[186] Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va., Vol. I, p. 7.
[187] Ibid., Vol. II, pp. 41 and 42; Jones' Va.
[188] Bassett, Writings of Wm. Byrd, p. 47.
[189] Ibid., pp. 75 and 76.
[190] It is not to be supposed that these people are the ancestors of the eastern North Carolians of today. As they were cast off by society in Virginia, so were they crowded west by the influx of more industrious settlers in their new home and their descendants are at present to be found in the Blue Ridge and the Alleghanies.
[191] Neill, Va. Carolorum.
[192] Neill, Va. Carolorum; Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va. Vol. II, p. 45.
[193] Neill, Va. Carolorum; Force, Historical Tracts, Vol. III; Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va., Vol. II, p. 45.
[194] Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va., Vol. II, p. 47.
[195] Ibid., p. 118.