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History of southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870

Summers, Lewis Preston (1868-1943)
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ERRATA.
  
INTRODUCTION.

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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II
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CHAPTER III
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
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CHAPTER VII.
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CHAPTER VIII.
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CHAPTER IX.
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CHAPTER X.
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Biographical Sketches.
  
REV. CHAS. CUMMINGS.
  
COLONEL ARTHUR CAMPBELL.
  
COLONEL WILLIAM RUSSELL.
  
COLONEL WILLIAM COCKE.
  
MAJOR ANTHONY BLEDSOE.
  
CAPTAIN WM. EDMISTON.
  
COLONEL JOSEPH MARTIN.
  
GENERAL WM. CAMPBELL.
  
COLONEL WILLIAM PRESTON.
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COLONEL JAMES KING.
  
GENERAL WM. E. JONES.
  
JAMES L. WHITE.
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
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UNITED STATES SENATOR.
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GOVERNORS OF VIRGINIA.
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JUDGES OF THE COURTS.
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COUNTY JUDGES.
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MEMBERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
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COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEYS.
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STATE SENATORS.
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MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

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APPENDIX.
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First Lands Surveyed on the Waters of the Holston and Clinch Rivers of which Any Record is Preserved.
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Attorneys and Date of Qualification.
  
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WASHINGTON COUNTY CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS, 1861-1865. WASHINGTON MOUNTED RIFLES.
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"MOUNTAIN BOYS."
  
"WASHINGTON INDEPENDENTS," AFTERWARDS COMPANY K, THIRTY-SEVENTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY.
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GLADE SPRING RIFLES.
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TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT VIRGINIA CAVALRY, COMPANY C.
  
TWENTY-FIRST VIRGINIA CAVALRY, COMPANY F.
  
COMPANY I, FORTY-EIGHTH VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
  
COMPANY H, THIRTY-SEVENTH VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS.
  
COMPANY C, TWENTY-FIRST VIRGINIA CAVALRY (AT CLOSE OF WAR).
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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898.
  
TRUSTEES OF THE ABINGDON ACADEMY, WITH DATE OF APPOINTMENT.
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MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANIES UPON THE EXPEDITION TO POINT PLEASANT, 1774.
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LIST OF WOUNDED MEN OCTOBER 23, 1774.
  
(Return of) Troops From Fincastle on the Expedition Against the Ohio Indians September 9, 1774
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COLONEL WILLIAM RUSSELL.

Born in Culpeper county in the year 1748. Settled near the Clinch river,
south of Castle's Woods, about 1770, and built Russell's Fort. Commanded
a company of frontiersmen at the battle of Point Pleasant in the fall of
1774. Member of the House of Burgesses from Fincastle county in 1776.
Commissioned captain in the Continental army, and accompanied Colonel
Christian upon his expedition against the Cherokee Indians in 1776. Member
of the General Assembly of Virginia in 1786, and introduced bill for
formation of Russell county, Virginia. Brigadier-general of Virginia militia.
Married Mrs. Wm. Campbell, and for many years resided at Saltville,
Virginia. Died in the year 1794 at the home of his son, Robert S. Russell,
in Shenandoah county, Virginia.

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