The Adkins Family of Wayne County, West Virginia


Book Description

William Adkins (Adkinson) (1690-ca. 1754/74) was born in Virginia, married Elizabeth Parker and lived in Virginia. Their descendants lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, California, Oklahoma, Colorado and other elsewhere.




Genealogies in the Library of Congress


Book Description

This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.







Descendants of Hezekiah Sellards (father of Jenny Wiley)


Book Description

Hezekiah Sellards who was probably of Scotch-Irish parentage, came to Pennsylvania in 1732. He migrated to the Shenandoah Valley, then to Walkers Creek, Virginia and died in Kentucky. Descendants lived throughout the United States.




Ferguson Family Genealogical History of Wayne County, West Virginia (early Cabell and Kanawha, Virginia), Mainly Samuel and Mary (Jameson) Ferguson (1744-1825) and Descendants, Also Joel Ferguson (1797-1857) and Daniel Ferguson (1832-1886) and Descendants


Book Description

Samuel Ferguson (1744-1825) emigrated probably from Ireland or Scotland to America. Descendents lived in West Virginia, South Carolina, and elsewhere.




The Adam Waggoner Family of Tazewell and Montgomery Counties, Virginia, 1750-1996


Book Description

Adam Waggoner was born ca. 1730 near Bingen, Germany and died in 1786 in Montgomery County, Virginia. His first wife is unknown but left him with ten children. His second wife, Jane, had two children. The Waggoner name was also spelled as Wagoner and Wagner. Includes the Day and Kidd families. Descendants are located in southwest Virginia, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Montana and Texas.