Historical Markers in Swift Run, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Swift Run, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Swift Run — Alexander Spotswood Discovers the Valley of the Shenandoah —

Twelve men I chose to see the waiting land, Where the rivers are jeweled in sunlight, And the hills are a deep blue ocean with living spars Of pine to catch the clouds and spread white sail. My band, Knights of the Golden Horse Shoe, . . . — — Map (db m1874) HM

2 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Swift Run — Z-16 — Greene County / Rockingham County —

Greene County. Area 155 Square Miles. Formed in 1838 from Orange, and named for General Nathanael Greene, commander of the Army of the South in the Revolutionary War. Rockingham County. Area 876 Square . . . — — Map (db m2834) HM

3 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Swift Run — Z-16 — Greene County / Rockingham County —

Greene County. Formed from Orange County in 1838, this rural Piedmont county was named for Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War hero. In 1722, Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood issued the Octonia land grant to eight Virginians; the Octonia . . . — — Map (db m230642) HM

4 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Swift Run — D-10 — Knights of the Golden Horseshoe —

On 5 Sept. 1716, in this region, it is believed, Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood and his party of government officials, gentry, Native Americans, soldiers, and servants crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenandoah Valley. Their . . . — — Map (db m1842) HM

5 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Swift Run — “Sic Juvat Transcendere Montes” —

In honor of Governor Alexander Spotswood and the Knights of the Horseshoe: John Fontaine • Robert Beverley • William Robertson • Dr. Robinson Todd • James Taylor • Robert Brooke • George Mason • Captain Smith • Jeremiah Clouder and other . . . — — Map (db m1844) HM

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