Bah, Char McCargo. "Uncovering Post and Pre Civil War Slave Ancestral Surname Changes in Alabama and Virginia - Part II: Virginia." JAAHGS 19:2 (Fall 2000) Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Bell, John C. Louisa County Records You Probably Never Saw. Nashville, Tennessee: Bell, 1983. Call #: foF232.L85B45 1983. Includes free black register 1816-1837.
Bell, Mary McCampbell. “Campbell County, Virginia Manumissions from Deed Books 1-2.” JAAHGS 7:1 (Spring 1986). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Boyd-Rush, Dorthy A. Register of Free Blacks, Rockingham County, Virginia, 1807-1859, Bowie, Md.: Heritage, 1992. Call # F232.R7B69 1992.
Breen, T.H. and Stephen Innes. “Myne Own Ground”: Race and Freedom on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, 1640-1676. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. Call # F232.E2B73. Scholarly monograph examining free blacks in seventeenth century Northamptom County.
Bushman, Katherine G. Registers of Free Blacks 1810-1864 Augusta County, Virginia and Staunton, Virginia. Verona, Virginia: Mid-Valley Press, 1989. Call # F232.A9A9 1989.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records for the Assistant Commissioner for District of Columbia. Call #: Microfilm 723. Many of the freedmen listed on reels 17 and 18 as being transported out of Washington were originally from Virginia.
-----. Records of the Assistant Commisioner for Virginia. Call # Microfilm 716. See also Gentry (below).
Cerny, Johni. “From Maria to Bill Cosby. A case Study in Tracing Black Slave Ancestry.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 75:1 (March 1987). Call # CS42.N4 (2nd floor open shelf).
Craighead, Sandra G. "Index of Maryland and West Virginia Civil War Colored Troopers and their 'Loyal Slaveowners.'" JAAHGS 15:1 (Spring 1996) Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Dickinson, Richard B. Entitled! Free Papers in Appalachia Concerning Antebellum Freeborn Negroes and Emancipated Blacks in Montgomery County, Virginia. Washington D.C.: National Geographical Society, 1981. Call # F232.M7D52.
Eldridge, Carrie. Cabell County's Empire for Freedom: the Manumission of Sampson Sanders' Slaves. Huntington, WV: John Deaver Drinko Acadamy, Marshall University, 1999. Call #: Folio F247.C2 E465 1999.
Engs, Robert Francis. Freedom’s First Generation: Black Hampton, Virginia 1861-1890. Philadelphia: U. Of Pennsylvania, 1979. Call # F234H23E54.
Fitzgerald, Ruth Coder. A Different Story: A Black History of Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania, Virginia. [s.l.]: Unicorn, 1976. Call # F234.F8F57.
Flowers, J. Clayton. “Richard Clayton of Surry County Virginia and his Descendants.” JAAHGS 6:4 (Winter 1985). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Foster, Suzannah C. "African-American Births in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1853-1859. JAAHGS 19:2 (Fall 2000) Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Freedmen's Bureau Online: Virginia (website). This site contains a number of indexes and transcriptions of documents from the Freedmen's Bureau records.
Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Deposit Ledger Indexes. Call #: Microfilm 710. Indexes for Richmond and Norfolk on reel 5.
Frost, Olivia Pleasants. “The Journey of Five Generations of a Freedman’s Family.” JAAHGS 3:2 (Summer 1982). Call # CS1.237 (2nd floor open shelf).
Gawalt, Gerard W. "Jefferson's slaves: crop accounts at Monticello. 1805-1808." JAAHGS 13:1/2 (spring/fall 1994). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).Gentry Hollis. “Index of Prominent Freedmen in Virginia.” JAAHGS 10:4 (Winter 1989). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf). Refers to the records of the Assistant Commissioner for Virginia of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands (above).
Headley, Robert K. Genealogical Abstracts from 18th Century Virginia Newspapers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. Call # F225.H43 1987 (2nd floor open shelf). Contains numerous references to runaway slaves and free blacks.
Hodge, Robert A. Birth Records, Fredericksburg, Virginia A-Z (Colored) 1900-1940. Fredericksburg, Va.: Hodge, 1988. Call #: fF234.F8H662.
-----. Some Pre-1871 Vital Statistics on Colored Persons of Culpeper County, Virginia. Fredericksburg, Va.: Hodge, 1978. Call #: fF232.C9H694.
Hollie, Donna Tyler. “Blacknell Family Slaves.” JAAHGS 6:1 (Spring 1985). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Hopkins, Margaret Lail. Index to the Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia, and the slaveholders and slaves: 1758-1786. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991. Call # F232.L8H67.
Hudgins, Dennis. Surry County, Virginia Register of Free Negroes. Call # F232.S9 H8 1995.
Ibrahim, Karen King. Fauquier County, Virginia Register of Free Negroes, 1817-1865. [Midland, Va.]: Afro-AMerican Association of Fauquier County, c1993. Call #: fF232.F3I27 1993.
Johnson, David A.G. (Jr.). “The Coy Family of Virginia: A Documentary Portrait.” JAAHGS 12:3/4 (fall/winter 1991). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
King, Helen H. et al. Historic Notes on Isle of Wight County. Isle of Wight, Va.: Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors, 1993. Call # F232.I8K57 1993. Especially noteworthy from the standpoint of African American research for the antebellum free black listings contained in the appendices.
Latimer, Frances Bibbins. The Register of Free Negroes: Northampton County, Virginia, 1853 to 1861. Bowie, Md: Heritage, 1992. Call #: fF232.N85.L38 1992.
“List of Free Blacks in Westmoreland County, Virginia 1801.” The Virginia Genealogist 31:1 (January-March, 1987). Call # F221.V79 (2nd floor open shelf).
Lucas, Townsend M. “Loudoun County, Virginia, Documentation on Free Blacks.” JAAHGS 11:3 (Fall 1990). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Madden, T.O. (Jr.) and Ann L. Miller. We Were Always Free: The Maddens of Culpeper County,k Virginia; A 200-Year Family History. New York: Norton, 1992. Call # E185.96M18 1992.
McLeroy, Sherrie. Strangers in Their Midst: The Free Black Population of Amherst County, Virginia. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1993. Call # F232.A55M35 1993.
Norris, Mary Boldridge. Property Tax List of Culpeper, Virginia and Names of Slaves 1783. Raleigh, N.C.: Norris, 1936. Call #: F86319.63.
The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va. From 1653-1812. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1988. Reprint of 1897 edition. Call # F234.C5C47 1988. Notable for extensive slave birth and baptism listings.
Pinkard, Ophelia Taylor. “A Record of Slave Membership in Fairfields Baptist Church, Burgess, Northumberland County, Virginia from 1844 to 1864.” JAAHGS 11:4 (Winter 1990). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
-----. Taylors of Northumberland County, Virginia. Washington, D.C.: Pinkard, 1987. Call # CS71.T24 1987.
Provine, Dorothy S. Alexandria County, Virginia Free Negro Registers 1797-1861. Bowie, Md.: Heritage, 1990. Call # fF232.A4P76 1990.
Ragsdale, Willie. “A List of Free Negroes and Mulattos Registered in the County of Lunenberg, Virginia, from 1815 to 1850. JAAHGS 11:1&2 (Summer & Spring 1990). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Risdon, Elisabeth. Shenandoah County, Virginia: Birth Records of Free Born Children, 1853-1871. Eninburg, VA: E. Risdon, 1995. Call#: Folio F232.S47 R57 1995.
Ruffin, C. Bernard. “In Search of the Unappreciated Past: The Ruffin-Cornick Family of Virginia.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 81:2 (June 1993). Call# CS42.N4 (2nd floor open shelf).
Schreiner-Yantis, Nettie. The 1787 Census of Virginia. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print 1987.Call # F225.Y36 (2nd floor open shelf).. Slaves listed by name in Mecklenburg and Surry Counties, also Nelson County, Kentucky. Free blacks are often identified as such. There is a separate index for free blacks and slaves.
Scott, Jean S. “Charles City County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax.” JAAHGS 3:3 (Fall 1982). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf). Names of Slaves listed with owners in 1784.
“Index to Free Negro Register 1791-1841, Book I, Arlington, Virginia.” JAAHGS 3:1 (Spring 1982). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Singhal, Cheryl. "Some Hampshire County, (West) Virginia Records, 1850-1896." JAAHGS 17:2 (Fall 1998) Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
“Slave Manifest 1833.” See District of Columbia heading.
Smith, David G. "From Virginia Farms to Iowa Coal Mines." JAAHGS 16:2 (Fall 1997) Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Smith, Gloria L. Black Americana at Mount Vernon: Genealogy Techniques for Slave Group Research. Tuscan, Arizona: Smith, 1984. Call # fE185.93V8S54 1984.
-----. Slave Documentation: Slave Information Found in the Museum of Arlington Virginia Plantation of the Lee Family. Tucson, Arizona: [Trailstone Industries], 1990. Call #: fF234.A7 S557 1990
-----. Solemn Cermemonies: Index of Civil War Marriages, Virginia. Marriage Records of African American Families of Gloucester County, Virginia Area from Record Group 105, Received at Camp Hamilton, Virginia. Tuscon, Virginia: Smith, 1990. Call # fF232.G6S65 1990.
Stampp, Kenneth (editor). Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations. Call # Microfilm 708. See entry for this title on page six. Entries below list names of families whose records contain significant slave data, followed by county of Residence and reel number where records begin.
| Name | County | Reel Number |
| Ambler | James City, Louisa, Amherst, Hanover | E.1.5 |
| Bailey | Halifax | E1.1 |
| Bankhead | Albermarle | E.1.18 |
| Barbour | Orange, Albemarle | E.3.31 |
| Barksdale | Halifax | E.3.1 |
| Berkeley | Caroline, King, William, Loudoun, Middlesex, Prince William | E.2.1 |
| Bollng | Goochland | F.3.35 |
| Bowie | Westmoreland | E.1.18 |
| Buck | Frederick | E.1.7 |
| Buford | Bedford | F.3.34 |
| Carter | Charles City | C.1.1 |
| Lancaster | E.1.18 | |
| E.1.39 | ||
| Clement | Pittsylvania | E.1.11 |
| Cohoon | Nansemond | E.1.39 |
| Coleman | Halifax | D.12 |
| Pittsylvania | E.3.1 | |
| Cole | Halifax | E.3.1 |
| Cosby | Prince Edward, Halifax | E.3.4 |
| Dickinson | Franklin | E.3.4 |
| Easley | Pittsylvania | E.3.4 |
| Finney | Pittsylvania | E.3.4 |
| Garnett | Essex | E.1.3 |
| Gilliam | Dinwiddie | F.3.32 |
| Dinwiddie, Chesterfield, Brunswick, Surry, Sussex | E.2.19 | |
| Gordon | Nelson | E.1.34 |
| Grenshaw | Orange | E.1.39 |
| Grymes | King George | E.1.38 |
| Guerrant | Pittsylvania | E.3.4 |
| Halsey | Orange, Culpeper | E.1.37 |
| Holland | Franklin | E.3.4 |
| Hooe | King George | E.1.36 |
| Hubard | Buckingham, Nelson | E.1.29 |
| Humphrey | Fluvanna | E.3.3 |
| Johns | Pittsylvania | E.1.39 |
| Kennon | Powhatan | E.3.3 |
| Kimball | Shenandoah | E.1.17 |
| Loyde | King George, Essex | E.1.39 |
| McDowell | Rockbridge | E.1.3 |
| Minor | Albermarle | E.3.37 |
| Amherst | E.2.26 | |
| Mitchell | Pittsylvania | E.1.36 |
| Morton | Orange, Culpeper | E.3.3, F.3.34 |
| Muse | Berkeley, Culpeper, Faquier, Frederick, Loudoun | F.3.20 |
| Palmore | Cumberland | E.1.35 |
| Preston | Franklin | E.3.3 |
| Randolph | Halifax, Henry | E.3.3 |
| Rives | Dinwiddie | F.3.33 |
| Sheppard | Hanover | F.1.38 |
| Slaughter | Culpeper | E.1.38 |
| Smith | Pittsylvania | E.1.11 |
| Spragins | Halifax | E.3.1 |
| Tayloe | King George | E.1.3 |
| Tucker | Brunswick | E.1.38 |
| Tunstall | Pittsylvania | E.3.1 |
| Watlington | Campbell | E.3.1 |
| Watson | Louisa | E.1.19 |
| Whittle | Pittsylvania | E.3.1 |
| Wright | Pittsylvania | E.3.1 |
Also: miscellaneous slavery related papers from Brunswick, Franklin, Hlifax, Mecklenburg, Pittyslvania, Smyth Counties found on E.3.5; Silas and R.H. Omohundra (Richmond) “slaves sales book,” 1857-1864 on E.1.38.
Stevens, Cj. “Black Births and Baptisms in Mannikintown.” JAAHGS 4:1 (Spring 1983). Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf). Primarily slaves of Huguenots in early and mid-eighteenth century Goochland County.
Sweig, Donald. Registrations of Free Negroes Commencing September Court 1822….Fairfax, Va.: Fairfax County History Commission, 1977. Call # fF232.F2R40. Fairfax County records.
Thackery, David T. “Crossing the Divide: A Census Study of Slaves before and after Freedom.” Origins (The Newberry Library) V:2 (March 1989). Call # fE171.O73. A study of Hampshire County, West Virginia.
White, Charles W. The Hidden and Forgotten: Contributions of Buckingham Blacks to American History. Buckingham, Va.: White, 1985. Call # F232.B96W46 1987.
Wilson, Cynthia A. "Compilation of Free People of Colour Registered in Patrick County, Virginia." JAAHGS 19:1 (Spring 2000) Call # CS1.A37 (2nd floor open shelf).
Wingo, Elizabeth B. and W. Bruce Wingo. Norfolk County, Virginia Tithables 1730-1750. Norfolk, Va.: Wingo, 1979. Call #: foF232.N8W53. Also: Norfolk County, Virginia Tithables 1751-1765. Norfolk, Va.: Wingo, 1981. Call # fF232.N8W54. Both items especially notable for the fact that slaves are listed with owners.
Wynne, Frances Holloway. Register of Free Negroes and Also of Dower Slaves, Brunswick County, Virginia 1803-1850. Fairfax, Va.: Wynne, 1983. Call # F23.B9W96 1983.
Virginia Mortality Schedules 1850-1880. Call #: Microfilm 736.