Campbell County, Virginia


 
 

 

Campbell County was settled in 1736 and incorporated in 1782. Formed from Bedford County, the county was named after Revolutionary War hero, General William Campbell who won fame in the 1780 Battle of King's Mountain. In 1784 Jeremiah Rust donated fifty acres of his land to establish Rustburg as the county seat. Originally inhabited by the Monacan Indians and visited by explorers as early as 1670, the earliest settlement in Campbell County was established in about 1736 at Hat Creek by a group of Scotch-Irish pioneers from Pennsylvania. Other towns in Campbell County are Altavista (1912) and Brookneal (1802). Lynchburg is nearby but is an independent City.

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Campbell County Recorder
P.O. Box 7
Rustburg, VA 24588
(434) 332-9517

Altavista Chamber of Commerce
 
 Campbell County Government


 

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BIBLE RECORDS
 Family Bible of Alexander Mills CAMPBELL
& Martha Ann Dinwiddie CAMPBELL

 
EPPERSON Bible #1
 
 JENNINGS Bible
 
 KIDD Bible
 
 MORRIS Bible
 
PUCKETT Bible 
 
 SNOW Bible
 

BIOGRAPHIES
Moses HELM
 
Gen Lewis Andrew PICK
 
Maj Burwell LEE, 1766-1825
 

CEMETERIES
The Political Graveyard
 
Cemeteries in Campbell County
 
Swan Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
 
Partial Listing for Kedron Baptist Church Cemetery
 
 Candlers Cemetery
 
Episcopal Church of the Good Shephard Church Cemetery
 
 Dixon Family Cemetery
 

 

CENSUS
1820 Campbell County Census
(Includes Lynchburg City)
1840 Census of Pensioners - Military
 

 

FAMILIES
  ANDERSON Family
 
  PLUNKETT Family
 
COMBS Family
 
MASON Family
 
   

HISTORY
 Historical Highway Markers of Campbell County
 
 History of Campbell County Federation of Leagues
 
 Indian Jim's Cave

 
Virginia Black History Archives 
 
 
  
 
  

MAPS
A Variety of Maps from MapGeeks
 
   

MARRIAGES
HOGAN Marriages of Campbell County
 
 
  
 
  

MISC RECORDS
 FUQUA Family Migrates to Ohio, published 1877
 
GRAY Family Information 
 
 SHANNON Family Births, Deaths, & Marriages
 

NEWSPAPERS
Chatham Star-Tribune
 
The News Advance
 
 Altavista Journal
 

OBITUARIES
 Wiley CAMPBELL, 1842
 
Sampson Evans, 1842
 
 
  

PENSIONS
 War of 1812 Pension Abstract, William FARMER, 1853
 
 Pension of Thomas COCHRAN, 1832
 
 
  

PLACES
Historic Green Hill Plantation
 
 
 
  

WAR
1835 Federal Pension List for Virginia
 
 42nd VA Inf. Regiment Co. I, Campbell Gaurds
 
 

WILLS
Joseph AKIN, 1809
 
James CLARK Sr., 1802
 
George COCK, Sr., 1801
 
George COCK, 1818
 
Judith COCK, 1838
 
 The Daniel DRISKILL, 1813
 
Dr. William IRVINE, 1796
 
Michael JONES, 1791
 
William JONES, 1858
 
Thomas JONES, 1826
 
 LEE Family Wills
 
John MASON, 1795
 
John MASON,1855
 
 Will of Achilles MOORMAN, 1783, Inventory, 1785-1786
 
Andrew MOORMAN, 1791, Inventory, 1791-1800
 
Micajah MOORMAN, 1806
 
Thomas MOORMAN, 1845
 
Zachariah MOORMAN, 1787
 
John PORTER Sr., 1781
 
Thomas ROBINSON, 1830
 
 Vincent SNOW Estate, 1829
 
Williston TALBOT, 1827
 
Henry TATE, 1784
 
Hannah WATKINS, 1837
 

GENEALOGY HELPERS
 USGenWeb Archive
 
  
Campbell County Public Library
 
 
Historic Staunton River Foundation
& Battlefield Park

 
 Where to write for Vital Statistics
 
 
Search the DAR Library Catalog
 
Deciphering Old Handwriting
 
 Search the LDS website
 
 
The Association for Gravestone Studies  
 

Central Virginia Genealogical Association

  

Avoca Museum in Altavista
 
   

 


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