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Duke Web Sites
(*Please beware, different web sites post different versions of our earliest Va. ancestor.)

Ancestors of Frank Pierce Davis & Mary Hinton Duke
Ancestry.com/RootsWeb Duke Surname Message Board
Ancestry.com/RootsWeb Dukes Surname Message Board
Angier Biddle Duke Papers, 1915-1995, at Duke University
A Brief History of the [Washington] Duke Family & Its Tobacco Empire
Descendants of George Washington Duke of Tennessee (starting with ancestor Thomas, 1616)
Descendants of Robert Duke (Abt 1400)
Donna Marsh's Duke Genealogy
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Duke Ancestors of Lynn Ransom Burton
Duke Family Association of North Carolina at Duke University
Duke Family Coat of Arms
Duke Family Genealogy Forum (GENFORUM)
Dukes Family Genealogy Forum (GENFORUM)
Duke Family History (under construction)
The Duke Family History Papers, by Lewis Y. Christmas
Duke Family Index of Files
The Duke Genealogy of Duke University
Duke Homestead & Tobacco Museum
Duke Pages at VA & NC Genealogical Exchange
Duke Surname in Thoren's Family Tree
Dukes Family Ancestors
Dukes Mentioned in Journals of the Confederate Congress:   P. H.  R. T. W.   Thomas L.  Thomas T.
Forest King's History of  NC Dukes & Associated Families
Genealogy Tymes (descendants of Thomas Duke & Mary Barham)
GenealogyLibrary.com (Henry Duke, Councilor is available here to subscribers)
"The Life and Times of Philanthropist Angier B. Duke"
Linda Taylor's Duke Family History
RootsWeb Personal Duke Web Sites
RootsWeb Duke Surname & Family Email Lists
RootsWeb Duke Surname Email List Archives
RootsWeb Dukes Surname Email List
RootsWeb Dukes Surname Email List Archives
Roy Strickland's Genealogy: Duke
Surname Web Duke Page
Tex & Linda Dick's Family History - Descendants of Thomas Duke, 1620

Other web sites mentioning related Dukes &/or Ancestors
Ancestors of Note
Benjamin Brown Duke Mentioned on Meriwether Email List
Bible of the James Albertus Duke Family of New Zion, SC  (may/may not be related)
Biographical Clippings on Dukes, Archived at University of North Carolina:   Through 1976   1976-1989
Brunswick County, Virginia, Deed Books:  3   6
Brunswick County, Virginia, Miscellaneous Deed Abstracts
Brunswick County, Virginia, Various Court Records
Brunswick County, Virginia, Will Book 1
Buncombe County, NC,  Index to NC Marriages Database
Bunn Cemetery, Franklin County, North Carolina
Burnley Duke Family Bible, Hanover County, Virginia, 1759-1831
Bute County Estates Records, 1764-1779
Bute County Oath of Allegiance to Vote, 1774-1804
Bute County Safety Committee Meeting Minutes, 1775-1776
Captain Thomas Christmas (Husband of Sarah Duke)
Charles County, Virginia, Index to Tax Lists: 1790  1800
Charles County, Virginia, 1790-1800 Tax Lists
Christina's World (some descendants of John Taylor Duke)
Cleavers Duke Continental Army Muster Roll Data Sheet
Cleavers Duke, 1820 Pension List
Col. William Eaton's Militia Regiment Granville Co, NC - Roll taken 8 Oct 1754
The Colonial Virginia Register
Daniel Dugger Descendants
Dependency Chart of William Duke Sr. of Isle of Wight County, VA
Descendants of Anne Cocke & John Waddrop
Descendants of Charles Duke of Floyd County, GA (may/may not be related)
Descendants of Henry Duke & Elizabeth Taylor
Descendants of Jesse Duke of Kershaw County, SC (may/may not be related)
Descendants of John L. Crowley & Linda L. Clements
Descendants of John Duke & Mary Myrick
Descendants of John Hardy Duke & Mary Nugent (Texas)
Descendants of John Taylor Duke (1705-1710)
Descendants of Richard Duke & Margaret Bassett
Descendants of Stephen Duke (1720-1771, NC)
Descendants of Thomas Duke of Williamsburg County, SC (may/may not be related)
Descendants of Thomas Duke & Mary Barham
Doris Duke: Biography  CBS Special About Death  Society Diva  Newport Mansion Newport Notable   Will
Downing Ancestral Chart (some Major Duke descendants)
Duke Family Genealogy Papers in the Virginia Historical Society Library
Duke & Taylor of Fairfield & Kershaw Counties, SC, & Pickens County, AL (may/may not be related)
Duke Death Records, Virginia, 1853-1856 & 1912-1939
Duke Family Books at Library of Congress
Duke Family of Maryland, Colonial Families in the Southern States
Duke Families of Nansemond County, Virginia, to 1870
Duke Family of Barbados
Duke (John)/Mountfort Deeds of Lease & Release, 1697, York County, Virginia
Duke Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, Franklin County, North Carolina
Duke on Warren County 1850 Census Index
Duke, Myrick, on Warren County 1820 Census Abstract
Duke Patents & Grants, VA, Card File (35) (click forward for each, note page # & click "retrieve doc")
Duke Patents & Grants, VA (via search engine; click down 2 pages, click "Grant' in each for original)
Duke Surname Distribution in the US, 1850-1990
Duke University Chapel
Duke Veterans & Widows on Confederate Pension Rolls, Virginia
Duke Virginia Obituary & Marriage Notices, 1700s-1800s, Henley Newspaper Index
Duke Queries, Newsletter of the Virginia Genealogical Society
Duke Relatives Among Virginia Sheriffs, 1699 to 1702
Dukes Awarded Land Grants & Patents by Virginia Land Office (photos of original docs)
Dukes Buried at Point Lookout, Maryland, Civiil War Prison Camp
Dukes in Virginia Archive Card Index of Confederate Pension Rolls
Dukes in S. Bassett French Biographical Sketches
Dukes in the North Carolina Online Marriage Database (15)
Dukes Mentioned in Virginia's Colonial Records (scroll for 3 pages of hits)
Dukes on Confederate Rosters (112)
Dukes on the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Class Rosters, 18th & Early 19th Centuries
Dukes on the Virginia Quit Rent Rolls of 1704
Dukes on War of 1812 Pay & Muster Rolls
Durham County, North Carolina, Cemeteries Where Dukes are Buried
Edmond Duke Will, 1787, Goochland County, Virginia
Elisha Duke Family Bible, Nansemond County, Virginia, 1791-1868
Elizabeth Duke Will & Inventory, 1729 & 1780, Charles City County, Virginia
Elizabeth Duke/Wm. Hardiman/Wm. Byrd, Sussex County, VA, Land Patents Pool, 1695-1818
Family Bible Records Mentioning Duke Surname, Library of Virginia
Extracts from the Private Diary of Colonel William Byrd II of "Westover"
Family Bible Records Mentioning Dukes Surname, Library of Virginia
Flowerdew Hundred Plantation Papers at Virginia Historical Society
Franklin County, NC, Census:  1790  1850
Genealogy Tymes (descendants of Thomas Duke & Mary\Marie Barham)
George Duke's (political prisoner) Petition to be Transported to Virginia, 1656
George Washington Duke of Tennessee Genealogy (back to Thomas & Mary Barham)
Graduates of the University of North Carolina, 1798-1851
Granville County, NC, 1755 Tax List
Granville County, NC, 1800 Federal Census Index; Files::  #1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #8   #10
Granville County, NC, Federal Census Index:  1810   1820   1830   1840
Granville County, NC 1850 Federal Census:  File #1   File # 2   File #3   File#5
Hardiman Duke & Mary Wallis - Rejection of Divorce Petition, Orange County, NC
Hardyman Family
Hening's Statutes Vol III (of XIII), 1619
Henry Christmas Will
Henry Duke, Biographical Sketch in Virginia Historical Society Archives
Henry Duke, Esq., Mentioned in Goochland County, VA, Land Patent Pool, 1689-1810
Henry Duke, Papers Concerning Him at the Virginia Historical Society
Henry Duke Patents & Grants, VA, (6; click forward to view each, note page # & click "retrieve doc")
Henry Duke Wills/Deeds, (3), 1719 & 1727, Prince George County, Virginia
Index to Brunswick County, Virginia, Land Patents, 1715-1790
Index to Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
Index to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Land Patents, 1722-1819
James City County, Virginia, Burgesses, 1619-1693
James City County, Virginia, Personal Tax List, 1790
James City County, Virginia,  Rent Roll, 1704
John Duke Purchase of Land from John Beaman, Northanpton Co., VA, October 1760
James Duke Revolutionary War Pension, Montgomery County, North Carolina, 1831
James Duke Wills/Deeds (3), 1768 & 1791, Charles City & Henrico Counties, Virginia
John Duke Will, 1679, York County, Virginia
John Dukes Will, 1720, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
John Dukes' Will, Isle of Wight County, Va., Aug. 1720
John Taylor Duke Mentioned in Mecklenburg County, VA, 1722-1819 Deed Data Pool
Justices of the Peace & Officers of the Court, James City County, 1702
Latta Brothers of Orange County, NC
Lee-Gregory Bible Record (Charlotte, Lunenburg & Mecklenburg Counties, VA)
Lineage Societies Accepting Descendants of Edward Duke, Thomas Stegg, Warham St. Leger, Etc
Lunenburg County, Virginia, Deed Data Pool, 1726-1788
Lunenburg Co., VA, Will of Josephus Gregory 1877/1880
Maple Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Franklin County, NC
The McQuirk Family Tree
Michelle's Roots, Person Index (Dukes back to Thomas & Mary Barham's ancestors)
Militia Officers in Virginia, 1699
Mumford Family: Jane Scarsbrook Duke & Thomas Mumford
Nansemond County, Virginia, Census: 1820  1840  1850 Index
North Carolina Genealogical Society
North Carolina Marriages, 1730-1860
North Carolina Pension Roll, 1835
North Carolina State Militia Officers (1767)
North Carolina Troops, Mexican War
North Carolina Volunteer Roster, Spanish-American War
North Carolina War Pension Roll, 1835
Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, University of North Carolina
Oath of Allegiance - Old Bute County, NC
Orange County, NC, Cemeteries Where Dukes are Buried
Orange County, NC, Early Tax Records
Orange County, North Carolina, Federal Census Indexes:  1800   1810   1820   1830   1840
Orange County, NC, 1850 Census IndexFile #1   File #6   File #8   File #9   File # 10
Orange County, NC, Index to Marriages Database
Orange County, NC, Marriage Bonds, 1782-1868, Indexed by Groom:  A-C   D-J   K-Q   R-Z
Orange County, North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1818-1822
Perry's Chapel Church Cemetery, Franklin County, North Carolina
The Private Diary of Colonel William Byrd II of "Westover," Extracts
Qualifying Ancestors, Jamestowne Society (Henry Duke & William Duke I, William Byrd, Etc.)
Rebecca Duke & Capt. John Washington (John's ancestry, related to George Washington):  Site 1  Site 2 
Rebecca Duke & Lewis Lanier (other husband of above Rebecca; Lewis' ancestors)
Recollections Grave & Gay, by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1843-1920 (mentions Basil Duke of MD)
Rent Roll of Virginia 1704/05
Richard Duke, Passenger, to Maryland, on Ark & Dove, 1634
Richard Thomas Walker Duke Papers, Manuscripts Division, U. VA Special Collections Dept.
RIVER-JAMES List Archives (families who settled along the James River in 1600s Virginia)
The Robert Duke Family Genealogical Research Page
The Robert Dukes of Camden District, SC (may/may not be related)
Robert Jones Bible
Rocky Strickland's Genealogy - Duke
Runaway Slave of James Duke Mentioned in Virginia Gazette, December 7, 1769
Stanly County, NC, 1850 Federal Census Pages 1A-12B
List of Tithes, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1748-1783
List of Tithes, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751
List of Titles, Lunenburg County, VA:  1749  1750  1751  1752  1764
Priscilla Duke Mentioned in 1746-1825, Abernathy - Hatchett Wills, Lunenburg County, VA 
Surname Web's List of Duke Family Pages
Susannah Hamner Turner Bible
Thoren's Family Tree - Duke
Town of Norwood Cemetery, Stanley County, North Carolina
Troops of Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, 1776-1897
Trotter Clearing House - Descendants of Robert Duke, 1400
Virginia Colonial Records - Documents Mentioning Duke Family Members
Virginia Colonial Records, Journal of the Board of Trade, 1702
Virginia Heraldica
Virginia Land Patents Signed in 1703
Virginia & North Carolina Genealogical Exchange
Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704
Virginia 1704 Rent Rolls
Vital Statistics on 150 Dukes
Vital Statistics on 150 More Dukes
Vital Statistics on Yet 150 More Dukes
Wake County, NC, Index to NC Marriages Database
War of 1812 Bounty Land Grants in the Illinois Military Tract
Warren County, NC, Federal Census: 1820 Extract   1850 Index
Warren County, North Carolina, Index to Marriages Database (1779-1878)
War of 1812 North Carolina Muster Rolls
War Pension Roll, 1835
Washington Duke Mentioned in James W. Cox Papers, Manuscript Dept., U. of NC, Chapel Hill
Will of John Poythress of Martins Brandon Parish, 1724
William and Mary Quarterly Historical Papers, April, 1895: "Witchcraft in Virginia"
William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, January 1893: "Coats-of-Arms in Virginia"
William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, October 1893: "The Calthorpes"
William and Mary Quarterly Historical Papers, April 1894: "Notes & Queries"
William Duke (ca.1720-1793) Biographical Sketch at the Virginia Historical Society

Royal Ancestors of the Duke Family
 The Agincourt Honor Roll
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Anglo-Saxon Kings
British History Chronology:  Up to 1500 AD   1500-1899
Dates Used in English Genealogy
Descendants of Charlemagne
Descendants of Hugues I "Capet"
Domesday Book:  Background   Explained   Landholders   Region by Region
The Enamel Plaque of Geoffroy Plantagenet (Le Mans)
English Monarchs
The English Peerage (1790) or, a view of the Ancient & Present State of the English Nobility
Errors to Beware in Burke's Peerage
Family Trees of Royal Houses (you need Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer)
Feudal Titles
The French Peerage
GENUKI's Royalty Index
The Herald's Visitations of the West Country
The History of the English Crown
The History of the Scottish Crown
The House of Wessex
Index to French History & Royalty
Kings & Queens of England Since 802 (official Royal Family web site)
List of the Knights of the Garter from 1348
List of Those Accompanying William The Conqueror on His Invasion of England in 1066
Magna Carta, 1215
Magna Carta Sureties
Magna Carta Surety Ancestors of Warham St. Leger Horsmanden (possible ancestor)
Map of Ango-Saxon England
Medieval English Towns
Monarchs of Britain
Monarchs Buried at Westminster Abbey
Normans at the Battle of Hastings
Official UK Royal Web Site
The Origins of the Peerage
Peerage
Reigns of the Kings & Queens of England & Great Britain
Royal Genealogical Data at the University of Hull, England
Royal GEDCOM Database Search Engine
Some Notes on Medieval English Genealogy (includes Duke family history)
Three Early Rolls of Arms (you need to click on each book in the pull-down menu to search for a name)
Time Line of English Royal History
View of the Extinct Peerage of England
William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror, Catholic Encyclopedia Entry

 

Stainback Web Sites
(Stainback likely is a derivative of the English surname Staynbanke/Stainbank/Stainbanke/Stainebanke)

Ancestry.com/RootsWeb Stainback Surname Message Board
Ancestry.com/RootsWeb Stanback Surname Message Board
Descendants of George Stainback
Descendants of William H. & Sarah Coghill Stainback
Stainback Family Genealogy Forum {GENFORUM)
SurnameWeb Stainback Page

Other web sites mentioning related Stainbacks &/or Ancestors
Ancestry.com Search Results for "Stainback"
Ancestry.com Search Results for "Stanback"
Ann Stainback & Turner Hunt (m. 1778, Brunswick Co. VA)
Anne Stainback & William Hart
Ashley D. Stainback & Catharine E. Palmer (m. 1836, Brunswick Co., VA)
Bernard Stainback (b. ca 1870) & Lois Beam
Brunswick County, Virginia, Census, Meherrin District, 1810
Brunswick County, Virginia, Census, Northern Division, 1850
Brunswick County, Virginia, Deed Book 3
Brunswick County, Virginia, Deed Book 14:  Doc. #1  Doc. #2  Doc. #3
  Brunswick County, Virginia, Deed Book 15:  Doc. #1  Doc. #2
Brunswick County, Virginia, Death Register
Brunswick County, Virginia, Marriages
Brunswick County, Virginia, 1715-1790 Deed Data Pool Abstract
Brunswick County, Virginia, Miscellaneous Deed Abstracts
Brunswick, County, Virginia, Tax List, 1800
Brunswick County, Virginia, Various Court Records
Caswell County, NC - Wills - Index, Will Book B, 1889-1908 (William H. Stainback, 1891)
Charles G. Stainback & Bertha A. Paschall
Civil War Soldiers From Brunswick County, Virginia
Daniel Dugger Descendants
Descendants of Annie Lydia Stainback & Gail Morris Goforth (b, 1922, TN)
Descendants of Augusta Stainback & George Clinton Aycock (m. 1894)
Descendants of Everette Skidmore Stainback & Idell Keeter (m. 1889, Halifax Co., VA)

Descendants of Francis Stainback (d. 1779) & Mary
Descendants of John C. Stainback & Indiana Mason (m. 1840, Brunswick Co., VA)
Descendants of John O. Stainback & Martha Susan Allen (m. ca. 1830, NC)
Descendants of Littleberry E. Stainback
Descendants of Simon Stainback (Abt 1875-1880) & Nancy
Descendants of Stirling Stainback & Mary F. Owens
Descendants of Willard Thomas Stainback & Maybelle Moore
Descendants of William Stainback (b. 1819) & Mary Caroline Mason
Descendants of William E. Stainback & Priscilla A. Williamson
E. L. Stainback, of VA, in Journals of the Confederate Congress, April 30, 1863   Page 402 Image
Family Bibles Mentioning Stainbacks, Library of Virginia
Francis Stainback Wills (2), Brunswick County, 1779 & 1790, Library of Virginia
Franklin County, NC, Census, 1850
George Stainback Wills (2), 1788 & 1796, Brunswick & Prince George Counties
George F. Stainback in Historical Discourse delivered at the University of Mississippi June 25, 1873
Granville County, NC,  Census, 1850
Granville County, NC, Census, 1850:  File #4   File # 7
Harrison Heritage Magazine
Harrison Notes (notes on origins of American Harrisons)
History Makers in Hawaii
Index to Dictionary of North Carolina Biography (Thomas Melville Stanback mentioned)
Index to Prince George County Land Patents, 1673-1785 (William Stainback)
Isabel Stainback Will, 1843, Surry County, Library of Virginia
Lunenburg Co., VA (Old Free State). Marriages (1806-1830):  Page 402   Page 394
MacDonald Stainback, Vietnam War Casualty
Nicholas Stainback (1835) & Mary A. Bragg
Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, University of North Carolina
Patsy Stainback Will, 1842, Surry County, Library of Virginia
Peter & Mary Stainback Vital Statistics
Peter Stainback Query, Newsletter of the Virginia Genealogy Society
Peter Stainback Will, 1807, Nottoway County, Library of Virginia.
Peter Stainback, Jr., Will, 1828, Lunenburg County, Virginia
Peter Stainback on Lunenburg Co., VA, 1820 Head of Household Census
Piedmont Baptist Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina
Prince George County, Virginia, Land Patents, Deed Pool, 1673-1785 (William Stainback)
Prince George County, Virginia, Marriages
Prince George County, Virginia, Surname Index to 1850 Census Microfilm
R. S. Stainback mentioned in Richmond Daily Whig, April 15, 1873
Raines/Raines Deed, 1715, Prince George County, Virginia
Rainy Land Records, Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths, by Rev. John Cameron
(Above mentions Elizabeth Harrison & Anne Stainback)
Reverend Stainbach mentioned in The Memphis Daily Avalanche, February 10, 1876
Rev. Stainback Mentioned in Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, 1865
Stainback/Stainbacke-England Marriages (3)
Stainback Name Mentioned in Brunswick County, VA, Deed Data Pool
Stainback Patents & Grants, VA (4) (click "Grant' in each record to view scan of original document)
Stainback Store on National Register of Historic Places
Stainback Store, Formerly Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, Alamance Co., NC (photos)
Stainback 1800s Virginia Obituary & Marriage Notices, Henley Newspaper Index
Stainback, Thomas, mentioned as one of earliest owners of lots in Windsor, Bertie County, NC
Stainback Surname Distribution in the US, 1880 & 1990
Stainbank v. Fisher: Westmoreland, England, 1682
Stainback Veterans & Widows on Confederate Pension Rolls, Tennessee
Stainback Veterans & Widows on Confederate Pension Rolls, Virginia
Stainback, William, Mentioned in  Prince George Co, Va Surveys 1710-1724
Stainbacks in the North Carolina Online Marriage Database (4)
Stainbacks on War of 1812 Pay & Muster Rolls
Stainbank, Elizabeth, in Antiquities of Kendale, 1650
Stainbank Name on U.K.'s Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index
Stainbanke (Edward) on Westmoreland Hearth Tax List, 1674
Stainbanke (Thomas) on Westmoreland Hearth Tax List, 1674
Stainbanke (Ralph) on Durham St. Oswald Registers (1538-1734)
Stainbankes/Stainebankes Mentioned in U.K. Cumberland Genealogy (includes William Stainbanke)
Stanback's Ferry, Anson County, North Carolina
Stith Grooms in Virginia
Thomas Stainback & Mary Jennings
Tuck Stainback, Baseball Hero:  Career Statistics  Sports Bio (photo coming soon)
Virginia Connections (descendants of George Stainback & Louise Duggar)
Virginia Eppes Stainback (1821-1876) m. Robert Emmet Robinson (descendant of Pocahontas)
VA Historical Society Archived Manuscripts & Records on Stainbacks
William H, Stainback and Sarah Coghill Marriage Bond
Will of Devereux J. Manley, Petersburg, Virginia, 1797
Will of Benjamin Harrison, Uncle of Elizabeth Harrison Stainback
Will of John Poythress, 1724
Wills, Miscellaneous, Petersburg, Virginia (Will Book 1)
William Stainback, Prince George County, VA, Census, 1810
William Stainback, Prince George Co, VA Surveys 1710-1724
William Stainback/George Woodlief Land Deal, Martin's Brandon, 1722
WWI Civilian Draft Registrations

 

Allied Families Web Sites

America's First Families
Ancestors of Note
Berkeley Plantation, Harrison Family Home
The Bobbitt Family in America, by John W. Bobbitt
Brandon, Harrison Home on the James River (Library of Congress photos)
Brandon Plantation Papers at the Virginia Historical Society
Brandon & Wm. Byrd Mentioned in VA Council, November 15, 1756, Proceedings on Frontier Defense
Byrd & Harrison Families & Homes Mentioned in "Some Old Virginia Houses," Appletons' Journal, 1871
Byrd, William, & Harrisons, Article in Notes and Queries March 1854 (English journal)
Byrd, William, & Harrisons Mentioned in "Old Blandford Church," Appletons' Journal, Dec. 23, 1871
Byrd, William, & Harrison, Benjamin, Mentioned in River Time: The Way of the James
Byrd, Harrisons, Poythress, Etc., Mentioned in Sussex County, VA, 1701-1786 Deed Data Pool Abstract

Byrds
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (fee-based)
Indexed in R. Bolling Batte Papers, Library of VA (click forward for 162 records)
Mentioned in Virginia's Colonial Records (scroll down for 20 pages of hits)
Mentioned in RIVER-JAMES List Archives
Virginia Heraldica (fee-based)

William Byrd I
1652/53-1704
Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, "The Byrds of Westover" (fee-based)
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (fee-based)
InfoPlease Encyclopedia Article
Mentioned in Documents, Chiefly Unpublished Relating to the Hugenot Emigration to VA
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans (fee-based)
Will of William Byrd I

 William Byrd II
American Biographical Library
Articles on William Byrd II in Virginia Cavalcade (several on the Diaries; order articles from Lib.of VA)
Biography (1674-1744)
Dealings with Huguenots of Manakin Town (incliudes some of his family history)
Description of the Dismal Swamp & a Proposal to Drain the Swamp, by W. Byrd II (click  image)
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (fee-based)
Family Background
His Founding of Richmond, VA, Menitoned in In River Time: The Way of the James
History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Home Westover Mentioned in Historic Landmarks in Lower Virginia, No. III-V.,   Photos
Notes on His Land in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 1733
A Journey to the Land of Eden & Other Papers,by W. Byrd II,  including "History of the Dividing Line"
InfoPlease Encyclopedia Article
Mentioned in A Classification of American Wealth
Mentioned in "History of the City of Richmond," Southern Literary Messenger
Mentioned in " Old Virginia Editors," William and Mary Quarterly
Mentioned in " Old Tombstones in York and James City Counties"
Mentioned in "Richmond, Historic & Scenic," in Appletons' Journal, Feb. 3, 1872
Mentioned in Historic Landmarks in Lower Virginia, No. III-V., by W.S. Bogart
Mentioned with Henry Duke in The Colonial Virginia Register
Royal Society of England Membership Entry on William Byrd II (includes some family info)
Runaway Slave Ads Placed by, or Mentioning, William Byrd II & III
The Secret Diaries of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712:  Re Henry Duke  Views on Slaves
The Significance of William Byrd and His History of the Dividing Line
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans (fee-based)
The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt VA & NC
William Byrd II & Robert "King" Carter: Their Stories & the Homes that Helped to Define their Legacy

Christmas: An Early American Christmas in the Revolutionary Era, by Ginger Christmas
Christmas: Ancestral Tracks (Christmas & Beattie Families)
Christmas: Eight Generations of Thomas Cross Christmas (1690-1769
Christmas Families Home Page
Christmas, Henry, Will
Christmas, John Goodman, Descendants
Christmas, John Sr. & John Jr., 1771 Deed, Warren County, NC
Christmas, Thomas, Descendants
Christmas, Thomas, Mentioned in History of Warren County, NC (NC Encyclopedia)
Coghill, William, 1719 Prince George Co., VA, Deed (may/may not be related)
Dew (Dewe), Thomas (c1600-bef. 1691), America's First Families (Hawkins line)
Dugger, Daniel, Descendants
Epes, Francis (c1597-c1674), America's First Families
Egerton Family Bibles, Warren County, NC:   #Bible #1  Bible #2
Ellis Families
Fann (Fawn), William & Jesse, Mentioned in List of Tithables, Lunenbg. County, St. James Parish, 1764
Fann (Fawn?), William, 1634, Mentioned in Cavaliers & Pioneers
Fann, Willaughby (Willoughby), Mentioned in Brunswick Co., VA, Deed Book 6
Faulkner Obituaries, Vance County, NC
Flowerdew Hundred (owned by allied family Duke ancestors)
Green, Edward, (b. Abt 1700-1707) Descendants
Grendons Mentioned in Virginia's Colonial Records (scroll down for 2 pages of hits)
Gunn: Children of Nathaniel Pistole Gunn & Sabrina Pope Gunn of England (Wm. Myrick Duke line)
Hardyman Family
Harris, Edward, 1733 Will, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Harris, Edward, Jr., 1739 Will, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Harris Family of Granville & Vance Counties, North Carolina
Harris: A True Story of the Ancient Planter and Adventurer in Virginia, Captaine Thomas Harris, Gent...."
Harris, Thomas, Indexed in R. Bolling Batte Papers, Library of Virginia
Harris, Thomas, 1672 Will, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Harris, Thomas, 1729 Will, Isle of Wight County, Virginia (grandson of Thos.Harris above)
Harrises Mentioned in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Records:  Doc. #1  Doc. #2  Doc. #3
Harrises Mentioned in Virginia's Colonial Records (scroll down for 15 pages of hits)
Harrison & Byrd Families & Homes Mentioned in "Some Old Virginia Houses," Appletons' Journal, 1871
Harrison Family Books at the Library of Congress
Harrison Family Genealogy Papers at the Virginia Historical Society
Harrison, Benjamin, & Byrd, William, Mentioned in River Time: The Way of the James
Harrison, George, of Charles City, Grant of 200 Acres, March 6, 1620/21 (may\may not be related)
Harrison Heritage Magazine
Harrison Notes (notes on origins of American Harrisons)
Harrison Patents & Grants, VA (scroll down 10 pages, click "Grant" in each to view scan of original)
Harrisons Indexed in R. Bolling Batte Papers, Library of VA:  A  B  E  H  K  M  N  S  V
Harrison's Landing (Civil War photo of Berkeley Plantation)
Harrisons, Poythress, Byrd, Etc., Mentioned in Sussex County, VA, 1701-1786 Deed Data Pool Abstract
Harrisons Mentioned in Brunswick County, VA, Miscellaneous Deed Abstracts
Harrisons Mentioned in Brunswick County, VA, 1715-1790 Deed Data Pool Abstract
Harrisons Mentioned in Lunenburg County, VA, 1726-1788 Deed Data Pool Abstract
Harrisons Mentioned in Mecklenburg County, VA, 1722-1819 Deed Data Pool Abstract
Harrisons Mentioned in Orange County, VA, 1713-1810 Deed Data Pool Abstract
Harrisons Mentioned in Surry County, VA, 1619-1786 Deed Data Pool Abstract
Harrisons Mentioned in RootsWeb's  Tidewater, VA, Email List Archives
Harrison & Byrds Mentioned in RIVER-JAMES List Archives
Harrisons & William Byrd Mentioned in "Old Blandford Church," Appletons' Journal, Dec. 23, 1871
Harrisons Mentioned in Virginia's Colonial Records (scroll down for 37 pages of hits)
Harrisons & Byrds in R. Bolling Batte Papers, Library of Virginia
Hawkins, Benjamin, Senator - Congressional Bio (brother of Frances Poss Hawkins, son of Philemon II)
Hawkins Family Genealogy Papers at the Virginia Historical Society
Hawkins, Micajah, Representative - Congressional Bio (son of Philemon III)
Hawkins, Philemon, Mentioned in Col. Thomas Eaton's Regimental Returns (1773)
Hawkins, Rear Admiral, in The English Mercurie - July 23rd, 1588
Hawkins: 1829 Oration Commemorative of Col. Philemon Hawkins Senior, Deceased
Hawkinses Mentioned in Virginia's Colonial Records (scroll down for 9 pages of hits)
History of Virginia County Formations & Prominent Families in Each
Horsmanden, Reverend Richard, Descendants
Horsmanden, Warham St. Leger, Magna Carta Surety Ancestors
Huguenots: Documents, Chiefly Unpublished, Relating to the Hugenot Emigration to VA ...  
Jamestown Ancestors
Jamestown, VA - 1624 Census
Jamestowne Society Qualifying Ancestors
Jones, Robert, Bible
Lundy, James, Sr., Descendants
Lundy Pedigree
Martin's Brandon History
Militia Officers in Virginia, 1699
Moss Database
Moss Family Web Site
Old Tombstones in York and James City Counties, VA
O'Mary Marriage & Divorce Records
Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
Paschall, William. of the NC Land Grants, Descendants
Paternal Surnames
People of Early Williamsburg (biographies)
Pegram Family Deed Abstracts, Warren County, NC
Pegram Family of Virginia & North Carolina
Plantation Names Along the James River, VA, in the First 17 Years (established 1608-1622)
Pochahontas & Her Descendants
Pochahontas, Truth and Myth (notes on her descendants)
Powhatan's Desendants
Poythress Genealogy Research Pages
Poythress, John, 1724 Will
The Reavis Family Page
Reavis Family in Vance County
Reavis / Harris / Wortham / Hester Thru Burchett of England
Stegges Mentioned in Virginia's Colonial Records
Stegg, Thomas, Jr., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
Virginia & North Carolina Genealogical Exchange
Virginia & North Carolina Genealogical Exchange Surname Index
Virginia & North Carolina Genealogical Exchange Name Index
Woodlief Family Genealogy


 

Relevant North Carolina County Sites

Availability of North Carolina Wills By County
The Categories of North Carolina County Records
List of Wills on file in the North Carolina State Archives, by County
North Carolina Counties Map
North Carolina County Government: History & Workings
Table of North Carolina Counties' Development

Bute County
( formed in 1764, abolished in 1779)
Explanation of Formation & Division of Bute County
Bute County Estates Records, 1764-1779
Bute County, North Carolina Court Minutes, 1767-1779 (fee-based)
Bute County, NC, Deed Book Abstracts, 1764-1766
Bute County Migrations Data
Bute County, NC, US GenWeb
Bute County, NC, Wills
Bute County Oath of Allegiance to Vote, 1774-1804
Bute County Safety Committee Meeting Minutes, 1775-1776
Col. Thomas Eaton's Regimental Returns (1773, Philemon Hawkins Officer of the Day)
Early Deeds, Estate Records, Etc., of Bute County, NC, (1764 - 1778)
Some Bute County, North Carolina, Taxables
RootsWeb Bute County, NC, Email List (subscribe here)
RootsWeb Bute County, NC, Email List Archives
RootsWeb Bute County, NC, Message Board
US GenWeb Bute County, NC, Archives

Durham County
(formed in 1881 from Orange & Wake Counties, North Carolina)

Books Pertaining to Durham County Genealogy
Cemeteries of Durham County, NC
Durham County Estates Records, 1875-1926
Durham County, NC, Migrations Data
Durham Herald-Sun Newspaper
Durham-Orange Genealogical Society of North Carolina (meets at the Duke Homestead)