Table of Contents
Acknowledgments....................................................................v
Introduction...........................................................................vii
One: The Geographic Setting.......................................................... 1
Two: The Settlers............................................................................ 13
Three: The Surveys of 1774.............................................................. 39
Four: The Settlements..................................................................... 51
Five: The Local Militia and Dunmore’s War................................ 79
Six: Roads And Commerce........................................................ 113
Seven: Life on the Virginia Frontier.............................................. 123
Eight: Aftermath: Transition to the 1780’s................................... 139
Bibliography........................................................................ 143