Family Genealogies

The following surnames are each the subject of one or more books in the Historical Society Museum. Most of these books are informal publications by family members, and many of the details may be found online. Only the surname that is the main subject is listed here, while dozens or even hundreds of names may be covered in each book, due to intermarriage. Be aware that spelling was often free form in early documents and there is no attempt here to list spelling variants of a single surname. The Historical Society has miscellaneous information about other families not listed here.

If you cannot visit Monroe County to view these books, our local researchers may be able to help.

Alderson, Alexander, Arnott

Ballard, Balls, Basham, Bean, Beirne, Belcher, Bland, Blanton, Bobbitt, Bowyer, Broyles, Brummage, Buckland, Burns, Byrnside

Caperton, Carlisle, Chambers, Cook, Cowans, Cresaps, Crosier

Dehart, Doran, Dunlap, Dunn

Echols, Ellis, Erskine, Evans*

Faulkonier, Fortnu

Givens, Graham, Green, Griffith

Halstead, Handley, Harper, Honaker, Houston, Humphreys, Hutchinson

Jameson, Johnson

Karnes, Kessel, Koiner

Larew, Lemons, Lewis, Lively, livesay, Loudermilk

Mann, Martin, McNeel, Meador, Meadows, Meredith, Miller, Montgomery, Musick

Neel, Nichols*, Nickell, Nossaman

Patton, Peters, Poage, Porterfield, Pyne

Ramsey, Rich, Ridgeway

Shumate, Skaggs, Spangler, Stiff, Strickler

Traill

Vermillion

Wallace, Weaver, Weikle, Wesendoncks, Wickline