Thanks for the info ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Lee Hearl" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:58 AM Subject: [VAAUGUST] Augusta County Settlement: > Researchers who are attempting to trace their lines as they moved westward > should have a grasp on where the settlements were at given times. Remember, > the English Colonial government prevented settlement beyond the Treaty Lines > which had been established with the Indians. A few settlers ventured beyond > the lines but most of them were trading with the Indians or were > longhunters. As a general rule, the land "companies" were given grants for > large surveys a few years before the treaty lines were moved, allowing the > land speculators to survey the best lands before settlers were allowed to > move in and buy the land. > Settlements were made on New River about 1749 to 1755, by 1760-70 settlers > were arriving on the Holston and Clinch rivers in southwest Va. By 1774 > lands were being surveyed in Kentucky and Harrod had established a > settlement there. About 1774 it was clear where the dividing line between > the Virginians and the Cherokees was located and Kentucky opened for > settlement of large numbers in 1775. So, there is little need to try to > place an ancestor in KY before 1774, or in the counties along the Holston > and Clinch rivers before 1769. > G. Lee Hearl > Authentic Appalachian Storyteller > Abingdon, Va. > > > > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > **************************************************************** > List Administrator > Barbara Stanley - [email protected] > ****************************************************************