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Nelson county is located in the U.S. state — officially,
"Commonwealth"
— of Virginia. As of the 2000
census, the population was 14,445. Its county seat is Lovingston6.
Nelson County was established in 1807 from Amherst County. The county is named
for Thomas Nelson, Jr., Governor of Virginia 1771. Nelson
County is bordered on the north by Augusta County, the Northeast by Albemarle County, the Southeast by Buckingham County, the southwest by Amherst County, and on the west by Rockbridge County. In
the 1930's, Earl Hamner began writing about growing
up during the depression in Nelson County, which became the basis for the
television series The Walton's. |
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gen tool-kit
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COUNTY RECORDS |
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Nelson County Clerk of the
Circuit Court
has Marriage
Records from 1808 , Land
Records from 1808 , Probate
Records from 1808 and Court
Records from 1808 and is located at the County Courthouse on P. O. Box
10, 84 Courthouse Square, 1st Floor, Lovingston, VA
22949-0010; 434/263-7020, Fax: 434/263-7027. ·
There are a few online databases for Court, Land and Probate
Records which include: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records,
1639-1850, Virginia County Records, Volume VI, Volume VII and Volume IX |
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HISTORICAL / GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY(s) |
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Nelson County Historical Society, P.O. Box 474, Lovingston, VA 22949, (434) 227-5526 ·
Local Virginia
Researchers, Find a local researcher or become a local researcher. ·
Virginia
Genealogical Society, 5001 West Broad Street, Suite 115, Richmond, Virginia 23230-3023;
Telephone (804) 285-8954 ·
Virginia
Historical Society, 428 North Boulevard,
Richmond, Virginia 23220, Phone: 804.358.4901 Mail: P.O.Box
7311, 23221-0311 |
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LIBRARIES |
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The Library of
Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000;
804-692-3500 ·
Nelson
Memorial Library, Address:
8521 Thomas Nelson Highway ; PO Box 321 |
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HISTORICAL PLACES |
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Your
LINK to the Historical Places and
Districts in NELSON
County
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surnames
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The following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died
in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. |
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Bailey; Childress; Jopling; Scruggs |
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Additional information regarding these and other
surnames may also be found at: |
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Free Genealogy Surname Search Help from Google |
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get the best genealogy searches from Google™
by using your family tree, for your research. It
will create a series of different searches
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that will
likely improve your results. The different searches will give you many
different ways of using Google and the Internet to find ancestry information about this or
any other Surname. |
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GEN-SITE PROFILE(s) |
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Samuel S. Scruggs, Sr. Homestead
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LOCATION: N
37 47.85 W 78 44.95 |
COUNTRY: United States;
STATE: Virginia: |
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DESCRIPTION: Located
on SSR 639at the joining of Rockfish and Dutch Creeks, between villages of
Rockfish and Harris Bridge. |
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ANCESTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Samuel
Scott Scruggs settled at this place some time around 1782, and after his marriage to Jane (Childress) Scruggs. All of his seven children where born here
between 1783 and 1808. Samuel and Jane
continued to live here until Samuel’s death around 1830. |
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map
The Red Star in the map
designates the location of the seat of government for this county. Yellow Stars designates
county seats in adjacent counties. A Purple
Dot
shows the location of identified ancestral Gen-Site(s). |
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gazetteer
The
list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your
ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality
at which these events may have occurred. |
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Profiles for 60 Populated Places in Nelson County Virginia Map | Physical, Cultural & Historic Features | ZIP Codes | Area Codes |
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There are no cities or incorporated towns in Nelson
County. Unincorporated communities include but not limited to
too: Afton; Arrington; Bryant; Lovingston; Massies Mill; Montebello; |
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State-wide
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For more information about the U.S. State in which this
county is located click on
these LINKS: |
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Where in
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Resources
which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are
almost as important as their names.
The LINK |
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to the right will take you to
Maps, Gazetteers,
and other helpful resources that will assist you in discovering
Ancestral Locations. |
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GENERAL RESOURCES |
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Our Genealogy Reference Library (USA Locations) ·
Genealogy Forum: U.S. States ·
Family Search, IGI Batches, Localities ·
Genealogy.com: Resources by county |
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LOCALITY SPECIFIC RESOURCES |
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Nelson County (Family History 101.com) ·
Nelson
County, VA Genealogy Forum ·
Nelson County, VA - Message Boards |
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you may find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns
and churches. The collection also
contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s
wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who
may have settled in this locality. |
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Gallery
During our research we have collected images and
photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional
information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
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If you
have any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location,
we would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether
we have any images that pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES |
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the “Images” display page you will see the image, as well as the
website to which it is linked. |
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Snail mail: Fred
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Pony
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