Publications for Sale
The Northumberland County Historical Society keeps the following books by local authors in stock. Please contact us by phone, 804.580.8581, or via our contact form to have publications shipped to your address. At this time, we don’t have the ability to take payments electronically. Shipping charges currently are as posted here and are subject to change. If you are in the area, you can save shipping charges by browsing our Books for Sale shelf at the library, Wednesday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
All Volumes of The Bulletin of the Northumberland County Historical Society
(Vol. I published 1964 to Vol. LX published 2023)
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
Index – The Bulletin of the Northumberland County Historical Society 1964 – 1993
$20.00 each plus $6.00 postage
Index – The Bulletin of the Northumberland County Historical Society 1994 – 2013
$20.00 each plus $6.00 postage
A Booker Family of Virginia Gloucester and Essex Counties and the Northern Neck With Some of the Descendants and Related Families
By J. Motley Booker, M.D.; pub. 1994.
$25.00 plus $10.00 postage
Home Birth Records of Dr. Chichester Tapscott Peirce 1919-1954
Transcribed and compiled by Margaret L. Forrester; published 2019.
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
Home Birth Records of Dr. Chichester Tapscott Peirce Revisited, 1900-1919
Transcribed and compiled by Margaret L. Forrester and Deborah Beuchett Walker.
$15.00 plus $6.00 postage
Northumberland County, Virginia
Records of Slaves
Volume I, 1650-1795
Researched by Preston Haynie, compiled by Margaret L. Forrester; published 2014.
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
Northumberland County, Virginia
Records of Slaves
Volume II, 1795-1865, Revised Edition 2017
Compiled by Margaret L. Forrester.
$30.00 plus $6.00 postage
Efford Family of the Northern Neck
By Joan M. Efford (Mrs. L. Edwin Efford); pub. 1992.
$22.00 plus $6.00 postage
The Chesapeake Bay of Yore
By Frederick Tilp; published 1982.
$10.00 plus $6.00 postage
Northern Neck Fishing Steamers Go to War
Turning Fishboats into Warships
By Richard W. Covington; published 2022.
$30.00 hardcover; $20.00 softcover plus $6.00 postage
Historic Sites in Virginia’s Northern Neck & Essex County
Edited by Thomas A. Wolf and Edward J. White; Preservation Virginia, Northern Neck Branch.
Distributed by The University of Virginia Press; published 2023, 2nd edition.
$24.95 softcover plus $6.00 postage
Until the Guns Went Silent!
By Susan Anthony-Tolbert and Dorian A. Tolbert; published 2017.
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
(All proceeds go to the Historical Society.)
Menominee, Lost Lights! The Sinking of the Unarmed Tug and Its Barges off the Virginia Coast in World War II
By Susan Anthony-Tolbert and Dorian Tolbert; published 2016.
$10.00 plus $6.00 postage
The Home Front: Northumberland County, Virginia in World War II
By Susan Anthony-Tolbert, Ph.D. and Dorian A. Tolbert; published 2015.
$15.00 plus $6.00 postage
A Quiet Glory: The Life and Times of Dr. James Skelton Gilliam Civil War Surgeon, Beloved Country Doctor of Northumberland and Lancaster Counties, Virginia
By Susan Anthony-Tolbert and Dorian A. Tolbert; pub. 2011.
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
Behind Lady Liberty’s Right Shoulder!
Women of Courage In the Explosions at Black Tom Island and Kingsland, New Jersey: 1916-1917
By Susan Anthony-Tolbert; published 2019.
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
Horse of the Sand Pounder: East Coast, World War II
By Susan Anthony-Tolbert; published 2017.
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
Lucy Long, Robert E. Lee’s Other Warhorse: The Mare with Mysteries
By Susan Anthony-Tolbert; pub. 2012.
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
Almost in the Clouds! The Story of the Miskimon Fire Tower Miskimon, Virginia
By Susan Anthony-Tolbert; pub. 2024
$15.00 plus $6.00 postage
Civil War Survivor, The Mare with Mysteries Robert E. Lee’s Other Warhorse
The Lucy Long Edition for Young Readers
By Susan Anthony-Tolbert; pub. 2012.
$15.00 plus $6.00 postage
Chasing Conways
By Doralyn Short, John Reese, and Shelby Morris; pub. 2012.
$25.00 plus $6.00 postage
My Father’s Journey – The Life Lessons of Deacon Daniel Olin Jones
By Mary Jones Day.
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
Bogey Neck Road – “The Roots Are Still Growing”
By Mary Jones Day; published 2013.
$20.00 plus $6.00 postage
The Shepherd’s Fold; Cemetery Records of Northumberland County Virginia Churches
Compiled by the Genealogical Society of the Northern Neck of Virginia; published 2012.
$38.00 plus $6.00 postage
Rocks of Ages
The Story of 300 Years of Family Burials in Northumberland County, Virginia
By Prosser Crowther, Jr.; compiled by Hilary G. Derby, Ph. D.; published 2009.
$32.00 plus $6.00 postage
The Stronghold (c) 1959; Tenth Printing, 2024
A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People
By Miriam Haynie
$18.95 plus $6.00 postage
A Brief and True Report of Northumberland County Virginia
Local historian Mark Gearhart has just released his one-of-a-kind 17th Century map of Northumberland County and has authorized the Northumberland County Historical Society as the agent for distribution. “A Brief and True Report of Northumberland County Virginia.” is a one-of-a-kind map that plots the location, acreage, and patent date of the land claims of about 200 original settlers from the 1600s. The map also marks the locations of Indian paths and settlements, roads, churches, and other significant landmarks of the early settlement period. Gearhart envisioned, researched, and plotted this map, the first to represent the original Northumberland settlement in this way. “We think visitors and residents will find special interest in the history identified in this map,” said Gearhart.
The attractive 40-inch by 30-inch map is on display in the Northumberland County Historical Society library. (Open Wed., Thurs., and Fri. 9:00 to 4:00.) Copies are available there for $100 each. If you are unable to pick one up, we will be happy to mail one to you. USPS shipping is $8.50 each by media mail, or $20.00 each by ground advantage. We regret that we can’t complete monetary transactions electronically, but we will get your map to you as quickly as possible. More information about the map and how to get it is available by calling (804)580-8581.