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1. Battle of Point Pleasant - n.d.

   An excerpt published in an unknown paper of Southwestern Virginia on the Battle of Point Pleasant. The excerpt is from John Alexander Williams' "West Virginia, a History," which was first published in 1975.

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2. Certification - December 17, 1773

   Certification to the Surveyor of Fincastle County from Governor Dunmore in Williamsburg, December 17, 1773, that Alexander Waugh was entitled to 2,000 acres for war service under the terms of his Majesties Proclamation of 1763. Waugh transferred the warrant to William Preston, December 6, 1774, witnessed by Aaron Palfreman. Preston assigned 1,000 acres to John Floyd by endorsement on January 18, 1775.

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3. Committee Minutes - September 6, 1775

   Resolutions passed by the Committee for Fincastle County meeting at the house of James McGavock, September 6, 1775, exonerating Col. Preston from charges that he carried out Dunmore's orders rather then those of the Committee in regard to survey of lands under the King's Proclamation of 1763. (Notation: Col. Breckinridge's papers and vouchers)

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4. Fincastle - n.d.

   Memo on the the formation of Botetourt County from Augusta County, with the proposition of organizing a trip to Fincastle, where important records were housed at the time of the memo.

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5. Grave of General Andrew Lewis at Salem, Virginia - A color photograph of the grave marker of General Andrew Lewis located in East Hill Cemetery at Salem, Virginia, where Lewis' remains were re-interred in 1887 upon their removal from the family plot at Richfield, the Lewis family home. The marker erroneously lists Lewis' date of birth as 1716 the correct date being 1720, his birthplace being in County Donegal, Ireland. Nearby Virginia highway marker K 77 correctly notes that Lewis defeated the indians at the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774 and drove the last British governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, from the soil of Virginia in 1776. Lewis died of a fever in Bedford County, Virginia, in 1781 while returning home from a meeting of the Executive Council of Virginia. Interestingly the 1856 Map and Profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad prepared by W.W. Blackford, Asst. Engr. designates geographical features etc. along the route and in the vicinity of Buford Depot contains the note "Grave of Gen. Andrew Lewis". This raises the question of whether Lewis was temporarily interred in Bedford County.

   1990.69.1185

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6. Land Warrant - February 10, 1774

   Certification to the Surveyor of Fincastle County from Governor Dunmore in Williamsburg, February 10, 1774, that Thomas Gist, representative for Christopher Gist and Nathaniel Gist, both deceased, is entitled to 6,000 acres in Fincastle County or the Western waters under the Proclamation of 1763.

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7. Letter - August 25, 1802

   Letter dated August 25, 1802 to the Register of the Land Office, Kentucky, concerning the combining of land warrants for service in the 1754 Indian Wars with the original plats of parcels laid out by William Preston, County Surveyor, now deceased. The warrants had not been sent to the land office with the plats.

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8. Letter - March 23, 1775

   Letter from James Menzies, Williamsburg, to Col. William Preston, Fincastle, dated March 23, 1775 (water stained, partly illegible), about land transactions, establishing titles, etc; Thomas Walken and Alex Sayers and Capt. Floyd mentioned in connection with the property. Says Gov. Dunmore wants 8, 10, or 12 thousand acres surveyed on waters "navigatable to the Ohio" and tells of his own purchase of Lt. William Wilson's right to 2,000 acres. A sm...

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9. Revolutionary icon takes new post in Salem - September 10 2000

   Newpaper article from the Virginia section of the Roanoke Times on the history of Andrew Lewis, and his connection to Salem.

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