Where the Scotch-Irish Settled in Virginia
during the 18th century Scotch-Irish emigrants from Northern Ireland landed in Philadelphia and traveled the old Indian trails across the Colony of Virginia, as far west as the Shenandoah Valley. They settled in Augusta, Culpeper, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties. These county records may be viewed for surnames in the interest in locating the ancestors https://virginiapioneers.net/counties/augusta/ […]
John Sevier, French Huguenot, Explorer, Soldier
John Sevier, of French Huguenot family (originally spelled Xavier), was born in Augusta County, Virginia, on September 23, 1745. In 1773, Sevier emigrated from Millerstown in Shenandoah County to the Watauga region. With his arrival there begins one of the most fascinating and romantic careers recorded in the varied and stirring annals of the Old […]
