Rockbridge County was formed in 1777 thanks to Benjamin Borden's 92,100 acre land grant. Lexington, the county seat, was established in 1778 by mostly Scots-Irish families ...

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In 1762 William and Mary Draper Ingles established Ingles Ferry at a spot on the New River between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains. It was the beginnings of a commercial ...

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