The New River Settlements at the time of the so-called French& Indian War were at Reed Creek, Dunkard Bottom, Drapers Meadow, a few settlements along the Greenbrier, and a few scattered homesteads. Patricia Givens Johnson, in her great book "The New River Early Settlement" goes into great detail about this area, the order of settlement, the settlers and their trades, and the Indian relations (both hostile and helpful). Present Castlewood, Russell County, VA used to be Castle's Woods -- named for Jacob Castle who was an early New River settler who went up Wolf Creek past Burke's Garden and down the streams of the Clinch River to begin an early settlement in the "far west" of that time. Mentions of the exploits of the early settlers around this area can be gleaned from the Chalkley's "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement." I hope this is on point. Ed Jemima Gee Morse wrote: > [email protected] wrote June 28, 2000 > Subject: [LONGHUNTERS] WATAUGA, HOLSTON, CASTLEWOODS & NEW RIVER > SETTLEMENTS ca1775-1790 > > > Also, does anyone know the exact location of what was termed > the "New River > > Settlement" and "Castlewoods." In other words, where were they > located > > approximately and where can they be found on a present day map? > > Archibald Thompson gives a first-person account of events in the > French and Indian War, and frontier attacks in his diary, index > and transcript by Lula Hankins Hunter of which are posted at Doug > Moore's web page http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/archibald/ > > PAGE 102 > June 1755 New River Brokeup > July 9th 1755 > Brave Bradak Defatted > Sertifyd (symbol) a true Copy > (symbol) Me Archibald Thompson > > PAGE 103 > June 1755 New River Broke up and > was Drove By the french and Indians . . . > > The 9th day of July in the year 1755 > Brave Bradock Defatted & Kild > > These dates, of course, are twenty years earlier than those > posted by Mr. Perry. > > Archibald was the brother-in-law of Henry and Charles Skaggs. > Although I've been unable to track Archibald before he shows up > in the 1767 tithable list of Pittsylvania Co., Va., the year that > county was formed from old Halifax, the Clan Thompson researchers > have found that at least four sons of the Skaggs family > (Archibald Skaggs, Henry Skaggs, William Skaggs, Hezekiah Whitt) > were born in South Carolina 1759-1760. So did the families go to > SC from Virginia following these attacks on the frontier? > > In a following post, I'll give references from the diary to other > early events and hope someone will be able to identify the > locations. > > ==== VAMONTGO Mailing List ==== > This list is intended for the exchange of genealogical information and > questions concerning Montgomery Co, VA, families.