35/54 See "Annals of Augusta County, Va.," by Joseph A.Waddell, Richmond, 1888 (an excellent book), pp. 4, 276, 279, for a clear showing of the Presbyterian Irish origin of the West Virginians, and of the large German admixture. The Irish schoolmaster was everywhere a feature of early western society. McAfee MSS.MS.Autobiography of Rev.Wm.Hickman, born in Virginia in 1747 (in Col. R.T. |