Alexander Scott Withers (12 October 1792, near Warrenton, Virginia – 23 January 1865, near Parkersburg, West Virginia) was the author of Chronicles of Border Warfare (1831), a history of (and important primary source on) the early white settlement of western Virginia and consequent conflicts with American Indians.
Withers was a son of Enoch K. Withers and Jennet Chinn Withers and was born at the family home near Warrenton, in Fauquier County, Vir...
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Alexander Scott Withers (12 October 1792, near Warrenton, Virginia – 23 January 1865, near Parkersburg, West Virginia) was the author of Chronicles of Border Warfare (1831), a history of (and important primary source on) the early white settlement of western Virginia and consequent conflicts with American Indians.
Withers was a son of Enoch K. Withers and Jennet Chinn Withers and was born at the family home near Warrenton, in Fauquier County, Virginia. His mother was a first cousin of Sir Walter Scott. He was educated at home and in private schools, later attending Washington College and finally learning law at William and Mary. He married Melinda Fisher in 1815 in the Northern Neck of Virginia, and about 1827 moved his family to western Virginia, settling near Clarksburg. Subsequently he moved to Lewis County and resided on a farm on the West Fork River between Weston and Jane Lew.
Withers devoted much time to researching and writing his Chronicles of Border Warfare, or, A History of...
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