Research Resources

Clarke County Historical Collection


Biographical and Genealogical Record of Persons Buried at Old Chapel
(Volume II, Annals of Clarke County, Virginia)
Stuart E. Brown, Jr., Lorraine F. Myers and Eileen M. Chappel
1987, Virginia Book Company Pam Digges
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A Separate Place - The Formation of Clarke County, Virginia
Warren R. Hofstra
1986, Clarke County Sesquicentennial Committee Pam Digges
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Cemeteries of Clarke County Virginia
Don & Mary Royston
2005, New Papyrus Publishing Pam Digges
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Grace Episcopal Church, the Duncan Memorial Methodist Church, the Berryville Baptist Church, Old Chapel have all been transcribed. Clarke Co. Historical Assoc. has copies of the transcriptions. As Archivist, I can do look ups in these cemetery lists.


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Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants, T. K. Cartmell.(1909) reprint, $60.00
A detailed history of Old Frederick County which encompassed the present Clarke county
The Virginia Genealogist - John Frederick Dorman, ed. Vol. 8, 1964, reprint, $20.00
Highlights include: A Guide to Clarke, ... Counties;
Iberian Publishing Co, 548 Cedar Creek Dr., Athens, GA, 30605
Postage on orders up to $10 = $2, $10-$25 = $3, $25-$50 = $4, over $50 = $5
Clarke County Marriages, 1836-1850, John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., 1983, $6.00
Connections and Partings, mary Thomason Morris, $16.95
Abstracts of Marriage, Divorce, Death and Legal Notices Regarding Clarke County, Virginia 1857-1864 from newspaper Accounts
1900 Census Marion Mcfillan

Willow Bend Books, 65 East Main Street,Westminster, MD 21157-5026. [1-800-876-6103]
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"Clarke County, Virginia Will Book Abstracts, Books A-I (1836-1904) and 1A-3C (1841-1913)" by Patricia B. Duncan. Price is $38.00, item no.0504WB.

This 292 page book abstracts Clarke County Will Books A-I and Circuit Court Will Books 1A-3C. It is designed to give an overview of each document, summarizing information and listing pertinent individuals, including mention of slaves and distributees. Purchasers at the estate sales are also included to help identify relatives and neighbors of the
deceased. Entries for an individual of the same or very similar name are grouped together, while preserving relative order of all estate entries. Original spellings were used, while listing any given alternate spelling. Included is a general index to the Court books, which denotes the book:page where the will, appraisal/inventory, settlement account
(or other account), and sale can be found, as well as the page in this book where the abstract can be found. A full name index can be found at the back of the book.

I hope you find these resources helpful in your search for your ancestors. The links are on the left. If you have any resources that you consider helpful, please let me know.