This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Counties> Rockbridge SHAW CARTER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4BC.2ACI/2078.1.2 Message Board Post: I recently read, in a book by University Press of Virginia, of a DANIEL W. SHAW b. 1818 in Virginia. Check 1850 census as a miller, and 1860 census a millwright, a chairmaker by 1880. In or around The Natural Bridge area, Rockbridge County, Va. Also LORENZO SHAW a partner and furnace owner 1854, Counties if Augusta & Rockbridge. LORENZO SHAW was a partner in Vesuvius Furnace in Rockbridge County. Not my family line, I am looking for FIREBAUGH ancestors, Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge County Va. Also try Augusta County. PRESTON J. CARTER b. 1826 Rockbridge Co. Va. a blacksmith had his son GEORGE working in his shop around and after the Civil War. Good Luck.