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(County was founded 1778. County Seat: Harrisonburg)

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Biographies
File Description File Size Date Submitter
Alma Elizabeth Sellers Beazley, 1872 4K Mar 2009 Alice WarnerThe Registry
Adelaide Starke Durrette, 1862 2K Mar 2009 Alice WarnerThe Registry
Jacob Earman (Erman), 1820-1901 2K Jun 2011 L.S.C.
Benjamin Franklin Harman, 1833-1910 8K May 2007 George Griffin
Thomas Lewis 2K Aug 2009 Alice WarnerThe Registry
John Rubel 4K June 1998 F C Ruble
Descendants of William Tallman and Anne Lincoln 258K May 1998 Allen Donald Tallman

Cemeteries
Blosser Cemetery
Deb Wake
Cemetery by the river
Port Republic
 Bill Davis
Dean Family Cemetery
Thomas Elisha Dunbar Jr
George Wine Cemetery
Glenda Lambert-Gibson
Hensley Cemetery
Edith Tanner
Linville Cemetery
Lois and Bob Emswiler
Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
Harriet Welch
Turley Cemetery
Lois and Bob Emswiler
Whitmore Family Cemetery
 Jim Whitmer

Census Records
File Description File Size Date Submitter
1784 Heads of Families 34K Aug 1998 Harriet Welch
1810 Federal Census 237K Mar 1999 Richard Lebo
1810 census index 16K May 1999 S-K Publications
1820 Federal Census 283K Mar 1999 Richard Lebo
1820 census index 15K May 1999 S-K Publications
1830 census index 15K May 1999 S-K Publications
1840 census index 17K May 1999 S-K Publications
1850 census index 33K May 1999 S-K Publications
1860 Federal Census 33K   Maggie Kyger Miller and  Russell Kyger

Church Records
File Description File Size Date Submitter
Peaked Mtn. Church Records 73K May 1997 Robert Shobe
Raders Church - Subscription rolls 1878-1879 15K Mar 1998 Harriet Welch

Court Records
File Description File Size Date Submitter
Jacob Driver POA - 1854 2K Aug 1998 John Seay
Abstract of Court Minutes
from "A History of Rockingham County Virginia"		 89K Sept 2000 Harriet Welch
William S. Vanpelt/Gasner H. Messick
Chancery Cause 1872		 19K Dec 1999 Harriet Welch

Deed & Land Records
File Description File Size Date Submitter
George Airhart et al to Solon M. Bowman ~ 1874 5K Apr 1998 Unknown
Jacob Berkly (sic Bargley?) to Levi Darrow ~ 16 Jun 1801 4K Aug 2006 Harriet Welch
Eli M. Bowman & wife to Wm. J. Hollar ~ 1892 2K Mar 1998 John Seay
Geo. M. Bowman Heirs to David Bowman ~ 1876 6K Mar 1998 Harriet Welch
John Bowman Land Warrant ~ 1809 3K May 1998 Unknown
Peter Burkholder & wife to Anthony Auker ~ 15 Dec 1817 5K Oct 2014 Romaine Stauffer
Henry Burkholder & wife to David Burkholder ~ 1811 7K Oct 2014 Romaine Stauffer
George Carpenter & wife to Julius Bertram ~ 1801 4K Apr 1998 Unknown
Carrier to Bowman ~ 1812 4K May 1998 Unknown
Adam Cline to George Gongwere ~ 1799 6K March 2001 Ranette Bell
Coger to Spotts ~ 1783 3K Aug. 2000 Sandra Pope
William Cravens & wife to Jacob Good ~ 1804 5K Jul 2010 Romaine Stauffer
Heirs of John Cromer to B. F. Cromer ~ 25 Mar 1885 8K Nov 2000 Harriet Welch
Joseph Gongway Survey ~ 24 Nov 1829 2K March 2001 Ranette Bell
Heirs Of Jacob Good to Jeremiah Kyle ~ 24 Aug 1812 7K Nov 2014 Romaine Stauffer
Martin & Jacob Good to Jeremiah Kyle ~ 30 May 1811 5K Nov 2014 Romaine Stauffer
Samuel Good & wife to Jeremiah Kyle ~ 31 Aug 1812 8K Nov 2014 Romaine Stauffer
Noah E. Hollar et al to David M. Hollar ~ 1 Feb 1901 3K Mar 1998 John Seay
D. M. Hollar et al to C. Berlin Hollar ~ 1 Feb 1911 3K Mar 1998 John Seay
D. M. Hollar & Mary, his wife, to W. J. Hollar ~ 1 May 1916 2K Mar 1998 John Seay
W. J. Hollar & Rebecca, his wife, to C. B. Hollar ~ 12 Jul 1921 3K Mar 1998 John Seay
Wm. J. Hollar & Rebecca, his wife, to C. B. Hollar ~ 1928 2K Mar 1998 John Seay
John R. Kagey to Mary J. Shaffer ~ 1899 3K June 1998 John Seay
Kessler to Faddick Deed ~ 1813 3K May 1998 Unknown
Keezel to Nicholas ~ 1856 3K Apr 1998 Unknown
Heirs of Jacob Good to Jeremiah Kyle ~ 1810 7K Jul 2010 Romaine Stauffer
Heirs of Samuel Lee to Daniel May ~ 1859 5K Mar 2001 Judy Kellar Fox
Ludwick to Bowman ~ 1812 3K May 1998 Unknown
Israel May to David Bowman ~ 1855 5K May 1998 Unknown
Wm. J. Miller to Timothy Funk ~ 1882 3K June 1998 John Seay
William C. Moore, Jr. to Richard S. Boulware ~ 9 Oct 1842 3K Nov 1999 FloridaFox@aol.com
John H. Rolston to John T. Harris, Jr. ~ 29 Dec 1884 6K Mar 1997 Harriet Welch
Jacob P. Slusser & wife, to W. S. Slusser ~ 16 Jul 1885 4K Apr 1998 Unknown
Hannah & Jacob Spitzer to Noah E. Hollar ~ 17 Jul 1894 3K June 1998 John Seay
Henry A. Sprinkel & wife, to A. D. Bertram ~ 15 Feb 1887 5K Apr 1998 Unknown
Heirs of Leonard Tutwiler to John Tutwiler ~ 21 Nov 1809 6K Jan 2013 John Hymo
Executor of Peter Vanpelt, Decd, to Joseph Cromer ~ 1840 4K Feb 1997 Harriet Welch
Benjamin S. Vanpelt to James Vanpelt, Trustee ~ 7 Feb 1866 3K Dec 1999 Harriet Welch
Jackson VanPelt to Daniel Fisher ~ 10 Apr 1838 3K Dec 1999 Harriet Welch
Jacob Vanpelt to A. J. Vanpelt ~ 22 Oct 1866 2K Dec 1999 Harriet Welch
Daniel Whitmer et al to Martin & Ephraim Whitmer ~ 1847 7K May 1998 Unknown
Jacob Whitemore Land Office Treasury Warrant ~ 11 Sep 1798 2K May 1998 Unknown

History
File Description File Size Date Submitter
Pendleton County History 1889 5K Jul 2009 Alice Warner The Registry
Excerpt from History of West Virginia, by Virgil A. Lewis, 1889 39K Jul 2009 Alice Warner The Registry
1939 Madison College Glee Club 4K Jan 2005 Mary A. Old
McMahon Letters 1776-1876 8K Dec 2014 Johanna Standish

Military Records
File Description File Size Date Submitter
Revolutionary War
Lock, John, Revolutionary War Medical Pension Affidavit 2K Mar 2003 Janet Putt Neville
Lore, Michael - Revolutionary War Pension File S5708 7K Mar 1999 Harriet Welch
Gilmore, Samuel - Revolutionary War Pension Affidavit 1K Jan 2003 Janet Putt Neville
McCoy, George - Revolutionary War Medical Pension Affidavit 1K  Mar 2003 Janet Putt Neville
Rolstone, David Revolutionary War Pension S7431 9K Mar 1999 Harriet Welch
Jabez Shuh et al, Menonist Petition ~ 1785 3K Apr 2012 Romaine Stauffer
Vanpelt, Peter Revolutionary War Widows Pension Claim W18198 19K Mar 1999 Harriet Welch
Civil War
Confederate Pension Rolls - Veterans and Widows 24K Jan 2003 Janet Putt Neville
Addison F. Workman - Civil War Pension Application 17K Oct 2002 Charles V Tarlton
Sarah C. Workman, Widow, 1902 - Civil War Pension Application 30K Nov 2002 Charles V Tarlton
World War I
World War I Soldiers - African American 10K October 2001 S. Wilkins
Misc. Military
Reminiscences of Valley Muster 7K Oct 1999  
Muster Rolls of Rockingham Soldiers 41K April 2001 Harriet Welch

Newspapers
File Description File Size Date Submitter
Bodkin/Losh marriage 3K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Dissolution of the Estate of William Earman, October 11, 1866 2K Jun 2011 L.S.C.
Mr.& Mrs. E. Luther Minnich Anniversary 5K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Rivercomb/Kiracofe Marriage 1K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Mrs. B.S. Wheelbarger birthday 1K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham

Obituaries
File Description File Size Date Submitter
Miscellaneous obituaries c. 1900 21K Aug 97 Harriet Welch
Eleanor Virginia Aiken, infant obit - 1908 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. S. L. Arey obituary 2K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Mrs. Rebecca Bader Obit - 1909 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Albert (Bud) Barton Obit 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mattie V. Black Obit 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
John Whiteside Blackburn Obit - 1912 3K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. Annie Bledsoe Obit - 1909 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mollie Bowman Obituary 1K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Mrs. Sallie Bradford Obit-1906 4K Nov 1999 Unknown
J.W. Bricker Obituary 1K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Miss Bettie Charlton Obit - 1909 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
Rev. Samuel Cline - 1905 3K Oct 1999 Unknown
Miss Blanche Cole Obit - 1911 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. Rebecca C. Davis Obit - 1912 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Solomon Dean Obit - 1909 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
John Derrer Obit - 1905 1K Oct 1999 Unknown
Mrs. William Derrer 2K Aug 1999 Unknown
J.W. Dingledine Obituary 2K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
John W. Dunlap ~ December 7, 1939 3K Mar 2012 Ken Wright
Wilhelm/William Earman ~ December 12, 1864 1K Jun 2011 L.S.C.
Elizabeth Effinger Obit-1906 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Hazel B. Evans Obit - 1995 2K April 2001 Ranette Bell
Mrs. Ruth Fey Obit - 1980 2K April 2001 Ranette Bell
Mrs. Louise Frank Obit - 1909 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. Mattie Fry Obituary 2K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Roy Fultz Obit 1K April 2001 Ranette Bell
William Lenwood Fultz 3K April 2001 Ranette Bell
Vernon J. Funk Obit - 1914 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Ada Virginia Galladay Obituary 2K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Gangwer Obituary 2K Mar 98 Suzette Graham
A.L. Gangwer 1K April 2001 Ranette Bell
Mrs. A.L. Gangwer 2K April 2001 Ranette Bell
John W. Gangwer 4K April 2001 Ranette Bell
Golliday Obituary 2K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Isaac Good Obit - 1907 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. Sigourney Ella Gangwer Halterman 2K April 2001 Ranette Bell
Mrs. Minnie C. Harrison Obit - 1909 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. Amanda E. Hasler Obit - 1907 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
James Hensley & Miss Eliza Hensley 2K Dec 1999 David Hutchinson
Mrs. Sarah Jane Hern Obit - 1909 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. John A. Hopkins Obit - 1912 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
Theodore Hoppe Obit - 1913 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
A.B. Huffman Obit - 1939 2K April 2001 Ranette Bell
Oney C. Huffman Obit - 1983 2K April 2001 Ranette Bell
Abner Joseph Obituary 3K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Perk Joseph Obit-1907 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Catherine Joan Judd 1K April 2001 Ranette Bell
Kathryn S. Lester 3K Dec 2003 Bristol Herald Courier
Kathryn S. Lester 2K Dec 2003 Bristol Herald Courier
D. M. Lilly Obituary 2K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Miss Martha Martz Obit - 1913 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
E.L. Minnich Obituary 3K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Laura Rhodes Minnick Obituary 2K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Miss Katie Monger Obit - 1914 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
Parnell, Malinda April 25, 1908 3K Sep 2010 Ken Wright
Horace Payne obituary 2K Dec 1997 Kevin Thompson
Page Pendleton Obit - 1905 2K Oct 1999 Unknown
Charity May Phillips - 1993 1K Oct 2008 Kathy Dean
Mrs. Polly Ann Powell obit-1907 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. Luther Rexrode Obituary 1K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Mrs. Geo. Rivercomb 2K Nov 1998 Suzette Graham
David Peter Rosenberger obit-1906 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Charles Sheppe obit - 1912 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
Hugh D. Smiley obituary 3K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
L. B. Smootz Obit-1905 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
John Spader Obituary - 1906 4K May 1998 Unknown
Mary Catherine Summers Obit-1905 1K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. Virginia Ellen Tusing Obit - 1909 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. A. G. Tutwiler obituary 2K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
Mrs F. P. Tutwiler 2K April 2001 Ranette Bell
William P. Tutwiler Obit-1907 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Jacob Michael Wampler Obit - 1907 3K Nov 1999 Unknown
James Madison Wellman Obit - 1908 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
John H. Wheelbarger Obituary 2K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
J.H. Wheelbarger Obituary 3K Mar 1998 Suzette Graham
H. N. Whitesel Obit - 1909 2K Nov 1999 Unknown
Mrs. Mary J. Will Obit - 1907 2K Nov 1999 Unknown

Vital Records

Will & Estate Records
File Description File Size Date Submitter
David Bowman will - 1896 4K Mar 1998 Harriet Welch
John Bowman Will - 1858 8K Mar 1998 Harriet Welch
John Bowman Jr. Will - 1816 4K Mar 1998 Harriet Welch
Thomas Bryan Will 1793 6K Dec 1998 Loretta Layman
Joseph Cromer Will 10K Feb 1997 Harriet Welch
Earman, Matilda July 2, 1891 2K Jun 2011 L.S.C.
Mychel Earman, Senior - 1823 3K Nov 2000 L.S.C.
Winnie Frances Lam 1916 3K Jan 2005 Buddy Borzi
Zachariah McDaniel Will - 1876 2K Oct 1999 Stallard
Jacob Spader Senr. Will - 1828 4K May 1998 Unknown
Mary Vanpelt 1878 4K Dec 1999 Harriet Welch
Benjamin Whitmer, 1843-1906 4K April 2001 Jowhitmer@aol.com

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