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Describes the social and economic conditions in Virginia during the hundred years prior to the Revolution, and examines how the county developed
Based on years of research of the records of a Chesapeake county, the narrative volume stresses personalities, from the poor to the rich, exploring family life, friendships, status, the distribution of wealth, and mobility--all as the new settlement evolved. The authors find evidence of community (which others have assumed was virtually nonexistent), one in which slavery and time created stratification. They see the Chesapeake as an example of that rural society toward which and from which American society has proceeded.
Presents an authoritative register of Virginia's colonial soldiers, drawing on county court minutes, bounty land applications, records of courts martial, county militia rosters, and public records in England. Detailed information on soldiers' names, ranks, pay, places of birth, and appearance is divided into sections on different sources and different conflicts, including King George's War, the French and Indian War, and Dunmore's War. Useful for genealogists and historians. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The book rings with the names of early inhabitants and prominent citizens. For the genealogist there is the important and wholly fortuitous list of tithables of Pittsylvania County for the year 1767, which enumerates the names of nearly 1,000 landowners and property holders, amounting in sum to a rough census of the county in its infancy. Additional lists include the names, some with inclusive dates of service, of sheriffs, justices of the peace, members of the House of Delegates, 1776-1928, members of the Senate of Virginia, 1776-1928, clerks of the court, and judges.
This history is enriched with personal recollections and reminiscences. Its pages are filled with the names of those individuals who settled, or helped in some way to establish the County, as well as those who are remembered for various other reasons. The fifty-four illustrations include Wise County’s commonwealth attorneys, from the first (1856) to the twenty-first (1935).
An ambitious volume of studies of the origins and trends in family history of major geographical areas.