Welcome to Historical Southern Families (or HSF) on the reference desk of the Southampton Transcription Project.
HSF is a collection of genealogies covering a broad spectrum of Southern families compiled by the late John Bennett Boddie. Mr. Boodie was a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists and widely recognized for the quality of his research and his numerous authoritative contributions to the field of genealogy. HSF was compiled by by his wife.
Each book in the 23 volume set volume contains a number of genealogies running from a few pages to as many as several dozen or more. Here we collect those those most germane to Southampton County and near-by localities.
Other Family Genealogies have been consolidated in their own subdirectory of References. Click here for quick access.
Vol_01_Balwin of Isle of Wight
Vol_01_CLARK OF SURRY AND ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_01_Drake of Isle of Wight and North Carolina
Vol_01_EXUM OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_01_FRIZZELL OF ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_01_HARRIS OF CHARLES CITY AND ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTIES VIRGINIA
Vol_01_KILLINGSWORTH OF SURRY AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Vol_01_LAWRENCE OF ISLE OF WIGHT AND EASTERN NORT CAROLINA
Vol_01_POWELL AND WILLIAMS OF NANSEMOND AND NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_01_RUFFIN AND DELOATCH OF SURRY VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA AND MISSISSIPPI
Vol_01_WHITEHEAD OF ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_02_BARLOW OF ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_02_BARROW OF SURRY VIRGINIA
Vol_02_BROWN OF ISLE OF WIGHT VIRGINIA AND CHOWAN NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_02_CROCKER OF ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_02_DE LOACH OF ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_02_GEORGE AND BLAKLEY OF ISLE OF WIGHT AND MIDDLESEX
Vol_02_Gwaltney of Surry and Isle of Wight
Vol_02_LANE OF SURRY AND NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_02_NEVILLE OF ISLE OF WIGHT AND NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_02_REYNOLDS OF ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_02_WALLER OF SURRY AND AMELIA VIRGINIA
Vol_03_ARRINGTON OF MISSISSIPPI AND TEXAS
Vol_03_Boykin of Isle of Wight
Vol_03_COTTON OF BERTIE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_03_FIGURES - FIGUERS of SURRY, VIRGINIA and TENNESSEE
Vol_03_FULGHAM OF ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_03_SCARBOROUGH OF SURRY COUNTY AND NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_03_THE WILLIAMSON FAMILY OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Vol_03_THOMPSON OF ENGLAND NEW ENGLAND AND SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_04_DREW OF SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_04_HARRIS OF CHARLES CITY AND ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTIES
Vol_04_JERNIGAN OF SOMERTON, NANSEMOND COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_04_MUNGER OF ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_04_PENNINGTON OF SURRY VIRGINIA
Vol_05_EZELL OF SURRY VIRGINIA
Vol_05_JOYNER of ISLE of WIGHT COUNTY VA and NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_05_PARKER OF ISLE OF WIGHT AND SURRY
Vol_05_RANDLE - RANDOLPH OF SURRY AND SUSSEX
Vol_05_SOWERBY - SORSBY OF SURRY
Vol_05_THE JAMES FAMILY OF SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_06_BROWNE OF ISLE OF WIGHT AND SOUTHAMPTON
Vol_06_HUNNICUTT OF SURRY VIRGINIA AND RABIN COUNTY GEORGIA
Vol_06_JOHN WILLIAMS OF ISLE OF WIGHT VIRGINIA
Vol_06_LEWIS WILLIAMS OF NANSEMOND VA AND NC
Vol_06_WHITLEY - WILLIAMS of ISLE OF WIGHT
Vol_07_BOOTH AND KNOT FAMILIES OF NANSEMOND
Vol_07_Boon of Isle of Wight, Virginia
Vol_07_DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD BENNETT
Vol_07_THOMAS WARREN OF SMITHS FORT PLANTATION SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_08_EZELL OF VIRGINIA TENNESEE AND TEXAS
Vol_08_FLAKE OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Vol_08_HARRIS OF VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA
Vol_08_THE BETTS OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Vol_09_HARRISON OF JAMES RIVER
Vol_09_WILL OF GEORGE BOOTH OF SURRY COUNTY
Vol_09_WILL OF THOMAS WARREN OF SURRY COUNTY
Vol_11_BATTS OF SURRY COUNTY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_11_WILLIAM ROSE OF SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_12_Errata and Addenda; Notes on Hilliard, Blakey, Jackson, Jefferson, Ross, and Harrison
Vol_12_THE HOLTZCLAW FAMILY OF GEORGIA
Vol_13_EZELL OF VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE, AND TEXAS
Vol_13_HARRISS OF VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA
Vol_13_WILLIAM ROSE2 OF SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_14_RICHARD ROSE OF SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_15_HAYES - HAYS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_15_JERNIGAN OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA
Vol_15_MATTHEWS of ISLE of WIGHT COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_15_WILLIAM ROSE3 OF SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_17_ANN ROSE2 FLOOD of Surry County Virginia
Vol_17_HENRY ROSE3 of Surry County Virginia
Vol_17_THOMAS GRAY ACEINT PLANTER OF SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_18_WARREN OF SURRY COUNTY VIRGINIA
Vol_19_GEE OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY
Vol_19_PRETLOW OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY
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The files on the Reference Desk have proven useful to the STP staff while doing conducting Southampton County genealogical research.
Several of these references chronicle the history of the region before the establishment of the county in 1749. Notable examples include ‘17th Century Isle of Wight County Virginia’ by John Bennett Boddie III which tells the story of Southampton County when the county was known as the Nottoway Parish of Isle of Wight County. ‘Cavaliers and Pioneers’ by Nell Marion Nigent contains abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants from 1623.
Others, such as ‘Southampton County Folklore’ by Mrs. John E Beale, tell of the people, places, and events in Southampton County not found in the official records.
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