"Vital data in this second revision of historical records have been gleaned from many private and public sources."--Preface.
This is an exhaustive regional history of the parent county of nine present-day Virginia or West Virginia counties. It features several hundred detailed genealogical and biographical sketches of early families...
This book is a comprehensive study of the settlers of old Frederick County, who they were, where they came from, and where they lived in the county, and where they went.
Some Old Homes in Frederick County, Virginia
This book contains a collection of history and genealogy records for the mid-1700s to the mid-1900s derived from meeting minutes, marriage, family, death and membership records; as well as, historical information about the colony.
The 4,000 marriage records compiled in this volume (mostly bonds and ministers' returns) should be of particular interest to researchers whose forebears crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains.
This is an abstract of court martial records during the French and Indian War. It includes the name of the unit, the infraction and the amount of the fine. Removals because of age or infirmity are also included.
Such games as "Frog in the Puddle", "William Trimble Toe", "Puss Want a Corner", and "Grind the Bottle", were very popular in Franklin during my boyhood, though these games had been long forgotten in less backward counties.
Ordered that the order binding Joseph Allen a free boy of colour to Dan'l Hollenback be rescinded and that the overseers of the poor do bind said boy who was two years old last March to Mich'l Baker according to law. Page 345.
... the Enochs began looking west again, this time to the more promising lands of Ohio. Harry G. Enoch has published a number of works of local history, including In Search of Morgan's Station and “The Last Indian Raid in Kentucky”; ...
History of Hampshire County, West Virginia, From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present