Cherokee attack Fort Dobbs
"At Fort Dobbs on February 27 [1760] between eight and nine at night, Major Waddell, suspecting by the barking of dogs that Indians were...
Montgomery's and Virginia's Expedition starting in 1760
The real British Army is on the march in South Carolina in April 1760. The Cherokees attacked settlers and forts in North Carolina, South...
John Robinson Speaker and Treasurer 1766
1768 April 21st Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg Virginia. Larry Allen Clowser Webb posted on Facebook this news article dated 21 April...
Upper and Lower Houses of Colonial Virginia
There's two stories here - Upper and lower. If you've read the House of Burgesses journals and the Council journals, maybe you've...
Executive Council of VA in March, April 1760
The Governor also communicated a Letter from Col. Byrd , dated Philadelphia March 30th signifying he proposes being at Winchester on the...
Extend the Virginia Regiment in 1760, Stay the Cause
Wrapping up March of 1760, we have two stories. The first story --- we see that Lt Gov Fauquier announces Amherst as new Governor of...
Stobo from 1754 to 1760
One of the demands in the Articles of Capitulation for Washington to sign when he surrendered at Fort Necessity on a rainy night of 3...
Van Braam from 1754 to 1760
This is sort of an about face. There was much criticism of Jacob Van Braam originally. He had interpreted the terms of surrender at Fort...
Ansbach-Bayreuth troops of the Holy Roman Empire appear in Winchester VA
Not all the German troops came from the Hessian principalities of Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Hanau. Some came from...
George Mercer, Stamp Collector, hung in Effigy
A local reenactor group was created in 2015 on George Washington's birthday to portray Captain George Mercer company of the Virginia...
