English, Irish, Welsh, Scotch, German, Scots-Irish, and enslaved Africans, nearly all of them farmers, settled the area, primarily growing tobacco as their cash ...

The county was named after the 1st Earl of Chatham, William Pitt (1708-1778). Pitt was serving as Great Britain's Prime Minister at the time Pittsylvania County ... County Information · Pittsylvania County, Virginia...

In 1748 Bryan decided to move his family to the Yadkin River in North Carolina. He made the journey down the Valley of Virginia, crossing the Blue Ridge ...

The first Englishmen to visit the county were the “long hunters” or trappers, who found this part of Virginia fairly teeming with far bearing animals, bears, ...

The book rings with the names of early inhabitants and prominent citizens (5,000 of whom are identified with page references in the index) and gives a scholarly ...

Pittsylvania County was established in 1767 from the western lands of Halifax County. The new county, the largest in Virginia at the present time, was named for ...

My purpose in writing this book has been to show the part borne by the people of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the settlement, growth and development of ...

Оценка 4,7 (36) · 38,00 $ This book contains a detailed history of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, which traces its early settlement, growth, and development, as well as many of the ...

4 нояб. 2024 г. · Around the time of the American Revolution, parts of Virginia saw an influx of German and Swiss settlers from Pennsylvania.