INDEX
| abolition, on frontier, 199–200. See also slaves, slavery | |
| Abraham (slave of John Gray), 239 | |
| Abraham (slave of William Griffin), | |
| Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, 219 | |
| Adam (slave of Randolph Lewis), 124, 241 | |
| Adams, John, 184; letter to, from Thomas Jefferson, 327 | |
| Agnes (Aggie, Aggy, slave of Randolph Lewis), 241, 316, 368, 417 | |
| agriculture: bad practice of, 44–46, 380; clearing land for, 123–25; difficult years for, in Va., 55–58; in economy of Va. during Revolution, 29; overseers in, 45, 48–49, 381; | |
| tools used by Lewis family, 126 | |
| crops: corn, 9, 46–47; fruit, 57; | |
| grain, 57; hemp, 57, 101; of Lewis family, 8–9, 125; processing of, 57; rotation of, in Albemarle Co., 7; of southern plantations, 124; tobacco, 3–4- 45–47. 57–58– 138; wheat, 45– 47; yields of, 45, 380 | |
| products of: inspected, 137; in foreign trade, 72; prices received in 1808, 143 | |
| Albemarle Co., Va.: agricultural economy of, 55–58; committee of, 13–14; hardship in, after 1781, 30; mail service in, 20; patriotism in, 14; public records of, destroyed, 422, size of land patents in, 4; volunteer regiment of,17, 57 | |
| alcohol: in jails, 156, 179; and Lilburne Lewis, 247, 329, 332, at militia musters, 181; temperance in use of, 325–26; violence caused by, 232 | |
| Anburey, Lt. Thomas, 39–40 | |
| Anderson (officer), 15 | |
| Anderson, James, 28m | |
| Anderson, William, 281n | |
| Andrew (slave of Randolph Lewis), 124, 241, 305, 316, 417 | |
| animals: livestock, branding of, 113; livestock, foraging of, 125; predatory, bounties for, 113–14; wild, in West Ky., 112–15; wild, migrations of, 248–49 | |
| Annus Mirabilis, 248–55 | |
| anti-intellectualism, 189, 193–202 | |
| Archer (slave of Lilburne Lewis), 124, 360–61, 368 | |
| architecture, criticized in Va., 379 | |
| aristocrats: character of, 39–43; as committeemen, 13; in county government, 154; early in marriage of, 71–72; favored by colonial law, 4; frontier attitude toward, 123–24; influence of in Va., 6; Jefferson's opinion of, 83; kinship among, in Va., 211–12; land acquisition by, 3; land of in Va., 36; in leadership and politics, 22; love of land among, 50; miscegenation among, 49; natural vs. artificial, 81–83; organize mail service, 20; as Presbyterians on the frontier, 193–202; slave ownership by, 41; traditions of regarding land, 187 | |
| Asbury, Bishop Francis, 198 | |
| Ashby, Daniel, 159 | |
| auctions: of Lilburne Lewis estate, 308–309, 359–66; of Randolph Lewis estate, 303–305 | |
| Audubon, John James, 108 | |
| Augusta Co., Va., 392 | |
| Axley, James 140 |
| Bacon, Edmund, 62, 77–78, 384 | |
| Bank of Kentucky, 168 | |
| Bank of Richmond, Va., 389 | |
| banking, see finance | |
| baptism, 196 | |
| Baptist church: on the frontier, 190– 202; struggles for religious freedom, 17 | |
| Baptists, as Republicans in Ky., 200– 202 | |
| Barker, William, 139 | |
| Barlow, Lewis, 360 | |
| Barnett, Rev. William, 193 | |
| barracks (prison camp), 20–21, 29–30 | |
| Barren Co., Ky., 271 | |
| Barron, Letitia Anne, 422 | |
| Barrow, Rev. Davis, 199 |
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Book title: Jefferson's Nephews: A Frontier Tragedy.
Contributors: Boynton Merrill Jr. - Author.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press.
Place of publication: Lincoln, NE.
Publication year: 2004.
Page number: 441.
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