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Note to Self - From other page... I got tangled up on named refs... need to check citations to the three WikiTree pages for the GWR to make sure I ref'd the right one.

The major offshoots of the Great Wagon Road are the Monocacy Road and the Wilderness Road. This page is for the Monocacy Road. For the Great Wagon Road, see this page.

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Monocacy Road

The Monocacy Road turns south at York, Pennsylvania and runs to Frederick, Maryland[1] while the Great Wagon Road continues to Gettysburg before turning south to Hagerstown, Maryland.[2] From Frederick, the main Monocacy Road enters Virginia to the east of the Great Wagon Road, which it rejoins at Winchester.

An offshoot of the Monocacy Road continued from Frederick into North Carolina before turning west. This offshoot was (confusingly) called the "Carolina Road" or occasionally the "High Road" through Virginia.[citation needed] The section of the Great Wagon Road going south from Roanoke to Martinsville, Virginia and on to North Carolina is also called the "Carolina Road".[1][3]

Monocacy Road to Frederick, Maryland

Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[4]
  • Downing Mill, Pennsylvania[4]
  • Lancaster, Pennsylvania[4]
    • "The Treaty of Lancaster in 1744 had established colonists' rights to settle along the Indian Road. Although traffic on the road increased dramatically after 1744, it was reduced to a trickle during the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) from 1756 to 1763. But after the war ended, it became the most heavily traveled road in America."[1]
  • York, Pennsylvania[4]
Maryland
  • Frederick, Maryland

Crossing the Potomac

The Great Wagon Road and the Monocacy Road had several Potomac River crossings.

"Travel between Virginia and Maryland necessitated crossing the Potomac River, the fourth largest east coast river, which has always been an obstacle for travel over land. Several ferries were established to serve that area".[5]


The text of Wikipedia's article about the Great Wagon Road says "... the road crossed the Potomac River" and leaves the details to the tables accompanying the article. The following crossings for the Great Wagon Road are from those tables:[1]

  • Williams Ferry, at Berkeley County: "... a settler named John Williams operated a different Potomac River ferry (1731) at Falling Waters near the mouth of Opequon Creek, 5 miles (8 km) downstream from here [Williamsport].[50] (The frequently mentioned "Opequon Settlement" area, in contrast, extended as far south as the headwaters of the creek, at Bartonsville, about 6 miles (10 km) south of Winchester, Virginia.)[51]" - see the Wikipedia article for the footnoted information.[1]
  • Samuel Taylor's ferry originally operated here [Berkeley County] (1734) and later Thomas Swearingen's ferry (1755). "Packhorse Ford" is nearby. A 1736 Benjamin Winslow map and the 1751 Fry-Jefferson map show the ferry crossing at the Spurgent property.[1][6]
  • Watkin's Ferry, at Williamsport: "Evan Watkins' ferry was established by law in 1744.... After 1795, Watkins Ferry became Peter Light's ferry; in 1854 it became Robert Lemen's ferry...."[1]

At least two crossings are known for the Monocacy Road: the Catoctin Creek ford before 1761 and Harper's Ferry after.[1]

The Monocacy Road offshoot, running from Frederick, Maryland to North Carolina, crossed at Noland's Ferry.[7]

Harper's Ferry

Noland's Ferry

Noland's Ferry "was often used by travelers heading to the Carolinas. The location of the Carolina Road in Northern Virginia is near today's Route 15. In the 1700s, Noland's Ferry was a link between the Virginia and Maryland sections of the Carolina Road.[7]"[5]


It ran between Leesburg and Maryland "for over 150 years. Noland's Ferry Road leads to a boat ramp on the C&O canal outside Washington, D.C., which was the ferry's Maryland location. In Leesburg, just across the river, the location is marked by Noland's Ferry Road and a house on that road which was built around 1800 by a Noland who ran the ferry. Noland's Island is nearby in the Potomac River."[5][8]


Noland's Island is just [xx upstream?] of Mason's Island, which can be seen on the 1751 Fry-Jefferson map of the Great Wagon Road.[9]


open tabs (21 Aug 2023)...

Monocacy Road Offshoot to North Carolina

From Noland's Ferry, in Leesburg, Virginia, this Carolina Road continued to Virginia's southern border through xxx and Clarksville.

travel west bit...

North Carolina
  • Salem, North Carolina[4]
  • Charlotte, North Carolina[4]

<snip>

Maps

By date:
By state:
  • PA (to GA via MD, VA, NC, & SC): Google Map, Philadelphia to Augusta (edited from the Philadelphia to Winston-Salem map posted originally by Learn NC)[10]
  • PA, MD, VA: The Monocacy Road - this Google Map runs from York, Pennsylvania through Harper's Ferry (1761) to Winchester, Virginia[1]
  • NC: The Great Wagon Road in North Carolina (1750-1780) - a LearnNC map by Mark Anderson Moore,[11] with Salem enlarged and showing the section to Charlotte as the Georgia Road & two sections to the Yadkin River - Island Ford Road and Sherrill's Path.[10]
  • NC (from PA): Google Map, Phily to Winston Salem (also from Learn NC)[10]
  • SC: this map, showing two branches of the Carolina Road into South Carolina - one to the west of South Carolina's capital, Columbia, ending at Augusta, Georgia & the other ending to the northeast of Columbia, at [Hingdon?] WikiTree image
  • GA: The Great Wagon Road ends at Augusta (see the 1720-1763 map of the Great Wagon Road).

more maps...

  • VA to NC (from PA): This Google Map shows an offshoot of the Monocacy Road through Noland's Ferry on to North Carolina through Clarkesville[sp?], Virginia[1]

This Google Map overlays a route from Winston-Salem to Augusta. While the Great Wagon Road took a slightly different route between those two points - more direct between Rock Hill and Augusta, running to the west of Columbia - this map illustrates that the Cherokee Path is not a part of the Great Wagon Road. Considering the Cherokee Path was mapped in 1730 and the Great Wagon Road did not extend to Georgia at that time, the Cherokee Path cannot be considered an offshoot either. See more about the network that the Cherokee Path belongs to in Wikipedia's Overhill Cherokee article - specifically the "Trails and paths" section and Wikipedia's accompanying map of Cherokee Country.

SC-Map: See this Google Map, connecting Charleston to Ninety Six (in Greenwood County), through Columbia, and then on to Monroe County, Tennessee, where the British had built Fort Loudoun in 1756. For details, see the following Wikipedia articles (accessed 19 August 2023):

Monocacy Road

The Monocacy Road enters Virginia to the east of the Great Wagon Road, then crosses the Blue Ridge at Vestal's Pass (now Keye's Pass; Vestal's Gap on the 1751 map) to join the Great Wagon Road at Winchester. [check text... Wikipedia's writeup could be saying that the Potomac crossing was west of the Blue Ridge, with the Monocacy Road joining the road from Alexandria after it (the Alexandria Road) went through Keye's Pass.]

A branch of the Monocacy Road running south from Frederick, Maryland to Clarksville, Virginia was called the "Carolina Road" or occasionally the "High Road" through Virginia (see "High Road", below).[1] The offshoot of the Monocacy Road running through Noland's Ferry to the North Carolina border past Clarksville, Virginia, is also referred to as the Carolina Road or the High Road.)

Keyes Ferry - from https://sherlene4.wordpress.com/ ... "Hannah Richardson (1712-Aft Aug 1765), d/o George or John?, m. William Hall, Miller, 1731, in PA, of Chester, Delaware, PA and Halltown (now in Jefferson County, West Virginia)," February 6, 2007

1762/1763–LAND IN FREDERICK COUNTY–SAME MOORE, KEYES, DOUGLAS, SMITH NEIGHBORS–SAME LAND? Abstracts of Virginia’s Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, Frederick County, 1747-1780, Vol. II, Compiled by Peggy Shomo Joyner (Portsmouth, Virginia: Published privately by Joyner, 5008 Dogwood Trail, 23703), p. 86: “Frederick County – GERSHEM KEYES [father of Humphrey who m. Sarah, daughter of our ancestors William and Hannah Richardson Hall], 13 Feb. 1762 – 9 Apr. 1762; 415 a. on Shannandoah at Keyes ferry; adj. Jno Vestal, Colo Jno Carlyle, Wm Hall, Mr Duglys. CC – Ben Bradley & Alexr Bennet. Surv. Thomas Rutherford”; [next item] “Frederick County – GERSHEM KEYES, assignee (in 1763) of William Douglas of Fairfax Co.; no wart, survd 28 Dec. 1762; 140 a. on Shannandoah in the Barrens; adj. Henry Moore, Humfrey Keyes, Wm Hall, Thos Smith. Surv. Thomas Rutherford. Mr Nicholas Minor witd transfer.” –shb 26 Sep 2000

1764–HALL PLANTATION LOCATION “EXCELLENT”/WARM SPRING ROAD: P. 38 of this Wood booklet about the Halltown Paperboard Company: “The location of his [William I’s–shb] plantation was excellent–nearby Gersham Keyes [RIN 7301–Gersham’s son Humphrey married William I’s daughter Sarah–shb] had established a ferry in 1748 on the Shenandoah and Robert Harper established one at his plantation, now Harpers Ferry. The 1764 survey map shows a road leading to Winchester; around this time a road was established across his plantation known as the Warm Spring Road linking ye famed Warm Spring (now Berkeley Springs) with Alexandria, Virginia by crossing at Keyes Ferry. This road was travelled many times by General George Washington on his trips to his nearby lands in present Jefferson County and to the Warm Springs.

posted to John Vestal (1725-1776):

I believe that "Vestal's Gap" is named after "Jno. Vestal".

John Vestal (1725-1776) - the road from Alexandria, Virginia ran through Vestal's Gap (crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains). Vestal's Gap and Vestal's Ferry are shown on the 1751 Fry-Jefferson map.[12][13]


Gershom Keyes (1698-1784) - established Keyes Ferry (1762) on the Shenandoah River, adjacent to "Jno. Vestal".[13]


posted to GWR P&P:

  • John Vestal (1725-1776) - the road from Alexandria, Virginia ran through Vestal's Gap (through the Blue Ridge Mountains) - Vestal's Gap and Vestal's Ferry are shown on the 1751 Fry-Jefferson map
  • Gershom Keyes (1698-1784) - established Keyes Ferry (1762) on the Shenandoah River, adjacent to "Jno. Vestal"[13]

from https://genealogytrails.com/wva/jefferson/revwar_bios.html

Keys, John. Enlisted in Captain Stephenson's company in 1775. Taken very ill on the march to Cambridge, and was left near Reading, but afterwards joined his company at Roxbury Camp. Henry Bedinger speaks of him in his journal dated: "Nov. 24, 1775. Received a letter from Mother Dated 31st of October by the hands of John Keys, who came from thence." Again on Dec. 6, 1775, Bedinger wrote in his journal: "John Keyes set off for Virginia five days ago." The Keyes were a prominent family in the eastern part of the county, and lived at Keyes's Ferry on the Shenandoah, where, at the time of the Revolution, they owned several thousand acres of land.

copied from what I wrote up for "top-of-page" text (simplified there):

The Monocacy Road, a more easterly path that heads south to Frederick, Maryland from York Pennsylvania, but some sources call it the Carolina Road as it crosses the Potomac River at Noland's Ferry. After 1761, when the Monocacy Road crossed the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, it was called the Harper's Ferry Road. Both river crossings connected with a road from Alexandria that crossed the Blue Ridge at Vestal's Pass (now Keyes Gap),[14] joining back with the Great Wagon Road at Winchester, Virginia.

"Historic Fork of the Great Wagon Road; Junction of PA-116 at US-30" (copied from the Wikipedia table)[1]
  • Another early wagon route, the "Monocacy Road" (built before 1739), went from here to Winchester, Virginia.[29][30][31] It was about 114 miles (183 km) from York to Winchester, using this road. From York, however, the Great Wagon Road continued west (US-30) as described below.

High Road

getting a handle on this... the High Road/Carolina Road here is an offshoot of the Monocacy Road that used Noland's Ferry & did not rejoin GWR at Winchester but continued south to NC before rejoining GWR. From the Notes section of the Wikipedia table:

From Frederick [MD], there was also another route to the south, generally followed by US-15. This was called the "Carolina Road" or occasionally the "High Road" through Virginia; it crossed the Potomac River via Noland's ferry south of Point of Rocks. At its southern end, from Clarksville, Virginia, it entered North Carolina about 15 miles (24 km) west of the Fall Line Road (now US-1) and 80 miles (130 km) east of the Great Wagon Road. From that entry point, it was possible to travel west through Hillsborough and Greensboro, to Salem or Salisbury, North Carolina, and rejoin the Great Wagon Road.[22][23][24][1] -

Harper's Ferry didn't replace Noland's Ferry, it replaced the need to go through Middletown, Maryland (estab. 1767) and use the "Catoctin Creek ford (now a bridge)" - this Google Map ... notes from that entry in the Wikipedia table:

After Harpers Ferry began operating legally in 1761 (intermittent ferry service existed there since 1730), the road through Middletown was no longer needed; wagon traffic followed the path of US-340 from Frederick to Harpers Ferry. From there, it joined the road from Alexandria, Virginia, west of Vestal's Pass (now Keyes Gap) at Charles Town; next, south of Middleway, it connected with the old Monocacy Road and proceeded directly on it to Winchester, Virginia. It was about 105 miles (169 km) from York to Winchester via Harpers Ferry.[1]

--- following needs rewrite in light of enlightenment (above)

The "Carolina Road" or was "occasionally" called the "High Road" through Virginia. It was an alternate path from Fredericksburg, Maryland that "crossed the Potomac River via Noland's ferry south of Point of Rocks", Maryland.[15]

moved from above... looks like Noland's Ferry is on the Monocacy Road, but the bit it's on is [confusedly] referred to as the Carolina Road. ... sources say that the Carolina Road begins south of the Roanoke River,[1] but Noland's Ferry, which crosses the Potomac River (north or the Roanoke River) is said to be on the Carolina Road.[7] (It seems the Carolina Road, in this case, is referring to the Monocacy Road, which heads south from York, Pennsylvania.)

!! from the tables... "From Frederick, there was also another route to the south, generally followed by US-15. This was called the "Carolina Road" or occasionally the "High Road" through Virginia; it crossed the Potomac River via Noland's ferry south of Point of Rocks."[16][17]

rest needs rewrite....

The Monocacy Road crosses the Potomoc River before turning west to rejoin the Great Wagon Road at Winchester. In 1735, Francis Awbrey's ferry crossed at Conoy Island (Conoy can be seen in the 1751 Fry-Jefferson map). Another ferry licensed in 1742 was taken over in 1754 by Awbrey's son-in-law, Philip Noland. By 1761, Harper's Ferry was the main crossing.
  • Noland's Ferry across the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland,[18] "connecting a main north/south route for settlers that became known as the Carolina Road."[7] The ferry was licensed by Ebenezer Floyd in 1742 and operations were taken over by Philip Noland in about 1754.[19] When Philip died about 1794, his son Thomas inherited the ferry. The ferry crossed the river at "Point of Rocks"[20] (today's present-day U.S. Route 15).[21][22]
  • Harper's Ferry

People

following copied from Space:Great Wagon Road Points and Parts#People just past midnight (ET) 24 August 2023 for reference... final copy should just refer to Space:Great Wagon Road Points and Parts#People.

This section is for links to WikiTree profiles of people associated with the Great Wagon Road and its offshoots (pioneers and settlers who traveled the road should be categorized under Category: Great Wagon Road and/or Category: Wilderness Road, as appropriate, instead of listed here).

Pennsylvania Tavern Keepers
Ferry Operators

... and (from 1 am)

Mapmakers and Surveyors'

Explorers & Namesakes

Note: Most of those who traveled the Great Wagon Road will not be listed here but should be listed under Category: Great Wagon Road and/or Category: Wilderness Road, as appropriate

(considering how many people traveled the road and its offshoots - 200,000 from 1775 to 1796 through the Cumberland Gap alone - those categories may need to be made a top-level category in the future, with subcategories [by state?] for pioneers and settlers).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Wikipedia: Great Wagon Road (accessed 18 August 2023).
  2. ↑ NCpedia: R. Jackson Marshall III, "Great Wagon Road" (2006), accessed 20 August 2023).
  3. ↑ See this map of the Great Wagon Road through Virginia, which shows the "Carolina Road" continuing south from Roanoke to the North Carolina border past Martinsville. Note that the map is posted by Wilderness Road - Virginia (accessed 19 August 2023), but despite being titled "Wilderness Road" covers the Great Wagon Road through Virginia, to include the Wilderness Road offshoot (shown on the map as the "Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail").
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Locations listed on the 1720-1763 map.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wikipedia: Nolands Ferry I Archeological Site (accessed 21 August 2023).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The "1736 Benjamin Winslow map" appears to be referring to this map, drawn by Peter Jefferson and Robert Brook based on "an Actual Survey" begun 1736 and ended in 1746. Benjamin Winslow was one of the surveyors. Image (in WikiTree) of "Map of the northern neck in Virginia (by Peter Jefferson, Robert Brooke, Benjamin Winslow, Thomas Lewis, 1747)". As of 24 August 2023, one of the WikiTree profiles listed for the image was Benjamin Winslow (abt.1701-1751), but the text of his profile does not say anything about his being a surveyor.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 C&O Canal Trust: Nolands Ferry (accessed 18 August 2023).
  8. ↑ See also the WikiTree page on Noland's Ferry House.
  9. ↑ The Fry-Jefferson map does not show the Monocacy Road. It shows the xxx-mile long route of the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia through the Shenandoah to North Carolina's Yadkin River. xx need links xx ... add image too.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 NCpedia: "Mapping the Great Wagon Road", by David Walbert (accessed 20 August 2023).
  11. ↑ Map of The Great Wagon Road and its offshoots in North Carolina, 1750-1780. By Mark Anderson Moore, courtesy North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh.
  12. ↑ 1751 Fry-Jefferson Map WikiTree image page
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Blog post, "Hannah Richardson (1712-Aft Aug 1765), d/o George or John?, m. William Hall, Miller, 1731, in PA, of Chester, Delaware, PA and Halltown (now in Jefferson County, West Virginia)," February 6, 2007. From the relevant passage: "Abstracts of Virginia’s Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, Frederick County, 1747-1780, Vol. II, Compiled by Peggy Shomo Joyner (Portsmouth, Virginia: Published privately by Joyner, 5008 Dogwood Trail, 23703), p. 86: 'Frederick County – GERSHEM KEYES..., 13 Feb. 1762 – 9 Apr. 1762; 415 a. on Shannandoah at Keyes ferry; adj. Jno Vestal, Colo Jno Carlyle, Wm Hall, Mr Duglys. CC – Ben Bradley & Alexr Bennet. Surv. Thomas Rutherford'...–shb 26 Sep 2000" (accessed 25 August 2023).
  14. ↑ Then, talking about the road from Alexandria, past Charles Town... "south of Middleway, it connected with the old Monocacy Road and proceeded directly on it to Winchester, Virginia". sigh... got weird again.
  15. ↑ footnote [17] from the WP GWR article ... in the tables
    [17] Swope 2004. [see article for links/formatting]
    • Swope, Cynthia (2004). "A Brief History of Adams County, and Our Adams Countians Within It". Within The Vines, © Cynthia Swope [C Swope] 2003. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  16. ↑ Entire Note section from the table that mentioned Noland's ferry: From Frederick, there was also another route to the south, generally followed by US-15. This was called the "Carolina Road" or occasionally the "High Road" through Virginia; it crossed the Potomac River via Noland's ferry south of Point of Rocks. At its southern end, from Clarksville, Virginia, it entered North Carolina about 15 miles (24 km) west of the Fall Line Road (now US-1) and 80 miles (130 km) east of the Great Wagon Road. From that entry point, it was possible to travel west through Hillsborough and Greensboro, to Salem or Salisbury, North Carolina, and rejoin the Great Wagon Road.[22][23][24] However, the Monocacy Road continued as described below. [see next footnote] [22][23][24]... [see the Wikipedia article for formatting & links]
    [22] Scheel 2014.
    Scheel, Eugene (2014). "The Carolina Road". History of Loudoun County, Virginia. Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
    [23] Rummel 2014.
    Rummel, Earl C. (2014). "The Carolina Road & The Old Carolina Road". Brethren Life: Brethren Migrations. Church of The Brethren Network. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
    [24] Bedell 2009, p. ii.
    Bedell, John; et al. (2009). Through the Great Valley and into the Mountains Beyond (PDF). Retrieved September 3, 2017.


    The next entry of substance in the table:

    Middletown, Maryland (estab. 1767) -- Catoctin Creek ford (now a bridge)

    After Harpers Ferry began operating legally in 1761 (intermittent ferry service existed there since 1730), the road through Middletown was no longer needed; wagon traffic followed the path of US-340 from Frederick to Harpers Ferry. From there, it joined the road from Alexandria, Virginia, west of Vestal's Pass (now Keyes Gap) at Charles Town; next, south of Middleway, it connected with the old Monocacy Road and proceeded directly on it to Winchester, Virginia. It was about 105 miles (169 km) from York to Winchester via Harpers Ferry.


    from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_Rocks,_Maryland - "Point of Rocks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,466.[3]"

    [3] "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Point of Rocks CDP, Maryland". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2016. [several links (not copied) - see the Wikipedia article]
  17. ↑ I think the "below" being referred to is in the next table... Historic Fork of the Great Wagon Road; junction of PA-116 at US-30
    Another early wagon route, the "Monocacy Road" (built before 1739), went from here to Winchester, Virginia.[29][30][31] It was about 114 miles (183 km) from York to Winchester, using this road. From York, however, the Great Wagon Road continued west (US-30) as described below.


    US-30 - 11 miles (18 km)

    Beaver Creek ford (now a bridge); Adams County line US-30 9 miles (14 km)

    Historic Fork of the Great Wagon Road; Swift Run Road at US-30

    Another equally important path of the Great Wagon Road, the Nichol's Gap Road (built 1747) went from here to reach Winchester, Virginia.[29][30][17][27] This route was shown on the 1751 Fry-Jefferson map.[19]


    The alternate path of the Great Wagon Road, however, continued west from here (after 1747) as described below. It was shown on a 1776 version of a 1770 map by William Scull.[32]


    or maybe this bit (also a later table than the Noland's Ferry reference):

    Winchester, Virginia (orig. Frederick Town, estab. 1738); Historic junction of the Great Wagon Road
    • This is where the Monocacy Road (and after 1761 the Harper's Ferry Road) from York, Pennsylvania, joined the Great Wagon Road.

    next table: Winchester to Roanoke, Virginia ... look at the 1751 map... Loudoun was formed later, from Fairfax County. I couldn't find Frederick, Maryland. But reduce the size of the map for the Noland's Ferry Boat Dock - https://www.riverexplorer.com/details3.php?id=658 - and you can see the relationship of York to Frederick, MD to Noland's Ferry to Winchester [prominent as Frederick Town or Winchester on the 1751 map]... and see that Harper's Ferry, also on the Potomac, is further west while Hagerstown (MD) is to the northwest. The 1751 map has the Great Waggon Road crossing the Potomac at Williams Ferry. Moving East along the Potomac, it shows Canoy [see Janet's footnote] then Awberry [Noland's father-in-law, who also had a ferry, from c1735] then Mason's Island at the site of another ferry ... can't quite read it's name - on the Boat Dock map, Noland's Island is shown just to the west of Mason's island (going back toward Harper's Ferry). ... from another table entry: "From there, it joined the road from Alexandria, Virginia, west of Vestal's Pass (now Keyes Gap) at Charles Town; next, south of Middleway, it connected with the old Monocacy Road and proceeded directly on it to Winchester, Virginia. It was about 105 miles (169 km) from York to Winchester via Harpers Ferry." On the 1751 map, it appears that two trails are coming from Alexandria - the one that passes closer to where Noland's Ferry would be crosses the Blue Ridge at Vestal's Gap, the other, further south, at William's Gap. Ashby's gap can be seen on an 1861 map of the Potomac River - from Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/gvhs01.vhs00125 & see also https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00045/ (also from 1860s).

    the first LOC map has an excerpt on https://piedmonttrails.com/2021/04/25/reaching-the-potomac-18th-century-style/

    Caption on that page:

    The Potomac River 1861 by Robert Knox Sneden (courtesy of the Library of Congress)

    In the map photo, look closely at the location of Monocacy River, Antietam and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Great Wagon Road was located just east of the mountain ridges. Also look for Snicker’s Gap and Ashby’s Gap, this is the route of the GWR.

    see also the map at https://www.riverexplorer.com/river_crossing_map.php

  18. ↑ see iTouch map for Noland's Ferry (entry says "Nolands Ferry (historical) - County: Loudoun - Area: Poolesville", accessed 2 June 2023).
  19. ↑ "Janet Ariciu, citing The C&O Canal Companion, Updated Edition by Mike High: "Originally licensed by Ebenezer Floyd in 1742, ferry operations at this landing were taken over by Philip Noland around 1754. (Noland was the son-in-law of Francis Awbrey, who had licensed a very early Potomac ferry operation at the base of Conoy Island, two miles upstream, in 1735.) Noland competed successfully with Josiah Clapham's ferry at the mouth of the Monocacy (mile 42.2)."
  20. ↑ Wikipedia, Great Wagon Road
  21. ↑ Wikipedia article, referencing the Carolina Road. See also Carolina Road. Sharon Noland's photo gallery has a picture of the Noland Ferry House.
  22. ↑ Note: The text doesn't match the maps. Text says it crossed at Point of Rocks/Rte. 15 & the maps show it further south. Re-looking the source (Wikipedia), it says:

    From Frederick [MD], there was also another route to the south, generally followed by US-15. This was called "The Carolina Road" or occasionally "The High Road" through Virginia; it crossed the Potomac River via Noland's ferry south of "Point of Rocks".

    Route 15 crosses at Point of Rocks, not south of it.

  23. ↑
  24. ↑
  25. ↑ Jefferson County, WV Shepherdstown in the Revolution: Appendix A, an "Alphabetical List Of Officers And Privates Connected With Shepherdstown, Or Recruited In Its Neighborhood, During The Revolution". Source: "Historic Shepherdstown" by Danske Dandridge (1910). Transcribed by K. Torp (accessed 24 August 2023).
  26. ↑
  27. ↑

See Also

cut from "Note to Self"... I think it's handled:

Also need to figure out how to alleviate confusion caused by different sources going different directions (e.g., High Road & Monocacy Road sections reverse directions... High Road is talking about part of the Carolina Road, coming from the Carolinas, that runs to Frederick, MD using Noland's Fery. The next section, Monocacy Road, is how one got from York, PA to Frederick, MD - the Monocacy Road apparently forked there, with the Carolina Road [or High Road] going south to Noland's Ferry before going west to re-connect with the Great Wagon Road at Winchester, VA. The section from Winchester to Roanoke is labeled as "Great Valley Road" in the map posted by one of the USSCP pages.[28] That map labels three parts of the the Great Wagon Road: Philadelphia Wagon Road, Great Valley Road, and Carolina Road.

  • 1747: "Map of the northern neck in Virginia (by Peter Jefferson, Robert Brooke, Benjamin Winslow, Thomas Lewis, 1747)" - WikiTree image page / Image.[6]


[6]

  • 1747: "Map of the northern neck in Virginia (by Peter Jefferson, Robert Brooke, Benjamin Winslow, Thomas Lewis, 1747)" - WikiTree image page / Image.[6]


[6]


  • 1747: "Map of the northern neck in Virginia (by Peter Jefferson, Robert Brooke, Benjamin Winslow, Thomas Lewis, 1747)" - WikiTree image page / Image[29]

another name=Winslow, since revised ...

The "1736 Benjamin Winslow map" appears to be referring to this map, drawn by Peter Jefferson and Robert Brook based on "an Actual Survey" begun 1736 and ended in 1746. Benjamin Winslow was one of the surveyors. Image (in WikiTree) of "Map of the northern neck in Virginia (by Peter Jefferson, Robert Brooke, Benjamin Winslow, Thomas Lewis, 1747)". As of 24 August 2023, one of the WikiTree profiles listed for the image was Benjamin Winslow (abt.1701-1751), but the text of his profile does not say anything about his being a surveyor.

the Brooke-1089.jpg 1747 Jefferson-Brooke map has (west to east) Mobley & "Canoy Is", Monockasy River, Little Monockasy River, Awbey, Tarp Goose cr [Broad Run in MD], "Lees Is.", Lee, [Broad Run in VA] Great Falls, McGees..., Ferry, "Masons Is", Watson, Goose Cr.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Road#Central_Virginia_(High_Road)_alternative_path

Starting in Pennsylvania, this "Carolina Road" led through southern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and into Alabama. This was a major migration route of Swiss-German and Scotch-Irish settlers into frontier America in the 1740s until the American Revolutionary War.

Some consensus indicates this Carolina road started in Frederick, Maryland, with feeder roads and other trails reaching from Pennsylvania. Parts of this Carolina Road, almost 55 miles, follow modern U.S. Route 15 through Loudoun, Fauquier and Prince William Counties in Virginia. Noland's Ferry was a link in the Carolina Road.

Used as a transportation route, in addition to early settlers, manufactured goods including woolen and linen clothes and leather products, such as harness, saddles, boots and shoes, were sent south, and hides, indigo and money were sent back north. Many drovers herded swine, cattle, sheep and even turkey flocks along the Carolina Road. Because many of these drovers would pick up cows and other livestock to add to their herds in northern Virginia, this was also called the "Rogues' Road" by local farmers. "Indeed, as early as 1747, a Fauquier land grant refers to the Carolina Road as "Rogues Road," a name that appears in Fauquier and Loudoun deeds throughout the early 1900s. A few miles north of Leesburg, on old Montresor farm, a narrow wooded stream valley still bears the name Rogues' Hollow, for tradition states that this geographic depression was the lair for thieves about to plunder travelers."[3]

During the Civil War, Fort Beauregard (Virginia) was established by the Confederate forces in Leesburg, Virginia, to protect the Carolina Road and Alexandria and Winchester Turnpike (present day Virginia State Route 7) approaches to the town.

A portion of Carolina Road from the mid-1800s is illustrated in map form as part of Loudoun County, Virginia history.[4] Going south on the Old Carolina Road from Evergreen Mills Road at Goose Creek, one must turn right on Watson Road and follow it south to Highway 50 (the old Little River Turnpike, at Mount Zion Old School Baptist Church. The Old Carolina Road bed continues for a little just west of the church (foot traffic only).

from Evan Watkins' profile - Watkins-3194 - Evan I Watkins (1695 - 1765)

Note N66Evan Watkin Will Frederick CO, VA, May 1764, Aug 1765. w Mary. Sons Evan, Peter, David. Grson Evan Watkins, son of eldest son Thos, dec'd,Dau Jean Watkins, Ann Lewis wife of Roger Lewis,Eleanor Freaks w of Henry Freaks, Exe son Evan Watkins. Wit : John Paul, Thos. Adams, John Champion. =============================================================== Virginia Ferry Operators, 1748 Transcribed from: Hening, William Waller 1819 The Statutes at Large; Being A Collection Of All the Laws Of Virginia, From The First Session Of the Legislature In The Year 1619. Volume VI. Franklin Press, Richmond, Virginia. OCTOBER 1748 - 22nd GEORGE II. CHAP. XVI. An Act for the Settlement and Regulation of Ferries, and for Dispatch of Public Expresses. I. Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That ferries be constantly kept at the places hereafter named, and that the rates for passing the said ferries be as follows,viz. --- From Johnston's plantation in Spotsylvania, to Washington's, in King George (3d.). --- Potomack From Col. William Fitzhugh's land at Boyd's Hole, over to Maryland (2p 6d.). ---- From Tripplit's land below the mouth of Quantico creek, over to Brooks's land (1p. 6d.). From Robert Lovell's in the county of Westmoreland, over to Maryland (2p. 6d.). ---- From Kersey's landing on Col. Carter Burwell's land, to the land of Col. Landon Carter (3 3/4d.). From Gersham Key's land, to the land of the Honourable William Fairfax, esq. (3 3/4d.). ---- From the plantation of George Mason, opposite to Rock creek, over to Maryland (4d.). From the plantation of John Hereford, in Daigs neck, over the river, to the lower side of Pamunky in Maryland (1p.). From Hunting creek warehouse, to Frazier's point, or Addison's (1p.). ---- From Evan Watkin's landing, opposite to Canagochego creek, to Edward Wade's land in Maryland (3d.). From the land of William Clifton to the land of Thomas Wallis (1p.). From the land of Hugh West, to Frazier's, or Addison's (1p.). ---- Eastern Shore From York, Hampton, and Norfolk towns, to the land of Little Eyre on Hungar's river, or from thence to either of the aforesaid places, for a man or horse, passing singly, twenty shillings, for a man and horse, or if there be more, for each fifteen shillings. And for the transportation of wheel carriages, tobacco, cattle, and other beasts, at any of the places aforesaid, the ferry keeper may demand and take the rates following viz. For every coach, chariot, or waggon, and the driver thereof, the same as for six horses. For every cart, or four wheel chaise, and the driver of such chaise, as for four horses. For every two wheel chaise, or chair, as for two horses. For every hogshead of tobacco, as for one horse. For every head of neat cattle, as for one horse. For every sheep, goat, or lamb, one fifth part of the ferriage of one horse. For every hog, one fourth of the ferriage of one horse. According to the prices herein before settled at such ferry respectively, and no more. And if any ferry keeper shall presume to demand and receive, from any person or persons whatsoever, any greater rate than is herein before allowed, for the carriage and ferriage of any thing whatsoever, he or they, for every such offence, shall forfeit and pay to the party grieved, the ferriage demanded, and received, and ten shillings, to be recovered with costs, before any justice of the peace, of the county where such offence shall be committed. II. And that where a ferry is by this act appointed on one side of a river or creek, and none on the other side answerable thereto, it shall be lawful for the respective county courts, to appoint an opposite ferry, and to allow the respective rates herein before directed, and the said courts are also hereby impowered to appoint a ferry over any river or creek, within their respective counties, where the same shall be found convenient, and to contract with the keeper of such ferry or of any public ferry, to set over the militia of the county, on muster days, and to raise an allowance for the same in their county levy; Provided always, That no such allowance shall be raised for any ferry over a river or creek into another county. =============================================================== Dianne Janis diannej[at]ioa.com http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1093764&id=I0585 From the book "The Great Wagon Road" by Parke Rouse, Jr. page 68-69: "Titled "A Map of the Inhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole Province of Maryland, with Part of Pennsylvan ia , New Jersey and North Carolina," it showed the Great Wa go n Road from the Pennsylvania crossing, the Potomac at WATKINS' FERRY (later Williamsport) into Virginia." "The Virginia Assembly in 1744 ordered a ferry kept on the Potomac, where the road crossed by a shallow ford fro m Ma ryland into Virginia. The act specified that it be "On Potomac river from EVAN WATKINS landing opposite to the mouth of Anagochego creek to Edmund Wade's land in Maryland, the price for a man 3 pence and for a horse 3 pence." WATKINS FERRY made the Potomac crossing safer and faster . Soon the growing movement southward justified a larger boat , which could transport wagons as well as horses and cattle. Ferryman EVAN WATKINS was kept very busy from dawn to dusk poling his boat back and forth across the river. As tra d e grew he expanded his services and became a prosperous figure, well known to travelers along the road. He typified the ferrymen who became prominent and prosperous along the early road. WATKINS and his wife Mary had settled by the Potomac about 1741. WATKINS first built a one-room cabin. As his family grew, he added to it, renting beds overnight to travlers . He also built a forge to make hardware and implements and a riverfront store to supply travlers. His ledger book listed ferriage rates, blacksmithing charges, and price s for such refreshments as wine slings, toddies, and "ciderloy. " WATKINS FERRY in time became Light's Ferry, then Lemen' s Ferry and finally William's Ferry. Eventually, the site became Williamsport, Maryland." ==================== Frederick County Fee Book, signed by the Sheriff, Meredith Helm, dated January 17, 1754 Col. James Wood Clk of Court [This is a list of the first settlers in Old Frederick County, with the fees assessed in pounds of tobacco, the medium of exchange.] On this list dated 1744: Evan Watkins 40 pounds ===================== Evan Watkins signed his will by his mark X on May 2, 176 4 . It was probated August 6, 1765. It names seven children . All seven of these children were born in Old Federick County, Virginia. The area now is Berkeley County, West Virginia. ===================== Dianne Janis dianj[at]ioa.com http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1093764&id=I5464 ABOUT 1700 Estimated date of birth. Exact date and location unknown. LDS Ancestral File ver H 4.12, 10 Dec 93 shows birth "about 1700". LDS ver 4.11 of 10 Feb 94 shows birth as l7l3, but this seems late in view of age of sons. Parents thought to be Peter and Mary Griffith Watkins, listed in 1716 will of her father, David Griffith but definite proof not yet established. ABOUT 1725 Estimated date of marriage to Mary (?). Exact date and location unknown. Estimate based on birth dates of children. ABOUT 1729 Estimated date of birth of son Thomas. Exact date and location unknown. LDS Ancestral Files ver 4. 11 and ver 4.12 show birth as 1739, but Father's 1764 will mentions "my eldest son, Thomas, deceased" and sons David and Peter were born in early 1730s. ABOUT 1731 Estimated date of birth of son David. Exact date and location unknown. Based on listing first in father's 1764 will. LDS Ancestral Files ver 4. 11 and ver 4.12 show birth as 1743, but purchase of land in 1756 indicates birth at least before 1735. 1733 Birth of son Peter. Location unknown. Data from Alabama Genealogy Register, v. 1, "History of St. Clair County, Alabama", pp. 28-30, "Watkins and Allied Families". ABOUT 1736 Birth of daughter Jean. Exact date and location unknown. Based on LDS Ancestral Files ver 4.ll and ver 4.12. Listed first in names of daughters in father's 1764 will ABOUT 1738 Birth of daughter Ann. Exact date and location unknown. Based on LDS Ancestral Files ver 4.ll and ver 4.12. Listed second in names of daughters in father's 1764 will. LATE 1730s Earliest mention of Watkins Ferry, in "The Great Wagon Road", by Parker Rouse, Jr. (McGraw-Hill, 1973) p. 34: "Accordingly, the family pulled up stakes in the 1730s, loaded their horses with the family goods, and started south over the Warriors' Path toward the cheaper lands in Virginia. Crossing the Potomac River by Williams' or Watkins Ferry, near the later site of Williamsport, they followed the narrow footpath along the Shenandoah River. " Also see Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch article July 14, 1991 on "The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road". "by 1736, Pennsylvania approved the improving of the Great Road from the Susquehanna to the mouth of the Conococheague." (Berkeley Journal, Issue Two, Fall 1970, Berkeley County WV Historical Society, p. 39.) In his Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants--A History of Frederick County Virginia", 1908, p. 66, K. Carhnell writes: "..no such ferries (across the Potomac River) existed as early as 1736 " ABOUT 1740 Birth of daughter Eleanor, probably at Watkins Ferry, Frederick County, Va. Exact date unknown. Based on LDS Ancestral Files ver 4.11 and ver 4.12. Listed last in names of daughters in father's 1764 will. Although the first official listing of Watkins Ferry was in 1741, it is believed the family came to the area earlier. AUG 27, 1741 Orange County, Va. Court ordered a road be laid out from "Evan Watkins ferry upon Potomack". This is the first record found of his operating a ferry on the Potomac River at the mouth of Conocoheague Creek. (Orange County VA Order Book 2, p. 461.) "In 1741, a road was ordered to be opened from Evan Watkins's ferry by a course of marked trees to the head of Failing Spring and over the Tuscarora branch, thence to Opequon Creek, thence to Spout Run, by the King's road leading by Joist Hite's to a fall in the same near the Sherrando ford". (A History of Orange County, Virginia", by W. W. Scott, Richmond, Va, 1907, p. 31.) Berkeley Journal, Issue One, Berkeley County WV Historical Society, Spring 1968, pp. 13 and 21, mentions the road. Issue Two, Fall 1970, pp. 38-43, has an article on 'Maidstone-On-The-Potomac", home of Evan Watkins. FEB 26, 1742 Orange County, Va. Court received report (ordered Aug. 27, 1741) from viewers to layout a road from Watkins Ferry. (Orange County VA Order Book 3, pp. 105-6.) NOV 11, 1743 At first Court held in Frederick County, Va., served as one of two Securities for Elizabeth McNamee, "Exectrix of the Last Will and Testament of Bryant McNamee, deceased", the first will probated in the new county. (Frederick County was created in 1738 from part of Orange County, but did not function as a separate political unit until the first Court on November 11, 1743.) (Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants --A History of Frederick County, Virginia, by TK. Carhnell, pp. 17-20.) MAR 5,1744 License granted by Frederick County, Va. "to keep ferry over Potomack River from his landing to Edmund Wade's land in Maryland' (Frederick County Va Order Book l, p. 264.) APR 18,1744 Birth of son Evan at Watkins Ferry, Frederick County, Va. Based on gravestone in Evan Watkins Family Cemetery, near Smithfield, Henry County, Ky. (Son identified as "Evan, Sr." in later records after birth of his son, Evan, Jr.) SEPT 1744 Act of Virginia General Assembly, Chap. XT17II "for appointing several new Ferries ", includes: "On Patowmack river, from Evan Watkins's landing, opposite to the mouth of Canagochego creek, to Edmund Wade's land, in Maryland, the price for a man, three pence, and for a horse, three pence" (Henning's Statutes at Large (Virginia) v. 5, pp. 249-50.) See photographs of "Watkins Ferry" roadside sign erected at West Virginia end of Potomac River bridge, marking location of ferry and 'Maidstone-on-the-Potomac, home of Evan Watkins'. Also see Parker Rouse, Jr. "The Great Wagon Road", pp. 69 and 97, for comments re Evan Watkins and his ferry. OCT 12, 1744 Defendant in suit by Thomas Cressap. Court ruled that "suit be dismisd & that the Def (defendant) recover of the plt. (plaintiff) his Costs about Defence... expended to get her with seven Shillilgs & Six pence for an Attorneys fee." (Frederick County VA Order Book 1, p. 209.) OCT 12, 1744 Served on jury hearing three court cases in Frederick County, Va. (Frederick County VA Order Book 1, pp. 211-12) MAY 10, 1745 Frederick County, Va. Court awarded him attachment against Thomas Cressap's estate 'for fifty pounds & Costs". (Frederick County VA Order Book l, p. 366.) JUN 7, 1745 Frederick County, Va. Court Evan Watkins vs. Thomas Cresap "Deft (defendant) not appearing & Sherif having return'd on Attachment Ordered last Court nothing to be found, at plt's (plaintiff's) motion Ordered Attachment be Continued returnable next Court to which suit Continued " (Frederick County VA Order Book 1, p.390.) OCT 8, 1746 Answered complaint of John White in Frederick County, Va. "having acknowledged his Error, he is at the desire of said John White discharged from the same, paying Costs. " (Frederick County Va Order Book 2, p. 186.) OCT 8, 1746 Won suit in Frederick County, Va. Court against Roger Turner when subscribers "agreed in Award that the Deft shall pay the Plt Six pounds Ten Shillings Pensilvania money or the value in Virginia Currency, each paying their own cost of suit." (Frederick County Va Order Book 2, p. 186) OCT 27, 1748 Act of Virginia General Assembly, Chap.XII7 'for the Settlement and Regulation of Ferries... specifies "that ferries be constantly kept at the places hereafter named and that the rates for passing the said ferries be as follows, viz, Under heading "Potomack..... From Evan Watkin's landing, opposite to Canagochego creek, to Edmund Wade's land in Maryland - for man 0 s 3 d; for horse 0 s 3 d" (Henning's Statutes at Large (Virginia), v. 6, pp. 13-23.) FEB 26, 1748 Estate of Simon Moon, Deceased, includes listing of "Evan Watkins account... I L; 7 sh; 9 p ". (Frederick County VA Will Book 1, pp. 282-3) MAR 1, 1749 Letter from Thomas Cookson to Governor of Pennsylvania reports that "Lord Fairfax was laying out a Town At Watkins's Ferry on Potowmack". (Pennsylvania Archives v.1l, pp. 42-4) MAY 2, 1749 Listed as Creditor in Inventory of estate of Richard Beeson, Decd. (Frederick County VA Will Book 1, pp. 2 76- 7.) OCT 12-DEC 12, 1749 Mention of Watkins Ferry in Diary of Leonhard Schnell and John Brandmeuller covering their trip from Bethlehem, Pa. to Virginia and return. (Virginia Historical Magazine, v. XI, 1904, pp. 115-31 and V.XII, 1905, pp. 81-2) 1751 Watkins Ferry is shown on "A MAP of the most INHABITED part of VIRGINIA, and containing the whole PROVINCE of MARYLAND with Part of PENNSYLVANI4, NEW JERSEY AND NORTH CAROLINA" , Drawn by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson 1751. (See separate file of maps.) NOTE.- Chapter 8- Mapping the Great Mountains, pp. 65-8 of Rouse: 'The Great Wagon Road" describes the background of the Fry and Jefferson maps. OCT 3, 1754 Involved as plaintiff in Frederick County Court case against Thomas Cresap. Case was dismissed when the Plaintiff failed to appear. (Frederick County Va Order Book 6, p. 123.) ITEM #48312 February 21, 1771 The Pennsylvania Gazette TO BE SOLD, For CASH, or good BONDS on Interest, FIVE valuable tracts of patented lands, on the branches of Little Coapehon, in Hampshire county, in Virginia, containing in the whole 1250 acres, which being situated in a very thriving country, now settling by great numbers of industrious farmers, from the Jerseys and other provinces, and convenient to three very good markets, viz. Alexandria in Virginia, George Town on Potowmack, and the flourishing town of Baltimore, must of course in a little time become very valuable; about one half of each tract is extraordinary bottom, capable of producing either hemp or grass, the upland is chiefly a limestone soil, and well stored with timber, and very proper for wheat, or any other grain; and as said tracts lie in a broken country, at a small distance from each other, they must ever command an extensive range for stock; the quitrent only Two Shillings sterling, per hundred. For terms, apply to JOHN COX, junior, Merchant, in Philadelphia; SAMUEL PURVIANCE, junior, in Baltimore Town; or JOHN STEELE, Tavern keeper, at the red house, 12 miles from Watkinsferry, on Patowmack. Mr. Steele will shew the lands to any person disposed to purchase. Father: Peter Watkins </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I29981> b: Abt 1691 in Talbot Co., MD Mother: Mary Griffith </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I29982> b: Abt 1693 in New Castle, DE Marriage 1Mary Catherine </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I31515> Married: Abt 1728 Children Sarah Watkins </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I26819> Thomas Watkins </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I31505> b: Abt 1729 in Fredricks County, VA David Watkins </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I30176> b: Abt 1731 in Fredricks County, VA Peter Watkins </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I29968> b: 1731 in Kent Co., MD Jean Watkins </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I31508> b: Abt 1736 in Frederick Co., VA Ann Watkins </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I31509> b: Abt 1740 Eleanor Watkins </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I31504> b: Abt 1740 in Watkins Ferry, Frederick County, Virginia Evan Watkins </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcfarren&id=I31503> b: 18 Apr 1744 in Watkins Ferry, VA

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