History of Highland County Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Highland, Virginia, United States

Contents 1 Overview 2 Resource notes 3 Citation Example 4 Sources Online 5 Select locations

Overview

This resource gives the history of Highland County Virginia, focusing on the early settlement era and families. There are two parts: the main volume and a handbook and Supplement that was published later, which adds history for the period up to 1922 to include World War I.

The author is Oren Frederick Morton (1857-abt.1926).

Resource notes

Main document:

A History of Highland County, Virginia, by Morton, Oren Frederic, 1857-1926, Publication date: 1911, Published in Monterey, Virginia by the author

Handbook/Supplement:

A handbook of Highland County and a supplement to Pendleton and Highland history, by Morton, Oren Frederic, 1857-1926, Publication date: 1922, Publisher: Monterey, Va., The Highland recorder

Citation Example

<ref>page xx of [[Space:History_of_Highland_County_Virginia|A History of Highland County, Virginia]], by Morton, Oren Frederic, 1857-1926, Publication date: 1911, Published in Monterey, Virginia by the author.</ref>

Or

<ref>page xx of [[Space:History_of_Highland_County_Virginia|A handbook of Highland County and a supplement to Pendleton and Highland history]] by Morton, Oren Frederic, 1857-1926, Publication date: 1922, Publisher: Monterey, Va., The Highland recorder</ref>

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Sources Online

• Main volume
  • https://archive.org/details/historyofhighlan00mort : accessed 10/19/2021

• Handbook and Supplement
  • https://archive.org/details/ahandbookhighla00mortgoog : accessed 10/19/2021

Select locations

• Explanation of abbreviations and codes, page 245 https://archive.org/details/historyofhighlan00mort/page/245/mode/1up
• Explanation of generational notations ( and start of family history listings, page 257 https://archive.org/details/historyofhighlan00mort/page/257/mode/1up