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Henry County VA Project

 Including the City of Martinsville

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Hi Welcome to the Henry County VA project. I am your new host Sonia (NANCE) Roberts 
 
Contact me Sonia, for the following reasons:
  • If you find a broken link. (I just took over (8/24/2020) so still working on these)
  • If you have photos or other materials that are connected to Henry county or the people who lived here, and want to share that with others.
  • If you have a website of families linked to Henry County, Virginia
  • Have or have access to books or other materials and would be willing to 'Look-Up' names for other researchers.
  • Live in or near Henry County and would take photos of gravestones, historical markers or other items to be added to this site or for other researchers.

 

About Henry County VA

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. 
 

Adjacent Counties 

Franklin County, VA
Pittsylvania County, VA
Rockingham County, NC
Stokes County, NC
Patrick County, VA
 

About City of Martinsville 

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.
 

Parishes of the Established Church 1607 - 1785 

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.

  • Camden, 1776 - 1778
  • Patrick, 1778 - 1785  

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Post Queries to a Rootsweb Message Board 
Henry County or
City of Martinsville
 
search engine by freefind
 
 

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
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)
 
 

Information On This Site 

1909 Confederate Pension List

42nd Virginia Confederate Infantry 

Partial Index of Death, Obituary and Funeral Notices published in the Martinsville Bulletin
 
 

Additional Information

(some were broken links in Archives and some are old links on Rootsweb)

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 (Must see!!)
Rockingham County NC census prior to 1850 My page - annotated 

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
 

Confederate Units Enlisted Here

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
 
 

Henry County Family Websites 

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
 
 

Books of Interest

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
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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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