Washington County, Virginia GenWeb Site

Welcome to the Washington County genealogy pages, part of the VAGenWeb and USGenWeb projects.  Tami Ramsey is the County Coordinator for this site. (**note: I do not live in Washington County and therefore can only answer questions regarding the webpage)

Where to Start

Washington County History 

The first white settlers arrived in what is present day Washington County in the 1760's.  Abingdon, Va. was known as Wolf Hills before "Abingdon" was selected as the name of the county seat.  Washington County was formed from Fincastle County in 1777, the county seat, Abingdon was formed in 1778.  The original Washington County, VA in addition to containing some of the other present day surrounding counties also contained what is today, Sullivan County, TN.   Visit this page, Early Settlers of Washington Co, VA, to see some of the names of the early settlers to county (before 1780).  Burned by Union forces in 1864. The county is divided into seven magisterial districts: Harrison, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Taylor, Tyler, and Wilson.

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Click here to POST and READ QUERIES for Washington County, VA ***Note that WILLS, BIOS, OBITS, PENSIONS, and BIBLES are combined on this board as well Old Queries	Washington County Mailing list
In 1786 the northwestern part of Washington County became Russell County. In 1814 the western part of what remained of Washington County was combined with parts of Lee County and Russell County to form Scott County. In 1832 the northeastern part of Washington County was combined with part of Wythe County to form Smyth County. With the incorporation of the town of Goodson as the independent city of Bristol in 1890, Washington County assumed its present size.	Search This Site The Web for Get a Free Search Engine for Your Web Site
	Washington County Clerk 111 North Court Street Abingdon, VA 24210 276-676-6224 Marriage records begin in 1782 for Washington County, VA. Deeds begin in 1778. Wills and Estate records begin in 1777. There are no chancery or law orders prior to 1831. Court orders can be found in court minutes, which begin in 1777. Birth and death records 1853-1896 and after 1912.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH All Offsite Links
	African American Heritage in Virginia
Virginia Black History Archives	African-Americans during the Civil War	The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia

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BIOGRAPHIES
	BUCHANAN, John Alexander, 1843-1921	FLOYD, John Buchanan, 1806-1863 An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver
FULTON, John Hall, ?-1836	GIBSON, James King, 1812-1879	GRUBB, William Hagy
	JOHNSTON, John Warfield, 1818-1889
JONES, William Edmondson , 1824-1864 An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	McMILLAN, William, 1764-1804	OURY, Granville Henderson, 1825-1891
PARKER, Whitfield Monroe An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	SENTER, Paul B. An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	SHARP, Solomon P., 1780-1825
SOUTH, Charles Lacy, 1892-1965	TRIGG, Connally Findlay, 1847-1907

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BIRTHS

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BOOKS
''WILLIAM LAWSON, A SCOTTISH REBEL'' and Other Pioneer Families of Southern Appalachia	Papyrus Publishing Company	Donna Akers Warmuth Author of Plumb Full of History A Story of Abingdon, Virginia and Images of America Abingdon, VA
Look-ups	Publications	David Crockett: His Life and Adventures, by John S. C. Abbott. Published: Dodd & Mead, New York, 1874

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BUSINESSES
Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Business Directory 1888-89 Washington County An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver		An Economic and Social Survey of Washington County, Virginia, 1932 An Offsite Link

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CEMETERIES
A list of cemeteries in Washington County	Individual tombstone Photos
Azen Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	Campground Cemetery (Leonard burials only)	Clear Branch Cemetery An Offsite Link
Crabtree Cemetery An Offsite Link	John D. Dunn Cemetery An Offsite Link	East Hill Cemetery An Offsite Link
Fickle Cemetery An Offsite Link	Fleenor Cemetery #23 An Offsite Link	Fleenor Cemetery #8 An Offsite Link
Gasper Fleenor Cemetery An offsite link	Green Cove Baptist Church Cemetery An Offsite Link	Greenspring Church Cemetery An Offsite Link
Hannah Cemetery		Ingle Cemetery An offsite link
Jackson Cemetery An Offsite Link	William Johnson Family Cemetery  An Offsite Link
Konnarock Cemetery An Offsite Link	Larmer Cemetery An Offsite Link	Maple Grove Cemetery An Offsite Link
Odum Cemetery	Pine Hill Cemetery An Offsite Link	Rhudy's Chapel Cemetery a.k.a. Rhudy’s Cemetery a.k.a. Pleasantview Cemetery An Offsite Link
Rush Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery An Offsite Link	Sharrett's Cemetery An Offsite Link	Sugar Grove Cemetery An Offsite Link
Teeter Cemetery	Tumbling Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery An Offsite Link
Walnut Springs An offsite link	Warren Cemetery An Offsite Link	Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery a.k.a. Widener Valley Cemetery An Offsite Link

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CENSUS
	1810 Washington County Census Index	1820 Washington County Census Index
1830 Washington County Census Index	1840 Census of Pensioners - Military An Offsite Link	1840 Washington County Census Index
1850 Washington County Census Index	1860 Washington County, Virginia Census Images
1870 Federal Census Washington County, Virginia (Partial)	1880 Census An Offlink Site	Electronic census spreadsheets An Off Site Link
S&K Census Indexes for VA	Census Records available for purchase at Heritage Quest	USGenWeb Census Project

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CHURCHES
History of the Abingdon Presbytery An Offsite Link	Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church An Offsite Link
Photograph of  Campground United Methodist Church - Submitted by Donna Parks		Churches in Washington County

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COURT DOCUMENTS
Archives (Wills, Deeds, Marriages, etc.)	Burned Record Counties Database at the LVA	Washington County Clerk 111 North Court Street Abingdon, VA 24210 276-676-6224 For Birth or Death records from the State of Virginia click here for the form to mail in
Misc.  Chancery Book Notes An Offsite Link

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DEATHS
Miscellaneous Death Records- Blevins Funeral Home - Bristol, Virginia	Search Engine for the Obituary archives of the Farris Funeral Home An Off Site Link	REPORTED DEATHS, THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1855-1910
The Murder of  Wm. McDaniel Jr., 1862	Castlewood Funeral Home	Misc. Washington County, VA Death Records An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver
Misc. Death Records for Southwest Virginia  An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	Southwest Virginia Deaths: Reels 183-220 An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	Mercer County, West Virginia Death Records For Individuals Born in Smyth or Washington County, Virginia An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver

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DEEDS
	Arthur CAMPBELL to Billingsley ROBERTS, 16 November 1781 An Off Site Link	DENNY - DONNELL, 1784  Donated by Tami Ramsey
DONNELL - BARR, 1784  Donated by Tami Ramsey	William LEE, 1784  Donated by Tami Ramsey	WOOD Family Deed's

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EDUCATION/SCHOOLS
The Iron Mountain Lutheran School for Boys and Young Men An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	Early Washington Co. School Photographs An Offsite Link	A Story about The Abingdon Male Academy An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver
Washington County Public Schools

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FAMILY PAGES
G. Lee Hearl's Webpage on Washington County	Listing of Washington County Family Pages	Misc. Notes on Washington County, VA people An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver

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HISTORY
A History of The Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory. By David E. Johnston (1906) An Offsite Link	Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia An offsite link	Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers of SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, 1773-1794 An Offsite Link
Historical Highway Markers of Washington County

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Library
Washington County Historical Society Library	Washington County Public Library

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LINKS
Washington Co. on Genforum	Southeastern Genealogy Online This webpage has Links to County History, Information and Records
Web Pages with Washington County Roots		Virginia Roots An Offsite Link

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MAPS
Maps	1895 Map for Washington County	County Formations By Garnett L. Hearl
Headwaters of the Clinch and Holston Rivers, 1774	1870 Map of Washington County Submitted by Mike Taylor	Virginia Historical Counties Map Provides on-demand, printable, large-scale maps of every boundary change of every county and independent city of Virginia.User chooses any day and month from 1634 to 2000 and can zoom in or out or alter the map in other ways. An easy-to-use HELP file and supplementary texts support the maps. From the Newberry Library
2005 Washington County Street Map *Adobe Acrobat required

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MILITARY
Washington County, Virginia 1792 Militia Payroll An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	WWI History Commission Questionnaires An LVA Offsite Link	Virginia Confederate Units (Washington County included) An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver
Frontier Forts of Southwest Virginia An Offsite Link	Washington County in WWI An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	Men Who Died in the Korean Conflict
Washington County Men who Died in WWII An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	The Washington County, Virginia Militia -- The 70th Virginia Militia and the 105th Virginia Militia - Civil War An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	Womack's Fort Militia Roll, 1776 An Offsite Link
1909 Washington County Confederate Pension List An Off Site Link	Daniel Trigg's 1781 Militia List An Offsite Link	The 164th Virginia Militia - Washington County An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors database	Confederate States of America Formation of the Confederacy

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NEWSPAPERS
Washington County News 143 West Main Street Abingdon, VA 24212 1-276-628-7101	Excerpts from a 1922 Abingdon Paper	The Bristol Herald Courier
Kingsport Times-News

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ORGANIZATIONS
Holston Territory Genealogical Society	Washington County Historical Society	Washington County Post No. 12 - American Legion Abingdon, Virginia, est. 1919 An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver

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PHOTOGRAPHS
Washington County Postcards An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver

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PLACES
Place names in Washington County (Churches, Cemeteries, Historical Towns, etc.)	Historic Barter Theater	The Virginia Creeper Trail
Martha Washington Inn (Formerly Martha Washington College)	Mountain city just outside of Damsacus Submitted by Donna Parks

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TAXES
The Washington County Surveyors Record 1781-1797 Transcribed by Rhonda Robertson & the Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	The 1782 Washington County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	The 1806 Washington County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver
1888 List of Registered Voters for Goodson District Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4	Estray Records from Washington County, VA 1813-60 An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	1852 Personal Property Tax List An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver
1862 Personal Property Tax List An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	1868 Personal Property Tax List An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver	1870 Personal Property Tax List An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver
1871 Saltville Township Tax List  An Offsite Link Provided by Jeffrey C. Weaver

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WILLS All Off Site Links
	John BOOHER Will, 1820	Will of Andrew BUCHANAN, 1793 Page 1 Page 2 Donated by Tami Ramsey
	Inventory of Estate of James CAMPBELL, 1799	Will of John CAMPBELL, 1865
Armstrong CLARK, 1839	Adam DECK, 1816	Will of John ERVIN, 1828
Will of Michael FLEENOR, 1837	Will of Samuel E. GOODSON, 1869	Will of John GRAY, 1795 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Inventory Donated by Tami Ramsey
Will of Joseph GRAY, 1819 Page 1 Page 2 Donated by Tami Ramsey
Will of William GREENWAY, 1805	Will of Jacob GREGORY, 1889	The Will of David LAIRD, 1803
Barbara LINDAMOOD, 1876		Will of James T. MARTIN, 1907
Peter MUMPOWER, Sr., 1824	Will of John PHELPS, 1885	Will of Col. John PRESTON, 1861
Abraham SHELLEY, 1793		Will of Thomas WOOLSEY
Jacob ZIMMERLY, 1819		Gottlieb ZINK, 1802

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Washington County Resources
	County Resources	State Resources
Washington County Chamber of Commerce	Abingdon Convention & Visitors Bureau	Virginia Highlands Festival
William King Regional Arts Center

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GENEALOGY HELPERS
Geographic Nameserver Put in a city name and find out what county it is in	USGenWeb Archive Search Engine, State-by-State	VAGenWeb Archives
Biographical Dictionary of The United States Congress, 1799 to Present	Birthdate Calculator
Search the LDS website	Search the Digital Resources at the Library of Virginia	Search the DAR Library Catalog
Where to Write for Vital Statistics	Create a timeline of History	Epidemics in the United States
	The Association for Gravestone Studies	Deciphering Old Handwriting
CENSUS A list of questions asked on each census	Colonial America	Earthquake History of Virginia

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Shortcuts to our Neighbors

Smyth Co, VA	Scott Co, VA	TNGenWeb
Grayson Co, VA	Russell Co, VA	Sullivan Co, TN

Ancestor Counties of Washington Co. VA

     Charles River Co                   Chickacoan Indian District
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   York Co (1642/43)                 Northumberland Co (1648)
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   New Kent Co (1654)                   Lancaster Co (1651)
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  King and Queen Co (1691)           Rappahanock Co (1656-1692) defunct 
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       |     King William Co (1702)      Essex Co (1692)
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           Spotsylvania Co (1721)
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           Orange Co (1734)
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             Augusta Co (1745)
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                  Botetourt Co (1770)
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                          Fincastle Co (1772-1777) defunct
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            Montgomery Co (1777)          Washington Co (1777)

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Unfortunately because of time constraints I cannot answer any genealogy questions but please contact me if you have any comments or material to add to the webpage.