Virginia's Timeline to Revolution- 1773-1774

17th Century Land Grants - A Work in Progress

The Blisland Grievances- 1677

The Civil War in New Kent

Roster of New Kent Cavalry

Roster of Barhamsville Greys

Roster of Pamunkey Heavy Artillery, Ellet's Battery (Co.) later Jones' Battery (Co.)

Historical Gazetteer of New Kent County

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Books

A couple books of local interest you might not be familiar with . . .

 The Political World of a Small Town: A Mirror Image of American Politics-Volume 317 of Contributions in Legal Studies(Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993) by Nelson Wikstrom
     A political history of modern West Point


 Bringing in the Wood:The Way It Was at Chesapeake Corporation(The Forest History Society, 1999) by Mary Wakefield Buxton
 "traces the Woodlands Division story of Chesapeake Corporation founded in West Point, Virginia, in 1918. . . . the book uses personal stories to take a close look at the troubles that employees and others encounter after a sale of a mill or company division."









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