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Carroll Co Genealogy Club P.O. Box 395 Hillsville, VA 24343 www.rootsweb.com/~vaccgc/ $15 annual dues Quarterly Newsletter |
Carroll Co Historical Society P.O. Box 937 Hillsville, VA 24343 (276) 728-4113 http://historicalsociety.chillsnet.org/ $20 annual dues Quarterly Magazine |
Omega Office & Church Supply 215 N. Main St. Hillsville, VA 24343 (276) 728-2061 (800) 786-8937 Gen. Books Outlet |
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Carroll County Public Library 101 Beaver Dam Rd Hillsville, Va 24343 (276) 728-3334 |
The Carroll News Box 487 Hillsville Va 24343 (276) 728-7311 |
Chamber of Commerce P. O. Box 1184 (515 N. Main Street) Hillsville Va 24343 (276) 728-5397 |
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County Court Clerk P.O. Box 218 Hillsville, VA 24343 (276) 730-3070 |
Writing for Vital Statistics www.vitalrec.com/va.html has addresses for both states and counties |
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| From Handbook of Virginia History: Carroll Co was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland. It was formed from Grayson County in 1842, and part of Patrick County was added later. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tiger Map of Carroll Co | 1895 Map of Carroll Co | ePodunk Misc Info | Carroll County Churches, Research Project | |||||||||||||||||
| Confederate Pensioners (1909). | CSA Pension payments (1911-1926) | Men who died in the Civil War (Incomplete list) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Death July 18, 1927, of William Kenny Early Text file from 1928 issue of "Confederate Veteran", provided by Rena Worthen |
World War II Casualties, provided by Janet Hill: MicroSoft Word file
OR view as WebPage.
Other VA Counties |
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Jane Coleman has provided this 1926-27 picture of the students at Oak Grove School, with the
request for help in identifying any of them. Her aunt Laura Mabe Williams, in a white dress, is
standing in front of her aunt Edith Mabe Clark, wearing a dark dress.
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Sandra Hardee Floyd has provided a list of SURRATT burials in two MicroSoft Word documents. The first is arranged by Cemetery Name. The second is arranged by Given Name Send email to Sandra with this link. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brad Rippey has sent us an interesting background paper on his family's Post-Civil War migration to Carroll It also has some interesting county history tidbits. | Trisha Whitlock sent us several documents relating to the Pickett Cemetery.
Her own transcription of tombstone inscriptions. And, extracted from a
church record, kept by Lena Porter Newman, beginning 1931: A list of burials, A list of children buried in the cemetery, & An outline history of the Pickett (Pleasant View) Church | |||||||||||||||||||
| Finding aid for 1900 Carroll Co Census, provided to us by
Cheryl Callaway Alphabetical list of names, with District and Household Number for each instance of Surnames beginning with: A , B , C , D , E , F , G , H , illegible, I, & J , K & L , M , N & O , P & Q , R , S , T, U, & V , W, X, Y, & Z | ||||||||||||||||||||
My intention is to link the names in Vital Records, with the Census. (The 1880 census requires some explanation of its format.) Death Register courtesy of Ron Hall. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Family Reunion "Bulletin Board" | Carroll Co page in the Tombstone Inscription Project | Carroll Co Files in USGenWeb's Archives Project | ||||||||||||||||||
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