The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05

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KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, VA. BY
Rev. Alfred Bagby, A. B., D. d
The Neale Publishing Company,
New York sS.5o.
Professor William II. Whitsitt, OF
Richmond College, has written an in
PRODUCTION to DIR. Bagby's book. In
which he says: THE county of King
and Queen is truly ancient and honor
able. and it is a concern to many peo-
pie in many sections that It's history
should be collected and set in order"
In the performance of task so out
\ lined DR.. Bagby has taken up the
geographical location of King and
Queen; its rivers, climate. soil and
products; the social life of Its people
\ their churches, their forms of worship
1.-The wars in which they have fought
q the Revolution. the War of 1912 and
the War between the States; the
lbooks they have written. the institu.
ytions Of learning they have estab-
4 1ished, the ideals they have held. Last
s1y. he has given sketches of the lives
Il of the illustrious men and women the
j county haA -givep to the world-it:
Epsoldiers. statesmen. divines and teach.
ters.
In Part l. of his book, the autho,
3rdescribes. among kindred matters
many of the famous old manor houses
..Chatham Hill" "Bendley.'' frye
I Field. 'Manapike.' .I.aneville.' the
4 home OF Colonel Corbin, and "Melrose.'
Otherwise he makes mention of TIL,
u schoolmasters and schools of Colonia
Il King and Queen days-of Donald Rob
= ertson. the Scotchman.4 who came tt
Il America in l75s. and of whom James
Y Madison said, in his old age, "All tina
Y have been in life l owe largely t.
that man, of Oliver White, head o
~ fleetwood Academy. and Mrs South
- gate. OF Locust Academy.
Il In Part II. DR.. Baghy takes up thu
n records of King and Queen count,
81 during the War between the States
4 giving COMPLETE rosters, the histories
4 fof several companies, a soldiers diary
q and many important addresses and me
lmorials. closing with the evacuatio,
of Richmond
5S All in all. the venerable and nobl,
community" is fortunate in having $,
- careful historian, and in King am
M Queen County, Va DR.. Bagby has, a