Journal of my journey over the mountains / while surveying for Lord Thomas Fairfax, baron of Cameron, in the northern neck of Virginia, beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-8.

Academy attended, 11.

Academy in Westmoreland, 11.

Agent of Lord Fairfax, 68.

Ague and fever, 66.

Alexandria, charter for, 53.

Alexandria, course of river front, 56.

Alleghany mountains, 12, 25, 29, 32.

Ambler. Edward, 18, 60.

Anderson. Barthalamore, 73.

Anderson. John, 124, 125, 129.

Antietam creek, 31.

Appalachian range, 21.

Arlington. Lord, 77.

Arnold. Jonathan, 107, 108.

Arnold. Josiah, 102.

Arnold. Richard, Sr., 71, 98, 99, 100.

Arnold. Richard, Jr., 98, 99, 113.

Ash tree, 44, 48, 88.

Ashby. Capt., 21.

Ashby. Henry, 28, 39, 55.

Ashby. Robert, 28, 55, 128, 129.

Ashby. Genl. T. W., 22.

Ashby's Bent, 52.

Ashby's Ferry, 47.

Ashby's Gap, 19.

Assembly of Va., 26, 68.

Augusta Co., Va., 20, 25, 40, 80, 81, 82, 83, 104, 105, 106.

Augusta Co., Va., boundary, 55.

Augusta Co., Va., formed, 79.

Baggage came, 28.

Baker. Samuel, 86, 87.

Baker. William, 86.

Baltimore. Lord, 32.

Barbadoes, island of, 30, 54.

Barnes, Richard, Gent., 76, 77, 78, 80.

Baronies or manors, 39.

Barony of Cameron, 24.

Barwick. Thomas, 29.

Bath, England, 19.

Bath Warm Springs, Va., 29, 30.

Battle between Delawares and Catawbas, 37.

Beards, full, not in fashion, 69.

Beaumont and Fletcher, 36.

Beautifully kept copy book, 10.

Bed-rooms rarely heated, 70.

Beds, poor, 26.

Belvoir, books at, 67, 68.

Belvoir estate described, 17.

Belvoir in view from Mt. Vernon, 15.

Belvoir mansion burnt, 18, 19.

Belvoir, the home of the Fairfaxes, 15.

"Bent," a large river bottom, 52.

Berkeley Co., Va., 18, 50.

Berkeley. Governor, 77.

Beverley manor, 40.

Beverley Mills, now Stanton, 79.

Big Kettle, 32.

Big Shawnee Spring, 25.

Big Spoon, 32.

Black oak, 81.

Black smith, 48.

Black walnut, 28, 47, 48.

Blackburn. Col., 28.

Bladen. Col. Martin, 68.

Bladen. Gov. Thomas, 31.

Blair. John, 68.

"Blaze," a surveyor's term, 47.

"Blazed" trees, 47.

Blue ridge, 12, 20, 21, 51.

Born a leader, 9.

Braddock. General, 20, 31.

Bradshaw. Henry, 119.

Brentville, 21.

Brother Austin, 67.

Brother Lawrence, 52, 66, 67.

Brown. Samuel, 95.

Buffalo paths and Indian trails, 52.

Bull Run, 21.

Bullskin creek, 115, 121.

Burch trees, 85, 86, 87.

Burroughs. Ann, 20.

Burwell's Island, 21.

Butler. Jane, first wife of A. W., 52.

Cacapehon mountain, 40.

Cacapehon river, 73, 79, 80, 81, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112.

Calmes. Captain Marquis, 130.

Camp at Mr. Stumps, 41, 42.

Campbell. Maj., 29.

Camperlin. Jacob, 128.

Camperlin. Peter, 128.

Camperlin. Samuel, 128.

Canoe, crossed Potomac to Md., 30.

Canoe, recrossed to Virginia, 34.

Carlyle. John, 53, 68.

Carney. Francis, 129.

Carney. Thomas, 120.

Carter's line, 124, 125, 127, 129.

Carthegenia expedition, 53.

Cary. Anna, 60.

Cary. Elizabeth, 60.

Cary. Mary, 18, 59, 60.

Cary. Sarah, 18, 60.

Cary. Wilson, 18, 59.

Cary. Wilson Miles, 60.

Cassey. Peter, 49, 50.

Catawba Indians, 36.

Cates' marsh, 25, 26, 27, 56.

Caudy. James, 99.

Caudy's Castle, 99.

Cellars. Elias, 42.

Chainmen on surveys, 28, 39, 55, 78, 79, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101, 109, 117, 120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127.

Charles II, 77.

Charlottesburg, now Cumberland, 65.

Chartier's creek, Pa., 20.

Chartier's creek, town projected at, 65.

Chestnut trees, 75, 81.

Chestnut oak, 42, 44, 48, 87.

Chinese table furniture, 36.

Chips for plates, 51.

Clay Lick Run, 39, 40.

Clark. Deborah, 68.

Clean shaved faces, 69.

Clearfield Co., Pa., 50.

Coddy's on Great Cacapehon, 51.

Coburns early settlers in valley, 38.

Cohongoruton or Potomac, 29.

Colchester, Fairfax Co. charter, 53.

Colins. John, 51.

Collector of customs, 68.

Collins. Luke, 85, 103.

Colston, Raleigh, Esq., 24.

Colston. Thomas, 123.

Columbia, Pa., 30.

Commission of plantations, 77.

Constant. John, 108, 109.

Continental Army, 46.

Contraction of first names, 67.

Cooked their own meats, 51.

Corder. Edward, 78, 79, 95.

Corner trees blaze, 47.

Coryate. Thomas, 35.

Council with Indians, 64.

Course of river at Alexandria, 56.

Court, November, in Frederick Co., 70.

Cox. Friend, 111.

Cozine. John, 27.

Cozine's. John, house, 122, 123.

Craig. Major Isaac, 21.

Crawford. William, 116, 117, 118, 120, 124.

Cresap. Col. Thomas, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 64.

Cresap. Daniel, 32.

Cresap. Michael, 32.

Cresap's map, 32.

Croft. Ralph, 124, 125.

Culpeper. Catherine, 23, 77.

Culpeper, Lord Gov. of Va., 77.

Culpeper, Lord Thomas, 23, 77.

Culpeper, widow of lord, 77.

Culpeper Co., History of, 76, 77.

Culpeper Co. "Minute Men," 77.

Culpeper Co., surveyor of, 79.

Culpeper Court-House, 78.

Cumberland, Md., 32, 34.

Daughily. Nathaniel, 126.

"Daughter of the Stars," 22.

Davids Run, Frederick Co., 89.

Davis. William, 115, 117.

Davis. Worthington, 116.

Dawson. Isaac, 109, 110.

"Dear Friend John," 57.

Deer, wild, in Fairfax Co., 39.

Delaware Indians, 36, 37.

Denny, Lord Fairfax, 24.

Denton. Robert, 71, 80, 104, 105.

Dilouza. James, 96, 97, 106.

Dinner with wine, etc., 28.

Dinwiddie. Gov., 64.

Discrete in use of liquors, 29.

Dishes, had none, 51.

Dividing line, 32.

Dogwood trees, 81.

Double dating, 15.

Doubloon a day, 63.

Draft of letter to Lord Fairfax, 73.

Draft of letter to sister-in-law, 66.

Dulany, Mr., of Maryland, 31.

Dumfries, 21.

Dunbar. Ann, 71, 82, 83, 104.

Dunbar. John, 82, 104.

Duncan. William, 39.

Dunmore's Indian War, 20.

Dutch, speaking no English, 45.

Early maps of Va., 52.

Edwards. David, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 96, 97.

Edwards. Joseph, 88, 98, 99.

Edwards. Thomas, 88, 98.

Elm trees, 87.

Elizabeth City, Co., Va., 59.

Ellswick. John, 83.

Ellswick. John, Sr., 72.

Employment, first, 9.

England and the calendar, 15.

Enoch. Henry, 108, 112.

Episcopal Church, 26.

Everett, 60.

Expert in surveying, 11.

Fairfax. Anne, 53, 68.

Fairfax. Rev. Bryan, 19, 24, 60, 68.

Fairfax. Catherine, 77.

Fairfax. Ferdinand, 19.

Fairfax. George William, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 45, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 68, 72, 73, 115, 121, 122, 123.

Fairfax. Hannah, 69.

Fairfax. Henry, 23, 67.

Fairfax. Robert, 24.

Fairfax. Sarah, 68.

Fairfax. Capt. Thomas, 68.

Fairfax. Lord Thomas, 11, 12, 15, 20, 22, 26, 37, 53, 68.

Fairfax. Hon. William, 11, 15, 18, 23, 67, 69.