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Rockbridge County (Va.) -- Land settlement

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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

Cornstalk, 1926-10-28, 1935-02

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

This file consists of three articles written on Chief Cornstalk, and his involvement in violent raids that occured in Rockbridge County, as well as his death at the hands of a soldier, Jacob Hull, in 1777 in Point Pleasant. Cornstalk led battles during Pontiac's Raid.

Dates: 1926-10-28; 1935-02

Forts, 1960-02

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

This file constains a group of serially published newspaper articles on the history of George Washington developing and using frontier forts in order to create defensive structures to limit casualties and damages from Native American raids and conflicts. Articles published between February 14th to March 6th, 1960.

Dates: 1960-02

Hayes Creek Mound, 1901-09

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents This file contains two copies of the "Report of the Exploration of the Hayes Creek Mound Rockbridge County, Va." The report includes a typewritten note from F.P. Tompkins noting that this particular edition was gifted to the librarian of the Rockbridge Historical Society. The report includes a brief description of the state of the burial grouds and the positions the bodies were laid in upon excavation. The report also includes a drawn diagram of the burial site, as well as plates of...
Dates: 1901-09

Kerrs Creek, 1872-01 - 1988-04-15

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a handwritten account by Harvey Hotinger, reproduced and photocopied versions of articles related to the Kerrs Creek Massacre and other Native American and settler conflict in the area. Includes a copy of an interview with Jane Gay Stevenson sent from Charles Estell Baker of Center Point Independent Church of Birmingham Alabama. Also contains a report written by Madeline Gillespie entitled "Kerr's Creek Indian Raids" from 1955.

Dates: 1872-01 - 1988-04-15

Paul's Fort, 1970-05-03

 File — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

This file consists of a copy of a Roanoke Times article entitled "Highway Passes Over Site of Fort" by George Wilson. Talks about viewing the fort from their perspective in the 1970s.

Dates: 1970-05-03