Surnames of Interest

Shipe
Obaugh (alt. Orebaugh)
Black
Long
Bowman

All in Rockingham, Augusta, and Shenandoah counties (that I know of)

Reply with your surnames!

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Shelley Bishop on March 13, 2010 at 11:30pm

My main surname of interest in the Valley is Roush (originally Rausch). They were in Frederick & Shenandoah counties in the mid- and late-1700's. Surnames of spouses from the Valley include Zerkel/Zirkle, Fuchs (Fox), and Kelchner.

Permalink Reply by RL (Bob) Nielsen on March 14, 2010 at 9:36am

Bittmann, Bietmann, Pittman, Pitman, Snapp, Schneider, Snyder, Snider, Becker, Baker, Funkhouser,

Permalink Reply by Hays on November 15, 2010 at 10:21pm

HAYS: My direct paternal ancestor John Hays (wife Rebecca) purchased land in the Borden Tract in 1740. He built his plantation just two miles north of Rockbridge Baths. It was there on a natural mill site, where Hays Creek and Moffett's Creek ran together, that John Hays built the first fulling mill in what later become Rockbridge County (est. 1778).

Permalink Reply by suzanne barger on November 29, 2010 at 7:29pm