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PART ONE: GENERAL
HISTORY |
| CHAPTER |
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| |
Introduction |
v |
| I. |
The Local Geography |
1 |
| II. |
Scenic Features |
6 |
| III. |
The Ulsterman and the Pathfinder |
12 |
| IV. |
The Borden Land Grant |
21 |
| V. |
Early Pioneer Days |
33 |
| VI. |
Civil Government: 1737 - 1852 |
45 |
| VII. |
Annals of 1737 - 1777 |
54 |
| VIII. |
Strife with the Red Men |
61 |
| IX. |
Rockbridge County Established |
76 |
| X. |
The Calfpasture |
83 |
| XI. |
The War for Independence |
92 |
| XII. |
Middle Period |
104 |
| XIII. |
A Year of Suspense |
111 |
| XIV. |
The War of 1861 |
123 |
| XV. |
Recent Period |
136 |
| XVI. |
The Negro Element |
141 |
| XVII. |
The Town of Lexington |
147 |
| XVIII. |
Buena Vista and Glasgow |
153 |
| XIX. |
Villages, Hamlets, and
Summer Resorts |
156 |
| XX. |
Highways, Waterways, and
Railways |
161 |
| XXI. |
Industrial Interests |
168 |
| XXII. |
The Churches of Rockbridge |
172 |
| XXIII. |
Temperance Societies and Other
Fraternities |
180 |
| XXIV. |
Old Field Schools and Free
Schools |
183 |
| XXV. |
Washington and Lee University |
188 |
| XXVI. |
The Virginia Military Institute |
199 |
| XXVII. |
The Ann Smith and Other
Academies |
207 |
| XXVIII. |
The Franklin Society |
214 |
| XXIX. |
Journalism and Literature |
217 |
| XXX. |
Old Militia Days |
221 |
| XXXI. |
A Rockbridge Hall of Fame |
224 |
| XXXII. |
Stonewall Jackson at Lexington |
233 |
| XXXIII. |
Robert E. Lee as a College
President |
238 |
| XXXIV. |
Family Sketches and Biographic
Paragraphs |
244 |
| XXXV. |
The MacCorkle Family |
278 |
| XXXVI. |
Rockbridge in the World War |
293 |
| XXXVII. |
Supplementary Items |
299 |
| XXXVIII. |
Rockbridge Inventions |
307 |
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PART
TWO: GENEALOGIC MATERIAL |
| |
Introduction |
337 |
| Section I. |
Given Names and Surnames |
339 |
| II. |
Conveyances in Borden Tract,
1741-1780 |
343 |
| III. |
Early Patents Outside the Borden
Tract |
351 |
| IV. |
Secondary Land Conveyances Prior
to 1778 |
355 |
| V. |
Tithables of 1778 |
365 |
| VI. |
Taxpayers of 1782 |
370 |
| VII. |
Taxpayers of 1841 |
378 |
| VIII. |
Present Surnames |
388 |
| IX. |
Militia Officers Prior to 1816 |
396 |
| X. |
Soldiers of the Revolution |
402 |
| XI. |
Rockbridge Artillery |
405 |
| XII. |
Soldiers of the World War |
444 |
| XIII. |
Various Lists |
456 |
| XIV. |
Miscellaneous Data -
Partial |
469 |
| |
Appendices |
547 |
| |
Errata |
568 |
| |
Supplementary Items |
569 |
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