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This is a Genealogy web site dedicated to my Scotch-Irish Abraham LEWIS and Monacan Indian William JOHNS relatives/ancestors living along the western Lexington-Rockbridge Co.,Va. and eastern Lynchburg-Amherst Co.,Va. sides of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. |
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 The Monacan Indians being driven from there villages by great enemies from the north. The Monacans fought bravely, but with there attackers beginning to overpower them. Being tired and weak from battle the Monacans retreated into the deep forest. They kept moving till they could go no farther, before them was a wide gorge with steep walls and creek below. Trapped the Monacans looked for away around. Finding no way around and their attackers in hot pursuit. The Monacans fell to ground praying to the Great Spirit to save them, show them a way around. When they looked up, before them was a great bridge of stone, over the gorge. At this time the enemies from the north came out the woods. The bridge being a sign from the Great Spirit, the Monacans repelled there attackers. From that day forward the Monacans called the arch "The Bridge of the Great Spirit". Believing that the bridge had been made to save there tribe. Thus the Monacan Indians being the discoverers of Natural bridge.
By: D.K. Lewis Sr.(7/2000) |
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Lexington was established as a town in the Spring of 1778.Named in honor of the first great battle of the Revolutionary War, the battle of Lexington Massachusetts. incorporated in 1841 .The City of Lexington was chartered as an independent city in 1966. Rockbridge County ( 2),( 3),( 4) Was Created in 1778 from portions of Augusta and Botetourt counties, Rockbridge County was named for the distinctive geological landmark, Natural Bridge. Lynchburg ( 2),( 3) was named for its founder John Lynch.First settled in 1757, Lynchburg was established by charter in 1786 at the site of Lynch's Ferry on the James River. Amherst County ( 2),( 3) was formed in 1761, from parts of Albemarle County. The county was named for Sir Jeffrey Amherst, known as the "Conqueror of Canada". Jeffrey Amherst was named Governor of Virginia, although he never came to the colony. |
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