Welcome to
Bland County, Virginia
Bland County was formed March 30, 1861 from Wythe, Tazewell, and Giles County. Later there was more of Giles County added on. It was named in honor of Richard Bland, the prominent Revolutionary period Virginia patriot. 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. Bland County is spanned by Interstate 77, running north to south. Old US Highway # 21/52 runs north to south through Bland County. Two other major roadways, Routes 42 and 61 run east to west through the county. Bland is the County Seat.

Rhonda Smith  county coordinator

If you have data or photos that you would like to contribute
to the Bland web site please feel free to email me.

Updated March 12, 2010

Courthouse 
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

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 BIBLE RECORDS

     

BIOGRAPHIES

 

 Lula Victoria Niswander
 
 Little Walkers Creek
by Rebecca Cox Sowers

 


 BIRTHS

 1853-1896 Birth & Death records are on file at The Virginia Archives as well as marriage records prior to 1936  

 SHANNON Family Births


 Black History

 Virginia Black History Archives

Jackson Davis Collection

An educational reformer and amateur photographer, took photographs of African American schools, teachers and students.

 People of Color in the Old South


BUSINESS

 Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer
and Classified Business Directory
1888-1889 for
Bland County

An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver

 

Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company

1923-1946

 The Railroad in Bland County


 CEMETERIES

 A list of cemeteries that are in Bland County

 AKERS Cemetery

Bethany Church Cemetery

Partial listing
 LAMBERT Cemetery

 ROBINETT Cemetery

 Sharon Lutheran Cemetery

An offsite Link

 SHRADER Cemetery

Shrader Cemetery #2 - Round Bottom, Bland County, Virginia

 I.F. STOWERS Family Cemetery


 CENSUS

Bland County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

 An Offsite Link

1840 Census of Pensioners - Military

An Offsite Link


 

1880 Census

An Offlink Site

 S&K Census Indexes for VA

 Electronic census spreadsheets

An Off Site Link

 USGenWeb Census Project


 CHURCHES

All off site links

Bastian Union Church

Honaker Church

Nebo Methodist Church


 DEATHS

 Walkers Creek Deaths 1853 forward

   

 EDUCATON/SCHOOLS

 

Early Schools in Bland County

Appalachian Rural Education Network


 FAMILIES

ALL Off Site Links

   

 DAVIDSON Family

DILLOW Family

 HANSHEW Family

 STAFFORD Family

THOMPSONS of Wythe and Bland 

   

 HISTORY


all off site links

Bland County History Archives

 Archives of Appalachia

 

Historical Highway Markers of Bland County 

 The Fincastle Resolutions

 Draper Manuscripts

Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia

 

 William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine


 LETTERS

     

 LIBRARIES

 Bland County Public Library

 Bland County Microfilm at the Library of Virginia

 


 LINKS


Offsite Links
  Bland County

 Bland County Government

  New River Notes

Genealogical Databases of

Old Prison Records 

 

Virginia Roots

 


 LOOKUPS

 

Jo Ann Tickle Scott

Will do lookups at courthouse.
She had compiled books on all cemeteries in Bland and marriages from 1861-2007. Her family names are Tickle, Harma, Bogle, Morehead, Stafford and Kitts.
 

 MAPS

 County Map of Bland

Virginia 1861 Map 

 1895 Map of Bland County

Virginia Historical Counties Map

Provides on-demand, printable, large-scale maps of every boundary change of every county and independent city of Virginia.User chooses any day and month from 1634 to 2000 and can zoom in or out or alter the map in other ways. An easy-to-use HELP file and supplementary texts support the maps. From the Newberry Library

 U.S. Census Maps 1790-1930

 

 MARRIAGES

     

 MILITARY


Offsite Links

War in Bland County 

 198th Milita CSA - Bland County VA

 1909 Bland County Confederate Pension List

Bland County - Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows


 

 WWI History Commission Questionnaires

 Bland County, Virginia WWII Deaths

(scroll down the page)

 MUSEUMS


Offsite Link
   

 Wolf Creek Indian Village and Museum


 NEWSPAPERS


Offsite Link
 

 The Bland County Messenger

 

 OBITUARIES

   

 Obituary of George Byrd AKERS, 1937


Submitted by Jack B. Akers

 ORGANIZATIONS


Offsite Links
Bland County Historical Society
Rt. 1, Box 1530
Bastian, VA 24314
PH: 276.688.3438

e-mail bchsociety@naxs.net


Bland County Kiwanis History
Organized April 5, 1940. Chartered May 22, 1940

 Bland Lodge AF&AM, No. 206, 1933, Bland, Virginia


 PENSIONS

     

 PHOTOGRAPHS

Photographs of Bland County

An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver
   

 PLACES

All off site links

Historic Bridges in Bland County

   

 Bastian

(originally called Parkersburg)

Bland

(originally called Crab Orchard-Later, it was named Seddon)

Ceres

 Dry Fork Community

 Hollybrook

 Mechanicsburg

 Pinch Creek

 Rocky Gap

 Tunnels of Bland County


 TAXES

     

 WILLS

Wm. HEARN Estate, 1870

An Off Site Link

 Amos THOMPSON Will, 1870

An Off Site Link


Bland County Resources

 Bland County Books Available
  Copies of birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates can be requested from the Virginia Department of Health Office of Vital Records
Office of Vital Statistics

P.O. Box 1000
Richmond, VA
23218-1000
804-662-6200

 How to order Vital records
USGenWeb Archives for Virginia



 
 
 
 

NEIGHBORING COUNTIES
Pulaski
Wythe
Mercer, WV
Giles
Smyth
Tazewell

 
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AHGP and ALHN Projects

 ALHN Virginia pages

AHGP Virginia pages


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