Louisa County, Virginia

Louisa County, Virginia

Author: Pattie Gordon Pavlansky Cooke

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008-07-15

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1625848978

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Set amidst lush, rolling hills, Louisa County was once home to religious dissenters, emancipationists and some of Virginias first families. Its epicenter was Louisa Courthouse, where all the countys residents managed their business affairs. From Patrick Henrys seminal speech for Louisa against tyranny, to a county chief justice too fat to ride horseback, Louisa has a rich and fascinating heritage. Historian and longtime Louisa County resident Pattie G.P. Cooke chronicles the countys coming of age as part of the new United States of America, retaining its small, tightly knit communities while embracing inevitable progress.


In the Shadow of the Enemy

In the Shadow of the Enemy

Author: Ida Powell Dulany

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1572336587

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The Piedmont area of Loudoun and Fauquier Counties, Virginia, near the Maryland border, was hotly contested throughout the Civil War. The mistress of a slave-holding estate, Ida Powell Dulany took over control of the extensive family lands once her husband left to fight for the Confederacy. She struggled to manage slaves, maintain contact with her neighbors, and keep up her morale after her region was abandoned by the Confederate government soon after the beginning of hostilities.


The Wooldridge Family

The Wooldridge Family

Author: William C. Wooldridge

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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John Wooldridge was born in about 1678. He married Martha and they had six children. He died in 1757. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, Kansas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and Oregon.


The Douglas Register

The Douglas Register

Author: William Douglas

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13:

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The Reverend William Douglas served both St. James Northam Parish (Dover Church) in Goochland County and in Manakin Town which was part of King William Parish. King William Parish was in Goochland County during this time period but is now in Powhatan County because of county boundary changes.


The Ross Family

The Ross Family

Author: Ross Chappell

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13:

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John Ross was born in about 1695 in Scotland. He was a soldier in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 and was transported to America in 1716. He married Sarah and they had ten children. He died in 1759 in Hanover County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Alabama.


Red Book

Red Book

Author: Alice Eichholz

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 812

ISBN-13: 9781593311667

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" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.


Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County, Virginia

Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County, Virginia

Author: Benjamin Floyd Nuckolls

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0806306408

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Grayson County is famous in southwestern Virginia as the cradle of the New River settlements--perhaps the first settlements beyond the Alleghanies. The Nuckolls book is equally famous for its genealogies of the pioneer settlers of the county, which, typically, provide the names of the progenitors of the Grayson County line and their dates and places of migration and settlement, and then, in fluid progression, the names of all offspring in the direct and sometimes collateral lines of descent. Altogether somewhere in the neighborhood of 4,000 persons are named in the genealogies and indexed for ready reference.