This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Back to the soil and early Winchester influences explored
The piece recalls Winchester’s colonial and Revolutionary notables and traces Orange Fredericksburg Augusta surveys. It catalogs early land grants and survey records from 1730s to 1740s, naming counties, parishes, and dozens of survey names such as Vanmetre Patterson Kelley Cornelius and Wood. It notes Virginia boundaries, lord Fairfax claims, and the evolution from shires to counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Morgan
John Smith
Daniel Roberdeau
Orner Ashby
Winchester
Orange
Frederick
Augusta
Andoah
Daughters of 1812
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Vienia War History Commission
Pocahontas
Johnny Reb
Lee Jackson
Ashby
Stuart
Knights of the Gold- Horseshoe
North America
Florida
Nova Scotia
Virginie
Walter Raleigh
Carolinas
Queen Elizabeth
Virginia
Jamestown
James I
Virginia Company of London
Point Comfort
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Great Lakes
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northwest Territory
George Rogers Clark
Patrick Henry
England
Charles River
Charles
Campbell
County
York
York River
Spotsylvania
William
St. Mark
St. George Parish
Rapidan
Wilderness Run
Virginia Bée
Itslef
Mississippi
King and Queen
Richmond
Madison
Orange County
W. W. Scott
Henry Willis
John Carter
James Wood
William and Mary College
Lord Fairfax
Fairfax
John Vanmetre
Opequon Creek
Vanmetre
Alexander Ross
Irvin Patterson
King’s Land
James River
Buffalo Creek
Turramee Kelley
Shanando
Cub Runn
White Oaks
Cornelius
Beginalus
Jacob Dye
Cornelius C. Cook
J. Xe