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Buchanan County
VAGenWeb Project

Welcome! My name is Bill Fuller, your Buchanan County VAGenWeb Host.  If you would like for me to include your family's genealogy at this website, please e-mail me and I will advise you on how to submit the information. Should you have any comments or suggestions about this webpage, please feel free to e-mail me at the below listed e-mail address. Thanks.........

Buchanan County History and Places

Formation of Buchanan County (Check this page for the Virginia Assembly Act which established Buchanan County)
President James Buchanan (Read about the man for whom Buchanan County was named - very informative site about our 15th President)
1895 Map of Buchanan County (Early map of Buchanan County)
Outline of the Counties which formed Buchanan County (Check this page for the counties which were the predecessor to Buchanan County)
Early Settlers of Buchanan County (under construction) (Page dedicated to the early settlers of Buchanan County)
Buchanan County Courthouse Fires (under construction, will be available soon) (Learn about the great fires which destroyed records in Buchanan County's Courthouse.)
Virginia County Map (Map showing all counties and names in Virginia)
Every Nook, Cranny and Holler in Buchanan County (GNIS program to find those creeks, hollers and watersheds in Buchanan County. Can be very helpful in finding locations of cemeteries and small communities in Buchanan County)
Tiger Map of Buchanan County (Very good graphical map - can be zoomed to show the various land features in Buchanan County)

Reflections about Buchanan County's History and People

The Presbyterian Beginnings in Buchanan County, Virginia (Bonnie Ball's reflections and research about the Presbyterian Church in Buchanan County, Virginia)
Tivis Colley Sutherland: Pioneer Doctor of the Frying Pan (Bonnie Ball's relections about Dr. Tivis Colley Sutherland - a well known Doctor in Buchanan  and Dickenson Counties)
History of Buchanan County (The late Attornery H. Claude Post presents his reflections about Buchanan County)
Charles Family of Buchanan County (Ethyl Charles Huges research and reflections about the Charles Family of Buchanan County)
Methodist Mission Work on Garden Creek in Buchanan County (Myrtle Miller's research and reflections about the Methodist Church's Mission Work)

Links to Families with Ties to Buchanan County

Click here for information on how to submit your family information to this site. 

To answer  questions as to why some  links do not work. I do not maintain those  
sites that are linked to pages on other servers. The  below listed links that are not
 underlined were active but the person who placed them online have now removed them.
If you know of the current site for these links, feel free to email me with the site location
and I will re-link the pages.
However, I do maintain the pages that are stored at Silver Maple Corporation.

John Arrington Family - (Link to Wilma Carroll's work on the Arrington Family)
Eligah Baker Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to Gwen Boyer-Bjorkman's page on the Eligah (Elijah) Baker Family)
Ball Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to Frank Ball's work on the Family of Mary Catherine Ball)
Barton Family - Buchanan Co., VA ((Not Available) Link to Lehman Tiller's page on the Barton Family)
Bill Barton Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to Bill Barton and Vicie Powers Family page)
Paris & Cartie Blankenship Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to Lucy "Beckner" Church's Family page)
Boyd Family - Buchanan Co., VA ((Not Available) Link to Lehman Tiller's page on the Boyd Family)
George Mahlon Crabtree - Buchanan Co., VA ((Not Available) Link to a page on George Mahlon Crabtree Family)
Christian/Davis Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to Benita Ivy's page on the Christian and Davis Families)
Some Descendants of the Joel Church Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Joel Church's offsprings include some of the Church, Mullins, McClanahan and Mullins Families in Southwest Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia)
Coleman Family - Buchanan Co., VA/Pike Co., Ky  (Link to Steve Coleman's page on the Coleman Family)
Cassell Family - Buchanan Co., VA  (Link to Kathy Cassell McLott's page on the Cassell Family)
The Cole Family Tree   - (Visit Matthew W. Broyles's work on the Cole Family)
Cook Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to the John Cook Family)
Keen Family (Link to page on the Susannah Keen Family)
Deel Family Page (Page dedicated to the Deel Family Members in the USA - Under Construction )
Deel Family - Buchanan Co./Dickenson Co., VA ((Not Available) Link to Lehman Tiller's page on the Deel Family)
William Duty Family - (Link to Wilma Carroll's work on the Duty Family)
Some Descendants of Henderson Elswick Family - Buchanan Co., Va. (Henderson Elswick's descendants are numerous in Buchanan County, Virginia, and Pike County, Kentucky.
Joseph Elswick Family - Buchanan Co., Va./Pike Co. Ky. (Joseph and Lucy Elswick's descendants are numerous in Buchanan County, Virginia, and Pike County, Kentucky.
Another Set of Descendants of Joseph Elswick Family - Buchanan Co., Va./Pike Co. Ky. (This line is an extension of the Joseph and Lucy Elswick Family).
Bill Fuller's Family - Buchanan Co./Dickenson Co. VA (Some of my Fuller Family connections)
Henderson Fuller Family (Link to Peggy's history of the Henderson Fuller Family)
Henry Fuller Family - Buchanan Co./Russell Co. Family Ties (It is said that some of the Fullers of Southwest Virginia descended from the Fuller's of Caswell County, NC)
Ancestors of Peggy C. Fuller Keen (Link to PeggyKeen 's history of the Fuller Family)
Camel Arthur Keen and Alta Ann Horn Family (Link to Peggy Keen's history of the Keen Family)
Masias (Cyrus) Hall - Buchanan/Kentucky Family (Kathy A. Hamilton has done considerable work on Masias Hall which includes some of the Hall, Hamilton, Deel and Newsome Families of Buchanan County and surrounding states, particularily Harvey Newsome's Family, Harvey is the Father of Clancey Newsome of Right Fork of Greenbrier Creek, Buchanan County, Virginia)
John Hackney Family - Buchanan Co./Russell Co., VA (Link to Marieda Derrick Edens' homepage on the John Hackney Family)
Hatfield Family - Buchanan Co., VA ((Not Available) Link to Lehman Tiller's page)
Honaker-Noble Lines of Virginia & Kentucky (Link to Tammy Honaker's page on the Honaker Family and Others)
Frederick Horn Family (Link to Leona Horn's page on the Horn Family)
Jackson Family - Buchanan Co., VA ((Not Available) Link to Lehman Tiller's page on the Tiller Family)
Reziah Johnson Family - (Link to Wilma Carroll's work on the Johnson Family)
The Lockhart Family Tree   - (Visit Matthew W. Broyles's work on the Cole Family)
Looney Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to Larry W. Johnson's page on the Looney Family)
Meadows Family - Buchanan/Tazewell Co., Va (Link to Vicky Cheatham's page on the Meadows Family and Others)
Mike Mitchell (DMITOR VINCIC) Family - (Link to Wilma Carroll's work on the Mitchell Family)
Mullins Family - Buchanan/Tazewell Co., Va (Link to the Mullins Family and Others)
Cass Andrew Mullins Family - Buchanan Co., Va (Link to Danny Mullins work on the Cass Andrew Mullins Family)
William Granger Mullins (Link to Lucy "Beckner" Church's Mullins Family page)
Osborne Family - (D. Osborne shares her info on the ancestors of some of the Osborne Family)
Glenda Osborne Family - (Glenda Osborne shares her info on the ancestors of some of the Osborne Family)
Ephriem Osborne Family - (Peggy Keen shares her info on the ancestors of some of the Osborne Family)
Ephriam Ownbey Family - (Info on the Ownbey Family)
Powhatan's Family - (Peggy Keen shares her info on Pocahonta, daughter of Chief Powhatan and Wahunsonacook)
James Presley Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to the James Presley Family)
The Prater Family Tree   - (Visit Matthew W. Broyles's work on the Prater Family)
Ramey/Remy Family - Buchanan Co., VA/Pike County, KY (The Remy/Ramey Name dates back many years in Buchanan County)
John Raines Family - (D. Osborne shares her info on the Descendants of John Raines)
William Ramey/Remy Family - Buchanan Co., VA/Pike Co.,KY
Ratliff (Radclyff) Family - Buchanan Co., VA/Pike Co., KY (Visit Matthew W. Broyles's work on the Ratliff Family. He has devoted a lot of time to this work)
Rife/Riffe Family - (Kathy Bemisdarfer shares her info on the Descendants of John Raines)
John Rose Family - (Link to Wilma Carroll's work on the Rose Family)
Andrew Shortridge Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Visit Muncie Shortridge's work on the Andrew Shortridge Family. He has devoted a lot of time to this work)
The Shortridges Clan of Buchanan County, Virginia (Visit Ronald Shortridge's work on the Shortridge Family.)
Shortridge Family (Visit Muncie Shortridge's extensive work on the Shortridge Family.)
John Shortridge Family (Visit Muncie Shortridge's extensive work on the John Shortridge Family.)
Beverly Harrison Smith Family (Visit Cindy Smith's work on the Smith Family.)
Benjamin Stacy Family - (Some descendants of Benjamin Stacy family).
George Elbert Steele Family - (Some descendants of George Elbert Steele family).
Christopher Columbus Stigler/Stiltner Descendants (Some of Bill Fuller's Stiltner Family connections)
Street Family - Buchanan Co., VA ((Not Available) Link to Lehman Tiller's page on the Street Family)
Reuben M. Sykes Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to Wilma Caroll's page on the Sykes Family)
Pioneer Sullivan(t)'s of Southwestern Virginia (Kimberly Sullivan Arrington's work on the Sullivan Family)
Tiller Family - Buchanan Co., VA ((Not Available) Link to Lehman Tiller's page on the Tiller Family)
James Robert Turner Family - Buchanan Co., VA (Link to Wilma Caroll's page on the Turner Family)

The Boyd Family Pages (The Boyd Families are numerous in Buchanan County - No doubt some of them have connections to people listed at this site.)
The Cantrall-Cantrell-Cantrall Genealogy Page (The Cantrells of Poplar Creek may find this site interesting.)
The Looney Genealogical Home Page (If your Surname is Looney or your ancestors were Looneys, then this site may just be the missing link you were looking for. The Looney name is found among some of the earliest settlers in Buchanan County.)
Andrew Stiltner's Surnames (If your Surname is Stiltner or you are related to the Stiltner Family, then check out Andrew's Family Names. It is believed that Frederick Stiltner (Stilger) was the first settler to make Buchanan County his home.)
Wilma Carroll - (Wilma has been very busy assembling info on the Arrington / Barton / Bradley / Buchanan / Carroll / Duty /Johnson / Mitchell / Roberson / Rose / Sykes / Turner Families)

Buchanan County, Virginia Census Records

1860 Census - (Contributed by Greg Lepore  (My thanks to Greg))
- (Contributed by Greg Lepore  (My thanks to Greg))

Links to Misc. Buchanan County, Virginia Marriage Records

Buchanan County, Virginia Civil War Page (Visit this site to find out more about the military history of some Buchanan County people.)
Buchanan County Civil War Page (Visit Steve Coleman's site to find out more about the military history of some Buchanan County people.)
The 1890 Union Veterans Census for Buchanan County, Virginia (Visit this site to find Union Veterans from Buchanan County.
Buchanan County - Confederate Pension Roles, Veterans and Widows (Visit this site to find Confererate Veterans/Widows Pensioners in Buchanan County.)
The 1909 Confederate Pension List for Buchanan County, Virginia (Visit this site to find 1909 Confererate Veterans/Widows Pensioners in Buchanan County.)

The Red Jacket Mine Explosion (Wilma Carroll's tribute to the men who lost their life in the April 22, 1938 coal mine explosion at Keen Mountain, Virginia.)
The Red Jacket Mine (Listing of men who lost their life in the April 22, 1938 coal mine explosion at Keen Mountain, Virginia.)

Enter Local Buchanan County Queries (Enter a request for information on your family's surname. Must be families with ties to Buchanan County.)
Enter National Buchanan County Queries (Enter a request for information on your family's surname.)
Review Buchanan County Local Queries (Review family surname queries to see what other people are researching relating just to Buchanan County.)
Review Buchanan County Queries (Review family surname queries to see what other people are researching.)
Review the Buchanan County Surnames (Use this selection to review a listing surnames (last names) being researched by other peolple.)
Post a Buchanan County Surname (Use this selection to let people know of a surname (last name) of a family you are researching.)
Revise a previously posted Buchanan County Surname (Use this selection to revise a surname (last name) of a family you previously posted.)
Buchanan County Lookups (this page lists the names and email addresses of volunteers who are willing to do family information lookups in public domain records)
Buchanan County Family Reunions Page (Check this page to see if your family is planning a reunion)
Family Reunions Page (Check this page to see if your family is planning a reunion)
Search for Address/Phone Number of Living Individuals(Use this link to search for addresses and phone numbers of family members or friends you lost touch with)
Search the Web for Information using MetaCrawler (Enter the name or surname of the individual you are seeking and let MetaCrawler search the Web and links for a find)
Ancestry's Social Security Death Index (Link to this site to search for information about your ancestor's social security)
Volunteer Lookups for Families outside Buchanan County (this page lists the names and email addresses of volunteers who are willing to do family information lookups in public domain records outside Buchanan County)

Obituaries of Buchanan County Natives (this dedicated page list some Buchanan County natives who have passed away)

(this dedicated page list some Buchanan County natives who have passed away)

Links to Cemeteries in Buchanan County

Blankenship Cemetery - Located at Rowe, Virginia on Garden Creek
Day Family Cemetry - Located at Peapatch, Virginia
Dry Fork Cemetery - Located on Dry Fork, Vansant, Virginia
Eli Blankenship Cemetery (partial)
Blankenship Cemetery - Located at Rowe, Virginia on Garden Creek
General Blankenship Cemetery - Knox Creek
Willis G. Blankenship Cemetery - Knox Creek
Harlan Blankenship Cemetery - Knox Creek
Boyd Cemetery - Little Fox Creek
Harris Cemetery - Council
Helton Cemetery - Council
Ferrell Cemetery - Horn Mountain
Lick Branch Cemetery - Knox Creek
Matney Cemetery - Harman, Virginia
Matney Cemetery - Patterson, Virginia
Paris Meadows and Unknown Cemetery - Located on Garden Creek
McGlothlin Cemetery -
Mudlick Cemetery - Convict Hollow of Bull Creek, Maxie (Harman), Virginia
Nuckels Cemetery - Located Beside Fletcher's Ridge Freewill Baptist Church
Owens-Deel Cemetery - Located Greenbrier Creek
Ramey Cemetery - Located on US Route 460 in Buchanan County, Virginia
Rife Cemetery - Located at Keen Mountain, Virginia
Stiltner Cemetery - Located at Rowe, Virginia on Garden Creek
Tom Chambers Cemetery - Located at Shorts Gap, Virginia
Street Cemetery - Located at Rowe, Virginia on Garden Creek
Whitt Cemetery - Located at Rowe, Virginia on Garden Creek
Ward Cemetery - Located at Pilgrims Knob, Virginia
Unnamed Cemetery - Located at Whitewood, Virginia
Named/Unnamed Cemeteries - Cultural Resource Analysts' Locations of cemeteries in Buchanan County, Virginia

Appalachian School of Law (Buchanan County's NEW school of higher learning (Juris Doctorate degree))
Buchanan County Public Library (Buchanan County Public Library)
The Virginia Mountaineer (Buchanan County's Local Newpaper)

Visit Genealogy Sites Across Vriginia, the Nation or Around the World at these Locations

Overview of the World GenWeb Project
Overview of the USGenWeb Project
Overview of the VAGenWeb Project
VAGenWeb Archived Files (A list of records submitted by other people - indexed by county)
Buchanan County Archived Files (A list of records submitted by other people - indexed by type)

Buchanan County Research Room/Virginia Research Room (Link to additional information about Buchanan County)
Buchanan County Historical Society (additional information about Buchanan County)
The Library of Virginia (You will find many helpful links here)
Gene Stark's Index of Names for all Gen Web Sites (Includes some Buchanan County lines)
Search for An Individual in Jeff Murphy's database (exact spelling of name required)

Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
Roots Computing
Barrel of Genealogy Links
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