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Although not many of the earliest issues have survived, those that have were tracked down by the author in the collections of the University of Virginia, Duke University, historical societies, private collectors, and local family members.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring its lifetime, the Rockingham Weekly Register, generally referred to as the Rockingham Register, enjoyed wide circulation throughout the Shenandoah Valley, including parts of what is now West Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author has arranged all surnames she found in the marriage notices in alphabetical order: the bride's maiden name is followed by a cross-reference to the groom's surname; the groom's name is followed by a transcription of the notice itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntries typically give the date and place of the wedding; the name of the priest performing the ceremony; the full name of the groom and his place of residence; the full name of the bride, her place of residence and the full name of her father. The author has added the date the notice appeared in the Register, plus the page and column numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDorothy A. Boyd-Rush\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1993, 2011), 2024, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 504 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556138225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-B0822\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39282996478070,"sku":"101-B0822","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-b0822-1500px.png?v=1776975198"},{"product_id":"101-w3325","title":"A History of Rockingham County, Virginia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a comprehensive history of an important Shenandoah Valley county formed in 1777 from Augusta County. This story begins with the earliest settlements in the Valley, covers the period from 1738 to 1777 when the area was all part of Augusta County, and then proceeds to recount the history of Rockingham County from its formation down through Reconstruction to the early years of the twentieth century. All the usual topics are discussed, and in addition there are chapters on the writers and singers of the County, and on health resorts, natural curiosities, boating on the Shenandoah River, and much more. There are numerous extracts from the early records of the county. Many early pioneers are mentioned in the text. There are also many lists, which include tithables in 1775, various local officials, Civil War rosters, and the earliest marriage records of the County (1778-1820). Included are dozens of illustrations showing people and places, and two fold-out maps. The author was Professor of History at the State Teachers College in Harrisonburg, an authority on the history of the Valley, and wrote numerous works on the history of Virginia and Virginians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn W. Wayland, Ph.D.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1912, 1990), 2009, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 582 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556133251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W3325\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":136126038032,"sku":"101-W3325","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w3325-1500px.png?v=1777309219"},{"product_id":"101-a0627","title":"Mountain Valley People: A Historical Sketch of a Section of Rockingham County, Virginia and Its People [2 volumes]","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn interesting collection of genealogical material and social life. Sixty-Two (62) families (Including 5 black families) are described. Includes recipes, sayings, songs, home cures, letters, and articles from the local newspaper; lists of gravestones from 21 family graveyards plus the Mountain Valley Church Cemetery; church data; wars; schools; transcripts of journals and diaries, store ledgers and land transactions (1807-1841). Illustrations and maps enhance the text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Marie Koontz Arrington\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1982), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 2 volumes, 787 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556136276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-A0627\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31950472592,"sku":"101-A0627","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-a0627v1-1500px.png?v=1776974632"},{"product_id":"101-cd1259","title":"CD-Virginia, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis CD-ROM contains electronic image reprints of the following four essential volumes of Virginia history: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMarriages of Alleghany County, Virginia: 1822-1872\u003c\/em\u003e - Carletta Lanear Nelson (1994). Alleghany County was formed in 1822 from parts of Botetourt, Bath and Monroe Counties, Virginia. This book is a list of marriage records from the Minister Returns Books, 1822-1855; Marriage Returns Book (1), 1854-1872; and various original documents. Two indices are included listing names and any important dates associated with these individuals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eA History of Rockingham County, Virginia\u003c\/em\u003e - John W. Wayland, Ph.D. (1912). This comprehensive history begins with the earliest settlements in the valley and recounts the history of Rockingham County from its formation through the Reconstruction Era to the twentieth century. Includes lists of tithables in 1775, local officials, Civil War rosters, and marriage records, 1778-1820.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAnnals of Bath County, Virginia\u003c\/em\u003e - Oren F. Morton (1917). Covers the history of the county from 1791 to the time of original publication. The book recounts tales of pioneer life, Indian Wars, events during the Revolution, the Civil War and early political history. A list of marriages, a list of surnames and a roster of confederate soldiers round out this book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSouthwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley\u003c\/em\u003e - Thomas Bruce (1891). This beautiful area of Virginia experienced very rapid development after the Civil War, putting its abundant resources to work in the name of progress. This book deals with the reasons for the area's growth from about 1870-1890. It covers southwest Virginia and begins with a history of the first settlers in the region.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeritage Books Archives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1999, CD-ROM, Graphic Images, Adobe Acrobat v6, PC or Mac, 1538 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788412592\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e101-CD1259\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39314458640502,"sku":"101-CD1259","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-cd1259-1500px.png?v=1776980385"},{"product_id":"101-b3658","title":"Register of Free Blacks, Rockingham County, Virginia, 1807-1859","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Register of Free Blacks kept by the clerks of Rockingham County from 1807 to 1859 is one of the most conscientiously-kept records of the Commonwealth. Here, the register has been transcribed, providing researchers with a valuable data source.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA typical entry contains the subject's name, date of registration, physical description and details of emancipation. While all free blacks were officially required to register every year in the cities and every three years in the counties, compliance with the law was generally lax, suggesting that \"all those within at least the more rural communities of Virginia were not only known to each other but coexisted with relative harmony.\" Consequently, many free blacks never bothered to re-register or even to register at all. Therefore, warns the author, a Professor of History at James Madison University, the \"presence or absence of an individual's name_is not conclusive proof of anything.\" Of the free blacks who did register in Rockingham County, most \"claimed freedom by birth from free black or white mothers\" (the status of a child was determined by the mother's status at the time of the child's birth). Of the rest, the majority were slaves emancipated by the last will and testament of their owners. A minority \"but nevertheless significant number\" of registered blacks secured their freedom by buying deeds of emancipation from their owners, sometimes for a nominal sum of money but other times up to his or her current market value as a slave.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince many of the wills of Rockingham County were destroyed in the Civil War, the references in the register are often the only clue to their existence, making this book a valuable tool even for those without black ancestors. A list of the wills that did survive is contained in the appendix. The everyname index will be a great aid to researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDorothy A. Boyd-Rush\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1992), 2009, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 266 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556136580\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-B3658\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51307249680,"sku":"101-B3658","price":23.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-b3658-1500px.png?v=1776975661"},{"product_id":"101-s2202","title":"Old Tenth Legion Marriages in Rockingham County, Virginia from 1778-1816 taken from the Marriage Bonds [paper]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe portion of the Shenandoah Valley that Thomas Jefferson called the \"Tenth Legion of Democracy\" included the Virginia counties of Rockingham, Shenandoah and Page. This work is an alphabetized listing of the marriages taken from the marriage bonds found in the Clerk's office of Rockingham County, from 1778-1816, with a few names added from other sources. When looking at the listings, please note there is a guide to facilitate your interpretive efforts located in the Introduction. When looking at the listings, the column of figures on the left refers to the dates on which the bonds were issued. The name following the date belongs to the groom, next the bride, then the father of the bride, and the surety, who was usually the father, brother, other relative or friend of the bride and groom. The letter 'g' placed after a signature indicates that it was written in German. This work discusses the Act of 1705, which not only changed the manner of issuing the licenses and giving bond, it also set up the fees allowed to be charged. A list of the early ministers in Rockingham County, as determined by the marriage returns is included, along with facsimile reproductions of some German signatures in the original handwriting, and a short list of the \"Marriages of Free Negroes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarry M. 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When looking at the listings, please note there is a guide to facilitate your interpretive efforts located in the Introduction. When looking at the listings, the column of figures on the left refers to the dates on which the bonds were issued. The name following the date belongs to the groom, next the bride, then the father of the bride, and the surety, who was usually the father, brother, other relative or friend of the bride and groom. The letter 'g' placed after a signature indicates that it was written in German. This work discusses the Act of 1705, which not only changed the manner of issuing the licenses and giving bond, it also set up the fees allowed to be charged.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA list of the early ministers in Rockingham County, as determined by the marriage returns is included, along with facsimile reproductions of some German signatures in the original handwriting, and a short list of the \"Marriages of Free Negroes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarry M. 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It also includes Marriages by the Rev. John Alderson, Jr.; and Marriages in Rockingham County (found in Virginia Valley Records by John Wayland). A full-name index adds to the value of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eF. 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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. 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Rockingham was an important county that sat astride the Great Valley Road and witnessed thousands of migrant settlers passing through on their westward trek. It also was a most populous county, with a total of more than 1800 heads of households in 1810.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Vogt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107-RK10\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29979701117046,"sku":"107-RK10","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/iberian-logo-107-rk10-1500px.png?v=1777317941"},{"product_id":"107-rk50","title":"1850 Rockingham County, Virginia Free Population Census, Slave Census, Mortality Schedule and Social Statistics","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1850, the Federal Census listed the names of all in the household, instead of just the names of the head of household. This book includes all of the information in the 1850 free census except for the three columns of \"married within the year, attended school within the year, and over the age of 21 and can't read and write.\" Using the typed and indexed form of the census makes it easier to find ancestors and other useful information. To double-check the accuracy, a researcher should check the microfilm to verify the typed data. If your local public library does not have the Rockingham County census microfilm, you can usually request it through interlibrary loan for a small fee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLook for all possible spellings of the name. The Historical Society Publication Committee for this project was composed of three people with Rockingham County connections who were familiar with local names. However, the old style writing was faded and difficult to decipher in some places.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1850, other census information was also collected in different schedules. Three of the other schedules are included here. The \u003cstrong\u003eslave schedule\u003c\/strong\u003e which is transcribed here lists the owners and the age, sex, and race of every slave. The \u003cstrong\u003emortality schedule\u003c\/strong\u003e was to include names and other data on residents who died in the twelve months before June 1, 1850. Since the State of Virginia did not require deaths and births to be recorded until 1853, this mortality schedule may give death dates that are unavailable elsewhere. The \u003cstrong\u003esocial statistics\u003c\/strong\u003e give a snapshot of economic and social conditions in the county. For instance, there were no libraries but there were 97 common schools with 1970 pupils. There were 30 church buildings in the county and two newspapers. The year 1850 must have had a poor growing season, for the corn crop produced half of the usual yield.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarrisonburg-Rockingham [Virginia] Historical Society\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1997, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, 400 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107-RK50\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29979706589302,"sku":"107-RK50","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-rk50-1500px.png?v=1777313570"},{"product_id":"107-rkmg","title":"Rockingham County, Virginia Men in Gray [2 volumes]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis massive undertaking not only reproduces the service record of the nearly two thousand Confederate soldiers from Rockingham County, Virginia who served in all the theaters of combat, but it also gives extremely valuable information regarding the soldier's family. whenever possible, the author has searched out birth and death dates, as well as places when known; the wife's name and her vital statistics; parents' names; children, and their spouses, and a wealth of other miscellaneous information. Several appendices contain the soldiers' names with their unit designations for quick reference; and an extensive bibliography. Persons with relations in Rockingham will find this a treasure trove of information. This is the third volume in the Valley of Virginia Confederate Series by this author; see also \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Shenandoah County Men in Gray\" href=\"\/products\/107-Scmg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/107-pcmg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Page County Men in Gray\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePage\u003c\/a\u003e Counties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas M. 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Accompanying data includes ministers' names, parents, and occasional bondsmen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1984\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107-ROCK\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iberian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29979724972150,"sku":"107-ROCK","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/107-rock-1500px.png?v=1777313580"},{"product_id":"107-vd90","title":"Rockingham 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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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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This work is the fourth 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. Pippenger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2005, 6\" x 9\", cloth, 580 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888192353\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e603-ES6\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virginia Genealogical Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31869358833782,"sku":"603-ES6","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/603-es6-1500px.png?v=1777319676"},{"product_id":"117-va78","title":"Rockingham County, Virginia Marriages, 1778-1816","description":"\u003cp\u003eRockingham County was created in 1778 from Augusta County, VA. It was later divided to created Page County, VA and Pendleton County, WV. Many of its early settlers came from Maryland and Pennsylvania. Because of its geographical position, thousands of persons migrated through and into the county heading west to Kentucky and Tennessee. This book contains an alphabetical listing of marriage records for the years 1778-1816.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarry M. 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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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