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A history of Caroline county, Virginia

from its formation in 1727 to 1924

Wingfield, Marshall

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DEDICATION

INTRODUCING THE AUTHOR

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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History of Caroline County, Va.

THE ERECTION OF CAROLINE COUNTY

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT OF CAROLINE COUNTY

VIRGINIA COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR FORMATION AND TERRITORY FROM WHICH FORMED

EXTINCT COUNTIES WHOSE AREA IS NOW IN VIRGINIA

EXTINCT COUNTY WHOSE AREA IS NOW ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE OHIO RIVER

EXTINCT COUNTY WHOSE AREA IS NOW IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

EXTINCT COUNTY WHOSE AREA IS NOW IN KENTUCKY

OLD VIRGINIA COUNTIES NOW IN KENTUCKY

OLD VIRGINIA COUNTIES WHICH BECAME WEST VIRGINIA UPON THE RENDING OF VIRGINIA IN 1862

CLERICAL SIDELIGHTS ON COLONIAL CAROLINE

PHYSICAL FEATURES

RESOURCES, NATURAL AND OTHERWISE

INDUSTRIES

THE STAGE COACH ROAD THROUGH CAROLINE

THE RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC RAILROAD

SOME LOCAL NAMES AND THEIR ORIGIN

THE CAROLINE COUNTY COMMITTEE OF SAFETY 1774-75

CAROLINE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES FROM THE FORMATION OF THE COUNTY IN 1727 TO THE FORMATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN 1776

CAROLINE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, FROM THE FORMATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH, 1776, TO THE PRESENT, 1924. ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED

CAROLINE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE STATE SENATE FROM THE FORMATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH, 1776, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1924

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE AND HANOVER COUNTIES

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, HANOVER, KING WILLIAM, KING AND QUEEN AND ESSEX

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, SPOTSYLVANIA AND ESSEX

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE AND SPOTSYLVANIA

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, KING GEORGE, WESTMORELAND, RICHMOND, NORTHUMBERLAND AND LANCASTER

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, ESSEX AND KING WILLIAM

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE AND HANOVER

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, HANOVER AND KING WILLIAM

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, HANOVER, KING WILLIAM AND GOOCHLAND

CAROLINE DELEGATES IN VIRGINIA CONVENTIONS

THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF VIRGINIA WHICH HAVE INCLUDED CAROLINE COUNTY AT VARIOUS PERIODS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE REPUBLIC AND NAMES OF REPRESENTATIVES THEREFROM

ABSTRACTS OF ALL CAROLINE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PETITIONS NOW IN ARCHIVES OF STATE LIBRARY

ANCIENT CAROLINE MARRIAGE BONDS

CAROLINE COUNTY LAND GRANTS OF RECORD IN LAND OFFICE

CAROLINE COUNTY'S FIRST SURVEY BOOK

NAMES OF CAROLINE CITIZENS WHOSE OBITUARY NOTICES APPEARED IN THE RICHMOND "ENQUIRER" FROM THE YEAR 1800 TO 1828

NAMES OF CAROLINE CITIZENS WHOSE OBITUARY NOTICES APPEARED IN THE RICHMOND "WHIG" FROM 1825 TO 1838

GLEANINGS FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS

FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

EXTRACTS FROM THE GAZETTE (Williamsburg)

KILWINNING-CROSSE LODGE, No. 2-237, OF BOWLING GREEN, CAROLINE COUNTY

DOCTORS AND DISEASES

EDUCATION AND EDUCATORS

THE COLORED CITIZENS OF CAROLINE

WILLIAM CLARK

GENERAL WILLIAM WOODFORD

JOHN TAYLOR "OF CAROLINE"

EDMUND PENDLETON

JOHN PENN

JAMES HOGE TYLER

GENERAL JO LANE STERN

LEWIS MELVILLE GEORGE BAKER

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS FROM CAROLINE COUNTY

THE MILITIA OF 1812

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF CAROLINE COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918

CIVIL WAR STORIES

GENERAL JACKSON'S LAST WINTER IN CAROLINE

THE KILLING OF BOOTH IN CAROLINE

UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY

CLERKS OF CAROLINE COUNTY COURTS

EXTRACT FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT HUDGIN WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN "MEMORIALS OF OLD VIRGINIA CLERKS" BY F. JOHNSTON (LYNCHBURG) 1888.

TREASURERS OF CAROLINE

COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEYS FOR CAROLINE

SHERIFFS OF CAROLINE

JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CAROLINE

SOME CAROLINE MERCHANTS IN 1924

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN COLONIAL CAROLINE (1758-1772)

INDEX TO ENROLLED BILLS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, 1776-1910, WHICH PERTAIN TO CAROLINE COUNTY

SOME CAROLINE ITEMS IN ACTS OF ASSEMBLY

MANUSCRIPT PAPERS IN STATE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA

ARTS AND LETTERS

CAROLINE COUNTY ESTATES

VILLAGES OF CAROLINE

CHURCHES AND CHURCHMEN

CAROLINE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE BAPTIST MINISTRY

OLD HOMES AND FAMILIES

APPENDIX

INDEX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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CAROLINE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE STATE SENATE
FROM THE FORMATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH,
1776, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1924

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE AND HANOVER COUNTIES

Thomas Lomax, 1776.

James Taylor, 1777-1783.

John Syme, (of Hanover) 1784-1787.

John Page, 1788.

James Taylor, 1789-1791.

Samuel Temple, 1792-1795.

John Hoomes, 1796-1803.

Robert G. Robb, 1804-1808.

George Washington, 1809-1815.

Armistead Hoomes, 1816-1820.

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, HANOVER, KING WILLIAM, KING
AND QUEEN AND ESSEX

Charles Hill, 1821-1824.

William Armistead, 1825-1827.

John H. Bernard, 1828-1830.

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, SPOTSYLVANIA AND ESSEX

John H. Bernard, 1831.

Stafford H. Parker, 1832-1839.

James B. Thornton, 1840.

James B. Thornton, Jr., 1841-1843.

Norborne E. Sutton, 1844-1847.

Austin M. Tribble, (of Essex) 1848-1851.

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE AND SPOTSYLVANIA

William A. Moncure, (of Spotsylvania) 1852-1854.

William A. Moncure and Frederick William Coleman,
1855-1856.

Frederick William Coleman, 1857-1858.

William D. Quesenberry and Frederick Wm. Coleman,
1859-1861.

William D. Quesenberry, 1862-1867.

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, KING GEORGE, WESTMORELAND,
RICHMOND, NORTHUMBERLAND AND LANCASTER

Lawrence Washington (of Westmoreland), 1868.

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, ESSEX AND KING WILLIAM

Edmund W. Massie (of King William), 1869-1870.

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE AND HANOVER

William D. Quesenberry, 1871-1878.

Joseph A. Wingfield (of Hanover), 1879-1882.

Williams C. Wickham, 1883-1888.

Henry T. Wickham, 1889-1904.

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, HANOVER AND KING WILLIAM

Henry T. Wickham, 1904-1906.

Charles U. Gravatt, 1908-1922.

DISTRICT COMPOSED OF CAROLINE, HANOVER, KING WILLIAM AND
GOOCHLAND

Henry T. Wickham, 1923—

Note.—Several Caroline men have served as President of the
Senate.