The subtitle for this volume "Montgomery County, Virginia Soldiers and Land Grants with Rosters of Various Units," tells more about this set of records. Following the French-Indian War of the period of 1753-1763, there were many clashes between the United States or at that time British colonies and the French with their Indian allies. In 1763 the Treaty of Paris brought most of this conflict to an end. At this time Fincastle County, Virginia was formed in the area that is now Montgomery/Wythe and into Kentucky. Governor Dunmore gave lands in this region to the soldiers who fought in the wars, especially those who fought at Point Pleasant against the Shawnee. Many of the land grants are in present day Kentucky, however, some are in the southwestern portion of Virginia. You just have to know the creeks and river to determine where the grants were found.
(?), 2016, 8.5" x 11", paper, full name index, 155 pp.
ISBN: 9780788479496
101E-VA0712
