A History of the Valley of VirginiaGenealogical Publishing Com, 2009 - 404 страници The storied Valley of Virginia (also known as the Appalachian Valley) is bounded by the Blue Ridge on the east and, for most of its length, by the West Virginia border on the west. Samuel Kercheval's history of the Valley of Virginia, published originally in 1909, concentrates upon this region from 1732 through the Revolutionary War. The work also describes life on the frontier, especially housing, furniture, and diet; the establishment of towns like Strasburg, Staunton, Romney, Harper's Ferry, and Morgantown; the inception of religious denominations, topography, and natural landmarks; and medicinal springs and other remedies. Incorporated into A History of the Valley of Virginia is an early edition of Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania 1763-1783]..., by the Reverend Dr. Joseph Doddridge, which covers similar terrain. Kercheval has also included a detailed discussion of Bacon's Rebellion of the 17th century in his Introduction, and a chapter on the founding of Virginia's Northern Neck in the body of the work. |
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... Capt . Christopher Newport to Virginia , December 20 , 1606 , with a colony of one hundred and five persons , to commence a settlement on the island of Roanoke , now in North Carolina . By stress of weather , however , they were driven ...
... Capt . Christopher Newport to Virginia , December 20 , 1606 , with a colony of one hundred and five persons , to commence a settlement on the island of Roanoke , now in North Carolina . By stress of weather , however , they were driven ...
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... Capt . Brent the troop of horse in that county , ( both dwelling six or eight miles downwards ) having speedy notice raised 30 , or mote men , & pursu'd those Indians 20 miles up & 4 miles over that river into Maryland , where landing ...
... Capt . Brent the troop of horse in that county , ( both dwelling six or eight miles downwards ) having speedy notice raised 30 , or mote men , & pursu'd those Indians 20 miles up & 4 miles over that river into Maryland , where landing ...
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... Capt . Brent ( a papist ) coming hither on a visit and seeing his little prisener thus lauguishing said " perhaps he is pawewawd i . e . bewitch'd , and that he had heard baptism was an effectual remedy against witch- craft wherefore ...
... Capt . Brent ( a papist ) coming hither on a visit and seeing his little prisener thus lauguishing said " perhaps he is pawewawd i . e . bewitch'd , and that he had heard baptism was an effectual remedy against witch- craft wherefore ...
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... Capt . Brent and other gentlemen of that county invited me to stand a candidate ; a matter I little dreamt of , having never had incliua- c'ions to tamper into the precarious intrigues of Govern't . and my hands being full of my own ...
... Capt . Brent and other gentlemen of that county invited me to stand a candidate ; a matter I little dreamt of , having never had incliua- c'ions to tamper into the precarious intrigues of Govern't . and my hands being full of my own ...
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... Capt . Carver , and said he had been to wait on the Generall for a co'mission , and that he was resolved to adventure his old bones against the Indian rogues with other the like discourse , and at length told me that I was in mighty ...
... Capt . Carver , and said he had been to wait on the Generall for a co'mission , and that he was resolved to adventure his old bones against the Indian rogues with other the like discourse , and at length told me that I was in mighty ...
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