Facts and Events William English was one of the Early Settlers
of Augusta County, Virginia Early Land Acquisition in Augusta
County, VA Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's: - Page 38.--9th
February, 1744 (prob. s/b 1754). Same (From Col. James Patton)
to John Draper and Wm. Englcs, 440 acres, part, &c., as above.
Cor. to land on which William Engles lives, estate in the
Barrens. Cor. Barrier's land. - Page 32.--10th February, 1754.
Col. James Patton to Wm. Englis, 255 acres, part of Patton's
patent on Tom's Creek, a branch of New River. Cor. John Draper's
land; Lingell's line; Barrier's line. Account of William
English's family in Early Augusta County, VA There is a lengthy
account of the Indian Killings and capture of the English,
Draper and other families in "Peyton's History of Augusta
County, Virginia", beginning on page 211. From Annals of Augusta
County, Virginia, pg. 111-113: Foote's Sketches of Virginia,
second series, contain a long account of the circumstances
attending the death of Colonel Patton,