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Those who served in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 are listed at the end of the book. 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Each road was opened and maintained by an overseer (or surveyor) of the highways, who was appointed each year by the Gentlemen Justices. The overseer was usually assigned all the able-bodied men (the \"Labouring Male Tithables\") living on or near the road. These laborers then furnished their own tools, wagons, and teams and were required to work on the roads for six days each year. County court records relating to roads and transportation are collectively know as \"road orders.\" The Virginia Transportation Research Council's published volumes of road orders and related materials contain not only information on early roads, but also the names of inhabitants who lived and worked along the roadways, plantations, farms, landmarks, landforms, and bodies of water. Much of this information is found nowhere else in early records, making these publications invaluable not only to historical and cultural resources research, but also to other disciplines, including social history, preservation planning, environmental science, and genealogy. 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Each road was opened and maintained by an overseer (or surveyor) of the highways, who was appointed each year by the Gentlemen Justices. The overseer was usually assigned all the able-bodied men (the \"Labouring Male Tithables\") living on or near the road. These laborers then furnished their own tools, wagons, and teams and were required to work on the roads for six days each year. County court records relating to roads and transportation are collectively know as \"road orders.\" The Virginia Transportation Research Council's published volumes of road orders and related materials contain not only information on early roads, but also the names of inhabitants who lived and worked along the roadways, plantations, farms, landmarks, landforms, and bodies of water. Much of this information is found nowhere else in early records, making these publications invaluable not only to historical and cultural resources research, but also to other disciplines, including social history, preservation planning, environmental science, and genealogy. 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Alexander Spotswood is credited with the discovery of the Valley of Virginia. His glowing reports of the area reached John Lewis, an Irish immigrant living in Pennsylvania. In 1732, Lewis and his family moved to the Valley, forming a nucleus for future Scotch-Irish, English and German settlers to build upon. By 1745, the community had grown so large that Augusta County was formally created from Orange County.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs originally established, Augusta County covered parts of present-day West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania, its western boundary being the Mississippi River. Although the French first explored and settled the Mississippi Valley area, the English sought control of the western country. The French ordered the English to leave; the English refused. Peyton describes in detail how the ensuing French and Indian Wars affected the Augustans. The Augusta colony was soon noted for its industry, progress and good order. Peyton describes, among other things, how roads were built and expanded; how numerous Presbyterian churches were formed before 1740; and how Augusta Academy (later known as Washington and Lee University) was opened in 1749. Augusta County's involvement in the Civil War, including the battles of Mt. Crawford and Piedmont, also receives substantial treatment in this volume. Officer rosters are included for the Staunton Artillery, the West Augusta Guard, and the 5th and 52nd Virginia Volunteer Infantries. Numerous original records supplement this informative history: a 1768 deed for 200,000 acres of land from the chiefs of the Six United Nations to G. Croghan, numerous letters including one heretofore unpublished from George Washington to Lord Dunmore, and, perhaps most importantly, the General Assembly act establishing Augusta County.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA section of the book is dedicated to genealogies, including the family of John Lewis, which is carried into the 1860s. Eighty-eight pages of genealogies follow, including the families of M'Dowell, Preston, Campbell, Stuart, Bell, Cochran, M'Cue, Crawford, Waddell, Peyton and Baldwin. There is also a section of biographical sketches and a list of marriages performed by Rev. John Brown between 1785 and 1793. This edition has been greatly enhanced by the addition of a new index which combines the topical citations of the original with a new full-name index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. 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Much of this was requisitioned from the civilian population and certificates were issued payable in either continental or state funds, depending on the units supplied, upon presentation to court authorities. Thousands of these certificates issued to Virginians were duly entered by the courts, and they provide a fascinating insight into the period of the Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese \"Publick\" Claims booklets contain interesting and useful information about the contributions of ordinary people to the Revolutionary War. They provide some details of people's service in the militia or as guards for prisoners of war; they indicate where some bodies of troops were at particular times; and they identify providers of horses, wagons, cattle, grain, or other supplies. Much of the information in these booklets cannot be found anywhere else, which makes the surviving records particularly valuable. Also remarkable is the fact that records survived from virtually every county in the state at that time with the exception of the newly formed Kentucky counties. This makes the collection even more valuable in covering areas which heretofore in this time period have suffered from a lack of personal data. The \"Virginia Publick Claims\" are published by counties. In addition to a faithful transcription by Janice Luck Abercrombie and the late Richard Slatten, a complete index is provided for each county booklet. This series is an extremely important genealogical tool for searchers in Revolutionary-era materials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJanice L. 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One entry alone (page 34 of original manuscript) contained 41 names. I have done my best to reproduce the text as it is written, misspellings and all. For the index, I adopted one standard spelling, as far as I could be reasonably sure that the entries referred to the same person. However, do check also other probable spellings. I am certain I have misread many names. Sorry. Quantum in me fuit!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMany of the cases were sent up from their respective county courts, but many were filed here as the court of origin. Unless agreed by the parties or dismissed by the plaintiffs, very few were settled at the first hearing. Most carried on from court to court, being continued even in spite of a jury verdict upon an appeal for a new trial. This makes the material in this volume quite repetitive. I have edited some entries, to remove the \"boilerplate' and focus on what really happened. All names have been retained, of course. Where I have omitted or abbreviated material, the summary is given in square braces. I shall give here, in the introduction, examples of the terminology which is repeated over and over.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn many cases concerning land title, fictitious names are employed, such as Aminidab Seekright and Ferdinando Dreadnought. Others are Thomas Trytitle or Henry Goodtitle against David Notitle, or Soloman Saveall against Simpleton Spendall. As the case progressed, some individual would petition to be named the defendant in the case \"in the room' of the said Dreadnought or Spendall. If no one appeared to defend the case, the court would respond in this fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Wagner Treacy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107-ADCR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29979698200694,"sku":"107-ADCR","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-adcr.png?v=1727805307"},{"product_id":"107-ag10","title":"Augusta County, Virginia 1810 Federal Census: A Transcription","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe census includes separate lists for rural Augusta County, Virginia census as well as the communities of Staunton, Waynesboro, Greenville, and Middlebrook. Census returns are some of the first records that a genealogist turns to when studying a new family line. Unfortunately for Augusta County, as well as Virginia as a whole, both the 1790 and 1800 census reports for that state are lost. While the reason for their loss is argued, they nevertheless no longer exist. While personal property tax and land tax lists (which date from 1782) can be used to give some information about individuals, they do not give the researcher a glimpse into family composition or a snapshot of the county as a whole. Hence Augusta's 1810 census is the first real window we have from the census records of this county which had been first settled in the early eighteenth century and whose original boundaries once stretched beyond the Ohio River.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the advent of the computer age and the publication of most of these early censuses, one would expect that many of the genealogist's problems would be resolved. Unfortunately, this has not happened. While many researchers rely completely upon online census records, these are often flawed by misread names and missing names altogether. The problem is the difficult reading of the documents, which often are written in a tight, cramped hand and with a myriad of possible readings. The close similarity between \"S' and \"L,\" \"F\" and \"T\", and recognizing the secretarial s, which appears as \"ss\" in the middle of words but not as an ending, can lead to nightmares in translation. Oftentimes, there is no distinction between an \"e\", an \"o\", and an \"a\" unless the reader is familiar with the family names within the document. These are only a few visual issues facing the transcriber. The author has been fortunate to have a professional background in paleography and history, both medieval and modern. In transcribing the current volume, comparison was made with other documents, as well as carefully examining each questionable character under magnification to ascertain the true intent of the writer. In the process, it became apparent that sometimes the census recorder himself was not familiar with strange-sounding German names or heavy Scottish brogues. One spelling would appear in the first encounter with the family, and then later on in the document, a different spelling would be given for the same family surname. In brief, computerized lists, while useful, do not give a total and accurate picture of the data. The census was recorded on one hundred folios in a small script, and herein lies the problem with \"a\", \"e\" and \"o\" in the body of a name. Only by carefully examining the transitions between characters can an accurate reading be obtained.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Vogt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2008\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107-AG10\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30324332429430,"sku":"107-AG10","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-ag10.png?v=1755621062"},{"product_id":"107-augd","title":"Abstract of Augusta County, Virginia Death Registers, 1853-1896","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Death Registers of Augusta County, Virginia are complete except for the year 1863 and the Pastures District, 1880 and 1888.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret C. 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The tables are comprised of two different types of information: \"A Register of Children of Colored Persons Whose Parents Had Ceased to Cohabit Which the Father Recognizes to be His\" and \"A Register of Colored Persons Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Register of Children usually gives the child's name, age, place of birth, residence, and the last owner. Also included are the parent's names, ages, residences, and last owner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cohabiting Records generally include the husband's and wife's names and ages, their residence, their last owner with his\/her residence, and a list of their children and ages plus a date of the start of their cohabitation or the number of years together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough the information in each table is similar, it may be arranged in different sequences. The place of birth is usually the county and the residence is usually the town. Ages are given and can aid in estimating a birth year. The same applies to estimating a death year. Some registers indicate children by a first wife. Names can be repeated more than once on a page with different owners, wives, and ages. Counties and states are included in the full-name index to facilitate research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSandra Barlau\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 412 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788434068\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-B3406\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31341405012086,"sku":"101-B3406","price":39.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-b3406.png?v=1727714498"},{"product_id":"107-vdl5","title":"1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Volume 5: Southwestern Region","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes the counties of Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Giles, Grayson, Greenbrier (West Virginia), independent city of Staunton, Lee, Monroe (West Virginia), Montgomery, Pendleton (West Virginia), Rockbridge, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, Washington, and Wythe. This work is the fifth volume in a continuing project to record all 1815 landowners found in each county, as well as the accompanying description of the location of the property.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinks to all 6 volumes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/107-vdl1\" title=\"1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 1: Central Region\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 1: Central Region\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/107-vdl2\" title=\"1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 2: South Central Region\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 2: South Central Region\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/107-vdl3\" title=\"1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 3: Eastern Region\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 3: Eastern Region\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 4: Northern Region\" href=\"\/products\/107-vdl4\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 4: Northern Region\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 5: Western Region\" href=\"\/products\/107-vdl5\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 5: Western Region\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 6: Northwest Region\" href=\"\/products\/107-vdl6\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners and Gazetteer Vol. 6: Northwest Region\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger G. 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Funding for this series has been made possible in part by a grant from the Richard Slatten Endowment for Virginia History of The Community Foundation in memory of Richard Slatten, a former President of the Virginia Genealogical Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWesley E. 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This volume contains 5,244 marriage records (bonds, licenses, or ministers' returns).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Vogt and T. 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The importance of the work arises from the fact that the original records of deeds were damaged in a fire in 1864; consequently the land grant surveys take on proportionately greater value as primary source records. There are recorded in these abstracts the name of the person for whom the survey was made, the location of the land, the name of the owner or owners of the adjoining land, the number of acres in the survey, and the date. More than 2,000 names are cited in the text, with approximately 4,000 cited in multiple references in the index. As a sourcebook, this is an ideal companion volume to John Wayland's celebrated \u003ci\u003eVirginia Valley Records\u003c\/i\u003e, and it can be used in conjunction with standard Virginia Valley histories by Wayland, Waddell, Peyton, and Kercheval.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter C. 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One assumes that these marriages were transcribed from marriage registers preserved at the Augusta County courthouse; however, the researcher will need to corroborate this because the compilers do not indicate that this is so.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe marriages span the period 1785 to 1813. They are arranged in a rough chronological order and thereunder according to the name of the minister who solemnized the weddings. Each entry gives the date of the marriage and the full names of the bride and groom. Fortunately, the full-name index makes it easy to search for a particular individual.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Hughart Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1962), 2006, paper, 75 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806353074\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9980\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39710381604982,"sku":"102-9980","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9980.png?v=1727806909"},{"product_id":"102-9417","title":"Virginia Claims to Land in Western Pennsylvania Published with an Account of the Donation Lands of Pennsylvania Excerpted from \"Pennsylvania Archives\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1754, the colonies of Virginia and Pennsylvania entered into a dispute over the ownership of what is today the southwest corner of Pennsylvania. At the time, Virginia's claim, which was encompassed within the boundaries of Augusta County, embraced all of Pennsylvania west of Laurel Hill and included the present-day counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and parts of Allegheny and Beaver. The dispute raged over the course of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War-during which time frontier forts were constructed, rights for land were ceded by Virginia, and settlement waxed and waned-until commissioners for the two states of Virginia and Pennsylvania were appointed in 1780 to draw proper boundaries. Eventually, in 1784, new meridian lines were run confirming the present-day boundaries of the two states.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first of the two excerpts from the \u003cem\u003ePennsylvania Archives\u003c\/em\u003e reprinted here, \"Virginia Claims to Land in Western Pennsylvania\", is a complete list of Virginia land entries in the aforementioned Pennsylvania counties between 1779 and 1780. For each of the 1,300 entries, we are given the date of the entry, the name(s) of the parties to the transaction, and occasional references to subsequent transfers of grants, the amount of acreage, and a landmark indicating where the land was situated. Preceding the land records is a fascinating history of the thirty-year dispute between the two colonies\/states.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second excerpt, \"An Account of the Donation Lands of Pennsylvania\", concerns the March 1780 statute enacted by the state legislature granting land in western Pennsylvania to the soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line who served in the Continental Army. The list of eligible soldiers is preceded by an introductory sketch informing us that the donation area comprised parts of the contemporary counties of Lawrence, Butler, Armstrong, Venango, Forest, Warren, Erie, and all of Mercer and Crawford. Here we learn the story of how the lands were surveyed, the terms under which the land could be claimed, contact with Indians in that region, and so forth. The 3,000 members of the Pennsylvania Line entitled to a donation are identified by name, rank, regiment, acreage awarded, and, sometimes, whether the individual claimed the land, was killed in action, relinquished his right to the land, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Henry Egle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1896), 2007, paper, 289 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806351070\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9417\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39720870609014,"sku":"102-9417","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9417.png?v=1727806943"},{"product_id":"107-vd06","title":"Augusta County, Virginia 1815 Directory of Landowners","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1782, the General Assembly of Virginia enacted new tax laws which created within each county and independent city an enumeration of land and certain personal property. These early land tax laws required a tax commissioner in each district of a county to record a list of the names of persons owning land or town lots, the quantity of land owned and its value, and the amount of tax owed. By 1813, a brief geographic description (usually citing an adjacent stream, road, or other landmark) was required; in 1814, the distance and direction from the courthouse for each parcel was also added to the tax rolls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe present work is an alphabetical listing of all 1815 landowners found in each county and independent city, as well as the accompanying description of the location of the said property. We have not included the number of acres, taxes assessed, or any transactions between landowners which may have been noted on the tax rolls; also, in many cases the geographic location was provided as \"adjacent to John Smith\", etc. and, while useful many times to a genealogist, was considered to be beyond the objectives of this project. The reader is encouraged to consider the information here-in as an \"outline\" of early landowners in Virginia rather than a \"text\" due to the year-to-year variation in information provided to the clerk (or recorded by the clerk), omissions, lack of \"identifiers\" to determine if \"same name\" was also \"same person\" within a district or across districts, marginal quality\/clarity (in a few cases) of the microfilm copy, and, not least, errors on the part of either the original clerks or the current author while transcribing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome of the approaches to utilizing the 1815 landowner information include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eobserve distinct clusters of the same surname within a county in order to clarify the common surnames such as \"Smith\", \"Anderson\", etc;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eidentify non-resident landowners and their county (or state) of residence (these people often being former residents of the current county);\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edetermine neighbors with different surnames (often being relatives);\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003euse the 1815 information as a \"bridge\" from the 18th and 19th century deed\/will books to the 17th and 18th century land grants\/patents in the county;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eevaluate the 1810 to 1840 census information which generally grouped neighbors;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esubstitute this information for missing deed\/will books in the \"burned\" counties; and, clarify\/enhance vague deed\/will information in the counties with more complete records.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORMAT OF PRESENTATION: Each entry is listed as: Surname, name, personal identifiers (if any); location\/place-name of land; miles\/direction from the 1815 courthouse. If multiple owners are listed for a property, the listing is duplicated under each of the owner's surnames (i.e \"Smith and Brown\" is also listed as \"Brown, --see Smith\"); when multiple owners share a common surname, the property is only listed once. When a landowner had land at more than one location\/place-name, the miles\/direction listing for each parcel is in the same sequence as the location listing (i.e. James RV, Slate CK; 12N, 5SW.). In the few cases where a landowner had \"many\" parcels, the miles\/direction notation is attached to the location listing (i.e. Sandy RV- 5NE, Willow CK-7S, etc.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger G. 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So, this stands as the supreme source of genealogical information for hundreds of thousands who trace their ancestry to Augusta County, and the Great Valley of Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first volume has abstracts of court order books (1745-1799), plus notes from county court judgments, original papers on suits (1745-1825), and petitions filed in court from 1745 on. Volume II has records of the circuit and district courts, marriage bonds, licenses and returns (1748-1800), land entries (1744-1751), guardians' bonds (1782-1801), administrators' bonds (1776-1810), tax delinquents (1748-1804), proceedings of the Vestry of Augusta Parish (1746-1799), and records of military service in colonial wars and the Revolution. Volume III has will abstracts (1745-1818) and deed abstracts (1745-1792). Each volume is indexed, and the combined total of names is over 50,000!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLyman Chalkley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1912), 2010, paper, 3 volumes, 2000 total pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806300696\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-920\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40023585521782,"sku":"102-0920","price":221.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-0920.png?v=1753219911"},{"product_id":"107-acvb","title":"Augusta Parish, Virginia Vestry Book, Part Two: 1768-1779","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author's Introduction: As a part of the Established Church, the Augusta County, Virginia Parish Vestry operated as a political entity as well as the spiritual authority in the region beyond the mountains in colonial Virginia. It was responsible for a variety of civil functions, including caring for the needs of the poor, maintaining property boundaries, and ensuring orphaned children were placed in apprenticeships during their childhood and taught a trade to support themselves when they reached maturity. With thousands and thousands of acres of unpopulated land, new colonists poured into the Valley of Virginia to find their homes and fortunes. The framework of colonial government which worked to some extent in the coastal regions was a poor match to the needs of the backcountry. Settlers fleeing the disorders of Europe and the discrimination of the British Isles brought with them neither loyalty to the King nor the desire to see the situations they fled instituted afresh in the new country they hoped to make their own. By their own hard work they would shape the future to their dreams, in spite of the King or the Church. A large proportion of those settlers were of Scots-Irish stock--independent and capable. Their traditions were with the Presbyterian faith, and freedom of religion was bred into them. The government embraced an Established Church: but that merely required them to find a way to work around it. And regardless of how well or how poorly the Vestry, the governing board of the Augusta Parish, was suited for the task, the Parish had responsibilities to meet among the people of the Valley. Part One of the Vestry Book was transcribed and edited by John Logan Anderson, in his 1985 Masters' thesis at the University of Virginia, \u003cem\u003eThe Presbyterians and Augusta Parish, 1738-1757 : a political and social analysis\u003c\/em\u003e. This extremely useful study identifies and examines the Presbyterian leaders who comprised two thirds of the allegedly Anglican Vestry. In this volume, I have transcribed \u003ca href=\"\/products\/107-acvb\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Augusta Parish, Virginia Vestry Book, Part Two: 1768-1779\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePart Two of the Vestry Book, 1768 to 1779\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two is being released along with \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Augusta County, Virginia Overseers of the Poor, 1770-1811\" href=\"\/products\/107-acop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ea volume of the records of the Overseers of the Poor of Augusta County\u003c\/a\u003e, who took over the responsibility of caring for the poor when the Virginia General Assembly did away with the Established Church after the Revolutionary War. \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Augusta County, Virginia Delinquent Tithable Lists, 1771-1817 (with others from its former territories)\" href=\"\/products\/107-acdt\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eA third companion volume\u003c\/a\u003e consists of the many lists of delinquent tithables, persons identified as unable to pay taxes. These three volumes give varying windows onto the underprivileged class of Augusta County.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Wagner Treacy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2023, paper, index, 106 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107-ACVB\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40280389484662,"sku":"107-ACVB","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-acvb.png?v=1727807963"},{"product_id":"107-acop","title":"Augusta County, Virginia Overseers of the Poor, 1770-1811","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author's Introduction: The well-to-do population of Augusta County, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley, is well documented as well. We have deeds, wills, court cases, and inventories of their estates. There is considerably less of that for those with less assets and resources. Poor people are nearly invisible in the public record. This volume, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/107-acop\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Overseers of the Poor Records, Augusta County Virginia, 1770-1811\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOverseers of the Poor Records, Augusta County Virginia, 1770-1811\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and its two companions aim at shedding some light on those overlooked citizens of the Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Library of Virginia houses some of the Augusta County (Va.) Court Records, 1769-1837, Local government records collection. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ead.lib.virginia.edu\/vivaxtf\/view?docId=lva\/vi04145.xml\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"A Guide to the Augusta County (Virginia) Court Records, 1769-1837\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eA finding aid in the Library's catalog\u003c\/a\u003e describes the contents of this collection. It consists of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBox 1 Barcode number 1050895: Overseer of the Poor Records, 1769-1802\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBox 2 Barcode number 1050898: Overseer of the Poor Records, 1803-1811\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBox 3 Barcode number 1050920: Overseer of the Poor Records, 1812-1837\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBox 4 Barcode number 1204934: Various Series, 1799-1833. Bonds\/Commissions\/Oaths (1803), Miscellaneous Records (1803), Tax and Fiscal Records (1771-1833), and Wills (1799)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis present book contains the transcription of boxes one and two. I examined but did not transcribe box three; those interested in the later activities of the overseers are urged to begin there. For earlier records, my \u003ca href=\"\/products\/107-acvb\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Vestry Book of Augusta Parish, 1742-1782\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVestry Book of Augusta Parish, 1742-1782\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e contains much information. Box four above of the court records also contains items of interest, especially the many lists of delinquent or insolvent titheables (the \"tax and fiscal records') which were addressed to the overseers. Those, with additions from the Virginia State Auditors records, are published as my \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/107-acdt\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Delinquent Tithables, Augusta County Virginia, 1771-1817\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDelinquent Tithables, Augusta County Virginia, 1771-1817\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverseer of the Poor Records comprise the majority of this collection. These are loose papers documenting the work of the overseers of the poor in caring for the impoverished citizens of Augusta county. Records for the corporation of Staunton are intermingled with the county papers, as well as a variety of other documents. Unaccountably, several records relating to Sheriff Jeremiah McKay of Shenandoah County were included. I omitted transcribing several of them which had no bearing on the overseers of the poor. I also omitted some records too fragmentary to provide information, and summarized many of the (often long) itemized lists of groceries, supplies, legal services, and medical aid provided; including whatever names I could decipher. Spelling and punctuation are as given, except that I have capitalized proper names and names of months and days of the week. My comments or suggested identifications are given in square brackets. As for organization, at length I decided on a chronological arrangement, based on the latest date given in the document.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe two boxes of loose records contain thousands of slips of paper dating from 1770 on. Handwriting is variable, often illegible or faded. I transcribed what I could read, which was pretty inadequate in a lot of cases, but I have included even my guesses here for whatever help they may be. Many slips are undated and I had to guess at their chronological placement by context. Some are duplicates; I included a few when they gave alternate information. In main, they fall into the following categories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBastards: bastardy cases, indexed by name of mother when known\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBinding Children: records of indentures of children\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBurials\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChurch and Glebe: matters internal to the parish or church officials\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCourt cases: publication notices, fines\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOther Counties\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOverseers: individual overseers identified as such\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePetitions and Letters\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePoor (identified): individuals identified as receiving public assistance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePoor Rates: summaries by deputies of money collected and distributed.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Wagner Treacy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2023, paper, index, 293 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107-ACOP\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40280390336630,"sku":"107-ACOP","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-acop.png?v=1727807965"},{"product_id":"107-acdt","title":"Augusta County, Virginia Delinquent Tithable Lists, 1771-1817 (with others from its former territories)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA portion from the author's Introduction is reproduced here: In the late 1700s and after, the expense of governing Virginia's counties was raised by taxes collected by the sheriffs and their deputies. Lists of taxpayers, also called tithes, often contained remarks on individuals who were unable, for various reasons, to pay the taxes. Deputies returned lists of those delinquents to account for their failure to produce the full amount of tax. People appeared on these delinquent lists for a variety of reasons: they were dead, in the penitentiary, removed, run away, or insolvent. Another reason was that they were classed as supernumeraries. Those were men who had been exempted by the Court from taxation, usually for reasons of age or demonstrated infirmity. I suspect constables, as officers of the Court, were exempt as a perk of their position, as were men serving in the military. Occasionally, information was recorded about the individual's occupation (to distinguish between men of the same name), generational status, or new location. Some women were named as heads of household, some names were identified as (free) blacks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of this volume are the delinquent tithable lists found in the holdings of the Library of Virginia, Barcode number 1204934: Tax and Fiscal Records (1771-1833), a portion of Augusta County (Virginia) Court Papers, 1769-1837. A \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ead.lib.virginia.edu\/vivaxtf\/view?docId=lva\/vi04145.xml\" title=\"A Guide to the Augusta County (Virginia) Court Records, 1769-1837\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia finding aid\u003c\/a\u003e describes these records in greater detail. Boxes 1, 2, and 3 of those Papers are records of the Overseers of the Poor: Boxes 1 and 2 (covering the period 1769-1811) are transcribed and published in a \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Augusta County, Virginia Overseers of the Poor, 1770-1811\" href=\"\/products\/107-acop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eseparate volume\u003c\/a\u003e. A third in this series is the transcription of the \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Augusta Parish, Virginia Vestry Book, Part Two: 1768-1779\" href=\"\/products\/107-acvb\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esecond portion of the Vestry Book of Augusta Parish\u003c\/a\u003e, for the period 1759-1780, which is catalog item 20429, Vestry book, 1746-1782, Augusta Parish (Augusta County, Virginia). It deals with (among other issues) insolvent residents assisted by the vestry, before the establishment of the Overseer of the Poor system in 1781. The first portion of that record, 1747-1759, has been transcribed in a very useful Master's thesis by John Logan Anderson at the University of Virginia, entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Presbyterians and Augusta Parish, 1738-1757: a political and social analysis\u003c\/em\u003e, 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the interest of keeping this study to a reasonable scope, I did not transcribe Box 3 of the overseer records, from 1812 to 1837. For the same reason, I truncated the later delinquent tithable lists: there is a natural gap between the lists for 1817 and the resumption of lists from 1829 to 1833; I have not included those later lists in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThematically, this is part of a three volume series. I hope to shed light on impoverished and under-documented residents in the general area of Augusta County. The inclusion of a name in these records is not indicative of criminal delinquency; poverty is not delinquency, after all, and many criminals are better documented than some of these impoverished men and women. As for the reasons these names appear on these lists, many had moved to another location and would have been taxed there. Other recurring individuals appear as 'insolvent', 'too poor to pay', etc, and show up elsewhere on the parish lists as recipients of public charity. Some women on those poor rolls may have been widows of some of the insolvent men here.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a matter of context, some of the earliest lists in this present volume are not from what is presently Augusta County; but from counties formed from the vast territory of its original boundaries. Botetourt County was formed from in it 1770, and Fincastle County was formed from Botetourt in 1772, and was in turn absorbed by Montgomery County in 1775. Three Fincastle lists are Library of Virginia catalog items 1) barcode 28547 List of delinquents in that part of Fincastle County settled on the waters of Clinch River, compiled by Henley Moore; 2) barcode 28548 List of delinquents returned by James McGavock for 1773; and 3) barcode 28549 List of delinquents returned by Daniel Trigg, deputy sheriff, for the year 1773. These items were copied from Montgomery County papers (Accession 23680). Catalog item GLR05074, not copied, is an affidavit, by Henry Ewin, Clerk, of Rockingham County, from March 1784 regarding Captain Benjamin Harrison's list of delinquents, it is available at the Library of Virginia on microfilm Misc Reel 2979. Rockingham was created in 1778 from a northern part of Augusta County. Other additional delinquent lists are from Library of Virginia catalog item APA 427a, Augusta County, delinquent taxes, 1788-1796, Virginia, Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928), which includes the document concerning the sheriff's prosecution...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Wagner Treacy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2023, paper, index, 160 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107-ACDT\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40280390762614,"sku":"107-ACDT","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-acdt.png?v=1727807966"},{"product_id":"107-adcr2","title":"Augusta County, Virginia District Court Records, 1789-1791","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOf the District composed of the Counties of Augusta, Rockbridge, Rockingham and Pendleton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author's Introduction begins:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt started with a dead body found in a cave. Rumors of grave-robbing came to the coroner's jury. Unacceptable comments on race were made and published. Mutual suits for slander were filed. Typical days for the Augusta County District Court?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt nearly was. While the above suit and countersuit between Alexander Humphreys and Michael Garber (beginning on page 164) is the most spectacular account in this volume, it is far from being the only scandal. In 1786 the papers in the office of Richard Madison, late Clerk of Court, were found to be in such disarray that his estate was sued for the cost of refiling them. In 1791 Sheriff Thomas Hughart was prosecuted for perjury for understating the amount of taxable property on the county rolls. Papers filed in that case (beginning on page 159) include both Hughart's list of taxables and the auditors version of the same.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere are suits about violent assaults (\"after much disputing Mr Yeager flew to his Gun and snapt it at sd Evans that he the sd Evans seized the Gun and Bringing the Gun down struck Yeager on the forehead so as the Skin hung down over his eye\": page 298) and vicious slander (\"these false scandalous and defamatory words following that is to say she the said Mary meaning may perhaps not be with child at this time but the reason of it is that she ye said Mary meaning has made away with it meaning that she ye said Mary had been pregnant with a bastard child and had destroyed or murdered it ye said child\" page 182) and extravagant language in general (\"the sd Deft knowing the premises and greatly envying the happy state and condition of the said Alexander and contriving and maliciously intending the sd Alexander in his good name fame condition and reputation to hurt, injure, degrade and him in his Business aforesd to prejudice and damnify and to cause the sd Alexander to be esteemed and reputed a person guilty of Murder\" page 273). Drama, faded to a rusty brown ink, still adheres to these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor more drama, scandal and intrigue, be sure to read this book!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Wagner Treacy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2022, paper, index, 339 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107-ADCR2\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40280392171638,"sku":"107-ADCR2","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-adcr2.png?v=1727807969"},{"product_id":"101-d3010","title":"The Virginia Regimental Histories Series: The Staunton Artillery-McClanahan's Battery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This series is dedicated to the men who served in Virginia Units during the War Between the States. It is the purpose of this series to preserve, as part of our heritage, the deeds and sacrifices of these men.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Staunton Artillery was formed with men from Augusta County, Virginia as a battery of militia during the American Civil War. A deep dive into the Artillery's military operations and their involvement in the war is provided in this work, supported by authentic recollections from members of the unit. An alphabetized index of the men who served in McClanahan's battery is also included, providing details like the rank, the place and date of enlistment, description of appearance, and prewar occupations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert J. 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The author concludes this work with an index to full names and places.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames L. Douthat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2009), 2024, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, index, 226 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788427732\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-VA0716\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41553665228918,"sku":"101-VA0716","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-va0716.png?v=1727719584"},{"product_id":"101e-va0676","title":"1840 Augusta County, Virginia Census","description":"\u003cp\u003eAugusta County is one of the oldest counties in western Virginia. In the beginning of its existence, it covered more than seven states going as far west as the Mississippi River and north to the Wisconsin area. It later became parent of Botetourt and Fincastle Counties. This 1840 census includes not only the names of the head of the households and those residents within the households are given by sex\/age. The freed colored are given on the first page of the census. We also include the second page which give the occupations, name and age of pensioners from the American Revolution and War of 1812, some personal data like blind, deaf, etc. On this second page are given the type of school a teacher is holding and the number of the scholars and if they are paid for privately or publicly. Our 1840 census of Virginia gives a lot more information on the families than just the name of the head and ages\/sex of those living within that house.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames L. 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These listings included those on the Monongalia, Holston, New, and Greenbrier Rivers, Reed Creek, South Branch, Fort Vause, Jackson's River and many other areas of the west.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLyman Draper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(?), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, full name index, 13 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788479434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101E-VA0706\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41553768808566,"sku":"101E-VA0706","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101e-va0706.png?v=1727733719"},{"product_id":"101e-va0723","title":"1782 Augusta County, Virginia Tax Listing","description":"\u003cp\u003eAugusta County is one of the most unique counties in America. Created in 1738 out of Orange County, the boundaries were set in an unusual fashion as it was to be the westernmost county in Virginia. The Shenandoah Valley was the eastern border with the western one to go to the Mississippi River then north to the head waters of the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio Rivers and back to the beginning. There are seven states that were originally within the bounds of Augusta County. Out of Augusta, many counties and states were created eventually, leaving the county primarily in the Shenandoah Valley. The county was named for Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales and mother of the future King Georgia III of Great Britain. This set of tax records is a listing of those who basically owned the land and the slaves. The name is of the tax payer with the number of white polls in the household and the number of slaves they owned. 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As the historian and archivist Robert Clay once remarked in a lecture, an individual he was researching in Virginia’s frontier region \"appeared in a random document one morning, fully grown, and disappeared the following morning never to be heard from again.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOftentimes, early frontiersmen created few records and left little trace of their passing. Nowhere is this more evident than in the rapidly changing frontier west of the Blue Ridge. Starting with a trickle of settlers, there probably were no more than 160 families residing west of the mountains by 1735. By 1776 and the American Revolution, the number of settlers had grown to tens of thousands, attracted by the rich soils and pasture lands of the Shenandoah Valley and beyond, into Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the new government sought to bring order to the region, parent counties like Augusta and Lunenburg, which originally were little more than artificial lines when first drawn by surveyors in the wilderness, underwent division and subdivision into smaller political units to accomodate the new settlers. The trio of counties on Virginia’s frontier in the early 1740s [Frederick, Augusta, Lunenburg] would be divided and further subdivided over the next seven decades into more than sixty political units.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Karen Treacy has discovered an enlightening and unexpected record in the bounty system for wolf hunters. Early farmers and herders sought legislative relief from the scourge of wolf packs. The Virginia legislature responded by establishing the bounty system. 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The series was compiled by the late John Bennett Boddie, whose distinguished contributions to Southern genealogy were attested to by his induction as a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, and completed by his wife. Each volume contains a number of genealogies running from a few pages to as many as several dozen or more. 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