Service Sources for Revolutionary War Veterans & Patriots ...



Service Sources for Revolutionary War Veterans & Patriots Buried in Virginia

(VASSAR copy for members. Note: volume, issue, type, page numbers, etc for many of these sources are listed in the text for the patriot it supports)

A Saffell, W.T.R. Records of the Revolutionary War. 1894. Reprint, Bowie, MD: Clearfield Co., Inc., 1996.

B Gravestone Inscriptions.

C Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Revolutionary War Records, Volume I, Virginia. 1936. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967.

D Abercrombie, Janice L. & Richard Slatten. Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims. Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Company, 1992.

E Gwathmey, J.H. Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution 1775-1783. Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, 1938.

F Wilson, Samuel M., Catologue of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors of the Commonwealth of Virginia to Whom Land Bounty Warrants Were Granted by Virginia for Military Services in the War for Independence. 1953. Reprint, Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 2002.

G Virginia Military Records. Baltimore: Clearfield Publishing, 2002. Arranged by county. Compiled articles originally published in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler’s Quartlery.

H SAR Patriot Index, Edition III, 2000.

I SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register, NASSAR, edition 2000

J Eby Jerrilyn. Laying the Hoe: A Century of Iron Manufacturing, Stafford County, Virginia, With Genealogical Notes on Over 300 Families. Westminister, MD: Willowbend Books, 2003.

K Wardell, Patrick G. Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data From Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records. 6 volumes. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988-1998.

L Stewart, Robert Armistead. The History of Virginia’s Navy in the Revolution. Richmond: Mitchell & Hoskiss, Printers, 1933.

M United States War Department. The Pension Rolls of 1835. 4 volumes. 1835. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002.

N Burgess, Louis A. Virginia Soldiers of 1776. 3 volumes. 1927. Reprint, Baltimore: Clearfield Company, 1994.

O Rockingham County, Virginia. Minute Book 1, 1778-1786. County Records, microfilm reel 25. Richmond: Library of Virginia.

P Wayland, John W. Virginia Valley Records, Genealogical and Historical Materials of Rockingham County, Virginia. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965.

Q Thwaite, Reuben Gold and Louis Phelps Kellogg. Documentary History Lord Dunmore’s War 1774. 1905. Reprint, Harrisonburg, VA: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1974.

R Virginia. Fairfax County Court Booklet 1782

S See source BB

T Funkhouser, Jacob. A Historical Sketch of the Funkhouser Family. Harrisonburg, VA: Rockingham Register Press, 1902.

U Wayland, John Walter. Men of Mark and Representative Citizens of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia; Portraits and Biographies of Men and Women. Staunton, VA: McClure Co., 1943.

V Halifax County Commissioner’s Book.

W Handbook Stratford Hall Plantation & Lees of Virginia, pub 2004

X Grigsby, Hugh Blair. “Thomas Lewis.” The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788. Vol. II. 1890. Abridged, New York: DeCapo Press, 1969.

Y Pittsylvania County Court Book

Z Skidmore, Warren with Donna Kaminsky. Lord Dunmore’s Little War of 1774. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2002.

AA Montgomery County Revolutionary War Records.

AB Wayland, John Walter. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins Co., 1912.

AC Cabell, James Branch. The Majors and Their Marriages. Richmond, VA: Hill Printing Co., 1915.

AD Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia.

AE Virginia Genealogy Society Quarterly, volume 2 (Richmond, VA: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1964.

AF Clements, S. Eugene and F. Edward Wright. The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War. Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, 1987.

AG Family Tree Maker CD # 145, Military Records: Revolutionary War Pension Lists

AH Bockstruck, Lloyd D. Virginia’s Colonial Soldiers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988.

AI Scott, W. W. A History of Orange County, Virginia. Richmond, VA: Everett Waddey Company, 1907.

AJ Office of the Secretary of State. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War: A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers, 1896-1898.

AK VASSAR Graves Registration Submissions

AL Revolutionary War Public Service Claims. “On-line Catalog: Images and Indexes.” Library of Virginia. Searchable by name only, giving County and citation to the County Court Booklet and State Auditor’s Commissioners Book. Original images are on microfilm. : 2015.

AM Journal of the Council of Virginia, Vol II

AN Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions. “Images and Indexes.” Library of Virginia. Not to be confused with federal pensions at the National Archives. Original images are on microfilm. : 2015.

AO Lineage Books, NSDAR, Vol I & II, Ancestors Index

AP National Archives Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Revolutionary War Compiled Military Service Record and/or Pension File. File numbers given in the text.

AQ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 to Present. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. On line : 2015.

AR Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. 4 volumes. Dallas, TX: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987. Also available at (subscription service).

AS Rev War Graves Committee, NSSAR Master Roster of Patriots of Rev War, Jan 2007

AT Virginia Genealogies and Biographies 1500’s-1900’s. . Novato, UT: Brøderbund Software, 2000. This 2-CD bundle is a compilation of 22 Genealogical Publishing Company volumes. Applies to: see text for patriot

AU Williamsburg Chapter VASSAR, “ Study of Burials from Green Springs Battle”, ltr Feb 07

AV CMM SAR Chapter CMM Battalion Roster, prepared 2005, revised 2007

AW Hurt, Frances Hallum. An Intimate History of the American Revolution in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Danville, VA: Womack Press, 1976.

AX New York in the Revolution and the War of 1812. CD-Rom. Family Tree Maker. Novato, UT: Brøderbund Software, 2000.

AY Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Genealogical Records: Maryland Settlers & Soldiers 1700s-1800s. CD-Rom. Novato, CA: , 2000. Muster rolls and other records of service.

AZ McAllister, Joseph Thompson. Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War. Hot Springs, VA: McAllister Publishing Company, 1913.

BA Virginia Historical Inventory. WPA Survey Reports of Burials in Prince George County, Library of Virginia, Richmond.

BB Fairfax Resolves Chapter, VASSAR Legislative Petitions Alexandria & Fairfax County, VA 2009

BC Lewis Preston et al. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Vol. I. 1929. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996.

BD Berg, Fred Anderson. Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units—Battalions, Regiments and Independent Corps. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1992.

BE Author?. “Virginia Navy in the Revolution.” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Richmond: Virginia Historical Society

BF Maryland and Delaware Revolutionary Patriots 1775-1783, Military Records. CD-Rom. . Novato, UT: Brøderbund Software, 2001.

BG Boddie, John Bennett. Historical Southern Families. volume X. for page numbers see text for pariot

BH Southern Genealogies 1600-1800. For volume and page numbers see text for patriot

BI Dixon, Joan M. National Intelligencer Newspaper Abstracts 1814-1817. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2006.

BJ Newman, Harry Wright. Maryland Revolutionary Records.1938. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 2002.

BK Virginia Historical Inventory. WPA Survey Reports of Burials in Russell County, Library of Virginia, Richmond.

BL Stryker, William S. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. New Jersey Historical Records Project, Adjutant-Generals Office. Trenton, NJ: W. T. Nicholson & Co., 1872.

BM Virginia Historical Inventory. WPA Survey Reports of Burials in Bath County, Library of Virginia, Richmond.

BN Virginia Historical Inventory. WPA Survey Reports of Burials in Lunenburg County, Library of Virginia, Richmond.

BO Virginia Historical Inventory. WPA Survey Reports of Burials in Rappahannock County, Library of Virginia, Richmond.

BP Henley, B. J. Obituaries from VA Newspapers, on Microfilm Lib of VA. for name of reel; Reel #, etc see text for patriot

BQ Charles R. Sydnor, Jr. “Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society, February 27, 2009, Annual Commemoration of the Leedstown Resolutions.” Text of Mr. Sydnor’s address reprinted in the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine LIX (December 2009), 7153-7163. Biographical information on some of the signers.

BR American Beacon & Norfolk Daily Advertizer (Obituaries.or Death Notices?) Microfilm# Reel # see text for patriot

BS Bushman, Katherine Gentry. Augusta County, Virginia Court of Claims, 1782-1785. Staunton, VA: Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution, Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter, 1970.

BT Daughters of the American Revolution grave markers.

BU Hanks, Chris W. “Patriots’ Graves in Pittsylvania County.” Pittsylvania County . : 1 March 2015. Email: cwhanks@.

BV Chiarito, Marian Dodson, “Oaths of Allegiance - 1777 Pittsylvania County, VA.” Magazine of Virginia Genealogy 23, (February, 1985). Retyped and digitized by Cynthia Hubbard Headen at rootsweb. under the same title at : 2015.

BW Kegley, Mary B. Militia of Montgomery County, Virginia, 1777-1790. 1970. Reprint, Dublin, VA: private printing, 1997.

BX Bockstruck, Lloyd Dewitt. Revolutionary War Pensions Awarded By State Governments 1775-1884, The General and Federal Governments Prior to 1814, and by Private Acts of Congress Prior to 1905. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2011.

BY “Patriot Grave Search.“ National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. : 2015.

BZ DAR Records 56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC

CA National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Louisville, KY. Approved membership applications.

CB Hogandobler, Matt. "Service for Veterans & Patriots Buried at St Paul’s Church, Norfolk, VA, Dec 2011" Unpublished copy for compiler

CC Prince William County, Virginia. Order Book 1778-1784. Prince William County Records, microfilm reel 88. Richmond: Library of Virginia.

CD Find A Grave. Memorials giving biographical information that include documented service in the Revolutionary War.

CE Sanchez-Saavedra, E. M. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774- 1787. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978.

CF Arlington National Cemetery Interment Cards. “U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries Internment Cards, and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960.” . : 2015. Under an agreement reached in 2002 between the Veterans Administration and , all burial records for national cemeteries were merged into a single database. Users must enter the name of the deceased veteran and the name of the cemetery to narrow the search to a specific person and cemetery.

CG White, Virgil D. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files. 3 vols. Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1990-1992.

CH Hay, Gertrude May (Sloan). Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous records. Durham, NC: private printing, 1932.

CI “Revolutionary War.” . . Online index and images. by . There are 21 sources, For particular source with volumes, pages, etc see text for patriot

CJ Adam, Robert. “Naval Office on the Potomac.” William & Mary Quarterly 2, 2nd Series (October 1922): 292-295.

CK Cartmell, T.K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers & Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia From Its Formation in 1738 to 1908. Berryville, VA: Chesapeake Book Co., 1963.

CL Hamilton, Clay and Marti Hiatt. Claims Presented to the Court of Augusta: 21 March 1782 to March 1785. Richmond: Virginia Genealogical Society, 2005.

CM Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scottish-Irish Settlement in Virginia 1745-1800; Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. 3 vols. 1912. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1965. [ For vol # and page # see text for patriot]

CN: Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia County Records: Westmoreland County. New Series, Vol. I. 1913. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2008.

CO James, Edward Wilson. The Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Antiquary, pub. 1895. Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, 1895-1906. For volume # and name of article see text for patriot

CP Dunmore’s War (Virginia Payrolls/Public Service Claims, 1775). “Online Catalog: Images & Indexes.” The Library of Virginia. YQ8GM9E-22624?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas36&local_base=CLAS36: 2015. Part of Record Group 1. Online database and images contains the names of Virginia citizens or soldiers from the counties of Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper, Dunmore (now Shenandoah), Fincastle and Kentucky who were compensated in 1775 for supplies or service during Dunmore's Expedition against the Delaware, Mingo and Shawnee tribes in 1774. Entries in the volume typically include names, county of residence, name of commander, length of service or item being compensated for, and the amount of compensation.

CQ Hadfield, Kathleen Halverson, ed. Historical Notes on Amelia County, Virginia. Amelia, VA: Amelia County Historical Committee, 1982.

CR Egle, William Henry. Some Pennsylvania Women During the War of the Revolution, Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburn Publishing Co., 1898.

CS SAR grave marker or cemetery plaque.

CT Egle, William Henry, ed. Provincial Papers: Supply, and State Tax Lists of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Years 1781, 1782 and 1783. Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, volume XVI. Philadelphia: Secretary of the Commonwealth by W. S. Ray, state printer, 1898.

CU Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants. “On-Line Catalog: Images & Indexes.” The Library of Virginia: : 2015

CV Palmer, William Pitt, ed. Calendar of Virginia State Papers & Other Manuscripts. Volumes 1 & 2 (1652-1781). 1875-1878. Reprint, New York: Kraus Reprint Corp., 1968.

CW Liles, Frankie. “Washington County Militia at Kings Mountain.” Magazine of Virginia Genealogy 52 (Feb 2014), 78-82.

CX Harman, John Newton. Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, 1800-1922. Richmond: W. C. Hill Printing, 1923. [Original was one volume. Followed up with another author with two volumes, and a later version by Nellie Schreiner-Yantis] See text for patriot

CY Saunders, William L, ed. The Colonial Records of North Carolina, 1662-1776. 10 Vols. Rawleigh, NC: Trustees of the Public Libraries, pub by State of NC, 1886-1890.

CZ Eckenrode, James Hamilton, archivist. Virginia State Library, Archives Division. List of Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia: Special Report of the Department of Archives and History for 1911. Richmond: D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing, 1912.

DA Thomas, William H. B. Patriots of the Upcountry: Orange County, Virginia in the Revolution. Orange, VA: Orange County Bicentennial Commission, 1976.

DB Elliott, Katherine B. Revolutionary Records, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. South Hill, VA: private printing by Prestwood Chapter, US Daughters of the American Revolution, 1964.

DC Little, Barbara Vines. “Amherst County Minute Men, 1776.” Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, 52 (May 2014), 153-154.

DD Daughters of the American Revolution. “Ancestor Search.” On line database. Index to Approved applications. : 2015.

DE Rockingham County Minute Books. See text for patriot for specific record and page numbers?

DF Stoner, Robert Douthat. A Seed Bed of the Republic: A Study of the Pioneers in the Upper (Southern) Valley of Virginia. Roanoke, VA: Roanoke County Historical Society, 1962.

DG Hill, Judith Parks America. A history of Henry County, Virginia: With Biographical Sketches of its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a Hundred of its Oldest Families. 1925. Reprint, Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1962.

DH Draper, Lyman C. Kings Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7th 1780 and the Events that Led to It. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thompson Publishers, 1881.

DI PA Historical Museum Commission

DJ Culpeper County Classes, 1781. “On-Line Catalog: Images & Indexes.” The Library of Virginia. : 2015. Index only, made from a typed transcript from a photostat copy of the original, which contains errors. Original mss. is on Revolutionary War Public Service Claims, microfilm reel 7. For an accurate and complete transcript, see: John V. Blankenbaker, The Culpeper Classes in Culpeper County for January 1781 for Recruiting this State’s Quota of Troops to serve in the Continental Army. Chad’s Ford, PA: private printing, 1999 for a complete transcript.

DK Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Maryland Settlers & Soldiers 1700s-1800s. Family Archives CD. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2000.

DL Summers, Lewis Preston et al. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Vol. II. Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press, 1929. Has undergone several reprints. See text for patriot for specifics

DM Pedigo, Virginia G. and Lewis Gravely Pedigo. History of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia. 1933. Reprint, Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 2002.

DN Evans, James. Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated. Chicago: H. H. Hardesty, 1883. Includes Amherst County, VA families and history.

DO . Partial list of early settlers, Revolutionary soldiers and the graves of Augusta County soldiers located to date [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Operations Inc, 2005.

Original data: King, Fannie Bayly,. Partial list of early settlers, Revolutionary soldiers and the graves of Augusta County soldiers located to date. Staunton, Va.: private printing, 1935. .

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DP Minnis, M. Lee. The First Regiment of Foot 1775-1783. [Continental Line, Virginia.] Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1998.

DQ Bell, John W. Memoirs of Governor William Smith, of Virginia. His Political, Military, and Personal History. New York: The Moss Engraving Co., 1891.

DR Rager, Susan Godman. “Leedstown Resolves: 1766.” Northern Neck of Virginia Law Page. Online transcript. : Accessed September 2015.

DS Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden. Virginia Genealogies. 1885. Reprint, Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1959.

DT Will of Rawleigh Downman, signed 10 March 1781, proved 19 April 1791. Will Book 20, p. 188a-189, Circuit Clerk’s Office, Lancaster County Court House, Lancaster, VA.

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