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A HISTORY OF
without exception the same names and children of the men who left
Augusta and Rockingham County, Va. With them came my Elliott fam-
ily and the allied families of Glasgow, Wallace, Estill, Trigg, Rodes,
Lewis, Turner, Kavanaugh, Oldham, and others. It is possible that
Elliott's Knob was named for my family.
August 11, 1911, Maj. W. P. Pence, of Fort Monroe, Va.,
who has spent much time searching records in the effort to
get a complete history of the Pence family, told me that
about 1805-1815 there was a notable exodus from Rocking-
ham westward, specially into the northwest territories.
In 1780 Harrisonburg was established as a town; in 1791,
Keezletown ; from 1801 to 1804 McGaheysville, Port Republic,
and New Haven were laid out and named. The first Circuit
Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Rockingham County
was held in April, 1809, Judge Hugh Holmes presiding. In
April, 1811, this court was put in charge of Judge Daniel
Smith, to continue under his able direction till his death in
1850. Much of the work done in the magistrates' court dur-
ing the latter part of the 18th and the early part of the 19th
century had for its purpose the improvement of facilities for
travel and transportation: the laying out of roads, the clear-
ing of fords, etc. Many details concerning this work may be
found in Chapter XII. Educational and religious work was
not by any means neglected. The Lutherans, the Reformed,
the Mennonites, and the Episcopalians had been in the field
from the beginning; the Bunkers, the Presbyterians, the
Methodists, and the United Brethren were becoming well es-
tablished. There were perhaps a few Catholics, Quakers,
and Moravians in the county. Particulars regarding these
various churches are given in Chapter XIV, while the subject
of education receives special attention in Chapter XV.
About 1809 George Rockingham Gilmer, later Governor
of Georgia, visited Virginia, the home of his ancestors, and
in particular the birthplace of his father in Rockingham
County. He came up through East Virginia, stopping in
Amelia, Cumberland, Albemarle, and other counties. He
was in Charlottesville on the day of the election of members
of the State legislature and Congress.
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without exception the same names and children of the men who left
Augusta and Rockingham County, Va. With them came my Elliott fam-
ily and the allied families of Glasgow, Wallace, Estill, Trigg, Rodes,
Lewis, Turner, Kavanaugh, Oldham, and others. It is possible that
Elliott's Knob was named for my family.
August 11, 1911, Maj. W. P. Pence, of Fort Monroe, Va.,
who has spent much time searching records in the effort to
get a complete history of the Pence family, told me that
about 1805-1815 there was a notable exodus from Rocking-
ham westward, specially into the northwest territories.
In 1780 Harrisonburg was established as a town; in 1791,
Keezletown ; from 1801 to 1804 McGaheysville, Port Republic,
and New Haven were laid out and named. The first Circuit
Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Rockingham County
was held in April, 1809, Judge Hugh Holmes presiding. In
April, 1811, this court was put in charge of Judge Daniel
Smith, to continue under his able direction till his death in
1850. Much of the work done in the magistrates' court dur-
ing the latter part of the 18th and the early part of the 19th
century had for its purpose the improvement of facilities for
travel and transportation: the laying out of roads, the clear-
ing of fords, etc. Many details concerning this work may be
found in Chapter XII. Educational and religious work was
not by any means neglected. The Lutherans, the Reformed,
the Mennonites, and the Episcopalians had been in the field
from the beginning; the Bunkers, the Presbyterians, the
Methodists, and the United Brethren were becoming well es-
tablished. There were perhaps a few Catholics, Quakers,
and Moravians in the county. Particulars regarding these
various churches are given in Chapter XIV, while the subject
of education receives special attention in Chapter XV.
About 1809 George Rockingham Gilmer, later Governor
of Georgia, visited Virginia, the home of his ancestors, and
in particular the birthplace of his father in Rockingham
County. He came up through East Virginia, stopping in
Amelia, Cumberland, Albemarle, and other counties. He
was in Charlottesville on the day of the election of members
of the State legislature and Congress.
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