Lewis attended in 1775 as a delegate for Augusta County.
Many of its members were from Augusta County.
In the feudal age, it became a dominion of the Augusta County.
This condition lasted only four years; in 1738 most of the western tract was split off into Augusta County.
The family were among the first settlers in western Augusta County.
Augusta County owns the property and maintains the facility.
In all, about 350 were evacuated in Augusta County, 21 of whom by boat.
It, like every other community in Augusta County, flourished in the early 1900s.
John read law and was admitted to the bar before settling in Augusta County.
Augusta County sent him to the Virginia conventions (the revolutionary legislature) in 1775 and 1776.