History of Augusta County Virginia eBook John Lewis Peyton
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History of Augusta County, Virginia
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History of Augusta County Virginia eBook John Lewis Peyton
This IS a county history from the late 1880s and as such you must wade through the Victorian verbage, but as a history it is very detailed and most helpful for those who have Irish or Scots Irish ancestors into the Valley of Virginia after 1732. Many, many residents are mentioned and although not everyone is, this history in addition to others is very helpful in describing what our settlers suffered during the 1700s. If you are a serious historian or genealogist searching for your roots in early Augusta and Frederick Counties of Virginia, this is one of several books which will be helpful for you.Product details
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History of Augusta County Virginia eBook John Lewis Peyton Reviews
Augusta County, Virginia, was formed in 1738 from Orange County and was itself the parent county, in whole or in part, of Bath, Botetourt, Frederick, Rockbridge, and Rockingham counties. A stronghold of Scotch-Irish settlement, Augusta commands great interest among genealogists because thousands of 18th- and 19th-century families passed through it en route to the West. J. Lewis Peyton's History of Augusta County, Virginia is the standard work on the county. It is essentially a narrative account of Augusta from its aboriginal beginnings and Spotswood's discovery of the Valley of Virginia through the Civil War. Most of Peyton's account follows county politics, especially Augusta during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution; however, the author also deals with the organization of churches, celebrated court cases (such as trials for witchcraft), formation of cities and towns, conflicts with the Indians, and so on. The author intersperses quotations from court records, legislative sessions, fragmentary marriage records, and other primary sources to embellish his account. Genealogists will value the book, in part, as a companion volume to such Augusta County source record collections as Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Of greater importance to genealogists, however, are the genealogical and biographical sketches of the following pioneering Augusta County families found in the Appendix to the volume Baldwin, Bell, Campbell, Christian, Crawford, Fleming, Hanger, Hughes, Johnson, Koiner, Lee, Lewis, McCue, McCulloch, McDowell, Madison, Mathews, Peyton, Poe, Porterfield, Preston, Sheffey, Stuart, Tate, Waddell, Wayt, Wetzel, and Zane. The Clearfield edition contains a revised and enlarged name index to the work prepared by Charles R. Carrier in 1953.
Hard to read -- ink on paper not dark enough on proabably half of the book. More care should be taken in future.
If you can't find your Ancestors in Colonial Virginia check out Augusta Co.
Before I begin, notice this book was Originally written in 1882. That's EIGHTEEN Eighty-Two. 132 Years Ago.
A little slow going to start. Lots of dates and names. If you have family origins in/of Western Virginia, this may be of some interest (Use, I cannot speak to) to you. Be patient, because
'tis poorly indexed.
or perhaps, overly indexed.
see page 44 for 'taking of game' ... it's not what you'd expect.
However, do not let me dissuade you from your purchase. It may do YOU some good in your research. It just has not me. Yet.
This IS a county history from the late 1880s and as such you must wade through the Victorian verbage, but as a history it is very detailed and most helpful for those who have Irish or Scots Irish ancestors into the Valley of Virginia after 1732. Many, many residents are mentioned and although not everyone is, this history in addition to others is very helpful in describing what our settlers suffered during the 1700s. If you are a serious historian or genealogist searching for your roots in early Augusta and Frederick Counties of Virginia, this is one of several books which will be helpful for you.
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