> Hi there, and thanks for the info about the book. > Thanks, too, for the website (dmkheritage.com). > > The Shenandoah County Library has a copy of the book in the > Shenandoah > Room. What a wealth of knowledge in that room!!! > > Shenandaoh Pioneers and their Descendants > A History of Frederick County, Virginia > T.K. Cartmell > > Imprint: Winchester, VA: Eddy Press Corporation 1909 > Subject: History -- Frederick County, VA. > Subject: History -- Shenandoah County, VA. > Subject: Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History. > Subject: Shenandoah County -- Genealogy > > Shen. Rm Nonfiction AR 975.59 CAR Non-Checkout > > > > This info made me think about THE FAMILY TREE WORKSHOP which was > taught at the county library in October. Archivist, Jean Martin, gave us > a > printout entitled WHAT COUNTY IS THIS? > > It shows that Shenandoah County is located in the Shenandoah Valley > which is part of The Great Valley of Virginia. > > Shenandoah County began as part of Orange County. > > Augusta County was created in 1738. (Frederick County was formed at > the same time. Together they included all the land west of the Blue Ridge > Mountains.) > > Dunmore County, created in 1772. > Name changed to Shenandoah County in 1777. > > You probably knew that information. Just adding as a refresher. > > > > Going Ons at the County Library this week: > > 1. Join the Shenandoah County Library and Shenandoah County Parks and > Recreation in welcoming Mrs. Santa Claus to the library on Wednesday, > December 12th at 10:30 a.m. > > 2. Quilt Show and Demonstration on Thursday 13 4-7 pm. Come out to > the library and see the work of the "Loose Threads" quilting club! Club > members will be displaying their work and will answer questions about > their > quilts or quilting techniques. Check out a book on quilting while you're > here! (I don't think I belong to this quilting club even though I have a > few things LOOSE!!!) > > > Hope to see some of you there!!! > Nancy Shrum, a FRIEND of the library > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 3:02 AM > Subject: VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 215 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Brown Inquiry (RUTH HENRY) >> 2. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers (Doris Christian) >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 22:12:37 -0600 >> From: Doris Christian <[email protected]> >> Subject: [VASHENAN] Shenandoah Valley Pioneers >> To: [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected] >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed >> >> Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants >> >> A History of Frederick County, Virginia >> >> From its Formation in 1738 to 1908 >> >> Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old >> >> Frederick County, now Hampshire, Berkeley, >> >> Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, >> >> Warren, Morgan and Frederick >> >> >> T. K. Cartmell >> >> Clerk of the Old County Court >> >> Here is the information on the book. If your local library does not >> have it and you cannot borrow it from the loaning library, you might >> want to check into this website. dmkheritage.com we have it on >> CD. with the Table of Contents and INDEXES listed. >> >> for the surname index go to: >> >> This 568 page (25 page index) history of old Frederick County >> contains information on the pioneers of the upper Shenandoah Valley. >> >> >> Table of Contents (abridged) >> >> Shenandoah Valley Settled, Flow and by Whom >> >> The Minor Grants >> Van Meter and Hite Grants >> Old Frederick County, Organization of; Gleanings from Old Courts >> Boundaries of Old Frederick County >> Frederick County, Physical Features of >> Frederick County, Typography of >> Frederick County, Natural Points of Interest of >> The Lower Valley; Old Frederick in the Early Days >> Old County Roads and Turnpikes >> >> Railroads, Their Charters, etc >> Public Ferries >> Mills and Other Developments >> Gleanings from Old Courts, Continued >> The Indian and French War >> Gleanings from Old Courts, Succeeding Revolutionary War >> County Roads, List of, and Overseers, 1788-89, and Gleanings from Courts >> Revolutionary War, Officers and Enlisted Men of >> Morgan and his Men; George Rogers Clark Expedition; List of Old Justices >> The War of 1812-14 >> Old Courts, Justices', District and Circuit; Notable Trials; >> Naturalized Aliens >> Valley Banks Old and New >> Revolutionary War Heroes; Court Gleanings Continued up to Civil War >> Justices' Courts, from 1862 to Underwood Constitution; County Court >> Judges and >> Officers; Criminal Trials >> The County Court, Continued; Lynching of Wm. Shorter >> End of County Court System; Beginning of New >> City of Winchester, 1743-1850 >> Winchester, Water Supply of, Gas, Electricity and Manufactures; >> Criminal Trials. >> Newspapers of Winchester, 1787-1908 >> Winchester, Educational Developments, Fire Companies >> Winchester Old Taverns and Streets, Mayors from 1804 >> The Churches in the Lower Valley >> Presbyterian Church, Episcopal Church, Parish of Hampshire >> Lutheran Church, German Reformed Church,Methodist Episcopal Church >> Baptist Church, Society of Friends , Roman Catholic Church >> The Cemeteries of Winchester >> Town and City Government; The Market Square Suit >> Towns in Old Frederick County >> Notabilities of Old Frederick, Fairfax >> Notabilities of Old Frederick, George Washington >> Notabilities of Old Frederick, Joist Hite Pioneer >> Daniel Morgan Life of >> Homesteads, Colonial and Others >> Homesteads of Frederick County >> Homesteads and Biographical Notices >> The John Brown Raid >> The Civil War; >> Emancipation Proclamation, Effect on Both Armies; The Campaign in >> Spring of ?63; Death of Stonewall Jackson >> The Valley Army After Jackson?s Death >> Gettysburg >> Fall of Richmond; Appomattox and Surrender >> Biographical Sketches >> The Pioneers of the Upper Valley >> Frederick County at this Writing >> Appendix No. I-8 >> >> for the surname index go to: >> http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=53 **************************** >> Visit: http://www.dmkheritage.com