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| PREFACE |
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CHAPTER I. -
- VIRGINIA - 15
- BISON RANGE - 18
- Governors of the Colony of Virginia - 21
- The Interregnum - 21
- Governors under the Re-Organized Government - 22
- Eighteenth Century and Now - 22
- Moccasin Tracks - 22 |
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CHAPTER II. -
- Convention of Virginia - 24
- Early Settlers in Central West Virginia - 25
- Constitutions - 26
- Framers of the First Constitution - 28
- History of the First West Virginia Legislature - (1863) - 29
- Governors of West Virginia - 31
- Elevation of West Virginia - 31
- Counties of West Virginia and Dates of Their Formation - 32
- "The West Virginia Hills" - 35 |
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CHAPTER III. -
- Formation of Braxton County; - 36
- First Surveys and Settlements - 37
- First Survey Made in the County - 37
- SUTTON - 43
- ELK RIVER - 43
- ELK RIVER - 44
- LIST of DRAINAGE BASINS of CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA - 45
- Basin Rocks - Natural Scenery - 46
- Caverns at Head of the Elk River - 46
- A Ledge of Flint - 47
- BRAXTON County Schools - 48
- Braxton County Schools - 52
- Braxton County Court Records - 60
- The First Court Records After the Close of the Civil War - 61
- WEST VIRGINIA - 62
- Minor Civil Divisions - 63 |
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CHAPTER IV. -
- Defenses - 64
- Forts 65
- Old CHimney and Mound Builders - 70
- Cliff Dwellers - 72
- Early Settlements and Indian Troubles - 73
- Settlements and Massacres - 76
- Mad Ann - 76
- Indians - 77
- Indians on Skidmore Run - 80
- Indian Skeleton - 81 |
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CHAPTER V. -
- State and County Roads; County Towns; Central Counties of the State
- Central West Virginia - 83
- Jacob Summers - 84
- A. J. Stephenson - 84
- Madison Stephenson - 84
- Calhoun County - 84
- History of Gilmer County - 86
- - Gilmer, A New County - 87
- - First County Court - 87
- - Glenville, the County Seat - 87
- - The Glenville Normal School - 88
- Webster County - 88
- - Isaac Gregory - 89
- - William Hamrick - 90
- - William Doddrill - 90
- NICHOLAS COUNTY - 90
- - Powell's Mountain - 91
- FORMATION of LEWIS.
- - Settled in 1780 - 92
- UPSHUR COUNTY - 93
- - Settled in 1867 - 93
- - Roads - 94
- The North Western Turnpike - 96
- The Buckhannon and Little Kanawha Turnpike - 98
- The Clarksburg and Buclkhannon Turnpike - 99
- Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike - 99
- Phillipi and Buckhannon Turnpike - 99
- Postal Development in West Virginia - 100
- Rural Free Delivery - 101
- Roads - 101
- Railroads - 102
- SUTTON - 103
- - The County Seat - 103
- - Resident Lawyers of Sutton - 106
- - Resident Physicians of Sutton - 106
- - Dentists - 106
- FLATWOODS - 107
- BURNSVILLE - 108
- GASSAWAY - 110
- FRAMETOWN - 111
- COWEN - 112
- CENTRALIA - 113
- SLABTOWN - 113
- TESLA - 114
- NEWVILLE - 114
- BIRCH RIVER - 114
- LITTLE BIRCH - 115
- SAVAGE TOWN - 115
- SERVIA - 116
- BULLTOWN - 116
- ROANE COUNTY - 116
- - CANFIELD - 117
- - CORLEY + 117
- - NAPIERL 117
- - ROLLYSON - 117
- - HEATER - 117
- SALT LICK BRIDGE - 118
- PALMER - 118
- ROSEDALE - 119
- ERBACON - 120
- NEEDMORE - 120 |
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CHAPTER VI. -
- Organization of the County Court;
- First Court;
- Last Circuit and County Court Held in the County Before the Organization
of the Board of Supervisors;
- First Officers Appointed and Elected, County Roads, Early Marriage
Licences, etc. |
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CHAPTER VII. -
- Virginia in the Revolutionary War;
- General Averill's Great Raid to Salem;
- Morgan's Raid;
- Confederate Raids in the State;
- Cronology of Military Event;
- Roster of Soldiers of Braxton County, both Union and Confederate;
- Civil War Incidents and Tragedies. |
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CHAPTER VIII. -
- Early Commerce - 207
- Hog Stealing - 207
- Ginseng - 212
- Old Mills - 214
- Great Floods - 217 |
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CHAPTER IX. -
- Prominent Men - 220
- A Story of Personal Strength - 221
- Quakers - 226
- History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States - 228
- Native Ministers of Braxton County - 231
- Churches - 231
- Methodist Protestant Church - 233
- The Baptist Church - 237
- M. E. Church, South - 239
- Presbyterian - 243
- The Mountaineer - 246 |
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CHAPTER X. -
- Last Panther Killed in the County - 240
- William Barnett - 251
- The Wild Pigeon - 252
- The Great Crow Roost - 253
- The Wild Goose - 255
- Elk River Fish - 256
- Petrified Snake - 258
- The Power of Animals to Reason - 259
- Large and Wonderful Trees - 261
- Meterorology - 263
- Nine National Capitols - 267
- Generals of the Army - 268
- Presidents Who have Died in Office - 268
- Where the Presidents are Buried - 269
- The Monroe Doctrine - 270
- An Emancipation Paper - 270
- The Seventeen Year Locust - 271
- Going to Mill - 272
- Minnie Ball Found in the Heart of a Deer - 279
- Hoopi Skirts - 280
- A Small Child - 280
- Small People - 281
- A Progressive Family - 281
- Early and Late Marriages - 281
- Slave-Holders - 282
- Daniel Boone - 282
- The Lincolns of Rockingham - 283
- The Courtship of George Washington - 284
- Lincoln's Famous Short Letter of Acceptance - 285 |
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CHAPTER XI. -
- Cane Raising - 287
- Sugar Making - 287
- Lumber and oil Districts - 289
- "Rock Oil" Formerly Recommended as a Panacea - 290
- Silk Factory - 291
- Early Salt Industry - 292
- The Gas Wells of Kanawha - 293
- Tanneries and Journeymen Shoemakers - 293
- Stock Raising - 295
- Silos - 296
- Hornless Cattle - 298
- Braxton County's First Fair - 299
- Tragedies - 300
- Anecdotes - 312 |
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CHAPTER XII. -
- Fence Rail Period in West Virginia
- Personal Writings;
- A Tribute to the Life and Virtue of his daughter-in-law by John D.
Sutton
- Rules of Etiquette
- Civility
- "Majestic Child of Nature, I Christen Thee, Mount Bayard." by Henry G.
Davis
- The Natural Scenery of Pisga's Top by Rev. A. B. Riker
- Names of Persons Living 100 Years and More
- Names of Persons nearing the Hundred Mark
- Names of Persons Who Lived to Celebrate Their Golden Wedding
Anniversary.
- Large Families
- Samuel Bennett
- Five Generations
- Youthful Marriages
- Our Fifth Foreign War - 344
- High Prices - 344
- Biography - 345
- John Adams - 345
- Rev. Richard A. Arthur - 345
- G. W. Arbogast - 346
- Solomon Baker - 347
- E. W.Hefner - 347
- Levi Bond - 347
- Wm. D. Baxter
- Nathan Barnett - 348
- Rev. M. L. Barnett - 348 |
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