Papers of the Bedford County Pageant Association [manuscript], 1922-1940.

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Papers of the Bedford County Pageant Association [manuscript], 1922-1940.

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The papers include lists, n.d., of Revolutionary War soldiers from Bedford County, Va., compiled from the Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War, by J.T. McAllister, A list of the revolutionary soldiers of Virginia, by H.J. Eckenrode, and the Bedford County Records. The papers also include historical essays, n.d., on Peaks of Otter, Va., Andrew Lewis, Bedford County's role in the Civil War, the Baptist church in Bedford County, Va., and the Bell, Bufurd, Hatcher, and Jeter families of the region; and letter, 5 January 1922, from H.R. McIlwaine, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. George P. Parker, Bedford, Va., advising the Bedford County Pageant Association on historical research. Also include newspaper clipping, 12 December 1940, regarding early settlements in Bedford County, Va., and the region's role in the Revolutionary War.

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Lewis, Andrew, 1720-1781

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Of Irish descent, Lewis was a resident of Augusta County, Va., and active in the militia there; served with distinction under Washington and Braddock during the French and Indian War; was appointed a Brigadier General in the Continental Army, 1 March 1776; took command of the forces at Williamsburg and at Gwynn Island, where in July, 1776 he was in charge of the forces that drove Gov. Dunmore out of the Old Dominion; resigned his commission, 15 April 1777 for reasons of health, but remained acti...

Hatcher family.

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Jeter family.

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McAllister, J. T. 1866-1927.

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McIlwaine, H. R. 1864-1934.

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Burford family.

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McManaway, Maggie,

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Bell family.

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Parker, George P., Mrs.

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Bedford County Pageant Association.

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Eckenrode, H. J. 1881-

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