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Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S.
state of Virginia. Its county
seat is Christiansburg. Montgomery County was established in 1777 from Fincastle County. Part of Botetourt County
was added in 1789, and part of Pulaski County was
added in 1842. The county is named for Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War
general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec
City, Canada. The county is bordered by Craig County to the north, Floyd County to the south, Giles County to the northwest, the City of Radford and Pulaski County to the southwest, and Roanoke County to the east. |
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gen tool-kit
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Our “Gen-Tool Kit” has been primarily
designed for those researchers who may be traveling to this location to
perform on-site studies of their family history, or to just visit some of the
interesting historical sites located in the area. It can be very satisfying to mix research
with sightseeing at historical and scenic spots. Such activity not only gives you an
understanding of the land but a needed break from intense research
sessions. When visiting an ancestral
county for genealogical research we’ve found that the three most important
places to visit are the county courthouse; the county library; and the county
historical and/or genealogical societies.
It is also good to plan ahead by contacting any site you intend visiting
in order to ascertain where it is and when it will be open. This is especially true with regard to
historical and genealogical societies.
We hope that the following information will provide you with a better
idea of what resources are available, within this county, to the family
historian. |
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Cemeteries
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City
of Radford Cemetery Registration Montgomery
County Cemeteries |
Montgomery
County Virginia Cemeteries |
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Maps and Gazetteers
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Your LINK to the Historical Places and Districts in MONTGOMERY County |
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Montgomery
County Montgomery
County Historical Markers Montgomery
County Historical Markers Montgomery
County History |
National
Register of Historic Places |
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County History
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The Blacksburg Museum Family
History Library Holdings Radford |
Montgomery Museum |
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Libraries, Museums & Archives
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Montgomery
County (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas) |
Quad
List of Graysontown, Virginia
Quad
List of Lafayette, Virginia Quad
List of Radford, Virginia Radford
City Topo Maps and Aerial Photos
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County Records
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Montgomery County
Clerk of the Circuit Court has Marriage Records
from 1773, Land Records
from 1750, Probate Records
from 1773
and Court Records
from 1753
and is located at the County Courthouse on P. O. Box 6309, 1 E. Main Street,
Suite B-5, Christiansburg, VA 24068-6309; 540/382-5760, Fax: 540/382-6937 . Includes records of Augusta
County(1750-72) and Fincastle County (1772-76) |
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Livingston's
Law Register, 1851 Montgomery Co. |
Montgomery
Co. VA – WWII Casualties, U.S. Army Chronicling
America Montgomery
County |
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Societies
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surnames
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The following are names of persons, found
within our databases, as
having been either born, married or died in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding Link. |
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Pickens; Walker |
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Additional information
regarding these and other surnames may also be found at: |
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Use this free genealogy site
to help you get the best genealogy searches from Google™ by using your family
tree, for your research. It will create a series of different searches using tips or "tricks" |
that will likely
improve your results. The different searches will give you many different
ways of using Google and the Internet to find ancestry information about this or
any other Surname. |
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Click
on the LINK to
the right to see more information about the World distribution of any
surname. You can get greater |
detail
for any of the maps by clicking on the area, i.e
state, county that you are interested in. |
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ancestral gen-sites
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Map of the county
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Family
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It is believed that William Walker was born circa 1755 in
Virginia. It is known that he married his wife Sarah in Virginia and that they produced two of their off-spring while living in
Montgomery County. One of them was our
great-grandmother Jemima Walker born in 1791.
It is believed that sometime around 1792 William moved his family a
distance of about 200 miles over the Appalachians into Kentucky. Most likely he traveled south west on the
Great Wagon Road from Christiansburg Virginia to the Cumberland Gap. William eventually settled in a
locality then in Mason County and now encompassed by Floyd County. William first appears in this place around
1793. |
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Gen-site profiles
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Christiansburg
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LOCATION: Coordinates/Map: 37° 8′ 28″ N,
80° 24′ 28″ W |
Christiansburg train station Click on thumbnail for larger image |
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DESCRIPTION: Christiansburg is the county seat of Montgomery County. Christiansburg, Blacksburg, and Radford are the three principal municipalities of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Metropolitan Statistical Area which
encompasses those municipalities and all of Montgomery County. Christiansburg was named after William Christian. "Christansburgh"
is the original spelling of the town. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS GEN-SITE: see history notes above |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Montgomery
Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center ; |
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populated
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gazetteer
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The list below will assist in your research
regarding the matching of your ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and
the place(s) within this locality at which these events may have occurred. |
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Profiles for 177
cities, towns and other populated places in Montgomery County Virginia |
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Map of Montgomery County Virginia Montgomery County Physical, Cultural &
Historic Features |
Montgomery County ZIP Codes | Area Codes Montgomery County Land - Property, Farms
& Ranches |
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Montgomery County,
Virginia, United States
Details | Resources | Cities | Cemeteries | |
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Links To Populated Places Within This County |
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Incorporated towns
Unincorporated communities
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Find Physical Features* Within This County |
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* includes but not limited to Cemeteries, Churches, Locales,
Schools, Military Installations;
Populated Places, Post Offices, Streams, and Trails |
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County boundary changes
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Conducting genealogical research in the United
States requires an understanding of county boundaries. As the population grew more counties were
created to meet the public’s need for localized governments. This phenomena was
common in all states during the 17th, 18th and 19th
centuries. As such you must be sure
that you are not looking for records in the wrong county or state. The web site for the Atlas of Historical County Boundary Project provides interactive
maps for all states. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries is meant to be
a resource for people seeking records of past events, and people trying to
analyze, interpret and display county-based historical data like Land Records, Probate Records, Court Records, Tax Records,
and Vital Records
that document birth, death, and marriage.
Listed below are the boundary changes for this county, the dates they
occurred, as well as the government statute that decreed the change. To see actual changes in a mapping format
follow this link to the Atlas of
Historical County Boundary Project . |
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31
Dec 1776 - MONTGOMERY
created from FINCASTLE (extinct).
(Hening, 9:257-261) 01 Sep 1777 - MONTGOMERY exchanged with
WASHINGTON. (Hening,
9:330-331) 01 Mar 1778 - MONTGOMERY lost to
creation of GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Hening,
9:420-424) 01 Oct 1789 - MONTGOMERY lost to
creation of KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Hening,
12:670-672) 01 May 1790 - MONTGOMERY gained from
BOTETOURT, lost to creation of WYTHE. (Hening, 13:76-78) 14 Dec 1795 - MONTGOMERY exchanged with
BOTETOURT. (Shepherd, 1:406) 07 Dec 1796 - MONTGOMERY exchanged with
BOTETOURT. (Shepherd, 2:64) 02 Jan 1802 - MONTGOMERY lost to MONROE
(W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:345-346) 01 May 1806 - MONTGOMERY lost to
creation of GILES. (Shepherd, 3:244-245) 01 Feb 1831 - MONTGOMERY lost to
creation of FLOYD. (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 72, secs. 1, 12/pp.
137-138) 30 Mar 1839 - MONTGOMERY lost to
creation of PULASKI. (Va. Acts 1839, Jan.
sess., ch. 50, sec. 1/pp. 30-33) 07 Jan 1840 - Boundary between
MONTGOMERY and PULASKI clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 35-36) 14 Feb 1842 - MONTGOMERY gained from
PULASKI. (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 62, sec. 1/pp. 39-40) 02 Feb 1849 - MONTGOMERY lost to
ROANOKE. (Va. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 63, sec. 1/pp. 28-30) 01 Mar 1853 - MONTGOMERY lost to CRAIG. (Va. Acts 1852-1853, ch.
153, secs. 1, 3/pp. 130-131) 10 Jul 1902 - MONTGOMERY lost to
creation of Radford as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body
Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169) 1966 - MONTGOMERY lost to the
independent city of Radford. (Bain, Annexation, [248];
Radford Zoning Dept., correspondence, March 1994) 1977 - MONTGOMERY lost to the independent
city of Radford. (Radford Zoning Dept.,
correspondence, March 1994) 1980 - MONTGOMERY lost to the
independent city of Radford. (Radford Zoning Dept.,
correspondence, March 1994) 1986 - MONTGOMERY lost to the
independent city of Radford. (Radford City
Cartographer, correspondence, December 2002) |
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State-Wide Resources
For more information about
the U.S. State in which this county is located click
on these LINKS: |
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Resources which
enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are almost as
important as their names. The LINK |
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to the right will
take you to Maps, Gazetteers, and other helpful resources
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General Resources
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·
Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia ·
Free Genealogy
Search Help For Google ·
Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA ·
United States Research Wiki – Family Search ·
Histopolis.com
– Collaborative
Genealogy and History ·
Birth &
Marriage Records Indexes for USA ·
Record Search
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Our Genealogy
Reference Library (USA Locations) ·
Genealogy
Forum: U.S. States ·
Family Search,
IGI Batches, Localities ·
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Resources by county ·
Rootsweb.com –
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General U.S. Sites ·
DistantCousin.com -
archive of genealogy records ·
Searchable Death Indexes & Records ·
Census Finder –Free Census and other Records · Data Base Collections at Ancestry.com$ |
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Locality Specific Resources
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Montgomery
County Genealogy Links |
· Montgomery
County, Genealogy Forum · Montgomery
County, at Rootsweb |
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Digital Record Collections
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·Montgomery
County Collections -
Ancestry.com$ |
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Genealogy Reference Library
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you may find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works
about military units and personnel during America’s wars, in addition too
resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who may have settled in
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Gallery
During our research
we have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a
variety of localities. Some of them
are presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the
reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our
ancestors past lives. |
Virginia Tech University,
located in Blacksburg, Virginia |
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Use
the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to
this location. ANCESTRAL LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES |
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Snail mail: Fred USA |
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Email Pony Express: Tom Sooke, BC V9Z 0Y7 Canada |
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