Author: Silas Emmett LucasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Powell Families of Virginia and the South
Author: Silas Emmett LucasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Lees of Virginia: Seven Generations of an American Family
Author: Paul C. NagelPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199754853
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
In The Lees of Virginia, Paul Nagel chronicles seven generations of Lees, from the family founder Richard to General Robert E. Lee, covering over two hundred years of American history. We meet Thomas Lee, who dreamed of America as a continental empire. His daughter was Hannah Lee Corbin, a non-conformist in lifestyle and religion, while his son, Richard Henry Lee, was a tempestuous figure who wore black silk over a disfigured hand when he made the motion in Congress for Independence. Another of Thomas' sons, Arthur Lee, created a political storm by his accusations against Benjamin Franklin. Arthur's cousin was Light-Horse Harry Lee, a controversial cavalry officer in the Revolutionary War, whose wild real estate speculation led to imprisonment for debt and finally self-exile in the Caribbean. One of Harry's sons, Henry Lee, further disgraced the family by seducing his sister-in-law and frittering away Stratford, the Lees' ancestral home. Another son, however, became the family's redeeming figure--Robert E. Lee, a brilliant tactician who is still revered for his lofty character and military success. In these and numerous other portraits, Nagel discloses how, from 1640 to 1870, a family spirit united the Lees, making them a force in Virginian and American affairs. Paul Nagel is a leading chronicler of families prominent in our history. His Descent from Glory, a masterful narrative account of four generations of Adamses, was hailed by The New Yorker as "intelligent, tactful, and spiritually generous," and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian W.A. Swanberg, in the Chicago Sun-Times, called it "a magnificent embarrassment of biographical riches." Now, in The Lees of Virginia, Nagel brings his skills to bear on another major American family, taking readers inside the great estates of the Old Dominion and the turbulent lives of the Lee men and women.
Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5: Families G-P
Author: John Frederick DormanPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806317632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
"The foundation for this work is the Muster of Jan 1624/25 which had never before been printed in full."--Page xiii, volume 1.
Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635
Author: Martha W. McCartneyPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806317748
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
"From the earliest records relating to Virginia, we learn the basics about many of these original colonists: their origins, the names of the ships they sailed on, the names of the "hundreds" and "plantations" they inhabited, the names of their spouses and children, their occupations and their position in the colony, their relationships with fellow colonists and Indian neighbors, their living conditions as far as can be ascertained from documentary sources, their ownership of land, the dates and circumstances of their death, and a host of fascinating, sometimes incidental details about their personal lives, all gathered together in the handy format of a biographical dictionary" -- publisher website (January 2008).
Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia
Author: Richard Channing Moore PagePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Genealogies of Virginia Families
Author: Virginia Magazine of History and BiograpPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
This is the third volume of a five-volume work consisting of Virginia genealogies from the "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," a notable periodical that contained a large number of genealogies that will be of help to the researcher. This volume consists of articles about the following main families in the alphabetical sequence Fleet-Hayes: Fleet, Flourney, Fontaine, Foote, Foxall-Vaulx-Elliott, Garnett, Gay, Gevaudan, Gilson, Godwin, Gorsuch & Lovelace, Gosnold, Gray-Boulware-Samuel-Shaddock-Halbert-McGuire-Hamilton, Green, Gregory (with Crocker, Hodges), Grymes, Hancock, Hargrave (with Moseley), Harmanson, Harrison, and Hayes.
Some Prominent Virginia Families
Author: Louise Pecquet du BelletPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806307226
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 1756
Book Description
The Records of the Virginia Company of London
Author: Virginia Company of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
My Father's Name
Author: Lawrence P. JacksonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226389499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The author, seeking to find his grandfather's old home, follows his family history back to his great great grandfather who was born a slave and died a free man with forty acres.
Genealogies of West Virginia Families
Author: West Virginia Historical Magazine QuartePublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806346922
Category : West Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Wise's Eastern Shore of Virginia is a history of the counties of Accomack and Northampton; however, genealogists will be drawn to the book's numerous references to families prominent on the Eastern Shore and to the extensive lists of early settlers and patentees of land.