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A

History of

Orange County,

Virginia

From its Formation in 1734 to the end of Reconstruction in 1870; compiled mainly from Original Records

With a Brief Sketch of the Beginnings of Virginia, a Summary of Local

Events to 1907, and a Map

By

W.W. Scott

Everett Waddey Co.

Richmond, VA

1907

292 pages on 1 CD

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. - The Seating of Virginia

CHAPTER II. - The Genesis of Orange

CHAPTER III. - Organization of the County

CHAPTER IV. - The Courthouses

CHAPTER V. - The Colonial Churches

CHAPTER VI. - Other Old Churches—The Dissenters

CHAPTER VII. - Indian Antiquities

CHAPTER VIII. - French and Indian Wars

CHAPTER IX. - Orange in the Revolution

CHAPTER X. - Germanna and the First Settlers

CHAPTER XI. - Progress to the Mines

CHAPTER XII. - The Knights of the Horseshoe

CHAPTER XIII. - Physical Features

CHAPTER XIV. - Social and Economic

CHAPTER XV. - Crimes and Punishments

CHAPTER XVI. - The Orange Humane Society

CHAPTER XVII. - From 1848 to 1861

CHAPTER XVIII. - The War Period

CHAPTER XIX. - Reconstruction, 1865 to 1870

CHAPTER XX. - Fiscal and Statistical, 1870 to 1907

CHAPTER XXI. - Miscellaneous

CHAPTER XXII. - Biographical Sketches

CHAPTER XXIII. - Historic and Other Homes

CHAPTER XXIV.- Being a Personal Retrospect

List of Surnames found in Index

Adams, Allen, Anaugi, Anderson, Atkinson, Auberge, Bagby, Baker, Ball, Ballard, Ballenger, Barbour, Barnett, Bartley, Baylor, Beale, Becket, Bell, Bennett, Beverly, Blakey, Blankenbaker, Bledsoe, Bohannon, Bomer, Borden, Bouquet, Bradford, Bransford, Brent, Brock, Broil, Brown, Browning, Bruce, Bryan, Bryant, Buchanan, Bullard, Bullock, Burnley, Burrus, Burton, Bush, Byrd, Calwell, Campbell, Carpenter, Carter, Cave, Chandler, Chapman, Chew, Clark, Cleveland, Clore, Cobbler, Coleman, Conner, Conney, Conway, Cook, Cooke, Coons, Cowherd, Craig, Crenshaw, Crosthwait, Curtis, Daniel, Davis, Davison, Dinkle, Douglas, Downer, Downs, du Pont, Earnest, Eastham, Edmondson, Farmer, Field, Finks, Finlason, Fishback, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Fleshman, Fontaine, Forbes, Franklin, Fry, Furnace, Furnes, Gaines, Garth, Gibbs, Gibson, Gilbert, Gooch, Gordon, Graffienreid, Greame, Green, Grigsby, Grymes, Haeger, Hackley, Haley, Halsey, Hamilton, Harmon, Hartswell, Hase, Hawfield, Hawkins, Haxall, Head, Henderson, Henry, Henshaw, Hensley, Hervey, Hiden, Hill, Hinke, Hite, Hitt, Hobson, Hoffman, Hogg, Holladay, Holt, Holtzclaw, Howard, Howe, Hughes, Jones, Joice, Johnson, Kaffer, Kelly, Kemper, Lamb, Leach, Lederer, Lee, Leland, Lewis, Lightfoot, Lindsay, Long, Low, Lucas, Lyne, McClayland, Marshall, Magruder, Mallory, Marshall, Martin, Mahone, Maury, Meade, Mercer, Merry, Mills, Minor, Mitchell, Monroe, Montague, Moore, Morgan, Morton, Mouldin, Nelots, Newman, Nichols, Overton, Page, Pannill, Patton, Paulitz, Payler, Pearcey, Pendleton, Pollard, Pollock, Porter, Porteus, Powell, Price, Quarles, Randolph, Rawlings, Rector, Rice, Richeson, Riddle, Roberts, Robinson, Robertson, Rogers, Russel, Sanders, Sanford, Scott, Shackleford, Sheible, Shepherd, Sims, Singleton, Slaughter, Smith, Snow, Snyder, Southall, Spencer, Spillman, Spotswood, Stallings, Stanard, Staves, Stephen, Stevens, Stilfy, Stodgill, Strother, Taliaferro, Taylor, Terrell, Thacker, Thompson, Thornton, Thomas, Todd, Turner, Utz, Waddel, Wails, Walker, Waller, Wambersie, Warner, Watkins, Watson, Watts, Waugh, Weaver, Webb, White, Williams, Willis, Wingate, Winslow, Wirt, Wolford, Wood, Woods, Woolfolk, Wythe, Yates, Yeager, Zimmerman

APPENDICES.

Importations

Census, 1782

Will of President Madison

War of 1812

War of The Revolution

Commissions, 1734-1783

Roster of the Montpelier Guards During John Brown Raid, 1859

Roster of C.S.A. Soldiers, 1861 to 1865

Members of the Various Conventions

Members of the Colonial House of Burgesses

Index

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Montpelier Frontispiece

At Burlington

Barboursville

Cameron Lodge

Church of the Blind Preacher

Clifton

Frascati

Hawfield

Map of Orange County

Mayhurst

Montebello

Mount Sharon

Pleasant View

Rocklands

Soldier's Rest

Somerset

Tomb of Madison

Woodley

Wood Park