This is a list of terms and names on the Franklin County Settlement Map (Virginia). I did this to help other genealogists because it's hard to quickly find if you have a relative's name on the map.
Bruce Mortland
Here is a link to the original map: Franklin County Settlement Map
Bruce Mortland
Here is a link to the original map: Franklin County Settlement Map
Title Portion of the Map
A Settlement Map of Franklin County, Virginia
Giving
The names and locations of may
of the early settlers in the area
from 1786 to 1886.
Made For The Franklin County Historical Society
Mrs Gertrude C. Mann, Historian - Researcher
in conjunction with the Roanoke Valley Historical Society.
J.R. Hildebrand, Cartographer.
George A. Kegley, Researcher.
January 1, 1976
A Settlement Map of Franklin County, Virginia
Giving
The names and locations of may
of the early settlers in the area
from 1786 to 1886.
Made For The Franklin County Historical Society
Mrs Gertrude C. Mann, Historian - Researcher
in conjunction with the Roanoke Valley Historical Society.
J.R. Hildebrand, Cartographer.
George A. Kegley, Researcher.
January 1, 1976
Names around the border of the map
William Swanson
Richard M. Taliaferro
Caleb Tate
Reuben Tinsley
Shadrach Turner
Elisha Walker
John Webster
Charles Wingfield
James Callaway
Hugh Innes
Edward Richards
John Law
John Dickinson
Stephen Smith
James A. Martin
Stephen Lee
Thomas Lavinder
Patrick Johnson
Thoman Jamison
William Hopkins
John Hook
Robert Hill
John Hancock
Moses Greer
David Goode
Samuel Fishburn
John Finney
Alexander Ferguson
Jeremiah Early
James Dillon
Peter Dillard
Charles Davis
John Craighead
Charles Cooper
Moses Carper
John Bowman
Peter Boothe
Jacob Boone
Benjamin Bernard
James Akers
Peter Angle
Jacob McNeil
Samuel Montgomery
Sebastian Naff
Hugh Nelson
Jacob Peters
Robert Powell
Joseph Price
Jacob Prilliman
Robert Prunty
Daniel Ross
Peter Saunders
William Swanson
Richard M. Taliaferro
Caleb Tate
Reuben Tinsley
Shadrach Turner
Elisha Walker
John Webster
Charles Wingfield
James Callaway
Hugh Innes
Edward Richards
John Law
John Dickinson
Stephen Smith
James A. Martin
Stephen Lee
Thomas Lavinder
Patrick Johnson
Thoman Jamison
William Hopkins
John Hook
Robert Hill
John Hancock
Moses Greer
David Goode
Samuel Fishburn
John Finney
Alexander Ferguson
Jeremiah Early
James Dillon
Peter Dillard
Charles Davis
John Craighead
Charles Cooper
Moses Carper
John Bowman
Peter Boothe
Jacob Boone
Benjamin Bernard
James Akers
Peter Angle
Jacob McNeil
Samuel Montgomery
Sebastian Naff
Hugh Nelson
Jacob Peters
Robert Powell
Joseph Price
Jacob Prilliman
Robert Prunty
Daniel Ross
Peter Saunders
History - text on map margin
In October 1785, Virginia's general assembly approved a new county with these boundaries: "That all that part of the county of Bedford lying south of the Staunton River, together with all that part of the county of Henry lying north of a line to be run from the head of shooting creek to the west end of Turkey Cock Mountain. Thence along the top of the mountain to intersect the dividing line between the counties of Henry and Pittsylvania & thence along that line to the mouth of Blackwater River: shall from and after the first day of January next, form a distinct county, an be called and known by the name of Franklin."
These boundaries remain today, except for a triangular section of Patrick County on the northeast side of Smith River, annexed to Franklin by the General Assembly in 1848, and a portion of Franklin near the Patrick County corner annexed to Floyd by the Legislature in 1873.
The new county's commission of peace named 12 justices who were directed to meet "at the home of James Callaway at his ironworks" on the first court day in 1786. The first justices were Hugh Innes, Robert Hairston, Robert Woods, Peter Saunders, Thomas Arthur, Jonathan Richardson, John Smith, MOses Greet, Spencer Clack, John Gipson, Swinfield Hill and John Rentfro.
They met on Monday, Jan. 2, 1786 when Robert Woods qualified as sheriff and Stephen Smith was appointed clerk of the court, later, Peter Saunders was appointed county Lieutenant. Hugh Innes, Colonel of Militia and Coroner; Robert Williams chose state's attorney for Franklin and John Dickinson, surveyor, was directed to run the dividing line between Franklin and Henry.
The county was named for Benjamin Franklin, then serving as president adney of the executive council of Pennsylvania, GAP settlement had started in the mid-1700s by Scotch-Irish and German emigrants who had come through the Shenandoah Valley and south on the Carolina Road. Many had pushed westward from the English settlement in tidewater Virginia.
That first log courthouse in the village of Rockymount was replace in 1831 and the present courthouse was built in 1909. The county seat had a twin village Mt. Pleasant, which existed as a separate town until it was absorbed by Rocky Mount when it incorporated in 1873.
Robert Hill, one of the first settlers, built a house on the Pigg River in 1748. William Gray settled in 1743, John Cannon, Israel Pickins, William Caldwell and Philip Wilson in 1745. The Randolph family of England held patents to more than 10,000 acres of land on Blackwater River, Maggotty, Shaw and Sills Creeks in the 1750s. William Meade, Matthew Talbot and James Callaway Sr. were other large landowners.
Early in the life of the new county, the legislature approved the establishment of Wisenburg, west of Rockymount, and Germantown, near present Wirtz, north of the county seat.
Wisenburg was never built, but a post office, school and ordinary were built in Germantown.
Three members of Congress from Franklin County were William Armistead Burwell, Nathaniel H. Claiborne and Edward Watts Saunders. Burwell, once a private secretary to Thomas Jefferson, served in the house 1806-21.
Claiborne, in the house 1825-31 had a brother who was Tennessee congressman and later governor and U.S. senator from Louisiana.
Saunders, serving 1906-1920, sat on the Supreme Court.
In October 1785, Virginia's general assembly approved a new county with these boundaries: "That all that part of the county of Bedford lying south of the Staunton River, together with all that part of the county of Henry lying north of a line to be run from the head of shooting creek to the west end of Turkey Cock Mountain. Thence along the top of the mountain to intersect the dividing line between the counties of Henry and Pittsylvania & thence along that line to the mouth of Blackwater River: shall from and after the first day of January next, form a distinct county, an be called and known by the name of Franklin."
These boundaries remain today, except for a triangular section of Patrick County on the northeast side of Smith River, annexed to Franklin by the General Assembly in 1848, and a portion of Franklin near the Patrick County corner annexed to Floyd by the Legislature in 1873.
The new county's commission of peace named 12 justices who were directed to meet "at the home of James Callaway at his ironworks" on the first court day in 1786. The first justices were Hugh Innes, Robert Hairston, Robert Woods, Peter Saunders, Thomas Arthur, Jonathan Richardson, John Smith, MOses Greet, Spencer Clack, John Gipson, Swinfield Hill and John Rentfro.
They met on Monday, Jan. 2, 1786 when Robert Woods qualified as sheriff and Stephen Smith was appointed clerk of the court, later, Peter Saunders was appointed county Lieutenant. Hugh Innes, Colonel of Militia and Coroner; Robert Williams chose state's attorney for Franklin and John Dickinson, surveyor, was directed to run the dividing line between Franklin and Henry.
The county was named for Benjamin Franklin, then serving as president adney of the executive council of Pennsylvania, GAP settlement had started in the mid-1700s by Scotch-Irish and German emigrants who had come through the Shenandoah Valley and south on the Carolina Road. Many had pushed westward from the English settlement in tidewater Virginia.
That first log courthouse in the village of Rockymount was replace in 1831 and the present courthouse was built in 1909. The county seat had a twin village Mt. Pleasant, which existed as a separate town until it was absorbed by Rocky Mount when it incorporated in 1873.
Robert Hill, one of the first settlers, built a house on the Pigg River in 1748. William Gray settled in 1743, John Cannon, Israel Pickins, William Caldwell and Philip Wilson in 1745. The Randolph family of England held patents to more than 10,000 acres of land on Blackwater River, Maggotty, Shaw and Sills Creeks in the 1750s. William Meade, Matthew Talbot and James Callaway Sr. were other large landowners.
Early in the life of the new county, the legislature approved the establishment of Wisenburg, west of Rockymount, and Germantown, near present Wirtz, north of the county seat.
Wisenburg was never built, but a post office, school and ordinary were built in Germantown.
Three members of Congress from Franklin County were William Armistead Burwell, Nathaniel H. Claiborne and Edward Watts Saunders. Burwell, once a private secretary to Thomas Jefferson, served in the house 1806-21.
Claiborne, in the house 1825-31 had a brother who was Tennessee congressman and later governor and U.S. senator from Louisiana.
Saunders, serving 1906-1920, sat on the Supreme Court.
Another piece of text
Tradition tells of a fort near the junction of the north and south forks of Blackwater River and a reference was made to Captain Nathaniel Terry's fort, with a garrison of 20 men, when Colonel George Washington made his inspection trip of frontier forts in October, 1756. Minutes of the House of Burgesses refer to Joseph Rentfros Petamen drawing ------ allowed for a horse impressed by Captain John Blagg to carry an express from Blackwater Fort to Fredericksburg." Captain Terry was paid for building three Halifax forts, according to the Virginia calendar of papers.
Tradition tells of a fort near the junction of the north and south forks of Blackwater River and a reference was made to Captain Nathaniel Terry's fort, with a garrison of 20 men, when Colonel George Washington made his inspection trip of frontier forts in October, 1756. Minutes of the House of Burgesses refer to Joseph Rentfros Petamen drawing ------ allowed for a horse impressed by Captain John Blagg to carry an express from Blackwater Fort to Fredericksburg." Captain Terry was paid for building three Halifax forts, according to the Virginia calendar of papers.
Captions for five images on the map
Josal A. Early, Lieut. General in the army of Northern Virginia, was born in Red Malley Nov. 3, 1816, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. He practiced law, fought in the Seminole and Mexican Wars, led the 24th Regiment of Manassas, Chancellorsville and other engagements in the Civil War.
Booker T. Washington, author of "Up From Slavery", and the founder of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, was born near Burnt CHimney on April 3, 1856. Moving with his family to West Virginia when he was 9, he became a leading negro educator. Advocating a "separate but equal" doctrine and serving as adviser to three presidents.
Old covered bridge at Hales Ford.
The first log courthouse in the village of Rocky Mount was replaced in 1831 by this brick building, which, in turn, was displaced by the present courthouse in 1909.
Washington Iron Works had its beginning about 1774, when Col. John Donelson, father of Rachel Donelson, who married Andrew Jackson, established a furnace on a tributary of the ---- River. 200 slaves were said to have worked the furnace. after 89 years of production it closed in the mid-1800s.
Josal A. Early, Lieut. General in the army of Northern Virginia, was born in Red Malley Nov. 3, 1816, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. He practiced law, fought in the Seminole and Mexican Wars, led the 24th Regiment of Manassas, Chancellorsville and other engagements in the Civil War.
Booker T. Washington, author of "Up From Slavery", and the founder of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, was born near Burnt CHimney on April 3, 1856. Moving with his family to West Virginia when he was 9, he became a leading negro educator. Advocating a "separate but equal" doctrine and serving as adviser to three presidents.
Old covered bridge at Hales Ford.
The first log courthouse in the village of Rocky Mount was replaced in 1831 by this brick building, which, in turn, was displaced by the present courthouse in 1909.
Washington Iron Works had its beginning about 1774, when Col. John Donelson, father of Rachel Donelson, who married Andrew Jackson, established a furnace on a tributary of the ---- River. 200 slaves were said to have worked the furnace. after 89 years of production it closed in the mid-1800s.
