A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia

Charles A. Johnson

The Overmountain Press, 1988 - History - 442 pages

This history is enriched with personal recollections and reminiscences. Its pages are filled with the names of those individuals who settled, or helped in some way to establish the County, as well as those who are remembered for various other reasons. The fifty-four illustrations include Wise County’s commonwealth attorneys, from the first (1856) to the twenty-first (1935).

Contents

• DEDICATION V: 1
• II THE BIG DAY: 10
• XVIII REMINISCENCES: 125
• H N SALYER: 179
• JUDGE E M FULTON: 185
• JUDGE JAMES M ROBERSON: 191
• ROBERT PATTON BRUCE: 203
• W W G DOTSON: 213
• JUDGE THOMAS M ALDERSON: 219
• ROSS MCCORKLE: 225
• VERNOY B TATE: 233
• FRED B GREEAR: 243
• XXIWISE COUNTY AT AGE OF FOUR YEARS: 253
• XXII THIS AND THAT: 259
• XXIIISCOTT COUNTYS FIRST PUBLIC HANGING: 266
• XXIV REMINISCENCES OF MRS MATTIE Q EWING: 275
• XXVLOVERS LEAP: 282
• XXVI SWIFTS SILVER MINE: 288
• XXVIII ONLY A WILLOW TREE: 297
• XXXI THE LIPPS FAMILY: 307
• XXXII THE POUND MASSACRE: 350

About the author

Charles Johnson served Wise County, Virginia for a total of 40 years, 14 of those spent as the Clerk of the Court.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia
• Author: Charles A. Johnson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: The Overmountain Press, 1988
• ISBN: 0932807291, 9780932807298
• Length: 442 pages
• Subjects: History / Social History; History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)