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  Washington County, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Washington County is a county located in the state of Virginia.
Washington is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
In the county, the population is spread out with 20.80% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 28.30% from 25 to 44, 26.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_County,_Virginia   (517 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Washington County, Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Washington was part of the economic and cultural elite of the slave-owning planters of Virginia.
Modern doctors believe that Washington died from either a streptococcal infection of the throat or, since he was bled as part of the treatment, a combination of shock from the loss of blood, asphyxia, and dehydration.
Washington set many other precedents that established tranquility in the presidential office in the years to come and is generally regarded by historians as one of the greatest presidents.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Washington-County,-Virginia   (556 words)

  
 Abingdon, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abingdon is a town located in Washington County, Virginia, 189 miles (304 km) west by south of Lynchburg.
Martha Washington College, a school for women, operated in Abingdon from 1860 to 1932 in a former private residence; since 1935 the building has been occupied by a hotel.
The Barter Theatre, the state theatre of Virginia, was opened in Abingdon in 1933.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abingdon,_Virginia   (530 words)

  
 Washington County, Virginia Genealogical Records Information
A history of Washington County, Virginia might include all the territory originally encompassed in Augusta County, formed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1738; Botetourt County in 1770; Fincastle County in 1772; and Washington County established on December 7, 1776.
Each of the subsequent counties split from the Washington County of 1776: Russell County in 1786, Lee County in 1793, Tazewell County in 1800, Scott County in 1814, Smyth County in 1832, Wise County in 1836, Buchanan County in 1858, Dickenson County in 1880.
The community in the northwest corner of Washington County took the name given the area by native people, because the name means "bend in the river." For the five eastern tribes who fished the river and hunted the woods, Mendota was an excellent place to meet.
www.myvirginiagenealogy.com /va_county/was.htm   (1768 words)

  
 aCorridor Regional Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Washington County is located along Interstate 81 in southwestern Virginia.
Bordering Tennessee, the county is part of the Tri-Cities TN/VA region that was recognized in 1999 as the first region in America to be named an All-America City.
With a population of 51,000, this growing county provides easy access to the amenities of a collective MSA area of nearly 500,000 that includes the Tri-Cities – Bristol, Kingsport, Johnson City, TN – and a neighboring Virginia county.
www.acorridor.com /profiles/washington_county.html   (362 words)

  
 Stop the Mendota Trail in Washington County, Virginia!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In Dickenson County, VCEDA squandered $642,500 in Clintwood for the Ralph Stanley Museum which is cheap compared to a local call center.
Washington County Circuit Judge C. Randall Lowe has scheduled a hearing for Aug. 16 to discuss the progress of the survey.
He glibly lambastes several projects in Dickenson county such as the Travelocity call center, Ralph Stanley Museum, the child care center in the county industrial park, and of course the Coalfields Expressway which is designed to help Wise, Dickenson, and Buchanan counties out of the economic morass in which they find themselves.
www.sullivan-county.com /nf0/fundienazis   (2344 words)

  
 Washington County
Babies born to Washington County residents are 9% less likely to be low birth weight and they are 43% less likely to die during the first year of life than babies born to residents of Virginia as a whole.
The population of Washington County is somewhat less prosperous than the population of Virginia.
Proportionately fewer people in Washington County are in the labor force and the proportion of Washington Countians over the age of 25 without a high school diploma is 50% higher than in Virginia.
www.wise.virginia.edu /gmec/Counties-Cities/washington.html   (708 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Washington County, Virginia Obituaries
Casey was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County.
VanHuss was a native and life-long resident of Washington County.
She was born June 15, 1952 in Washington County, Virginia, the daughter of James and Dixie Reynolds of Abingdon, Virginia.
www.genealogybuff.com /va/va-washington-obits8.htm   (2982 words)

  
 Washington County Virginia Records
Washington County was formed in 1777 from part of Fincastle when the latter was abolished.
Russell County was cut off in 1787, another part of Washington was taken to form Scott County in 1815, and finally a part was cut off in the formation of Smyth County in 1832.
Washington County was the progenitor of a number of southwestern Virginia counties, including all or part of Russell, Scott, Smyth, Wise, Buchanan, Dickenson, Tazewell, Lee, the independent city of Bristol, and a portion of the disputed boundaries with Tennessee and North Carolina.
genealogyresources.org /Washington.html   (1078 words)

  
 County of Washington, Virginia - Government Information Portal
The Washington County Department of Accounting is now accepting budget requests from non-County government organizations for consideration as part of the Fiscal Year 2006-2007 County Operating Budget.
On December 13, 2005 the Washington County Board of Supervisors amended the County Subdivision Ordinance (Chapter 52 of the 2002 County Code) originally adopted on February 8,2005 and first amended June 14, 2005.
Washington County's Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 as accepted by the Board of Supervisors on February 22,2005 are now available for review and downloading.
portal.washcova.com /wps/portal/announcements   (527 words)

  
 Washington County, VA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Another of the counties formed from Fincastle County, was Washington County, which was encompassed the western tip of Virginia, including the Powell Valley region.
On August 21, 1782, Charles Cocke was appointed to assist in the settlement of the estates of Joshua Butcher, Sr.
The two widows of the Joshua Butchers were appointed administratrix of their husbands estates by the Washington Co., VA court on August 21, 1782.
home.southwind.net /~crowther/Cocke/_StateVA2.htm   (1234 words)

  
 Washington County, New York Genealogical Records Information
This County has been spoken of as "the classic ground of America." To her belongs the honor of being the first soil of the original thirteen colonies to feel the pressure of a white man's foot.
Washington County, or Charlotte County, to give it the title under which is was erected, March 12, 1772, comprised a great slice of Northern New York, mostly west of Lake Champlain, reaching from the Hudson to Canada, a distance of more than 1oo miles, extending westward a width of fifty.
Clinton County was set off in 1788; the east portion ceded to Vermont in 1790; and Warren was taken from the north part in 1813..
www.mynewyorkgenealogy.com /ny_county/was.htm   (917 words)

  
 Wininger Family History
The 1830 census of McMinn County, Tennessee and the 1840 census of Callaway County, Missouri indicate that the wife of Solomon Potter was born between 1780 and 1790.
In 1850, Solomon Potter was enumerated in the census of Callaway County, Missouri and was shown as being born in 1785.
According to “History of Scott County, Virginia,” Jonathan Wood is the son of John Wood and was born in 1745.
www.rcasey.net /wininger/potmarth.htm   (5090 words)

  
 Board of Commissioners -- Minutes for 2/24/98   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
She recalled that she was told by a physician that she has a fixed delusion; however, she regarded the doctor as the one with a delusion.
She added that the County is in the process of finding someone who can provide expert briefing on the topics of interest to Ms.
She observed that the fact that the County does not have the money to do the work does not relieve it of its obligation to perform it.
www.co.washington.or.us /deptmts/cao/bd_comm/minute98/b022498.htm   (1438 words)

  
 First generation Ancestry Family of Rebecca Barker
Mary (Barker) Pinkston was listed in US census for Washington County, Va. for year 1850 Kinderhook district., she was 23 years of age.
Jemima Barker, birth 1793 in Washington County, Virginia, death 7 July 1860 in Washington County, Virginia, burial unknown, Spouse: John Kayler, married 4 Mar 1814, Jemima was living with her son Joel Barker in the census of 1860 for Washington County, Virginia.
Rebecca Barker, birth 1800 in Washington County, Virginia, death 16 Feb 1810 Washington County, Virginia, she was about 10 years of age and listed in births and death records for Washington County, Virginia.
www.mounet.com /~art/barker.html   (1094 words)

  
 Hunt Genealogy & Associates - Family History Research and Books, Tennessee & Virginia - Jack Hockett   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thomas Jack Hockett is a native of Smyth County, Virginia.
He was educated in Washington County, Virginia and Portsmouth, Virginia, Berea College at Berea, Kentucky, and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois.
He is a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Historical Society of Virginia, in addition to scientific and medical societies.
www.huntgenealogy.com /hockett.htm   (352 words)

  
 DAVID LAIRD
In Washington County, Virginia, David Laird's land bordered the land of his son-in-law, William Alexander, husband of Anne Laird.
James Gilliland was born in 1745 in York County, Pennsylvania.
It is almost a certainty David Laird and his family moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia at the same time as the Gillilands.
owslfl.tripod.com /davidlaird   (759 words)

  
 Open letter to the Washington County, Virginia Planning Commission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I indeed agree that county officials are accountable to the residents they serve and Virginia recognizes this as well with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act which enables citizens to be informed of the activities of our elected officials.
I have some news for those tin-pot dictators in Bristol, Virginia: This is OUR county and this planning commission answers to Washington County residents, not Bristol, Virginia.
To summarize, this trail is directly at odds with letter and spirit of this county's comprehensive plan; it will endanger the safety and property rights of our citizens, and will produce higher taxes/costs for the citizens of this county and will return nothing to our community.
www.sullivan-county.com /nf0/fundienazis/trail_letter.htm   (1249 words)

  
 Family Genealogy of Southwestern VA and Washington County VA
The Historical Society of Washington Co.,Virginia Library, located in the county courthouse at East Main and Court Street in Abingdon, has become a leading center in the region for genealogical and historical research including local and regional history, published genealogies and family histories.
Washington County, Virginia was formed in 1777 from Fincastle County.
The Marriages of Washington County, Virginia (1781-1853), compiled by D.E. Brown, 1993.
www.madeofcotton.com   (1182 words)

  
 Washington County Public Schools:
State Skills USA Director Pat Richards paid a Winter visit to the Neff Center and Washington County Technical School to instill the Spirit of the Skills USA organization and to promote Career and Technical Education.
The Washington County Special Education Advisory Committee Meeting will be held on Monday, February 6, 2006 at 9:30 a.m.
The winner will advance to the county level spelling bee on February 1, 2006, which will be held at Wallace.
www.wcs.k12.va.us   (436 words)

  
 Washington County, VA GenWeb Page
Washington County was formed from Fincastle County in 1777, the county seat, Abingdon was formed in 1778.
The original Washington County, VA in addition to containing some of the other present day surrounding counties also contained what is today, Sullivan County, TN.
Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
www.rootsweb.com /~vawashin   (1032 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Washington County, Va.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1871-73; Judge of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1873.
U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1889-93; state court judge in Virginia, 1895.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/VA/WA.html   (613 words)

  
 Descendants of Unknown Ringley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
was born August 29, 1783 in Washington County, Virginia, and died Bef.
was born 1804 in Washington County, Virginia, and died 1917 in Hawkins County, Tennessee
November 15, 1850 in Washington County, Virginia, daughter of SHERWOOD BARKER and RACHEL LARK.
yourpage.blazenet.net /garland/ringley.htm   (2097 words)

  
 Cemeteries of Fairfax County, Virginia - Washington Family Tomb- FCPL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The tomb of Gen. GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799), First President of the United States of America, and his wife MARTHA DANDRIDGE CUSTIS WASHINGTON (1731-1802) is located on the grounds of "Mount Vernon", the Washington Plantation in southeastern Fairfax County.
This is actually the second tomb constructed for the Washington's, built 1831-1837.
All of the interments in the old tomb (located @250 east of the new one) were transferred to the inner vault of the new tomb.
www.co.fairfax.va.us /library/branches/vr/cem/cem145.htm   (160 words)

  
 James Cuddy of Washington County, Virginia
Since there were Cody families nearby in Surry County, North Carolina, and in Montgomery County, Virginia, further investigation is warranted on James and John.
That he died in the County of Washington state aforesaid, on the 9th day of January 1839.
That she has often heard her Father the said James Cuddy say he was seven years in the service the greater part of the time he was employed in making shot at a place she thinks called Pine Grove furnace in the State of Pennsylvania.
www.mindspring.com /~baumbach/cody/cuddy.htm   (490 words)

  
 Washington County Chamber Events 2001
The mission of this program is to challenge individuals to become actively involved in community affairs and to provide the necessary background to enhance their leadership abilities.
Leadership Washington County is a non-advocacy, nonpartisan group.
The Washington County Chamber of Commerce and Journal Communications, our publishing partner, would like to thank each of the businesses that support this outstanding community magazine through advertising.
www.washingtonvachamber.org /events.htm   (411 words)

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