Excerpt from A History of Highland County, VirginiaHE work of collecting material for this history of Highland was begun in last September. Nearly every portion of the county was visited, as well as the courthouses of Orange, Augusta, Pendleton, and Bath. The archives at Richmond were also consulted. Several books were likewise examined which have a direct bearing on the annals of this region.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.