Historical Sketches by the Historical Society of
Southwest Virginia



 
 
By Edgar S. Fraley

THE LEGEND OF SWIFT'S SILVER MINE
By James A. Dougherty
GENERAL JOSEPH MARTIN
A FORGOTTEN PIONEER 1740-1898
By Gordon Aronhime

CHIEF BENGE'S LAST RAID
By Luther F. Addington
ST. MARIE ON THE CLINCH
By Emory L. Hamilton
RUFUS A. AYERS PROMOTER OF SW VIRGINIA
By Nancy Harman

THE MELUNGEONS
By Bonnie Ball
LAFAYETTE MCMULLEN COLORFUL SW VIRGINIAN
By E. Frank Hilton

AUBURN LORENZO PRIDEMORE
EMINENT STATE SENATOR 1839-1900
By Rose S. Quillin

CAPTIVITY OF  MARY DRAPER INGLES
By Luther F. Addington

JAMES BOONE KILLED  OCTOBER 10, 1773
By Luther F. Addington

MASSACRE OF THE HENRY FAMILY
By Luther F. Addington
THE INDIAN MISSIONARY
By Luther F. Addington
CAPTURE OF JANE WHITTAKER & POLLY ALLEY   By Luther F. Addington

ATTACK ON THE EVANS FAMILY, 1779
By Luther F. Addington

ATTACK ON THOMAS INGLES' FAMILY
By Luther F. Addington
INDIANS AND THE MOORE FAMILY
By Luther F. Addington

THE HARMAN'S BATTLE
By Luther F. Addington
A FIGHT FOR LIFE
By Luther F. Addington
CHIEF BENGE CARRIES AWAY
MRS. SCOTT  By Luther F. Addington

THE CAPTIVITY OF JENNY WILEY
By Luther F. Addington
MRS. ANDREW DAVIDSON AND CHILDREN CAPTURED  by Luther F. Addington

DAVID MUSICK TRAGEDY
By Luther F. Addington
CHIEF BENGE'S LAST RAID
By Luther F. Addington

INDIAN TRAGEDIES AGAINST THE WALKER FAMILY By Emory L. Hamilton
LIFE & LETTERS OF  JOHN T SMITH
By William G Smith

FRONTIER FORTS
By Emory L. Hamilton
Dr. John Preston McConnell 1866 - 1941
By Dr. & Mrs. H. C. Graybeal

SOME PIONEER LEADERS IN LEE COUNTY'S PROGRESS  By Etta Green
METHODIST MISSION WORK ON GARDEN CREEK By Myrtle Miller

THE BUCHANAN MISSION SCHOOL AND HELEN TIMMONS HENDERSON
By Bonnie Ball
JOHN B. FLOYD
From Southwest Virginia to the Buchanan Cabinet 1847-1856 By Edward L. Henson, Jr.

COLONEL CAMPBELL SLEMP
By Rose Slemp Quillen
CHRISTOPHER GIST DID NOT GO THROUGH POUND GAP By L. F. Addington

THE LONG HUNTERS
By Emory L. Hamilton
ELIHU JASPER SUTHERLAND
A SANDY BASIN CHARACTER
By J. Hoge T. Sutherland

THE NAME AND FAMILY OF DOTSON
By Emory L. Hamilton
THE 1916 CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
IN THE 9th DISTRICT By Stanley Willis

Tivis Colley Sutherland: Pioneer Doctor of the Frying Pan
By Bonnie Ball
REMINISCENCES OF J. J. KELLY, JR.
By J. J. Kelly, Jr.


BRIEF GENEALOGY OF THE KELLY FAMILY
By Emory L. Hamilton
ROBERT M. ADDINGTON
EDUCATOR, SCOTT COUNTY COURT CLERK
By K. R. Addington

THOMAS B. FUGATE EX-CONGRESSMAN
By Mrs. Thomas Fugate
GEORGE WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE BICKLEY
THE EARLY YEARS
By James Hagy

OLD MILLS OF FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
By Emory L. Hamilton
THE KILGORE FORTHOUSE
By Luther F. Addington

DICKENSONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
By Mary Jane Knisely

HISTORY OF BUCHANAN COUNTY
By H. Claude Pobst
THE BOLLINGS OF WISE COUNTY
By W. S. Rose
THE HANGINGS AT GLADEVILLE (Now Wise)
By Luther F. Addington

DANIEL BOONE IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
"The Story as Told by 
Lyman Coleman Draper"
Edited by James William Hagy
LEGENDS OF JACOB BLUEBAUGH
By Donald Lewis Osborn

WISE COUNTY'S OTHER INDUSTRY (1887-1940)
CAPTAIN JOHN DUNKIN OF ELK GARDEN

COLONEL JOHN TATE OF RUSSELL COUNTY

THOMAS LOVELADY AND THE ORIGIN OF LOVELADY GAP
THE BOREN FAMILY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
By Kerry Ross Boren

William Shelburne Cox The Little Professor
By Bonnie Ball
The Mullins Family in Dickenson County
By Elihu Jasper Sutherland
Rafting Down the Clinch River
By Roy L. Osborne and Logan Osborne

W. D. Smith (1861-1938)
By Jayne W. Carter
W. I. Thomas Pioneer Sociologist and His Kin
By Leland B. Tate

Indian Tragedies of the Walker Family
By Emory L. Hamilton

THE APPALACHIAN EXPERIENCE
By Cratis Williams
HANGING IN RUSSELL COUNTY
By Roy L. Sturgill
HANGIN'S IN SCOTT COUNTY
By Roy L. Sturgill

ANDREW TAYLOR STILL
FOUNDER OF OSTEOPATHY
By Bonnie Ball

THE VERSATILE DRAYTON S. HALE
By Omer C. Addington
THE CHARLES FAMILY IN
BUCHANAN COUNTY
By Ethyl C. Hughes
The Boone Trail
By Emory L. Hamilton

The Murder of Hershel Deaton
By Roy L. Sturgill

Too Late For Flowers 
Never Too Late For Tears By Roy L. Sturgill
Recollections of Grandfather 
Elijah Rasnick By Vera Counts Barosin

Samuel Ritchie of  Scott County, Virginia
By Emory L. Hamilton
Dr. Thomas Walker
By Bonnie Ball

The Old Jonesville Campground
By Anne W. Lanningham
Mountain Scribes
By Bonnie S. Ball

Petition to Form Russell County, Virginia    December, 1785
Five Confederates  From Pleasant Hill
By Omar C. Addington
 

 
 
 
 
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