Created in 1761 from Albemarle County. Amherst, the seat of Amherst County, is surrounded by farms.
Amherst County, was named for Sir Jeffrey Amherst, who was acclaimed as "Conqueror of Canada".
Although named Governor of Virginia, he never came to the colony.
Clifford, incorporated as Cabellsburg in 1785 and later known as New Glasgow, was for a short time the county seat.

Amherst County, VA STARTING POINT Welcome to the Amherst County, VAGenWeb Page.
Click here to read OLDER queries *Note - Some of these may not have a valid e-mail address - contact may or may not work	History and Borders of Amherst County
Amherst County Courthouse Clerk of the Court 100 E. Court St. P.O. Box 462 Amherst, VA 24521-2707 434-946-9321	Birth Records - N/A Marriage Records - From 1763 Death Records - N/A Land Records - From 1761 Probate Records - From 1761 Court Records - From 1761
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BIBLE RECORDS All Offsite Links
CAMPBELL-DINWIDDIE Family Bible	MARTIN Bible
PRESTON-FLOYD Family Bible

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CEMETERIES
Allwood Cemetery, behind El Bethel Church	Avoca Slave Cemetery An Offsite Link	Davies Cemetery
Fairmount Baptist Church Cemetery	USGenWeb Archives Amherst Co. Cemeteries	Higginbotham Cemetery An Offsite Link
	Monacan Indian Burial Ground - AKA Vault Hill	Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery
Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church Cemetery	Oronoco Church of the Brethern Cemetery	Pettyjohn Cemetery An Offsite Link
Sardis United Methodist Church Cemetery	Schaar Cemetery	Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery An Offsite Link
St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pedlar Mills	Thomas Cemetery	The Political Graveyard (This is a list of politicians buried in Amherst County) An Offsite Link
Sweet Briar College Cemeteries	Iseman Cemetery

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CENSUS
Electronic census spreadsheetsAn Off Site Link	Alexander Brown's Early Settler's List From the Alexander Brown papers in the Special Collections Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA	Free Heads of Household in the 1810 Virginia Census
Heads of Household 1783An Offsite Link	Heads of Household 1785An Offsite Link	Tax List for Lexington Parish/District - 1800
1810 Amherst Co. CensusAn Offsite Link	1850 Amherst Co. Census IndexAn Offsite Link	1850 Amherst Co. CensusAn Offsite Link
1880 CensusAn Offlink Site

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CHURCHES
History of St. Luke's Church in Pedlar Mills, VA

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DEATHS
Obituaries extracted from The Nashville Christian Advocate 1853-1902

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DEEDS
Amherst County Property Look-upsAn Offsite Link	STINNET-ISHAM Deed, 1761 An Offsite Link	John O. BROWN Deed, 1891
GARLAND - CLARK Deed, 1822 An Offsite Link	HALL Deeds  An Offsite Link	HUCKSTEP Deeds An Offsite Link
Charles ISON Deed, 1780 An Offsite Link	ISON -STEPHENS Deed, 1780 An Offsite Link	MAGANN Deeds  An Offsite Link
MAYS Deeds An Offsite Link	MAYS-COLEMAN Deed, 1787 An Offsite Link	McALEXANDER Deed, 1799 An Offsite Link
Richard NORTH Land Grant, 1800	PARISH-CHRISTIAN Deed, 1816An Offsite Link	Powhatan Bolling Grant, 1791An Offsite Link

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EDUCATION
1959 Amherst County High School Senior Class

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FAMILY
BOBBITT FamilyAn Offsite Link	CASH Line An Offsite Link
John Friar HALL Family Page An Offsite Link	HIGGINBOTHAM Family An Offsite Link
The WRIGHT Family An Offsite Link	SMOOT Family
Descendants of Augustus SCHAAR	Descendants of Samuel STAPLES, Sr.
The Tinsley Family Jamestown and Beyond  An Offsite Link

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HISTORY All Offsite Links
Historical Highway Markers of Amherst County	Early Settlers of Amherst County

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LIBRARIES
Amherst Main LibraryAn Offsite Link		Library of Virginia

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MARRIAGES
Original Amherst Marriage License	Miscellaneous Marriage Records, 1857-1956An Offsite Link

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MISC GENEALOGY RECORDS
Misc. SORRELL documents	The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin In the Colony of Virginia An Offsite Link	The Monacan Indians of Amherst County An Offsite Link
Common Nicknames	Documents, Chiefly Unpublished relating to the Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and to the Settlement at Manakin Town, Published by the Virginia Historical Society in 1886 An Offsite Link	Eastern Tribes of First Contact Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware

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NEWSPAPERS
Amherst New Era-Progress	The Ledger An Offsite Link

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ORGANIZATIONS
Amherst County Museum & Historical Society An Offsite Link	Central Virginia Genealogical Association P.O. Box 5583 Charlottesville, VA 22905-5583

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PENSIONS All Offsite Links
Revolutionary Pension Abraham CHILDERS	Soldier's Pension Application: Robert N. TYREE, 1899
Rev. War Pension Thomas CRAWLEY	Rev. War Pension Application for Pvt. George HARDWICK, 1834
Revolutionary War Pension, Thomas McCLAIN	Revolutionary War Pension, James McCLAIN
Revolutionary War Pension, Henry McCLAIN	Revolutionary War Pension, Thomas McCLAIN, 1832

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PLACES
Dulwich Manor B&B An Offsite Link	Virginia Center for the Creative Arts An Offsite Link	Bald Eagle Island An Offsite Link

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WILLS All Offsite Links
Various Amherst County Wills	Will of Lawrence CAMPBELL, 1813	Will of  Edward Ware, 1779
Settlement of Estate of Robert H. CASH, Jr.	Will of Howard CASH	Administrators, Estate of John F. HALL, 1850
Will of Jacob SMITH	Will of William SMITH	HALL Family Heirs
Heirs of John Friar HALL, 1891	Will of Clary SMITH	Will of Ambrose LEE, 1764
Will of Thomas LEE, 1861	Will of William LEE, 1784	Will of John MAYS, 1815
Will of  John SANGIDGE	Will of Abram SMITH, 1806

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GENEALOGY HELPERS
Amherst County Government	Where to write for Vital Statistics	Virginia Historical Society
Search the LDS website	The Association for Gravestone Studies	Search the DAR Library Catalog
	Create a time line of History	Virginia's Indian Tribes

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Shortcuts to Neighboring Counties Rockbridge Co Nelson Co Amherst Co Buckingham Co Bedford Co Appomattox Co Campbell Co

Shortcuts to Ancestor Counties Henrico Co (Original Shire) | Goochland Co (1728) | Albemarle Co (1744) | Amherst Co (1761)