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- ↑ "Augusta County Heritage Topical". S. E. Grose – via Google Books.
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- ↑ Armstrong, James Edward (2 December 2018). "History of the Old Baltimore Conference from the Planting of Methodism in 1773 to the Division of the Conference in 1857". author – via Google Books.
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- ↑ Wesleyan Female Institute (2 December 1879). "Annual announcement Wesleyan Female Institute" – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Historical Atlas of Augusta County