History of the Valley of Virginia 1850 - + Bonus

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A History of the Valley of Virginia
By Santuel Kercheval
Published 1850
Printed by John Gatewood
Woodstock, Virginia
350 pages, indexed
Bonus Book - The Discovery of the Valley of Virginia by Governor Spotswood
By Nathaniel Pendleton Dandridge
Published 1903, 26 pages
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The storied
Valley
of
Virginia
(also known as the Appalachian Valley) is bounded by the Blue Ridge on the east and, for most
of its length, by the
West Virginia
border on the west. The Valley follows the 360-mile course of the Potomac River from about
Harper's Ferry, where the Valley's width is 35 miles, to the
Tennessee
line in the south, where it extends in width to 100 miles.
Samuel Kercheval's history of the Valley of Virginia, published originally in 1909, concentrates upon this region from 1732
through the Revolutionary War. Most of the Valley's original colonial settlers were Pennsylvanians like Joist Hite, who, with his
family and sons-in-law, settled in the vicinity of
Winchester
,
Virginia
.
Hite's exploits--like those of Benjamin Allen, Jacob Stoever
,
John and Isaac Vanmeter, and numerous others--are sketched in detail in Kercheval's meandering narrative. Also covered in
substantial detail are the settlements and customs of the indigenous peoples of the region, such as the Catawbas and
Delawares
, whose lives were forever altered by the aforementioned newcomers.
By 1754, on the eve of the French and Indian War, German and Scotch-Irish settlement of the Valley had become so widespread
as to rouse the ire of the native peoples. Indeed, the raids, massacres, and fateful conflicts that would decide future control of
the Valley, such as Lord Dunmore's War, comprise fully half of the author's writings, a number of which were reconstructed
from interviews with descendants of the pioneers who took part in various depredations. The balance of the work describes
life on the frontier, especially housing, furniture, and diet; the establishment of towns like Strasburg, Staunton, Romney,
Harper's Ferry, and Morgantown; the inception of religious denominations, topography, and natural landmarks; and medicinal
springs and other remedies.
Incorporated into
A History of the Valley of Virginia
, it should be noted, is an early edition of
Notes on the Settlement and Indian
Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia
and Pennsylvania [1763-1783]...
,
by the Reverend Dr. Joseph Doddridge, which covers
similar terrain. Kercheval has also included a detailed discussion of Bacon's
Rebellion of the 17th century in his Introduction, and a
c
hapter on the founding of
Virginia
's Northern Neck in the body of the work.
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