This is from a newspaper clipping - probably Winchester Star in the 1920's ARE YOU AMONG THE F.F.V'S IN FREDERICK? Official Copy of First Census Taken in 1748 is found in Court Records Mr. Fred... M..., the historian came across .......of what is the first census ever taken of the inhabitants of this section. The paper upon which the enumeration is written is in a good state of preservation and it has been presented to the Handley Library by him. The paper was found while cleaning up the room on the second floor of the Circuit Clerk's office. The paper is headed "A List of the Inhabitants in the Lower Part of the Manor of Wappaco..., taken the 18th day of August 1748." The list contains the names of the housekeepers, the time of residence here, those that rent, those that ...., those that...., and from where the inhabitants came. There is a total of 57 names among who is one widow woman. The list was probably prepared by direction of Thomas, Lord Fairfax, as several footnotes are directed to him by the census taker. The Manor of Wappacomo was in Frederick County on the south branch of the Potomac river in what is now Hampshire Co., W. Va. The names on the list are: Henry Van Meter Peter Casey Michael Higther James Williams Noah Hampton Stephen Osborn Garrett Decker Jno. Crouch Jacob Mills Jacob Forelle Wm. Miller Joseph Van Meter Jonathan Coburn Samuel Howard Peter Cas... John Turner Thos. Rennicks The Widow Reid Cobus Hornbiek John DuBrothern Cornelius Curtright Blandener Westfall Peter Thorn Geo. Adam Shupe Abel Westfall Anthony Bogard Mathias Yoakum George Yoakum Jacob Tebebaugh Michael Harness Coonrat Harness (son) Peter Snider, cooper Daniel Richardson Margett Thorn Jno. Cunningham Enock Cornwall John Wood Ben Pennington Wm. Tucker Neal Thompson Jno. Williams Wm. Zennes James Coburn Jacob Westfall Abraham Vanderpool John Colley Burkett Rezan Martin Shoob Jacob Shood Lenuard Heigther Wm. Knowles Alex. Scott John Welton Jno. Scott George See Frederick See Henry Carr The places from whence they came are denominated as Holland, Ireland, Dutch, Maryland, Northward, High Dutch....... Would some one in the Winchester area look this paper up in the Handley Library and fill in the blanks....., please. A copy of the newspaper clipping was found at the Hardy Co, WVa Library in Moorefield, WVa. It appears to me that this census is in the area in Hardy Co from the Trough south, up the South Fork and up to Petersburg Gap. George M. Williams