Greenbrier Pioneers and their Homes

By: Ruth Woods Dayton, Pub. 1942, reprinted 2025, 428 pages, index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-668-0. Greenbrier county was created in 1777 from Montgomery County, VA. The author has combined her love of genealogy and architectural history to bring a unique perspective to these early pioneers of the area. Ms. Dayton details the history of the owners or builder along with the approximately 80 buildings, homes and farms that were constructed before 1842. Each person's genealogy varies but the reader will discover the names of the original head of household, his wife and children's names, names of subsequent owners and their families along with other data will shed some light to their lives. Some surnames of persons to be found within: Anderson, Arbuckle, Baker, Bowen, Bowlin, Brown, Callison, Carmin, Clendenin, Creigh, Davis, Diamond, Donnally, Dunn, Erskine, Hamilton, Hawver, Hockman, Hutsonpiller, Jarrett, Jenkins, Lewis, Littlepage, Ludington, McClanahan, McClintic, McClung, McFarland, Mathews, Montgomery, Nesmith, North, Osborne, Patton, Preston, Price, Rapp, Renick, Reynolds, Simon, Smith, Stuart, Sydenstricker, Tuckwiller, White, Williams, Wilson, Withrow, and Wylie.