Show 1 RECORD Ir f AUGUSTA l' l SOON teeming coming BooK of Great Greal Interest I West I I f-I INCLUDES MANY KANY STATES NOW j lent Bent Men Hen From All AH Parts arts of Nation Trace 1 Lineage Th There rel re l S BT Jt IO J. J T. T HASKIN BASIN r ra number amber ot or years gene ogi teen been n discussing tho the y value lue of a a. so se- jf f papers pacers known as IS th the Chalkley j ro o called because they are Bre arete made te by Judge Lyma D D Va Va- of the theold old court roe rec- of o Augusta county at a period tie tle territory of several a states in that county The me pub pub- fen cf of these records which will mil Us be concluded within th the bit cur curr cur cur- r r Is ti reg regarded rd d b by m rainy rany ny as one ODe fe important genealogical c P b of the world There There-is is gl li 1 genealogies t publication in t Ii IB in either E Europe r pe or or med Amen contains information mation 1 tile in to so many localities 0 known khon In n Europe Euroll and aud if itar for tor hi his published works diV di di- V settlement of t the be original tates into three diM di di- tE M l of ot J Jamestown r r tu h royalists the bo settle settle- E b Pur trUl T ri of Au ista county Presbyterians Presbyterians- th tb the 1 of which came tame to America Wv i. i ilot YOt of ot these thes people came caDle i. i UlMer in ia north Ire Ireland and where kd Id been tn encouraged oura eil to emigrate BM N it T. T of Scotland after that had been devastated d dost ost depopulated By 1 its long se se- sofi fl fi wars wan Beaure of the numer- numer arising over o land titles tHle-s l nd these people after a a. reaLeta reaL resl i of or eta a century or moro more in Ireland tr emigrate to America in Jar e f. f their residence in Bd they tiey had preserved their Scot- Scot hn as well weI as aa their re- re and their many ster- ster qualities made them a m most t ITO ira ir itt teeter at-teeter t factor fattor in in the settlement of country to Hardy Pioneers Ot bt without out exception they had and from front tho the first fint had affiliation Ou with the Eu English peo- peo bo bad kad settled eastern Virginia who h hO ero supporters of tb thc 1 These Scotch Irish set set- farther and anil farther west were they her were ere able to drive o tho Indians i mm and anti m make ke kefor for themselves them si they could ors t worship ip God ne I. I u Scotch Irish who came between 1730 and 17 1750 O ut- ut early carly 5 settlers ina inconsiderable in in- a considerable number of the III and ind ri Swiss who t had bad first setin set act in Iti Pennsylvania but who ho moved t after it was wa decided that no Prints nU of Pennsylvania land nd de until the youngest roun son m n can J a family should bould attain his bis M. M Jt 4 v The Thc act establishing Augus- Augus w sty Ity ly was mil w passed U a in fn 1738 and the BV pr W in 1715 1745 as a part Its Us population tion wa Was made a 1St i of the Scotch Scotch- I In witha a few far Pennsylva- Pennsylva who bo became me moro more numer- numer a. a It E of years later At this thise the Inc e v extended to Fort rort bf rY th tb fT V then n called in m Pennsylvania where Y h C on pace Pae 2 I GIVE RECORD OF AUGUSTA COUNTY SOON Continued from front pago pato 1 now nosy stands nd Tt It included mot most of Ohio Obio Indiana Illinois part of ot Michigan an and md all an of Kentucky beside I West Vircinia Virginia which did not become a state until 1563 V What Records Show r Because of tho t I leJ regarding nr the value alue of these oM oh documents documents docu ments to fo genealogy a brief statement of their theft contents has been given out They include every ery Appointment to any kind of public of tic a durin during this period with every name that appears upon lIpon any paper aper miscellaneous or otherwise There Thero are ire abstracts giving jn i the essential orson essen points of ever every deed every will wiB willand willand and every overy land Jand grant rant with the reports of all commissions commission tax lists Jit delinquent delin della delinquent quent plant Ji lists t marriages and ln marriage bonds lists list of French an and Indian wars and of revolutionary rc soldiers pension declarations and mau many other subjects 2 Th The material for the there manuscripts was VAS scattered catter d for or years in tn a number of places more or less Jess d difficult of access for there were a number of towns courts court were held heM in this large e territory Tho The rich Tich historical value of the Au Augusta county records is attested by the fact that the o Carnegie e museum of historical research has published cx I from thorn thom in a number of bulletins bulletins bulle huBe tins including among them th the tho records record of deeds entered at Fort Tort Dunmore Pittsburg in 1775 15 and 1776 16 Made Many Discoveries Judge Tudo had the advantage c of access s to these old oM documents which wro so 0 ill arranged that no ono one bad had any knowledge 0 of their contents and ami ho 10 spent years in making a a. copy COP of thorn thom or a a. brief briol of tb the tho contents of those which too voluminous to be bo given i cn in full uH Uon Fr Frequently tl ho would find a aJ along J long bog n searched for will in n a a. bundle of land grants or ho he would run nin acro across s a a. alon along lon long ong forgotten will folded with the tho deed of a property Tho The fact act that so o man manY of these old documents could not be 10 lo- ra b by genealogists has cause caused man ma many to o doubt their existence Many an- an old records record which bich have havo been bean believed to tp have havo lavo been destroyed have beon been menu menu- lied led and copied Their publication this year car carill wi will ill make mako it possible for thousands thou thou- sands bands of individuals to connect con the missing links Jinks of their family history more accurately than thlu a professional genealogist st could coula do lo it without thorn thom The fhe exi existence of some Augusta Aus county records in is known to people in every overy state in the union minion although ou h their full extent has bas been a matter of conjecture Genealogists ts in the vicinity of Washington Wash iD ington iriton ton ha have A mado thousands of dollars in the Ia last t twenty five years ear by going to the old courthouse at Staunton Va Vs and makin making what connections they could from irom the tho records at their com corn m mand nd There are arc thousands of connections connee lions however that could not b be established because the tho rl right ht document nt could not h be JO 8 and a great reat majority of oft t those bos difficulties 8 will ivill in be overcome overcome by bJ the publication of these old records Cut Off Somo Some Incomes Genealogists i b in England S Scotland and Germany fr frequently send sand for ti tiOn I from front the tho Augusta county records Th Thero ro are several prominent nt Scottish families branches brinches of oC which were in included In in- eluded amon among the immigrants who helped to f settle thi this t territory whose descendants de de- de in ale o f frequent quent applications for information to settle sonic some di disputed point Jar Largo o o have been char charged el by hy genealogists for lor the time timo spent nt in inquest inquest quest of this information and the publication pub pith nhon h.-nhon of the records will WIn cut off the tho revenues rc of a a. few pow by throwing owin open to tot t the hp world the full uso of tho the records t J CS While the immigration ration from Now gland lin helped t to populate tho northern north north- ern eji part of the states tates of the middle west the great reat bulk of the western population of this thi country has been cd to have havo been derived from tho tIm original confines of old Augusta a cou county t. t I to 10 a l fec recent nt investigation ime more than 50 51 per cent of the congress s. s 1 and 5 senators l now DOW in office arc are de- de from the early carly settlers of Df thi thin district Tb The Ibe number of professional men nion of all classes who are of Augusta U county stock is said paid to be in excess of those descended from rom the New England stat states eSt Sullivan in lu German The work of preparing these old records records rec rec- ord for public use was undertaken by Judge o Chalkier not for mon money but for forthe forthe forthe the purpose o oi ot erecting an nn historical al monument to his own nam name All An tho transcripts were wro mado c with historical accuracy n as well as 35 a ri full legal knowl e edge Jc Some of the spelling is peculiar as Rs judged i by hy modern standards and in ina ina a 1 few cases the tho spelling of proper names i is called into question but a R little thought will iII enable the reader to understand un un- un tiDd how ho hoit it was possible for a Ger- Ger nuin nian clerk of the court to TitO Stroll ST yen cn for ifor Sullivan and tho original spelling spelling spell spell- ing in is usually given cn excepting in in cases casc of known error Tho The records arc are arran arranged cd in chronological chrono chrono- logical order older a and d it is b by gen gen- en alo who n-ho c have examined tho the completed com corn manuscripts th t they arc are as free from front error as it is possible for such finch a T ork to be It will bo he published in throe three large Jare volumes and an important feature will wiH bo ho the index which rill ill jJ I include every eyer name mentioned in iii any record r cord which will trill be especially helpful l to amateur genealogists The Tho co cost t of this publication amounts to Over lover but it has been undertaken under under- taken b bv by members of one ono of tho the most important women's patriotic or organizations organizations tion in n tho the country Shed Light on Early Life Lite With the increased interest in geneal ogy o in in all parts of tho the country comes the demand for tor more books of historic records records in ma the genealogical ical departments of th the public libraries rie 9 which are arc bein being established in hi such ucb numbers and nd tho the need of more material re regarding the of the families who settled the middle west has been keenly felt folt The books covering this section on have havo Q been f few fot- T and nd incomplete and it is believed bo- bo d that tho the publication of or those these full records re will ill be 3 a ke key to t those ose already existing without in any sense duplicating m lug ing their contents Aside from their J genealogical n value these old rc records are aro full fun of inter interest st to any one ono concerned with the tho life lito an an 1 customs of tho the early Americans They tell of ot claims daims seel cc red from front Indians by tho the payment nt of strings of beads or steel deel knives Land LantI grants rants were Tere macin for l plots lot lol extending from rom II two two black oaks west to a n white pak oak and thence north 13 61 65 degrees to an no elm tree and thence poJ poles e-a e east t to a forked black oak oRk I Tomorrow GE OGY Its It Its Social Influence |