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From: Ruth Clark <>
Subject: Re: [PACE-L] "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish in VA 1745-1800
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <20020916.064035.-89955.0.bapace2@juno.com>


Betty is correct Chalkley is a wonderful source for colonial research.
Each volune carries its own index. These are the court order/minute
book records for Augusta County Virginia when Augusta county included a
great part of western Virginia and current West Virgina. Titled the
Scotch Irish in Virignia it includes many English Colonial families as
well as the German element. The English for many years kept the Scotch
Irish and Germans west of the English settlements as a buffer from the
Indians. As plantations became overworked and "sons" of plantation
owners sought new "land" -- they settled in this "buffer land" and then
went further west. As with many colonies huge grants were given to
English men of wealth in Augusta county. Virginia.

Ruth Keys Clark, Virginia

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Ruth Keys Clark, Kansas

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