James Cathey, Ann, his wife Wm, Elizabeth, Andrew, George, Margrot & Ann Cathey (from Ireland) His wife Magdalena married 2nd, Benjamin Borden, Jr. He married Magdelena Woods (1712-1810), a daughter of Samuel Woods and Elizabeth Campbell. , where he was killed by Indians in Augusta County). John McDowell made oath that he imported himself, Magdalen his wife, Samuel McDowell his son, and John Rutter his servant at his charge from Great Britain in the year 1737 to dwell in this country, is refered to as Capt. This John Lewis is sometimes confused with another John Lewis, from Shenandoah County, Virginia. 78, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland, d. Lists Date of Importation and Family Names:.These were the first few families that made up the first influx of primarily Irish settlers seeking prosperity in early Orange and Augusta County, Virginia. Kegley Wikipedia Rootsweb.įrom: Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871 By Joseph Addison Waddell Sources: Augusta County Historical Society Website "Ulster-Scots in Virginia, from Pennsylvania to Shenandoah", by Richard McMaster "Kegley's Virginia Frontier: The Beginning of the Southwest", by E.F. As people began to settle in those western areas, new counties were formed from parts of Augusta, beginning in 1769 with Botetourt County, then Rockingham and Rockbridge in 1778. In that year, the county included all of present southwestern Virginia, most of present West Virginia and even stretched to the Mississippi River. The county’s records have been kept continuously at the courthouse since 1745.
A courthouse was built on the same site in Staunton (originally called Beverley’s Mill Place) as the current courthouse. In 1745, Augusta elected a sheriff, a vestry, a county court, a minister, and a clerk of court. For seven years, until the population grew large enough, Augusta’s records were kept in Orange. (Source: Augusta County Historical Society, )Īugusta County was created from Orange County in 1738. Although initially small in number, by the Civil War they represented 20% of the population. African Americans were also among the early settlers, some free-born, but most enslaved. Many settlers were of of English descent, coming into the area from eastern Virginia. In addition to the Scot's Irish, English and African-Americans were also among the early settlers in the area. The "Borden Tract" later became Rockbridge County, VA. John McDowell, a surveyor, helped Borden locate his tract and was rewarded with a large acreage.
Borden was promised 1,000 acres for every settler he located, amounting in all to 92,100 acres. In 1739, Benjamin Borden a New Jersey Quaker, received a grant beginning at the southern boundary of Beverley Manor. Many early settlers took up land on the 112,000-acre tract that the colonial government granted to William Beverley, later referred to as "Beverley Manor". The greatest numbers of early Augusta settlers were from the province of Ulster in the north of Ireland, or were the Pennsylvania and Maryland-born children of these Ulster Scots or Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. These were Lutheran, Reformed, or Brethren. Some were German-born or the Pennsylvania-born children of German-speaking Protestant immigrants from the Palatinate and other areas bordering the Rhine River. The first Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia arrived in the 1720's primarily from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Eastern Virginia.
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