About the Virginia GenWeb Project
About the Virginia GenWeb Project
More info and links to Virginia county genealogy
About Bland County, VirginiaAn overview of location, county records, history etc.
Bland County Published ResourcesBooks, Newspapers and online stuff
Bland County QueriesGet online about your ancestors and help others answer their questions
About the New River ValleyThis is the eastern drainage of the County and the source of early pioneers
Wags' SurnamesTake a look at these original pioneers and descendents
Virginia Family ReunionsTake a look at scheduled reunions or list yours
Wags' Home PageA lot of contruction for now, but links to other area counties
Founded: 1861 from parts of Giles, Tazewell, and Wythe Counties.County Seat: Bland, VA; Mailing Address: P.O. Box 295, Bland, VA 24315-0295; Phone (540) 688-4562
Records that are available in County Clerk's Office: Marriage, land, probate, from 1861, divorce from 1900.
From the south or north, Interstate 77 runs about thirty miles bisects the County with exits at Rocky Gap, Bastian, Bland. For scenic travel, Virginia State Roads 42 and 61 are available. VA State Road 42 is accessable off of VA State Road 100 at Poplar Hill, Giles County, and runs westerly along Wolf Creek to Bland. VA State Road 61 traverses Bland County from Tazewell , VA (Tazewell County) to Narrows, VA (Giles County. 12 miles north of Wytheville, by I-77 or U.S. Routes 21 or 52, Bland County was formed in 1861 from parts of Giles, Wythe and Tazewell Counties. Named in honor of Richard Bland, the prominent Revolutionary period Virginia patriot, settlement of the area began about the time of the Revolution. Situated almost on the West Virginia border, Bland felt divided loyalties during the Civil War. In 1864, a skirmish was fought at Rocky Gap in connection with a raid on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. The county seat of Bland County is the town of Bland. Getting to Bland County:
Burgess, Louis Aleaxander; Virginia Soldiers of 1776 (2 vols)Clemens, William Montgomery; Virginia Wills before 1799
Harman, John Newton Jr; Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia;W. C. Will Publishing Co., Richmond, Va., 1922.
Bland County Centennial Corp.; History of Bland County
Johnston, David E.; History of the Middle New River Settlements
Kaylor & Chappelear; Abstract of Land Grants Survey 1761-1791
Kegley, F. B.; Kegley's Virginia Frontiers
Kegley, Mary B. & Kegley, F. B.; Early Adventurers on the Western Waters Vol I
Kegley, Mary B.; Early Adventurers on the Western Waters Vols II & III
Pendleton, William C.; History of Tazewell County & Southwest Virginia
Summers, Lewis Preston; History of Southwest Virginia
Summers, Lewis Preston; Annals of Southwest Virginia
Torrence, Clayton; Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800: An Index of Wills Recorded in Local Courts of Virginia, 1637-1800
Wayland, John; Virginia Valley Records
Worrell, Anne Lowery; A Brief of Wills & Marriages in Montgomery & Fincastle Counties Virginia, 1733-1831
Yantis, Netti Schreiner; Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County Virginia, Springville, VA.
Yantis, Netti Schreiner; Montgomery county Virginia, Circa 1790
