806

      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ALEXANDER, William to ESTILL, Samuel ~ 1798      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ALEXANDER, William to St CLAIR, Alexander ~ 1794      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ALLEY, John H. to May L. & L.M. BROOKS ~ 1920      Mar 2000      jakesmom56@juno.com
     BARNES, Thomas ~ Land Patent ~ 1767      Jan 2000      Joy Mack
     BARNES, Thomas ~ Land Patent ~ 1770      Jan 2000      Joy Mack
     BASKINS, John C to ALEXANDER, et al ~ 1812      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     BASKINS, John C to ALEXANDER, et al ~ 1812      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     BASKINS, John C to ALEXANDER, et al ~ 1812      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     BERRY, James and Elizabeth ~ Deed ~ 1771      May 2000      Carol Vass
     BERRY, James Sale to Robert CAMPBELL ~ 1750      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     BERRY, Thomas and Esther Deed to James BERRY ~ 1763      May 2000      Carol Vass
     BEVERLEY [BEVERLY], William to William LONG ~ 1749      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     BEVERLY [BEVERLEY], William to William LONG ~ 1749      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     BIRD, Mark Deed to Henry MILLER ~ 1779      Sep 1999      Diana Lehman
     BLAIR, Alexander ~ Land Patent ~ 1750      Dec 1998      Richard Cottrell
     CLARK [CLARKE], Samuel & James CRAWFORD to George Scott KENNEDY ~ 1823
~ 180 acres devised by the heirs of William & Alexander LONG 		     Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     CLARK, Samuel & James CRAWFORD to David BRAND ~ 1834
~ 210 acres in trust for the heirs of Alexander LONG 		     Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     COINER, Michael to ALEXANDER, James ~ 1851      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     DOWNING, James ~ Land Grant ~ 1753      Jan 1997      Carmen Finley
     ELLIOTT to BLANDFIELD & ELLIOTT ~ deed of trust, 1748      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     ELLIOTT, John C. ~ mortgage, 1860      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     ELLIOTT, Thomas ~ deed of trust, 1836      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     ERWIN, Edward Deed to Henry MILLER & Mark BIRD ~ 1777      Sep 1999      Diana Lehman
     FINLEY, John ~ Land Patent ~ 1740      Feb 1999      Carmen Finley
     FRAME, Ann (Mrs. John) ~ bill of sale, 1807      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FRAME, John C. ~ deed of trust, 1821 (1824)      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     HIGHLAND/WINDLE/HUNTER Deeds
      HUNTER/DENNISON/KENNEY Deeds ~ 1835		      Jun 1998      Tracy Hunter
     JOHNSON to ELLIOTT ~ 1755      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     HUDDLE ~ Land Grant ~ 1751      May 1998       Jane Hunter Hodgson
     HUNTER, David S. Hunter ~ Deeds ~ 1835 & 1845      Jun 1998       Tracy Hunter
     KERR, Robert ~ Plat & Survey ~ 1813      Dec 1998      Gracie Stover & Norma Lewis
     LEONARD, George to LACKEY, Andrew ~ 1797      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     LEWIS, Andrew ~ Land Patent ~ 1767      Aug 1999      Angela M. Ruley
     LONG, Alexander to to William & John THOMPSON ~ 1798      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     LONG, David's heirs to William & Samuel LONG ~ Quit claim ~ 1823      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     LONG, Elizabeth & Daniel WAMPLER & wife Susannah to Samuel LONG ~ 1833 (1834)      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     LONG, Henry ~ Land Grant ~ 1760      Mar 1999      Daniel Long
     LONG, James & wife to Dr. Alexander LONG ~ 1788      Apr 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     LONG, William & Samuel LONG to James BLACK ~ 1823      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     LONG, William & wife Mary to Joseph CLINE ~ 1806      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     McCAMBRIDGE, Thomas H. to Addison W. THOMPSON ~ 1904      Mar 2000      jakesmom56@juno.com
     McCUNE, John to ALEXANDER, et al ~ 1811      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     MILLSAPS, Thomas ~ Land Patent ~ 1749      Nov 2001      Erma Day
     PATTON, James Deed to John LEWIS ~ 1745      Oct 1997      Michael Gwinn
     POWEL, James and Martha Ann COCKE Deed to John PROSSER & William MONCURE ~ 1807      Nov 2003      Von Mings Stachon
     ROBERTSON, George C to ALEXANDER, James ~ 1851      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     ROBINSON, James ~ Land Patent ~ 1751      Dec 1999      Judy Canant
     ROBINSON, James ~ Land Patent ~ 1769      Dec 1999      Judy Canant
     ROBINSON, James ~ Land Patent ~ 1770      Dec 1999      Judy Canant
     STEPHEN, Adam to Henry MILLER and Mark BIRD ~ Deed ~ 1774      Sep 1999      Diana Lehman
     STEWARD, Gabriel to ALEXANDER, William ~ 1802      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     STEWARD, Robert to ALEXANDER, William ~ 1801      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner
     STUART, Eleanor, G. B. and A. H. H. to Spotswood PADGET ~ Deed ~ 1850      Dec 2001      Laura Hutchison
     THARP, Amos ~ Land Grant ~ 1849      Apr 2003      Lorie Tharp
     THOMPSON, Addison W. to John C. LOVING ~ 1907      Mar 2000      jakesmom56@juno.com
     VANCE, John ~ Land Grant ~ 1753      Jan 1999      Unknown
     WINE, Adam to ALEXANDER, et al ~ 1811      Aug 2007      Linda Deppner

Letters

File Date Submitted Submitter
     BEARD, John C to William      Jun 1999      Michelle Bley
     McMAHON [McMHAHAN], John to wife Debora, 1774      Dec 2014      Johanna Standish

Military

File Date Submitted Submitter

Colonial Wars
     Augusta County Court Martial Records 1756-1796      Feb 2000      Mary Hill
     Augusta County - Militia in Dunmore's War ~ Capt. William Nalle's Company      Oct 1997      Vern Stinson

French and Indian War
     Augusta County militia and provisioners thereof      Oct 2006      Freddie Spradlin

Revolutionary War
     BURTON, John ~ Disability Affidavit      Oct 2002      Janet Putt Neville
     DICKINSON, John ~ Disability Affidavit      Dec 2002      Janet Putt Neville
     DOWLING, Robert ~ Military Record      Jun 2006      Carla Miles
     FRANCIS, William ~ Pay Affidavit      Jan 2003      Janet Putt Neville
     GWINN, Samuel ~ Pension      Nov 2005      Joy Fisher
     HAMILTON, James ~ Disability Affidavit      Dec 2002      Janet Putt Neville
     MARTIN, Letitia McCLANAHAN ~ abstract of claim
      ~ widow of William MARTIN, 1762 Augusta - 1836 KY		      Mar 2009      Laura Horton
     McCUTCHEON, John ~ Pension      Oct 2005      Joy Fisher
     McFARLAND, Alexander ~ Disability Affidavit      Mar 2003      Janet Putt Neville
     McKINNEY, John ~ Disability Affidavit      Mar 2003      Janet Putt Neville
     McMAHAN [McMAHON], John ~ Pension
 ~ see Corrected Version and notes (below)		      Jul 2014      Mary Lu Johnson
     McMAHAN [McMAHON], John Jr. ~ Pension
 ~ Corrected Version of file above		      Dec 2014      Johanna Standish
     McNAMARA, Timothy ~ Disability Affidavit      Mar 2003      Janet Putt Neville
     ROBERTSON, James ~ Pension      Nov 2005      Guy Potts
     RADER, Nicholas ~ Disability Affidavit      Jan 2003      Janet Putt Neville
     RYAN, John ~ Disability Affidavit      Jan 2003      Janet Putt Neville
     STUART, Alexander ~ Disability Affidavit      Mar 2003      Janet Putt Neville
     YEAGER, John ~ Disability Affidavit      May 2003      Janet Putt Neville

Civil War
     Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows      Jun 2002      Joan Renfrow
     CAMPBELL, Cynthia A. - 1902 Pension
      ~ widow of Lawson P. CAMPBELL, 52nd VA Inf, d. 25 Dec 1889		      Sep 2008      Herb Patterson
     THACKER, Daniel - 1902 Pension      Dec 2007      Matt Harris

 

Miscellaneous Files

File Date Submitted Submitter
     1899 Directory of the Representative
        Business and Professional Men of Augusta County, Names "A" - "L"		      Mar 2005      Joy Fisher
     1899 Directory of the Representative
        Business and Professional Men of Augusta County, Names "M" - "Z"		      Mar 2005      Joy Fisher
     1899 Directory of the Representative
Business and Professional Men of Staunton		      Mar 2005      Joy Fisher
     General Assembly of the Commonwealth, 1776      Nov 2003      Barb S Allen
     The Journal of John Peter Salling      Oct 1999      Lisa Stansbury-Workman
     FRAME [FREAM], Ann, widow of John
      Bill of Sale to son Archibald, 1807		      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty

 

Newspaper Articles

File Date Submitted Submitter
     "The War News,"  NY Times, June 15, 1864      May 2008      John Jenkins
     "An Unknown Suicides,"  The Pittsburg (PA) Press, Aug. 13, 1898
     Charles EDWARDS, aka Charles JEFFREY, aka Joseph REED
     alledgedly of Staunton, VA, & Pittsburg, PA
     suicide, 3 Aug 1898, Washington, PA
      Feb 2011      Mary Hurst

 

Obituaries

 

Schools

File Date Submitted Submitter
     1936 August Military Academy RECALL, Fort Defiance      Apr 2002      Trudy McKean

 

Vital Statistics

Marriages
File Date Submitted Submitter
     Augusta County, VA Marriage Book 1      Jan 2001      Shelby
     Augusta County, VA Marriages ~ 1700-1799      Jul 2000      Cecil D. Mc Donald, Jr.
     Augusta County, VA Marriages ~ 1785-1813      Mar 2013      Glenda Lambert-Gibson
     Chalkley's Chronicles ~ Augusta's Brides      Nov 2002      burns@asu.edu
     Chalkley's Chronicles ~ Augusta's Grooms      Nov 2002      burns@asu.edu
     CLAYTON/CLAYTOR/CLAYTER Marriages      Oct 1999      Earl W. Woodford
     Isaac COLLINS 2m. Amanda POWERS ~ 1847      Jul 2005      Thomas Lee Bailey
     Samuel EARLY and Rebecca CAMPBELL ~ 1804      Feb 2000      Maggie Phillips
     John W. GIBSON to Mary C. LANDRAN ~ 1863      Jul 2005      Thomas Lee Bailey
     Charles B. GIBSON to Josie L. RAMSBOTTOM ~ 1887      Jul 2005      Thomas Lee Bailey
     Thomas HUMPHREY to Eliza MINES ~ 1851      Jul 2005      Thomas Lee Bailey
     David LOUDERMILK and Susannah SIMMERMAN ~ 1831      Aug 1998      Valerie F. Crook
     Isaac RAMSBOTTOM to Jane E. CHRISMAN ~ 1847      Jul 2005      Thomas Lee Bailey

Miscellaneous
     CLAYTOR / CLAYTON Births and Deaths      Sep 1999      Earl W. Woodford

Wills

File Date Submitted Submitter
     Augusta County ~ Will Book #1 Abstracts      Jul 2001      Ronda Berry
     Augusta County ~ Will Book #2 Abstracts      May 1999      Unknown
     Augusta County ~ Will Book #3 Abstracts      May 1999      Unknown
     Augusta County ~ Will Book #4 Abstracts      Jun 1999      Unknown
     Augusta County ~ Will Book #5 Abstracts      Jul 2001      Unknown
     Augusta County ~ Will Book #6 Abstracts      Jun 1999      Unknown
     Augusta County ~ Will Book #7 Abstracts      Jun 1999      Unknown
     Augusta County ~ Will Book #37 Abstracts      Sep 1997      The University of Virginia:
     Valley of the Shadow Project
     Augusta County ~ Will Book #51 ~ PADGET and FULTZ      Jul 2001      Laura Hutchison
      & Arlene Inscoe Fultz
     ALDHIZER, John ~ 1847      Sep 1999      Confedtrvl@aol.com
     ALLISON, Robert ~ 1769      Feb 1999      Janet Randall
     ARMSTRONG, James and Thomas ~ 1763 & 1776      Jan 1997      James D. Small
     BERRY, Charles ~ 1789      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     BERRY, George ~ 1803      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     BERRY, James ~ 1749      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     BERRY, John ~ 1770      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     BREDEN, Thomas ~ 1772      Feb 1999      phill@redrock.net
     BRIGHT, Adam ~ 1804      Mar 1999      Wayne Coffey
     BRIGHT, John ~ 1827      Feb 1999      Wayne Coffey
     BUSHONG, Abraham ~ 1869      Oct 1999      Sandra
     BUSHONG, Jacob ~ 1811      Feb 1999      Sandra L. Sanchez
     CAMPBELL, Hugh ~ 1771      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     Call - Caul - Cale - Cales -
      Fletcher Surname Extractions		      Sep 2005      Chris Fowler
     CARUTHERS, David ~ 1810 (1816)      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     CARUTHERS, Isaac ~ 1851 (1854)      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     CARUTHERS, James ~ 1846      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     CARUTHERS, Rebecca ~ 1779      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     CRAWFORD, Patrick ~ 1786      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     CRAWFORD, Samuel ~ 1795      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     COFFEY, Edmund Franklin ~ 1906      Feb 1999      Oscar Nuckols and Wayne Coffey
     COINER, Michael ~ 1796      Feb 1998      Keith Hall
     COLEY, George Sr. ~ 1853      Nov 1996      Glenda Lambert-Gibson
     CRAIG, George ~ 1794      Jun 2004      Kailani Knutson
     CUNNINGHAM, Thomas ~ 1782      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     DAVIS, Martha and John PARKS ~ 1806 and 1810      Feb 1999      Jim
     DAVIS, Walter ~ 1803      Feb 1999      Jim
     DOAK, David ~ 1799      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     DONILLY, Francis ~ 1761      Jun 2000      Shirley Lillie
     DRYDEN, David ~ 1772      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     ELLIOTT, Archibald & Lantz ~ appraisement, 1779      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     ELLIOTT, John C. ~ appraisement, 1867      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     ELLIOTT, William ~ 1771 (1786)      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FINDLEY, George W. ~ 1834      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FINDLEY, John ~ 1791      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FINLEY, John ~ 1802      Jan 1997      Carmen Finley
     FINLEY, John ~ 1802      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FINLEY, John ~ estate sales, 1805 (1807)      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FINLEY, Samuel ~ 1841      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FINLEY, William ~ 1787      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FRAIM, James ~ appraisement & bond, 1754      Sep 2007      R. Frame
     FRAME, Jane (Mrs. Thomas) ~ 1804      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FRAME, Jane ~ estate settlement, 1806      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FRAME, Samuel ~ 1809 (1814)      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FRAME, Thomas ~ 1796      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     FRAME, William ~ 1807      Jun 2009      Lynn Beatty
     GOLDMAN, Jacob ~ 1750      Mar 1999      Fleta Powell Aday
     GREGORY, James ~ 1771      Feb 1999      Paul V. Price
     HENRY, James ~ 1806      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     HUNTER, David S. ~ 1889      Jun 1999      Tracy Hunter
     JONES, Enos ~ 1806      Nov 2001      Glenda Lambert-Gibson
     KEAR, James ~ 1812      Aug 1997      Terry & Marge Davis
     KEAR, James ~ 1811      Aug 1997      Marge Ramsey
LAREW, Reuben ~ 1810 Jan 2012 Suzanne Bettac
     LESSLEY, James ~ 1780      Jun 1998      Stranna Arthur
     LONG, Francis, will, 1810      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     LONG, Samuel, will, 1805 (1814); estate inventory & sale, 1814      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     LONG, William, will, 1781      Dec 2011      Larry Hallstrom
     MAYS, Joseph ~ 1787      Aug 2000      Valerie Burd
     MAYSE, James ~ 1869      Feb 2001      Valerie Burd
     MAGILL, William ~ 1749      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     McCLURE, Halbert ~ 1753      Feb 1999      Janet Randall
     McCHESNEY, James ~ 1812      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     McCOMB, Andrew ~ 1788      Jul 2001      Maggie Phillips
     McCOWN, Francis ~ 1761      Jan 2000      Leonard J. McCown
     McCUTCHEN, James ~ 1759      Nov 1999      Carol Vass
     MILLER, Henry ~ 1796      Sep 1999      Diana Lehman
     O'BRYAN, Cornelius Sr. ~ 1751      Oct 1999      Loretta Layman
     PATTERSON, Samuel ~ 1859      Feb 1999      Marge Ramsey Davis
     POAGE, Robert ~ 1774      Sep 2000      Betty Jean Poague Smith
     RAMSEY, Daniel ~ 1784      Aug 1997      Marge Ramsey Davis
     RAMSEY, John ~ 1783      Aug 1997      Harriet Harris Greaney
     ROWAN, James ~ 1824      May 2011      Betty Jean Poague Smith
     RUSSELL Will Abstracts      Mar 1998      Linda Russell Lewis
     RUTHERFORD, Margaret ~ 1769      Jul 1999      Barb Stanley
     SITES, Elizabeth ~ 1849      Jun 1999      Tracy Hunter
     SWINK, Laurence ~ 1800      Nov 2001      LilMel459@aol.com
     THOMPSON wills indexed in Torrence, 1694-1799      Feb 2007      Milisia Hanlin
     WESTON, William ~ 1811 Jan 2012 Suzanne Bettac

 

 

See also the resources at the Valley of the Shadow Project,
created by the Virginia Center for Digital History.

Last Modified Wednesday, 01-Jan-2020 00:58:48 EST

Copyright 2020 by Matt Harris
for the USGenWeb Archives