Download or read book Catalogue of Virginia History Including State County Town and Local History Also Biography and Genealogy written by Joseph K. Ruebush Company and published by . This book was released on 1925* with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Collections of Virginia written by Henry Howe and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary focus of this work is to narrate the most prominent events in the history of Virginia, and to give a geographical and statistical view of its condition before the year 1845. Information for this work was obtained by traveling over the entire state, collecting materials, taking sketches for illustrations, and via written communications. This text is comprised of three parts. The first part, a general history, surveys events from the discovery of America and first settlement of Virginia until 1845. The second part presents a geographical and statistical description of Virginia, containing results of the 1840 government census. This part also contains essays on miscellaneous topics such as the origin of the appellation "Old Dominion," the region's slavery and tobacco, the Indians, etc.; plus lists of Virginians who have held high public stations and extracts from the ancient laws of Virginia. The book's third and principal part is arranged by county, in alphabetical order, where each is successively treated, touching on local history and geography as well as prominent citizens. The following are included: descriptions of towns, literary institutions, churches and religion, public buildings, seats and memoirs of eminent Virginians, antique structures, natural scenery, anecdotes, local history and more. This work includes more than 100 illustrations of notable persons and places. Appended is a historical and descriptive sketch of the District of Columbia. An every-name index has been added to aid in research. If you are interested in the history of Virginia, and want a fascinating and enlightening book to add to your collection, this is the one!
Download or read book Historical Collections of Virginia written by Henry Howe and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Virginia County Records written by William Armstrong Crozier and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1909 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glazebrooks succeeded in extracting those documents pertaining to Hanover County that survived the burning of Richmond in April 1865 and that were not published in William Ronald Cocke's Hanover County Chancery Wills and Notes. The surviving materials consist of a great many deeds, wills, inventories, accounts, letters, depositions, etc., pertaining to Hanover County for the colonial and early Federal periods. Many of the suits, in particular, stem from the period prior to the French and Indian War. One of the richest sources examined by the Glazebrooks were the files of the United States District Court at Richmond. With references to nearly 5,000 early inhabitants of Hanover County, this hard-to-find sourcebook will unquestionably be in great demand among researchers.
Download or read book The Old Free State written by Landon Covington Bell and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Patrick and Henry Counties Virginia written by Virginia G. Pedigo and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1977 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an illuminating account of the history of Patrick and Henry counties, which occupies the first third of the book, the authors turn their attention to genealogy, providing authoritative histories of no fewer than 110 families. The genealogies generally begin with the first settler in either Patrick or Henry County and proceed to enumerate descendants in several generations, providing incidental detail according to the materials available. In addition to the remarkable collection of genealogies, the book also contains transcriptions of important genealogical source materials, such as the Patrick and Henry land grants and patents registered in the old Land Office in Richmond.
Download or read book Gleanings of Virginia History written by William Fletcher Boogher and published by Washington, D.C., W. F. Boogher. This book was released on 1903 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Collections of Virginia written by Henry Howe and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Virginia Counties written by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Southwest Virginia 1746 1786 Washington County 1777 1870 written by Lewis Preston Summers and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1971 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Virginia County Records written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Virginia Historical Genealogies written by John Bennett Boddie and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1965 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, naming 4,000 related individuals, contains the lineages of about fifty families, the main branches of which were located in Virginia, Maryland, and North and South Carolina. Genealogies of the following families are given: Allen, Aston, Barker-Bradford-Taylor, Berkeley-Ligon-Norwood, Binns, Butler, Claiborne, Clark, Colclough, Crafford, Crayfford-Crafford, Davis, Doniphan, Eldridge, Flood, Godwyn, Gray, Gregg, Griffis, Grigsby, Harris, Haynes, Jones, Mallory, Mason, Moore, Mumford-DeJarnette-Perryman, Newton, Norwood, Pace, Peche-Cornish-Everard-Mildmay-Harcourt-Crispe, Reade, Ruffin, Sledge, Smith, Sowerby-Sorsby, Stone-Smallwood-Smith, Stover, Thomas, Travis, Warren, Woodliffe, Wynne, and Wythe.
Download or read book Virginia County Records written by William Armstrong Crozier and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Virginia Land Records written by Virginia Magazine of History and Biograp and published by Clearfield. This book was released on 1982 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles in this collection deal with early Virginia deeds, surveys, warrants, conveyances, patents, and grants, and virtually every article pertaining to the transfer and ownership of real property ever published in the leading Virginia periodicals is included. Most of the articles identify tenants, owners, and occupiers of specific parcels of land and thus place individuals and whole families in a particular place at a definite time.
Download or read book Virginia County Records written by William Armstrong Crozier and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1, new series, was edited by the late William Armstrong Crozier and published posthumously by Mrs. Wm. Armstrong Crozier.
Download or read book Virginia County Records Vol VI Miscellaneous County Records written by William Armstrong Crozier and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glazebrooks succeeded in extracting those documents pertaining to Hanover County that survived the burning of Richmond in April 1865 and that were not published in William Ronald Cocke's Hanover County Chancery Wills and Notes. The surviving materials consist of a great many deeds, wills, inventories, accounts, letters, depositions, etc., pertaining to Hanover County for the colonial and early Federal periods. Many of the suits, in particular, stem from the period prior to the French and Indian War. One of the richest sources examined by the Glazebrooks were the files of the United States District Court at Richmond. With references to nearly 5,000 early inhabitants of Hanover County, this hard-to-find sourcebook will unquestionably be in great demand among researchers.
Download or read book Virginia Military Records written by and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1983 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is essentially a compilation of articles that deal wholly or in part with muster and pay rolls, court order books, pension records, land claims, depositions, petitions, militia lists, orderly books, and service records. The majority of the articles focus on the records of the colonial and Revolutionary War periods, but there also are some that relate to the War of 1812. In the aggregate these comprise data of almost unequaled variety and magnitude. Produced over the years by an army of specialists, they were spread throughout the three periodicals named in the title. This varied and immense body of data is brought together in a handy and well-indexed volume, which will make its use by the researcher very easy.
