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.
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Bryant family.
• Cabells and Their Kin, by Alexander Brown
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Campbell family.
• Autobiography of Peter Cartwright
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Cash family.
• 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.
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Coffey family.
• 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
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Fitzgerald family.
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Eubank family.
• A Goodson family with some related families, by David Spencer Goodson, Jr.
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Harris family.
• Jennings, the descendants and ancestors, compiled by Delgado, Jennings, Thurman and Williams
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Johnson family.
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Lawmen family.
• 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
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Mays family.
• Miller-Duff and Related Families, by Marian Miller Duff
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Morcom family.
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Ogden family.
• Alexander Patton of Haw Old Fields Progeny, by Jack Randolph Howard
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Price, Richeson, and Rucker families.
• 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
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Sandidge family.
• Samuel Spencer of Virginia, by Spencer Winn Wilkinson
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the Tuckers, Tyree, and Ware families.
• 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)
• All Roots Lead to Amherst County, Virginia: Ancestors and Desecendants of Williams A. McDaniel , By Sharon Mays Williamson. Many families are discussed, including the White and Wood families.
• 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