Roane County, West Virginia Families

Roane County, West Virginia Families

Author: William H. Bishop

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0806345861

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Bishop's "History of Roane County" is the standard work on its subject, but its chief appeal to the genealogist can be found in the hundreds of genealogical and historical essays of pioneer families of Roane County that comprise the second half of the work. Those essays, which, in most cases, are based upon interviews conducted by the author with a surviving family member, generally go back to the early nineteenth century and pertain to migrants from Virginia and the middle states possessing British, Irish, or Scotch-Irish stock.


A History of Monroe County, West Virginia

A History of Monroe County, West Virginia

Author: Oren F. Morton

Publisher:

Published: 1916

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13:

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A History of Monroe County, West Virginia by Oren Morton Frederic, first published in 1916, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.


Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia

Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia

Author: Cecil O'Dell

Publisher:

Published: 2007-07-20

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 9780788444838

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The boundaries of old Frederick County today encompasses 12 counties: Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, and Page counties in Virginia; and Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy, and Grant counties in West Virginia. During the 1700s a land dispute between a Colonist and an Englishman developed into a lawsuit. The suit was between Jost Hite, the plantiff and Lord Thomas Fairfax, defendant. Fairfax claimed to inherit all of the country know as the Northern Neck from his father and maternal grandfather, Lord Thomas Culpeper. During the eighteen years of the court battle no land was legally disposed of, resulting in no legal land documents. 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.


Genealogies of West Virginia Families

Genealogies of West Virginia Families

Author: West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarte

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0806346922

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Wise's Eastern Shore of Virginia is a history of the counties of Accomack and Northampton; however, genealogists will be drawn to the book's numerous references to families prominent on the Eastern Shore and to the extensive lists of early settlers and patentees of land.