The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley of VirginiaThis valley includes the counties of Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page, Warren, Frederick, and Clarke of VA, and the counties of Berkeley, and Jefferson of WV. The majority of Germans immigrants came to the valley from MD and PA prior to 1800, with a |
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CHAPTER II | 7 |
CHAPTER III | 20 |
CHAPTER V | 57 |
CHAPTER VI | 83 |
CHAPTER VII | 93 |
CHAPTER XI | 177 |
CHAPTER XII | 188 |
CHAPTER XIII | 202 |
APPENDIX | 215 |
F Testators of Shenandoah County 1772 to 1784 | 223 |
K Some German Members of the Virginia Legisla | 229 |
N Revolutionary Pensioners of Rockingham County | 234 |
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