Helpful Books

SOME NASHES OF VIRGINIA
Two Hundred Years of an American Family
1774-1974

by Claude W. Nash

This book is the definitive geneology of the Thomas Nash family of Amelia and Charlotte County, Virginia. Claude's work was based on a previous geneology done by a previous family member in letters he wrote in 1889. This book was an excellent starting point for my own research, but there are many gaps to delve into. Copies of this book are in a few southern and southwestern Virginia libraries. The appendices of this book contains geneological lines of the John Nash family of Prince Edward Co. Virginia and the Traverse Nash family of Fauquier Co. Virginia, which are two families we MAY be related to.

THE CAPTIVES OF ABBS VALLEY
A Legend of Frontier Life

by Rev. james Moore Brown, D.D.

This book chronicles early frontier life in western Virginia and those that settled there. It tells the story of the Moore family of Abbs Valley and how they were slaughtered or taken captive by Shawnee indians.

MUSTER AND PAY ROLLS OF THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
1775-1783

Reprinted from Collections of
The New York Historical Society
for the Years 1914 and 1915

This book is a collection of just what the title says, muster and pay rolls from the Revolutionary War. This information is available at libraries and on the web now. These are divided first by state and then by regiment.

HISTORY OF PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA
From its Earliest Settlements through its Establishment in 1754 to its Bicentennial Year

by Herbert Clarence Bradshaw

This book is a must for anyone with roots in Prince Edward County, Virginia. It traces the county's history as well as its founders and prominent citizens. If you do some serious research, you can run across a copy of this book to buy, like I did, but it is available for your perusal at any central Virginia library. There is also a reprinted edition from the past few years.

HISTORY OF PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA
From its Formation in 1753, to the Present

by Charles Edward Burrell, LL.B., D.D.

Another history of Prince Edward Co. Virginia, this one not quite as big as the previous one. This one was reprinted in 1997 by Southside Virginia Historical Press.

WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY

by Mary B. Kegley

This is the THE book on Wythe County, Virginia. Published by the city to commemorate the county's bicentennial, it contains geographical history as well as county residents, citizens, land, farming, industry, etc. A must-have!