Directory of Historic House Museums in the United States

Directory of Historic House Museums in the United States

Author: Patricia Chambers Walker

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780742503441

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The first comprehensive guide to America's historic house museums, this directory moves beyond merely listing institutions to providing information about interpretive themes, historical and architectural significance, collections, and cultural and social importance, along with programming events and facility information. Useful cross-reference guides provide quick and easy ways of locating information on almost 2500 museums. A multi-functional reference for museum professionals, local historians, historic preservationists or anyone interested in America's historic house museums.


Chronological History of the Robinson Family and their descendants

Chronological History of the Robinson Family and their descendants

Author: Robert Lorenzo Lockley

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-02-16

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1503518086

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The information in this book was gathered from information in the census records, order books, wills, Vital Statics and deeds all available at the Virginia Library, Richmond, Va. and the King & Queen County, Va. Court, which provided the basis for this book about a family that lived in King & Queen County, Virginia at a time when being a person of Color came with many restrictions.


The Washingtons. Volume 7, Part 1

The Washingtons. Volume 7, Part 1

Author: Justin Glenn

Publisher: Savas Publishing

Published: 2016-08-19

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1940669324

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This is the seventh volume of Dr. Justin Glenn’s comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of the Washingtons. Volume one began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume two highlighted notable members of the next eight generations, including such luminaries as General George S. Patton, the author Shelby Foote, and the actor Lee Marvin. Volume three traced the ancestry of the early Virginia members of this “Presidential Branch” back to the royalty and nobility of England and continental Europe. Volumes four, five, and six treated respectively generations eight, nine, and ten. Volume Seven presents generation eleven, comprising more than 10,000 descendants of the immigrant John Washington. Although structured in a genealogical format for the sake of clarity, this is no bare bones genealogy but a true family history with over 1,200 detailed biographical narratives. These strive to convey the greatness of the family that produced not only The Father of His Country but many others, great and humble, who struggled to build that country. Volume Seven, Part One covers the descendants of the immigrant’s children Lawrence and John Washington, Jr. Volume Seven, Part Two covers the descendants of the immigrant’s child Anne (Washington) Wright.


Virginia's Historic Courthouses

Virginia's Historic Courthouses

Author: Margaret T. Peters

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780813916040

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They examine historic structures ranging from the Essex County courthouse (1729) and the King William County courthouse, built ca. 1725 and one of the oldest public buildings in continuous use in the nation, to the newer historic courthouses such as Richmond's massive Supreme Court/State Library Building, dedicated in 1941.