What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Augusta County and its people.

 

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1882.

 

History

 of

Augusta County,

Virginia

 

 

By J. Lewis Peyton

 

Samuel M. Yost & Son

Staunton, Virginia

 

1882

 

395 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

 

CONTENTS

Chapter I. Ancient Limits 
Chapter II. Colonial History
Chapter III. Discovery of the Valley
Chapter IV. Early Settlement
Chapter V. Early Settlers
Chapter VI. Religious Community
Chapter VII. Churches & Clergy
Chapter VIII. Colony of Augusta & Virginia
Chapter IX. Boundary Line
Chapter X. Military Operations
Chapter XI. The Year 1764
Chapter XII. Leading to Revolution
Chapter XIII. Revolution 
Chapter XIV. Adoption of the Constitution
Chapter XV. Repairs & Construction 
Chapter XVI. Cities, Towns and Villages
Chapter XVII. Topography, Meteorology, Soils, Geology, Mineralogy, Fauna, Flora 
Biographical notices 
Index

 

SURNAMES LISTED IN THE INDEX

 

Alexander, Andrews, Andros, Arbuckle, Barry, Barringer, Belmaine, Baylor, Baldwin, Berkeley, Bell, Blue, Blundell, Bland, Blair, Blackburn, Boyden, Boggs, Bowyer, Bowron, Brown, Brokenborough, Braddock, Branch, Brady, Broadhead, Burden, Bullitt, Bumgardner, Burnett, Campbell, Castleman, Carter, Carey, Cabell, Christian, Clark, Coalter, Connolly, Cochran, Cowan, Craig, Croghan, Creigh, Crow, Cresap, Crawford, Culpepper, Cunningham, Dabney, Davidson, Dennis, De Hass, Dickinson, Dinwiddie, Doyle, Doake, Dodderidge, Donovan, Drysdale, Dunmore, Dunbar, Dudley, Early, Elliott, Eskridge, Ewing, Fairfax, Fauquier, Faunce, Fair, Forbes, Foreman, Frazier, Fultz, Funk, Garland, Geiger, Givens, Gooch, Greenlee, Grant, Greeley, Goodson, Graham, Halket, Hagerty, Harper, Harvie, Hall, Harman, Hamtranch, Henry, Hindman, Hogg, Howison, Hotchkiss, Hull, Hughes, Johnson, Jons, John, Imboden, Kerr, Kinney, Kirk, Koiner, Lang, Lange, Larow, Lewis, Lee, Lilley, Logan, Madison, Martin, Makemic, Mathews, Maxwell, McDowell, McKee, McDonald, McLaughlin, McClenachan, McCoy, McCue, Minor, Montgomery, Moffett, Moore, Michie, Morris, Murchison, Nelson, Nicholson, Nott, Ogle, Opie, Packenham, Page, Paul, Paxton, Painter, Patton, Peyton, Pickins, Preston, Pitt, Poe, Porterfield, Pratt, Pipe, Pilson, Pierpont, Randolph, Renix, Rice, Rives, Robertson, Ross, Tyan, Riddenhouse, Spotswood, Scott, Sowers, Sperry, Stevenson, St. Clair, Skinner, Smith, Shelby, Steele, Stewart, Stuart, Steuben, Sterrett, Shepherd, Stephens, Taylor, Tate, Teter, Thompson, Templeton, Trayer, Tucker, Valandingham, Veech, Ward, Walpole, Waddell, Wayatt, Wells, Wayne, Wayt, Wetzel, Wilson, Wirt, White, Young, Zane