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Series VI, Book 5, pp. 214-215.","John Sower or Sowers (d. 6 Jul 1864) enlisted in Company N of the 28th “Goldstream” Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army in Luzerne County on 20 August 1861 under Brigadier General John White Geary (1819-1873). The 28th Regiment, was stationed along the northern side of the Potomac River between Noland’s Ferry and the Antietam Aqueduct for much of 1861 and 1862. On 10 October 1862, surplus men of the 28th Regiment (companies L, M, N, O, and P) at Loudoun Heights were organized under then Lieutenant Colonel Pardee to form the 147th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.  Sowers joined Company C and was later promoted to Corporal on 11 November 1863. The 147th Regiment participated in the Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg before fighting in Tennessee at the Battle of Lookout Mountain and during the Chattanooga – Ringold Campaign. 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Historical Society Secretary John Lewis (1930-2013) who took charge of editing and marketing The Bulletin, also maintained an extensive correspondence on the subjects of genealogy and other historical topics with the many who wrote inquiries to the Society.","General membership meetings were discontinued in 1976, and the organization was on hiatus until 2001.  In 2001 renewed interest in the organization lead to the resumption of the publication of The Bulletin. Occasional lectures were also offered to the general public after 2001. 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The Bulletin of the Loudoun County Historical Society. Leesburg, VA: Loudoun County Historical Society [V REF 975.528 LOU]. \nPhillips, John T. 1998. The Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Leesburg, VA: Goose Creek Productions [V REF 975.528 LOU]"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of administrative records of the Loudoun County Historical Society.  Included are the Society's original founding documents: the Constitution, Mission Statement and By-Laws as well as Minutes of Board of Directors and General Membership meetings 1956 to 1976.  General Correspondence files covering both internal and external correspondence are arranged chronologically. Letters from prominent individuals such as Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) appear in these files.  Additional correspondence files include the letters, memoranda, and marketing efforts specifically pertaining to the publication of \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Bulletin\u003c/title\u003e. Some original, published or unpublished, manuscripts submitted for \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Bulletin\u003c/title\u003e are available. For preservation, newspaper clippings have been photocopied and originals discarded. Photographs of the Society's early officers are stored separately as VC 0071.  VHS tapes have been digitized and are stored separately as AV 0012.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe Society collected manuscripts and other documents relating to Loudoun County history. Some of these materials were donated to Thomas Balch Library and have been processed as separate collections. Processed collections include:  Loudoun Valley Academy Collection (SC 0037), Nichols/Moore Land Indenture (SC 0070), Elijah V. White's Ball's Bluff Address-1887 (SC 0023), Lincoln High School Collection, 1911-1941, (SC 0015), Norris and Sons Account Book (BV 005), Nichols/Moore Land Indenture, 1851 (SC 0070), Land Grant-Lord Fairfax to Richard Brown, 1741 (OM 009), Mediterranean Pass for Rising Sun, 1819-1924 (SC 0009), Alexander McIntyre/William Moore Land Indenture, 1840 (OM 0029), Leesburg Opera House Handbill (SC 0012) Miskel's Farm, 1863 (SC 0032), Yardley Taylor Surveying Notebook, 1832-1884 (M 036), William Moore Land Plat, 1851 (SC 0080), Springwood Select Home School for Young Ladies, 1866 (SC 0019), Waterford News (SC0014), Taylor Family Papers, 1817-1872 (SC 0097), Woman's Christian Temperance Union Collection (M 101), Moore/Gibson Land Indenture, 1853 (SC 0074).  \n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection consists of administrative records of the Loudoun County Historical Society.  Included are the Society's original founding documents: the Constitution, Mission Statement and By-Laws as well as Minutes of Board of Directors and General Membership meetings 1956 to 1976.  General Correspondence files covering both internal and external correspondence are arranged chronologically. Letters from prominent individuals such as Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) appear in these files.  Additional correspondence files include the letters, memoranda, and marketing efforts specifically pertaining to the publication of The Bulletin. Some original, published or unpublished, manuscripts submitted for The Bulletin are available. For preservation, newspaper clippings have been photocopied and originals discarded. Photographs of the Society's early officers are stored separately as VC 0071.  VHS tapes have been digitized and are stored separately as AV 0012.","The Society collected manuscripts and other documents relating to Loudoun County history. Some of these materials were donated to Thomas Balch Library and have been processed as separate collections. Processed collections include:  Loudoun Valley Academy Collection (SC 0037), Nichols/Moore Land Indenture (SC 0070), Elijah V. White's Ball's Bluff Address-1887 (SC 0023), Lincoln High School Collection, 1911-1941, (SC 0015), Norris and Sons Account Book (BV 005), Nichols/Moore Land Indenture, 1851 (SC 0070), Land Grant-Lord Fairfax to Richard Brown, 1741 (OM 009), Mediterranean Pass for Rising Sun, 1819-1924 (SC 0009), Alexander McIntyre/William Moore Land Indenture, 1840 (OM 0029), Leesburg Opera House Handbill (SC 0012) Miskel's Farm, 1863 (SC 0032), Yardley Taylor Surveying Notebook, 1832-1884 (M 036), William Moore Land Plat, 1851 (SC 0080), Springwood Select Home School for Young Ladies, 1866 (SC 0019), Waterford News (SC0014), Taylor Family Papers, 1817-1872 (SC 0097), Woman's Christian Temperance Union Collection (M 101), Moore/Gibson Land Indenture, 1853 (SC 0074)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo physical characteristics affect use of this material.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["No physical characteristics affect use of this material."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection consists of administrative records of the Loudoun County Historical Society.  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General Correspondence files covering both internal and external correspondence are arranged chronologically. Letters from prominent individuals such as Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) appear in these files.  Additional correspondence files include the letters, memoranda, and marketing efforts specifically pertaining to the publication of The Bulletin. 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The broadside was published in 1857, and though the author's name has been torn from the copy, it is likely that it was written by James F. Trayhern, an attorney and supporter of slavery. Trayhern publically denounced Yardley Taylor's abolitionist activities and accused him of subverting the Fugitive Slave Act by helping slaves escape to Pennsylvania. The broadside represents a bitter and personal attack on Taylor, and calls his actions \"Monstrous!\" On 3 December 1864, Carrie Taylor wrote a letter to her sister in Maryland sharing the details of the Burning Raid and its ramifications for their family and community. The Burning Raid was the Union military's attempt to destroy supplies and disrupt support for Mosby's Rangers in the Loudoun Valley. The letter tells of barns burned, horses and pigs taken, and crops destroyed by Union soldiers. 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The broadside was published in 1857, and though the author's name has been torn from the copy, it is likely that it was written by James F. Trayhern, an attorney and supporter of slavery. Trayhern publically denounced Yardley Taylor's abolitionist activities and accused him of subverting the Fugitive Slave Act by helping slaves escape to Pennsylvania. The broadside represents a bitter and personal attack on Taylor, and calls his actions \"Monstrous!\" On 3 December 1864, Carrie Taylor wrote a letter to her sister in Maryland sharing the details of the Burning Raid and its ramifications for their family and community. The Burning Raid was the Union military's attempt to destroy supplies and disrupt support for Mosby's Rangers in the Loudoun Valley. The letter tells of barns burned, horses and pigs taken, and crops destroyed by Union soldiers. 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The broadside represents a bitter and personal attack on Taylor, and calls his actions \"Monstrous!\" On 3 December 1864, Carrie Taylor wrote a letter to her sister in Maryland sharing the details of the Burning Raid and its ramifications for their family and community. The Burning Raid was the Union military's attempt to destroy supplies and disrupt support for Mosby's Rangers in the Loudoun Valley. The letter tells of barns burned, horses and pigs taken, and crops destroyed by Union soldiers. 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Trayhern publically denounced Yardley Taylor's abolitionist activities and accused him of subverting the Fugitive Slave Act by helping slaves escape to Pennsylvania. The broadside represents a bitter and personal attack on Taylor, and calls his actions \"Monstrous!\" On 3 December 1864, Carrie Taylor wrote a letter to her sister in Maryland sharing the details of the Burning Raid and its ramifications for their family and community. The Burning Raid was the Union military's attempt to destroy supplies and disrupt support for Mosby's Rangers in the Loudoun Valley. The letter tells of barns burned, horses and pigs taken, and crops destroyed by Union soldiers. It also shows continuing support for the Union among the Quakers, even in the face of military operations.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["This collection is made up of papers belonging to Bernard Taylor and his descendants. It includes deeds, a handwritten eulogy, a marriage certificate, and school awards. 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Accessed online http://www.fauquier.com (Accessed 6 April 2016).","Find a Grave http://www.findagrave.com","Loudoun Cemetery Database. http://www.leesburgva.gov/index.aspx?page=940 (Accessed 28 September 2011).","Thomas P Knox TRST v. Sanford J Ramey, M696, (Chancery Court, 1850), http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=107-1850-021 (Accessed 2 December 2015).","Will of Thomas P. Knox, 25 August 1869, Loudoun County, Virginia, Will Book 2W: pages 120 and 296. Leesburg Courthouse, Leesburg, VA.","Thomas Patterson Knox (1796-1871) married Catherine Routt (1798 - 1855) on 1 December 1821 in Fauquier County. He was a trustee of Leesburg Presbyterian Church in 1850 and a commissioner of chancery in 1860. They had a daughter, Janet Patterson Knox (1822- 1849). In 1847, Janet Patterson Knox married Lieutenant Charles Magill Fauntleroy (1822- 1889), who served in the US Navy, Mexican War, and as a Staff Officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. 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At a sale of his estate in 1870, Bernard Taylor purchased a \"surveyor's compass and etc.\" Although uncertain, it is possible that the purchase included Taylor's surveying notebook and that he was responsible for the later surveys. The notebook was certainly in Bernard Taylor's possession in 1884 when he sold it to Nathan T. Brown. Brown sold copies of the surveys for twenty-five cents, according to a note affixed to the front cover of the notebook."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePhysical characteristics and conditions affect use of this material.  Photocopying from volume not permitted.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Physical characteristics and conditions affect use of this material.  Photocopying from volume not permitted."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection consists of one land survey book and a photocopied version of the book. 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