History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia: 1748-1920W. C. Hill printing Company, 1920 - 700 Seiten |
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... Patton , John Lewis , John Buchanan , George Robin- son , Peter Scholl , James Bell , Robert Campbell , John Brown , Robert Poage , John Pickens , Thomas Lewis , Hugh Thompson , Robert Cunningham , John Tinla ( Finley ? ) Richard Woods ...
... Patton , John Lewis , John Buchanan , George Robin- son , Peter Scholl , James Bell , Robert Campbell , John Brown , Robert Poage , John Pickens , Thomas Lewis , Hugh Thompson , Robert Cunningham , John Tinla ( Finley ? ) Richard Woods ...
Seite 165
... Patton . In 1745 Patton was made county lieutenant and commander of the militia for Augusta County ; and a little later secured from the Crown a grant for 120,000 acres of land to be located in Virginia , west of the Alle- ghany ...
... Patton . In 1745 Patton was made county lieutenant and commander of the militia for Augusta County ; and a little later secured from the Crown a grant for 120,000 acres of land to be located in Virginia , west of the Alle- ghany ...
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... Patton . Summers in his history of Southwest Virginia says : " It is reasonable to believe that Colonel Wood made this trip , and , to support this view , three circumstances may be mentioned . First , The House of Burgesses of Virginia ...
... Patton . Summers in his history of Southwest Virginia says : " It is reasonable to believe that Colonel Wood made this trip , and , to support this view , three circumstances may be mentioned . First , The House of Burgesses of Virginia ...
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... Patton expedition that traders came from east of the mountains and visited the Cherokee towns in Tennessee . These traders em- ployed Indian guides , and transported their merchandise on pack- horses , traveling along the Holston Valley ...
... Patton expedition that traders came from east of the mountains and visited the Cherokee towns in Tennessee . These traders em- ployed Indian guides , and transported their merchandise on pack- horses , traveling along the Holston Valley ...
Seite 168
... Patton on this occasion also located lands in the Catawba Valley and at Amsterdam in Botetourt County . From thence he went to the Roanoke Valley , and made surveys on Stroubles Creek , and located a large boundary at the present ...
... Patton on this occasion also located lands in the Catawba Valley and at Amsterdam in Botetourt County . From thence he went to the Roanoke Valley , and made surveys on Stroubles Creek , and located a large boundary at the present ...
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Abb's Valley acres American Andrew Lewis army Assembly attack Augusta Augusta County battle became Bickley Botetourt British Buchanan Burke's Garden camp Campbell Captain Carolina Cecil Charles Cherokees civil Clinch River Clinch Valley Colonel Colonel Preston colonists colony command Confederate council court Creek Cumberland Draper Dunmore east elected England English expedition Fincastle County force Fork French George governor Harman Henry horses hundred hunting Indians Ingles inhabitants James Jamestown Jeffersonville John Kanawha Kentucky killed land Lewis Lieutenant living located Loyal Company Maiden Spring miles Moore Mountain nations North Ohio organized party passed Patton Peery pioneer Point Pleasant present President Rees Bowen Regiment returned Robert Russell Samuel scalping sent settled settlements settlers Shawnees Smith South Southwest Virginia spring Tazewell County territory thence Thomas Thompson tion town treaty tribes Walker Washington William Witten wounded Wythe Wythe County
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Seite 518 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Seite 597 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Seite 597 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Seite 579 - On the contrary, they were at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and, whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority, and had no rights or privileges but such as those who held the power and the Government might choose to grant them.
Seite 333 - ... but in fact for the purpose of raising a revenue, hath imposed rates and duties payable in these colonies, established a board of commissioners, with unconstitutional powers, and extended the jurisdiction of Courts of Admiralty, not only for collecting the said duties, but for the trial of causes merely arising within the body of a county...
Seite 519 - Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lusting bonds. As long, therefore, as they can find employment in this line, I would not convert them into mariners:, artisans, or anything else.
Seite 334 - We will neither import nor purchase any slave imported after the first day of December next; after which time we will wholly discontinue the slave trade and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.
Seite 598 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Seite 293 - Captain Cresap, What did you kill my people on Yellow Creek for? The white people killed my kin at Conestoga,* a great while ago; and I thought nothing of that. But you killed my kin again, on Yellow Creek, and took my cousin prisoner. Then I thought I must kill too; and I have been three times to war since: but the Indians are not angry; only myself.
Seite 103 - You must take especial care that you choose a seat for habitation that shall not be over burthened with woods near your town for all the men you have shall not be able to cleanse twenty acres a year, besides that it may serve for a covert for your enemies round about.