Published in 1938 HIS book was written to meet the need of a permanent record of the history of the descendants of four brothers of the old Virginia family of Col. Samuel DuVal of “Mt. Comfort,” Henrico County, Va. On this plantation of five hundred acres was built the Chestnut Hill and Highland Park additions…
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William Claiborne of Virginia – by John Herbert Claiborne – 1917
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/public/gdcmassbookdig/williamclaiborne00clai/williamclaiborne00clai.pdf INTRODUCTION UNTIL now the biography of William Claiborne, the foremost genius of early Virginia, has never been fully written. Religious, political, and even family prejudices have tended hitherto to give us distorted pictures of his life and public services. Dr. Claiborne’s account of his distinguished ancestor’s career shuns fable and corrects tradition. It is…
A Pictorial Booklet on Early Jamestown Commodities and Industries
A Pictorial Booklet On Early Jamestown Commodities And Industries By J. PAUL HUDSON – Illustrated by Sidney E. King 1957 Boat Building on the Black River BOATBUILDING [Pg 1] “On April 27 1607, the day after the Jamestown colonists landed at Cape Henry, some of the settlers began to build or assemble a small boat….
The Claiborne Family Tree from England to Virginia to Southeast Missouri
Rowland Cleburne [Cliburn] Born about 1364 He married Katherine de Lancaster Born 1415 II. John Cleburne Born about 1445 – 1487 He married Elizabeth Curwen| Born 1445 – 1489 III. Thomas De Cleburne Born about 1471 – 1573 He married Joan Sanford Born 1447 IV. Sir Robert John Cleburne Born about 1471 – 1553 He married Emmotte KirkbrideAnn Layton Born 1465 – 1535 V. Edmund Cleburne Born about 1502…
The Whitaker Family Tree from England to Virginia to Southeast Missouri
Robert Sr. Whitaker [His grandson immigrated to America] Birth: circa 1604 Padiham, Lancashire, England 2. Robert Whitaker, Il MP Birth: March 29, 1637 North Yorkshire, England Death: February 6, 1741 (103) Grindletown, York, England Immediate Family: Son of Robert Sr. Whitaker Husband of Margaret Whitaker 3. Joshua Whitaker, Sr. MP Immigrated to America Birth: December 22, 1675 London, Middlesex, England…
Boone’s Wilderness Road and The Cumberland Gap
Image Credit: Kentucky Genealogical Society From Highways of America Volume 6 Cumberland Gap and Boone’s Wilderness Road [Pg 5] HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA VOLUME 6 Boone’s Wilderness Road y Archer Butler Hulbert With Maps and Illustrations THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY CLEVELAND, OHIO 1903 [Pg 6] COPYRIGHT, 1903 BY The Arthur H….
My Family’s Connection to Pocahontas
My ancestor Samuel Duval’s first wife was Margaret Sheppard, but Margaret died in 1786′. Afterward, he married Anne Everard Bolling, whose descendant was the John Rolfe who married Pocahontas. Therefore, in a round-about way, I could say that Pocahontas is my step-ancestor. Pocahontas plays heavily in the history of Jamestown, and my direct ancestor William…
Historical Account of the Life of Daniel Boone & Boone’s Road
DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. Published in 1872 All of the following text is a quote from Abbott’s book Daniel Boone, Pioneer of Kentucky. On the 10th of October, 1717, a vessel containing a number of emigrants arrived at Philadelphia, a small but flourishing settlement upon the banks of…
A Very Short History of the Founding of Virginia – Roanoake, Jamestown, Pocahontas
AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1872. Excerpts Only Spain sponsored many of the early excursions into America. 1492 – Columbus en route to America “The little fleet of three small vessels, with which Columbus left Palos in Spain, in search of…