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Winchester and Its Beginnings
A concise historical piece on Winchester’s rise as a national center profiles James Wood the founder and benefactor. It recounts Wood’s 1742 commission as colonel and the 1743 Fredericksburg clerk appointment, plus notes on land grants and Lord Fairfax quit rents as documented in colonial records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood
Winchester
Horse and Foot
Orange Court House
W. W. Scott
Orange County
Frederick County
Frederick
Williamsburg
George the Second
Cartmell
Frederick Town
Thomas Lord Fairfax
Omas Wood, Jr
Stephen Minor
John Hopes
Henry Brinker
Andrew Caldwell
Daniel Wurtring
William Green
Joe Dunbar
Jasse Carkins
John Neill
William
Hannah Humphrey
Marquis Calmes
Robert Lemen
Fairfax
Sturman
Thomas Wood
J. Hite
Hursday
Col
Lord Fairfax
Wood
Jones
Gabriels