Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1753-1992 (bulk 1857-1910).

Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918

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John E. Roller, a general in the state militia, was a prominent Virginia attorney and businessman. He appears to have been a Republican. George B. Keezell and George N. Earman defeated Roller and T.A. Haas in the election of two members to represent Rockingham County in the Constitutional Convention of 1901-02. From the description of Papers, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86172330 Resident of Harrisonburg, Va. From the description of Letter books, 1872-189...

Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001.

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Margaret Grattan Weaver (1905-2001), was a member of two of the most distinguished families in Rockingham County, the Rollers and the Grattans. She was known throughout the Shenandoah Valley for her involvement in civic, historic, and religious organizations including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, and the Margaret Grattan Weaver Foundation, which she founded in 1997. John Edwin Roller (1844-1918), born near Mt. ...

Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Transcripts of correspondence edited by Louis Knott Koontz, 1739-1769. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067647 From the description of Autograph signature (clipped) from a document : [n.p.]., 1754 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534556 Colonial official; lieutenant governor of Virginia 1751-1758. From the description of LS : Williamsburg, Va., to Robert Hunter Morris, 1754 Mar. 1. (Rosenbach Museum...

Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806

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Virginia. Land Office

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After the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British government issued a proclamation designed to prevent clashes between the settlers and Indians. This proclamation of 1763 forbid settlement west of the Alleghany mountains. From the description of List of complete military warrants under the Proclamation of 1763 from the Virginia Land Office,. (Library of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318646134 The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly...