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Reference Library

The Historical Society houses a large collection of references and records on site. You are welcome to come by and review them during Museum open hours.

The Historical Society houses a large collection of references and records on site. As we catalog them we will also include them here for reference. You are welcome to come by and review them during Museum open hours.

Research Room Book List

Genealogy

  • Furrow – compiled by Frank Edwards Furrow
  • Poff – The Poff’s of Floyd County Virginia — compiled by Logan Jennings
  • Reed – The Reeds of Northeastern Floyd County, Virginia – compiled by Logan Jennings
  • Spangler-Yopp – compiled by Jack Spangler
  • Harmon, Sutphin, Stilwell, Cox, Bishop, Gardner, Wade, Wilkerson, Watkins, Epes, Lester,Booth, Roop, Hylton – compiled by P. Kaye Wilkerson
  • Rigney – Our Rigney History for Nine Generations – compiled by Margorie Wade Fluor Moore and Jean Williams Thurman
  • J.E.B. StuartAscent to Glory – compiled by Thomas D. Perry
  • Hylton – Lorenzo Dow Hylton
  • Simon Granser Marshall, Sr. 1791-1877 – compiled by G. Payne Marshall
  • Akers – Descendents of William Akers in the New River Valley – compiled by Louise Roop Akers and Bruce E. Altizer
  • MorricleThe Morricle Family: A Story of a Floyd County Family by Marguerite Tise
  • ByrdThe Byrd Family of Franklin County, Virginia with Bradley, Dillon and Perdue Lines – By Linda B. Nezbeth
  • David Ross Cox 1841-1900; Cynthia Thenia Hall Cox 1845-1915 and their Descendants 1990

Cemeteries

  • Confederate Cemeteries Vol. 1 & 2 by Mark Hughes
  • Cemetery Surveys of Floyd County
  • Gray-Poff Cemetery – Check, Floyd County, Virginia
  • Tombstone Inscriptions of the Cemeteries of Patrick County, Virginia compiled by: O.E. Pilson 1994
  • Cemeteries: Floyd (Montgomery County, VA. Burks Fork District Vol II  compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips, Genevieve Cochran Starkey 1992

Virginia State and County Histories

  • Virginia The Old Dominion by Matthew Page Andrews 1949
  • Floyd County: A History of Its People and Places by Dr. Amos Wood
  • Roanoke 1740-1982 by Clare White 1982
  • Carroll County Heritage Vol 1 1842-1994 Carroll County Genealogy Club 1994
  • History of Patrick County, Virginia Published by: Patrick County Historical Society 1999
  • That Land that is Pulaski County (In Virginia’s Highlands) by Conway Howard Smith 1980
  • Carroll 1765-1815 The Settlements by John Perry Alderman
  • History of Albemarle County Virginia by Rev. Edgar Woods 1932
  • History of Bland County by Bland County Centennial Corporation 1992
  • Images of Floyd County by Floyd County Historical Society, Inc. 2012
  • Vinton History 1884-1984 by Irma Trammell Moseley and Madeline Simmons Forbes 1984
  • County Court Records of Accomack-Northampton Virginia 1640-1645 Edited by Susie M. Ames, The Virginia Historical Society 1973
  • The Development of Schooling in Floyd County, Virginia 1831-1900 by Sarah J. Simmons, Dissertation submitted to Virginia Tech 1987
  • The Architectural Heritage of the Roanoke Valley by W.L. Whitwell, Lee W. Winborne
  • Footprints on the Sands of Time A History of Southwestern Virginia and Northwestern North Carolina by Dr. A.B. Cox
  • A Future for Virginia’s Past The Final Report of the Governor’s Commission to Study Historic Preservation November 1988
  • An Archeological Survey of Southwest Virginia by C.G. Holland (Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology Number 12)
  • New River Land Trust: New River Valley’s best recipes
  • Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, in The Heart of the Alleghenies by: Lula Porterfield Givens

Civil War

  • 42nd Virginia Infantry The Virginia Regimental Histories Series by John D Chapla 1983
  • The 1st and 2nd Stuart Horse Artillery The Virginia Regimental Histories Series by Robert H. Moore, II  1985
  • 28th Virginia InfantryThe Virginia Regimental Histories Series by Frank E. Fields 1985
  • 57th Virginia Infantry The Virginia Regimental Histories Series by Charles W Sublett 1985
  • 51st Virginia Infantry The Virginia Regimental Histories Series by James A Davis 1984
  • 24th Virginia Infantry The Virginia Regimental Histories Series by Ralph White Gunn 1987
  • 54th Virginia Infantry The Virginia Regimental Histories Series by Jeffrey C. Weaver and G.L. Sherwood 1993
  • 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment Compiled from the official military records.
  • Geology and Civil War SW VA compiled reports from the state of Virginia
  • Stoneman’s Raid Binder Containing copies of Chris Hartley’s book which pertain to Floyd
  • The Photographic History of the Civil War: The Decisive Battles, The Cavalry Editor Brigadier-General Theo. F. Rodenbough (U.S. Army retired) 2011
  • Floyd County, Virginia Civil War Soldiers compiled list of men from Floyd who served.  Agnew. 1985
  • The Photographic History of the Civil War, Soldier Life and Secret Service, Prisons and Hospitals 1987
  • Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields: National Park Service Historical Handbook No 25, 1956

Native American History and Culture

  • Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney 1982
  • First People: The Early Indians of Virginia by Keith Egloff and Deborah Woodward 2006

General History and Research

  • The Records of the Virginia Company of London: The Court Book, from the Manuscript of the Library of Congress  Edited by Susan Myra Kingsbury, A.M., Ph.D.  1906, Vol. I 1619-1621
  • A Guide to the American Battle Fields in Europe prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission 1927
  • Jefferson Vindicated: Fallacies, Omissions, and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search by Cynthia H. Burton 2005
  • History of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America: From 1891 to 1933 by Mrs. Rucker Lamar
  • A Sailor’s Log Recollections of Forty Years of Navel Life by Robley D. Evans 1901
  • Is That Lineage Right?  By National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution1990
  • Is That Service Right? By Office of the Registrar General National Society Daughters of the American Revolution March 1986
  • Historical Report of Radford Ordnance Works Government Owned Hercules Powder Company-Operated: Radford, Virginia by Hercules Powder Company Vol I, II, III
  • Pictorial History of the Second World War Vol I Thru VII 1948
  • U.S. Army in World War II: The Fall of the Philippines 1952
  • U.S. Army in World War II: Guadalcanal: The First Offensive 1948
  • The Pearl Harbor Story: The True Account of the December 7 Attack by Captain William T. Rice (retired)
  • World War II by Christopher Chant
  • Famous Fighters of the Second World War by William Green Series 1 and 2
  • Pearl Harbor National Geographic illustrated edition
  • World War II: Readers Digest Illustrated 1969
  • Congressional Directory 94th Congress First Session  1975
  • Biographical Directory of American Congress 1774-1971
  • Virginia Acts of the Assembly 1991-1995
  • D-Day From the Normandy Beaches to the Liberation of France by Stephen Badsey
  • Illustrated History of the Civil War by Frank Leslie
  • The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War
  • World War II Aircraft
  • Fighter: Technology, Facts, History

Floyd Culture

  • Portrait of Floyd Virginia (Photographic) Photographs by Glen McClure
  • Wilderness Road Odyssey: A Cyclist’s Journey Through Present and Past by Fess Green 2003 (also available for sale on our website or in the museum shop)
  • In the Shadow of the Blue Ridge by Carolyn Tyree Feagans 1998
  • Raised on Song and Stories: A Memoir of Place in the Blue Ridge by Jean Thomas Schaeffer 1994 (also available for sale on our website or in the museum shop)
  • The Man Who Moved a Mountain by Richard C. Davids 1970
  • Floyd County, Virginia Heritage 2001
  • The Water-Powered Mills of Floyd County, Virginia by Franklin R. Webb and Ricky L. Cox 2012 (also available for sale on our website or in the museum shop)
  • Floyd County Doctors Past and Present: Memories of Ridgemont 1914-2014
  • Pioneers and Their Coats of Arms of Floyd County Genealogies of Prominent Early Settlers of the Blue Ridge Plateau of Virginia. By Sue Jefferson Shelor 1960-1961
  • Earth Eyes Destinations: Floyd County, Virginia. By Sam Night
  • Post Marks of Floyd binder containing postal history of Floyd County.
  • Fourteenth Family Blessing by Lucille E. Shelor
  • Walnut Knob: A Story of Mountain Life and My Heritage Song by: Max S. Thomas
  • Scrapbook of Newspaper articles relevant to Floyd County History
  • Floyd High School Yearbooks: 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973
  • Senior Memory Book Floyd High School 1943
  • Michael Miley: American Photographer and Pioneer in Color 1980 (including a collection of photos of Robert E. Lee)
  • A bend in the road…a collection of poetry and artwork by the residents of Beverly enterprises 1982

Images of America Series

  • Henry County by Thomas D. Perry 2009
  • Appomattox County by Patrick A. Schroeder and Scott Frantel 2009
  • Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris 2003
  • Pearisburg and Giles County by Terri L. Fisher 2008
  • Wherever We Wander: Stories From the Sons and Daughters of Floyd, Franklin, and Patrick Counties, Virginia compiled by Carolyn Hale Bruce

Church Histories

  • Red Oak Grove Church of the Brethren   By Melissa M. Naff  1974
  • The Mountain Church: A History of New Haven Baptist Church, Floyd VA  Compiled by Wanda Combs  1995
  • Harris Chapel The First 100 Years 1915-2015
  • The Presbyterian Church of Floyd: Celebrating 150 Years of History  Edited by : C.C Lane and Jean Schaeffer  Nov. 2003
  • He Preached the Word Biography of Archie Naff-Red Oak Grove- by Melissa Naff
  • 1853-1872 Birth and Death Records Floyd County, Virginia and the Zion Lutheran Church Register   compiled by: Marjorie Fluor and Marguerite Tise
  • Eyes Toward the Mountains: His Story of the Blue Ridge Baptist
  • Life Story of a Family of Sixteen by Rev. Otis Cox 1977
  • R. Gamble See: A Memoir Ruth Douglas See 1981

Periodicals, Journals, Notes, Etc.

  • Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 119 No. 4 -2011, Vol. 120 No. 1 -2012, Vol. 120 No. 2 -2012, Vol. 120 No. 3 -2012
  • The Smithfield Review (Tech) Vol. 16, 2012
  • Notes on Virginia Virginia Department of Historical Resources Number 47 2003
  • Shenandoah Valley Magazine Winter 1979
  • Journal of the New River Historical Society 22 volumes
  • Virginia Appalachian Notes: Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society 2006-2009
  • History Notes: Virginia Historical Society Fall 2011, Fall 2012
  • History News Fall 2012, Spring 2013
  • History Museum & Historical Society of Western Virginia 2002 Journal
  • Virginia’s Heritage: Property Owner’s Guide to Resource Protection
  • Virginia Cavalcade Magazine 1970-2002

Theses and Dissertations

  • The Rocker Beater Loom: A New Case for an Early Form of Standing Beater Loom , Masters Thesis by Phyllis Durrant Dean
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