This is the standard history of Bath County. Of greatest genealogical import are the chapters devoted to the names of heads of families in Bath in 1782, early marriage records, a roster of Confederate soldiers, and a list of families in Greater Bath. Chapters include: Geography of Bath, Discovery and Settlement, The Lewis Land Grant, Areas of Settlement, The Mineral Springs, Early Political History, Roads and Road Builders, Life in the Pioneer Days, Ten Years of Indian Wars, The Point Pleasant Campaign, Bath During the Revolution, Selim the Algerine, Efforts Toward a New County, Organization of Bath, The Surnames of Bath, A List of Early Marriages, Seventy Years of Bath History, Bath in the War of 1861, The Bath Squadron, Roster of Confederate Soldiers, Cloverdale, The Calfpasture Valley, The Bath of Today, Alleghany County, and The Families of Greater Bath. A full-name index adds to the value of this work. Oren F. Morton (1917), 2024, 5.5" x 8.5", paper, index, 244 pp. ISBN: 9780788430497 101-M3049
