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Bacon’s Rebellion in Surry County, Virginia – Part 5 – The Aftermath

Bacon’s Rebellion in Surry County, Virginia – Part 5 – The Aftermath

If you missed the earlier posts in this series, you can check them out here:   Part 1 - Bacon's Rebellion in Surry County, Virginia Part 2 - meeting the ancestors - Samuel Judkins and Edward Pettway Part 3 - meeting the ancestors - Samuel Plaw Part 4 - meeting the ancestors - Arthur Long In … Continue reading Bacon’s Rebellion in Surry County, Virginia – Part 5 – The Aftermath →

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Bacon’s Rebellion in Surry County, Virginia – Part 2 (meeting the ancestors)

Need to catch up? Click https://wordpress.com/post/asonofvirginia.blog/347 for Part 1! In Part 1, we learned that four of my Surry County ancestors and some of their relatives joined Bacon’s Rebellion, a 1676 uprising in the Virginia colony and that the uprising was unsuccessful. My interest is in why my ancestors were willing to risk not only … Continue reading Bacon’s Rebellion in Surry County, Virginia – Part 2 (meeting the ancestors) →