Information for the emigrants in this record was gathered from other records. Entries give as much information as available plus the reference. The 1790 Census schedules for Virginia were destroyed when the British burnt Washington during the War of 1812. This record is an attempt to substitute the missing census for Virginia Counties with tax records. The tax records were created between 1782 through 1787 and cover Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky as they were all included in the boundares of Virginia at the time.
Entries give the name of the tax payer, poll, slaves and county.
This record is arranged in alphabetical order. From 1726 to 1871, by Jos. A. Waddell, pub. This history is one of, if not the, most respected histories ever published about Virginia history. The county of Augusta originally extended from the Blue Ridge to the Mississippi river, east and west, and from the great lakes on the north to the northern boundary of the present State of Tennessee on the south. The author relates interesting facts concerning the county and her people.