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How minds that roam find health aud 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.
Aud Day grown old, with tints of gold, Perhaps may light thy face ; And silvery Night may crown thy height With ornaments of grace.
THE COURT-HOUSES OF AUGUSTA COUNTY.
The dates inscribed on the corner stone of the present court-house (1745, 1835, and 1901), imply that there have been only three court- house buildings, whereas there have been five, as follows :
Ist. A log house built by William Beverley, the patentee of the land, in 1745. This was a rude structure, and stood till 1788, having been fitted up for a dwelling, in 1755.
2nd. Another log house, near the former, projected in 1752, but not finished till 1755. It is presumed that this house was more commodious than the first ; at any rate it had a chimney and fire place.
3rd. A stone house two stories high, completed in the Fall of 1789, and used till 1836.
4th. A brick house with wings for clerks' offices, etc., and state- ly columns in front, but not architecturally correct ; begun in January,
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1835, and first occupied in June, 1836. Taken down in 1900 to make way for the present building.
5th. The present court-house, completed in the fall of 1901.
The dates are 1745, 1755, 1789, 1836 and 1901.
It may not be out of place here to mention several errors in the inscription on the tablet erected in the present court-room, by the "Daughters of the American Revolution."
Col. John Lewis is styled, " Presiding Justice." No such office, however, was known to the law. Col. Lewis was one of 21 persons appointed Justices of the Peace, in 1745, and there was no legal dis- tinction between them. He was senior, in respect to the order of names in the commission, except James Patton. Col. Patton was first named in the "Commission of the Peace ; " but having been ap- pointed High Sheriff, he did not sit as a member of the court for some time.
Thomas Lewis is styled "Colonial Surveyor," whereas he was County Surveyor.
Moreover, it would be inferred from the inscription that Gabriel Jones was the first "King's Attorney ; " but John Nicholas was the first lawyer appointed by the colonial government "to transact his Majesty's affairs in this county." He, however, resigned at April court, 1746. Gabriel Jones was then recommended by the court for the office, and, being appointed, qualified at May terin, 1746. Mr. Nicholas never resided in the county.
VILLAGES IN AUGUSTA COUNTY .- It would be interesting to know the origin of the names of the many small towns and villages in Augusta county ; but with the exception of five or six, 110 one living can tell by whom and why the names were applied. Of course, Waynes- boroughi was called for Gen. Anthony Wayne, and Greenville for Gen. Nathaniel Greene. Many Augusta people served under Generals Wayne aud Greene in the Revolutionary war, and it was natural that towns should be called for them. Middlebrook was doubtless so called because it is on, or near, the ridge dividing the waters of the Potomac from those of James river. There is also no mystery as to the names Churchville, Craigsville and Deerfield. But in regard to the remain- ing names, we are entirely in the dark. We have Mt. Solon, Mt. Sidney, Mt. Meridian, New Hope, Springhill, Moscow, Parnassus, etc., etc.,-by whom and why were these hamlets so called? The prefix Mount (all in the northern part of the county), was no doubt an importation from the old country, as it is common in the north of Ire- land. It is strange that we have not an Indian name in the county.
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TRAVELS ABOUT HOME.
The most interesting part of Augusta county, in some respeets, is the strip of country extending from the iron bridge aeross Middle river, on the Staunton and Churchiville road, up the river to the mouth of Buffalo Branch, and up that stream and Dry Branch to their respective sources. Middle river is throughout its whole extent in Augusta. From its head spring, near Shemariah church, to its mouth, near Mount Meridian, is only about thirty-five miles ; but the length of the stream, in its meanderings, is not far short of a hundred miles. Beginning as a mountain rill, it broadens as it goes, and to- wards its mouth becomes a wide and beautiful river.
On the west side of the river, a little beyond the bridge, on the Dudley farm, is what remains of an ancient artificial mound. It has been plowed over for many years, and is now nearly leveled. Human bones, pipes and stone arrow-heads have often been turned up. It is supposed that, before the arrival of white people in the Valley, a bat- tle between Indians occurred at the spot, and that the slain were buried there.
Going up stream from the bridge referred to, for about two miles, the road crosses the river seven times. This region is thickly settled, farm houses being close together on both sides of the river. At several points cliffs arise from the margin of the channel, making the scene picturesque and specially attractive. In one of these cliffs, probably fifty feet from the base and about twenty-five feet from the top, there is a hole which looks like the entrance to a cavern. Of course a story has been iuvented to fit the hole. It is related that in early times, when Indians were about, a white man on horseback was pursued by savages, and dashing up to the top of the cliff, concealed himself in the hole, while his horse pitched over and was killed. An inspection of the place, however, shows conclusively that the incident as related could not have occurred.
But not far west of the cliff, on the north side of the river, the last massacre by Indians in the county took place. As supposed, it was on what has been known of late years as the Geeding farm, that John Trimble was killed, in October, 1764, his dwelling burnt, and his son and stepdaughter taken prisoners. A mile or more farther westward stood then, as now, on the south side of the river, a stone house called the "Old Fort," or "Old Keller House," which was used in time of danger as a place of refuge by the people around. Why the Trimbles did not repair to this house is not known. At that very time, it is believed, the younger children of Alexander Crawford were sheltered there, and thus escaped the slaughter which befell their parents at their home. The older part of the stone house is in a state of dilapidation, the gable end having fallen ont, but the rafters and other timbers are as sound as they were a hundred and twenty-five years ago.
The stone house stands in a bend of Middle river, which, coming from the south, there turns abruptly to the east. Just at the bend
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Buffalo Branch empties into the river. At any time when seen by the writer, it was a misnomer to call the former a branch or stream, as the bed was " dry as a bone." The broad channel, however, was full of well-worn river stones, and evidently a bold current flowed there at times. Rising in the Great North Mountain chain, at the foot of Elliott's Knob, the stream, fed by winter rains and melted snows in spring, flows through Buffalo Gap to join Middle River. For some eight months in the year the channel is full, and the water often rag- ing, but during the summer and early fall it is usually dry as de- scribed.
A short distance west of the inouth of Buffalo Branch this stream is joined by Dry Branch. The latter rises in the Little North Moun- tain range, north of Buffalo Gap, and for a part of the year is a torrent, but dries up in summer, as the former does.
Buffalo Branch and Dry Branch come together on land lately owned by Alexander B. Lightner, where Thomas Gardiner lived in 1764, when he was killed by Indians. South of this point, and quite near, is the highly improved farin of Theodore F. Shuey. And just there is the most beautiful mountain view to be found in the county. Buffalo Gap is seen in the southwest, a few miles off, the Little North Mountain opened down to its base, and beyond the cleft Elliott's Knob towers up to the clouds.
The excursionist, proceeding along the channel of Dry Branch westward to near the foot of Little North Mountain, will come to the spot where Alexander Crawford and his wife were massacred in 1764.
INDEX.
Abb's Valley tragedy, 329. Abney, Capt. Win .. 390. Academy at Stanuton. 345. Acadian French, 228. Adams, Thomas, 331. Alarms at Winchester. 117, 133, 143. Alarms ou frontier, 143. Alarm at night, 392.
Alexander, Capt. Archibald, 122, 242, 254.
Alexander, Robert, classical teacher, 69, 123.
Alexander, Rev. Dr., 312.
Alexander family. 122. Allen, James, constable, 43. Allen, John, account of, 320. Allen family, 153.
Alleghany Mountain, battle of, 464. Alfred, George, 386. Anderson, Andrew, 247, 390.
Anderson, George, 39.
Anderson, Rev. James, 33.
Anderson, James, land grant, 41. Anderson, John, 39. 52.
Anderson family, 332. Anderson's barn massacre, 98. Ann Smith Academy, 381.
Anarchy after the war, 507. Arbuckle, Capt. Matthew, 219, 291.
Armand, Col. Charles, 306.
Arnold's invasion, 278. Ashby, Col. Turner, killed, 471. Assessments in 1800, 373-in 1815, 400. Associators proposed, 142. Asylumı, Western Lunatic, 413.
Angusta County first entered, 17.
Angusta County, first settlement in, 21. Angusta County, established by law, 36. Augusta Academy, 303. Angusta County Fair, 517, 523.
Augusta regiment at Point Pleasant, 119.
Bailey, Robert, account of, 377. Baldwin, Judge B. G., 380, 389, 394, 428, 437, 489. Baldwin, B. G. Jr., 505. Baldwin, John B., 456, 461, 485, 509, 514, 515, 523, 529. Balloons, 438. Balmaine, Rev. Alexander, 117, 252. Bank of Staunton, 443, 529. Banished West Virginians, 481.
Baptismal register, 48. Barracks near Staunton, 393.
Barry, Andrew, 337. Baskin, Capt. John C., 394. Bath County established, 343.
Battle of Manassas, 459.
Battles in 1861, 468. Battle below Richmond, 474.
Baylor, George, 456, 514. Baylor, Wm, H., 457, 476.
Baxter, Rev. Dr., 313. Beckett, Rev. Jolın, fined, 32,
Bell, James, 38, 52.
Bell, Lt. James, 272. Bell, Joseph and wife murdered, 186.
Bell, Joseph, Revolutionary soldier, 249, 253.
Bell, Joseph, commissary, etc., 287. Bell, Joseph, Com. of Revenue, 339. Bell family, 287.
Bell, H. M , 527, 528.
Beer for Justices. 58.
Bear, Harvey, killed, 489.
Bethel church, 274.
Beverley. Wmn., 21, 29, 42.
Beverley's Manor, 29.
Bedford County invaded, 163.
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, 26.
Bibles ordered by Congress, 316.
Black, Rev. Saminel, 62.
Blair, Rev. John, 76. Blackhurn, Rev. Gideon, 313.
Blackburn, Gen. Samnel, 374, 383, 392, 466. Blackley, James H., 492.
Borden, Benj., 28, 30, 33, 41.
Boston Tea Party, 219. Botetourt County established, 219.
Bouquet, Col., 160, 198, 199.
Boston people relieved, 225.
Boys, John, 337. Boys, Dr. William, 373. Bowyer family, 180. Bowyer, Col. Wm., 250, 257, 340. Braddock's defeat, 105. Brass buttons proscribed, 513.
Breckiuridge, Alex., 38, 41, 47.
Breckinridge, George, 47.
Breckinridge family, 119, 335. Breckinridge, Robert, 141, 214, 215.
Breadstuffs in 1789, 341. Brooks, Robert Jr., 20.
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Brown, John, 52. Brown family, 89. Brown, Rev. John, 175. Brown, Samuel, captured, 188. Brown, Judge John, 387. Brown, William, 38. Brooks, John S., 435. Buchanan, John, 42, 57, 214. Bullitt, Capt., at Grant's defeat, 161.
Buchanan, Capt. at Cowpens, 280. Buffalo in the Valley, 18. Bumgardner, Jacob, 218. Bumgardner, James Jr., 529.
Burgoyne's surrender, 253. Burgesses of Augusta, 61.
Burnett, Win. A., 529. Buster, Claudius, 390. Bushy Run, battle of, 198.
Conventions, 301, 401, 413, 435, 444, 446, 520. Cowpens, battle of, 280.
Committee of Nine, 524.
Coroner's inquest in 1788. 357.
Confederate officers of Augusta, 502.
County officers removed, 525.
County meeting, 509.
C. & O. Railroad, 523. 527.
Costumes in 1833, 429.
Campbell, family, 147.
Coffee not used, 336.
Campbell, Rev. John P., 314.
Cowan, Joseph, 337, 373.
Craig. Rev. John, 39, 42, 70, 109, 218.
Craiglicad, Rev. Alexander, 109.
Crawford, Alex. and wife killed, 191.
Candler, W. D., 492. Cannon at Staunton, 400.
Crawford family, 205. Crawford, Col. James, 435, 444.
Cannonading heard, 472, 496.
Crook, General, kidnapped, 501.
Calhoon, Chas., killed, 480.
Creigh, David, 482, 494.
Captains of militia in 1756, 137.
Cunningham, Robert, 52. 61.
Cunningham family, 261.
Cunningham, Capt. John, 278.
Cummings, Rev. Charles, 92.
Currency, in colonial times, 55, 275.
Currency in 1833, 430.
Davidson, Dr. John A., 493.
Davies, Rev. Samuel, 106.
Davies, Col. William, 294. Declaration of Revolutionary soldiers, 249.
Deed, the first recorded, 55.
Deed of Indians, 227.
Defalcation of Sheriff, 344.
Defiance fort, 182.
Deserters in 1812, 386. 391.
Deserters from Federal army, 476, 479.
Delegates to Convention, 518. Delegates to Legislature, 527. Dennis, Joseplı, massacred, 164. Dennis, Mrs., captured, 164, 168. Dinwiddie fort, 187. Dinwiddie, Governor, 98, 115, 147. Dissenters, 40, 62, 131.
Clothing scarce during war, 1861-5, 484, Dickinson, Adam, 52. 496. Cloyd's house raided, 183. Cohees, 27, 406.
County Court appointed, 53. Courts martial, 136, 247, 348. Court, first under Commonwealthi, 243.
Connoly, Dr., at Pittsburg, 225.
Continentals raised in county, 253.
Continental officers, 264.
Coalter, Jolin, 341, 382. Collett, Isaac, 382. Coleman, Wm., murdered, 445.
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Cochran, Geo. M., Jr., 461.
Cochran, Alex. B., 527, 528.
Confederate candles, 479.
Contrast between 1860 and 1863, 485.
Cornstalk, Indian chief, 168, 923.
Caldwell, Jol11, 34. Caldwell, James, 39.
Calendar, change in, 54.
Campbell, Hugh, 39.
Campbell, Robert, 52.
Campbell, Arthur, captive, 144.
Camp life in 1812-15, 398.
Cameron, Charles, 278, 339, 354. Canada surrendered, 162.
Carpenter, Win , killed, 187. Captives given up, 199. Carriages in 1787, 339. Carpet-baggers, 524. Cave in Abney's hill, 357. Cedar Mountain, battle of, 476.
Christian, John, 41, 52. Christian, Israel, 61, 124, 214.
Christian, Gilbert, 124.
Christian, Col. Wm., 125, 220. Christian, Bolivar, 461.
Chapels of ease, 147. Chancery Courts, 341, 375. Chastellux iu Valley, 304. Chancellorsville, battle of, 480.
Church of England, 58. Church of the Parish, 162.
Churches in county, 75, 450.
Church-going, 425. Circuit Courts, 375. Classical school in Valley, 69. Clowseme, Rev. Robert, 60. Clendenin massacre, 169. Clothing for soldiers, 273.
Dickinson, Capt., 117, 146. Dickinson's fort, 139, 144. Dickson, renegade, 197.
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District Courts, 341. Deitrick, Jacob, 381. Doak, Rev. Dr., 313. Doak, Col. Robert, 390, 392, 416. Dold, Capt. J. M., 397. · Douthat, Robert, 346. Downs, Henry, 39. Doyle, Robert L., 489. Draper's Meadow massacre, 114. Draper, Mrs. captured, 112, 115. Drunken hogs, 392. Ducking Stool, 69. Duquesne fort, 100, 160. Dutchmen, early settlers, 21. Dyer. James, captured, 159.
Eagle, newspaper, 381. Edward's fort assailed, 134. Emigration to Kentucky, 315. Emigration from county, 335. Episcopal church, first in Valley, 28. Equipment of soldiers, 246. Eskridge, Geo., Lieutenant, 389. Eskridge, Wm. S., Clerk, 375. Estill, Mrs., captured, 194. Estill, Benjamin, J. P., 204. Estill, Wallace and James, 321. Established church abolished, 252. Excise law, 345.
Fairfax's grant, 23 Falling Spring meeting house, 62. Farm houses, 431. Fast Day in 1861, 433. Fashions, lady's, 485.
Febiger, Col., 266.
February 22nd, celebration of, 377.
Finley, John, 40, 52. Files family killed, 96. Fincastle county, 216. Fifty-second Confederate regiment, 461, 462, 480.
Fire company in 1790. 341. Fires in Staunton, in 1862, 463. Fleming, Lieut., 129, doctor, 167, account of, 181, 204, at Point Pleasant, 219, act- ing Governor, 295. Fleury. Lt .- Col., 266. Floods at Staunton, 441, 449. Floyd family, 209. Flags hung out in 1865, 511, 512. Flour, price of in 1863, 486. Free Masons at Staunton, 337. Frederick county, 36. French neutrals, 133, 228, 230. Frazier, James A., 380 Frazier, William. 434. Fredericksburg, battle of, 478. Fort Lewis, 101. Forts, chain of, 131, 135, 136. Forbes, General, 160. Fourth of July, 301, 385, 413, 433.
Fry, Joshua, 100. Funeral customs, 430. Fulton and Anderson, 383. Fultz, David, 444, 526.
Gallowstown, 362. Gamble, Robert, 248, 279. Gamble family, 307, 309.
Garber, Capt. Edward, 476. Garber, Michael, 337. Gardiner, Mrs., killed, 185. Garrisons of forts, 137, 142.
German settlers, 325. Gettysburg, battle of, 483.
Gibson, Jonathan, 42. Gigs in 1787, 339. Glebe farm, 60, 389. Glendy, Rev. Dr., 374. Gilmore, Mrs., captured, 190.
Gilmore, Captain, at Cowpens, 280.
Givens, Alexander, 395.
Gooch, Governor, 34. Graham, Rev. Wm., 299, 347, 355.
Grant, Major, 160. Grant's order to Sheridan, 489.
Grattan, John, 118, 375. Grattan, Robert, 347. Graves, open for living victims, 479.
Greenlee, Mrs., deposition, 31. Greenbrier county, 71, 166, 169, 220. Green Spring, battle of, 301. Gwinn, Capt., at Guilford, 281.
Haggerty, James, 440. Hall, Judge John, 440. Hamilton, Maj. Andrew, 91.
Hampshire county, 77. Hanger, Marshall, 527. Hanger family, 334. Harman, M. G., 457, 461, 509.
Harman, Wm. H., 457. Harman, Adamı, home raided, 111. Hanging for horse stealing, 359. Harrisons of Rockingham, 152.
Harrison, Powell, 518. Harrisonburg and W. P. Turnpike, 414. Harper, Kenton, 404, 457, 485. Harris, John T., 529. Harper's Ferry raid, 449.
Hart, Silas, 204, 238.
Hartwell, Rev. Richard, 42.
Hays, Maj. Jolın, 158, 333.
Hays, Patrick, 38. Heiskell, Peter, 337. Hendren, John N., 464, 498, 528. Henry, Betty, story of, 200. Hessians at Staunton, 238.
Hill, James B., 418.
Hindman, Rev. John, rector, 60. Hite, Joist, 23, 28. Hogg, Peter, 102, 104, 139, 138. Home Guard, 485, 486.
Federal army at Staunton, 498, 508, 509. Hamilton, John, 494.
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Hot Water, battle of, 300. Houston, Rev. Samuel, 283, 327. Howardsville Turnpike, 442. Hubbard's quarter burnt, 492. Humphreys, Dr. Alex., 339. Humphreys, Mrs. Margaret, 274. Hundredth anniversary of County, 436. Hutchinson, John, 41, 56.
Imboden, John D., 457. Indian tribes, 93. Ingles, Mrs., captured, 110, 114.
Ingles, John, captured, 115. Innes, Col. James, 199. Institution for D. D. & B., 436. Inventories of estates, 78, 80. Irish rebellion, 442.
Jackson, Gen. Andrew, 416. Jackson, Gen. T. J., 469, 477, 480, 481. Jackson's River, 139. Jail, description of, 53. James River Turnpike, 404. Jefferson, Col., 134.
Jefferson, Thomas, 348.
Jesse Scouts, 491.
Johnson, Gen. Edward, 469, 470.
Johnsou. Chapman, 380, 383,397, 439.
Johnston, Gen. J. E., 416. Johnston, Zachariah, 273, 340, 345.
Jones, Gabriel, 56, 61, 81.
Tones, Rev. Jolin, 75, 117, 213, 214.
Jones, Gen. W. E., 489.
Journal of Thos. Lewis, 84.
June Courts, 435. Junction Valley Turnpike, 442. Justices, the first appointed, 53. Justices, last of old regime, 444.
Kerr, James, 52. Kerr's Creek massacre, 171-3, 189-91. Kincaid, Andrew, 250.
Kincaid, William, 184, 250, 279. Kinney brothers, 338. Kinney, Chesley, 341, 375.
Kinney, Jacob, 344.
Kinney, Jefferson, 444.
Kinney, Nicholas C., 389, 444.
Kinney, William, 435. Knights of Golden Horseshoe, 18. Knox, James in Kentucky, 320. Knoxville teams, 423. Koiner, Absalom, 436. Koiner family, 335.
La Fayette in Virginia, 294. Laird, Capt. David, 248. Lamentations of a recruit, 475. Lawyers at first Court, 53. Lawyers, scarcity of, 68. Lawyers, tax on in 1787, 340. Lawyers in 1815, 401. Lange, Capt. Abraham, 396.
Legislature at Staunton, 296. Lead from windows, 299. Lee, Gen., in W. Va., 462. Lewis, Col. John, 25, 28, 37, 42, 45, 52, 66, 126, 166. Lewis, Andrew, 100, 101, 102, 103, 116, f 133, 160, 219, 243.
Lewis, Charles, 127. 919, 222, 224.
Lewis, Thomas, 52, 84, 88. -
Lewis, William, 127.
Lewis family. 126.
Lewis, Robert, 20.
Liberty Hall, 300.
Lilley, Robert D., 458, 505.
Lilley, John D., 529.
Link, Capt. Jolın, 395.
Linen, manufacture of, 429. Lockridge, Capt. A., 250.
Logan, David, 38.
Logan, Benjamin, 318.
Logan, Indian chief, 219, 223.
Logstown, treaty of, 44.
Long, Joseph, shot the spy, 298.
Lottery in Staunton, 413.
Loudoun fort in Tennessee, 140.
Loudoun fort at Winchester, 142.
Louisa Railroad, 442. Loyalty of Court and Juries, 68, 135.
Lunenburg county, 66.
Lutheran church in county, 843.
Lyford, W. G., printer, 382.
Lyle, James, 341, 356.
Lyle. Matthew, 62.
McAden, Rev. Hugh, diary, 104.
McCausland at Chambersburg, 495. McClanahan, Robert, 56, 67, 117, 252.
McClanahan, Alexander, 204, 219, 248, 339, 344. McClanahan, Robert. Jr., 219.
McClanahan, John, 233.
McClanahan family, 233.
McChesney, Dr. John, 409.
McClung, Capt. Henry, 398.
McCorkle, John, Ensign, 280.
McCoy, Wm., 383. McCue, Rev. John, 337, 402.
McCue, John. 414.
McCue, J. Marshall, 485, 516.
McCue, John H., 505.
McCormick's reaper, 436.
McCune, Samuel, 253. Mccutchen, John, 250.
Mccutchen, Wm., 242, 259. McDowell. battle of, 470. McDowell, Ephraim, 31.
McDowell, John, 37, 44, 46.
McDowell, Samuel, 61, 282, 293.
McDowell family, 121, 120. McDonald, Angus, 219.
McKee family, 210. McLaughlin, Wm., 528. McMillan, Rev. John, diary, 23%
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McNutt, Alexander, 130. 230. McPheeters, Rev. Dr., 275. McPheeters, William, 192. MacKey, John, 24. Marlin, John, 23. Madison. John, 52, 54, 61, 112.
Madison, Bishop, 92. Madison, Richard, 338. Massanutting town, 21. Mathews, John, 51.
Mathews, George, 61, 164, 219, 245, 249, Odd people, 417. 335, 369.
Mathews, Sampson, 77, 204, 220, 251. 278, 279.
Mathews family, 309, 311.
Marriage laws, 273, 290.
Market in Staunton, 387
Market prices in 1811, 387.
Macaslin, Mrs., 419.
Orange County, 27. Order book of Capt. Gamble, 268.
Ordinaries in 1787, 339.
Ordinaries in Staunton, 377, 380.
Ordinary rates, 33, 56.
Overton, Captain, 130.
Paper mill at Staunton, 349, 381. Parish church, 162.
Parish buildings, 66.
Paris, John, 528.
Patriotic meeting in 1775, 235.
Patrick, Major William, 476.
Patton, Col. James, 30, 40, 42, 43, 52, 96, 97, 100, 110, 113.
Patterson, Robert, 38.
Paul, Capt. Andley, 187.
Peace of 1815, 400.
Pearis, Richard, 99.
Peck, Jacob, 337. Pendleton county, 340.
Petersburg volunteers, 301.
Perkins, Ute, robber, 73.
Peyton, John H., 397, 439.
Phillips, Rev. R. H., 492.
Physicians in 1787, 339 ; in 1815, 401.
Pickens, Andrew and John, 52, 54.
Piedmont, battle of, 488.
Pies at Federal camp, 510.
Pins and needles, 500.
Pisgah church, Kentucky, 325.
Pittsburg, contest for, 226.
Poage, Robert, 38, 52.
Poage, Thomas, 505.
Poage, William, in Kentucky, 324.
Monongalia county, 257.
Moravians at Staunton, 77. Morgan, General, at Cowpens, 280. Morris, Capt. Christopher, 397. Mossy Creek Academy, 443. Muddy Creek massacre, 169. Mullins, William, killed, 447.
Navy of Virginia, 251. Naturalization of foreigners, 204 Necessity, Fort, 97.
Nelson, Governor, at Staunton, 299.
Nelson, Alexander, 356. Nelson, Wm. J., 528. New Market battle, 488. New Movement, 524.
Negroes at Yankee camp, 509.
New Providence meeting-house, 62. Newspapers in Staunton, 301, 441. Nicholas, John, 56.
Officers of Revolution, 243, 247.
Officers fined, 273. O'Ferrall, C. T., 301. Old Hop, Indian, 99. Old Side Presbyterians, 62.
O'Neil, John, tried, 131.
Manufactures in Staunton, 426.
Martin, Dr. Alexis, 432.
Manassas, battle of, 459.
Manassas, second battle of, 476.
Massie, Nathaniel, 444.
Mason, C. R., 485, 506.
Maxwell, Audley. 164,
Memorial of County Committee, 241. Memorial Day, 518.
Methodist church in Staunton, 345.
Memorials on religious liberty, 304. Meeting at Court-house in 1860, 454. Merchants in 1800, 373.
Mexican War, 441. Miller, Adam, early settler, 22.
Milhollen, Peggy, 31. Military claims in 1765, 202. Miller, Alexander, boycotted, 238. Military districts in 1775, 244. Minute men organized, 244.
Ministers' salaries abolished, 272.
Miller's Iron Woks, 386.
Military companies in 1812, 389 ; in 1860, 456.
Michie, Thomas J., 404, 435. Middlebrook turnpike, 443. Ministers in the county, 403. Military District No 1, 517. Moffett, John, 43. Moffett, George, 45, 194, 281, 305-6. Moffett family, 176. Moore, Andrew, and David, 45. Moore, William and Andrew, 231.
Poage family, 258. 261. Politics in 1808, 382; in 1832, 416; in 1840, 437. Poor, care of, 162, 166.
Poor-house, 214. Post Office at Staunton, 345. Pontiac's conspiracy, 187.
Points, B. F., 490.
Posey, Major, 266, 290, 293, 294. Point Pleasant, battle of, 220. Population in 1810, 385.
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Port Republic, battle of, 472. Porterfield, Gen. Robert, 265, 281, 336, Sevier, General John, 325.
384, 438. Potomac railroad, 435.
Praying Indians, 117. Preachers petitioned for, 33, 39.
Preston. Jolin, 56, 57, 58.
Preston, William, 57, 61, 120, 215.
Preston register, 154.
Prices in 1745, 55 ; in Revolution, 277; Shenandoalı Valley Railroad, 528. in October, 1862, 477; in December, Skillern, George, 204. 478 ; in February, 1863, 479.
Prisoners, Federal, 471, 475, 477, 482, 495, Slavery in Augusta, 414. 496, 499, 500.
Presbyterian church at Staunton, 403. Products of county in 1766-'75, 218. Profane swearers punished, 68. Psalmody, 342.
Puffenbarger, Michael, 418.
Quakers ordered to Staunton, 238.
Radicals and Conservatives, 518.
Ramsey, James, 339.
Rankin, Captain Thomas, 278.
Read, Colonel Clement, 138.
Regular soldiers, opposition to, 247.
Religions liberty, 304.
Rennick, Joshua, 165, 201.
Rennick, Robert, killed, 164.
Rennick, Mrs, captured, etc., 164, 201. Republican Farmer newspaper, 382, 404. Road, first in Valley, 37. Road to Woods' Gap, 45. Road to Greenbrier, 274.
Roades family raided, 213.
Robinson, Beverley, 20.
Robinson, George, 52.
Robinson, Rev., arrested for preaching, 63.
Robertson, James, 323.
Robertson, William, 245, 265.
Robertson, Major Alexander, 277.
Rockbridge County, 254. Rockbridge men at Guilford, 282.
Rockingham County, 255. Rochiefancault in Staunton, 350. Ross, John D., 461. Running the blockade, 478. Ryan, Joseph N., 539.
Sabbath breaking, 39, 68. Sail cloth, manufacture of, 251. Salling, John, 23. Salt, 461, 463, 497, 500. Sandy Creek expedition, 127. Scalawags, 524. Scholl, Peter, 47, 52. Schools for girls, 438. Scott. Rev. Archibald, 274. Scott, Robert and John, 39. Scottsville turnpike, 386. Selim, the Algerine, 201, 204.
Settlement, first in Valley, 22.
Sybert Fort massacre, 159 Shawnee Indians, 17. Sheffey, Daniel, 383, 439. 509, 515.
Sheffey, Hugh W., 454, 458. Shelby, Isaac, 220.
Sheridan in Valley, 501. Shellebarger bill, 517.
Skinner, James H., 488.
Smith, Captain John, 39, 43, 199.
Smith, Colonel James L., 94, 107, 144, 222_
Smith, Captain, Abrabam, 160.
Smith, Captain Thomas, 253, 281.
Smith family, 150. Smyth, Rev. Adam, 216-7.
Snow storni of 1857. 448.
Sorghum molasses, 498.
Southall, James C., 518.
Soldiers' families, 273.
Soldiers naked in 1781, 300.
South Carolina cavalry, 478.
Sowers, Captain John C., 389, 395.
Spottswood enters the Valley, 18.
Spottsylvania county, 27.
Speece, Rev. Dr., 403.
Spies captured, 296, 298.
Staunton, first mention of, 64. Staunton laid off, 72 ; incorporated, 166. Staunton in 1787, 339; in 1808, 383 ; im 1833, 421. Staunton, Hustings Court, 376.
Staunton Academy. 384.
St. Clair, Alexander, 118, 251.
Stevenson, John, 39.
Stage coaclies, 386. 424.
Staly's Hill, 352.
Steele, Lieutenant James, 250.
Steele, David, at Guilford, 283.
Steele. John, 314.
Steele, Captain Samuel, 393.
Stony Point, 206.
Stover, Jacob, 22.
Stone church, 51.
Strasburg, battle of, 499.
Storm in 1758, 73.
Stocks, first use of, 58.
Stuart, A. H. H., 437, 445, 456, 509, 519, 523. Stuart. Judge Archibald, 337, 340, 351, 375, 417.
Stuart, Captain Archibald, 394.
Stuart, Major Alexander, 282.
Stuart, David, 138, 145.
Stuart, Col John, 168.
Stuart. Rev. S. D., 493.
Stuart, William D., 505. Stuart family, 366. Sterrett, Franklin T., 456, 458. Sugar, price of. 467.
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INDEX.
Surrender of General Lee, 501. Swoope, Jacob), 337, 373, 383. Syme, Captain John, 247.
Tate, Captain James, 280, 281. Tate, William M., 458, 509. Tate family, 311. Tarlton coming, 296, 297. Tavern rates in 1800, 375.
Taverns in 1833, 423.
Taxes in kind, in 1783, 306.
Taxes, petitioned for, 43. Taylor, Zachary, tavern-keeper, 37. Thompson, Rev. M., preaches in county, 39. Thompson, Hugh, 52. Thompson, Judge L. P., 444, 514, 515.
Thompson, Smith. 250, 418.
Thornrose Cemetery, 445.
Timber Ridge meeting-house, 62.
Tinkling Spring, trustees, 40
Tithables in 1747, 62 ; in 1756, 132.
Todd, Rev. John, 73.
Todd, Lieutenant James, 304.
Toleration of Dissenters, 47.
Tories in connty, 276.
Tories in Hardy county, 295.
Tragedy in Rockinghamn, 163.
Treaties with Indians, 88.
Tremper. Lawrence, 337.
Trimble, John, 38.
Trimble, James, 53.
Trimble, John, killed, 178.
Trimble, Captain Jamies, 258.
Trimble, Mrs. Margaret, 315, 318.
Trimble family, 178.
Tront, N. K., 490, 510, 514.
Tunker church, 343.
Tuckahoes, 27, 406. Turk, Rudolph, 456. Tygart, David, 96.
United States Courts, 425. Union men arrested, 462.
Valley Railroad, 414, 598.
Valley turnpike, 435. Vanmeter, John and Isaac, 23.
Vestrymen, 58, 59, 76. Vestry dissolved, 214, 272.
Voss' Fort, 115, 116. Waddell, Dr. A., 428, 489.
Waddell, Edward L., 497. Waddell, Rev. Dr. James, 165, 218, 240, 281, 298, 329, 335.
Waddell, Dr. J. Alexander, 458, 485.
Waddell, Lyttelton, Sr., 435, 444.
Waddell, Lyttelton, Jr., 460.
Waddell, L. R. 493.
Wagoners of Augusta, 405.
Walker, James A., 505. Wallace, Captain Andrew, 286.
Wallace, Caleb, 27.
WVar of 1812, 389, 390.
War of Secession, 454.
Warwick, Jacob, 279, 352.
Washington's visit of inspection, 118. Washington scolded by Dinwiddie, 145.
Water supply, 436. Wayne, General, at Stony Point, 266, 346.
Wayne tavern, burnt, 436.
Wayt, John, Sr., 373.
Weddings in county, 426.
Weld, Isaac, in Staunton, 426.
West Augusta, 251.
Western Lunatic Asylum, 413.
West Virginia first heard of, 502.
Whipping-post, 74.
Whitley, Col. Willianı, 322.
Whiskey insurrection, 347.
Wheat, price of, 495.
Williams, Rev. Willianı, 31.
Wilson, David, 39. Will, the first recorded, 55.
Willson. Colonel John, 61.
Wilson, Rev. Willian1, 218, 332.
Wilson family, 123, 173, 175
Williamson, Captain Robert, 373.
Wilderness road to Kentucky, 315.
Williams, Alexander, 250.
Wilpert, John David, 74.
Winchester, battle of, 497.
Woods, Michael, 27. Woods, Richard, 52.
Wolf leads, 68. Woolen manufacture, 429.
Women nursing soldiers, 461.
Wounded soldiers, 477, 483.
Wren, A. D., 492. Wright, Lientenant William, 102-3.
Young, Robert, 39. Young's fort, 187.
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