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- ↑ Jim Comstock: The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Richwood, W.Va., 1973-1976, Vol. 4, p. 824.
- ↑ Robert S. Conte: The History of the Greenbrier, America’s Resort, Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., Charleston, W.Va., 1989, pp. 2-4, including "A New Map of Virginia from the best Authorities", 1761, drawn by Thomas Kitchin, Geographer, on pp. 2-3.
- ↑ Nicholas Carpenter is sometimes mistakenly identified as Nathan Carpenter; Nicholas is correct as proved by reference to primary source records.
- ↑ Willard Rouse Jillson: The Kentucky Land Grants, The Standard Printing Co., Inc., Louisville, Ky., 1925.
- ↑ Lyman Chalkley: Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, originally published by The Commonwealth Printing Co., Rosslyn, Va., 1912, Vol. I, p. 419.
- ↑ Joseph A. Waddell: "Indian Wars in Augusta County, Virginia" in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, No. 4, April 1895, pp. 397-404.
- ↑ Lyman Chalkley: Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, originally published by The Commonwealth Printing Co., Rosslyn, Va., 1912, Vol. II. p. 511.
- ↑ Ruth Woods Dayton: Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes, West Virginia Publishing Co., Charleston, W.Va., 1942, pp. 111-112.
- ↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 344.