Hello List, I am looking for information on these persons who met in Virginia in the 1700s in what I think was origonally Augusta County and travelled to Kentucky before it became a state. early land grant records would be useful. Also, my John Ritchie was from Scotland. Were there any Scottish settlements in Virginia around that time of the early to mid to late 1700's. Thanks so much, Tracy Thompson Knapp Texas

Hello Tracy, About 1737 our Allens left County Armagh in Ulster Ireland for what became Frederick County in the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We believe their ancestors may have been from Ayreshire in Scotland. As were most early Scots-Irish, they were Presbyterians. Their descendants helped settled Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Good luck in your never completed genealogy quest. WDA ballensr@adelphia.net end ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES L KNAPP" <knapp10@verizon.net> To: <SHENANDOAH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: [unclassified] John Ritchie, Benjamin Linn, John Gilkey > Hello List, > I am looking for information on these persons who met in Virginia in the > 1700s in what I think was origonally Augusta County and travelled to > Kentucky before it became a state. early land grant records would be > useful. > Also, my John Ritchie was from Scotland. Were there any Scottish > settlements in Virginia around that time of the early to mid to late > 1700's. > Thanks so much, > Tracy Thompson Knapp > Texas > > > ==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > Need list assistance? Please contact: crb@ponyexpress.net > List Adm for SHENANDOAH-L and SHENANDOAH-D > Now with over 725 subscribers! > > >