In addition to the collection which the museum displays of old photographs, newspapers, tools, books, clothing and other artifacts pertaining to the history of Patrick County, the museum maintains publications and resource files for use by persons researching their families.

 

Available for purchase. 

Available for purchase.  

History of Patrick County, by the Patrick County Historical Society, $35.00

The 2nd edition of “Cemetery Inscriptions of Patrick County” by O.E. Pilson for sale.  $35.00

Revised edition of “Patrick County Marriages 1875 to 1900” by E.B. Kirkman. $30.00. 

Dan River Book, Odyssey, Epic, and Guide, by Star Square Press  * $25

                                        Add $4.00 to each book for postage.  

Patrick County Yesterday, pictorial history early 1900s, by Historical Society, $10 plus $3 postage

New and Accurate Map of the County of Patrick, Virginia, 1976, $4.00 (includes $2.00 postage)

Large Map of Meadows of Dan, VA 1870, Residences, Public Buildings, Roads,

          Streams, and County Lines, beautiful artistry………….$10.00 (add $4.00 postage)

 

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Available for research

 

History of Patrick and Henry Counties, VA, by Va. G. & Lewis G. Pedigo

Tombstone Inscriptions of Cemeteries of Patrick Co., VA, by O. E. Pilson

1810 Patrick County, VA Census, by Nettie Schreiner-Yantis

1820, 1830 & 1840 unpublished census records for Patrick Co.

1850 Patrick County, VA Census, by June B. Bork

1860 Patrick County, VA Census, by Rhonda S. Roberson

1870 Patrick County, VA Census, by Eunice B. Kirkman,

1880 Patrick County, VA Census, by B & B Books                                               

Patrick County, VA Birth Records, 1853-1896, 4 volumes, B & B Books

Marriages of Patrick Co., VA, 1791-1850, by Lela C. Adams

Patrick County, VA Marriages, 1854-1874, by Jimmie Martin Steele

Patrick County, VA Marriages, 1900-1930, by Nettie Clifton (unpublished)

Patrick County, VA Death Register, 1853-1870, by Anne W. James

Patrick County, VA Death Records, 1868, 1869, 1871-1896, by Hist. Society

Patrick County, VA 1791-1823, Wills, Inventories & Accounts, by Lela C. Adams

Patrick Co., VA Will Book No. 2, Oct.1822-Mar.1838, by B & B Books

Free People of Color in Patrick County, VA, by Cynthia A. Wilson

Slaves in Wills, Inventories & Accounts, Patrick Co., VA, by Cynthia A. Wilson

Some African-American Families of Patrick Co., VA, by Cynthia A. Wilson

Patrick Co., VA Abstracts of Order Book No. O, 1791-1800, by Lela C. Adams

Patrick County, VA Deed Book 1, 1791-1801, by T. L. C. Genealogy

Patrick County, VA Deed Index Abstracts, 1791-1850, by B & B Books

Patrick County, VA Superior Court Order Book, May 1809-May 1831, by B & B Books

Patrick County, VA Unrecorded Documents, 1791-1920, by B & B Books

Patrick County, VA List of Lands Taxed, June 1791;  Excerpts from Order Books

      1 & 2; & Misc. Notes from Clerk’s Minute Book, 1818-1837, by B & B Books

Patrick County, VA Land Entry Book, July 1791-Feb.1796, by B & B Books

Patrick County Yesterday, by Patrick Bicentennial Comm. & Blue Ridge Institute

Blue Ridge Mission School History, by John R. Kirk, Erma McKenzie, & former students

Central Academy School, 1910-1932, by Beulah Wright Hopkins

Green Hill Primitive Baptist Church Records from 1836-1926 

History of Stuart Missionary Baptist Church, 1878-2003, by W. N. Thompson, etc.

Patrick County, VA Heritage Book, Vol. 1, by Patrick County Genealogy Society

Patrick County Heritage Book, Vol. II, by Patrick County Genealogy Society

      (Also available are Heritage Books from adjoining counties.)

Patrick County, VA. World War II Pictorial Book, by Patrick County Genealogical Society

Time Before History, Archaeology of NC,(Indian Sites) by H. T. Ward & R. P. S. Davis

Walking with Spring (on the Appalachian Trail), by Earl V. Shaffer

The Trails of Virginia, Hiking the Old Dominion, by Allen de Hart

Blue Ridge Music Trails, by Fred C. Fussell

Tales of Old Patrick, by Lawrence R. Burton

Mountain People of the Blue Ridge, by Linda M. Dalton & students

Orlean Puckett, The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939, by Karen Cecil Smith

The Fayerdale Tragedy - Fairy Stone State Park, by Elmer R. Haynes

The Man Who Moved a Mountain, by Richard C. Davids

Patrick County Family Files, by Nettie S. Clifton (9 books - 73 families)

Patrick County Family Files, by Eunice B. Kirkman (8 books - 49 families)

Patrick County Family Files, by Nerine Adkins Schwichtenberg (42 family books)

Family Files by May Ross McDowell & Patrick-Henry Allied Families of VA

 

Histories, census records, and marriages from many Virginia & North Carolina counties which adjoin Patrick County and include counties from which Patrick was formed

 

  New material arrives often, so check back with us from time to time.

We have many volumes that have been donated by local genealogists and historians; Tom Perry, Barbara Clements, Eva Caravita, and Gretchen Kroll.  A large number of books featuring the history of local Native Americans donated by Douglas Belcher.  We have surname histories of those first Patrick County settlers too numerous to list here that have been donated by the family Historians.

 

Staff members will research on a limited basis without charge and often can refer requests to researching family members.  Materials will be copied for mailing at cost of $0.15 per page plus postage expense.  Anyone wishing staff research should be very specific in requests in order to save time and money.  Address queries to the

Society at P. O. Box 1045, or call (276) 694-2840 during museum hours.  The museum is open

Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at other times by appointment.

 

 

 

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