Welcome to Montgomery County, VAGenWeb

Postcard circa 1908

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From The Hornbook of Virginia History

Named for Richard MONTGOMERY, killed at Quebec 1775.

Parishes: Montgomery (1776-  )

From Virginia, A Guide to the Old Dominion

Christiansburg, the county seat of Montgomery County, was founded in 1792 on land donated by Colonel James CRAIG. The town was first called Hans Meadows, and later named for Colonel William CHRISTIAN, brother-in-law of Patrick HENRY. Prior to becoming a separate county Montgomery was part of Fincastle County which was formed in 1772 from Botetourt and extinguished in 1777. The City of Radford was in Montgomery County until 1892 but is now an Independent City.

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BIBLE RECORDS All offsite links
CORELL (CORRELL) Family Bible	JEWEL Family Bibles	Bible of Lucinda NUNLEY, 1800-1933
PRESTON Bible	Bible of Mary Winston Jewel SHIELDS	Bible of Cora Winston JEWEL
Bible of Christena Jewel SHELOR	Bible of Lucinda Jewel NUNLEY

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BIOGRAPHIES Montgomery County Biographies All offsite links
Daniel Miller of Montgomery County, Virginia (1747-1840)	Montgomery County Biographies 1606 -1888 Virginia and Virginians

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BLACK HISTORY All offsite links
Virginia Black History Archives	Jackson Davis Collection An educational reformer and amateur photographer, took photographs of African American schools, teachers and students.	People of Color in the Old South
Timeline of Black History at Virginia Tech

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BOOKS & DIARIES All offsite links
A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territories By Daved E. Johnston, 1906		Books for Sale & Lookup Check out the list of books currently available from various vendors, or for which Lookup Offers have been made. Let me post your books here if you're willing to assist others.

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Post Offices, Past and Present BUSINESS

Montgomery County Business Register 1884 - 1885

Montgomery Business Register 1888

Montgomery County Business Register 1893 - 1894

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CEMETERIES Howard Family Cemetery Jewell Family Cemetery Linkous Cemetery, Blacksburg, Virginia Sunset Cemetery Weaver Cemetery, Pilot, Va Burial list given to me by Bobby Tolbert (Now deceased)

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CENSUS 1840 Slave Schedule 1850 Slave Census 1880 Census Transcription Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes All offsite links
S&K Census Indexes for VA	Electronic census spreadsheets An Off Site Link	USGenWeb Census Project

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CHURCHES All offsite links

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CLAIMS

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COURT DOCUMENTS
Montgomery County Specific Files in the VaGenweb Archives	Montgomery County Orphans 1802-1822

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DEATHS & OBITUARIES     Montgomery County Memorials 1 Montgomery County Memorials 2 Montgomery News Messenger Obits 1952 Montgomery News Messenger Obits 1963 Montgomery News Messenger Obits 1970 Montgomery County Deaths 1972 Death Certificate Index FUNERAL HOMES Horne Funeral Service McCoy Funeral Home Mullins Funeral Home Radford City Funeral Homes Clayton & Dean Funeral Home 2000 West Street Radford, VA 24141 540-731-1486 De Vilbiss Funeral Home 1200 Grove Radford, VA 24141 540-639-2422 Mullins Funeral Home 120 1st Street Radford, VA 24141 540-639-2456

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EDUCATON/SCHOOLS Montgomery County Schools 1954 All offsite links
	VA Tech Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061	Appalachian Rural Education Network

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FAMILIES ALL Off Site Links Terry & Turner Family

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HISTORY All offsite links
	Archives of Appalachia
Appalachian History Collection at VA Tech
Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia		William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

LETTERS

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LIBRARIES All offsite links
Manuscript Collection at VA Tech Library University Libraries Special Collections Department Virginia Tech P.O. Box 90001 Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001 Draper Manuscripts on Film	Montgomery, Floyd Regional Library An offsite Link	The Library of Virginia (LVA) 800 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219-1905 Phone: 804.692.3500

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LINKS All offsite links
Genealogical Databases of Old Prison Records An offsite Link		New River Notes An Offsite Link This is a GREAT site that Jeff Weaver has put a LOT of work into!

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MAPS All offsite links
	U.S. Census Maps 1790-1930
Bureau of Land Management	Geostat - University of Virginia Library	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 Selected Montgomery County marriages 1777-1850 Montgomery County Marriages Marriages sorted by Bride 1850-1860 Marriages sorted by Groom 1850-1860 Montgomery County Marriages 1903 Radford City Marriages

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Revolutionary War List of Pensioners Korean War Casualties  MILITARY All offsite links
	National Archives Records Administration (NARA) - Where you send off for various records, mostly military related
The Valley of the Shadow A wonderful Civil War History database of information - Mostly Augusta and Franklin Counties	Montgomery County Revolutionary War Patriots Pension applications	The Flower Swift Militia Company Of  Montgomery Co., Virginia 1779-1783 An off site link by Jeff Weaver

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MUSEUMS All offsite links
Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History
Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center  Wilderness Road Museum

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NEWSPAPERS All offsite links
Southwest Times	Roanoke Times - New River Valley Edition	NRV Today
	The News Messenger

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ORGANIZATIONS

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PENSIONS All offsite links

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PHOTOGRAPHS
	Jeff Weavers Montgomery Photo Site

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PLACES

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POSTCARDS

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RECREATION
Coal Mining Heritage Park		The Huckleberry Trail

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TAXES
1782 Montgomery County Tax List An Off site Link to Jeff Weavers New River Notes

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WILLS All Off site Link's

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESOURCES All offsite links
The County Of Montgomery	The City of Christiansburg	Blacksburg Electronic Village
Information on THE SMART ROAD	Eastern Montgomery County, VA Web page  Shawsville-Elliston-Ironto	Blacksburg Chamber of Commerce

MONTGOMERY COUNTY RELATED PAGES 

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GENEALOGY HELPERS LINKS
Geographic Nameserver Put in a city name and find out what county it is in	USGenWeb Archive Search Engine, State-by-State	VAGenWeb Archives
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
US Newspapers Link	The Association for Gravestone Studies	State Abbreviations
Cyndi's List		Deciphering Old Handwriting

Shortcut to Ancestor Counties
      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)

 

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