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Paxton, R. G. 1893-94.
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APPENDICES
Paxton, William-1816-17, 1817-18.
Poague, William T .- 1871-72, 1872-73.
Preston, Thomas L .- 1806-07, 1807-08, 1808-09, 1809-10, 1910-11.
Quisenberry, John M .- 1901-02.
Reid, Samuel MeD .- 1859-60, 1861 (January), 1861-62, 1862 (April and September),
1863 (January), 1863-64, 1864-65.
Rogers, Andrew-1813-14, 1814-15.
Stuart, Alexander, 1779.
Taylor, James McD .- 1853-54, 1865-66, 1866-67.
Taylor, William-1822-23.
Waddy, Charles W .- 1901-02.
White, Hugh A .- 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916.
White, Robert-1823-24, 1824-25, 1825-26, 1826-27, 1827-28, 1828-29, 1829-30, 1842-43, 1843-44, 1844-45.
White, Robert J .- 1863-64, 1864-65.
Wilson, John-1797-98.
Winborne, R. W .- 1897-98.
Remarks: W. MeLaughlin resigned, 1869, and was succeeded by A. Graham. S. B. Morrison resigned in 1869. In 1881 R. K. Dunlap was unseated in favor of J. A. Frazier, and W. B. F. Leech in favor of J. B. Lady.
Hugh W. Sheffey was President of the Senate, 1863-65.
Thomas Lewis and Samuel McDowell represented Augusta in the State Convention of 1776.
William MeKee and Andrew Moore represented Rockbridge in the Convention of 1788, which ratified the Federal Constitution.
In the Constitutional Convention of 1829-30, Rockbridge was represented by Samuel McD. Moore; in that of 1850-51, by John Letcher.
Samuel MeD. Moore and James B. Dorman represented Rockbridge in the Secession Convention of 1861.
William McLaughlin represented Rockbridge, Bath, and Highland in the State Con- vention of 1867-68; William A. Anderson and J. W. Gilmore in that of 1901-02.
CENSUS FIGURES AND VITAL STATISTICS
(Population by Decades)
1790
6,548
1860
17,248
1800
8,945
1870
16,058
1810
10,318
1880
20,003
1820
11,945
1890
.23,062
1830
14,244
1900
21,799
1840
14,284
1910
24,416
1850
16,045
In 1790 there were, of all ages, 3,069 white males and 2,756 white females. The number of those not less than sixteen years of age were 1,517 males and 1,429 females. The totals were 5,825 whites and 723 blacks.
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(From the Census of 1850)
Whites 11,848
Libraries, other than private 2
Slaves 4,197
Volumes in such hbrarics 3,200
Families
1,972
Wheat, bushels 198,553
Dwellings
1908
Kyc, bushels 10,017
Corn, bushels 372,705
Births among the white and free col- orcd 290
Barley, bushels 2,345
Births among the slaves 95
Buckwheat, bushels 2,019
White marriages
105
White potatoes, bushels 14,226
Deaths of whites
97
Sweet potatoes, bushels
980
Deaths of slaves
60
Flax fiber, pound 8,925
Public schools 18
Flaxseed, bushels 657
Teachers in the same 21
430
Acres unimproved 155,233
School funds, public
$1,352
School funds from
other sources $5,329
Horses 3,071
Total of school funds $6,081
Mules and asses 189
Working oxen
94
College teachers 16
Milch cows
3,453
College students
186
College funds, endowment .$14,610
Hogs 20,937
Livestock, cash value $436,149
Hay, tons 7,626
Tobacco, pounds 76.298
Total of college funds $93,110
Attending school, males
800
Attending schools, females
679
Foreigners none
Honey and wax, pounds 6,298
Illiterate adults, white males 110
Illiterate adults, white females 126
Value of animals, slaughtered $89.525
Illiterate adults, native born 221
Homemade manufactures, value
Illiterate adults, foreign born 15
of output $22,018
(From the Census of 1860)
Real property
$8.290,943
Property
$14,461.132
Personal property
6,170,188
Families
2,379
Total of real and personal
Free population 13,263
(From the Census of 1870)
l'eople not less than 70 years of age.
White miales
83
Total ví males 109
W'lute females
100
Total of females
132
Colored males
26
Grand total
24]
Colored females
32
Sheep
1.262
College funds, public
$75,000
College funds, other than en-
dowment or public $3,000
Butter, pounds 178.384
Cheese, pounds 17,051
Maple sugar, pounds 1,728
Livestock, cash value $436,149
Acres in farms
104,638
Pupils in the same
Farms, cash value $3,207,030
Farm machinery, cash value $99,340
Colleges 2
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APPENDICES
Persons between the ages of 5 and 21:
White
4,369
Total
5,861
Colored
1,492
Total negro population 3,890
Towns. Districts, etc., 1890 and 1910
White population, 1890
17,931
1910
.20,471
Colored population, 1890
5,131
1910
3,944
Buffalo District, 1890
3,072
1910
2,617
Kerr's Creek District, 1890
2,757
1910 2,238
Lexington District, 1890
4,418
1910
4,378
Natural Bridge District, 1890
4,539
1910
4,182
South River District, 1890
3,977
1910
4,096
Walker's Creek District, 1890
3,255
1910
3,660
Lexington (town)
3,059
1910
2,931
Buena Vista
1910
3,245
Glasgow
1910
405
Goshen, 1900
253
1910
165
(From the Census of 1910)
Males
12,095
Acres improved
161,710
Females
12,321
Land value, per acre $12.96
Dwellings
4,767
Horses 6,607
Families
4,954
Mules 141
Males of voting age 5,922
Cattle
14,073
Illiterate voters, white
622
Sheep and goats
14,817
Illiterate voters, colored
345
Hogs 10.659
Persons of foreign birth
59
Wheat, acres of 23,661
Persons of foreign or mixed
Wheat, bushels 284,703
parentage
133
Oats, acres of 2,548
Naturalized voters of foreign birth
15
Oats, bushels
40,098
Aliens of voting age
9
Corn, acres of
22,978
Foreign born with first naturalization
Corn, bushels 658,402
papers only, or naturalization sta-
Hay, acres of
17,163
tus unknown
10
Hlay, tons
15,857
Natives of Scotland
5
Natives of Italy
.. 4
Potatoes, bushels
55,258
Natives of Austria
4
Natives of Greece
3
tenants
21.7
Natives of Hungary
2
Value of all farm property, includ-
Natives of other countries
4
ing implements and animals $9,779,232
Farms
1,944
Potatoes, acres of
492
Percentage of farms operated by
According to the returns on file in the office of the County Clerk, there were, for the period 1913-1916 inclusive, a yearly average of 188 deaths among the white people and fifty among the negroes. For the whites the rate is not quite 9.2 per 1,000 of popu- lation. For the colored people it is about 12.5 per 1,000, the mean for the two races being about 9.6.
A HISTORY OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
During the years 1915 and 1916, diseases of the respiratory organs caused 122 deaths, tuberculosis being responsible for 57 and pneumonia for 50. Affections of the cerebral system occasioned 45 deaths, 37 being due to apoplexy or paralysis. From disorders of the circulatory system the deaths were 51, il being attributed to diseases of the heart There were 49 deaths from urinary complaints and 25 from diseases of the digestive or- gans. Diseases peculiar to cluldhood caused 57 deaths, constitutional ailments 27, female disorders 16, old age 4, and accidents 8. There were 19 stillbirths and in 31 instances the cause of death was not known.
In 1915, 4 deaths were reported from gunshot wounds and 4 from grip. In 1916, cancer was the cause of 14 deaths and blood poisoning of 5. In 1915, 44 of the deathis were of children less than a year old: 36 were of persons between the ages of 1 and 21. 84 were of persons between the ages of 21 and 70. 48 men and women died between the ages of 70 and 80, 25 between the ages of 80 and 90, while 3 whites and I negro were 90 years old or upward, the oldest, 98 years of age, being a white.
COUNTY OFFICERS
COUNTY CLERKS
Andrew Reid-1778-1831 Samuel McD. Reid, son of Andrew Reid-1831-1852 C. Chapin-1852 1863 James K. Edmondson-1863-1865
Andrew AAgnor-military ap- pointce-1865-1870 J. P. Moore-1870-1893 Initials to be supplied-Shields-1893
CIRCUIT CLERKS
Andrew Reid 1809-1831 Samuel Mel). Reid-1831-1858
J G Steele-1858-1864 J. C. Boude-1864-1865 and 1870-1893
SURVEYORS
James McDowell-1778-1785
Alexander Campbell-1785
Andrew Alexander-1806 Wilham Paxton-Resigned, 1831
Edward J. Mclaughhn-1831-1845 James C. C. Moore-1845-1852 Andrew M. Lusk-1858-1864
SHERIFFS
Archibald Alexander-1778 John Bowyer-1779
Samuel McDowell-1780
John Greenice-1785
lohn Houston-1786
James McDowell-1812
Joseph Mere-1788 James Buchanan 1791
Joleth Walker-1792
James Gilmore-1794 William Moore-1795
Samuel Kevs-1796
David Edmond on 1298
Matthew Hant a 1800
James Caruthers-1802 Alexander Shields-1806 Charles Campbell 1809 John Wilson-1811
William 1.le-1813 John Leyburn-1816 William Moore-1819 James Caruthers-1820 Joseph Gilmore-1824 James Moore-1826
Joseph Allen-1828 John McClelland-18,30
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APPENDICES
Robert White-1832 John Alexander-1834 William Paxton-1836 Joseph Cloyd-1839 John McCorkle-1840
John Bowyer-1842 James Davidson-1844 Joseph Bell-1845
Reuben Grigsby-1845 John Ruff-1850
ELECTIVE
John T. Shields-1852-1854 John A. M. Lusk-1854-1858
William F. Poague-1858-1860
David J. Whipple-1860-1864
JUSTICES, 1778-1852
NOTE .- A star following a name shows that there is no express statement that the person qualified. A star following a date shows that the person was in commission later than the year given.
Alexander, Andrew-1826
Alexander, Archibald-1778
Alexander, John-1807-1827*
Gold, William M .- 1838 Greenlee, John-1778-1801
Allen, Joseph -- 1807-1827*
Anderson, Robert B .*- 1850
Grigsby, Joseph-1797-1801*
Barclay, Alexander T .- 1829
Grigsby, Reuben-1817-1827*
Barclay, Hugh-1838-1851* Barton, Robert R .- 1829 Bell, Alexander N .- 1836 Bell, Joseph, Jr .- 1817-1843 Bowyer, John-1778-1827*
Hays, John-1778*
Houston, John-1778-1801
Houston, William-1837
Buchanan, James-1778-1801c
Ingles, William-1834
Campbell, Addison H .*- 1842
Johnston, Alexander *- 1840
Campbell, Charles-1778-1801*
Johnston, James-1817
Campbell, John-1798
Jordan, Samuel FF .- 1837 Keys, Samuel-1784-1801*
Campbell, Robert L .- 1829
Caruthers, James-1790-1827
Lackey, William-1840
Caruthers, John-1791
Leech, John S .*- 1835
Caruthers, John T .- 1830
Lewis, William C .- 1840 Leyburn, Alfred-1834
Compton, James *- 1850
Leyburn, John-1802-1827*
Culton, Alexander-1809
Lusk, William-1829 Lyle, John-1778
Davidson, James-1809 Davidson, John-1806
Lyle, William-1802
Davis, William C .- 1848
McChesney, Zachariah J .*- 1827
Edgar, Thomas-1784
McCleland, John-1807-1827*
Edmondson, David-1784-1801*
McClung, Benjamin-1827
Edmondson, David-1839 Finlay, Andrew-1803 Gay, John-1778-1801* Gilmore, Addison *- 1840
McDowell, James-1791-1827*
Gilmore, John-1778-1801*
McDowell, James, Jr .*- 1827
Gilmore, Joseph-1804
McDowell, Samuel-1778
Gilmore, Paxton-1839
McGuffin, Jamison D .*- 1840
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Cumings, Jolin A .- 1827-1843*
Lyle, Samuel-1778
McConkey, John-1797-1801*
McCorkle, John-1809 Mccutchen, William M .*- 1850
Cloyd, Joseph-1807-1827*
Gilmore, William *- 1827 Glasgow, Alexander M .- 1843
Hanna, Matthew-1789-1801* Harper, James F .*- 1840
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McKee, William-1778-1797.
Stevens, William-1836
Milleland, John- 1807
Stoner, George-1838
Montgomery, John-1817
Stuart, Alexander-1778
Moore, Andrew-1797-1801.
Stuart, Hugh®-1800 Templeton, David-1807
Moore, James 1807
Moore, Joseph-1778-1801.
Todd, Samuel-1782
Moore, William-1784-1801.
Moore, Wilham R .- 1843
Patterson, Samuel-1817-1827.
Walker, John M .- 1806
Patton, W'ilham-1836
Walker, Joseph-1778-1801.
Paxton, Joseph (1)-1806
Walker, Thomas H1.º-1827
Paxton, Joseph (2)-1800)
Wardlaw, Hugh B.º-1827
Paxton, Thomas-1837
White, Joseph-1810
Paxton, Thomas 1.º-1842
White, Robert-1807-1827.
Paxton, Thomas S.º-1850
White, William G.º-1850
Paxton, William (1)-1778
Wilson, David .- 1806
Paxton, William (2)-1807-1827.
Wilson, John-1795-1801.
Poague, James A.º-1835
Wilson, Samuel M1.º-1840
Reid, Andrew-1778
Wilson, Thomas-18,39
Ruff, Jacob M .- 1843
Wilson, William-1802
Ruff, John-1828
Withrow, John®-1806
JUSTICES, ELECTIVE
1852
The starred names are of those present on opening day, July 5th.
Barton, Robert R ..
Harper, James F .
Poague, William F.
Brown, Daniel®
Lackey, William.
Steele, Joseph ( president )
f.ryan. Matthew.
Leech, John S.º
S-, Moscs.
Cummings, John A ..
Lewis, William C.
Sterrett, Robert®
Eubank, John S.
Lindsay. Andrew.
Varner, Charles®
Gilmore. Addison®
Luster, John®
Walker, Joseph®
Calmore, William C.
Mackey, Hugh W ..
White, Wilham®
Gold, William Ml.º
McKemy, John'
Wilson, Thomas.
Hamilton, John G ·
Moore, William R .
Wilson, William R .
Hamilton, John G·
1856
Ifrown, Daniel
Johnston, Samuel
McCorkle, Theodore M
Davidson. James G.
Jordan, Wilham ( resigned ) Mccutchen, William M
Davidson, Lewis C.
lackey, William
McKemy, John
G Imbre, Paxton
Lewis, William C.
Paxton, William
Cdd. Wilham M
lindsay, Andrew
Poague, William F
Il milton, Andrew J.
1.n k, William ( president)
Varner, Charles
Harper, James F.
Mackey, Hugh W'
Walker, Joseph
Ha' hier, Henry M
Mackey, John P
White, Wilham (resigned)
Humphrey Meriwether A.
MeChintic, Shanklin M
Withrow. Andrew
James Campbell was elected in place of White in 1857, and Witham Dold in place of Varrer in 1859
Shields, Alexander-1793-1827.
Trimble, John-1778 Walker, Archibald B .- 1834
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APPENDICES
1860
Bradley, Schuyler
Johnston, Samuel
McKemy, John
Brown, Daniel
Kirkpatrick, William M.
Moore, Nathan G.
Campbell, James
Laird, John G.
Poindexter, George B.
Chapman, John P.
Lewis, William C.
Updike, James G.
Davidson, Lewis C.
Lusk, William (president )
Walker, Joseph
Echols, Edward
Mackey, Hugh W.
Willson, William B.
Gibson, John A.
MeClintic, Shanklin M.
Wilson, James W.
Hamilton, John W.
Mccutchen, William M.
Wilson, William A.
In 1861, William C. Gilmore was elected vice Laird, Hobson Johnson vice Echols, and William R. Moore vice Lusk. In 1862, William A. MeDonald was elected vice Bradley, John S. Leech vice J. W. Wilson, and James Compton vice Jacob M. Ruff, who seems to have filled an earlier vacancy. William C. Lewis was president, 1862.
1864
Brown, Daniel
Jolinston, Samtiel
Moore, Nathan G.
Campbell, James
Kinnear, John A.
Patterson, Robert T.
Dold, William
Kirkpatrick, Thomas M.
Patterson, Andrew
Donald, William A.
Kirkpatrick, William M.
Pettigrew, James M.
Forsythe, William E. Lenter, John
Sandford, Henderson
Gibson, Henry S.
MeClintie, Shanklin M.
Templeton, John M.
Gilmore, William C.
(resigned)
Updike, James G.
Hamilton, John W.
McKemy, John (president)
White, William
Hatcher, Henry M.
George W. Houston was elected vice Templeton, deceased, 1864. William F. Poague was elected vice McClintic, 1865.
REORGANIZED COURT, 1865
First District : Hugh Barclay, William Dold, Samuel Vanderslice, William White. Second District : Samuel Cowan, John W. Hamilton, Henry M. Hatcher, James C. C. Moore.
Third District : James Campbell, John Luster, Nathan G. Moore, William F. Poague.
Fourth District : Charles Armentrout, James J. Hill, Thomas MeCorkle, Robert T. Pat- terson.
Fifth District: William C. Gilmore, William Kirkpatrick, John McKemy, William A. Wilson.
Sixth District : Daniel Brown, Samuel A. East, William M. Mccutchen, and Jamcs A. Walker.
Seventh District : James S. Gibson, H. F. Lyle, J. W. Mackey, James T. Patton. Brown and MeKemy were refused commissions. The oath was administered by Wil- liam White, one of the commissioners to hold the election.
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SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS
Brownsburg was established on the land of Robert Wardlaw and Samuel McChesney by act of assembly, November 23, 1793. In 1798 lot owners were given five mere years in which to build, and in the same year the Brownsburg Library Corporation was incorporated.
Fairfield was established December 24, 1800. The original trustees were James McDowell, Samuel Keys, John McClung, Samuel Preston, Samuel Moore, Isaac Robinson, and Andrew Scott.
An act of January 22, 1810 authorized John Jordan and James Moorehead to bridge North River and to charge the following tolls : man on horse, 61/4 cents; sheep or hog, one- half cent; cart or turmoil, twenty-five cents; riding carriages, per wheel, 61/4 cents.
The Lexington arsenal was established by 1819, and in 1824 a roofing of zinc was ordered. Elizabeth Preston Allan, wife of Colonel William Allan, was born at Lexington, Decem- ber 22, 1848. She wrote stories for children, edited Sunday school literature for the Southern Presbyterian Church, and the Life and Letters of Margaret J. Preston, her stepmother. Colonel Allan wrote The Army of Northern Virginia, Jackson's V'alley Campaign, etc.
William McCutchen Morrison, son of James L. and Mary A. (McCutchan) Morrison. was born November 10, 1867, was graduated from Washington and Lee 1887, and in 1896 was ordained and sent to Luebo on the Congo. One of his journeys in that river valley was of 700 miles. He reduced the Baluba tongue to writing. On behalf of the Congo natives he appeared before the British Parliament. He was sued for libel, but acquitted.
Thomas Plunkett was pensioned $60.00 a year in 1817, and Samuel Kirkpatrick $120.00 a year in 1818.
Hans Peter Stalley arrived in America 1732. He was then under sixteen years of age.
ERRATA
Several errors of very little importance are not included in the list below :
Page 65, line 9-For "precipating." read "precipibating."
Page (2, line 12-Supply "were" after "burials."
Page 90, line 5 (above bottom ) : For "phonographic," read "phonologie."
Page 92, line 10 (above bottom) : After "English," read "and neither could his son. George II."
Page 90, lines 9 and 12 (above bottom) : Omit brackets.
Page 90, line 12 (above bottom) : For "not known" read "know that."
Page 178, Ime 12 (above bottom) : After "Lewis" supply "son of."
Page 178, line 9 ( above bottom) : For "chapel of care," read "chapel of case."
Page 179, line 6 (above bottom ) : For "Beth Heron," read "Beth Horon."
Page 182, line 21 : At end of line supply "oaths."
Page 191, line 24: After "Hoge" supply "Houston."
Page 240, line 5: For "competent" read "component."
Page 259, line 3: For "Dockor" read "Samuel R."
Page 339, line 13 (above bottom) : For "Adams" read "Adam."
Page 405: Under "Section XI" supply "Roster of Confederate Soldiers."
GENERAL INDEX
NOTE: Since the arrangement of lists in this book is alphabetical, any particular name may readily be found, except so far as cross-indexes might be ttsed.
Academies 188, 212
Cadets, V. M. I. 123, 121, 203
Agriculture 38, 109, 168
Calfpasture Families 88
Alexander, Archibald .244, 301
Calfpasture Land Grant 86
Alexander Family 229, 244
Calfpasture, settlement of 87
Alexander, Robert
188
Campbell, Alexander 302
America in 1716 16, 17
Anderson Family
245
Anderson, Isaac
229
Campbell, John L. 301
Anderson, William
245
Campbell, Samuel R. 268
Animals, Wild
5
Caruthers Family 248
Ann Smith Academy
207
Caruthers, William A. 249, 301
Appendices 547
Augusta, subdivision of 76
Augusta Resolutions 1775
95
Civil Government
45
Balcony Falls 165
Classes, Social 33
Baldwin, John C. 246
Climate 3, 4
Baldwin, Joseph, Jr.
301
Ballagh, James C. 301
Collierstown 157, 176
Conditions, 1844 109
Confederate Soldiers, roster of .125,
405
Buclay, Elihu H.
246
Bell, John
229
Cornstalk, murder of 78
Costello, Fannie K. 230
Costume 25, 106
67
County Court
47
Courthouses
148
Borden, Benjamin, Jr.
28
Borden, Benjamin, Sr.
22
Borden, Joseph
31
Borden Litigation 30, 32
Dale, Samuel
225
Davidson, Andrew B.
249
Botetourt, formation of
76
British Invasion, 1781 97
Deserters
131
Brown, John 247
Donally's Fort, relief of 81
Dorman, Charles P. 249
Brown, Samuel 247
Dunlap, Alice W. 291
Brounlow, William G. 2:0
Dunlap Family
249
Brownsburg 156
Dunlap, Richard G 303
Buena Vista, town of 153
Dunmore War
74
11
Deeds .
50
Borden's Great Tract 26, 343
Daviess, Joseph H. 301
Brockenbrugh, John W. 246
Disestablishment 105
Brown people 146
.230, 303
Bethesda 176
Blair, James 303
Booms of 1889-90 136, 153
Cold Sulphur Spring 160, 303
Baptists in Rockbridge 178
Baxter, George A. 246
Convention of 1861 119, 120
Ben Salem 176
Benton, Thomas H.
Council of War, 1756
Crockett, Davy 303
Crystal Spring
Church Buildings, Sundry 179
Churches of Lexington 149, 176, 177
Campbell, Charles 302
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A 1IST(1) (1 ROCKIRIIN I COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Harly Settlement 23. 27. 28. 30, 37, 464
Echols, Edward . 251
I'dn : dson Family 252
Education .
51
Indian Occupancy 61
Indian Path 161
Indians, relations of with settlers 63
Inventions, sundry 334
Ironworks 170
Jackson, Gen T ) 733
Johnson, James 230
Jordan, John 259
Jump Mountain 10
Junkin, George 260
Kerr's Creek Names $1.0
Kerr's Creek Raids 69
Laird Family 260
Land Grant Method 26
Laws, colonial 49
Lec, George W. C 201
Lcc. Henry
238
Lec. Robert E.
239
Lec, Sarah P
261
Letcher, John
26)
Letter of 1781
152
Lewis. John 19. 20
lexington Arsenal . 199
lexington, disturbance at, 186] 121
Lexington, founding of 147
Lexington Gazette 217
Lexington in Middle and Recen!
Periods .
149,150
Lexington, residents of, 1700 10,2
Lesburn, John 202, 302
Isberty Hall 189
Liquor Habit 180
Living
108
Locher, Charles H 231. 262
Log Houses
37. 107
Logan, John 1
231
Long Hunters 74
Tusk. William 263
Magisterial Districts 5
Manufacture 100
Marriage Proce lure 51
Massacre at Middle River
Maury, Matthew F. 263
McCorkle, Charles F. 290
Houten bet Samuel 256
Houston, Samuel R.
258
Hunter's Raid 129
Indian Meadows
37. 63.161
Indian Mounds
61. 300
1 mancy .ti n 143. 146
I'mgration from Rockbridge 22%
Epicopal Church .
178
Eshill Family
226, 252
1 airfic1 1
1.57
Falu g Spri
176
Iicy Hill 158
Farming, carly
3.9
Felleral Incur ions 1.27
Fincastle Re olutions, 1775 94
T'illay, John
302
Fire of 1790 148
l'lax and Hemp
38. 107. 168, 461
l'orts, pioneer
.66, 158
Franklin Society
199, 214
Free School System
184
l'ree Neproc
143. 145
Moore, S McD)
120, 268
Frontier, American 18
Gardens 108
Garfield, death of 1,37
Grav Family 253
Ger cakegic Data 470
Chology 3
German Duke, si it by 109
G bls. James E 220, 304
Gla gw Family 253. 304
Glasgow, town of 1.55
G, hen
157
(,o hen Pa & 9
Graham, William
254
Greenlee Family 254
Greciler, John F 255
forcenice, Mary 254
Geekshy Tarih
256
Hard hym. 1861 1865 131
Hardships in Revolution 101. 104
Health
Hepburn. Charle MI G 302 . .
10
37
Hìnhton Finih
258
Intum Mies Samuel 258
McCorkle, Emmett 1\' 200
107.135
573
GENERAL INDEX
MacCorkle Family 278
McCorkle, Henry H. 291
McCorkle, Walter L. 280
MacCorkle, William A. 287
McCorkle, William H.
,288, 291
McCormick, Cyrus H.
229, 307
MeCoy, Daniel
231
McDowells, coming of 21
McDowell Fight 64
McDowell, James L. 265
McDowell, James, Jr. 265
McDowell, John 264
McDowell Family
263
McNutt, Alexander
266
McNutt, Alexander G. 266
McNutt Family 266
Meetings, 1860-1861 115, 118, 121
Methodism
177
Middle and Recent Periods
104
Middle Period, features of 104
Midway 157
Miley, Michael 231
Military Organizations, 1861-1865 .. 124, 125
Militia Officers 396
Militia System 221
Mills 40, 168
Money 52
Montgomery, Humphrey 267
Moore, Andrew 267
Moore Family 268
Morrison, James D. 268
Morrison, William M. C.
304
Mountains 1,2
Mount Pleasant Academy 188
Mulberry Hill 190
Muster Days
223
Names, geographical 5
Natural Bridge 160
Naturalizations 456
Negro Property
146
Nelson, Alexander L.
268
New Monmouth
175,
462
New Providence
173
Newspapers of 1804 217
Newspapers, extracts
from, 1860-
1861 115, 116, 118, 120
Nichols, Edward
268
Old Field Schools 183
Old Providence
183
Order, public 41
Order-books, Augusta, extracts from 54, 299, 458
Order-books, Botetourt, extracts from 59 Order-books, Orange, cxtracts from 54, 299, 456
Order-books, Rockbridge, extracts
from
.81, 132
Ordinaries
52, 463
Oxford
176
Padget, Frank 252
Parsons, Henry C. 269
Pastures, the
85
Patents and Conveyances for Land,
early
343, 351, 355
Patterson, S. F. 231
Paxton, Alexander S. 270
Paxton, Elisha F. 270
Paxton Family 269
Paxton, James 199, 269
Paxton, James H.
269
Paxton, John D.
269
Paxton, John G.
302
Pension Statistics, 1832
101
Pennsylvania, colonial
17, 21
Pennsivania Road
36
Petticrew Tragedy 110
Plant Life 4
Poague, William T. 270
Politics, colonial 45
Politics Since 1865 137
Pontiac War
68
Poscy, Thomas
232
Position, Size, and Form of County ..
1, 5
Postal Rates
163
Presbyterianism 172
Presidential Campaign, 1860 114
Preston, John T. L. 270
Processioning
50, 467
Railroads
166
Rankin, Adam
203
Raphine
158
Reaper, the McCormick 306
Recent Period, changes in 138
Reconstruction Period 136
Reid Family
271
Reid, Samuel McD.
27
574
A HISTORY OF ROCKBRINGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Remick Affair .. 67
Resources, Natural
5
Revolution, causes of 92
Koads, public 162, 164, 300
Robinson, John 271
Kockbridge; Act Establishing County 77
Rockbridge Alum 159, 303
Rockbridge Baths 159
Rockbridge County News 220
Rockbridge Notables 225
Rocky Spring Church 87
Turnpikes 163
Rosters, Military 06
V'alley Star 218
Values, colonial 42
48
Salling, John P. 19, 272
Saville Family 273
Scenery 6
Schools of Lexington
149
Schools, pioncer
87
Servants and Indentures 33
Sewing Machine, the Gibbs 329
Slavery 141, 145
Snuth, Ann 208, 210, 211
Smith, Francis 11.
201, 274
Society, frontier .35, 30, 39, 41, 42, 52
Soils 3
Soldiers of Revolution 402
Spotswood's Expedition
18
Sports and Frolics 108
Springfield 157
Staunton 40, 48
Sterrett, John 1)
232
Sterrett, John R S.
304
Strathclyde and Ulster
12-16
Stories 40, 108
Streams 2
Strickler, Givens H 302
Stuart Jamly 274
Surnames, P'rc ent 388
Surnames, Rockbridge 340
Taxpayer , 1811 378
Tayler Family 274
Taylor, Stuart 275
Taylor, William 275, 302
Teachers, carly 184, 186
Temperance Societies 181, 182
Timber Ridge .175, 189, 459
Tin Mine 171
Tithables, 1778 365
Tithables, 1782 370
Toleration, religious 51
Toryism and Disaffection 100
Tucker, Henry St. G. 276
Tucker, John R. 276
Vethake, Henry 277
17
Virginia in the Revolution 96
Virginia Military Institute, history of 201
Virginia Military Institute, organiza-
tion of 200
Virginia Military Institute, restora-
tion of 206
Wallace, Hugh C. 303
Wallace, William A. 277
War, French and Indian, incidents of 68
War of 1861, causes
War of 1861, beginning of
123, 13]
War of 1861, close of
136
War of 1914, causes 139. 293
War of 1914, Local Incidents 294
Washington Academy 193
Washington and Lec University 197
Washington College 194
Washington College, presidents
of 195, 300
Waterways 165
Wanchope, George A. 302
White, Robert 277
Whitley, William 226
Wills 41, 44, 176
Wilson's Spring 158
Wolves 39
Woods Family 277
Kuffner, Henry 196, 271
Ruffner, William 11.
272
Vestry
Virginia in 1716
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