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Henry County VA ProjectIncluding the City of Martinsville |
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Hi Welcome to the Henry
County VA project. I am your new host Sonia
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Contact me Sonia,
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About Henry County VA |
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Henry County, VA was created in 1777, and
was named in honor of the great orator of the
Revolution, Patrick Henry, who did so much to overthrow
the royal establishment in Virginia. Before the creation
of Henry County, counties were generally named in honor
of some one connected with the royal family of England
or the royal government of the colonies. Formed from
Pittsylvania County, the area of the county is 385
square miles and the county seat is Martinsville. |
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Adjacent Counties |
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Franklin
County, VA Pittsylvania County, VA Rockingham County, NC Stokes County, NC Patrick County, VA |
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About City of Martinsville |
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Martinsville was named for Joseph Martin,
an early settler and Revolutionary War soldier who
represented Henry County in the General Assembly in
1791, when the town was established. Martinsville was
incorporated as a town in 1873 and became a city by
court order in 1928. Its area is 11.2 square miles.
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Parishes of the Established Church 1607 - 1785 |
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When the first English settlers came to Virginia in 1607, they followed the familiar patterns of the Church of England and established parishes that served as local units of ecclesiastical and community organization. The General Assembly established parishes and fixed their boundaries, often at the same time that it created or altered county lines. On January 16, 1786, the General Assembly passed Thomas Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, ending state-enforced support for the formerly established church and its parishes. |
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Queries to a Rootsweb Message Board Henry County or City of Martinsville |
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General Resources |
Henry County
Government Offices City of Martinsville Government Virginia Vital Records Information ~ how to obtain Cyndi's List - Henry County Cyndi's List - City of Martinsville USGenWeb Archives for Henry County Henry County, Virginia - Wikipedia History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995 |
Bassett
Historical Center Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Society Virginia Genealogical Society Blue Ridge Regional Library, Martinsville Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society Henry County, Virginia Families - Facebook Page Henry County, Virginia Genealogy - FamilySearch |
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Henry
County Courthouse 3150 Kings Mountain Road
Martinsville, VA 24112 (276) 634-4880 (Clerk's Office)
Clerk of Circuit Court has marriage and land records
from 1777, divorce records from 1909, also probate
records Martinsville City Courthouse City Hall Martinsville, VA 24112 (276) 656-5106 (Clerk's Office) (276) 656-5108 (Deed Room) |
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Information On This Site |
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42nd Virginia Confederate Infantry Partial Index of Death, Obituary and Funeral Notices published in the Martinsville Bulletin |
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Additional Information
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Henry
County Surnames Register Henry County Cemeteries - Links to cemeteries on Find A Grave Henry County Birth, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1871 (no index) Henry County VA Census - Mostly prior to 1850 - My page with annotated notes 1820 Census Index 1820 Census Pages 27A to 35A, Pages 35B to 29A, or "Census" above annotated 1830 Census Index 1830 Census Pages 184-193, 194-203, 204-211, or "Census" above annotated Henry County Virginia - On FamilySearch Henry County News of Yesteryear Henry County Virginia Tax List {index only} - at Binns Genealogy |
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Confederate Units Enlisted Here |
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Co. H, 24th
VA Inf., Henry Guards Co. A, 42nd VA Inf., Henry Volunteers Co. F, 42nd VA Inf., Leatherwood Fencibles Co. G, 42nd VA Inf., Capt. William W. Morris' Co. Co. F, 57th VA Inf., Henry and Pittsylvania Rifles 42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Roster |
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Henry County Family Websites |
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People
of Henry Co. VA and Rockingham Co. NC prior to 1850
- On Ancestry People of Henry Co VA & Rockingham Co NC (prior to 1850) - On Rootsweb EDWARDS Genealogy & Edwards Family History - Virginia HANKINS Family Homepage by Jim Hankins, US Army (Ret) NANCE From Around The World - (I research ALL Nance Lines) also Facebook |
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Books of Interest |
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Highlighted in red, I own, and will do
lookups. ROSELAWN BURIALS, HENRY COUNTY-MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA compiled by Margaret W. Myers and Patricia Johnson (Fredericksburg, VA, Sheridan Books, 2001) First published record of burials at Roselawn Burial Park Covers 10,378 burials from the cemetery's opening in November, 1930, through February, 2001. Complete alphabetical listing gives name, cemetery section and lot, date of birth and date of death Also includes listing of 446 burials in Roselawn Abbey, listing of 2043 known veterans and services and a listing of 210 reburials and removals. Seventeen months in the making, these ladies used the cemetery records, visited every grave site, then spent months researching obituary notices on microfilm to get as many complete dates as possible. As a result, less than 300 of the entries have partial dates! Hard cover, with cloth binding, 381 pages, 35 entries per page, very easy to read. Send email to Margaret Myers for price & ordering information. Henry County, Virginia Will Abstracts Vol. I and II 1777 - 1820 - Compiled by Lela C. Adams Abstracts of Henry County, Virginia Deed Books III and IV August 1784 - June 1792 - Compiled by Lela C. Adams Abstracts of Deed Books V & VI Henry County, Virginia Oct. 1792 - Dec. 1805 - Compiled by Lela C. Adams Virginia Public Claims; Henry County by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten (Athens, GA: Iberian, 1991) Complete Index and Abstract of Henry County Order Books #1 and #2 by Charles P. Blunt (Richmond, VA: auther, 1978) Henry County Marriage Bonds, 1778-1849 by Virginia Anderson Dodd (org. pub. 1953, reprint, Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Publishing Company, 1989) A History of Henry County, Virginia with Biographical Sketches of Its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a Hundred of Its Oldest Families by Judith Parks America Hill (Baltimore, MD: Regional Publishing Company, 1983) History of Patrick and Henry Counties, VA by Virginia G. Pedigo and Lewis G. Pedigo (Roanoke, VA: Stone Printing, 1933, reprint Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990) Henry County, Virginia, Census of 1820 by Don Simmons (no pub. data) Henry County, Virginia, Census of 1830 by Don Simmons (no pub. data) An (alphabetical) Index to HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES which appeared in the Martinsville Bulletin newspaper ( and it's predecessors, the Daily Bulletin and the Henry Bulletin) of Henry County, Virginia from May 1924 to December 1960 by Paul Martin, 1997. For each deceased, shows date(s) obituary, death or reburial notice appeared and its location in the paper (page number and column) Transcribed from handwritten manuscript (in sequence by order of appearance in the newspaper) created in mid-1970's, Soft cover, with staple and heat binding, 157 pages, 84 entries per page in 2 columns, write Paul Martin at 1342 E. First Street, Tustin, CA 72780-4524 for price & to order. An (alphabetical) Index to HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES which appeared in the Martinsville Bulletin newspaper ( and it's predecessors, the Daily Bulletin and the Henry Bulletin) of Henry County, Virginia from January 1961 to Mid-June 1975 by Paul Martin, 1998, For each deceased, shows date(s) obituary, death or reburial notice appeared and its location in the paper (page number and column), Transcribed from handwritten manuscript (in sequence by order of appearance in the newspaper) created in mid-1970's, Soft cover, with staple and heat binding, 140 pages, 84 entries per page in 2 columns, write Paul Martin at 1342 E. First Street, Tustin, CA 72780-4524 for price & order information. Click here for more information on the following books: 1850 Federal Census of Henry County, Virginia by Anne Vestal-Miller, 1991 Six Decade Index of Henry County, Virginia Censuses by Anne Vestal-Miller, 1991 Death Records of Henry County, Virginia Volume I, 1853-1874 by Anne Vestal-Miller, 1992 Death Records of Henry County, Virginia Volume II, 1875-1896 by Anne Vestal-Miller, 1993 The Marriage Register of Henry County, Virginia, Volume I, 1853-1878 by Anne Vestal-Miller, 1998 The Marriage Register of Henry County, Virginia, Volume II, 1879-1893 by Anne Vestal-Miller, 1998 Marriage Records of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1767 - 1819 by Anne Vestal-Miller, 1996 MISC other books I own Rockingham County North Carolina Will Abstracts 1785-1865 by Irene B. Webster Rockingham County North Carolina Deeds 1785-1800 by Irene B. Webster |
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