Early Western Augusta Pioneers

Author : George W. Cleek
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Augusta County (Va.)
ISBN : 9780806345222

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Early Western Augusta Pioneers by George W. Cleek Pdf

From its establishment in 1745, Augusta County, Virginia served as a haven for Scotch-Irish, German, and, to a lesser extent, English immigrants who failed to find economic opportunity or religious freedom in the colonial settlements along the Middle Atlantic coastline. This little known but important work contains detailed genealogies of the twenty families mentioned in the title of the work, who settled in that region of "old western Augusta" that today encompasses Bath and Highland counties, Virginia. In addition to the family histories, the compiler has provided introductory chapters on the history of German and Scotch-Irish settlement to the region; a table of family members who fought in the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Civil Wars, and a full name index with approximately 10,000 entries.

Author : George W. Cleek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Augusta County (Va.)
ISBN : OCLC:1002160209

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Early Western Augusta Pioneers by George W. Cleek Pdf

Author : Alicia M. G. Graham
Publisher : Alicia M. G. Graham
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9798218024376

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The Grahams of Pennsylvania and Virginia by Alicia M. G. Graham Pdf

This is a book both for the reader with a casual interest in ancestry, and the serious researcher of Scottish genealogies. It starts by tracing the ancestry of the Grahams of Grayville, Illinois, to Pennsylvania and Virginia. In the course of following their trails to Ireland and Scotland, the author amasses a library of church history, geography, archaeological data, land records, DNA, military and other historical records that stretches as far back as the first recorded Graham in Scotland, William de Graham. This collection of reference data is preserved in the appendices to assist researchers of Scots-Irish ancestry, not just Grahams. Our Grahams of Pennsylvania and Virginia also includes information on related clans such as the Kirkpatricks, Corries, Murrays, and Armstrongs and provides a new perspective on Scottish history and the origin of the Scottish people using the latest Y-DNA and archaeological data available. It breaks new ground and punctures some long-held misconceptions of family genealogies. It also postulates theories that would explain the facts and circumstances behind several major events, as well as family connections, and legends of Scottish history. Additional DNA testing may eventually prove which theories are correct. Our Grahams of Pennsylvania and Virginia contains a treasure of reference material that can be used by researchers of all levels. It is meticulously researched, fully sourced, and provides access information for almost all source material.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1794 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011809188

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Includes Part 1, Number 1 & 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - December)

Author : B. M. Mollohan
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780595347230

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By the Banks of the Holly by B. M. Mollohan Pdf

The land was called "Virginia" by Sir Walter Raleigh. A region of natural beauty, governed by temperamental weather, the western slopes of the Alleghenies beckoned a sturdy stock of early hunters, explorers, and settlers. This is the story of how those early residents forged a home, a nation, and finally, a state, along these rocky slopes.

Author : Gerald Milnes
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1572335777

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Signs, Cures, & Witchery by Gerald Milnes Pdf

The persecution of Old World German Protestants and Anabaptists in the seventeenth century--following debilitating wars, the Reformation, and the Inquisition-- brought about significant immigration to America. Many of the immigrants, and their progeny, settled in the Appalachian frontier. Here they established a particularly old set of religious beliefs and traditions based on a strong sense of folk spirituality. They practiced astrology, numerology, and other aspects of esoteric thinking and left a legacy that may still be found in Appalachian folklore today. Based in part on the author's extensive collection of oral histories from the remote highlands of West Virginia, Signs, Cures, and Witchery; German Appalachian Folklore describes these various occult practices, symbols, and beliefs; how they evolved within New World religious contexts; how they arrived on the Appalachian frontier; and the prospects of those beliefs continuing in the contemporary world. By concentrating on these inheritances, Gerald C. Milnes draws a larger picture of the German influence on Appalachia. Much has been written about the Anglo-Celtic, Scots-Irish, and English folkways of the Appalachian people, but few studies have addressed their German cultural attributes and sensibilities. Signs, Cures, and Witchery sheds startling light on folk influences from Germany, making it a volume of tremendous value to Appalachian scholars, folklorists, and readers with an interest in Appalachian folklife and German American studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : S. E. Grose
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Greenbrier County WV Heritage 1997 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marion J. Kaminkow
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09
Category : Bibliographical literature
ISBN : 0806316640

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Genealogies in the Library of Congress by Marion J. Kaminkow Pdf

Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.

Author : Sanford Gladden
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781304268488

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The Durst and Darst Families of America, Vol II by Sanford Gladden Pdf

Sanford Gladden traces the history of the Durst/Darst family and some 40 other related families from their European roots to Philadelphia in Colonial times. They migrated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, to Delaware and Pickaway Counties in OH and on to Texas. Some of the related surnames are: Beck, Cecil, Chandler, Charlton, Cozad, Craig, Damon, Deam, Dill, Eaton, Ewing, Fry, Glendy, Glotfelter, Grigsby, Guy, Harshman, Haynes, Holman, Huston, Jamison, Keithly, Kennedy, Kent, Lightner, Marshall, Morgan, Orman, page, Perrins, Ramsey, Selling, Stroop, Trolinger, and Weiser among other smaller branches.

Author : John Houston Harrison
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Augusta County
ISBN : 9780806306643

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Settlers by the Long Grey Trail by John Houston Harrison Pdf

A contribution to old Augusta County and Rockingham County and their descendants of the family of Harrison and allied lines. Rev. Thomas Harrison (1619-1682), an intimate of the Cromwell family, served as chaplain of the Virginia colony during Gov. Berkeley's first term. He immigrated to Jamestown, Virginia from England in 1640 and, changing from anti-Puritan to Puritan, moved to Massachusetts and marrying Dorothy Symonds about 1648/1649. He then returned to England. Benjamin Harrison, his brother, then immigrated to become the founder of the Harrison family of the James River in Virginia. Other colonial Harrisons who immigrated are detailed, along with many of their descendants and relatives, particularly those who settled in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Long Island of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Descendants and relatives also lived in West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Kentucky, California and elsewhere. Includes many ancestors and genealogical data in England, Ireland and elsewhere.

Author : William A. Kretzschmar,William A. Kretzschmar Jr.
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1993-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0226452832

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Handbook of the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States by William A. Kretzschmar,William A. Kretzschmar Jr. Pdf

Who uses "skeeter hawk," "snake doctor," and "dragonfly" to refer to the same insect? Who says "gum band" instead of "rubber band"? The answers can be found in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States (LAMSAS), the largest single survey of regional and social differences in spoken American English. It covers the region from New York state to northern Florida and from the coastline to the borders of Ohio and Kentucky. Through interviews with nearly twelve hundred people conducted during the 1930s and 1940s, the LAMSAS mapped regional variations in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation at a time when population movements were more limited than they are today, thus providing a unique look at the correspondence of language and settlement patterns. This handbook is an essential guide to the LAMSAS project, laying out its history and describing its scope and methodology. In addition, the handbook reveals biographical information about the informants and social histories of the communities in which they lived, including primary settlement areas of the original colonies. Dialectologists will rely on it for understanding the LAMSAS, and historians will find it valuable for its original historical research. Since much of the LAMSAS questionnaire concerns rural terms, the data collected from the interviews can pinpoint such language differences as those between areas of plantation and small-farm agriculture. For example, LAMSAS reveals that two waves of settlement through the Appalachians created two distinct speech types. Settlers coming into Georgia and other parts of the Upper South through the Shenandoah Valley and on to the western side of the mountain range had a Pennsylvania-influenced dialect, and were typically small farmers. Those who settled the Deep South in the rich lowlands and plateaus tended to be plantation farmers from Virginia and the Carolinas who retained the vocabulary and speech patterns of coastal areas. With these revealing findings, the LAMSAS represents a benchmark study of the English language, and this handbook is an indispensable guide to its riches.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1206 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:B2873565

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The American Monthly Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hollis Leland Townsend,Lloyd Rawlings Townsend
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Virginia
ISBN : WISC:89062498241

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The Genealogy and History of the Solomon Townsend Family, 1754-1962 ... by Hollis Leland Townsend,Lloyd Rawlings Townsend Pdf

Author : Thomas Kemp Cartmell
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Berkeley County (W. Va.)
ISBN : 9780806345437

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Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants by Thomas Kemp Cartmell Pdf

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 of old Frederick County. With an improved index

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Genealogy
ISBN : WISC:89082617457

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Everton's Family History Magazine by Anonim Pdf