Books & Journals

The Society has published three books:

The Death Records of Gloucester County, Virginia - 1865 - 1890 OUT OF PRINT
The Marriage Records of Gloucester County, Virginia - 1853 - 1895
1900 Federal Census for Gloucester County, Virginia

To order, print the order page and return it to us with your check.

These books can be purchased in Gloucester County, VA, at the following locations:

Gloucester Museum of History in the Botetourt Building, Gloucester Courthouse

Gloucester Information Center in the Roane Building, Gloucester Courthouse Circle

     Vol. 1,  Not Available         

Available journal issues with their contents are listed below:

     Vol. 2, No. 1, June 1998, Theme: The 1850s  PDF Version  - ORDER

•   The People of Gloucester County in 1850, by Roger Davis

•   What the Census Tells Us About Gloucester in 1850, by Ann Earl

•   Gloucester Post Offices in 1850, by Donald Dowling

•   Hand-Me-Down Tales from Guinea, by Nan McComber

•   Richard A. Roane in 1850, L. Roane Hunt

•   Drawn to the Water, A Tale of One City and Two Shores, by John M. Roberts

•   1784 Gloucester County Census, by Marie Hodges from the Internet

     Vol. 2, No. 2, December 1998, Theme: The Civil War  PDF Version  - ORDER

•   Amanda's Short Stories, by Amanda Thomas

•   Gloucester County and the Civil War 1861-1865, by J. Edward Thornton

•   A Civil War Story of "Waterview" at Gloucester Point, by J. Edward Thornton

•   Spiritual Revival in the 26th Virginia Infantry, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Dr. Walter Reed: Gloucester County's Modern Medical Hero from the Last Century, by Zack Loesch

•   Well Know Houses in Gloucester County, VA During the Civil War, 1861-1865, by Roger C. Davis

•   The Mathews Light Virginia Artillery, by Marie Hodges from the Internet

     Vol. 3, No. 1, June 1999, Theme: World War I  PDF Version  - ORDER

•   World War I is the Time Frame -- 1910 to 1920, by Roger C. Davis

•   Gloucester County During World War I, by J. Edward Thornton

•   Cornelia Elizabeth Thornton (1893-1918), by Roger C. Davis

•   Gloucester Support Agencies, by Robert Hoskins Warren

•   Mathews County During World War I, by Robert Hoskins Warren

•   Supplies for Company A, 5th Virginia Cavalry, by L. Roane Hunt & Mary Barnett

•   Historical Notes on the Founding of the Achilles Friends Church, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Ancestors of Anna Florence Fleming, by L. Roane Hunt

     Vol. 3, No. 2, June 1999, Theme: World War II  PDF Version  - ORDER

•   World War II and Gloucester County in the 1940's, by Roger C. Davis

•   Grave Sites of WWII Veterans, by Joan Kanter

•   Memories of the Home Front --Ruth Smitt shares her WWII years at Gary, Indiana, by Ruth Smitt

•   Country Stores -- Genealogy -- Art, by Ben Borden

•   Descendants of Samuel Muse, by Ben Borden

•   Pointer Brothers Store and Bena Post Office, by Marion Clements

•   Descendants of Michael Pointer, by Sylvia Rowe & L. Roane Hunt

•   Descendants of Daniel Fitchett, by John Fitchett

•   Roane's Store Off the Ware River, by L. Roane Hunt

•   In the Company of Harriet Cowen

•   Pen and Ink Sketches of Country Stores/Post Offices, by Harriet Cowen

     Vol. 4, No. 1, June 2000,  The Death Records of Gloucester County, Virginia - 1865 - 1890
        This book containing the death records of Gloucester was published in place of FTS, vol. 4, no. 1.

     Vol. 4, No. 2, December 2000, Theme: The Gloucester "Hall of Fame"  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   The Gloucester "Hall of Fame," by L. Roane Hunt

•   The Gloucester Old Court

•   The Clerks of Gloucester County Court

•   Warner Pinkerton Roane of Mount Prodigal, by M. Annette Taylor

•   "Guinea Cousins," by L. Roane Hunt

•   The U. S. Census as a Source to Climb Those Brick Walls, by Barbara Bowen

•   Good Neighbors, by L. Roane Hunt

     Vol. 5, No. 1, June 2001, Theme: Gloucester Families  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   Purcell Family of Gloucester County, Virginia, by John F. Hartman

•   James Lee Kemp, Harriett Pauline Kemp and Family, by James Monroe Jones

•   The Gayle Family of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Gayle N. Mandell

•   Some Gloucester Connections of Virgil M. Forrest & Lucy V. Seawell, by Roger C. Davis

•   Gloucester Beginnings With the Burwells, by Jennie Stokes Howe

•   The Berkeley Family in Virginia, by Joan Stubbs

•   The Descendants of William F. Hall, by Warren F. Chauncey

     Vol. 5, No. 2, December 2001, Theme: 1912 Survey Map by R. A. Folks  PDF Version   -  ORDER

•   John Irvin Lawson and Family of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Roger C. Davis

•   Joseph Dobson of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Judith Rowe Mays

•   Little England of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Judith Rowe Mays

•   "Steaming" on Gloucester Rivers, by Robert W. Plummer

•   Cross-County Cousins: New Middlesex Cemeteries Book, Underlines
       Gloucester-Middlesex Connections, by Pat Royal Perkinson

•   Special Memories of the Deal Family - Aunt Kate and Uncle Bunnie,
       by Betty Jean Dunston Deal

•   Gloucester County Insolvents, 1783, Contributed by Dr. John S. Hopewell

•   Additional Gloucester County Death Records, by L. Roane Hunt

•   The Hodges Seamen of Mathews County, Virginia, by Marie Hodges

     Vol. 6, No. 1, June 2002, Theme: The Fields of Guinea  PDF Version   ZIP   - ORDER

•   My Four-B's of Guinea and Beyond, by Nan Belvin McComber

•   My Ride Down Memory Lane in Guinea, by Paul Lafayette Brown

•   Searching for Cemeteries of Guinea, by Harry Jordan

•   Churches of Guinea, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Guinea Tidbits, by Paul Lafayette Brown

•   William McKinley Smith, Waterman and Carver of Ducks, by Beth Maxwell

•   Bronze Star for Heroism Awarded to Alfred V. Belvin, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Smith R. Carmine and William P. Oliver of Gloucester, by Sylvia Rowe

•   The Thruston Family and the Tombstone Mystery, by David A. Brown and
       Thane H. Harpole

•   High Tech Genealogy - Statistical Applications to DNA Analysis, by Wray Page

•   Gloucester Militia Fines, 1851 - 1853, Contributed by Dr. John S. Hopewell

•   Judge John Mumford Gregory, by Jeannie Stokes Howe

     Vol. 6, No. 2, December 2002, Theme: Guinea at Large!  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   C. B. Rowe & Son... Shop on the Corner at Bena, Virginia, by Judith Rowe Mays

•   Wilbur Templeman's Barbershop, by Roger C. Davis

•   From Bondage to Business: The Life of Beverly Jones, an African-American at
       Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia, by Debra Smith

•   Plummer Family of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Robert W. Plummer

•   Sears Family of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Robert W. Plummer

•   A. C. Lamberth's CSA Marker Comes Home! by Robert W. Plummer

•   History of Bellamy United Methodist Church, Submitted by Wyolene S. Pointer

•   The Mystery of Gloucester Town: Discovering a Forgotten Virginia Town,
       by David A. Brown and Thane H. Harpole

•   Elias Holder Grinnell of Mathews County, Virginia, by Prof. Jay Hoar
       as submitted by Hartley West

•   Headstone of William Thornton, The Younger, by Robert M. Thornton

•   The Grave of Mary Massey Sibley at New Hope Church, by Beth Maxwell

•   Gloucester Courthouse Confederate Memorial - The Two Missing Men,
       by Robert W. Plummer

•   Big Island, Gloucester County, Virginia, by Roger C. Davis

     Vol. 7, No. 1, June 2003, Theme: Stories of Mathews & Gloucester  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   Founders of the Westville Christian Church of Mathews, by L. Roane Hunt

•   The Eastville—Westville Mystery, Connections between Mathews/Gloucester & Northampton, by Gayle Mandell

•   Brock’s Country Store—The Story Behind the Store, by Roger C. Davis

•   Stories of Gloucester County Recalled, by Charles Kerns, Sr., by Roger C. Davis

•   Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor’s Ship, by Cathy Williamson

•   Old House People - A Poem, by Pat Royal Perkinson

•   The Archaeological Quest for John Clayton, by Robert R. Harper

•   Taliaferro Family of Gloucester County, Virginia, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Gloucester Mortality Schedule Taken with 1850 Census, submitted by Blondell Whiting

    Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2003, Theme: Great-Grandparents of Gloucester and Mathews  PDF Version  - ORDER

•   Great-Grandparents of—
             Allen Randolf Cooke, by
             James Monroe Jones
             Lewis Roane Hunt
             Preston Brown
             John Frank Hartman
             Katherine Miller Hendrick
             Gordon Page Riley
             Hartley Edward West Sr.

•   Gloucester Mortality Schedule Taken with 1860 Census, submitted by Blondell Whiting

•   Jefferson Sinclair Selden Jr.

•   Frances R. Haywood

  Vol. 8, No. 1, June 2004, Theme: 19th Century Activity  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   The Gloucester Leg Stool, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Gifts From the Tailor, by Martha Eastwood Phillips

•   Achilles Masonic Lodge, by Benjamin E. Borden, Jr., and Roger C. Davis

•   Cap’n Jack and General Taliaferro Miss the Masonic Meeting, by Dr. John S. Hopewell

•   The Nuttalls of Gloucester County, Virginia, by Malcolm Hudson South

•   Sawmill Families—Photo Essay, by Roger C. Davis and L. Roane Hunt

•   Census Record of 19th Century Lumber Business in Gloucester County, Virginia, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Post Civil War Development of the Wilson Creek Community of Gloucester County, Virginia, by L. Roane Hunt

  Vol. 8, No. 2, December 2004, Theme: Gloucester Fair Founders  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   Marlfield, Home of the Sinclairs, by Caroline Baytop Sinclair

•   Lands End, by Caroline Baytop Sinclair

•   Hickory Fork House, by Roger C. Davis, Caroline Baytop Sinclair and Joseph J. Nicolson

•   Woodville Plantation, compiled by Roger C. Davis

•   Mrs. Sutton’s Crab Cakes, by Roger C. Davis and Beth Sutton Bunting

•   Founders of the Gloucester Fair, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Botetourt Masonic Lodge No. 7, submitted by Betty Jean Deal

•   Founders of the Gloucester Fair, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Warner Hall, by Thane Harpole

•   The John Cary Lamberth Family of Gloucester, Virginia, by Robert W. Plummer

•   Some Colonial Terminology Found in Legal and Public Records, submitted by Jennie Stokes Howe

  Vol. 9, No. 1, June 2005, Theme: Land Tax Records  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   The Importance of the Hughes Letters, by L. Roane Hunt

•   The Hughes Letters of the 1840s, Submitted by Caroline Bridges Morrison

•   The Sears Family in Mathews County, Virginia, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Gloucester Taxes, by Robert W. Plummer

•   Using Tax Lists for Lost Census Records, by L. Roane Hunt

•   A Few Notes on Religious Freedom in Colonial Virginia, by Robert W. Plummer

•   Henry Lewis Nuttall, His Family, and Grangewood, by Malcolm Hudson South

•   My Experience on a Genealogy Search, by Frances J. Smith

•   Looking for My Roanes, by Pat Royal Perkinson

  Vol. 9, No. 2, December 2005, Theme: Yorktown—Gloucester Ferry  PDF Version   - ORDER 

•   Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold Has Ties to Gloucester Area, by Jennie Stokes Howe

•   History of The Gloucester - Yorktown Ferry System, by H. Leon Hicks and L. Roane Hunt

•   Local Newspaper Articles Available on Microfilm, Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal

•   Will Ashe From A Small Beginning, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Images of Gloucester County - Photographic Essay, by David Girard

•   A Genealogy for Harry Randolph Jordan, compiled by Harry R. Jordan

•   African American Sailors in the Union Navy, submitted by Blondell Whiting

   Vol. 10, No. 1, June 2006, Theme: Gloucester Connections to Jamestown  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   Gloucester Connections to Jamestown—Gary Ward to Peter Montague, by Roger C. Davis

•   Gloucester Connections to Jamestown—Richard Mark Wiatt, Jr., to Edward Wiatt, by Roger C. Davis

•   How Many Americans Can Claim Virginia Ancestors? Chances May Be Better Than You Think, by Minor T. Weisiger

•   Who Knows Where Computers—and a Bit of Footwork—May Lead You? Texarkana Couple Discover Wealth of Virginia Ancestors, Interview with Preston and Mary Ann Philyaw, by Pat Royal Perkinson

•   Lee House and Bellfield Plantation, Compiled by Roger C. Davis

•   Jones of the Gloucester “Hall of Fame,” by James Jones and L. Roane Hunt

•   My South Ancestors in America, by Malcolm Hudson South

•   Trawler Crews for Chanco & Pauline M. Bolden, by L. Roane Hunt

•   Williams Family Cemetery, by William (Bill) Lindsay Lawrence

•   Document from the home of Albert D. Mitchell—son of William Duval Mitchell and Frances Smither, by L. Roane Hunt

•   The Genealogy of Dr. Walter Reed, by L. Roane Hunt

   Vol. 10, No. 2, October 2006, Theme: Gloucester Confederate Monument  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   Names on the Gloucester Confederate Monument, by Robert W. Plummer

•   Elmira Prison Revisited, by Cy Rilee

•   Prayer, William E. Wiatt

   Vol. 10, No. 3, December 2006, Theme: West Point  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   The Town of West Point, Virginia, by L. Roane Hunt and Lee Brown

•   The Life and Times of George and Rebecca Emerson in Gloucester Count, by Robert Carol Emerson

•   Gloucester Agricultural Association, Organized November 18, 1911, compiled by L. Roane Hunt

•   Be Careful What You Google For, by Pat Royal Perkinson

•   1924 Manuscript Finally Published, by Barbara Farner

 Vol. 11, No. 1, June 2007, Theme: Jamestown Celebration 2007  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   John Page 1627-1693, By Page Laubach Warden

•   John Page 1743-1808, By Cecil Wray Page, Jr.

•   Autobiography of John Page, Submitted by Cecil Wray Page, Jr.

•   Colonel John Page, By Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis

•   Jamestowne Ancestors—400th Commemorative Edition, Submitted by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis

•   The Early Willis Family in Gloucester, By Lee Brown

•   Object of Colonial Governor’s Unrequited Love Lies at Rest in Old Middlesex Walled Cemetery, By Pat Royal Perkinson

•   Mathews Connections, By Sara E. Lewis

•   Steamship Wharves of the Mobjack Bay circa 1900, By Bill Lawrence

  Vol. 11, No. 2, December 2007, Theme: Tax Records  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   Convenient Access to Gloucester County Records, by L. Roane Hunt

•   What’s In Your Attic? By L. Roane Hunt and Lee Brown

•   Andrew Jackson Andrews, By L. Roane Hunt

•   Crockett-Respess Family of the Chesapeake Bay, By L. Roane Hunt and James L. Braun, Jr.

•   Paradise at the Northern Border of Gloucester County, Virginia, By L. Roane Hunt

•   Paradise Maps, By L. Roane Hunt

•   Ginny and Guinea Lore, By Roger C. Davis

•   Vandegrift-Withers Marriage in Gloucester, Submitted by Page Warden

  Vol. 12, No. 1, June 2008, Theme: No Theme  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   Robins Mill—Previously Dixons Mill, By Martha Robins Maclay

•   Early Years of Boy Scout Troop 111 Gloucester County, Virginia, By L. Roane Hunt

•   Gloucester’s Man in Congress: S. O. Bland, By L. Roane Hunt

•   The Hibble Family Bible Records, By Robert W. Plummer

•   Davenport Founders of Morning Glory Baptist Church, Submitted by Calvin Davenport

•   Uncovering Fairfield Plantation: Revealing a Forgotten Landscape, By Thane Harpole and David Brown

•   The History of the Botetourt Hotel, By William L. Lawrence and L. Roane Hunt

•   Robert Graham Wiatt 1884—1923, By Diane Wiatt Thompson

•   Life On A Farm At Woods Cross Roads, By Rachael Burnette

•   Cemetery Updates, By Robert W. Plummer
      EBENEZER CEMETERY
      SALEM CEMETERY
      OLIVE BRANCH CEMETERY

 Vol. 12, No. 2, December 2008, Theme: DNA in Genealogy  PDF Version   - ORDER

•   Applying Genetic Genealogy to Family History Research, By Sara E. Lewis

•   Two Examples of Using DNA Results in Genealogy, By William L. Lawrence

•   Plummer DNA Genealogy Search, By Robert W. Plummer

•   Timberneck Farm, By Benjamin Borden

•   Eagle Scouts in Troop 111 before 1980, By Lee Brown

•   Boy Scout Troop 111—1935-1943, Gloucester County, Virginia, By Lee Brown and L. Roane Hunt

•   The Croswell Home on Carmines Island, By Lucy Forrest

•   Merchants of Ware Neck Stores, By Lee Brown

•   Old Books Available On Line, By Robert W. Plummer

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