Author: Maud Carter Clement
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806379898
Category : Pittsylvania County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The book rings with the names of early inhabitants and prominent citizens. For the genealogist there is the important and wholly fortuitous list of tithables of Pittsylvania County for the year 1767, which enumerates the names of nearly 1,000 landowners and property holders, amounting in sum to a rough census of the county in its infancy. Additional lists include the names, some with inclusive dates of service, of sheriffs, justices of the peace, members of the House of Delegates, 1776-1928, members of the Senate of Virginia, 1776-1928, clerks of the court, and judges.
The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Author: Maud Carter Clement
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806379898
Category : Pittsylvania County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The book rings with the names of early inhabitants and prominent citizens. For the genealogist there is the important and wholly fortuitous list of tithables of Pittsylvania County for the year 1767, which enumerates the names of nearly 1,000 landowners and property holders, amounting in sum to a rough census of the county in its infancy. Additional lists include the names, some with inclusive dates of service, of sheriffs, justices of the peace, members of the House of Delegates, 1776-1928, members of the Senate of Virginia, 1776-1928, clerks of the court, and judges.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806379898
Category : Pittsylvania County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The book rings with the names of early inhabitants and prominent citizens. For the genealogist there is the important and wholly fortuitous list of tithables of Pittsylvania County for the year 1767, which enumerates the names of nearly 1,000 landowners and property holders, amounting in sum to a rough census of the county in its infancy. Additional lists include the names, some with inclusive dates of service, of sheriffs, justices of the peace, members of the House of Delegates, 1776-1928, members of the Senate of Virginia, 1776-1928, clerks of the court, and judges.
Wilson Roots and Branches
Author: Doris Haven
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of George Washington Wilson who was born 10 January 1810. He married Julia Ann Hastings 6 November 1836 in Hastings Hill, Stokes County (now Forsyth Co.) North Carolina. They lived in North Carolina and were the parents of ten children. Descendants lived primarily in North Carolina.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of George Washington Wilson who was born 10 January 1810. He married Julia Ann Hastings 6 November 1836 in Hastings Hill, Stokes County (now Forsyth Co.) North Carolina. They lived in North Carolina and were the parents of ten children. Descendants lived primarily in North Carolina.
The Hairstons
Author: Henry Wiencek
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250276152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
As the country enters a new era of conversations around race and the enduring impact of slavery, The Hairstons traces the rise and fall of the largest slaveholding family in the Old South as its descendants—both black and white—grapple with the twisted legacy of their past. Spanning two centuries of one family’s history, The Hairstons tells the extraordinary story of the Hairston clan, once the wealthiest family in the Old South and the largest slaveholder in America. With several thousand black and white members, the Hairstons of today share a complex and compelling history: divided in the time of slavery, they have come to embrace their past as one family. For seven years, journalist Henry Wiencek combed the far-reaching branches of the Hairston family tree to piece together a family history that involves the experiences of both plantation owners and their slaves. Crisscrossing the old plantation country of Virginia, North Carolina, and Mississippi, The Hairstons reconstructs the triumphant rise of the remarkable children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the enslaved as they fought to take their rightful place in mainstream America. It also follows the white descendants through the decline and fall of the Old South, and uncovers the hidden history of slavery's curse—and how that curse followed slaveholders for generations. Expertly weaving stories of horror, tragedy, and heroism, The Hairstons addresses our nation’s attempt to untangle the twisted legacy of the past, and provides a transcendent account of the human power to overcome.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250276152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
As the country enters a new era of conversations around race and the enduring impact of slavery, The Hairstons traces the rise and fall of the largest slaveholding family in the Old South as its descendants—both black and white—grapple with the twisted legacy of their past. Spanning two centuries of one family’s history, The Hairstons tells the extraordinary story of the Hairston clan, once the wealthiest family in the Old South and the largest slaveholder in America. With several thousand black and white members, the Hairstons of today share a complex and compelling history: divided in the time of slavery, they have come to embrace their past as one family. For seven years, journalist Henry Wiencek combed the far-reaching branches of the Hairston family tree to piece together a family history that involves the experiences of both plantation owners and their slaves. Crisscrossing the old plantation country of Virginia, North Carolina, and Mississippi, The Hairstons reconstructs the triumphant rise of the remarkable children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the enslaved as they fought to take their rightful place in mainstream America. It also follows the white descendants through the decline and fall of the Old South, and uncovers the hidden history of slavery's curse—and how that curse followed slaveholders for generations. Expertly weaving stories of horror, tragedy, and heroism, The Hairstons addresses our nation’s attempt to untangle the twisted legacy of the past, and provides a transcendent account of the human power to overcome.
The Nowlin-Stone Genealogy
A Golden Weed
Author: Drew A. Swanson
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030020681X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Drew A. Swanson has written an “environmental” history about a crop of great historical and economic significance: American tobacco. A preferred agricultural product for much of the South, the tobacco plant would ultimately degrade the land that nurtured it, but as the author provocatively argues, the choice of crop initially made perfect agrarian as well as financial sense for southern planters. Swanson, who brings to his narrative the experience of having grown up on a working Virginia tobacco farm, explores how one attempt at agricultural permanence went seriously awry. He weaves together social, agricultural, and cultural history of the Piedmont region and illustrates how ideas about race and landscape management became entangled under slavery and afterward. Challenging long-held perceptions, this innovative study examines not only the material relationships that connected crop, land, and people but also the justifications that encouraged tobacco farming in the region.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030020681X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Drew A. Swanson has written an “environmental” history about a crop of great historical and economic significance: American tobacco. A preferred agricultural product for much of the South, the tobacco plant would ultimately degrade the land that nurtured it, but as the author provocatively argues, the choice of crop initially made perfect agrarian as well as financial sense for southern planters. Swanson, who brings to his narrative the experience of having grown up on a working Virginia tobacco farm, explores how one attempt at agricultural permanence went seriously awry. He weaves together social, agricultural, and cultural history of the Piedmont region and illustrates how ideas about race and landscape management became entangled under slavery and afterward. Challenging long-held perceptions, this innovative study examines not only the material relationships that connected crop, land, and people but also the justifications that encouraged tobacco farming in the region.
Writings on American History
The Magazine of American Genealogy
Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
The Op Dyck Genealogy
Author: Charles Wilson Opdyke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Earp Family Genealogy
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Josiah and Phillip Earp were born in Maryland about 1760. They fought in the Revolutionary War and later moved to Virginia and later North Carolina. Later generations moved farther west and today descendants are found throughout the United States. Information on their descendants and related lines are given in this volume including the infamous Earp brothers. Descendants now live in Texas, Missouri, and elsewhere in the United States.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Josiah and Phillip Earp were born in Maryland about 1760. They fought in the Revolutionary War and later moved to Virginia and later North Carolina. Later generations moved farther west and today descendants are found throughout the United States. Information on their descendants and related lines are given in this volume including the infamous Earp brothers. Descendants now live in Texas, Missouri, and elsewhere in the United States.