Title: Virginia's first German colony
Description: Book gives a brief history of Germanna and Germantown. Germanna was established in Orange County in 1714 by colonists from the Nassau-Siegen, Germany. It ceased to exist by the late 1730's. Many of the colonists left Germanna and started Germantown by 1719 in Fauquier County. Germantown ceased to exist by the late 1700's.
Subjects: Germans