- Hardcover: 2000 pages
- Publisher: Clearfield Co (April 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0806300698
- ISBN-13: 978-0806300696
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 14.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2.7 Kg
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,170,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This monumental work consists of court records pertaining to the Scotch-Irish pioneers who first breached the mountain barrier sealing off the Atlantic seaboard from the country west of the Blue Ridge. In 1738, when Augusta County, Virginia was erected, its domain extended from the Alleghenies to the Mississippi River, and from the northern part of Tennessee to the Great Lakes. Consequently Chalkley's esteemed publication stands as the supreme source of genealogical information for hundreds of thousands who trace their ancestry to Augusta County, and the Great Valley of Virginia.
The first volume has abstracts of court order books (1745-1799), plus notes from county court judgments, original papers on suits (1745-1825), and petitions filed in court from 1745 on. Volume II has records of the circuit and district courts, marriage bonds, licenses and returns (1748-1800), land entries (1744-1751), guardians' bonds (1782-1801), administrators' bonds (1776-1810), tax delinquents (1748-1804), proceedings of the Vestry of Augusta Parish (1746-1799), and records of military service in colonial wars and the Revolution. Volume III has will abstracts (1745-1818) and deed abstracts (1745-1792). Each volume is indexed, and the combined total of names is over 50,000!
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4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Great resource, available free online, Dec 20 2009
By J. Jensen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 (Hardcover)
The Chronicles are a great resource for anyone doing genealogy in the old Augusta County of Virginia, which not only included a western portion of the current Virginia, but also all of what is now West Virginia and some of Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh.
It is available to view and search for free online at Rootsweb.Ancestry.com.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
excellent books, Aug 12 2009
By Sally Jane "the reader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 (Hardcover)
these books are full of information on Scot-Irish settlements in early Virginia, a special time in the history of America. It is certainly worth the price to all who pursue genealogy in this time period.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great resource Available Free, Feb 8 2012
By Genresearcher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 (Hardcover)
These are invaluable resources for the researcher, but they're available free online from google books. No need to buy them.
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