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Rossen and Garrison nowhere but Albermarle; Fisher only in Augusta; Merchant and Clatterbuck belong only to Warren. Of McDaniel, there several families, but all in Greene; in that county, the name Lamb is common, but in Page it is Lam; even the rather numerous Morris name is found only in Greene and Rockingham.
The very frequently recurring name of Atkins appears only once in the south and south-cental section (near Swift Run) with a dozen and a half Atkins families in Rappahannock and in no other county. Dodson and Nicholson (which was shortened always to Nichols, whenever a Blue Ridge Nicholson moved into the valley) have their greatest appearance
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