For those who haven't done their homework, these are the known original settlers of the Shenandoah Valley: Henry Sowter, John Brubaker, Abraham Strickler, Michael Kauffman, John Rhodes, Michael Criter, Philip and Paul Long, Martin Kauffman and Michael Rinehart. They came, according to John Wayland, from Lancaster Co, PA, arriving in 1733. Ludwick Stone, and agent for a Swiss land agent named Jacob Stover, received the original grants for 10,000 acres of land from King George II of England and from Lord Fairfax. They traveled along the Indian Road (also called the Worry Road because the travellers worried about indian attacks) to the land near Peaked Mountain, settling on the bottom lands near the Shenandoah River. There they raised families and bought and sold land until they moved on to other new territories...mine went to Tennessee. Two books that may help our new folks are: Massanutten Settled by the Pennsylvania Pilgrim, 1726, by Harry M. Strickler, copyright date 1924; and, The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley, by John Wayland. The Massanutten book is no longer in print to my knowledge, but the German Element book is available from several of the genealogical societies in the Augusta Co area. Happy hunting! Emily in Alabama