Early Western Virginia "Sproul" Families
Sproul, Sprowl, Sproule, Sprouls, and Sproull
&
Sproul Family of Early Augusta County, Virginia
— the Middlebrook William Sproul Family
Rebuilt early Sproul log cabin at Locust Grove
The pre-1800 settlers of Western Virginia (Augusta County at that time) included at least ten different Scots-Irish "Sproul" families. Their names were variously spelled and continually misspelled including, Sproul, Sprowl, Sproule, Sprouls, and Sproull.
At least six of these families were in today's Augusta County and the others were nearby in Highland, Rockbridge, Wythe, and Washington counties. Most of these "Sproul" families dispersed throughout our developing country in the early 1800's, resettling in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and Texas.
This genealogy first addresses those ten families and presents all known source reference documentation on their early period in the following document: (click on title)
The family of Settler William Sproul of Locust Grove near Middlebrook, many of whose descendants still live in Augusta County, is documented in a separate dedicated document released in October 2009. This document contains as much background reference material and source documentation as can be found on the family and will be updated with additional reference materials as they become available.
— The Middlebrook William Sproul Family
Locust Grove - 1765 Homestead of Scots-Irish Settler William Sproul
~ Brick House built circa 1806 ~
in Monroe County, West Virginia
Chapter 1 above is part the more general document covering the four contemporary Ewing families of this area which is to be documented in the Ewing Family Journal Website:
Source Reference Documentation
There are some seventy-five source reference documents being made available through this web site. Some of it includes scans of old documents and may require lengthily downloads.
The Author
I am William White Sproul III, great-great-great grandson of the Scots-Irish settler, William Sproul, and his second wife, Susanna Ewing. Recently retired from the world of computers and electronic systems for commercial, government, space, and defense applications, I've found exploring family genealogy to be most fascinating and conducted under a totally different set of ground rules: mostly undefined, vague, misleading, and conflicting - all of which adds to the challenge. I look forward to exchanging views and family information with all readers of this site.
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