Short Historical Sketches of Page County Virginia and Its People

<p>Biographical sketches and genealogical profiles continue to be an important aspect of this series. This volume is arranged in chronological sections: Pre-Colonial Early Colonial and the Revolution (sixteen articles); Early and Antebellum Page County (sixteen articles); American Civil War (twenty-nine articles); World War I (ten articles); Post World War I Military (three articles); Surnames and Genealogical Research Tools (twenty-eight articles); and Miscellaneous (three articles). The first two sections discuss Native American raids European immigration travel slavery and life in early Page County. The Civil War section tells about Confederate women spies various battles Loyalist claims postwar pensions and Confederate veterans. The World War I section describes the wartime and postwar experiences of some of Page County's veterans. The Surnames and Genealogical Research Tools section gives lots of good advice and includes articles on the following Page County families: Booton/Booten Finter Forrer Gibbons Ham Harris Huffman Jordan Keyser Kite Pence Richards and Stoneberger. The final section covers historic sites and tourism in Page County. The comprehensive index includes names places events and military units.</p>