By: Catherine L. Knorr, Pub. 1956, Reprinted 2023, 120 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-260-0. Pittsylvania County was created in 1767 from Halifax County, VA. Many of her early settlers were from Pennsylvania, including Germans, Quakers, Welch and Scotch-Irish. Also, many families throughout Virginia relocated here from such counties as: Brunswick, Charlotte, Amelia, Prince Edward, and other Tidewater counties.