Lower Shenandoah Valley History - 4 VA & WV Counties

 
History of The
Lower Shenandoah Valley
Counties of
Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson and Clarke
 
By J. E. Norris, 1890 
800 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
 
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By Alexander Paxton, 1908
287 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
 
 
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By all accounts Norris' History is the finest work on the lower Shenandoah Valley of Virginia ever written.
 
 In common with the best county and regional histories, Norris' treatment of the Shenandoah Valley counties
 of Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson, and Clarke begins with an examination of the early explorations and settlements
 in the area, describes the outstanding topographical and geographical features, and then goes on to give an account
 of the settlement and organization of the various towns, villages, and cities of the region, their respective 
institutions, their settlers and early residents, their participation in the various wars, and notable events in 
their history.
 
 The final third of the work, a full 250 pages, contains genealogies of hundreds of Valley families and biographical
 sketches of notable and representative figures.
 
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY. — 
CHAPTER II.— Physical Features.— 
CHAPTER III.— Indians and Prehistory
CHAPTER IV.— First Settlers and Settlements
CHAPTER V.— Organization of Frederick County
CHAPTER VI.— Winchester and Washington’s Early Operations
CHAPTER VII.— The Revolutionary Period and Morgan
CHAPTER VIII.— One Hundred Years Ago
CHAPTER IX.—Frederick county and Winchester After 1800
CHAPTER X.— Modern Frederick and the Towns
CHAPTER XI.— Organization of Berkeley
CHAPTER XII.— Establishment of Martinsburg 
CHAPTER XIII.— Primitive Town and County
CHAPTER XIV.— Trustees, Councilmen, Courts & Officers
CHAPTER XV.— Modern Martinsburg
CHAPTER XVI.— Some Early Settlers of Jefferson
CHAPTER XVII.— Organization of Jefferson
CHAPTER XVIII.— Charlestown
CHAPTER XIX.— Shepardstown, Middleway and Wizard Clip
CHAPTER XX.— James Rumsey, Investor of the Steamboat
CHAPTER XXI.— Harper’s Ferry and John Brown’s Raid
CHAPTER XXII.— Creation of Clarke and Some Early Matters
CHAPTER XXIII.— Lord Fairfax and Greenway Court
CHAPTER XXIV.— Berryville or Battle-Town
CHAPTER XXV.— The Great Civil War of 1861-65
CHAPTER XXVI.— Operations in The Valley During 1862
CHAPTER XXVII.— From 1863 Onward To The Collapse
CHAPTER XXVIII.— Genealogy and Biography
Index
 
Included SURNAMES
Abel, Adams, Affleck, Agassiz, Albin, Alburtis, Alexander, Allen, Alstadt, Anderson, Andrews, Ashbury, Ashby, Atkinson, Avis, Ayers, Bacon, 
Baetjer, Bageaut, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Balmaine, Banks, Barbour, Barley, Barnes, Barnett, Barr, Barrett, Barton, Baylis, Baylor, Beattie, 
Beckham, Beckwith, Bedinger, Beemer, Beeson, Berkeley, Berry, Billings, Boarman, Bond, Boteler, Botts, Bowen, Bowley, Bowman, Boyd, 
Brackett, Braddock, Bragg, Braithwaite, Branson, Brent, Briscoe, Broaddus, Bromley, Brooks, Brown, Brumback, Bryan, Buchanan, Buckles, 
Bullett, Bullskin, Buncutter, Burne, Burton, Burwell, Bush, Butler, Butterfield, Byrd, Cabot, Cadwallader, Caldwell, Calmes, Campbell, Carr, 
Carrington, Cartmell, Carter, Castleman, Cather, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chamblin, Chapline, Cherry, Chew, Chivers, Chrisman, Clagett, Clarke, 
Clark, Clayton, Clevenger, Clowe, Cockburn, Coe, Collins, Colston, Conrad, Cooke, Cooper, Coontz, Cover, Cox, Coyle, Cramer, Crawford, Cresap,
 Crow, Culler, Curtis, Darke, Davenport, Davis, Davy, Deahl, Dean, Dentrick, De Garay, De Jouffroy, Denny, Denver, Dickson, Diffenderfer, 
Dimitry, Dinwiddie, Doll, Donaldson, Douglas, Dow, Doyle, Drew, Duble, Duckwall, Dudley, Dull, Dunmore, Earle, Early, Eddy, Edmonson, Edwards
, Evans, Fairfax, Faulkner, Fauquier, Faweett, Fayman, Fergusson, Fetzell, Finnell, Fisher, Fitch, Fleming, Fletcher, Flick, Foreman, Fossett, 
Forney, Fouke, Fries, Fuller, Fulton, Funsten, Furlong, Furguson, Gallaher, Gardner, Gates, Gerrard, Gibbens, Gibbs, Gibson, Glaize, Glass, Glenn,
 Gold, Gonzales, Good, Gooding, Gordon, Gore, Gosorn, Graichen, Gray, Green, Greenfield, Greenway, Griffith, Griggs, Grove, Grundy, Guyer, 
Hack, Hagan, Hahn, Haines, Haldeman, Hale, Hall, Hamill, Hamilton, Hamtramck, Hancock, Hansbrough, Hardesty, Hardin, Harding, Harper, 
Harrison, Hartman, Hauck, Hay, Haynes, Hays, Helm, Helphenstine, Henry, Hensell, Heterick, Heth, Hill, Hite, Hodgson, Hoenschall, Hoge, 
Holker, Holliday, Hollingsworth, Hollis, Holmes, Hooff, Hoover, Hopkins, Holt, Houston, Howe, Hubard, Huber, Hulls, Humphrey, Humrickhouse, 
Hunter, Hutchinson, Hyde, Imboden, Jackson, Jacobs, Janney, Jefferson, Jenkins, Jessup, Jennings, Jobe, Johnson, Jolliffe, Jones, Kable, 
Kearsley, Keith, Kennedy, Kennerly, Kenney, Kennon, Kerfoot, Kern, Kerns, Kerr, Kersey, Kinzel, Kline, Knott, Kohlhousen, Kownstar, Krauth, 
Krebs, Kremer, Kurtz, Lambert, Lackland, Larrick, La Rue, Latimer, Lee, Lemen, Lerew, Levi, Lewis, Leyburn, Light, Lingan, Link, Livingston, 
Lockwood, Lodge, Logan, Love, Lucas, Luke, Lupton, Lynch, McAllister, McCann, McCarty, McCleary, McCormack, McCune, McDonald, 
McDowell, McElwee, McGonigall, McGuire, McKay, McKeefry, McKown, McMahon, McMechin, McSherry, Maccabe, Magill, Marks, Martin, 
Mason, Massie, mathews, Maynard, Maxwell, Meade, Melvin, Mercer, Meredith, Meriweather, Miller, Minghini, Mitchell, Moler, Moore, Morgan, 
Morris, Morrow, Muse, Muhlenburg, Mulvehill, Munford, Murray, Myers, Nadenbousch, Neill, Nelson, Nevill, Norris, Norton, Nourse, Nulton, 
Nunn, Oden, Ogden, Ogilby, O'Reilly, Owen, Page, Painter, Pangle, Paplin, Parker, Parrett, Patterson, Peale, Pearson, Pendleton, Penington, 
Petrie, Phillips, Picking, Pidgeon, Pierce, Pifer, Pitzer, Plunkett, Polhamus, Porter, Porterfield, Potts, Pratt, Price, Pugh, Purcell, Pyle, Ramey, 
Randolph, Read, Reck, Reed, Rees, Renshaw, Reynolds, Rhodes, Rice, Richard, Richards, Ridenour, Ridings, Riely, Roberdeau, Robinson, 
Rodney, Rosenberger, Ross, Rouss, Rowan, Rumsey, Sussell, Rush, Rutherford, Ryley, Savage, Schaeffer, Scheuer, Scott, Sharp, Shepherd,
 Sherrard, Shields, Shiras, Shull, Silver, Sinclair, Slagle, Smellie, Smith, Smoke, Snyder, Sowers, Spengler, Spottswood, Stayman, Steck, 
Steele, Stephen, Stephens, Stephenson, Stewart, Stickley, Stone, Storer, Stottlemyer, Strebling, Streit, Strider, Striker, Strother, Stuart,
 Stubblefield, Stubbs, Suter, Swartz, Swearingen, Symms, Tabb, Tanner, Tate, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Throgmorton, Thruston,
 Timberlake, Travers, Trump, Trussell, Tucker, Turner, Tyng, Van Fossen, Vanmeter, Van Meter, Vestall, Von Ringharz, Voorhees, Waggoner,
 Wakefield, Walker, Wallace, Walpole, Warden, Washington, Watt, Weir, Weishans, Wernwag, West, Westenhaver, Wever, Wheelan, Whitacre,
 White, Whittlesey, Williams, Williamson, Willard, Willis, Wilmer, Wilson, Wise, Wisner, Wissler, Wolfe, Wood, Woods, Wormley, Wortham, 
Worthignton, Wotring, Wright, Wyatt, Wynkoop, Yeackley, Yeardley, Young, Zane, Zittle
 
  
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