. >> i am sarah gant. we are at the 1740's american settlement, also known as the back country of the american colonies, or the american frontier. this would have been west of the blue ridge mountains, people had already settled in this area about a decade or so before the 1740's. people had already started to move west. grants given,d families would be recruited to settle the virginia area. occasionally it would be one man settling, but most times it would be families. and theye, 4-9 people would establish themselves in the pennsylvania area first, so they would be familiar with living here and they would have chase landto pusr down here. off inre pretty well terms of being able to buy the land. they would clear the land, that was a big change for them, because the environment was very wooded. clearing the land was a big deal. and then getting fields ready for crops. they were given a lot more land than they were used to, so it took a lot of work. keeping up with crops was a big thing and eventually build

. >> i am sarah gant. i am a costumed interpreter at the frontier culture museum in stanton, virginia. we are at the 1740's american settlement, also known as the back country of the american colonies or the colonial frontier is what we also call it. this would have been west of the blue ridge mountains, so people had already settled in this area about a decade or so before the 1740's. people had already started to move west. and settle that area. there were land grants given, families would be recruited to settle the virginia area. occasionally it would be one man settling the area, but most of the time it would be families. on average, 4-9 people and they would have established themselves in the pennsylvania area first, so they would be familiar with living here and they would have had the means to purchase land down here. getting about 300 to 800 acres. they were pretty well off in terms of being able to buy the land. to begin with, they would need to clear the land. that was a big change for them, beca