The Four Goff Brothers of Western Virginia


Book Description

Brothers James Goff, John Turton Goff (d. 1803), Thomas Goff (1747-1824) and Salathiel Goff (d. 1791), were probably born in England or Wales. They emigrated and settled in Virginia and Maryland. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas and Texas.




The American Census Handbook


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Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.




So Obscure a Person


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"So Obscure a Person" is a family history and genealogy of ALEXANDER STINSON Senior of Buckingham County, Virginia and his Virginia descendants. His life spanned almost the entire eighteenth century of Virginia. He is the progenitor of the STINSON family of Buckingham County, including those who went further South after the Revolutionary War. This book is the result of years of research at courthouses and libraries in Virginia and elsewhere. It is extensively documented with both embedded sources and footnotes, and is fully indexed. There is an excursus on the HOOPER family which includes the CABELL and MAYO cousins, relatives of the STINSONs.







The Confederate Soldiers of Rockbridge County, Virginia


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Based on an exhaustive search of various sources, this book provides a comprehensive roster of all known Confederate soldiers, sailors and marines from Rockbridge County, Virginia, or those who served in units raised in the County. Washington College and Virginia Military Institute alumni who were from Rockbridge, enlisted in local companies or lived in the County before or after the war are also included. Complete service records are given, along with photographs where possible.







At the Sign of the Swan, 1650-1950


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Hans Wendel Zwecker (1702-1760) was born in Graben, Germany. He married Anna Margaretha Pheil (Pfeil) in 1722. They came to America in 1737 and settled in New Holland, Pennsylvania. Descendants (later spelling the surname Swecker) and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois and elsewhere. Includes ancestors to the 1600s in Germany.










West Virginia History


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