McDowell, John, 1706-1742

Balcony Falls

File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Contains semi-dramatized account of violent interaction between numerous then-Augusta county citizens and a local Native American tribe near Balcony Falls, resulting in numerous deaths on both sides.

Dates: 1872 - 1988

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Native Americans

Battle of 1742, 1906-04

File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Contains 1906 report on the Battle of 1942, which involved a number of notable Rockbridge County citizens in a violent conflict with Native American tribes.

Dates: 1906-04

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Native Americans

Borden Grant

File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

This file contains two copies of E.P. Tompkins article on the Borden Grant, as well as a number of Lexington New Gazette articles on the same topic.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1749 - 1985

Found in: Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives / Land Grants

General, 1939-04-19

File — Box 1, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

This file consists of a Rockbridge County News article on historic houses and land donations given to the county, as well as a typescript essay entitled "Historic and Romantic Balcony Downs," which recounts early Rockbridge County conflict with Native Americans.

Dates: 1939-04-19