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Russell County, Virginia Marriages, 1900-1923
A transcription of the Russell County, Virginia marriage register covering the years from 1900 to 1923. A total of 5,100 marriages are included with separate indices sorted by groom surname and by bride surname. The register also contains the names of the parents, ages, birthplaces, marital condition, the groom's occupation and residences of the parties. Marriage and Proportional Occupational Statistics are compiled for each year and there is a summary table and graphs. This will be a valuable aid to genealogical researchers trying to trace family history in Russell County in the early 20th century and also to those interested in social dynamics, demographics, and population statistics of the era. Third Edition, 1st issue. Full color front and back covers. Interior printed in black and white.
A Floristic Survey of the Aquatic Habitats in Western Tazewell County, Virginia
A survey of the aquatic flora of Tazewell County, Virginia. The drainage patterns, topography, and climate of Tazewell County, Virginia are discussed. Aquatic plant growth factors, their importance to animals and man, and some difficulties involved in delineating the group are discussed. Aquatic habitats in the western part of Tazewell County and their associated plants are listed and unusual species or county records are cited. A total of two hundred sixty-eight species representing seventy-three families are included in this work. Thirty-four aquatic and sixteen other species new to Tazewell County have been added to the flora. Includes a site collection map indicating hydrologic province and a table of soil unit types for each site. A listing of all species is provided along with collection locations keyed to a map. Illustrations are included for many of the specimens. Printed in black and white. Full color cover. First Edition, second issue. Includes tables and maps.
Personal Property Tax Lists of Buckingham County, Virginia 1764-1792
Use discount Code FEBRUARY15 for 15% off at checkout! Hurry, expires midnight Friday 24 February. Buckingham County suffered significant loss of its early court records. This scarcity of records makes this tax list transcription a valuable one. Spanning a period of 29 years (1764,1773-4,1782-92) with over 12,700 individual records, statistical tables and graphs, plus a host of other information that will illuminate the lives and social structure of the county during the late Colonial and early Federal period. Information varies by year, but the curious researcher will find much of interest here. Included are the names of the taxpayers, their taxable male cohabitants, their slaves' names, number of their slaves, horses and cattle along with other taxable items like riding carriages and acres of land. Features a 160 page index of every name, allowing the researcher to quickly assemble the information needed in successive years for genealogical, historical, sociological or demographic analysis.
Russell County, Virginia Marriages, 1923-1935
In Author Spotlight page (link above), look under "About" to find additional Discount Code. A transcription of all information in the Russell County, Virginia Marriage register for the period. A total of 2,746 marriages including some 19,000 individuals were transcribed beginning in 1923 and ending in 1935. Separate groom and bride indices, sorted by surname, are provided. The register contains the names of the parents, ages, birthplaces, marital condition, and residences of the parties and the groom's occupation. Marriage and Occupational statistics are compiled for each year and summarized in tables and graphs. All entries were checked and rechecked using primary sources. This book will be of interest to those tracing family history in Russell County, Virginia, sociologists, demographers and students of depression era Central Appalachia. Includes photos of some of the couples whose marriages are listed here.
The Revolutionary War Diary of Major William Croghan
Three detachments of Virginia soldiers were dispatched in the last months of 1779 to proceed to South Carolina to aid in the defense of Charleston. A member of the 1st Virginia Regiment, Major William Croghan belonged to this group who were, on account of the rivers being so solidly frozen that ships could not move, obliged to march the 800 miles from the Jerseys to Sullivan's Island in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Major Croghan kept an itinerant diary which reveals the hardships, and pleasures, experienced by this group of more than 700 patriots. Extensive index. Third Edition. Full color front and back covers. Interior printed in black and white.
Michael Sword, Ancestry and Historical Narrative
The purpose of this book was to prove the ancestry of Michael Sword and to document his Revolutionary War record. Michael Sword is the descendant of German immigrants who first arrived in Philadelphia in 1737. He served in the Revolution in the Army and was in battles at Brandywine, Germantown, and Charleston, SC. This book will be of interest to genealogists, to military historians, and to researchers of the Sword family of Russell County, Virginia.
The Freshest Advices, Buckingham County, Virginia Genealogical Records from Newspapers, 1736-1850
A transcription of Newspaper Articles concerning Buckingham county Virginia covering the period from 1736-1850. More than 75,000 newspaper issues were searched, within 140 newspaper titles from which over 2,000 articles were transcribed. The three-column, 55-page index, contains some 10,700 entries that locate more than 16,700 references, among which are several thousand named women and children and 520 named slaves.Within this compilation, is an important addition to the historical and genealogical sources available for this burned county. The reader will happily find here, a discriminating selection of the "freshest advices" of the sort that slaked the thirst for intelligence and for the amusement of yeomen, tavern patrons, gentry and wealthy planters all. The reader will discover many interesting facets of the life and history of this county; some tragic, some funny, some fascinating and some hard to believe. A delightful and fascinating excursion into a bygone era of Buckingham county, Virginia. 796p. Foreword by Joanne L. Yeck. Available at www.lulu.com/spotlight/rfloydc
Buckingham Families, Volume 1, Periodical Sources
A selection of articles of genealogical and historical interest regarding residents of Buckingham County, Virginia families in the period 1770-1930 (primarily 1800-1880) gleaned from Journals, Newspapers, Newsletters, County Histories and other Periodicals. Hundreds of sources were consulted from across the country including New England, the South, Midwest and Far West.
Appomattox County
Originally published in thirteen installments of U.S. Scots magazine, Dr. Millett's account of Scottish emigration to colonial America is, arguably, the best introduction to its subject. Chapter topics include the Scottish homeland and its peoples; the push/pull of emigration/immigration; Scottish colonial settlements prior to 1707; the establishment of the principal 18th-century Scottish communities along the Chesapeake, the Carolinas and Georgia, and throughout the Middle Colonies; and the role of Scots during the American Revolution. Readers will also find invaluable narrative and statistical background information on the Scottish presence in the colonies.
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