Published Family Histories and Biographies in the Amherst Museum Research Library

The research library has a collection of published family histories and biographies. These include:

• The Allen Family, edited by Charles W. Turner
• Some Descendants of William Allcock, Tobacco Inspector of Caroline County VA & Other Alcock Families
• "Our Kin" Ackerly & Parker Bedford Co.
• Cabells and Their Kin, by Alexander Brown
• Autobiography of Peter Cartwright
• Claiborne of Virginia, by Dorman and Smith
• The Edward Clark Genealogy, 1676-1988, by W. B. Smith
• James and Eliza Allen Clements of Virginia and their Descendents by Henry Earl and Charlotte Clements, Sr.
• The Comegys Family, by Nancy Moler Poeter
• The Davies, Family of Virginia, compiled by James David Boyle, M.D.
• A Virginia Family and Its Plantation Houses [Coles family], by Elizabeth Langhorne, K. Edward Lay and William D. Reiley
• A Goodson family with some related families, by David Spencer Goodson, Jr.
• Jennings, the descendants and ancestors, compiled by Delgado, Jennings, Thurman and Williams
• The Lawsons of East Tennessee, by Fred Raulston Lawson
• Ancestors and Descendants of Gresham Lee of Buckingham County, compiled by Richard Edward Lee
• Sarah Winston Syme Henry, by Eva C. Hartless
• Pocahontas and her Descendants, by Robertson and Brock
• The MacLeod of Lynchburg, Virginia, by Douglas C. MacLeod
• Miller-Duff and Related Families, by Marian Miller Duff
• Alexander Patton of Haw Old Fields Progeny, by Jack Randolph Howard
• Four Families: Early Settlers of Western Virginia: Riddlebergers, Days, Heltzels, and Barneys, compiled by Arthur R. Seder, Jr.
• The Diary of Robert Rose, by Ralph Emmett Fall
• The Rucker Family Genealogy, by Sudie Rucker Wood
• Samuel Spencer of Virginia, by Spencer Winn Wilkinson
• Ware Family History, by Wanda Ware DeGidio
• Everyone's a Whittington, compiled by Sarah Burns Atkins and Vivian Marie Atkins
• Peytons of Virginia (2 Volumes)
• Pioneers and Patriots: A history of the John Wilkins Family and Some related families of Virginia: Tuck, Hite, Wall and Winn and others, 1618-1979, by James Richard Wilkins
• Daniel Peyton Wright, Jr., and Amanda Amber Evans Wright, compiled by Robert Daniel Wright
• Serene Patriots: A Life of George Wythe, by William Clarkin
• The Fire of Liberty in Their Hearts, the Diary of Jacob E. Yoder of the Freedman's Bureau School of Lynchburg, Virginia, edited by Samuel L. Horst

In addition to the aboved published histories, the research library also keeps binders of compiled information about the following families:

• ADCOCK see Goff
• ADDISON see Goff
• ALLEN
• BEASLEY see Irvin
• BONDURANT see Feagans
• A Gift from Heaven: James A. BOWMAN Ancestors and Descendants
• BROWN families
• BURTON Family
• CABELL see Horseley
• CARROLL Cousins: A History of Timothy CARROLL and his descendants
• The CARTERS of Blenheim
• The CASH Register
• CASH see Cottrell
• Thomas C. CHRISTIAN: Sixth generation (2 books)
• The CHRISTIAN Family of Wilson Co., Tennessee
• Amherst County, Virginia, Family History: CLEMENTS
• Joseph Milton CLEMENTS & Nettie Jane Hamilton of Logan County, Ohio
• The COFFEY Family Settlers of "Coffeytown" Amherst County, Virginia (2 copies)
• Hiram COFFEY and Family
• COTTON see Goff
• The COTTRELL Adventure with the WRIGHT connection and CASH
• DAVIES Family Newsletter, "Old Nick"
• DAWSON see Goff
• DILLARD, William
• ELLIS see Strode
• FAULCONER, Henry Perkins
• FEAGANS & Bondurant families
• FOSTER see Brown
• FRANKLIN Family of Amherst County, Virginia
• FRANKLIN see also Brown
• GARNER
• GOFF and related families
• GORHAM see Goff
• HAMBLE The HAMBLE Chronicles: a History of the Indiana Hambles
• HAMILTON see Clements
• HAMLETT family of Virginia
• HARRIS see Goff
• HARRISON
• HAWKINS of Virginia, the Carolinas and Kentucky
• HEDGES see Miller
• HENDERSONS of Amherst County
• HIGGINBOTHAM family of Amherst County, Virginia and England
• HILL see Roberts
• HITE
• Descendants of Mary CABELL HORSELEY
• The HUCKSTEP Family
• HUDSON: My Virginia Ancestors
• Genealogy of the IRVIN and BEASLEY Families
• JENNINGS
• JONES see Goff
• KENT, Captain William and William Turner
• KNIGHT see Roberts
• Some descendants of Thomas LANDRUM of Amherst County, Virginia and allied families
• John LAYNE of Goochland County, Virginia
• Peter MASSEY, New Kent County, Virginia
• MCDANIEL see Goff
• MILLER-ROSE-NIEMANN-HEDGES: Our Heritage
• MOORE family-James, John, Elias, etc
• NIEMAN see Miller
• Ype Jan OSINGA
• PROFFIT family history
• PROFFIT Discoveries
• Descendants of Jordan Stewart QUINN
• Alexander REID
• John REID
• ROBERTS, Hill, Knight and Smiley families
• ROSE see Miller
• Binder of RUCKER family information including several pamphlets:
  • Colby RUCKER: Revolutionary War Soldier
  • A Listing of RUCKERS who served in the Armed Forces of the Confederate States of America
  • North Bedford County: Guide for Bus Tour RUCKER Reunion June 10-12, 1994
  • The RUCKERS of Orange County, Virginia
  • The RUCKERS of Amherst County, Virginia
  • The RUCKER Family and the Tobacco Bateau
• RUCKER Society Newsletters
• Report on the Isaac RUCKER Property
• RUCKER see Goff
• SHEELEY see Goff
• SHELTON family
• SMILEY see Roberts
• Samuel SPENCER, Planter of Virginia
• STRATTON see Whitehead
• Mildred Garland ELLIS and Henry Aubrey STRODE (3 books)
• TAYLOR see Goff
• TURNER see Kent
• A TYLER Notebook by Dale F. Mueller
• A Few TYLER Notes on Amherst County: "Duckbill" and "Walnut Grove" and a one room school
• WATTS, Elizabeth Farrar
• Descendants of Thomas WATTS of Amherst County, Virginia
• WELLS see Goff
• The Political Career of Robert WHITEHEAD
• The Descendants and Ancestors of Alexander Robert WHITEHEAD and his Wife Lucy Williams STRATTON
• The WHITEHEAD Story, by Ruth Whitehead Chorlien
• WILLIAMS: Wales to America
• WOODRUFF see Goff
• WRIGHT see Cottrell
• WRIGHT see Goff