Grayson County Historical Society
The Grayson County Historical Society is committed to preserving the history of Grayson County and asking all who are searching for their Grayson County “roots.” The Society has a vast amount of historical information about Grayson County, the state of Virginia, and surrounding areas. Genealogies, photographs, maps, newspaper articles, Civil War history, marriage certificates, original letters and journals are mount the many reference materials that the Society has available to the public.
A highlight of the Society’s collection is a dress worn by Eleanor Roosevelt to the 1939 Whitetop Music Festival. The dress is currently preserved in an acid-free box. Roger Marshall is constructing a display case to museum-quality standards that will allow the dress to be loaned to other organizations for display.
The Society also publishes a quarterly newsletter that provides its members articles on local historical events and family history, as well as providing updates on the Society’s current activities.
Grayson County Virginia Heritage Foundation
578 E Main St Suite F
Independence, VA 24348
(276) 773-2126
We have an extensive collection of research support materials including funeral home cards, obituaries, previously researched family histories,
marriage records, cemetery records and published family's histories. We have a special collection of group sheets for black families in the county
which have been abstracted from census, marriage; death and cemetery data.
The Foundation supports research with office hours of 10 AM - 4 PM on Thursday and Friday (May-September). During the rest of the year the office
is normally open from 10 AM-4PM on Fridays.
Appointments are available for research at other times by emailing research_support@graysonheritage.org or by calling 276-233-2039 or
276-676-3654.
The office is in the Guynn Shopping Center Mini-Mall on East Main Street in Independence, Virginia.
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