Virgil Sturgill

Virgil Sturgill (born 1897 in Carter County, Kentucky) was a ballad singer and dulcimer player. He was a friend of Cratis Williams. His performances were recorded in "Southern Mountain Folksongs and Ballads" (1955) and "Bury Me Beneath the Willow: A Treasury of Southern Mountain Folksongs and Ballads" (1950s). Eastern Kentucky University contains his collection, "Summer in Kentucky and other poems" (1928).{{cite web |url=http://www.library.appstate.edu/appcoll/ead2002/208virgil.xml/ead2html#id179136684 |title=Guide to the Collection 208. Virgil Sturgill Papers, 1919 - 1985 |website=www.library.appstate.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328190406/http://www.library.appstate.edu/appcoll/ead2002/208virgil.xml/ead2html |archive-date=2010-03-28}}

The Library of Congress possesses the following recording by Sturgill: One 10-inch tape of songs sung with dulcimer accompaniment by Virgil L. Sturgill, originally of Sutton's Branch, Kentucky. Recorded at the Library of Congress by Herman Norwood, June 1951. (1 hour; LWO 1821).{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/Kentucky.html|title=Kentucky Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture (The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)|website=www.loc.gov}}