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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

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.

                                               

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	Page 11
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	Page 22
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	Page 31
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	Page 51
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	Page 69
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	Page 88
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	Page 104
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	Page 123

MISCELLANIES.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

	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