History of Augusta County Virginia

This is the standard work on the county and it is essentially a narrative account of Augusta from its aboriginal beginnings and Spotswood's discovery of the Valley of Virginia through the Civil War. Genealogists will value the book for its genealogical and biographical sketches of the following pioneering Augusta County families found in the Appendix to the volume: Baldwin Bell Campbell Christian Crawford Fleming Hanger Hughes Johnson Koiner Lee Lewis McCue McDowell McCulloch Madison Mathews Peyton Poe Porterfield Preston Sheffey Stuart Tate Waddell Wayt Wetzel and Zane.