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Southwest Virginia Historical Society publication
Publication No 1 -- 1964 Story
SUMMING UP
AT SEVENTY By Edgar S. Fraley
Publication No 2 -- 1966 Stories
1.
The Legends of Swift's Silver Mine by James A. Dougherty {James A. Dougherty
presently a minister in the Holston Conference, did research on the Swift
legends while a student at Emory and Henry College.}
2. Chief Benge's Last Raid by
Luther F. Addington (Luther F. Addington is a retired high school principal)
3. St. Marie on the Clinch by
Emory L. Hamilton (Emory L. Hamilton teaches at Wise County Technical School.)
4. Rufus A. Ayers, Promoter
of Southwest Virginia by Nancy Harman (Nancy Harman wrote the paper on Rufus
A. Ayers while a student at Clinch Valley College)
5. The Melungeons by
Mrs. Bonnie Ball (Mrs. Bonnie Ball, a teacher, lives at Haysi, Virginia)
6. LaFayette McMullen,
Colorful Southwest Virginia by E. Frank Hilton (The late E. Frank Hilton lived
in retirement at Gate City Virginai when he did the article herein.)
7. Colonel Auburn L. Pridemore
Eminent State Senator, Congressman by Mrs. Rose S. Qullen (Mrs. Rose Quillen,
a descendent of Colonel Pridemore, lives in Kingsport Tennessee.)
8. General Joseph Martin,
A forgotten Pioneer by Gorden Aronhime (Gordon Aronhime, a researcher on frontier
history is a citizen of Bristol.
Publication No 3 -- 1966 Stories
1. Indians
Capture Mary Ingles by Luther F. Addington
2. Murder of James Boone,
Oct 10, 1773 by Luther F. Addington
3. Massacre of the Henry
Family by Luther F. Addington
4. The Indian Missionary
by Luther F. Addington
5. Capture of Jane
Whitaker and Polly Alley by Luther F. Addington
6. Attack of the Evans
Family, 1779
by Luther F. Addington
7. Indians and the Moore
Family by Luther F. Addington
8. The Harman's Battle by
Luther F. Addington
9. A Fight for Life by
Luther F. Addington
10. Chief Benge Carries
away Mrs. Scott by Luther F. Addington
12. The Captivity
of Jenny Wiley by Luther F. Addington
13. Mrs. Andrew
Davidson and Children Captured by Luther F. Addington
14. David Musick Tragedy
by Luther F. Addington
15. Chief Benge's Last Raid
by Luther F. Addington
Publication No 3(A) -- 1967 Stories
Publication
No 4 -- 1968 Stories
1. Life and
Letters of Dr. John T. Smith by William G. Smith
2. Frontier Forts by
Emory L. Hamilton
3. Dr. John Preston McConnell
by Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Graybeal
4. Methodist
Mission Work on Garden Creek by Myrtle Green
5. Buchanan Mission
School and Helen T. Henderson by Bonnie S. Ball
6. John B. F Floyd by Edward
L. Henson, Jr.
Publication No 4(A) -- 1969 Stories
Publication
No 5 -- 1970 Stories
1.Col.
Campbell Slemp by Rose Slemp Quillen (Mrs. Rose Quillen is a retired postal
worker, a descendant of Col. Slemp and lives in Kingsport, Tennessee)
2. Will of Frederick
Slemp
3. Christopher Gist
Did not Go Through Pound Gap by L. F. Addington (Mr. L. F. Addington is
a writer and retired Principal of J. J. Kelly High School at Wise, Virginia.)
4. The Long Hunters by
Emory L. Hamilton (Emory L. Hamilton is a researcher on frontier history and
teaches at the Wise County Vocational Technical School, Wise, Virginia)
5. Elihu Jasper Sutherland
- A Sandy Basin Character by J. Hoge T. Sutherland (Mr. J. Hoge T. Sutherland
is a retired School Superintendent and resides in Abingdon, Virginia. Mr.
Sutherland had a major part in preparing "Meet Virginia's Baby"
a centennial history of Dickenson County, for publication. Having had previous
experience in getting out a similar history of Bedford County, he provided
the inspiration to get this one started and in keeping the work going. Also
he wrote "Dickenson County in War Time".)
6. The Name and Family
of Dodson by Emory Hamilton
Publication
No 6 -- 1971 Stories
Publication
No 6 -- 1972 Stories
1. Tivis Colley
Sutherland: Pioneer Doctor of the Frying Pan by Bonnie Ball
2. The 1916 Congressional
Campaign in the Ninth District by Stanley Willis
3. Reminiscenses of J. J. Kelly, Jr.
4. Robert M. Addington, Educator, Scotty County Court Clerk by K. R. Addington,
a son
5. Thomas B. Fugate, Ex-Congrssman by Mrs. Thomas Fugate
6. George Washington Lafayette Bickely: The Early Years by James Hagy
Publication No 7 -- 1973 Stories (Old Mills)
Preface - Not long ago Nearly every rural community in southwest Virginia had a grist mill, and often times one mill house enclosed both a grist and a flour mill. Oftentime, they served as gathering places bor the men of the community, especially on Saturdays. Nearly all were water powered. The overshot wheel type predominated, because even a brook in the hills could be turned through a flume and made to spill on the big overshot wheel. This type also was the most picturesque. However, turbine power wheels were especially used in large creek or river mills where it was necessary to empound water with dams.
In order to preserve as much history as possible of these mills, Emory L. Hamilton collected what information he could about as many of them as he could, and L. F. Addington photographed them.
1. Wynn's Mill
2. Ball's Mill
3. Gibson's Mill
4. Wireman's Mill
5. Bush's Mill
6. Duncan's Mill
7. Brickey's Mill
8. Logan Cox's Mill
9. Riggs' Mill
10. Beverly's Mill
11. Culbertson-McConnell Mill
12. Semones' Mill
13. Hawkins' Mill
14. Jessee's Mill
15. Elk Garden Mill
16. Robinson's Mill
17. Bickley's Mill
18. Gray's Mill
3. W. D. Smith (1861-1936) by Jayne W. Carter
4. The Mullins Family of Dickenson County by Elihu Jasper Sutherland
5. William Shelbourne Cos The Little Professor by Bonnie Ball
6. Indian Tragedies of the Walker Family by Emory L. Hamilton
Publication No. 9 -- 1975
1.The Kilgore Forthouse, by L.
F. Addington
2. Dickensons of Southwest Virginia, by Mrs. Mary Jane Knisely
3. Brief History of Buchanan County by H. Claude Poteet
4. The Bollings of Wise County by Mrs. W. S. Rose
5. The Hangings of Gladeville, by Mr. L. F. Addigton
6. Daniel Boone in Southwest Virginia by Dr. James W. Hagy
7. Legends of Jacob Bluebaugh, by Donald Lee Osborne
Publication
No 10 -- 1976 Stories
1. Wise County's Other Industry (1887 - 1940) by Jim Bolling
2. Captain John Dunkin of Elk Garden by Emory L. Hamilton
3. Colonel John Tate of Russell County by Leland Burdine Tate
4. Thomas Lovelady and the Origin of Lovelady Gap by Emory L. Hamilton
5. The Boren Family of Southwest Virginia by Kerry Ross Boren
Publication No 11 -- 1977
Stories
1. The Appalachian Wxperience by Cratis Williams
2. Hanging in Russell County by Roy L. Sturgill
3. Andrew Taylor Still: Founder of Osteopathy by Bonnie Ball
4. The Versatile Drayton S. Hale by Omer C. Addington
5. The Charles Family of Buchanan County by Ethel C. Hughes
Publication No 12*-- 1978
Stories
* No 12 is listed as for 1978 and 1979
1. The Boone Trail by Emory I. Hamilton
2. Dr. Thomas Walker by Bonnie Ball
3. Too Late for Flowers --Never Too Late for Tears by Roy I. Sturgill
4. Recollections of Grandfather Elijah Rasnick by Vera Counts Barosin
5. Samuel Ritchie of Scott County, VA by Emory L. Hamilton
6. Amended Pension Statement of Alexander Ritchie, Jr.
7. The Murder of Hershel Deaton (Research by Roy L. Sturgill
Necrology by Bonnie Ball
Publication No 12 -- 1979
Stories
1. Five Confederates from Pleasant Hill by Omar C. Addington
2. Mountain Scribes by Bonnie Ball
3. The Old Jonesville Campground
4. Petition to Form Russell County, Virginis
5. Necrology by Bonnie Ball
Charles Fugate Starnes
Publication No 13 -- 1980
Stories
Publication No. 14 - 1981
1. The First Church of Wise County by Emory L. Hamilton
2. Mountain Scribes by Bonnie Ball
3. Chapter 1 (through Chapter XII) Patent Lands
4. The Scott Family Massacre
by Emory L. Hamilton
5. Necrology by Mrs Bonnie S. Ball
Mrs. Hattie G. Bates
Roy V. Wolbe Sr.
Mrs. Ethel F. Hix
James Raymond Horner
Mrs. Etta E. Green
Cecil Lee Durham
Publication No 15 -- 1982 Stories
1. Impact of the Civil War Upon the Sw Corner of Virginia by Bonnie
Ball
2. The Civil War in Wise County by Emory L. Hamilton
3. The Civil War in Dickenson County by Hetty S. Sutherland
4. The Moll's Creek Church by Roy L. Sturgill
5. Historical Marker at Houston's Fort by Omer Addington
6. Necrology by Bonnie Ball
Edgar S. Fraley
Dr. Henry Clay Graybeal
William Alvin Martin
Publication No 16 -- 1983
Stories
1. The Erosion of Isolation in Southwest Virginia by E. L. Henson
2. Tracking the Wallins by Kenneth C. Wilde
3. Stallard Family Make Contribution to the Historical Society
4. Involvement of Russell County in the Civil War by Bonnie Ball
5. J. J. Hoge Tyler Sutherland by Bonnie Ball
6. Methodism Comes to the Holston by Omar C. Addington
7. Great Tornado Tragedy of Rye Cove by Roy L. Sturgill
8. Necrology by Bonnie Ball
Mrs. Rose Quillen
Publication No 17 -- 1984
Stories
1. Henry Smith of Clifton by Gordon Aronhime
2. Drury S. Dogsey by Omer C. Addington
3. Virginia's Southwest Corner 1700-1783 by Theodosia W. Barrett
4. White's Forge on Big Moccasin Creek by Omer C. Addington
5. Some Prominent Lee County Educators by Bonnie C. Ball
6. Samuel Elbert Smith by Myralin Trayer
7. Fiddlin' Cowan Powers and Family by Roy L. Sturgill
Publication No 18 -- 1984*
Stories (sic)
1. Preface - How It Came About by Bonnie S. Ball
2. Confederate State of America Postal System by Omer C. Addington
3. The Civil War Marauders by Omer C. Addington
4. The Maxwell Case: Pound, Wise County Virginia compiled by Roy L. Sturgill
5. The Hicks Family of Russell County by Roy L. Sturgill
6.Catholicism in Scott County Margaret McConnell Cox Compiled from interviews
of Mrs. Ann Francisco, Gate City, VA
Publication No 19 -- 1985
Stories
1. Indians Kill the Phillips Family by Emory L. Hamilton
2. Back Home to Guesses Station by Roy L. Sturgill
3. Memories of Clintwood During the Depression by Glenn F. Kiser
4. A Way of Life by Omer C. Addington
5. Daughter of Dorchester by Jean Woods Driscoll
6. Early Methodist Mission Work in Buchanan County by Bonnie S. Ball
7. Necrology by Bonnie S. Ball
Hampton Morgan Osborne
Walton Earl Beverly
Aaron Matthew Sturgill
Publication No 20 -- 1986
Stories
1. John Hunt Morgan by Roy Sturgill
2. Saga of Polly Phipps by Omer Addington
3. Legends of the Kilgore Family
4. How Trimble Creek Got Its Name by Emory L Hamilton
5. Samuel R. Hurley by Bonnie S. Ball
6. Adventures of the Littons by Bonnie S. Ball
7. William Lee Davidson, Scientist by Bonnie S. Ball
8. Necrology by Bonnie S. Ball
Alta Hamilton Burdette
Eugene M. McConnell
King S. Sturgill, Jr
Kay Wilhem
Publication No 21 -- 1987
Stories
1. Settlement of Far Southwest Virginia by Omer C. Addington
2. Col. James L. Shoemaker by Omer C. Addington
3. Indian Forays in Powell Valley by Emory L. Hamilton
4. The Story of Clifton Branham by Roy L. Sturgill
5. The Clinch Scouths by Emory L. Hamilton
6. Pension State of John Duncan
7. Necrology by Bonnie S. Ball
Mrs. Ann Wynn Lanningham
Mrs. Jettie H. Johnson
Publication No 22 -- 1988
Stories
1. About Joseph Hagan by
2. Daniel Smith, Pioneer Leader by G. Q. Gilmer
3. When You Hear the Lonesome Whistle Blow by Omer Addington
4. Carrickfergus by Ruth Trimble
5. Tithables on Clinch River, 1772 by Emory Hamilton
6. The Nickelsville Spartan Band by Omer Addington
7. How're Things On the Creek by Roy L. Sturgill
8. Necrology by Bonnie Ball
Rita Kennedy Sutton
Kern W. Francisco
Mrs. Lou Emma Addington
Cicero Patrick (C.P.) Craft
Publication No 23 -- 1989
Stories
1. A Hundred Years of Mine Explosions in Southwest Virginis by E. L. Henson
2. The Joy of Easter by Omer C. Addington
3. Our Forgotten Pioneers by Roy L. Sturgill
4. Patrick Porter: An Early Pioneer of the Clinch by Omer C. Addington
5. Stoney Creek Primitive Baptist Association by Omer C. Addington
6. Necrology by Bonnie S. Ball
Bonnie Cox Harriss
Publication No 24 -- 1990 Stories
Publication No 25 -- 1991
Stories
1. The Davis Rifles of the 37th Regiment, Viorginia Infantry by Omer C. Addington
2. Captain John Blackmore by Omer C. Addington
3. Earliest Reference to Clinch River and It's Settlement by Emory L. Hamilton
4. Disappearance of Brickey Lad on High Knob Unsolved by James Taylor Adams
5. Shot From Ambush by Omer C. Addington
6. William Jean Bisque by Omer C. Addington
7. Over the Mountains to King's Mountain by Omer C. Addington
8. Necrology
Giles Gilmer
Sue Johnson
Publication No 26 -- 1992
Stories
1. In Memory of Emory L. Hamilton 1912-1991 by Lorretta H. Ison
2. William Addington Burial Location Born about 1750, Died 1805 by Norman P.
Addington
3. Hardships Sufferend in the South by Soldiers and their Familes During the
War Between the States by Bonnie S. BAll
4. The Addington Frame Church by Omer C. Addington
5. Southern Rebel: Tracing Your Confederate Ancestor by Rhonda Roberson
6. "Trail of Tears" Descendants Visit Soctt County by Homer L. Derting
7. Old Historical Reminiscences by Ayers Shortt
8. Old Fincastle County, Virginia by Omer C. Addington
9. Russell County: Connections to the Past by Brenda Rutherford
10. Forest of the Pioneers by Omer C. Addington
11. Necrology by Bonnie S. Ball
Emory L. Hamilton
Theodosia Barrett
George Pruner
Publication No 27 -- 1993
Stories
1. Somebody's Mother ----Author Unknown
2. The Donelson Indian Line by
3. Wise County's Oldest House by
4. Reuben Steel, Methodist Circuit RideR
5. A Brief History of the Seminary United Methodist Church by
6. Thanksgiving Day: Past and Present by
7. One Stroke of the Pen by Prest Saved Counties for Virginia by
8. Wild Foods in Pioneer Days by
9. Scott County Poor Farm by Omer C. Addington
10. Life Sketch of Captain Joshua Hobbs by
11. From Ardent Spirits to the Spirit of the Lord by
12. The Russell County Confederate Monument by
13. Pension of a Confederate Widow by
14. From Thence We Came by
15. Wildlife, Past and Present, in Southwest Virginia by
16. Minutes Number One by
17. Necrology
Ethel Albert
Publication No 28 -- 1994
Stories
1. Trek Through the Wilderness by Omer C. Addington
2. Southwest Virginia's Living Legent submitted by Marjorie A. Sutherland
3. Robert Trimble by Ruth Trimble
4. Morgan T. Lipps by Charles Arthur Johnson
5. No Need For a Landfill by Kathleen R. Taylor
6. Captain Simeon Hunt, A Confederate Soldier by Mae Wells Ball
7. Lewis Horton by Mae Wells Ball
8. Cumberland Mountain Mission by Omer C. Addington
9. The Great Depression by Omer C. Addington
10. Ballad of a County Doctor by Laura Jean Spencer
11. On My Way to Becoming a Doctor by Giles Q. Gillmer, M. D.
12. Sunday Best by Jean J. Gilmer
13. The Melungeons by Brent Kennedy
14. So Long AS Ye Both Shall Live by Omer C. Addington
15. Walnut Grove Shcool subbmitted by Ruth Trimble
16. Sturgill by Ruth Trimble
17. When the Harvest is Ripe by Omer C. Addington
18. Murder of the Tax Collector by Omer c. Addingtn
19 Necrology
Clara Addington Hayes
Evelyn Dale Slemp
Roy Lee Sturgill
20. Who Are We?
Publication No 29 -- 1995
Stories
1.Myself by Edgar Albert Guest
2. A Brief History of Scott County by Omer C. Addington
3. Final Respects Paid to a Bew of teh Nickelsville Spartan Band Members by
Wayne G. McConnell
4. Has Anyone Lost a Cemetery? by Wayne G. McConnell
5. Gone and Forgotten by Omer C. Addington
6. A Joy to Talk With Georgia Busic by Kathleen R. Taylor
7. Keep on the Sunny Side by Omer C. Addington
8. Barring Out the Teacher by H. L. Sufrage
9. Uncxle "Babe" Wallen by O. C. helton
10. The Salubrious Sassafras by Ruth Trimble
11. Pioneer Medicine by Omer C. Addington
12. Sergeant Harry W. Kinkead by Omer C. Addington
13. Grandpa Moses and His Progeny by Ruth Trimble
14. Poem - The Old Willow Tree by Samuel Stone
15. Co. B. 1st Virginia Regiment by Omer C. Addington
16. Brief History of Coeburn Baptist Church by Lois Jordan
17. The Calendar and the Clock by Omer C. Addington
18. Indian Forays in Present Scott County by Omer C. Addington
19. Last Living Grandson by Omer C. Addington
20. The Old Dingus Home On the Bluff by Dr. Lee R. Dingus
21. The Winter Solstice and the Holdiays by Omer C. Addington
22. Saga of Kinne Wagner by Omer C. Addington
23. Mother Shipton's Prophecy by Omer C. Addington
24. Little Town of Winfield by Omer C. Addington
25. Murder on the Clinch: Killing of Dack Ramey by Omer C. Addington
Publication No 30 -- 1996
Stories
1. There is No Death submitted by Omer C. Addington
2. Natural Tunnel of Scott County, Virginia submitted by June Presley
3. Group Determined to Rebuild Fort by O'Donna Ramsey--The Coalfield Progress
4. The Hanging Sheriffs of Scott County by Omer Addington
5. If the Mountain could Talk by Kathleen R. Taylor
6. Doing the Right Thing: Joe Smiddy by Dr. Edward L Henson Jr.
7. The Cloudburst by Omer C. Addington
8. Helen Henderson and Family by Mae Wells Ball
9. Walk the Red Fox Trail by Shirley Rowin Meade
10. Clinch River in Pioneer Days by Omer C. Addington
11. Walling's Creek Killings by O. C. Helton
12. For the Glory of God and Service to Humanity by Omer C. Addington
13. Rev. Robert Kilgore and His Forthouse by Omer C. Addington
14. History of Fidelity Lodge No. 173 AF&AM by Omer C. Addington
15. The Violin Maker by Omer C. Addington
16. Scott County's First Christmas by Omer C. Addington
17. The Homespun Dress submitted by Omer C. Addington
Publication No 31 -- 1997
1. Take Me Back to Virginia by Laura Spence
2. Margaret Cromwell Addington, A Pioneer Mother by Norman P. Addington and
Omer C. Addington
3. The Fulkerson House by Stanley L. Hickam
4. Neighborly Love: Evidence Found in the Old Grip by Jean Jessee Gilmer
5. The Rolling (Flour) Mills of Scott County by Omer C. Addington
6. Picturesque Ridge by Susan Spence
7. Kindred Spirits by Mary Ann Artrip
8. Our Shoes Had Many Lives by Kathleen R. Taylor
9. Malt Whiskey and Apple Brandy by Omer C. Addington
10. Echoes of the Civil War by O. C. Helton
11. Monday Was Wash Day by Kathleen R. Taylor
12. Beyond The Blue Horizon by Omer C. Addington
13. On the Waters of Swords
Creek by Mae Wells Ball
14. The Old School Bell by Hetty S. Sutherland
15. Here Comes the Train by Kathleen R. Taylor
16. History of Scott County Schools by Omer C. Addington
17. Old Splash Dam at Bartack by Glen D. Meade
18. Reid's Normal School by Omer C. Addington
19. Dr. Nathan Stallard by Col. Dale Honeycutt
20. A Day In October by Omer C. Addington
21. Virginia Masonry and the Constitution by Omer C. Addington
22. Christmas Through the Ages by Omer C. Addington
23. Up On A Tomb by Omer C. Addington
24. Co-existence by Ruth Trimble
25. The Old-Time Country Store by Omer C. Addington
26 Birds of the Bible by Omer C. Addington
27. Thirty-Two Years of Service by Omer C. Addington
28. The Geography of Scott County by Omer C. Addington
29. Obituaries
Dr. Cecil Dougherty
Josephine Amanda Wolfe
Shelby Blaine Sturgill
A Tribute to Bonnie Sage Ball by Gladys Julian Stallard
30 This Is My Land by Mae Wells Ball
Publication No. 32 -- 1998
Publication No 33 -- 1999 Stories
Publication No 34 -- 2000 Stories
Publication No 35 -- 2001 Stories
Publication No. 36 - 2002
1. The Quillen Clan From Northern Ireland by Betty Jean Osborne Green
2. Youthful Rememberances of Days Long Gone in Scott County by Omer C. Addington
3. Rambling Thoughts by Earnest
Raines
4. Dougherty and Daugherty - Families of Scott County by Omer C. Addington
5. Unusual Tragedies Which Happened in Scott County by Omer C. Addington
6. How Our Pioneer Forefathers Foretold The Weather by Omer C. Addington
7. History of Saratoga School in Scott County Omer C. Addington
8. Fifteen Marriages Recorded in Scott County in 1815 by Omer C. Addington
9. Indians Forts On Virginia's Last Frontier by Omer C. Addington
10. Do You Know Who You Are by Omer C. Addington
11. The Forgotten Family Graveyard by Omer C. Addington
12. Methodist Episcopal Church Divided by Omer C. Addington
13. First Indian Fort Built North of Clinch Mountain by Omer C. Addington
Publication No. 37 -- 2003
1. Doctors of the Past that Served Scott County by Omer Addington
2. Civil War Cousins by Wayne G. McConnell
3. Statements of Captain William Sevier McConnell by Wayne G. McConnell
4. Sheriff George McConnell's Legacy by Wayne G. McConnell
5 . Fort Blackmore Memories by Helen Peoples
6. Firewater Made in the Snowflake Community by Omer C. Addington
7. Colonist Move Further Into The Forest Driving Indians Away by Omer C. Addington
8. Construction of the Elkhorn City Extension of the Clinchfield Railroad submitted
by Ben Sutherland and Jim Goforth
9. There Was Another Time in Scott County by Omer C. Addington
10. The Home of John Leonard McConnell (1880-1965) Family
11. How the Names of Places in Scott County Got Their Name by Omer C. Addington
12. Rose Beads by Ruth Trimble
13. Swinging on the Grapevine Swing by Omer C. Addington
14. The Crowning Glory of Road Building in SW Virginis by Omer C. Addington
15. Sw VA Historical Society Logo Design Contests
16. Obituary of Charles D. Peoples
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