FRONT MATTER AND INTRODUCTION

• Title Page
• Copyright Page, First Edition
• Introduction

CHAPTER I.

• Ancient Limits
• Aboriginal Population

CHAPTER II.

• Outline of Colonial History

CHAPTER III.

• Discovery of the Valley

CHAPTER IV.

• Settlement of the Valley
• Folklore
• Excerpts from the Records, Ana, Etc.

CHAPTER V.

• Land Rights
• Mary Greenlee, the So-Called Witch-Her Deposition in the Burden Case
• Original Documents, Etc.

CHAPTER VI.

• Presbyterian Church
• Sunday Schools
• The Methodist Episcopal Church in Augusta
• The Baptist Church in Augusta
• The Tunker, or German Baptist Church
• The Lutheran Church in Augusta
• The Catholic Church

CHAPTER VII.

• Early Church History

CHAPTER VIII.

• Governor Dinwiddie
• Sandy Creek Expedition
• Death and Character of the Founder
• Hannah Dennis, The Queen Witch or Invisible Princess
• History of Selim, an Algerine Convert
• Massacre at Seybert's Fort
• Bingamon and the Indians
• Furman's Fort, on the South Branch of the Potomac
• Indian Forays and Massacres in Shenandoah
• Raid on Jackson's River and Catawba

CHAPTER IX.

• Controversy with Pennsylvania
• The Mason & Dixon Line
• Joint Report of the Commissioners on the Boundary Line Between Virginia and Pennsylvania

CHAPTER X.

• Indian Warfare
• Battle of Back Creek

CHAPTER XI.

• More Indian Warfare
• Cornstalk
• Mrs. James Hagerty, The So-Called Witch
• Excerpts, Ana, etc.

CHAPTER XII.

• Differences with Great Britain
• Siege of Fort Henry, in Northwest Virginia, by Simon Girty
• Grave Creek Ambuscade
• Williamson's Campaign
• Crawford's Expedition
• Second Siege of Fort Henry
• Attack on Fort Rice
• An Expected Attack
• Indian Summer
• The Virginia Legislature in Staunton
• Ana, Excerpts, etc.
• Burgess Wilson
• The Captive Belle
• Continental Money
• A Virginia Matron
• Patrick Henry Carries the News of Tarleton's Raid to Staunton
• Mrs. Inglis' Captivity and Escape

CHAPTER XIII.

• Courts
• Return of the Augusta Volunteers
• Note on The Battle of New Orleans

Chapter XIV.

• Beginnings of Conflicts Within the Union
• Battles of Mt. Crawford and Piedmont
• Second Invasion of Augusta

CHAPTER XV.

• Post Civil War
• Augusta Agricultural Society
• Alphabetical List of the Justices of Augusta, From 1790 to 1860

CHAPTER XVI.

• Cities, Towns and Villages

CHAPTER XVII.

• Topography, Meteorology, Soils, Geology, Mineralogy, Fauna, Flora, Etc.
• The Rivers and other Water Courses
• Mineralogy
• Medicinal Waters
• Natural Curiosities
• Native Animals

APPENDICES.

• The Descendants of the Founder
• The M'Dowell Family
• The Preston Family
• The Campbell Family
• The Stuart Family
• The Bell Family
• The Cochran Family
• The Tate Family
• The Christian Family
• The Crawford Family
• The M'Cue Family
• The Hanger Family
• The Mathews Family
• The Porterfield Family
• The Wayt Family
• The Waddell Family
• The Peyton Family
• The Baldwin Family
• The Koiner Family
• Gen. R. H. Lee
• List of Deeds
• Longitude and Latitude of Points in Staunton

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.

• Hon. Thomas Lewis
• Gen. Andrew Lewis
• Colonel William Lewis
• Col. Charles Lewis
• Col. Arthur Campbell
• Gen. William Campbell
• Col. William Fleming
• Rev. James Madison, D. D.
• Maj. Samuel M'Culloch
• Col. Ebenezer Zane
• Lewis Wetzel
• Andrew Poe
• Capt. Samuel Brady
• Jesse Hughes
• Rev. James Waddell, D. D.
• Hon. Daniel Sheffey
• Hon. John Howe Peyton
• Judge Briscoe G. Baldwin
• Col. John B. Baldwin

SUPPLEMENT

• Marriages in Augusta between 1785 and 1793

INDEX.

INDEX