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Giles County, Virginia, USA

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  • Victoria Meadows (1854 - d.)
  • Martha Meadows (1853 - d.)
  • Ballard Meadows (1860 - 1914)
  • Turner Lilly (1810 - 1860)
    GEDCOM Source ===@R803693187@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. === GEDCOM Source ===Ancestry Fami...
  • Allen Parkinson Meadows, Civil War Veteran (CSA) (1835 - 1862)
    Allen Meadows enlisted in the Confederate State Army, 36th Infantry Regiment, Company I on 16 April 1862 in Giles County. He died of disease on 4 Nov 1862. Allen Parkinson Meadows BIRTH 1835 Monroe Cou...

Giles County was established in 1806 from Montgomery, Monroe, Wythe, and Tazewell counties. The county is named for William Branch Giles who was born in Amelia County in 1762. Giles became a lawyer and from there was elected to the United States House of Representatives where he served from 1790 to 1815. He also served in the Virginia General Assembly from 1816 to 1822. In 1827, he was elected Governor. In all, he served his nation and state around a total of forty years.

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