Ethnic German and Scots-Irish subsistence farmers, many of them recent immigrants, settled in the area, as well as the Meade, Randolph and Burwell families, which were among the First Families of Virginia.
Subsistence farmers from ethnic German and Scots-Irish backgrounds, including a significant number of recent immigrants, settled in the region alongside the Meade, Randolph, and Burwell families, all of whom held influential positions in Virginia’s early history.