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WELCOME! To Floyd County, Virginia A Project of the VaGenWeb
This is a
part of the USGenWeb project, which is an effort to
organize genealogical materials on the Internet. Updated: Friday,
October 30, 2026 |
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The Floyd County Coordinator: BarbR Email BarbR if you see any broken links or other issues/questions
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County Facts
Founded: 1831 Named for John Floyd, then
Governor of Virginia. First Court House completed in
1834. County seat was called
Jacksonville for Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United
States. On January 23, 1896 the town of Jacksonville was changed to Floyd by
an Act passed by the General Assembly. No water flows into Floyd
County. In 2005 there was only 1
stoplight … in the entire county! Area: 382 sq mi 2015 Population: 15, 279 Time Zone: Eastern Website: www.floydcova.org |
Evolution of Floyd Co., Virginia
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A Note About This Site
Barbara Maxine (Moore) Stanley was the
original coordinator for this site as well as our first Floyd Co., VA Mailing
List “Mom”. She created a webpage for contributions from Floyd Co., VA Mailing List
subscribers & it is still active although nothing has been added to that
site since her passing.
Links on this page may direct you to that or
other webpages. You will need to use your browser key to return to this page.
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(also see
Newspaper Articles) |
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Includes: Books For Sale Scanned Books |
Pine Creek Cemetery Restoration
Project Nov 2020 Inquiries as to progress of this project may be sent to: officemanager@floydhistoricalsociety.org Cemetery Index (continually
working on) Cemetery Surname Index (continually working on) |
1840, 1860, 1890, 1900
& 1910 & 1930 partial index |
Chancery Records Index to Floyd Co, VA Chancery
Records 1828-1916 Virginia Memory -
Chancery Records Index with Link to Images |
Photos
& a few with descriptions. (needs to
be brought over) |
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Deaths & Illnesses (also see Newspaper
Articles) Coffins Made by
Marion Thomas Hall
Death Record
Documentation – US Standard (what was supposed to be
documented)
Death Records Available on this Site New Apr 2022! Includes an
Index of records found 1850-1856 Images
of Floyd Death Registers 1853-1896 Images
of Floyd Mortality Schedules 1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880 you should
be right were Floyd death records start Death Registers 1853–1897 image 85 of
673
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Most are images |
Compiled
by BarbR by
building off of the 1850 census |
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Licenses
issued by Joseph Howard, Floyd Co., VA Commissioner of Revenue 1831 Directs you to the New River Notes Web Site. |
Linages
submitted to Floyd Co., VA Mailing List Many of you have wondered how another is connected to
Floyd Co., VA. You might find the answer here! |
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Stories submitted of those who
originated in Floyd Co., VA but moved to other parts of the country. |
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Newspapers Articles – Floyd &
Elsewhere Newspaper clippings with a
Floyd County connection |
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Obituaries with Floyd Co., VA Connections also see Newspaper Articles, Families of Floyd Co., VA & Cemeteries needs work |
New Link from Tim Via’s FB Page – really cool! |
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Tax Lists 1831
Floyd Co., VA Personal Property Tax List Directs you to the New River Notes Web Site. |
Tributes to Floyd Co. Researchers William Clyde Maxey "jist ole Clyde" Tribute to Irene Spangler Underwood Tribute to Paul Sheridan Collins “jist ole Paul” |
Wills Will
of Mary Spangler 1720-1820 320 KB - Will dated 27 November 1812. Provided by Jack Spangler
from his webpage.
Will Book I,
1831-1852, Floyd County, VA
Wills
submitted to the original Floyd Co News List Web Page maintained by Barb
Stanley. |
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