Frankfort, VA

Headnote
Frankfort, 10 miles NE. of Lewisburg, contains a Methodist church and about 50 dwellings. In March, 1659, Col. John Stuart, Robert McClenachan, Thomas Renick, and Wm. Hamilton, settled here. They, as well as all those that immediately followed, were from Augusta county. This was the first permanent settlement in the county. (Historical Collections, 1852)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Greenbrier County, VA

Frankfort, Virginia (Howe)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Frankfort, 10 miles NE. of Lewisburg, contains a Methodist church and about 50 dwellings. In March, 1659, Col. John Stuart, Robert McClenachan, Thomas Renick, and Wm. Hamilton, settled here. They, as well as all those that immediately followed, were from Augusta county. This was the first permanent settlement in the county.
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia… (Charleston, SC: William R. Babcock, 1852), 284.
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