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Category : Bedford County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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This book not only contains a brief history of county but also gives information about geography, land values, minerals, manufacturing, agriculture, government, etc.
Author: Charles Hughes Hamlin
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806305886
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Composed almost entirely of abstracts of wills, deeds, marriage records, powers of attorney, court orders, church records, cemetery records, tax records, guardianship accounts, etc., this unique work provides substantive evidence of the migration of individuals and families to Virginia or from Virginia to other states, countries, or territories. Although primarily concerned with Virginians, the data are of wide-ranging interest. England, France, Germany, Scotland, Barbados, Jamaica, and twenty-three American states are represented, all entries splendidly tied to court sources and authorities. Each record provides prima facie evidence of places of origin and removal, irrefutably linking individuals to both their old and their new homes, and incidentally naming parents and kinsmen, all 10,000 of whom are listed in alphabetical order in the indexes. It is a safe observation that half of the records, having been exhumed from the most improbable sources (some augmented by the compiler's personal files), are the only ones in existence which can prove the ancestor's identity and origin.
Author: Charles Hughes Hamlin
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806306424
Category : Court records
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Information was transcribed or abstracted from many counties in Virginia. Some information is included for North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
Author: Elizabeth Petty Bentley
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806317977
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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"The County Courthouse Book is a concise guide to county courthouses and courthouse records. It is an important book because the genealogical researcher needs a reliable guide to American county courthouses, the main repositories of county records. To proceed in his investigations, the researcher needs current addresses and phone numbers, information about the coverage and availability of key courthouse records such as probate, land, naturalization, and vital records, and timely advice on the whole range of services available at the courthouse. Where available he will also need listings of current websites and e-mail addresses." -- Publisher website.
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806309474
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 3680
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From Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine.
Author: Turk McCleskey
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813935830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
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In 1752 an enslaved Pennsylvania ironworker named Ned purchased his freedom and moved to Virginia on the upper James River. Taking the name Edward Tarr, he became the first free black landowner west of the Blue Ridge. Tarr established a blacksmith shop on the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to the Carolinas and helped found a Presbyterian congregation that exists to this day. Living with him was his white, Scottish wife, and in a twist that will surprise the modern reader, Tarr’s neighbors accepted his interracial marriage. It was when a second white woman joined the household that some protested. Tarr’s already dramatic story took a perilous turn when the predatory son of his last master, a Charleston merchant, abruptly entered his life in a fraudulent effort to reenslave him. His fate suddenly hinged on his neighbors, who were all that stood between Tarr and a return to the life of a slave. This remarkable true story serves as a keyhole narrative, unlocking a new, more complex understanding of race relations on the American frontier. The vividly drawn portraits of Tarr and the women with whom he lived, along with a rich set of supporting characters in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia, provide fascinating insight into the journey from slavery to freedom, as well as the challenges of establishing frontier societies. The story also sheds light on the colonial merchant class, Indian warfare in southwest Virginia, and slavery’s advent west of the Blue Ridge. Contradicting the popular view of settlers in southern Virginia as poor, violent, and transient, this book--with its pathbreaking research and gripping narrative--radically rewrites the history of the colonial backcountry, revealing it to be made up largely of close-knit, rigorously governed communities.
Author: Edythe Rucker Whitley
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Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1935538020
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 557
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Author: Helen Foster Snow
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Category : Norfolk County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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