History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia: 1748-1920 (Google eBook)

William Cecil Pendleton

W. C. Hill Printing Company, 1920 - Tazewell County (Va.) - 700 pages

Contents

• ABORIGINAL PERIOD I Origin of the Red men their distribution civilization character etc 314: 3
• Nations and tribes north of Mexico 1557: 15
• The Indians their civilization government manners and religion 5869: 58
• PERIOD OF DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION I Spanish and French discoveries and conquests 7384: 73
• French discoveries and settlements 8598: 90
• Birth of American NationEnglish Settlement at James town 99129: 99
• From death of James I to 1676 130137: 130
• Bacons Rebellion and discovery of Shenandoah Valley 138151: 138
• PIONEER PERIOD: 153
• Settlement of Shenandoah and Roanoke Valleys 155170: 155
• The Walker and Gist expeditions 171185: 171
• French and Indian war 186203: 186
• Drapers Meadows Massacre and other Tragic Incidents 204217: 204
• Holston Valley invaded by IndiansThe Sandy expedi tion 218223: 218
• Why settlements delayed in Clinch Valley 224230: 224
• The Tazewell Pioneer settlers 231270: 231
• Frontiers of Fincastle County invaded by Indians 271289: 271
• Fincastle men called for Ohio expeditionIndians invade Clinch and Holston settlements 290310: 290
• Battle of Point PleasantKentucky opened for settle ment 311334: 311
• The Revolutionary War 335352: 335
• First Constitutional ConventionDeclares United Col onies free and independent StatesDeclaration of Rights and Constitution adopted 353360: 353
• Kentucky Washington and Montgomery counties are formed 361369: 361
• Clarks expedition to Illinois and Battle of Kings Moun tain 370397: 370
• Organization of Tazewell County 471485: 471
• Boundries and Topography of Tazewell County 486495: 486
• Principal causes of the Civil War 563598: 563
• The Harpers Ferry Insurrection 585592: 585
• POST BELLUM OR DEVELOPMENT PERIOD: 657
• War 1914army and navy 673684: 673

Bibliographic information

• Title: History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia: 1748-1920
• Author: William Cecil Pendleton
• Publisher: W. C. Hill Printing Company, 1920
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 22, 2008
• Length: 700 pages