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containing a collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c., relating to its history and antiquities, together with geographical and statistical descriptions : to which is appended, an historical and descriptive sketch of the District of Columbia : illustrated by over 100 engravings, giving views of the principal towns, seats of eminent men, public buildings, relics of antiquity, historic localities, natural scenery, etc., etc.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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INDEX.

The counties being arranged in alphabetical order in this work, supersedes the necessity
of placing them in the index.

CITIES AND TOWNS.

Abingdon, 498

Amsterdam, 203

Aldie, 354

Alexandria, 542

Ayletts, 359

Banister, 290

Bath, 386

Bassetville, 389

Barboursville, 417

Belville, 516

Bethany, 194

Berryville, 233

Berkeley Springs, 386

Beverly, 444

Big Lick, 448

Bowling Green, 215

Boydton, 378

Blacksville, 382

Blacksburg, 385

Bloomfield, 354

Brookneal, 210

Brucetown, 272

Bridgeport, 301

Brentsville, 442

Brownsburg, 448

Buchanon, 203

Buffalo, 360

Cartersville, 237

Ca Ira, 237

Capeville, 404

Centerville, 254, 496

Charlottesville, 164

Charlestown, 341

Charleston, 343

Christiansburg, 385

Chuckatuck, 386

City Point, 440

Columbia, 270

Cold Stream Mill, 291

Competition, 429

Clarksburg, 301

Clarksville, 378

Darksville, 191

Deep Creek, 400

Deaton, 460

Drummondstown, 163

Dumfries, 442

Dunkirk, 348

Eastville, 404

Edinburg, 467

Edom Mills, 460

Elizabethtown, 368

Elizabeth, 516

Estillville, 464

Fairview, 194

Faber's Mills, 388

Fairfax, 237

Fayetteville, 267

Fairmont, 372

Farmsville, 432

Falinouth, 484

Fairfield, 448

Fincastle, 202

Flint Hill, 447

Frankfort, 284, 291

Franklin, 428

Fredericksburg, 474

Front Royal, 497

Gap Mills, 383

Gainsboro', 272

Georgetown, 542

Gerardstown, 191

Gosport, 400

Gordonsville, 417

Greenville, 177

Grave Creek, 368

Granville, 382

Guyandotte, 209

Gwyn's Island, 376

Hampton, 248

Hallsboro', 220

Harper's Ferry, 334

Harrisville, 447

Harrisonburg, 460

Heathsville, 404

Hicksford, 289

Hillsboro', 354

Horntown, 163

Holliday's Cove, 194

Holtsville, 372

Huntersville, 430

Indian Town, 349, 470

Jamestown, 317, 382

Jacksonville, 270, 488

Jefferson, 430

Jeffersonton, 237

Jerusalem, 470

Jonesville, 351

Kempsville, 435

Keysville, 220

Kilmarnock, 350

Kingwood, 432

Lawrenceville, 206

Lawnsville, 352

Lafayette, 385

Lewisville, 206

Leesburg, 353

Leesville, 210

Lewisburg, 284

Lewisport, 301

Leetown, 334

Lewiston, 359

Leon, 360

Lexington, 448

Lebanon, 463

Liberty, 188

Little Plymouth, 348

Liberia, 442

Loretto, 253

Lovettsville, 354

Lovingston, 388

Luray, 425

Lynchburg, 210

Manchester, 229

Martinsville, 315, 496

Martinsburg, 191

Marion, 469

Maysville, 207

Marysville, 220

Middlebrook, 177

Millboro' Spring, 185

Millwood, 235

Middletown, 272

Milford, 301

Middleway, 334

Millville, 349

Middleburg, 353

Milford, 372

Middletown, 496

Modist-town, 163

Mount Solon, 177

Mount Meridian, 177

Mount Gilead, 354


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Mount Crawford, 460

Moorefield, 300

Montville, 354

Morgantown, 381

New Canton, 207

New Glasgow, 176

New Baltimore, 262

New Hope, 177

New London, 210

New Manchester, 194

New Market, 388, 467

Newbern, 443

Newtown, 272, 348

Newport, 372

Norfolk, 394

Occoquan, 442

Old Point Comfort, 252

Pattonsburg, 203

Palmyra, 270

Parisburg, 278

Paddytown, 291

Palatine, 372

Parkersburg, 516

Petersburg, 242

Peterstown, 383

Philippi, 187

Philmont, 354

Point Pleasant, 360

Port Royal, 215

Port Conway, 349

Port Republic, 460

Portsmouth, 400

Princeton, 379

Prunty Town, 487

Pungoteague, 163

Ravenswood, 317

Rapid Ann M'g House, 360

Richmond, 303

Ripley, 317

Rocky Mount, 272

Romney, 290

Rough Creek Ch., 220

Salem, 447

Saltville, 469

Scottsville, 164

Scottville, 430

Shinnstown, 301

Sistersville, 496

Shepherdstown, 336

Somerville, 262

Smithfield, 315, 382

Smithville, 430

Snickersville, 354

Spring Hill, 177

Sperryville, 447

Staunton, 177

Stephensburg, 272

Stevensburg, 237

Strasburg, 467

Suffolk, 386

Summerville, 392

Sutton, 193

Tappahannoc, 253

Taylorsville, 427

Terra Salis, 344

Thoroughfare, 442

Trout Run, 299

Trouts' Hill, 506

Union, 354, 383

Union Hall, 272

Urbanna, 379

Upperville, 261

Warm Springs, 184

Warwick, 229

Waynesboro', 177

Warrenton, 261

Wardensville, 291

Waterford, 354

Washington, 447

Washington City, 534

Wellsburg, 194

Weston, 351

West Union, 368

Westville, 376

West Liberty, 407

White Post, 235

Whitehall, 272

Wheeling, 407

Winchester, 272

Williamsburg, 321

Williamsport, 487

Woodstock, 467

Woodville, 447

Wytheville, 514

Yorktown, 519

GENERAL OR OUTLINE HISTORY.

                 

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CHAPTER I 
INTRODUCTION—PROGRESS OF COMMERCE—ROANOKE SETTLEMENTS. 
Discovery of America.—England—Want of commerce in early times.—Voyages of the Cabots.—Progress
of English discovery—Frobisher—Gilbert—Raleigh.—Failure of the Roanoke settlements 
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CHAPTER II. 
SETTLEMENT AT JAMES TOWN—SUFFERINGS OF THE COLONIES—ADVENTURES OF SMITH. 
New company raised—its charter.—James Town.—Machinations against Smith.—Difficulties of the
colony.—Smith taken prisoner—his release.—Arrival of Newport.—Discovery of earth believed to be
gold.—Departure of Newport—Survey of the Chesapeake and its waters by Smith.—Smith made
president.—Second arrival of Newport.—Judicious conduct of Smith.—New charter.—New arrival of
emigrants.—Badness of the selection.—New settlements.—Accident to Smith—his departure—his
character 
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CHAPTER III. 
PROGRESS OF THE COLONY—MASSACRE OF 1622—DISSOLUTION OF THE LONDON COMPANY. 
State of the colony at Smith's departure—its conduct and subsequent sufferings.—Arrival of Gates—of
Lord De La Ware—his departure.—Arrival of Dale.—Martial law.—Gates governor.—Grants of land
to individuals.—New charter.—Marriage of Pocahontas.—Friendly relations with the Indians.—Cultivation
of tobacco.—Tenure of lands.—Tyranny of Argall.—Propriety of reform in the government.—
Yeardley governor.—First colonial assembly in 1619.—Introduction of women.—Introduction of negroes
by the Dutch in 1620.—Constitution brought over by Sir Francis Wyatt.—Relations with the Indians.—
Massacre of the 22d of March, 1622—its consequences.—Struggles between the king and the company.
—Commissioners sent to Virginia.—Firmness of the Virginians.—Dissolution of the company 
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CHAPTER IV. 
PROGRESS OF THE COLONY FROM THE DISSOLUTION OF THE LONDON COMPANY TO THE BREAKING OUT
OF BACON'S REBELLION IN 1675. 
Accession of Charles I.—Tobacco trade.—Yeardley governor—his commission favorable—his death and
character.—Lord Baltimore's reception.—State of religion—legislation upon the subject.—Invitation
to the Puritans to settle on Delaware Bay.—Harvey governor.—Grant of Carolina and Maryland.—
Harvey deposed—restored.—Wyatt governor.—Acts of the legislature improperly censured.—Berkeley
governor.—Indian relations.—Opechancanough prisoner—his death.—Change of government in England.—Fleet
and army sent to reduce Virginia.—Preparation for defence by Berkeley.—Agreement
entered into between the colony and the commissioners of the commonwealth.—Indian hostilities.—
Matthews elected governor.—Difficulties between the governor and the legislature—adjusted.—State
of the colony and its trade.—Commissioners sent to England.—The Restoration.—General legislation 
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CHAPTER V. 
BACON'S REBELLION—HOSTILE DESIGNS OF THE FRENCH. 
Indifference to change in England.—Navigation Act.—Convicts.—Conspiracy detected.—Discontents.—
Cessation from tobacco planting for one year.—Royal grants.—Virginia's remonstrance.—Success of
deputies.—Indian hostilities.—Army raised and disbanded by governor.—People petition for an army—
elect Bacon commander—he marches without commission and defeats Indians—pursued by governor,
who retreats on hearing of rising at Jamestown.—Governor makes concessions.—Bacon prisoner—is
pardoned.—People force commission from governor.—Bacon marches to meet Indians—hears he is
declared a rebel by Berkeley—marches to meet him—he flees to Accomac.—Convention called and
free government established.—Bacon defeats the Indians.—Berkeley obtains possession of the shipping,
and occupies Jamestown—is besieged by Bacon, and driven out.—Jamestown burnt.—Death of
Bacon—character of his enterprise.—Predatory warfare—treaty between governor and his opponents.—
Cruelty of Berkeley.—King's commissioners.—Departure of Berkeley and his death.—Acts of Assembly
passed during Bacon's influence.—Conduct of king's commissioners.—Culpeper governor.—Discontents.
—Conduct of Beverly.—Howard governor.—General conduct of Virginia and progress of affairs.—
Plan of Callier for dividing the British colonies 
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CHAPTER VI. 
EVENTS FROM THE YEAR 1705 TO THE TERMINATION OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. 
Gov. Nicholson superseded by Nott, and he by Jennings.—Administration of Gov. Spotswood.—Drysdale
governor—succeeded by Gooch.—Death of Rev. James Blair.—Notice of Col. William Byrd.—Gooch's
charge to the grand jury against Presbyterians, Methodists, &c.—Burning of the capitol at Williamsburg.—Revision
of the colonial laws.—Departure of Gooch.—Dinwiddie governor.—Encroachments of
the French.—Mission of George Washington beyond the Alleghanies to the French commandant of a
fort—its inauspicious results.—Gov. Dinwiddie prepares to repel the encroachments of the French.—
Expedition against them under Col. Fry, and the erection of Fort Duquesne.—Washington's skumish
with Jumonville—he erects Fort Necessity—he surrenders to the French, and marches back to Virginia.—The
Burgesses pass a vote of thanks to him.—Gov. Dinwiddie resolves to prosecute the war—
the futility of his projects.—Arrival of Gen. Braddock.—Braddock's defeat.—Bravery of Washington
and the Virginia troops.—Frontiers open to incursions from the savages.—Fauquier governor.—Troops
destined for the conquest of Duquesne rendezvous at Raystown.—Defeat of Major Grant, and heroism
of Captain Bullet.—Fort Duquesne evacuated.—End of the war 
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CHAPTER VII. 
FROM THE TERMINATION OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR TO THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS. 
Encroachments of Britain upon the American colonies.—Spirited conduct of Virginia thereon.—Patrick
Henry's resolution on the right to tax America.—Death of Governor Fauquier.—Arrival of Lord Bottetourt.—Continued
aggressions of the mother country.—Death of Bottetourt.—Lord Dunmore governor.—
Dunmore's war.—Battle of Point Pleasant.—Speech of Logan.—End of the Indian war.—Meeting of the
Continental Congress.—Dunmore removes the gunpowder of the colony from the magazine at Williamsburg.—Patrick
Henry forces the receiver general to make compensation.—Dunmore flees on
board the Fowey man-of-war.—Meeting of the Virginia Convention.—Dunmore, with the British fleet,
attacks Hampton.—Affair in Princess Anne.—Defeat of the enemy at Great Bridge.—Norfolk burnt.—
Delegates in Congress instructed by the General Convention of Virginia to propose the Declaration of
Independence.—A constitution for the state government adopted.—Patrick Henry governor.—Dunmore
driven from Gwynn's Island.—First meeting of the legislature under the state constitution.—Indian
war.—Col. Christian makes peace with the Creek and Cherokee nations.—Revision of the state laws.—
Glance at the war at the north.—Sir Henry Clinton appointed commander-in-chief of the British army.
—He transfers the seat of the war to the south.—Sir George Collier, with a British fleet, enters Hampton
Roads.—Fort Nelson abandoned.—The enemy take possession of Portsmouth, and burn Suffolk.—They
embark for New York.—Gen. Leslie invades Virginia, and lands at Portsmouth.—The government
prepares to resist the enemy.—Leslie leaves Virginia.—Arnold invades Virginia, lands at Westover,
and marches to Richmond.—He returns to Westover, and arrives at Portsmouth.—Washington forms
a plan to cut off his retreat.—Clinton detaches Gen. Philips to the assistance of Arnold.—Defenceless
situation of Virginia.—Philips takes possession of Petersburg, and commits depredations in the vicinity.
—Death of Gen. Philips.—Cornwallis enters Petersburg.—Tarleton's expedition to Charlottesville.—
Various movements of the two armies.—Cornwallis concentrates his army at York and Gloucester.—
Surrender of Cornwallis 
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CHAPTER VIII. 
FROM THE CLOSE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT TIME. 
End of the war.—Action of the Virginia Convention upon the federal constitution.—Origin of the Federal
and Democratic parties.—Opposition to the alien and sedition laws in Virginia.—Report of Mr. Madison
thereon.—War of 1812.—Revision of the state constitution in 1829-30.—Action of Virginia upon
the subject of slavery in 1831-2.—Policy of the state in reference to internal improvement and education 
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MISCELLANIES.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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Page 
Academy, the first in the valley of Va.  454 
Allen's Cave  497 
Anecdotes, revolutionary  290 359 
Ann, Mad, notice of  173 
Archer, Col. Wm.  173 
Archer, Dr. B.T.  431 
Arnold  243 305 399 
Ashley, Gen. Wm. H.  431 
Austin, Stephen, birthplace of  515 
Bacon's Castle  486 
Baptist, warrior parson  258 
Baptist, preacher confined at Fairfax  239 
Baptists, history and persecutions of  379 
Baptists, college of  312 487 539 
Banks, Linn  360 
Barbour, Gov.  424 
Barbour, Judge  424 
Baylor, Col.  293 
Blackburn, Gen.  186 
Blannerhasset, notice of  516 
Bland, Col. Theodorick  440 
Bland, Richard  441 
Blind Preacher  350 
Blind, institution for the  179 
Blowing Cave  185 
Boatmen, life of  496 
Booker, Wonder, longevity of  435 
Bottetourt, Lord  326 
Brady, Capt. Samuel  200 
Braxton, Carter  348 
Burk, the historian  248 
Buffalo Knob  270 
Bursted Rock, the  428 
"Campbellites," sketch and college of  193 
Campbell, Col. Arthur, biography of  503 
Campbell, Gen. Wm.  504 505 
Carrington, Judge Paul  220 
Carr, Dabney  358 
Caudy's Castle  292 
Catholic Colleges  312 542 
Census of 1840  160 
Certificates, revolutionary  240 
Church, the Established, abolition of  142 
Church, ancient  234 247 255 311 315 317 342 381 395 
Champe, Sergeant  352 
City, ancient, relics of an  209 
Clay, Henry  293 
Clarke, Gen. Geo. Rogers  234 
Clarke, Gen. Wm.  234 
Coal Mines of Eastern Va.  230 
Columbian College  539 
Convention, troops of  165 
Convention of 1788 and 1829-30  312 
Cornstalk, murder of  364 
Country, description of, on the Big Sandy  506 
Craney Island, attack on  403 
Crawford, Col.  193 
Cunningham, Capt. Wm.  251 
Culpeper minute-men  237 
Cyclopean Towers  180 
Dale, Commodore  403 
Dan, the passage of  427 
Darke, Gen.  340 
Davies, Rev. Samuel  293 
Davison, J., anecdote of  435 
Deaf and Dumb  179 
Declaration of Independence at Richmond  313 
Dick Pointer, heroism of  287 
Dismal Swamp  401 
Dodridge, Philip, anecdotes of  197 
Dodridge, Rev. J., work of  198 
Dunmore's palace  328 
Early settlers, customs of in NW. Va.  198 372 
Eastern shore described  404 
Eastern shore monumental inscription on  405 
Eggleston, Major  174 
Emory and Henry College  498 
Emigration to Va. from the North  254 
Episcopal church, first in valley of Va.  273 
Episcopal Theological Seminary  543 
Eulen's leap  366 
Fairfax, Lord  235 275 
Fairfax, stone  300 
Foreman, Capt., defeat of  368 
Forsyth, Hon. John  484 
Fort Donnally, attack on  287 
Fort Henry, siege of  409 
Fort Loudon  274 
Fort Nelson, abandoned  399 
Fort Rice, attack of  201 
Fort Savannah  285 
Fort Seybert, massacre at  428 
Fort Young  172 
Fort at Point Pleasant  366 
Forts of early settlers described  201 
Fortification, ancient  270 
Francisco, Peter  207 
Garden, the Devil's  300 
Gates, Gen.  192 
German settlers, customs of  461 
Germanna, ancient town of  475 
Giles, Gov.  170 
Gilmer, F.W.  165 265 
Gigantic race, relics of a  469 
Girardin, the historian  248 
Glass windows, the  444 
Grundy, Hon. Felix  193 
Greenbrier, early settlements in  285 
Grayson, Hon. Wm.  442 
Graham, Rev. W., anecdotes of  455 
Great Bridge, battle of  397 
Gwyn's Island, battle at  376 
Harrison, President  218 
Harrison, Hon. Benj.  218 
Hanging Rocks, battle near  292 
Hampden Sidney College  433 
Henry, Patrick  213 220 295 
Helphistine, Major  275 
Henrico, origin of its name  302 
Hoge, Rev. M.  434 
Houston, President  455 
Horses, wild  163 
Hughs, Jesse, anecdotes of  301 
Huguenot settlement  431 
Ice Mountain  291 
Indian incursions  173 204 278 286 468 
Indian graves  426 
Indian mounds  350 456 
Indian relics  300 
Indians, ancient, of Va.  135 
Indians, relics of in eastern Va.  349 470 
Indians, skirmish with  300 
Insane and idiotic persons, number of in Va.  179 
James City, battles in  319 
Jefferson, President  168 214 
Jefferson's Rock  335 
Joe Logston, anecdotes of  445 
Johnsons, intrepidity of  416 
Johnson, Judge Peter  505 
Kanawha, falls of  267 
Kanawha, salt works  344 
Kanawha, gas wells  346 
Kanawha, pictured rocks at  346 
Kenton, Gen. Simon  267 
Laws, ancient  150 
Law, Lynch, origin of  212 
Lead Mines of Wythe  515 
Lee, Gen. Charles  191 
Lee, Francis Lightfoot  511 
Lee, Gov.  511 
Lee, Richard Henry  510 
Lewis, Meriwether  171 
Lewis, Gen. Andrew  204 
Lewis, Charles  182 362 
Lewis, family  181 
Lewis, Colonel Fielding  482 
Life in western Va.  152 
Life in eastern Va.  156 
Longevity, list of remarkable cases of  148 
Long Island, battle of  501 
Littlepage, Lewis  483 
Lucas family  279 
Lunatic Asylum  178 321 
Luray, cave at  425 
M'Nutt, Gov.  456 
Mad Ann.  172 
Mason, George  260 
Marshall, John  262 275 
Marshall's Pillar  268 
Massie, Gen. N.  283 
Marriages, poetical notices of  332 
Madison, D. D., James  333 
Madison, President  356 
Mammoth mound  370 
Matoaca, inscriptions at  229 
Medical Colleges  312 539 
Mercer, Gen. H.  480 
Meredith, Capt.  251 
Monumental Inscriptions at Hampton  249 
Monumental Inscriptions oldest in Virginia  261 
Monumental Inscriptions at Turkey Island  312 
Monumental Inscriptions at Norfolk  396 
Monumental Inscriptions at York  521 523 
Monumental Inscriptions at Washington  540 
Morgan, Gen. D.  233 276 
Morgan, anecdote of  515 
Moore family, captivity and murder of  489 
Moore's Lamentation, a song  495 
Moore, Hon. A.  456 
Moore house  530 
Mountain scenery  488 
Muhlenburg, Gen. P.  468 
Natural Pillars  278 
Natural Bridge  457 
Natural Tunnel  464 
Negro duel  351 
Nelson family, seat of  295 
Nelson Gov.  522 
Newspapers, first in Va.  331 
Norfolk, burning of  398 
Obituary  148 
Old Church  520 
Old Capitol  305 329 
Old Dominion, origin of the name  131 
Old magazine  328 
Old Raleigh tavern  330 
O'Hara, Gen., anecdote of  245 
Opechancanough's residence  349 
Page, Gov.  281 
Parson Cummings, anecdote of  499 
Pass of the James  176 
Peter Wright, the hunter  172 
Peaks of Otter  189 
Petersburg volunteers  145 
Pendleton, Edmund  215 
Philips, the tory  438 
Philips, Gen., death of  244 
Pocahontas basin  248 
Pocahontas place where she rescued Capt. Smith  282 
Poes, the bravery of  414 
Point Pleasant, battle of  361 366 
Point Pleasant, song on  366 
Powell's Fort Valley  426 
Point of Fork, invasion of  271 
Pleasants, Gov.  283 
Preaching, the first in western Va.  192 
Presbyterian clergyman, the first in America  293 
Princess Ann, skirmish in  438 
Prince William, military events in the vicinity  442 
Quakers, persecution of  151 354 
Randolph, John of Roanoke  223 440 
Randolph, Edmund  313 
Randolph, Peyton  333 
Randolph, Macon College  378 
Reminiscences, revolutionary  243 
River, the lost  300 
Richmond Theatre, the burning of  309 
Richmond invasion of  305 
Roberdeau, Gen. D.  275 
Rice, Dr. J. H.  434 
Rumsey, the first steamboat inventor  336 
Salt, fossil  469 
Scotch-Irish, settlements of  451 
Scott, Gen. Charles  244 
Scott, Major Joseph  242 
Scott, Gen. Winfield  248 
Scenery of the valley of Va.  456 
Settlements, early, in NW. Va.  189 382 444 
Settlements, early, in SW. Va.  499 
Simcoe, skirmishes of  217 271 290 306 319 
Sheffey, Daniel  179 
Spring, Augusta  177 
Spring, Alum  450 
Spring, Blue Sulphur  289 
Spring, Bottetourt  448 
Spring, Dagger's  203 
Spring, Fauquier  262 
Spring, Grayson  216 
Spring, Holston  464 
Spring, Hygeian  278 
Spring, Howard  430 
Spring, Jordan  272 
Spring, Orkney  467 
Spring, Red  385 
Spring, Salt Sulphur  384 
Spring, Shannondale  342 
Spring, Sweet  384 
Spring, White Sulphur of Greenbrier  288 
Slavery and tobacco  133 
Slaughter, Capt.  237 
Southampton insurrection  471 
Spotswood, Gov., visit to the family of  476 
Statistics of 1840  160 
Stephens, Gen.  191 
Stevens, Gen. E.  240 
Stockton, Isabella, romantic courtship of  192 
Suffolk, burning of  387 
Superstition, anecdotes illustrating it at the
present day 
500 
Summers, Judge  347 
Stone structure, ancient, on Ware creek  391 
Tarleton, Col.  166 212 
Taylor, Col. John  215 
Taylor, Geo. Keith  440 
Tea-table, the  292 
Thruston, Col., the warrior parson  234 283 
Tories, the hanging of  358 
Tories, insurrection of  301 
Trough-Hill, battle of  300 
Tyler, Judge  219 
Tyler, President  219 327 
University of Virginia  165 
Uncle Jack, the negro preacher  174 
Union Theological Seminary  434 
Upshur, Hon. A. P.  405 
Van Bebbers, anecdotes of the  366 
Virginia, general view of  128 
Virginia, Governors  145 
Virginia, Military Institute  449 
Virginians in high official stations under the
United States 
146 
Virginians, Jones's description of  330 
Waddel, James, the blind preacher  417 
Washington, marriage and courtship of  389 
Washington, his office at Soldier's Rest  233 
Washington, entry of as surveyor  237 
Washington, anecdotes of  241 543 
Washington, residence of at Mt. Vernon  257 
Washington, statue of  308 
Washington, modesty of  329 
Washington, mother of  483 
Washington, college  449 
Washington, farm  482 
Washington, likeness of at Harper's Ferry  335 
Washington, his recommendation of Volney  261 
Washington, aged servant of  184 
Washington, fac-simile of his writing  509 
Washington, fac-simile of the entry of his birth  509 
Washington, birthplace of  507 
Washington, Lord Brougham's sketch of the
character of 
508 
Washington, Judge Bushrod  513 
Washington, Col. William  484 
Weyer's Cave  183 
Weddings of early settlers  198 
Westover, the seat of Col. Byrd  217 
Weems, Parson  255 256 
Wetzel, Lewis  413 
Weedon, Gen.  480 
Wirt, William  171 
William and Mary College  324 
Witchcraft, trial for  436 
Woodford, Gen. Wm.  215 
Wolf-pits, construction of  206 
Wythe, George  352 
Zane, Elizabeth, heroism of  411