Chapter II: Preface: vii

THE EARLIER INDIANS 1

ENGLAND ACQUIRES VIRGINIA 10

THE PASSING OF THE INDIANS 20

SETTLEMENT 31

THE MELTING POT 43

ROADS AND BOUNDARIES 60

SPECULATION AND DEVELOPMENT 72

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 83

ORGANIZATION OF LOUDOUN AND THE FOUNDING OF LEESBURG 97

ADOLESCENCE 114

REVOLUTION 123

THE STORY OF JOHN CHAMPE 142

EARLY FEDERAL PERIOD 159

MATURITY 182

CIVIL WAR 198

RECOVERY 222

INDEX 235

ILLUSTRATIONS

_John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun_ Frontispiece FACE PAGE

_Map of Loudoun County_ 1

_Sir Alexander Spotswood_ 20

_Sir Peter Halkett, Bart_ 83

_The Fall of Braddock_ 93

_William Petty-FitzMaurice_ 116

_Nicholas Cresswell_ 129

_Noland Mansion_ 139

_Oatlands_ 171

_Foxcroft_ 173

_Rockland_ 175

_General George Rust_ 176

_Oak Hill_ 178

_Oak Hill, East Drawing Room_ 179

_Old Valley Bank_ 203

_Battle of Ball's Bluff_ 205

_Old John Janney House_ 226

LEGENDS OF LOUDOUN