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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... mountains , must have found it necessary to dis- charge the inhabitants : the first great increase of people were forced forwards by the next to it ; at length reaching the utmost limits of the old world , found a new , with ample space ...
... mountains , must have found it necessary to dis- charge the inhabitants : the first great increase of people were forced forwards by the next to it ; at length reaching the utmost limits of the old world , found a new , with ample space ...
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... mountain . Lord Fairfax , in his grants for land on this water course , designated it Potomac ; by which means it gradually lost its ancient name , and now is generally known by no other name . Maj . H. Bedinger writes the name of this ...
... mountain . Lord Fairfax , in his grants for land on this water course , designated it Potomac ; by which means it gradually lost its ancient name , and now is generally known by no other name . Maj . H. Bedinger writes the name of this ...
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... mountain and the Valley a few miles above the Narrow Passage , thence over the Fort mountain to the South River Valley . Another crossed the Cumberland , in Maryland , and proceeded up the Wappatomaka or Great South Branch Valley , in ...
... mountain and the Valley a few miles above the Narrow Passage , thence over the Fort mountain to the South River Valley . Another crossed the Cumberland , in Maryland , and proceeded up the Wappatomaka or Great South Branch Valley , in ...
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... less than two hundred souls . The Delawares resided at that period on the Susque- hanna River , in Pennsylvania , and are now far west of the Alleghany mountains . CHAPTER II . INDIAN SETTLEMENTS . The author deems it. 36 INDIANS WARS .
... less than two hundred souls . The Delawares resided at that period on the Susque- hanna River , in Pennsylvania , and are now far west of the Alleghany mountains . CHAPTER II . INDIAN SETTLEMENTS . The author deems it. 36 INDIANS WARS .
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