Wythe County, VA GenWeb

Courthouse circa 1906

Where to Start

About Wythe County....

A Place to Start . . . formed in 1790 from Montgomery County. Named for George Wythe, the first Virginia signer of the Declaration of Independence
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Add your Events	Click here to SUBMIT or READ Queries for Wythe County, Virginia
Copies of birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates can be requested from the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Vital Records, which houses more than 7 million records. Office of Vital Statistics: You can contact them at: P.O. Box 1000 Richmond, VA 23218-1000 804-662-6200 The Office of Vital Statistics’ Web site offers request forms for these certificates, which can be downloaded, along with answers to frequently answered questions.: http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vitalrec/	Search the Wythe County Webpage   powered by FreeFind

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BIBLE RECORDS
	CARTER Bible Records	ENGLEDOW

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BIOGRAPHIES All OFSITE Links
Charles Benjamin BAUGHMAN, M.D.	Editorial about Parson BROWNLOW	William Gannaway BROWNLOW	Roderick Randum BUTLER	Jacob and Catherine COPPENBARGER
Biography of Joseph DRAPER	Georg Daniel FLOHR	J.H. LOUTHAN	Alfred Cleon MOORE	Charles Louis (Deacon) PHILLIPPI An Offsite Link by Joe Cameron
	Joseph Crockett SHAFFER	Daniel SHEFFEY	William TERRY
		James A. WALKER	Robert Enoch WITHERS	George WYTHE 1726-1806 An Offsite Link

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BIRTHS

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BUSINESSES
Wythe County Post Offices and Postmasters 1792-1900 Contributed by Russ Bralley	Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory 1851-1852 An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver

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CEMETERIES Click on the link above to view the growing number of cemeteries in Wythe County

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CENSUS
1810 Wythe County Census	1820 Wythe County Census	1830 Wythe County Census
1840 Census of Pensioners - Military An Offsite Link
1840 Wythe County Census	1850 Wythe County Census Index An Offsite Link	1880 Census An Offlink Site
S&K Census Indexes for VA	Electronic census spreadsheets An Off Site Link	USGenWeb Census Project

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CHURCHES
St. John Lutheran Church another listing for St. John Lutheran Church, Wytheville	Early German Churches on Reed Creek An Offsite Link By Joe Cameron	The Olive Branch Methodist Church and Cemetery, Wythe County, Virginia
Saint Paul Baptismal Records An Offsite Link by Joe Cameron	Kimberling Baptismal Records An Offsite Link by Joe Cameron

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DEATHS
Death Records	Obituaries	1860 Mortality Schedule An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver
1853 1854 1855
Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville, Virginia	Wythe County Death Notices from the CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, Nashville Tennessee 1853-1881	Gillman Funeral Chapel 1099 W Washington St Wytheville, VA 24382-2451 Phone:(276)228-6911
Southwest Virginia Enterprise Newspaper, Wythe County VA Obits	Obituary Search Engine for Wythe County An Off Site Link	Southwest Times Newspaper Archive NEW!!! Many Wythe Families

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DEEDS
Land survey for John BRALLEY, 1774

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EDUCATON/SCHOOLS All Offsite Links
Wytheville Female Institute An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver	A List of Subscribers to Rev. Robert S. Sheffey’s School in 1840	Wythe County Current Schools

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FAMILIES ALL Off Site Links
ALFORD Family	DILLOW Family	EWING Family
GOSE Surname Resource Center	HILL Family	HOUNSHELL Family
	KEESLING Family	Descendants of William MABE
The McGINLEY Genealogy Page
Benjamin ROGERS and his descendants *Please note that there were at least two different Rogers lines in the area early on. The line of Benjamin Rogers was pretty much localized to the Cripple and Mill Creek area. This is not the Doswell Rogers line.	WERT Family	WOHLFAHRT Family

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HISTORY
Lineage of Davie CROCKETT	The Poor Farm An Offsite Link	Historical and Physical Description of Wythe County, Virginia - 1907 An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver
Historical Highway Markers of Wythe County	The Fincastle Resolutions	Draper Manuscripts
Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia	History of the Wythe County Lead Mines An Offsite Link	William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

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LETTERS
An 1860 letter from John S. Bralley to James Yerion and George Jackson, Jr.,

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LINKS
New River Notes on Wythe County A Wonderful Site By Jeffrey Weaver	People of Color in the Old South	Joe Camerons Website Mostly on Wythe County
Diary of Hannah Walton SANDERS, Feb. 5, 1806 - Nov. 28, 1876 The Diary is in the possession of Catherine Walker	Wilderness Road Regional Museum, Pulaski County, VA    Contains some Wythe County records	Virginia Roots An Offsite Link

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MAPS
County Map of Wythe	Maps	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

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MARRIAGES
Late 1700's Marriages in Wythe County	Wythe County, Virginia Marriage Register 1817-1822 An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver

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MILITARY
Wythe County Civil War Companies An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver	Wythe County, Virginia (35th Regiment, 19th Brigade, 3rd Division) War of 1812 Contributed by Russ Bralley	Wythe County, Virginia WWII Deaths An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver
Civil War - Roster 45th Virginia Regiment	Civil War-History of Forty-Fifth Virginia Infantry An Offsite Link	History of the 4th VA Inf.
1909 Wythe County Confederate Pension List An Off Site Link	The Wythe County Miliita -- the 35th Virginia Militia and the 183rd Virginia Militia An Off Site Link	Confederate States of America Formation of the Confederacy

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MISC. DOCUMENTS
Montgomery County, Virginia Petition 17 May 24, 1782	Revolutionary War Pension for Henry BARRON	Revolutionary War Pension for William BARRON

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NEWSPAPERS
	The Smyth County Messenger	The Southwest Virginia Enterprise

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ORGANIZATIONS
Wythe County Historical Society	Local Clubs	African American Driving Tour An Offsite Link
Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association		Sons of Temperance Document dated Jan. 7, 1852

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PENSIONS
Robert ENGLISH, Wythe County, Virginia - Rev. War Pension Application	Samuel HANDLY (HANDLY) Revolutionary Pension An Off Site Link	Revolutionary War pension application for William PATTON An Off Site Link

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PHOTOGRAPHS
		Wythe County, Virginia Photos and Postcards An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver

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PLACES
	Shot Tower State Park	Virginia City A virtual Ghost Town in Wythe County

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TAXES
1800 Tax List for Wythe County An Offsite Link	1793 Wythe County Personal Tax List An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver

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WILLS
Will of Thomas ALFORD, 1805 An Off Site Link	Will of Joseph BAKER, 1815 An Off Site Link	Will of Samuel BROWN, 1888
Will of Edward CROW, 1829	Will of William EWING, 1793 An Off Site Link	Abraham GOODINGS Will, 1794
Henry GRUBB, 1807
Stephen HALSEY Will, 1859	Christian KEGLEY, 1831	Will of William KING, 1853 An Off Site Link
John NEWLAND, 1833	Will of William PEERY, 1853 An Off Site Link	Will of Johan F. SCHLEMP/SLIMP, 1807 (bottom of the page) An Off Site Link
Will of Balzer DARTER (TARTER), 1800 An Off Site Link	Will of John THOMPSON, 1848 An Off Site Link

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Wythe County Resources
	Wytheville Information Network	Wythe County Library

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WYTHE'S NEIGHBORS

BLAND

PULASKI

CARROLL

GRAYSON

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