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This volume of Middlesex County marriages presents approximately 900 entries, which were abstracted from the files at the county court house in Saluda, Virginia. The marriages listed in three sequential marriage registers are here arranged in chronological order; an index of grooms and index of brides will help the user quickly locate persons. In addition to the names of the bride and groom, and the marriage date, the entries also specify (when known): the official who performed the ceremony, parentage, and the race of the bride and groom.

The Northern Standard, later renamed The Clarksville Standard, was a weekly newspaper first published in 1842 by Charles DeMorse in Clarksville, a small town in the northeastern corner of the Republic of Texas. The paper grew to become the second largest in circulation in Texas and DeMorse was hailed as the Father of Texas Journalism. In 1854 and 1855, Texas was still "growing up." The Standard was more than a country newspaper. It published national and international news received from "exchange papers" from other parts of Texas, the Eastern seaboard, and even Europe. A myriad of political ideologies, temperance, and the growing issue of slavery and abolition were some of the topics discussed. Local news focused on Clarksville and the reader's home terrain: Bowie, Cass, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Montague, Parker, Red River, Tarrant, Titus, Upshur, and Wise Counties. Town activities, marriages and deaths, celebrations, crops, weather and more were covered. Both the genealogist and the student of Texas history will prize this work. For the genealogist, there is a wealth of names. For historians, this volume offers a taste of the people, events and attitudes in motion which were to shape Texas and the United States. An every name index enhances the text.

This volume is the first in a series devoted to presenting a transcription of the surviving serial manuscript records for the town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains. The first ledger book for the Town of Wilmington, "lost" for many years, covers the period from the founding of the town in 1821, until 1865 (except for cattle earmarks which are covered until 1884), and contains a record of the Town of Wilmington minutes, plus much more. The minutes of annual and special town meetings are included. Entries make special note of the persons elected or appointed to various offices: e.g., Town Clerk, Town Supervisor, Assessors, Commissioners of Highways, Overseers of Highways, Path Masters, Justices of the Peace, Overseers of the Poor, Tax Collectors, Election Inspectors, Sextons, Poor Masters, Scalers of Weights and Measures, and Superintendents of Schools. Votes are recorded for provisions for the poor and schools. Surveys of new roads, and occasionally new plats, are included. Highway taxes, in the form of corvee labor or days of labor owed by individuals, are recorded for every year. Earmarks for cattle are registered and illustrated. The original ledger is not consistently chronological and is often illegible; however, the authors have attempted to transcribe the entries as presented. Names have been faithfully transcribed, and it is not unusual to find the same name spelled several different ways. A full name index adds to the value of this work.

Trial of the Spirits - 1741Professors Warned of Their Danger - 1741The True Believer's All Secured - 1747The Christian Soldier - 1754Address after the Right Hand of Fellowship - 1765Christian Unity and Peace - 1765An Israelite Indeed - 1774The Voice of the Prophets Considered - 1776()()()()()()"it plainly appears that there have been always false teachers in the World who have pretended to inspiration, as far as we have any history to inform us."P 13"he who will faithfully apply himself to the various labors of the ministerial office will be apt to find it a work of great and sore labor and fatigue" P 95"Do not be forward in condemning one another as heretics or putting the worst meaning on every doubtful expression, thereby making a man an offender for a word. Do not impute to your neighbors all those consequences, which you think are fairly deducible, from some principle of his," - "When will Christians learn to treat one another with candor!" p 126"Never cast dirt, never so anything that might but seem to favor of hatred or contempt of the person of antagonist. Never think it a shame, but account it your honor to give up a point, when you are convinced it cannot be defended. And be candid enough to own your error, as soon as you are convinced you are in error. If you find that disputes cannot be managed without envy, strife, evil surmisings, and the like, then avoid them altogether.p 127

Cuming's tour serves as a record of a country in its infancy. His journeys include a pedestrian tour from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh in January, 1807, and continue in July by boat down the Ohio to Kentucky, then by foot, stage and saddle to West Virginia and back to Pittsburgh. In 1808 he embarked for the Mississippi Territory penetrating the Spanish Territory of West Florida as far as Baton Rouge. The last chapter continues the journey to New Orleans using the journal of a "gentleman of accurate observation, a passenger in a New Orleans boat." Cuming's "attitude was sympathetic towards the new and raw regions through which he traveled; nevertheless this fact does not appear to have unduly affected his purpose of giving an accurate picture of what he saw." He "portrays the possibilities of the new land, its remarkable growth, its opportunities for development, and the vigor and enterprise of its inhabitants." "In plain, dispassionate style, he has given us a picture of American life in the West, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, that for clear-cut outlines and fidelity of presentation has the effect of a series of photographic representations."

This book presents over 150 brief biographical sketches of lawyers and judges in Erie County, Pennsylvania, arranged roughly in order of admission to the Erie bar. Sketches vary in length, but most are one to two pages. The first subject is Hon. Thomas Hale Sill (1783-1856); the last is Lee Griswold, Esq. (1899-1928). The sketches are written in a pleasant style that provides enough personal detail about character traits and physical description to breath life into the subject. Biographical information generally includes: date and place of birth; date, place and cause of death; place of burial; legal experience; civil, political, and/or military service; and names of associates. Many also list parents, spouse and/or children; some touch on the subject's early life and/or hobbies. While extolling the accomplishments of Hon. Samuel A. Davenport (1834-1911), Judge Walling states that: "Strong lawyers make other lawyers strong. Our bar is greater because of what our fathers were. For a century Erie county has been blessed with an able bar." A full-name index completes this work.

"The descendants of William Warriner have furnished soldiers for all the American wars, from the Colonial times to the present, and have been well represented among the pastors of several denominations, Congregational, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Baptist and Methodist. ...The original ancestor of the New England Warriners joined the settlers of Springfield, Mass., in 1638. His birthplace and ancestry are unknown. That England was the land of his nativity is probable beyond all doubt." A full-name index completes this well researched work.

This fourth book in the series includes information on counties not covered in the previous volumes as well as new information on some previously covered counties. Census records for Missouri started in 1830, but many travelers and permanent settlers were missed in the census or only lived in the state between the census years. The purpose of this collection is to help the researcher pinpoint his or her ancestors between the census years. Missouri was a gateway to the West-a key location in the nineteenth century. Both the Santa Fe Trail to the southwest and the Oregon Trail to the northwest began at Independence, Missouri. The starting point for the Pony Express, which delivered mail from there west to California, was at St. Joseph, Missouri. Settlers and new immigrants from Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, England, Poland, Bohemia and Italy flooded into Missouri when statehood was granted in 1821. Through the last half of the nineteenth century, each new Gold Rush lured more people to Missouri on their way to make their fortunes. Here, the author has collected information from newspapers, church and cemetery records, muster books, tax and assessment lists, marriage books, deed books, land owner lists, voter lists and other sources. Cemetery listings and mortality schedules include persons born in 1840 or later. A list of "dates to remember" covers important historical events in the U.S. from the years 1821 to 1911. All names appear as written on the original records, including the abbreviations of given names. The following Missouri counties are covered: Andrew, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Carter, Cass, Clay, Grundy, Hickory, Howell, Jackson, Macon, Maries, Platte, Randolph, Reynolds, St. Louis and Taney. The section entitled "miscellaneous connections" includes lists of Missouri graduates from West Point, Civil War Medal of Honor recipients, Missourians listed on the Vietnam War Memorial, and excerpts from the Licking Valley Register (Covington, Kentucky) and the Weekly Kansas Chief. A surname index is included.

"In the morning they fought like good boys, about noon like men, and in the afternoon like devils." So said the Baron Dieskau, Commandant of the French forces, as he lay mortally wounded after the Battle of Lake George in 1755. He was referring to his enemy, the English provincial army. During this important battle of the French and Indian War for control of the area around Crown Point and Ticonderoga, New York, Lt. Col. Jonathan Bagley's regiment of Massachusetts provincials decisively held their own against multiple thrusts from the French. Bagley's men fought with great valor and helped win the only English victory in North America in 1755. Bagley later became a colonel and was put in charge of Fort Edward and the construction of Fort William Henry. His Massachusetts regiment consisted of a great many carpenters and boat builders from Amesbury, Newbury and a few small towns outside of Boston. The author discusses how factors such as the blood ties among the men and the influence of religion formed the unique character of this regiment. This volume provides a comprehensive background of Bagley's regiment, including recruitment, demographics and wages. Uniforms, gear and equipment for each year from 1755 to 1760 are described in detail. Every aspect of daily life is chronicled, including carpentry and labor, training, drill and exercise, and physical ailments and treatments. Even the soldiers' rations are listed here, complete with a nutritional analysis and calorie count of their diet! The outstanding feature of this work is an original transcription of Bagley's orderly book of 1758. This volume will enhance historical research of the period with its appendices and tables which illustrate the range of ages of the soldiers in Bagley's Regiment, a facsimile officer's commission, a facsimile of impressment orders, demographic and service information in the command structure of Bagley's regiment and a colonial listing of wages, including modern money equivalencies. Maps display the southern battle theater of 1755-1758, the northern battle theater of 1759-1760, and the areas of significant residency of the men in Bagley's regiment at recruiting, 1756. Accurately rendered drawings by noted artist Joe Lee depict the clothing and equipment used by the provincials and the Indians. The index lists names, places and events.