Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia
Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia

Author: John William Austin

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0806350237

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This is the definitive work on Americans taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War. The bulk of the book is devoted to personal accounts, many of them moving, of the conditions endured by U.S. prisoners at the hands of the British, as preserved in journals or diaries kept by physicians, ships' captains, and the prisoners themselves. Of greater genealogical interest is the alphabetical list of 8,000 men who were imprisoned on the British vessel The Old Jersey, which the author copied from the papers of the British War Department and incorporated in the appendix to the work. Also included is a Muster Roll of Captain Abraham Shepherd's Company of Virginia Riflemen and a section on soldiers of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp who perished in prison, 1776-1777.

Places Near the Mountains
Places Near the Mountains

Author: Helen R. Prillaman

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806346069

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The areas covered in this book fall in Botetourt and Roanoke counties, Virginia.

Botetourt County
Botetourt County

Author: Debra Alderson McClane

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 2007-02

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781531626686

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Named for a Colonial governor and created in 1770 from Augusta County, Botetourt County lies in the southern end of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. At the time of its establishment, Botetourt's boundaries stretched westward from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. This area now encompasses 23 counties in Virginia as well as portions of West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Located at the fork of the Great Valley Road and the Wilderness Road, Botetourt served as the last outpost for many settlers moving into the western territories. Settled predominantly by Scots-Irish, German, and English immigrants, the county still reflects the influences of these strong cultures, and many original family names remain prominent. Botetourt is known for its agricultural production, as well as its natural resources: over the centuries, visitors have been drawn to the area's scenic beauty, healing springs, and trout-filled streams. This volume contains images of the towns, farms, homes, industries, people, events, and institutions that have contributed to the rich tapestry of the county's history.

Annals of Bath County, Virginia
Annals of Bath County, Virginia

Author: Oren F. Morton

Publisher:

Published: 1918

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13:

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Bath has a small number of people, and a considerable share of this small number is a new element. To many individuals of the latter class a history of the county will appeal very little. For the above reasons we confine ourselves to a presentation of the more striking and important features in the story of this county. But if, in a commercial sense, this county seemed only a moderately promising field for a local history, it remains very true that Bath is one of the best known counties of the Old Dominion. It is one of the older counties in the Alleghany belt, and it lies on a natural highway of travel and commerce. The story of its evolution is one of much interest. -- Foreword.

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.