Academy attended, 11.
Academy in Westmoreland, 11.
Agent of Lord Fairfax, 68.
Ague and fever, 66.
Alexandria, charter for, 53.
Alexandria, course of river front, 56.
Alleghany mountains, 12, 25, 29, 32.
Ambler. Edward, 18, 60.
Anderson. Barthalamore, 73.
Anderson. John, 124, 125, 129.
Antietam creek, 31.
Appalachian range, 21.
Arlington. Lord, 77.
Arnold. Jonathan, 107, 108.
Arnold. Josiah, 102.
Arnold. Richard, Sr., 71, 98, 99, 100.
Arnold. Richard, Jr., 98, 99, 113.
Ash tree, 44, 48, 88.
Ashby. Capt., 21.
Ashby. Henry, 28, 39, 55.
Ashby. Robert, 28, 55, 128, 129.
Ashby. Genl. T. W., 22.
Ashby's Bent, 52.
Ashby's Ferry, 47.
Ashby's Gap, 19.
Assembly of Va., 26, 68.
Augusta Co., Va., 20, 25, 40, 80, 81, 82, 83, 104, 105, 106.
Augusta Co., Va., boundary, 55.
Augusta Co., Va., formed, 79.
Baggage came, 28.
Baker. Samuel, 86, 87.
Baker. William, 86.
Baltimore. Lord, 32.
Barbadoes, island of, 30, 54.
Barnes, Richard, Gent., 76, 77, 78, 80.
Baronies or manors, 39.
Barony of Cameron, 24.
Barwick. Thomas, 29.
Bath, England, 19.
Bath Warm Springs, Va., 29, 30.
Battle between Delawares and Catawbas, 37.
Beards, full, not in fashion, 69.
Beaumont and Fletcher, 36.
Beautifully kept copy book, 10.
Bed-rooms rarely heated, 70.
Beds, poor, 26.
Belvoir, books at, 67, 68.
Belvoir estate described, 17.
Belvoir in view from Mt. Vernon, 15.
Belvoir mansion burnt, 18, 19.
Belvoir, the home of the Fairfaxes, 15.
"Bent," a large river bottom, 52.
Berkeley Co., Va., 18, 50.
Berkeley. Governor, 77.
Beverley manor, 40.
Beverley Mills, now Stanton, 79.
Big Kettle, 32.
Big Shawnee Spring, 25.
Big Spoon, 32.
Black oak, 81.
Black smith, 48.
Black walnut, 28, 47, 48.
Blackburn. Col., 28.
Bladen. Col. Martin, 68.
Bladen. Gov. Thomas, 31.
Blair. John, 68.
"Blaze," a surveyor's term, 47.
"Blazed" trees, 47.
Blue ridge, 12, 20, 21, 51.
Born a leader, 9.
Braddock. General, 20, 31.
Bradshaw. Henry, 119.
Brentville, 21.
Brother Austin, 67.
Brother Lawrence, 52, 66, 67.
Brown. Samuel, 95.
Buffalo paths and Indian trails, 52.
Bull Run, 21.
Bullskin creek, 115, 121.
Burch trees, 85, 86, 87.
Burroughs. Ann, 20.
Burwell's Island, 21.
Butler. Jane, first wife of A. W., 52.
Cacapehon mountain, 40.
Cacapehon river, 73, 79, 80, 81, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96,
101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112.
Calmes. Captain Marquis, 130.
Camp at Mr. Stumps, 41, 42.
Campbell. Maj., 29.
Camperlin. Jacob, 128.
Camperlin. Peter, 128.
Camperlin. Samuel, 128.
Canoe, crossed Potomac to Md., 30.
Canoe, recrossed to Virginia, 34.
Carlyle. John, 53, 68.
Carney. Francis, 129.
Carney. Thomas, 120.
Carter's line, 124, 125, 127, 129.
Carthegenia expedition, 53.
Cary. Anna, 60.
Cary. Elizabeth, 60.
Cary. Mary, 18, 59, 60.
Cary. Sarah, 18, 60.
Cary. Wilson, 18, 59.
Cary. Wilson Miles, 60.
Cassey. Peter, 49, 50.
Catawba Indians, 36.
Cates' marsh, 25, 26, 27, 56.
Caudy. James, 99.
Caudy's Castle, 99.
Cellars. Elias, 42.
Chainmen on surveys, 28, 39, 55, 78, 79, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94,
95, 96, 97, 101, 109, 117, 120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127.
Charles II, 77.
Charlottesburg, now Cumberland, 65.
Chartier's creek, Pa., 20.
Chartier's creek, town projected at, 65.
Chestnut trees, 75, 81.
Chestnut oak, 42, 44, 48, 87.
Chinese table furniture, 36.
Chips for plates, 51.
Clay Lick Run, 39, 40.
Clark. Deborah, 68.
Clean shaved faces, 69.
Clearfield Co., Pa., 50.
Coddy's on Great Cacapehon, 51.
Coburns early settlers in valley, 38.
Cohongoruton or Potomac, 29.
Colchester, Fairfax Co. charter, 53.
Colins. John, 51.
Collector of customs, 68.
Collins. Luke, 85, 103.
Colston, Raleigh, Esq., 24.
Colston. Thomas, 123.
Columbia, Pa., 30.
Commission of plantations, 77.
Constant. John, 108, 109.
Continental Army, 46.
Contraction of first names, 67.
Cooked their own meats, 51.
Corder. Edward, 78, 79, 95.
Corner trees blaze, 47.
Coryate. Thomas, 35.
Council with Indians, 64.
Course of river at Alexandria, 56.
Court, November, in Frederick Co., 70.
Cox. Friend, 111.
Cozine. John, 27.
Cozine's. John, house, 122, 123.
Craig. Major Isaac, 21.
Crawford. William, 116, 117, 118, 120, 124.
Cresap. Col. Thomas, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 64.
Cresap. Daniel, 32.
Cresap. Michael, 32.
Cresap's map, 32.
Croft. Ralph, 124, 125.
Culpeper. Catherine, 23, 77.
Culpeper, Lord Gov. of Va., 77.
Culpeper, Lord Thomas, 23, 77.
Culpeper, widow of lord, 77.
Culpeper Co., History of, 76, 77.
Culpeper Co. "Minute Men," 77.
Culpeper Co., surveyor of, 79.
Culpeper Court-House, 78.
Cumberland, Md., 32, 34.
Daughily. Nathaniel, 126.
"Daughter of the Stars," 22.
Davids Run, Frederick Co., 89.
Davis. William, 115, 117.
Davis. Worthington, 116.
Dawson. Isaac, 109, 110.
"Dear Friend John," 57.
Deer, wild, in Fairfax Co., 39.
Delaware Indians, 36, 37.
Denny, Lord Fairfax, 24.
Denton. Robert, 71, 80, 104, 105.
Dilouza. James, 96, 97, 106.
Dinner with wine, etc., 28.
Dinwiddie. Gov., 64.
Discrete in use of liquors, 29.
Dishes, had none, 51.
Dividing line, 32.
Dogwood trees, 81.
Double dating, 15.
Doubloon a day, 63.
Draft of letter to Lord Fairfax, 73.
Draft of letter to sister-in-law, 66.
Dulany, Mr., of Maryland, 31.
Dumfries, 21.
Dunbar. Ann, 71, 82, 83, 104.
Dunbar. John, 82, 104.
Duncan. William, 39.
Dunmore's Indian War, 20.
Dutch, speaking no English, 45.
Early maps of Va., 52.
Edwards. David, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 96, 97.
Edwards. Joseph, 88, 98, 99.
Edwards. Thomas, 88, 98.
Elm trees, 87.
Elizabeth City, Co., Va., 59.
Ellswick. John, 83.
Ellswick. John, Sr., 72.
Employment, first, 9.
England and the calendar, 15.
Enoch. Henry, 108, 112.
Episcopal Church, 26.
Everett, 60.
Expert in surveying, 11.
Fairfax. Anne, 53, 68.
Fairfax. Rev. Bryan, 19, 24, 60, 68.
Fairfax. Catherine, 77.
Fairfax. Ferdinand, 19.
Fairfax. George William, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 45, 49, 51, 52,
54, 59, 60, 68, 72, 73, 115, 121, 122, 123.
Fairfax. Hannah, 69.
Fairfax. Henry, 23, 67.
Fairfax. Robert, 24.
Fairfax. Sarah, 68.
Fairfax. Capt. Thomas, 68.
Fairfax. Lord Thomas, 11, 12, 15, 20, 22, 26, 37, 53, 68.
Fairfax. Hon. William, 11, 15, 18, 23, 67, 69.
Fairfax, Hon. Wm., Trustee, 53.
Fairfax. Wm. Henry, 69.
Fairfax Co., its formation, 52, 117.
Fairfax land office, 13.
Fairfax manor, 40.
Fauntleroy. Betty, 61.
Feather bed, 29.
Federal Constitution, 37.
Field book of surveys, 75, 76.
Field notes of surveys, 12, 13, 74.
Fifteen Mile creek, 63.
Filial reverence, 10.
First road over the Alleghanies, 31.
Flag of "Culpeper Minute Men," 77.
Fleas and other vermin, 26.
Flesh fork, 35.
Fork of S. Branch, 38, 40.
Forked sticks for spits, 51.
Fort Ashby, 22, 34.
Fort Loudoun, 26.
Fort Wolf, 47.
Forts in Frederick Co., 26.
Forts, to build, on Ohio, 65.
Forts, to garrison, against Indians, 64.
Foster. Isaac, 124, 126.
Fox. Robert, 129.
Foxes, wild, near Washington, 39.
Frankfort on Patterson creek, 22.
Franklin. Ben., 65.
Frederick county, 20, 24, 25, 26, 34, 45, 50, 54, 55, 85, 87, 88, 89,
91, 95, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 114, 121, 122.
Fredericksburg, Va., 19, 61.
French and English on Ohio, 31.
French, early adopt knife and fork, 35.
Friend. John, 111.
Friend. Nicholas, 111.
Frontier cabins, 27.
Fry and Jefferson's map, 20.
"Game," a fictitious term, 28.
Genn. James, 21, 51, 55, 56.
German emigrants, 45.
German Protestants, 45.
German regiments, 46.
Germans in Shenandoah Valley, 45, 47.
Gist. Christopher, 64.
Glade. "Smith's," 120.
Gooch, Governor, of Va., 25, 37.
Good humor, 28.
Goony Run manor, 39.
Great bend in Shenandoah, 52.
Great Cacapehon, 63.
Great Valley of Virginia, 13.
Greathouse, 32.
Greeks did not have table forks, 35.
Greenway Court, 18, 22.
Greenway Court, library at, 67.
Greenway Court manor, 39.
Gregorian chronology, 15.
Grubb's line, 121.
Grymes. Miss Lucy, 60.
Gum trees, 90, 93.
Half brother--Lawrence, 10, 12, 66.
Hamilton. James, 80.
Hamilton, James, Jr., 72.
Hampshire Co., Va., 34, 39.
Hampton. George, 123.
Hampton. Joseph, 123.
Hampton. Richard, 129.
Hampton. Thomas, 124, 127, 129.
Hanbury. John, 64.
Hancock, Maryland, 63.
Hardy Co., Va., 20, 22, 37, 39, 40, 73.
Harris. Henry, 47.
Harrison. Ann, 23.
Havre-de-Grace, Md., 30.
Hay, stack of, 50.
Haynes. Joshua, 121.
Hedges. Solomon, 34.
Hedgman creek, 80.
Hemp and tobacco, 24.
Hendricks. Henry, 126.
Henry. Patrick, 70.
Hogan. Edward, 78, 79, 80, 81, 105.
Hickory trees, 28, 41, 46, 48, 55.
Historical year, 15.
Hite. Capt. Joist, 24, 25, 51.
Horner. George, 72.
Horse jockey, 37.
House of Burgesses, 53.
How. Josh., 83, 84.
Howard's early settlers, 38.
Howt. Jos., from N. E., 72.
Hughes. Elias, 93.
Hughes. Hugh, 92, 93.
Hughes. Thomas, 91, 92.
Hughes. William, Jr., 92, 93, 94.
Hughes. William, Sr., 92, 93.
Humphras. Mrs., 70.
Hunting creek plantation, 53.
Hunting lodge, 22.
Hyatt. George, 89.
Illinois formed from Va., 55.
Indian dance, 33.
Indian scalp, 33.
Indian trails lead through the mountain passes, 52.
Indiana formed from Va., 55.
Indians returning from war, 33.
Indians, trading with, 31.
Introduction, 9.
Introduction of table forks, 35.
Inventory of articles bought at Fairfax sale, 16, 17.
Irving, 60.
Isaacs. Samuel, 125, 126, 127.
Italy, use of knife and fork, 35.
Jamestown, Va., 60.
Jefferson Co., Va., 50.
Jefferson. Thomas, 32.
"Jesuit Bird," 38.
Jet. Francis, 75, 76.
"Joe's Hole," 126.
Johnston, 122, 128.
Johnston. Abram, 34.
Johnston. Capt. George, 120, 130.
Johnston. John, 121.
Johnston. Thomas, 54, 55.
Johnston. Miss, marries T. Cresap, 30.
Johnstones. William, 28.
Jones. Thomas, 121.
Journal, a literal transcript of, 13.
Journal, a private memorandum, 14.
Journal mutilated, 56.
Journal of my journey over the mountains, 12.
Journal of voyage to Barbadoes, 12.
Judas tree, 47.
Jump. Isabella, 123.
Jump. Widow, 124, 128.
Justice of the peace, 34.
Juvenile letters, 54.
Kanawha river, 64.
Keith. John, 108, 109.
Kentucky formed from Va., 55.
Kercheval's History of the Valley, 22, 25, 36.
Keys. T., 116, 117, 120.
King. George, 65.
King George Co., Va., 21.
King of Hungary, 35.
Kinnison. Edward, Jr., 95.
Kinsman. Samuel, 72.
Kinson. James, 71.
Kittatinny mountain, 21.
Knife and fork at table, 34.
Lafayette. General, 21.
Land office, 12.
Land rights, 40.
Land surveying profitable, 11.
Land title, 37.
Land warrants, form of, 72.
Lane. Richard, 112.
Lee. Arthur, 54.
Lee. George, 54.
Lee. Genl. Henry, 24, 60.
Lee. Richard Henry, 54, 64.
Lee. Thomas, 64.
Leeds Castle, England, 24, 77.
Letters, a study for, 57, 58, 62.
Letters, drafts of, 57, 58.
Lieutenant of Frederick Co., 23.
Limestone rocks, 28.
Lindsay. John, 127.
Lindsay. Robert, 107.
Lindsay. William, 28, 55.
Liquor given Indians, 33.
List of clothes, 69.
Little Cacapehon, 63, 111.
Liveron. Michael Calb, 44.
Lizenby. Daniel, 104, 105.
Locust trees, 49, 55.
Loftan. Thomas, 121, 122, 123.
Loftan. Thomas, Jr., 123.
Logan, friend of the whites, 32.
Logan, Indian chief, 32.
Lonem. John, 78, 79, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100,
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113.
Long Marsh, 26, 27, 31, 54, 55, 56, 122, 126.
Lord Baltimore, 32.
Lordship's quarters, 22.
Lost his father, 9.
Lost River, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 103, 105.
Lost the road, 52.
"Lots," a surveyor's term, 36, 37.
Loudoun Co., Va., 52.
"Low Land Beauty," 59, 60.
Lowther's College, 68.
Lutheran Church, 46.
Lynch. Barnaby, 100.
Lynn trees, 81, 84, 85, 86, 103.
McBride. Francis, 81, 82, 104.
McBride. William, 82.
McCarty. Timothy, 120.
McCay. James, 113, 114.
McClahan. Thomas, 127.
McCormick. Dr. James, 121, 130.
McHandry. Barnaby, 85.
McKannary. Barnaby, 71.
McKeaver and son, 97.
McKeaver. Darby, Jr., 95, 96, 113.
McKeaver. Darby the elder, 72, 96.
McKleduff. Daniel, 116, 117.
McKoy. James, 71.
Madden. John, 126.
Manor lines, 39, 46, 49.
Manor of Leads, 39.
Manorial grants in Va., 39.
Manors in N. Y. or Patroons, 40.
Markers on surveys, 28, 39, 55, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 90,
91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101, 109, 115, 120, 122, 123, 124,
126, 127.
Mason. George, 31, 64.
Mason, George, trustee, 53.
Mathematics, his aptitude in, 10.
Matthews. Patrick, 121.
Maple trees, 84, 85.
Marshall. Chief Justice, 24.
Martin, Rev. Denny, name changed, 24.
Maryland house wife, 66.
Matured early in life, 14.
Mead. Bishop, 60.
Mecklenburg, Va., 46.
Memorandum for a coat, 62.
Memorandum of clothes, 69.
Mercer. George, 65.
Miller. John, 124, 125.
Miller, Wm., horse jockey, 105.
Minute Men's flag, 77.
Monongahela river, 61.
Monroe. John, 74.
Moor. Philip, 47, 48.
Morefield, Va., 40.
Morgan Co., Va., 30.
Morgan. Gen. Daniel, 21.
Morris's patent, 125, 129.
Morton. Rev. Andrew, 18.
Mother of G. Washington, 9.
Mount Vernon, 10, 18, 52, 53, 68.
Mouth of S. Branch, 45.
Muhlenberg. Rev. Maj. Gen., 46.
Musgrove. Edward, 114, 115.
Musgrove. John, 15.
Music by Indians, 33.
My journey over the mountains, 15.