Books available from the Surry County, Virginia,
Historical Society and Museums, Inc.
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New Book! Surry County by Deborah
Harrison Dawson. Vintage photos! Book signing in
May! More
information...
($24.50 each including tax and shipping.)
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New Book! Sharing Our Country Best,
Carsley United Methodist Church Cookbook
($24.00 each including tax and shipping.)
- Adam Boykin, by James Atkins.
Biography of a Surry County African-American who
fought in and survived the Civil War. Fascinating
reading! Back in print!
($12.00 each including tax and shipping.)
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Cabin Point, the Forgotten Village,
by Barbara Hopper. This village has played a most
important part in the history of Surry County, yet
little has been written about it. Most people are
not aware of its importance. From our early days
until the Civil War it was our largest village.
Barbara and her husband Laurie collected
information on Cabin Point for many decades.
It's a fascinating mix of photos, letters and
stories about Cabin Point and the folks who lived
there.
($30.00 each including tax and shipping.)
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Celebrating in the Village of Surry, A
Christmas Story by Anne Rowell Worrell.
This is a delightful story of what it was like to
live in Surry, Virginia at Christmas time in the
1930s. Today it is nearly unheard of to have your
entire extended family living within a few miles of
your home. Then it was the norm. Then neighbors
visited and everyone took part in the Church
services and caroling. This is a great book, and
anyone with a past in Surry should have one.
($8.50 including tax and shipping.)
Of note is the fact that Anne Rowell Worrell's
sister, Gray R. Henry, wrote It Took A
Village, her remembrances of growing up in
Surry, also for sale by the Society. And their
mother, Ethel R. Rowell, wrote the history of
Lawne's Creek Church listed
below. So much talent in one family!
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Chanco and Richard Pace Save
Jamestown by Janie McKinley, Coloring
Book
($9.00 each including tax and shipping.)
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Cultural Roots of the 1622 Indian
Attack by Janie McKinley, (Richard Pace and
Chanco)
($20.50 each including tax and shipping.)
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DoTraTung New Moon Our Story - Nottoway
Indians, Volume 1
($16.00 each including tax and shipping. Save
shipping, if you pick it up at our office for
$14.00)
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Guide to the Buildings of Surry and the
American Revolution by James D. Kornwolf.
Reprint of 1976 edition. Long out of print, this
soft-cover book includes maps, photographs,
bibliography and index. With photographs and brief
histories of Surry's historic places, this book
contains a wealth of information about Surry's
people and places of historic interest.
($78.00 each including tax and shipping. Save
shipping, if you pick it up at our office for
$75.00)
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Jones Family (300 Years in Eastern VA,
Descendants of Arthur Jones)
($33.00 each including tax and shipping. Save
shipping, if you pick it up at our office for
$30.00)
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Lawne's Creek Church, Hog Island
by Ethel R. Rowell. Reprint of 1979 edition with
forward by Anne Rowell Worrell. Learn about the the
history of the old church ruin near Bacon's
Castle, its parish and surrounding area. Booklet
includes a drawing, photographs, bibliography and
index.
($6.00 each including tax and shipping.)
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Old Homes in Surry and Sussex by Mary
A. Stephenson. Reprint of 1942 edition with
revisions and corrections. Homes that have
disappeared or moved since 1942 are noted.
($28.25 each including tax and shipping.)
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Old Surry by Aurelius Wilson
Bohannan.
The Society is pleased to announce that Gordon W.
[Bo] Bohannan and his family have received the
third printing of this book. It is hard bound, and
unlike earlier editions, is indexed. Everyone who
has Surry County roots, or a love of its history,
should have a copy.
Perhaps no book of Surry County, Virginia, history
has been as popular as this book written by A. W.
Bohannan and first published in 1927. Mr. Bohannan
was Treasurer of Surry County for nearly fifty
years and a great lover of the County and its
history. He wrote of old homes, places, churches,
tales and events. As he roamed around Surry County
he talked with the "old folks" and made
notes of our oral history. Many had first hand
recollections of the Civil War. From these
conversations and his extensive research, this book
was written. There was a second printing in 1957.
For decades it has been nearly impossible to secure
a copy. The few that came to market were very
expensive. Now you can get this new edition for a
very reasonable price.
($23.50 each including tax and shipping.)
Note: Old Surry is available at meetings and the
Society's office for $21.00 including tax.
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"Old Town of Cobham" by Aurelius
Wilson Bohannan.
This is a reprint of a magazine article by A. W.
Bohannan in 1949 entitled "The Old Town of
Cobham". It is about 20 pages. This reprint is
made available to the Society through the
generosity of Gordon W. "Bo" Bohannan,
past president of the Society, with the funds being
earmarked for the Sociey's Building Fund.
($8.50 including tax and shipping)
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Otto Robert Eugene Osterle of Surry County,
Virginia, "A WORLD I SOLDIER" by
M. D. Harrison.
Osterle was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but
moved to Claremont, Va. He served in France in
World War I. Fortunately, a collection of letters,
notes, picture post cards, photos and envelopes
survived and Michael Harrison has done a great job
of identifying, photographing, organizing and
gathering information on Osterle and these
items.
As memories fade, and surviving veterans are fewer
each year, this book gives a rare insight of one
who fought in The Great War.
($8.50 including tax and shipping)
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Surry County at War 1861-1865 by
Willis W. Bohannan. This is a reprint of the 1963
book. In the decades before this book was written,
A. W. Bohannan, visited with many of the "Old
Folks" in the county and took copious notes on
the Civil War. His son, Willis W. Bohannan, used
these valuable records of Surry County in the Civil
War to write this book. Most are first-hand notes
from those who participated in the war. This
reprint is made available to the Society through
the generosity of Gordon W. "Bo"
Bohannan, past president of the Society, with the
funds being earmarked for the Sociey's Building
Fund.
($17.00 each including tax and shipping.)
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Rare Surry County Newspaper copy for
sale!
The Society has copies of a rare example of a
newspaper published in Claremont, Va. It was
published by the Temperance, Industrial and
Collegiate Institute, Rev. John J. Smallwood,
President, on June, 13,1896. It was Vol. 1,
Issue #2, the only one known to survive.
It consists of four 11" X 17" pages, full
size, 95 % easily readable. There are articles
by Rev. Smallwood, a list of gifts for the year,
his speech commemorating the fifty first birthday
of Lincoln and letters they received. Twenty acres
of land was offered for sale for $700.00.
The Virginia Historical Society has declared this a
rare example of a newspaper published by a black
college in the 1800s. It is a snapshot into this
little known part of Surry County's
history.
($5.00 each including tax and shipping.)
More
information about Dr. Smallwood and his
Institute at Claremont.
Order Surry books or a
copy of the rare 1896 newspaper from the Surry County
Historical Society
1810 Surry County, Virginia - US Federal
Census Schedule by W. Troy Valos can be ordered
from the author.
Order information is a .pdf
file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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