Families of Western New YorkA stronghold of Scotch Irish settlement, Augusta County commands great interest among genealogists because thousands of 18th and 19th century families passed through it en route to the West. J. Lewis Peyton's History of Augusta County, Virginia is the standard work on the county. It is essentially a narrative account of Augusta from its aboriginal beginnings and Spotswood's discovery of the Valley of Virginia through the Civil War. Genealogists will