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History of the Settlement and Indian Wars of Tazewell County, Virginia

By Geo. W.L. Bickley, M.D. (Cincinnati: Morgan & Co., 111 Main Street, 1852)

Publication sponsored by the gentlemen composing the Jeffersonville Historical Society to whom the author dedicated this book. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by Geo. W.L. Bickley, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia.

PREFACE


BOOK ONE

  1. - Chapter I - Outline History of Virginia - From 1492--1606
  2. - Chapter II - Outline History Continued. - Reasons for writing this outline history - History continued to 1752.

BOOK TWO

  1. - Chapter I - Introduction to the History of Tazewell - Reputation of Tazewell - Why desirable - Possibility of the formation of a new State of which Tazewell would be a part - Objections answered - Pertinent questions - The south-west has been overlooked - Howe's and de Hass' works - Local history and a new feature - Proposed history of the S.W.


  2. - Chapter II - Discovery and Settlement - Difficulty of obtaining material - Why the early settlers visited Tazewell - Hunting companies described - War against the frontier in 1763 - Shawanoes and Cherokees at war - War raging during the first years of settlement in Tazewell - First hunting company visits Tazewell in 1766 - 1767 Carr and Butler settle - Indian battle on Rich mountain in 1768 - Shawanoes beaten - Butler and Carr separate - Thomas Witten, John Greenup, and others move out in 1771 - Settle in 1772 - In 1773 - Settlers in '74, '5 and '76 stop near others - Cresop's war and the revolution - Market in eastern Va. - Kept up a line of communication.


  3. Chapter III - Formation and Outline Geography - Old boundary lines - Altered in 1835 and again in 1837 - Map - How Tazewell county was named - Geography.
  4. - Chapter IV - Climate
  5. - Chapter V - Meteorology
  6. - Chapter VI - Descriptive Geography
  7. - Chapter VII - Soil and Production
  8. - Chapter VIII - Live Stock<
  9. - Chapter IX - Commerce of Tazewell
  10. - Chapter X - Education
  11. - Chapter XI - Slavery in Tazewell
  12. Chapter XII - Agriculture - Reasons why this subject should be studied - Agricultural prospects improving - Peculiarities of agriculture in Tazewell
  13. - Chapter XIII - Church History - Judiciary
  14. - Chapter XIV - Literary and Benevolent Institutions - Newspapers
  15. - Chapter XV - Minerals and Natural Curiosities
  16. - Chapter XVI - Waters
  17. - Chapter XVII - Manners and Customs
  18. - Chapter XVIII - Scenery - Dial Rock
  19. Appendix to Book II - Tables - List of representatives in the Virginia Legislature from the county.

BOOK THREE

  1. - Chapter I - Introduction to Indian Wars
  2. - Chapter II - Introduction Continued - Compend History of the Shawanoes
  3. - Chapter III - Defensive Positions of Tazewell During the Frontier War
  4. - Chapter IV - Evans Family
  5. - Chapter V - James Moore and the Moore Family - Jas. Taken Prisoner
  6. - Chapter VI - Harman and Pemberton Fights - Battle Between the Harmans and Seven Indians
  7. - Chapter VII - Captivity of the Davidson Family, and Other Massacres
  8. - Chapter VIII - Motives for Ward on the Part of the Indians
  9. Note to Book III
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