Pirkey, Virginia

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Coordinates: 38°16′25″N 78°33′15″W / 38.27361°N 78.55417°W / 38.27361; -78.55417
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Pirkey,Virginia carries the name of my family that moved to the Shenandoah Valley in the late 1600s. The family name has had several changes of spelling. The first Pirkey to be born in this area was Henry (Birgi-Berkey) Pirkey, Sr., born in 1720 in Staunton, Augustus Co., Virginia. He was one of the earliest settlers of the Shenandoah Valley. The history of the family shows that three Mennonite brothers from Hesse-Casse, Germany settled in Rockingham County before 1760. These brothers were immigrants from the Palatine Region of Germany. Pirkey is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Virginia, United States.

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Pirkey by Pat Farris and cited here by Dick W. Pirkey, Jr.(6th. generation from Henry Pirkey)

38°16′25″N 78°33′15″W / 38.27361°N 78.55417°W / 38.27361; -78.55417


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