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Period Resources:
 An Essay on
Shooting, printed by T. Cadell, London, 1789
[Includes technical information on gun
making, loading and shooting, game and hunting, etc.]
The History and Present State of Virginia-In Four
Parts, by Robert Beverly, London, 1705, reprinted
1947 by The University of North Carolina
[Early comprehensive description of Virginia including
geography, game, Native Americans, natural resources,
etc.]
A Tour in the United States of America by John
Fredinand Dalziel Smith; Reprinted as part of
Eyewitness Accounts of the American Revolution, 1968;
New York Times and Arno Press, Inc.
[Travel journal of an Englishman who toured Virginia,
North Carolina and parts of Maryland in the early 1770s.
The original book was published after the Revolution and
includes some notes about the war.]
Travels in the Confederation [1783-1784] by
Johann David Schoepf, translated by Alfred J. Morrison;
Burt Franklin , Publisher; reprinted 1968,
[Travel journal of an officer from the
British Army who traveled in the United States right
after the war.] (top)
Modern Sources:
Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, by
Lewis Preston Summers, 1929, Reprinted in two parts by
the Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, MD 1970
Artistic Ingredients of the Longrifle, by Joe
Kindig III, 1989, George Shumway and the Kentucky Rifle
Association. [A small paperback written
to help students of longrifle decorative art see its
relationship to other decorative art from the period.]
British Military Flintlock Rifles 1740-1840,
by DeWitt Bailey, Ph. D, 2002, Andrew Mowbray
Incorporated publishers, Lincoln, RI.
[The two chapters on the arms of Native Americans
loyalists are worth the price of the book.]
Christopher Gist Frontier Scout, by Allan
Powell, 1992, Allen Powell publisher, Hagerstown, MD
Deerskins & Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade with
Anglo-America, 1685-1815, by Kathryn Braund; 1993,
University of Nebraska Press. [Best
resource to date on the deer hide trade in the southern
colonies. It gives insight into what goods the Native
Americans needed and how those goods were valued.]
The Frontier Rifleman, by Richard H. LaCrosse,
1989, Pioneer Press, Union City, TN. [A
collection of period accounts that help paint a picture
of the frontier riflemen in the 18th century.]
Historical Targets, by Anne Braun, 1983,
English addition byRoydon Publishing Co. London
Journal of Historical Armsmaking Technology,
published by Western Kentucky University and the
National Muzzleloading Rifle Association, 1985 - 1993.
Five Volumes.
Kegley's Virginia Frontier, by F.B. Kegley,
1938, The Southwest Virginia Historical Society, Roanoke
VA
The Ohio Company Papers, 1753-1817, by
Kenneth P. Bailey, 1947, Sons of the Revolution
Library, Los Angeles, CA
The Only Land they Knew: The Tragic Story of the
American Indians in the Old South, by J. Leitch
Wright, Jr., 1981, The Free Press, N.Y., NY
Selected Articles from the KRA Bulletin (Volume 1
thru 30), compilled by the KRF Book Committee, 2005
publishe dby Cadmus-Science Press Division, Ephrata, PA
Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, by Lioyd DeWitt
Bockstruck, 1988, Genalogical Publishing Co., Inc.,
Baltimore, MD
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