Author: Virginia J. Snead
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Category : Fluvanna County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Category : Fluvanna County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Samuel Richard Wood emigrated from England to Fluvanna County, Virginia and in 1795 married Sallie North (from Limerick, Ireland). Descendants listed lived chiefly in Virginia. Includes history of the family plantations before, during and after the Civil War (most of the land was eventually sold).

Author: Jaquelin Payne Taylor
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462056954
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 149

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Much has been written about the legendary times of John Marshall, the longest serving chief justice in Supreme Court history, but little is known about the love of his life, his dearest Polly. Polly was shy and retiring and stayed in the background, but she was known as his closest confidant and advisor. This book shows how the enduring love that began during the Revolutionary War when Polly was only fourteen lasted and strengthened despite the turbulent times they faced both in war and peace. Their life together mirrors the time when Richmond, the new capital of Virginia, grew from a primitive village to a thriving port city, and the early bungalows, built to house legislators when the capital moved to Richmond during the war, were replaced by plantations-in-town. This book gives a rich and graphic picture of life in the new United States and of events impacting the lives of those dominant people who determined the nations future during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Author: Paula F. Green
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439670897
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 143

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In the fall of 1870, a massive flood engulfed parts of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. What began near Charlottesville as welcome rain at the end of a drought-plagued summer quickly turned into a downpour as it moved west and then north through the Shenandoah Valley. The James, Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers rose, and flooding washed out fields, farms and entire towns. The impact was immense in terms of destruction, casualties and depth of water. The only warning that Richmond, downriver from the worst of the storm, had of the wall of water bearing down on it was a telegram. In this account, public historian Paula Green details not only the flood but also the process of recovery in an era before modern relief programs.

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Category : Fluvanna County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Author: David G. Martin
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Author: Virginia State Library
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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Author: Matthew Kerns
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493055429
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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Texas Jack: America’s First Cowboy Star is a biography of John B. “Texas Jack” Omohundro, the first well-known cowboy in America. A Confederate scout and spy from Virginia, Jack left for Texas within weeks of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. In Texas, he became first a cowboy and then a trail boss, jobs that would inform the rest of his life. Jack lead cattle on the Chisholm and Goodnight-Loving trails to New Mexico, California, Kansas and Nebraska. In 1868 he met James B. “Wild Bill” Hickok in Kansas and then William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody in Nebraska at the end of the first major cattle drive to North Platte. Texas Jack and Buffalo Bill became friends, and soon the scout and the cowboy became the subjects of a series of dime novels written by Ned Buntline.

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 712

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Author: Ethel M. Bain
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Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Edwin Bain was the son of Scottish immigrant Peter Bain. He served in the Revolutionary War and moved from Fluvanna County, Virginia to land in Greenville County, South Carolina. Edwin married Sarah and was the father of Peter Bain (ca. 1784/1794-1851) of Tennessee. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas and elsewhere.