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Wythe County, Virginia, Vital Records:  Births 1873-1879
This publication contains abstracts of 1,463 birth records for the years of 1873-1879.  The county was divided into districts, East and West, and  all available records were transcribed.  They have never been published nor made available to the public except through the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Richmond, Virginia. 

Compiled by Jean Porter Desmarais, each birth record has been abstracted from the original record giving the name of the child with date and place of birth, names of the parents, occupation of the father and the name of the person giving the information.

Item  #1
 Limited edition, 83 pages, softbound, indexed.
$19.00 (includes shipping)
 
Wythe County, Virginia, Vital Records:  Births 1882-1884,
Deaths 1881-1884, 1886, 1888
This publication contains abstracts of more than 630 birth records for the only three years available in Wythe County Courthouse for the 1880s.  Similarly there are 430 death records for six years in the 1880s. 

Compiled by Jeraldyne A. Moore, each record has been abstracted from the original record giving the name of the child with date and place of birth, names of the parents, occupation of the father and the name of the person giving the information.  In case of deaths, in addition to names, place of death, age at death, the cause of death was given regularly.

Item  #2
 Limited edition, 73 pages, softbound, indexed.
 $19.00 (includes shipping)
 

Abstracts of Wills of Wythe County:  Will Books 1 and 2, Deed Book 1A,
Wills Found in Chancery Suits
Compiled by Mary B. Kegley, this publication contains abstracts of 174 entries found in Wythe County Will Book (1790-1809) and 213 entries in Will Book 2 (1809-1822).  Seven wills were found and abstracted from Wythe County Deed Book 1A (1814-1845).  In addition, 63 wills were filed as evidence in Wythe County Chancery Suits and came from 16 Virginia counties, and 6 other states.  This collection of abstracts from more than 450 estate records includes abstracts of the wills, references to the inventories, sales and settlements of the estates.  In a few cases, bonds were recorded in the will books and these are also included.  Inclusive page numbers are given for the books, and the lawsuits are referenced by their cataloged numbers.  Every name is indexed including a list of Negroes mentioned in the wills.  The counties where the wills from the lawsuits can be found are also indexed.

Item  #3
 Limited edition, 65 pages, softbound, indexed.
 $19.00 (includes shipping)
 
Wythe County, Virginia, Vital Records:  Deaths 1874-1879
This publication covers Wythe County Deaths from 1874-1879,  recorded by the Commissioners of Revenue for the county from both the Eastern and Western Districts.  Compiled by Mary B. Kegley, there were 369 deaths reported during the time period and in addition to the date of death, the records usually names the parents, and in most instances the place of birth of the individual.  The cause of death was usually included so there are reports of "Hooping Cough", Diphtheria", "Consumption", and "Typhoid Fever" as well as child birth, old age, and scrofula.

Item  #4
 Limited edition, 37 pages, softbound, indexed.
$14.50 (includes shipping)
 
Letters to Laura: Civil War Correspondence to Laura Stuart of
Wytheville, Virginia, 1863-1865
Featuring forty-one letters to Laura Stuart of Wytheville, Virginia, during the Civil War years, this book portrays both civilian and Confederate soldier life in southwest Virginia and military campaigns in East Tennessee, Cedar Creek, Fishers Hill, and Petersburg.  Laura Stuart, daughter of prominent Wythe County merchant George Stuart, received letters from her brother James Stuart as well as his comrades in the 13th Virginia Battalion Light Artillery (Otey Battery).  They vividly described the hardships of winter camp, scarcity of food, illness, lighthearted revelry, and the more somber aspects of life in the Petersburg trenches.  William Stuart, a sergeant in Co A. 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment, also regaled his sister with descriptions of battles at Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek, and the siege of Petersburg.

Edited by Cathleen Carlson Reynolds, the letters also chronicle life on the southwest Virginia home front with descriptions of Presbyterian church activities and a new minister, James Turner Leftwich, farming, business, and social occasions.  In particular, the missives of Laura's fiancé, Charles Benton Thomas, provide an illuminating glimpse into courtship, marriage, and devout faith in the wartime South.  Thomas also wrote Laura about his management of the Marion Magnetic Furnace and Onandage Tannery as well as preparations for the defense of Smyth County during the two Battles of Saltville in autumn 1864.  The letters also included descriptions of slave life including the hiring out of Stuart family slaves, a runaway slave, and the death of a household slave. 

Item  #5
Limited edition with introduction, annotated footnotes, thirteen illustrations, bibliography, appendix and index,  73 pages, softbound.
$24.00 (includes shipping)
 
Wythe County, Virginia, Vital Records:  Births 1853-1859
Deborah Thompson Fowler's births of 1853-1859 published for the first time records not indexed in the courthouse's birth book as well as others gathered by the Wythe County Clerk's Office.  There were more than 1740 births reported during the time period and in addition to the name and the date of birth, the records usually named the parents, and in most instances the place of birth within the county.

Because of the time period involved, there were numerous records of births for slaves which named the master or mistress.  In addition, these early records cover the area now included in Bland County which was not formed until 1861.
 

Item Number 6
 Limited edition, 118 pages, softbound, indexed.
$24.00 (includes shipping)
 

Virginia Civil War Pension Applications:
Bland County 1888, 1900, and 1902
After the end of Reconstruction in January 1870, Confederate veterans and dependents were provided for by the Virginia General Assembly with pension acts in 1888, 1900, and 1902.  The bloodiest war in American history had left Virginia and its citizens in Bland County struggling for generations in a shattered economy.  For ex-soldiers and widows, the pension acts offered some financial assistance.

This compilation by  Beverly Repass Hoch embraces abstracts from 266 pension records of Bland County giving details about soldiers' lives before, during, and after the war.  Personal statistics are included pertaining to age, place of birth, place of residence, service records of the veteran,  medical history and evaluations, income and property, and in the case of widows, the date and place of marriage, and the date and circumstances of spouse's death.  Family historians will discover information that may be unavailable in other records.

Among names listed were Akers, Ashworth, Bogle, Brown, Bruce, Caldwell, Cameron, Chapman, Cox, Crabtree, Devor, Dillman, Duncan, Eagle, Fanning, Finley, Fletcher, Foglesong, Fox, French, Gordon, Green, Groseclose, Hall, Hanshew, Harman, Harner, Havens, Hedrick, Hayton, Hounshell, Kidd, Kinder, King, Kirby, Kitts, Lampert, Maxwell, McCoy, McNeil, Meadows, Miller, Munsey, Mustard, Neel, Newberry, Nicewander, Pauley, Powers, Preston, Pruett, Pulliam, Ramsey, Reed, Repass, Rider, Ritter, Robinett, Sarver, Scott, Sharder, Smith, Songer, Stafford, Spangler, Steel, Stowers, Thompson, Tibbs, Umbarger, Waddle, Waggoner, Walker, Walters, Ward, Whalen, Wiley, Willis, Wilson, Wohlford, Woodyard, Wright, Wynn, Wyrick, and many more.

Includes introduction, annotated footnotes, cover illustration, bibliography and index which includes surnames, as well as the references to the various military organizations, medical disorders, battles, prisons and physicians.
 

Item # 7
Limited edition, 173 pages, softbound.
$32.00 (includes shipping)
 

Wythe County, Virginia, Vital Records:  Deaths 1853-1870
Jeraldyne A. Moore's complier of abstracts of 700 Wythe County deaths for 1850-1870 records some 2800 names.  Each record has been abstracted from the original Clerk's Office record giving the name of the deceased, place of birth, age at death, occupation, and informant.

The cause of death was usually included with reports of "Diphtheria", "Hooping Cough", "Typhoid Fever", "Consumption" and as well as child birth, old age, and scrofula.

Item # 8
Limited edition, 99 pages, softbound, indexed.
$19.00 (includes shipping)

 

Wythe County Virginia, Vital Records:  Deaths 1890--1894
Compiled by:  Jeraldyne Moore
This publication abstracts 780 death records, usually giving name and date of death, cause of death, age at time of death and name of parents.  This is especially helpful when the individual is a married woman as her maiden name then becomes available. 

Item #9
Published 2005, 55 pages, softbound, indexed
$19.00 (includes shipping)
Wythe County Virginia, Vital Records, Births 1891-1895
Compiled by:  Members of Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association
Abstracts of 1,969 individual birth records. Lists name, date of birth, place of birth, parents' name and father's occupation.

Item #10
 Published 2005, 133 pages, softbound, indexed
$24.00 (includes shipping)

 

Marriages of Wythe County, Virginia 1790-1853
Compiled by:  Beverly Repass Hoch and Mary B. Kegley
This publication compiled from original documents includes bonds, licenses, ministers' returns and consents to marry.  In this volume approximately 7,200 people are mentioned as brides and grooms, and close to 14,000 are listed in the index which includes ministers, sureties, guardians or parents mentioned in the records.  The volume includes new information as the compilers worked from the handwritten original records located at the courthouse.

Item #11
Published 2006, 206 pages, limited edition, softbound, indexed
$32.00 (includes shipping)
Wythe County, Virginia, Marriages 1854-1866
Compiled by:  Janie Dillon and Mary B. Kegley
This publication contains 970 marriages performed from January 1854 through December 1866.  The original marriage records found in the Wythe County Courthouse were the primary source of information.  These records were then compared with the transcriptions found in Marriage Register 2 and Marriage Register 2A.  Any differences were added in the footnotes.  There are over 480 footnotes describing the discrepancies between the original documents and the Marriage Registers.

Item #12
Published 2007, 203 pages, softbound, fully indexed
$32.00 (includes shipping)
The Tickle, Bunts, Bond, and Jennings families of Southwest Virginia
By:  J. R. Tickle
This publication is a family history of the Tickle, Bunts, Bond, and Jennings families of southwest Virginia.  Allied families include Price, Underwood, Delp, Lineberry, Burnett, Dickens, McMillian, Jackson, Hollandsworth, and Ward.  Some North Carolina roots as well as Bland, Carroll, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, and Wythe County families.
Item # C-1
Published 1996, 240 pages, indexed.
$36.00 (includes shipping)
Letters of a Confederate Private, Thomas O. Wilson, Company F, 51st Virginia Infantry, Whorton's Brigade
Edited by:  James F. Wilson
This publication contains letters written by Thomas O. Wilson who was born on March 9, 1836, in Bland County.  He entered the service January 20, 1863, at Camp Narrows, Giles County, Virginia.  His area of service extended from eastern Tennessee to northern Virginia.  He was captured at Waynesboro, Virginia on March 2, 1865, and sent to Ft. Delaware.  Records indicate that he arrived there on March 12, 1865, and was paroled on June 6, 1865.  These letters contain history, the living conditions, family relationships, and general discussions of what took place in his life in the war.

Item Number C-2
Published 2004, 94 pages, indexed, signed
$29.00 (includes shipping)
From Ziefen to Sally Run Swiss Pioneer Jacob Repass (1737-1814)
on the American Frontier
Author: Beverly Repass Hoch
European genealogy of the Repass family and the first four generations in America.

Item Number C-3
Published 1993, 107 pages, indexed, softbound
$32.00 (includes shipping)

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