Some Botetourt Resources

Many familiar names

Many settlers of Southern West Virginia had roots in Botetourt County, Virginia. Some of this, of course, was quite by accident as county boundaries changed frequently. You might want to check the names for some of your ancestors. These lists are particular helpful in revealing misspelled names—spellings you would never think to search for.

At FamilySearch.org (Sign in first.)

There are some books with specific family genealogies that I did not include here.

Botetourt County, Virginia, 1820 Census

Botetourt County, Virginia, 1785 Enumeration

The Beckners of Botetourt

Botetourt County, Virginia, Marriages, 1770-1800

Botetourt County, Virginia—Its Men, 1770-1777

Botetourt County History Before 1800 (cannot be viewed online)

Following the McClures—Donegal to Botetourt

Colonel Wm. Fleming of Botetourt, 1728-1795

Botetourt County Marriages, 1770-1853 (cannot be viewed online)

Early Marriages, Wills, and Some Revolutionary War records (cannot be viewed online)

Botetourt County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List

Botetourt County History Through Newspapers before 1900

Commonwealth’s Land Grants or Patents, Botetourt County, Virginia, 1770-1802

Data abstracted from deeds, wills, and county histories in a general study of the German families of Virginia: Bedford, Franklin and Botetourt counties; Maryland; Frederick County & Ohio; Preble County; v. 02 (There are other volumes like this…)

Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle payrolls and public service claims, 1775 : also known as Dunmore's war

Here’s a site you should explore.