Do you have any Greathouse or associated ancestors who resided in Dunmore County, VA? If so, please join us in our efforts to better document the Greathouse or associated ancestors who lived in this county, by sending your additions and corrections to Greathouse Point.

Greathouse or associated ancestor records found in the county:

1774 - 401 Hite family papers, 1768-1843. 43 items. Mss1H6375a.

Collection concerns the business and personal activities of members of the Hite, Bowman, and related families in Frederick and Shenandoah counties, Va. Section 3 includes accounts, 1779-1817, of Issac Bowman (1757-1826), in part, concerning costs for the capture and confinement of Frank, a runaway slave, in Hagerstown, Md. The section also includes an agreement, 1774, of Charles Beale and John Greathouse concerning a partnership as farmers and millers in Dunmore County (now Shenandoah County, Va.), including the use of slave labor. There is also a list, 1790-1839, of slaves, including birth and death dates.

Sources:

Virginia Historical Society, Guide to African American Manuscripts, Page 87, 1774 Agreement between Charles Beale and John Greathouse. Online: http://www.vahistorical.org/aamcvhs/AAG_h01.pdf.