Source |
History of Scott County, Virginia |
Author |
Addington, Robert M. |
Coverage
Publication information
Type |
Book |
Date issued |
1932 |
Citation
Addington, Robert M. History of Scott County, Virginia. (1932). |
Repositories
Bibliographic Citation
Addington, Robert M. 1932. History of Scott County, Virginia. Kingsport, TN, Kingsport Press.
Electronic Source
Ancestry (1932 Edition)
Google Books (1995 Reprint)
Comments
A reasonably well documented work, with explicit sources. The index should not be relied on as it catches only about 1 in 2 references to specific individuals. For example, A search on the Ancestry version of this work showed a total of 56 references to "Boone", whereas the books index shows 26 entries. The hit rate may actually be better for less well known individuals.
Publication History
World Catalog gives the following publication history for this work (excluding variants differing only in mode of publication (microfische, microfilm, and similar variants)
- 2002. Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books.
- 1994 Baltimore : Reprinted for Clearfield Company by Genealogical Pub. Co.
- 1992 Johnson City, TN : Overmountain Press
- 1990s Salem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co.
- 1979 Kingsport, Tenn. : C.L. Durham
- 1977 Baltimore : Regional Pub. Co.
- 1932 Kingsport, Tenn. : Private printer [Kingsport Press]
Contents
Title | Page
| Preface | xi
| Some important dates in Scott County history | 1
| Scott County territory | 4
| Some county geographical names | 10
| The murder of James Boone and Henry Russell | 14
| Isaac Crabtree, survivor of the James Boone party | 16
| The Kentucky path | 17
| Daniel Boone in Clinch River Valley | 30
| The Blockhouse on the Holston | 38
| Big Moccasin Gap in history | 39
| Fort Blackmore | 43
| A peaceable Indian invasion | 91
| Henry Hamlin | 92
| The Rye Cove | 93
| Porters fort | 103
| Fort Houston on Big Moccasin Creek | 109
| The old Killgore Fort House | 113
| The Indian attack upon the families of Peter and Henry Livingston | 115
| Petition of citizens near Big Moccasin Gap | 123
| Benges attack upon the house of John Wallen | 125
| The first courts | 128
| Scott County matters | 135
| The Old-time school in Scott County | 155
| Boating on the Clinch and Holston | 189
| Virginia & Southwestern Railway Company | 194
| Scott County newspapers | 197
| Scott County in war times | 200
| Old home manufactures | 222
| The manufacture of iron in the county | 244
| Social life, games, customs, and superstitions | 246
| Some old churches | 257
| Shoemaker College | 270
| Scott County in 1830, 1840, 1930 | 271
| The Rye Cove tornado | 283
| The Indian Cave and the "Forty Niners" | 285
| Interesting court orders | 287
| Biographical sketches | 291
|
|