A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia

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A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia is written by Oren F. Morton and published by Heritage Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0788410261 (ISBN 10) and 9780788410260 (ISBN 13).

Morton's History of Rockbridge County, is considered one of the finest county histories ever written. Part One sketches in the history of Rockbridge from its settlement in 1737, with an appreciative eye on the pioneer element of the county--the Irish and the Scotch-Irish. Part Two is a genealogical source-book of Rockbridge County. It the author lists all the names he came upon in his researches, together with the accompanying fact in each instance. A complete index to the more than 15,000 names is not given for reasons that all lists are constructed in alphabetical order.There is, nonetheless, a general index to the text.