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The Legislature met again on the 8th of February, and pro- ceeded to organize the State government under the new Consti- tution. Joseph A. Waddell was elected president pro tem. of the Senate. Judges and other public officers were elected as speedily as possible. William McLaughlin was elected judge of the Cir- cuit Court of Rockbridge, Augusta, &c ; John N. Hendren judge of the County Court of Augusta, and Alexander B. Cochran judge of the Hustings Court of Staunton. The last named de- clining the office mentioned, J. W. Green Smith was finally elected in his place. In accordance with the provisions of the
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Constitution and an act of the Legislature, the town of Staunton was erected into a city.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company was organized in March, 1870.59
The last County Court of Augusta county, held by justices of the peace, sat April 1, 1870, and the last orders of the court were attested by William J. Nelson, president pro tem. At the next term the bench was occupied by Judge John N. Hendren.
On the 27th of April, the great disaster at the capitol in Rich- mond occurred, by which sixty-two persons were killed and many others wounded. Among the wounded was Henderson M. Bell, one of the delegates from Augusta.
The first election in Virginia of supervisors took place on the fourth Thursday in May, and in Augusta the following persons were elected : John Paris, Joseph D. Craig, John G. Fulton, Thomas W. Shelton, William T. Rush and Henry B. Sieg.
The people of the county voted, August 6th, upon a proposi- tion to subscribe $300,000 to the stock of the Valley Railroad Company, and it was defeated by a decisive majority. During the following year the vote was taken upon a proposed county subscription of $200,000 to the Valley Railroad and $100,000 to the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, and it also was defeated.
On the last three days of September heavy rains fell in a large portion of the State. The water courses were swollen beyond anything ever known before, and in the valleys of the James and Shenandoah the destruction of property was unprecedented. Many lives also were lost.
County officers under the Constitution were elected in Augusta November. 8th, viz : James Bumgardner, commonwealth's attor- ney; William L. Mowry, sheriff; Samuel Paul, county treasurer; Joseph N. Ryan, clerk of the Circuit Court; William A. Burnett, clerk of the County Court; and John D. Lilly, county surveyor. At the same time, John T. Harris, of Rockingham, was elected to Congress.
And here, at the close of 1870, we close our Annals.
50 The road was completed to Waynesborough in April, 1881, and the first train went through to Roanoke City in June, 1882.
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JOHN BROWN BALDWIN was the oldest son of Judge Briscoe G. Bald- win, and was born near Staunton, January JI, 1820. His mother was a daughter of Chancellor John Brown. He was educated at the Staunton Academy and the University of Virginia. In 1841 he was admitted to the bar, and the following year married the oldest daughter of John H. Peyton, Esq. As soon as he attained the prescribed age, he was elected by the people of Augusta a member of the House of Delegates, and served one term in that body with Nathaniel Massie, Esq., as his col- league. Having a fondness for military affairs, he became captain of the Staunton Light Infantry, and, finally, colonel of the One-hundred-and- sixtieth regiment of militia. At an early age he acquired distinction as a lawyer and as a political speaker. In 1859 his friends brought him forward as a candidate for judge of the Court of Appeals, the judges being elected by districts, but his competitor, Judge William J. Robert- son, obtained a majority of the votes cast. The steps in his subsequent career have been noted in the course of our narrative. Being thoroughly identified with the people of Augusta and highly appreciated by them, his death, which occurred September 30, 1873, caused universal lamen- tation in the county.
STAUNTON BANKS. The first banking institution in Staunton after the war, was opened by Hugh W. Sheffey and William Allan, known as Allan & Co., brokers and bankers. The firm began business in July, 1865, and continued till the First National Bank was started in Novem- ber of the same year. Hugh W. Sheffey was the first president of the latter, and William Allan, cashier. The capital was $100 000. The Na- tional Valley Bank of Staunton was chartered in November, 1865, but did not engage in business till January following. Of this bank, John Echols was president, and Edwin M. Taylor, cashier. Capital, $100,000. Alexander H. H. Stuart became president of the First National Bank, and in July, 1866, M. Harvey Effinger was made cashier in place of Wil- liam Allan, resigned. Edwin M. Taylor resigning as cashier of the Valley Bank, in February, 1868, was succeeded by William C. Eskridge. In 1875 the two banks were consolidated under the name of the National Valley Bank of Staunton-John Echols, president, and M. Harvey Effin- ger, cashier, succeeded by Thomas A. Bledsoe. Capital, $200,000. The Augusta National Bank, of Staunton, was organized in 1875-Hugh W. Sheffey, president, and N. P. Catlett, cashier. Capital at first, $50,000, but soon increased to $100,000.
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BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY.
During the time over which we have passed in the course of our Annals, one generation of men after another has flitted by "like shadows o'er the plain." "The fathers, where are they?" Old houses, too, and nearly all the ancient works of man, have been rapidly disappearing. It is only here and there that a structure associated with the early times of the county remains.
But some objects in and around Staunton have remained the same year after year, substantially unchanged and unchangeable. These old hills, who does not love them? The pioneer settlers in Beverley's Manor saw them as we see them now, and no "native to the manor born" can ever behold or think of them without feelings of almost filial affection. The dwellers in level countries cannot appreciate many parts of the book of Psalms. When they read of "the mountains round about Jerusalem," no chord in their heart vibrates; and those other words, "I will lift up my eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help," so pleasant to us, excite no emotion in them.
Pre-eminent among our Staunton hills stand Bessy Bell and Mary Gray. We prefer the original Scotch spelling and pro- nunciation of the former name. "Betsy," as people call it now, is harsh and crabbed, but "Bessy" "is soft as is Apollo's lute."
As far as we know there is nothing remarkable in the structure or products of the two hills. We presume the soil continues to produce annual crops of huckleberries and chincapins, as it did in days of yore. One of the former productions of that region, however, has long since disappeared. Seventy or eighty years ago the boys and girls who went there for berries and nuts re-
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turned with an ample supply of ticks, the little insects now quite unknown in this part of the country.
It must be confessed that Bessy Bell and Mary Gray cannot boast of the cedars of Lebanon, the dew of Hermon, or "the excellency of Carmel." Even the prospect from the higher peak does not fully compensate for the toil of climbing the rugged ascent. Bessy Bell is no Pisgah; but of her it may be said emphatically,
'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
People living in Staunton, northwest of Bessy Bell, never see how beautiful she appears at sunrise; but all of them who love the picturesque must have observed and feasted upon the en-' trancing beauty sometimes presented after a shower of rain, by the rays of the setting sun lingering of a summer's evening upon her leafy summit. And then, when the clouds gather around her head, and " Bessy Bell puts her nightcap on," we see her in another phase scarcely less attractive. Ben Nevis and Snowden are doubtless goodly mountains, but what are they to Bessy Bell and Mary Gray! Surely no Staunton boy, coming home from his wanderings, ever fails to look out for the old familiar hills, and to hail them at first sight with feelings akin to rapture.
It was once currently reported that Bessy Bell and Mary Gray were young girls murdered near Staunton by the Indians ; but there is no foundation for the story. The names are of Scottish origin. According to the tradition, Mary Gray's father was laird of Lednoch, and Bessy Bell's of Kinvaid. An intimate friend- ship existed between the girls, and while Bessy was on a visit to Mary Gray, in 1645, the plague broke out in the neighbor- hood. To escape the pestilence, they built a bower near Led- noch House, and lived there for some time. But the plague raging with great fury, they caught it from a young man who was in love with both of them, and who had brought them their food. They died in their bower, and were buried near the river Almond, half a mile from the house of Lednoch, which is seven miles northwest from Perth. Their sad fate became the subject of a ballad, which commenced thus:
O Bessy Bell an' Mary Gray! They were twa bonnie lasses-
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They biggit a bower on yon burn-brae, An' theekit it ower wi' rashes. They theekit it ower wi' rashes green, They happit it round wi' heather: But the pest cam' frae the burrows-toun, An' slew them baith thegither.
The remainder has been lost, except the concluding stanza :
They thought to lie in Methven Kirk, Beside their gentle kin; But they maun lie in Dronach haugh, And beak fornent the sin. O Bessy Bell and Mary Gray! They were twa bonnie lasses- They biggit a bower on yon burn-brae, An' theekit it ower wi' rashes.
Allan Ramsey's ballad on the same subject is a modern pro- duction. He adopted only the first four lines of the old ballad, and appended to them a new song of his own, which, instead of lamenting the fate of the "bonnie lasses," celebrated the witch- eries of their charms. Thus :
O Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, They are twa bonny lasses, They bigg'd a bower on yon burn-brae, And theek'd it o'er wi' rashes. Fair Bessy Bell I loo'd yestreen, And thought I ne'er could alter ;. But Mary Gray's twa pawky e'en, They gar my fancy falter.
Now Bessy's hair's like a lint-tap; She smiles like a May morning, When Phoebus starts frae Thetis' lap, The hills with rays adorning : White is her neck, saft is her hand, Her waist and feet's fu' genty, With ilka grace she can command, Her lips, O wow ! they 're dainty.
And Mary's locks are like a craw, Her eyes like diamonds glances ; She's ay sae clean, red up and braw, She kills whene'er she dances; Blyth as a kid, with wit at will, She blooming, tight, and tall is;
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And guides her airs sae gracefu' still, O Jove! she's like thy Pallas.
Dear Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, Ye unco sair oppress us ; Our fancies jee between you twae, Ye are sic bonny lasses : Wae's me! for baith I canna get, To ane by law we're stinted;
Then I'll draw cuts, and take my fate, And be with ane contented.
When a new proprietor took possession of Lednoch, about the year 1781, a heap of stones, almost covered with thorns and briers, was shown to him as the burial place of Bessy Bell and Mary Gray. He removed all the rubbish, made up the grave double, planted flowering shrubs around it, and enclosed the spot with a wall, in which he fixed a stone, bearing in engraved letters the names of Bessy Bell and Mary Gray.
These names were carried from Scotland to Ireland, and ap- plied to two mountains in County Tyrone, near the town of Omagh; and by our Scotch-Irish ancestors they were brought to the Valley of Virginia. 60
As introductory to the following lines, written in his youth by the Rev. James A. Waddell, D. D., we state for the information of readers not acquainted with the locality, that the Western Lunatic Asylum is at the western base of Bessy Bell, and the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind is on a neigh- boring knoll, in full view:
TO BESSY BELL.
Now Bessy Bell, why should you swell, With such a towering air? Why thus look down on all the town, And frown upon the fair?
'Tis true, you're tall, but that's not all- You're ugly, big, and bold ;
60 Other early settlers in this region called another hill Betsy Bell, showing how they cherished the associations of their former life in the old country. This hill is in Bath county, on the Cowpasture river, about a mile below Windy Cove church. It is said that the Indian name for the beautiful Cowpasture was Wallawhatoola.
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You're bald and bare, and some e'en dare To whisper you are old.
Grizzly old maid, you're much decayed (My pencil shall not flatter), And one may guess, your style of dress Can never mend the matter.
Your taste prefers a cap and spurs To all the forms of fashion, And you must own a heart of stone, Insensible of passion.
But, dear Miss Bell, the Muse must tell Your virgin boast and pride- How minds that roam find health and home, And welcome by your side.
Reason beguiled, like a lost child, By Fancy's false pretences, Upon your lap just takes a nap, And wakes up in her senses.
The Deaf and Blind have found you kind, The Dumb, too, speak your praises ; The weather-wise neglect the skies To watch your varying phases.
All, all, speak well of you, Miss Bell ; Nature her favor shows, Washing your face with earliest grace And spanning thee with bows.
Now, Bessy, sure, you'll frown no more, Since lovers are not few ; At least you'll smile at morn a while, When Sol begins to woo.
And Day grown old, with tints of gold, Perhaps may light thy face; And silvery Night may crown thy height With ornaments of grace.
INDEX.
Abney, William, 227. Alexander, Archibald, 83, 164. Alexander, Rev. Dr., 193. Alfred, George, 224. Allen, James, 91. Allison, Lieutenant, 227. Amendments to United States Con- stitution, 345, 347, 358. Anderson, Andrew, 159, 206, 222, 227. Anderson's barn, Massacre at, 58. Anderson, Rev. James, 17. Arbuckle, Matthew. 136, 140. Ashby, Turner, 297. 299. Associators in 1756, 95. Augusta Academy, 184, 185. Augusta Church, 50, 70. Augusta County established, 19, 26. Augusta County Fair, 346, 353. Augusta Female Seminary, 268. Austen, Stephen, 132.
Bailey, Robert, 215. Baldwin, Briscoe G., 219, 226, 230, Bell, James (2d), 256. 243, 258. 263, 267, 268 269. Baldwin, Briscoe G., Jr .. 333. Baldwin, John B., 281, 282, 287, 290, 313, 337, 343, 344, 346, 353, 360 Baldwin, Joseph G., 279. Balloons, 268. Balmaine, Rev. Alex., 133, 148, 162. Bickle, Robert G., 274.
Balthis, William L., 330. Banks in Staunton, 273. 360. Bank books burnt, 323. Barracks at Staunton, 230. Barry. Andrew, 198. Baskin's company in 1813, 231. Basis of representation, 239. Bath County, 202. Battle of Alleghany Mountain, 291. Cedar Mountain, 303. Chancellorsville, 308.
Battle of First Manassas, 285. Fisher's Hill, 325. Fredericksburg, 306. Gettysburg, 311. Greenbrier River, 290. Kernstown, 294.
McDowell's, 297. Near Richmond, 301.
New Market, 316. Piedmont, 316, 317. Port Republic, 299. Second Manassas, 304.
Strasburg, 327.
Waynesborough, 326. Wilderness, 316. Winchester, 324. Baxter, Rev. Dr., 193.
Baylor, George, 282, 343. Baylor, Wm. S. H., 283, 284, 304.
Bayly, E. W., 284.
Bear, Harvey, 317. Bell, Henderson M., 284, 357, 359. Bell, James (Ist), 26
Bell family raided by Indians, 30. Berkeley, F. B., 330.
Bethel church, 176, 185. Beverley, William, 14, 15. Beverley's Manor, 15 Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, 361.
Blair, Rev. John, 50. Blackburn, Rev. Gideon, 193. Blackburn, Samuel, 216, 217, 229, 247. Bledsoe, Thomas A., 360. Boone, Daniel, 40. Borden, Benjamin, 16. Boston, Contribution to, 144. Botetourt county, 131. Bothwell Bridge prisoners, 5. Boundary controversy, 145, 147.
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Bouquet, Colonel, 103, 124, 125,
Bowyer, John, 116, 131.
Bowyer, Michael, 116, 129, 133, 148.
Bowyer, Wm., 133, 162.
Boycotting in 1775, 151.
Boyden, Rev. E., 277.
Boys, John, 198, 207, 212.
Boys, Dr. William, 212, 229, 243.
Braddock's defeat, 65, 69.
Breadstuffs in 1789, 201 ; in 1811, 224. Breckenridge, Robert, 83, 90, 95, Chastellux's account of Valley in 130, 131, 132. 1782, 186, 187.
Breckenridge family, 140.
Brigade, Seventh, organized, 203
British spy shot, 183.
Brooke, Judge F. T., 181, 182.
Brooke, Robert S., 257.
Brooks, Absalom, 258.
Brooks, John S., 264, 265.
Brown, Rev. John (1), 32, 66, 85.
Brown, Rev. John (2), 278.
Brown, Judge John, 214, 217.
Brown, Colonel Samuel, 120, 121.
Brown, Rev. Samuel, narrative of, 113, 122.
Brown, Rev. Wm., 276.
Brown's raid, 275.
Brownlee, James, 263.
Buchanan, Colonel John, 26, 90, 130. Clay, Henry, 245.
Bullitt, Captain, 104.
Bumgardner, Jacob, 134.
Bumgardner, James, 263.
Bumgardner, James, Jr., 330, 359.
Burnett, Wm. A., 356, 359.
Burnings in Staunton, 321.
Buttons cut off by Federal order, 341. Byers, Preston, 304.
Caldwell, John, 17
Calhoon, Charles, 308.
Calhoon, Rev. Wm., 220, 240.
Calvert, Elijah, 264.
Cameron, Charles, 159.
Campbell, Arthur, 98.
Campbell, Rev. J. P., 192.
Campbell, Robert, 26.
Campbell. William, 99.
Camp, Lieutenant, 228.
Camp Holly, 230. Candler, W. D., 320.
Candles, Confederate, 307, 323. Cannonading, 301, 302. Captains in 1756, 91. Captains, &c., 1861-'5, 330.
Captives, Return of, 124. Carpenter, Wm., 119, 120 Carpet-baggers, 354.
Carriages in 1815, 237. Catlett, N. P., 313. Cemetery, scene in, 306. Centennial celebration, 266. Chain of forts, 85, 89, 90, 92. Chambersburg burnt, 323. Chambers's tavern, 216, 223.
Chambers Wm., 204, 207. Chancery Courts, 201, 214.
Chapel of ease, 101.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, 353, 358.
Chiswell, Fort, 132.
Christian, Bolivar, 284, 287, 330.
Christian, Israel, 90, 114, 130, 131, 132, 142.
Christian, John, 26.
Christian, William, 142, 159.
Churches in Augusta, 276-9.
Church-going, 256.
Churchville cavalry, 285.
Church-wardens, 32. Circuit Courts, 214.
Clarke family, 198. V
Clarke, Samuel, 229, 244.
Classical school, the first, 42.
Clendenin family, III, 112. Cline, Samuel 356.
Clothing for soldiers, 174.
Clothing, scarcity of, 324.
Clowseme, Rev. Robert, 34.
Coalter, John, 201, 203, 216, 221.
Coalter, Micajah, 201.
Cochran, Alex. B., 358.
Cochran, George M., 274.
Cochran, George M, Jr., 281, 285, 287, 231 Cochran, H. K., 323.
Cochran, James, 216, 221.
Cochran, James, Jr., 331.
Cochran, John, 234.
Cohees, 16. -
Coiner, S. D., 266.
Coiner, C. B, 331.
Coins in 1764, 126.
Collett, Isaac, 221, 229.
Committee of Nine, 354, 355, 357.
Connoly, Dr. John, 145, 147.
Cooke, Wm. D., 223.
Cornstalk, 137, 138, 139, 140, 164.
Convention of 1788, 199; of 1816, 238; of 1829, 243 ; of 1832, 246; of 1850, 273 ; of 1861, 282. Conservative State Conventions, 348, 353.
INDEX. 369
Costumes in 1833, 259. Council of war, 90.
County Court records, 77, 89. County meetings, 281, 337. County officers in 1745, 26.
County officers removed, 355, 356. Courthouse buildings, 26, 66, 262.
Courts during the war, 327.
Courts-martial, 94, 103, 166, 167, 173, 174, 184, 206.
Cowan, Joseph, 198, 213. Cowpens, battle of, 179, 186.
Craig, Rev. John, 20, 21, 43, 44, 45, 69, 134. Craig, Joseph D., 359.
Craighead, Rev. Alex., 69.
Crawford, Benjamin, 281.
Crawford, James, 238, 263, 274. Creek Indian War, 263.
Creigh, David S., 320, 322. Crook, General, 328.
Cumberland Fort, 59.
Cummings, Rev. Charles, 50, 52. Currency in 1833, 259.
Dabney, Rev. R. L., 276.
Davidson, Dr. J A., 321.
Davies, Rev. Samuel, 68, 83.
Decapitation in 1780, 178. Deed, first recorded, 29.
Deed of Indian chiefs, 146.
Dennis family, 107, 108, III.
Deserters arrested, 293.
Deserters, Federal, 303.
Detailed men called out, 326.
Diary of McAden, 65. Diary of McMillan, 152.
Dickinson, Adam, 26.
Dickinson's Fort, 90.
Dickinson, John, 91, 93, 99, 114, I35.
Dietrick, Jacob D., 219.
Dinwiddie, Governor, 40, 59, 61, 70, 76, 77, 84, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, IOI. Dinwiddie's Fort, 90. Dissenters, 17, 18, 19, 21.
District courts, 201, 214.
Doak, Robert, 160, 176, 206, 227, 229, 246.
Doak, Rev. Samuel, 192.
Dold's cavalry, 233.
Donaldson, fall of, 292. Douthat, Robert, 204.
Doyle, Robert L., 283, 317.
Draper family, 71. Ducking stool, 43.
Duval, General, 338, 339, 341. Dyer, James, 102.
Eagle newspaper, 219. Eagon, Samson, 258, 278.
Early, General, 322, 326, 328.
East, Samuel A., 356.
Echols. John, 284, 294, 360.
Edward's Fort, 88.
Elections in 1861, 290; in 1865, 342 ; in 1868, 348. Ellinipsico killed, 140.
Emigration to America, 4.
Eskridge, George, 226, 257.
Eskridge, Wm. S., 214. Executions, returns of, 51.
Falling Spring church, 36.
Fannin's massacre, 264.
Fashions in 1863, 313.
Fast day in 1861, 282.
Fauntleroy, Dr. A. M., 284.
Fauquier, Governor, 102.
Febiger, Colonel, 167, 178.
Federalist convention, 228.
Federal army in Staunton, 318, 325, 329. 336, 338.
Female camp followers, 310.
Fifth regiment, 284.
Fifty-second regiment, 287, 289, 308.
Fincastle county, 132.
Finley, John, 26.
Fires in Staunton, 266, 291.
Flags, display of, 340, 341.
Fleming, Wm., 83, 110, 131.
Fleury, Lieut .- Col., 168.
Flood in 1870, 359.
Forbes' expedition, 103.
Fort in Cherokee county, 87, 89, 94. Fourth of July, 223, 228, 255, 263, 265.
Frazier, James A., 219.
Frazier, William, 263.
Frederick county, 19.
Frederick, Fort, 84.
Free Masons, 198.
Frogge, John, 136, 137. Fuller, Bartholomew, 223.
Fuller, George W., 319.
Fulton, Andrew, 180, 222.
Fulton, John G., 359.
Fultz, Alexander H., 331.
Fultz, David, 274, 356.
Gamble family, 187.
Dunmore, Governor, 135, 137, 138. Gamble, Robert, 159, 168, 169, 178, Duquesne, Fort, 60, 105. 207.
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Garber, Asher W., 331. Garber, Edward, 304.
Garber, Michael, 198, 221.
Garrisons of forts, 96.
Geiger, V. T., 271.
German immigrants, 195. German Reformed Church, 202. Gibson, George, 163.
Gilkeson, David, 258. Givens's company in 1813, 232. Glebe buildings, 49, 51, IOI. Glebe farm, 34. Glendy, Rev. John, 213.
Gooch, Governor, Reply to Synod, of, 18.
Graham, Rev. Wm., 183, 201, 205.
Grant's (Col.) defeat, 104, 105.
Grant's order to Sheridan, 326.
Grattan, John, 165, 177.
Grattan, Robert, 205, 206, 207.
Greenlee, Mrs. Mary, 16.
Greenbrier country, 45-
Greenbrier, Road to, 175.
Greenbrier Settlements extermi-
nated, III, II3.
Grinnan, O. F., 283.
Guilford, battle of, 179, 181.
Gunn, Mrs., 120. Guy, Robert, 233, 274, 281.
Haggerty, James, 279.
Hall, Judge John, 279.
Hamilton, Andrew, 51.
Hamilton, John, 322.
Hampshire county, 51. Hanger, Henry H., 331.
Hanger, Marshall, 331, 357.
Hanger, Peter, 195.
Harman, A. W., 284, 299.
Harman, John A., 331.
Harman, Lewis, 331.
Harman, M. G., 284, 287, 331, 337.
Harman, Wm. H., 271, 274, 284, 329.
Harper, Kenton, 241, 263, 266, 271, June Courts, 255. 281, 284, 313.
Harper's Ferry raid, 275. Harris, John T., 359.
Harrison, Benjamin, 135.
Harrison Convention, 263.
Harrison, General, 263, 265. Harrison, Powell, 348. Harrisonburg, Town of, 166.
Harrisonburg and W. S. turnpike, 244. Hart, Silas, 151, 165, Hebron Church, 50. Hessian fly, 152.
Hessian prisoners, 152. Heiskell, Peter, 198. Hendren, Rev. John, 240. Hendren, John N., 290, 326, 358, 359. Henderson, F. H., 284.
Hensel, Rev. J. C., 278.
Highlander, anecdote of, 104
Hill, James B., 249.
Hindman, Rev. John, 34.
Hite, Joist, 10.
Hogg, Peter, 63, 81, 92, 100, 130, 165.
Hotchkiss, Jed., 273, 332.
Howardsville turnpike, 272. Humphreys, Dr. Alex., 199, 203, 213. Humphreys, Mrs. Margaret. 176.
Illinois county, 167.
Imboden, Geo. W., 332.
Imboden, John D., 281, 283. 332.
Indian allies, 77, 81, 92, 93, 94, 97.
Indian battles, 56.
Indian tramps, 80, 96.
Indian tribes, 54, 55. Ingles family, 71, 72, 74, 75.
Innes, Col., 59, 67.
Irish Rebellion, 272.
Iron-clad oath, 341, 342.
Jackson, Gen. Andrew, 245.
Jackson. Thos. J., 284, 297, 301, 309.
Jefferson, Col. Peter, 88.
Jefferson, President, 206-7.
Jenkins's Brigade, 309.
Jesse Scouts, 321. 337.
Johnson, Chapman, 214, 219, 220, 222, 234, 243, 269. Johnston, William P., 283.
Johnston, Zachariah, 184, 199, 200. Jones, Gabriel, 31, 166.
Jones, Rev. John, 49, 78, 129, 130, 133, 162. Junction Valley Turnpike, 272.
Justices of Peace in 1850, 274.
Kalorama School, 268. Kennedy, John, 258.
Kerr, James, 26.
Kerr's Creek massacres, 113, 122.
King, Rev. William, 277.
Kinney, A. F., 289, 340.
Kinney, Chesley, 201, 214.
Kinney, Chesley, Jr., 263, 265. Kinney, Jacob, 198. Kinney, Jefferson, 274.
Kinney, N. C., 226, 244, 274.
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Kinney, R. H., 271. Kinney, William, Jr., 238, 264, 265. Knights of Golden Horseshoe, 7. Knoxville teams 254. Koiner, Absalom, 283, 332. Koiner family, 195.
V Laird, David, 159. Lamentations of a recruit, 303. Lange's company in 1813, 232. Lapsley. Joseph, 91. Law School, 258, Lawyers in 1745, 27; in 1815, 238. Leas, Jacob, 22I. Lee, General R. E., 286. Legislature in Staunton, 182, 184. Lewis, Andrew, 12, 61, 62, 63, 64, 81, 87, 104, 105, 116, 131, 135, 156.
Lewis, Charles, 12, 80, 125, 135, 139. Lewis, John, 11, 12, 26, 40, 79, 109. Lewis, John, Jr., 135.
Lewis, Thomas, 12, 26, 38, 45, 80, 148, 165, 196.
Lewis, William, 12, 80, 148, 196. V/ Lewis, Mrs. William, 183. Lexington, town of, 165. Liberty Hall Academy, 185. Light Infantry of Staunton, 257. Lilly, John D., 332, 359.
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