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A history of Caroline county, Virginia

from its formation in 1727 to 1924
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Erection of Caroline County 
Colonial Government of Caroline County 
Genealogy of Virginia Counties  7-9 
Extinct Counties  9-10 
Old Virginia Counties in Other States  10-11 
Colonial Caroline  12-24 
Physical Features  24 
Natural Resources  24-25 
Excelsior Manufacturing  26-27 
Lumber Manufacturing  27-30 
Manufacture of Sumac Extract  30-31 
The Old Stage Road  31-33 
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad  34-35 
Local Names and Their Origin  36-37 
Caroline County Committee of Safety  37 
Caroline's Representatives in House of Burgesses  40 
Caroline's Representatives in House of Delegates  40-42 
Caroline's Representatives in the State Senate  42-43 
Caroline's Delegates in Virginia Conventions  44-48 
Congressional Districts Which Have Embraced Caroline  48-49 
Caroline's Representatives in Congress  49-51 
Abstracts of Caroline Legislative Petitions  51-66 
Ancient Caroline Marriage Bonds  66-73 
Colonial Land Grants in Caroline County  74-76 
Commonwealth Grants and Patents  77 
Caroline's First Survey Book  77-81 
Names of Caroline Citizens Whose Obituary Notices Appear in
Files of the Richmond Enquirer 
81-82 
Names of Caroline Citizens Whose Obituary Notices Appear in
Files of the Richmond Whig 
82-83 
Abstracts From Old Newspapers and Magazines  83-86 
Kilwinning-Crosse Lodge of Masons  87-100 
Extracts From Minutes of Kilwinning-Crosse Lodge  100-115 
Doctors and Diseases of the Eighteenth Century  116-121 
Education and Educators  121 
Frederick William Coleman and Concord Academy  121-127 
Mrs. W. T. Chandler and Bowling Green Female Seminary  127-130 
Samuel Schooler and Edge Hill Academy  132-135 
Henry Tompkins Anderson and His Work as Translator  136-142 
E. H. Rowe and Southern Seminary  142-146 
Henry Wise Tribble  147 
President J. A. C. Chandler  148-150 
President A. B. Chandler, Jr.  150-154 
Charles Pichegru Williamson  154-157 
John Vaughan Kean  157 
Lee-Maury High School and Roll of Graduates  158-160 
Edmund Pendleton High School and Roll of Graduates  160-162 
Mica High School and List of Graduates  162-163 
Sparta High School and Roster of Graduates  163-166 
Chesterfield Junior High School  166 
Coloured Citizens of Caroline  167-176 
William Clark  177-184 
General William Woodford  184-190 
John Taylor of Caroline  190-198 
Edmund Pendleton  199-204 
John Penn  205-211 
James Hoge Tyler  212-215 
General Jo Lane Stern  215-221 
Lewis Melville George Baker  221-222 
James B. Wood  223 
Nicholas Ware  223 
Francis Johnson  223 
Anthony Thornton  223-224 
Richard Hawes  224 
Samuel A. Swann  224-225 
Archibald Samuel  225 
L. H. Kemp  225 
J. B. Lightfoot  225 
Soldiers From Caroline in the American Revolution  226-230 
Militia Officers From Caroline During Revolution  230 
Caroline Men in the Militia 1812-1815  231-235 
Caroline Men in the Militia 1846-1848  236 
Confederate Soldiers From Caroline County  236-251 
Soldiers of Caroline in the World War  251-256 
Caroline's Home Guard of 1917-18  257 
Civil War Stories of Caroline  258-263 
Stonewall Jackson's Last Winter in Caroline  264-266 
The Killing of John Wilkes Booth in Caroline  267-270 
Daughters of the Confederacy in Caroline  271-272 
Clerks of Caroline Courts  272 
Autobiography of Robert Hudgin  273 
Treasurers of Caroline County  274 
Commonwealth Attorneys of Caroline  274 
Sheriffs of Caroline  274 
Judges of Caroline Courts  274 
Caroline Merchants  274-275 
Justices of Colonial Caroline  275 
Index to Enrolled Bills Pertaining to Caroline County  276 
Caroline Items in Acts of Assembly  276-277 
Manuscript Papers in Archives of State Library  277 
Arts and Letters  278-280 
Old Caroline Estates  281-282 
Villages of Caroline  283-292 
The Episcopal Church in Caroline  292-297 
The Methodist Church in Caroline  297-301 
The Roman Catholic Church in Caroline  301-302 
The Presbyterian Church in Caroline  302-303 
The Disciples in Caroline  303-315 
The Old Quaker Church at Golansville  315-316 
Baptist Churches in Caroline  316-338 
Caroline's Contribution to the Baptist Ministry  338-355 
Old Homes and Families  356 
The Old Mansion  356-358 
Gay Mont  358-363 
Prospect Hill  363-364 
Santee  364 
The Neck  365 
Braynefield  366 
Lake Farm  367 
The Athey Family  367-369 
The Armistead Family  369-371 
The Baylor Family  371-379 
The Blanton Family  379-382 
The Boutwell and Smith Families  382-384 
The Boulware Family  384-388 
The Bowie Family  388-392 
The Broaddus Family  392-393 
The Burke Family  394-395 
The Campbell Family  395-396 
The Chandler Family  396-408 
The Chapman Family  409-411 
The Carter Family  411-414 
The Coghill Family  415-416 
The Coleman Family  416-420 
The Corbin Family  420-421 
The Dew Family  421-423 
The DeJarnette Family  423-424 
The Dickinson Family  424-426 
The Dorsey Family  426-427 
The Garrett Family  427 
The Gatewood and Moncure Families  428-431 
The George Family  431-435 
The Glassel Family  435-437 
The Gravatt Family  437-439 
The Hawes Family  440-441 
The Hurt Family  441-444 
The Martin Family  444-447 
The Minor Family  447-453 
The Motley Family  453-456 
The Peatross Family  457-459 
The Pratt Family  459-461 
The Redd Family  461-465 
The Scott Family  465-469 
The Sutton Family  469 
The Taliaferro Family  470 
The Taylor Family  471 
The Thomas Family  472-475 
The Thornton Family  475-477 
The Terrell and Ricks Families  478-480 
The Waller Family  480-485 
The Washington Family  485-486 
The Woolfolk Family  487-489 
The Wyatt Family  490-495 
Appendix: Virginia's First Written History  496-511