SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL

The title of this work is taken from a poem describing the old Valley Turnpike which cuts through the Shenandoah Valley The pioneers followed it as an old Indian trail According to tradition it was first merely a beaten path of the buffalo The author starts by sketching a general overview of the beginnings of the Valley settlements focusing primarily on that part of Augusta County that was later formed into Rockingham An account of the origin of many of the early Harrison families of Colonial times is included and many English lines have been touched on In tracing the Augusta or Rockingham families the maternal lines have been handled as fully as the paternal ones Among the lines traced other than Harrisons are Bears Bowmans Browns Byrds Campbells Conrads Cravens Davises Davidsons Deckers Ewings Gaines Gordons Hannas Henkels Hentons Herrings Hollingsworths Hoppers Houstons Howards Jordans Keezells Kennerlys Koontzs Lincolns Logans Mauzys Monroes Moores Newmans Otts Pickerings Prices Smiths Watsons Williamses Williamsons Woodleys Yanceys and many more Approximately 1000 families and 2000 names are covered Roughly 7200 names of individuals other than Harrison have been included This work also contains examples of signatures and an original fullname index