Page County was formed in 1831 from portions of Shenandoah and Rockingham counties and named for John Page, revolutionary patriot, congressman, and governor of Virginia from 1802 to 1805. Its boundaries have remained stable since its founding.
The settlers for the region came from a variety of sources: Germans and Swiss from Spotswood's Germanna Colony drifted through the gaps of the Blue Ridge into what was then called "Messenutten"; Pennsylvania Germans and a number of Mennonite families came down the Indian path; and Scotch-Irish came in considerable numbers to populate the small towns in the area. Most genealogists and historians agree that these settlers in Massanutten were the first permanent settlers west of the Blue ridge, beginning their homesteads as early as 1726. Many of their records can be found in the archives of Spotsylvania and Orange counties.
The Page Valley remained among the most remote regions of the Shenandoah Valley, and the formation of the new county in 1831 was perhaps recognition of its slowly-developing economy and connection with the ironworks at Harpers Ferry. Large quantities of ore were shipped from Page Valley to provide the raw material for this booming industry in the post 1830s.
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PAGE COUNTY, VA LAND TAX REGISTERS 1858-1859 [Facsimile edition]
with an introduction and index by Chester E. Ramey, III. 1995, 11" x 17" format, 113 pages,
index. The publication is printed from one of two known copies of the Land
Tax records for Page County, Virginia for the years 1858 and 1859 (The other
is the auditor's copy in the State Archives). As of the summer of 1994,
the Page County courthouse did not have their copy for those two years.
In fact, very few Land Tax books exist prior to 1865, mostly due to water
damage. As reported in the December 22, 1892 edition of the Page News and
Courier, most county records were hidden in a cave (on William R. Almond's
farm near Hope Mills) during the Civil War. When the boxes were taken out
of the cave, it was discovered that they were floating in water. The
existing copy is more than likely the Sheriff's copy. A valuable tool
for researching valley families.
[Pglr] $33.00
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