At 09:34 PM 8/3/97 -0400, you wrote: >Following up on a topic that I introduced several weeks ago, but could not >bring closure at that time, I am posting a list of the first settlers in Old >Frederick County. These were identified from a Fee Book maintained by the >first clerk of court, Col. James Wood (died in 1759). The list of settlers >is given below along with the fees assessed in pounds of tobacco, the medium >of exchange. The date of assessment was 1744, which was one year after the >courthouse in Winchester was established. Wilmer, Thank you for bringing us this wonderful information! I do have a question... I was wondering if the source documents are listed alphabetically, or perhaps census style? In other words, is it possible to glean groups of ppl who were neighbors living in a specific part of old Frederick? I wonder too, did the clerk travel to each household? Or did commissioners, assigned by the court, visit each person responsible for the fees in question? Or did the ppl present themselves to the clerk? Is it possible to answer these questions (to any degree) from viewing the source document? Thanks again Dr. Kerns, you've done this list a GREAT service!!!! Linda <center> Linda (Vaught) Whitmer Stephens City, VA whitmer@crosslink.net I have a new web page...wanna see? http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/7970 </center> Archivist (volunteer) Laura V. Hale Archives Warren Heritage Society Front Royal, VA Web page in the works