Annals of Southwest Virginia: 1769-1800
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Annals of Southwest Virginia: 1769-1800 by Summers, Lewis Preston. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780932807809.
This handsome two-volume set is one of the most thorough works on early Southwest Virginia and contains the journals of Colonel Thomas Batts, Dr. Thomas Walker, and Colonel Christopher Gistthree of the regions earliest explorers to record their journeys. The volumes also include lists of soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War, the French-Indian War, and the Indian wars prior to 1800. Also compiled are the early records of most of the land surveys and marriages, briefs of deeds and wills, and the court minutes of Botetourt, Fincastle, Montgomery, Washington, and Wythe counties. In addition, the set includes reprints of George Bickleys 1856 History of Tazewell County and Charles B. Coales Wilburn Waters.
