Many genealogical and biographical sketches of Halifax County, Virginia, families have been compiled and presented here. Some of the names in here are: Adams, Anderson, Armstrong, Atkisson, Ballou, Barksdale, Baynham, Bean, Belt, Bennett, Blackwell, Booker, Borum, Bostick, Boxley, Boyd, Brandon, Bruce, Butler, Calloway, Carlton, Carrington, Carter, Chalmers, Chappell, Chastain, Chiles, Christian, Clark, Coleman, Coles, Connally, Craddock, Crews, Dabbs, DeJarnette, Dews, Drinkard, Easley, Edmundson, Edmunds, Farmer, Faulkner, Ferrell, Flournoy, Fourqurean, French, Green, Hall, Halleburton, Hart, Henry, Hodges, Howerton, Hudson, Hurt, Irby, Irvine, Jeffress, Jones, Jordan, Lacy, Lawson, Leigh, Ligon, Logan, Lovelace, Maxey, Medley, Moon, Morton, Nance, Owen, Palmer, Penick, Ragland, Roberts, Scott, Stebbens, Stevens, Stokes, Sydnor, Terry, Thornton, Vaughan, Wade, Watkins, Wilborn, Willingham, Wimbish, Wooding, Wyatt, Yuille.

The Alabama 38th Infantry Regiment was organized at Mobile in May 1862, and remained at the defenses in the vicinity of that city till February 1863. It then proceeded to Tullahoma, and was there placed in the brigade of Gen. Clayton of Barbour, with the Eighteenth, Thirty-sixth, and Fifty-eighth of Alabama regiments. The regiment was first under fire with slight loss at Hoover's Gap, and lost nearly half the regiment killed and wounded at Chickamauga. At Missionary Ridge the Thirty-eighth was again hotly engaged at close quarters, and a large number were captured. It wintered at Dalton, and bore its share in the operations of the Dalton-Atlanta campaign, losing severely, particularly at Resaca and Atlanta. From Marietta to the close, Gen. Holtzclaw of Montgomery commanded the brigade. It fought around the latter city, and at Jonesboro. During the Tennessee campaign of Gen. Hood, the regiment felt the blight of the December frost at Nashville, and was in the rear of the retreat. Placed in the defenses at Mobile, the regiment went through the fiery ordeal at Spanish Fort, where it again suffered severely. With the army, it was surrendered at Meridian, Mississippi, about 80 strong.

The second volume of the set (see Item 531) covers more families from the early counties of Virginia's Lower Tidewater and Southside regions. With an index in excess of 10,000 names.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

From Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine.

The book rings with the names of early inhabitants and prominent citizens. For the genealogist there is the important and wholly fortuitous list of tithables of Pittsylvania County for the year 1767, which enumerates the names of nearly 1,000 landowners and property holders, amounting in sum to a rough census of the county in its infancy. Additional lists include the names, some with inclusive dates of service, of sheriffs, justices of the peace, members of the House of Delegates, 1776-1928, members of the Senate of Virginia, 1776-1928, clerks of the court, and judges.

Information was transcribed or abstracted from many counties in Virginia. Some information is included for North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.