In-Print Publications from 1965 to Current
Series 2 Bulletins are printed pamphlets covering various aspects of Washington County and Southwest Virginia history. Published from 1965 to present, these bulletins contain valuable research, historical accounts, genealogical information, and local history that cannot be found anywhere else.
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Colonel Arthur Campbell, Frontier Leader and Patriot, by Robert L. Kincaid, 18pp;John Montgomery 1717-1802, his military and civil service in early counties of SW VA, by Agnes Graham Riley, 14pp. SKU: 101
Bledsoe Family of Virginia and Tennessee, beginning with George Bledsoe; 1965-66 Presidents report, by John Blakemore, 20pp. SKU: 102
Evolution of Land Ownership in SW VA; The Case of Tazewell Co., by J.A. Neal, 17 pp. SKU: 103
The Lumber Industry in Southwest Virginia—developing timber lands, saw mills and lumber companies in Southwest Virginia, by Luther C. Hassinger, 16pp. SKU: 104
Historical Houses of Washington County, Virginia, Illus., 47 pp. SKU: 106
History of the 48th Virginia Infantry, VA Volunteer Army of Confederacy, Companies and officers, by James A. Casada, 48 pp; 1782 Tithables of Washington, Co., VA (continued), 42pp. SKU: 107
Story of “The Office”, by Jane Douglas Summers Brown; Ebenezer Brooks—Forgotten Genius of the Holston Territory, by Gordon Aronhime; James Newell 1749-1823, by Agnes Sanders Riley; 1782 Tithables of Washington County, VA (continued), 48 pp. SKU: 108
The Cosby Papers, contains map of lots in Abingdon ca. 1850 and tells who lived in the homes; 1782 Tithables of Washington County, VA (concluded), 48 pp. SKU: 109
Traditional Pottery in Washington Co., VA and Sullivan Co., TN, by Klell B. Napps; Joe Meeks—Washington Countys Westerner, by Claude W. Nash; The Meeks and Their Neighbors, by Publication Committee; Geographical Sketch of the Meeks Neighborhood 1772-1839; Memorandum of the Meeks, from Bibles contributed by D.M. Epps; Meek Bible Records, collected by Margaret W. Huff; Jarrett Hill, Herb Doctor of Washington County, by Julia Hill Sales; General Daniel Smith - based on the journal of Gen. Smith (1779-1780); Vance Tavern, by Mary Dudley Porterfield; Blacks Fort, Site of the First Court Held in Washington Co., VA, by C.McConnell, 55 pp. SKU: 110
Michael Shaver, Silversmith, by Lillian S. Butt (Illus.); Washington Co. Grist Mills, by Bernard L. Herman (Illus.), 63 pp. SKU: 112
Fortieth Anniversary Issue: How the Society was organized; Judge Walter H. Robertson, by Margie Robertson; History of the Washington Ladle, by Mary Preston Gray; Physicians of the Holston in the 18th Century, by Gordon Aronhime; Men of the American Revolution Buried in Washington Co., 35 pp. SKU: 113
Court Minutes 1777, Washington Co., VA (Continued in 15); Story of the Tiffany Glass Window; Story of the Confederate Monument, by Klell B. Napps, 38 pp. SKU: 114
Hunting for His People—story of a Black man returning to Va. after being sold south, by John Warfield Johnston; King and Lynn Inventory 1809; The Wilburn Waters Portrait by Lillian S. Butt; Court Minutes 1777 Washington Co., VA (Concluded), 58 pp. SKU: 115
The 1772 Cummings Petition: Location of the homes of the signers petitioning Rev. Charles Cummings; King and Lynn Inventory (concluded); Three Memoirs by Sarah C. Brown, Rachel Ann Scott, and Alfred McThenia on history of SW VA, SKU: 117
Slavery on Upper Holston; History of Courts of Washington Co., VA; The Jockey Lot, 30 pp. SKU: 118
Thomas Mastin: Important Unknown of the Early Clinch River Settlement, by Gordon Aronhime; Extracts from the James T. Preston papers… edited by George Stevenson; 105th Militia of Washington Co., VA 1861-1865, 31pp. SKU: 119
Minutes of Abingdon Town Council 1778-1860; Public Roads of Washington Co., 34 pp. SKU: 120
Guardian Bonds: 1780-1876, abstracted from Washington Co., VA Court Records and arranged in chronological order, 105 pp. SKU: 121
Brigadier General William Campbell 1745-1781, by Agnes Graham Riley, 32 pp. SKU: 122
50th Anniversary of the Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia, by Lillian S. Butt; The Final Bivouac: Capt. Frank S. Robertson, son of Gov. Wyndham Robertson and last surviving member of Gen. J.E.B. Stuarts staff; Reminiscence of the Years 1861-1865; The Meadows, edited by L.C. Angle, Jr. and Edwin T. Hardison, 40 pp. SKU: 123
Daniel Boone as a Virginian, by Walter H. Hendricks; An Economic Survey of Southwest Virginia During the Ante-Bellum Period, by Jack Garland, 15pp. SKU: 124
The Washington County News: A Look at the Past, by Lowry Bowman; War Comes to the Highlands, by L.C. Angle, Jr., 29 pp. SKU: 125
High on A Windy Hill, Index and Addendum, arranged alphabetically by surname, giving cemetery number; includes maps showing location (by number) of 333 Washington Co. cemeteries in High On A Windy Hill by Catherine McConnell. Compiled by Jack and Rubinette Niemann, 107 pp. SKU: 126
The 1772 Cummings Petition: Location of the homes of the signers petitioning Rev. Charles Cummings; King and Lynn Inventory (concluded); Three Memoirs by Sarah C. Brown, Rachel Ann Scott, and Alfred McThenia on history of SW VA, 63 pp. SKU: 116
Stephen Holston: Frontiersman, Adventurer, Revolutionary Soldier and Discoverer, by Douglas Summers Brown; Chancery Order Book A: 1831-1835, by Angela Hurt, 77 pp. SKU: 127
Story of the Preston Mansion / Martha Washington College / Martha Washington Inn, by L.C. Angle, Jr., Illus., 42 pp. SKU: 128
To the Halls of Montezuma: Samuel Vance Fulkersons Journal Kept During Mexican War, edited by Dr. George Stevenson, 69 pp. SKU: 129
The Civil War in Southwest Virginia, by Cathy Carlson Reynolds; The One Who Brought the Flag Home, David Lowery of Washington Co., VA, by Winston B. Wine; Konnarock: The Anatomy of a Company Town—A Memoir, by Robert Foster; Confederate Monument Dedication June 3 1909, Abingdon: Address by Judge John A. Buchanan, 43 pp. SKU: 130
The Story of the Abingdon Rotary Club, by G.C. Culberson; Saltville: Salt Capital of the Confederacy, by Michael Holmes; Tributes to Daniel Trigg and J. W. McBroom by Thomas W. Colley, transcribed and edited by Michael Holmes, 30 pp. SKU: 131
John B. Floyd, edited by Dr. Edwin Hardison; Co. B 37th Virginia Volunteer Regiment, by Scott Arnold (Masters Thesis, Emory & Henry College); History of Green Spring Presbyterian Church, edited by Dr. Ed Hardison, 54 pp. SKU: 132
Remembrances Part I and II, by Walter H. Hendricks; David Campbell, The Governor and The Man, by Hendrika Schuster; Wyndham Robertson, by Robyn Mundy; 100 Years of the History of Abingdon (reprint), by Lewis Preston Summers; Unveiling of the Marker on the Old Home of Gen. Francis Preston (now Martha Washington Inn), by L.P. Summers, 89 pp. SKU: 133
Death of Eliza Dunn Jones, by James Buchanan Ballard; Shelby Campbell: Kings Mountain Controversy and Gubernatorial Campaign of 1812, by Agnes Graham Sanders Riley; Register of the Collonade Hotel, by Charles H. Carson; Adam Hayter and Susannah Darrock, Pioneers of Washington County, Virginia, by Paul C. Buchanan, 39 pp. SKU: 134
When “John the Baptist” Traveled Our Roads: A Tale of Virginia Intermont College, by Hendrika Schuster; Roosevelts in Southwest Virginia, Part I: Elliott Roosevelt: A Man in Mental Torment; Part 2: Corinne (Roosevelt) and Douglas Robinson, by Hendrika Schuster; Sketch of the Life of Rev. Charles Cummings by Gov. David Campbell; Historical Calendar of Washington County, by Carl V. Eskridge; A Visit from Nellie Wisler: A Different Perspective on the Carroll County Courthouse Tragedy, by William G. Lord, 59 pp. SKU: 135
Remembering Aunt Mabel, by Walter Hendricks; No Need for a Landfill, by Kathleen R. Taylor; Searching for Communities, Dying and Burial in 1800s, by David Farris, Sr; Bristols Marrying Parson, by Bud Phillips; Letters from the Past, Dont Take Any Wooden Nickels, by Hendrika Schuster; Carrying the Mail on Horseback, by Dennis Graham; Washington Co., VA Post Offices and Postmasters 1792-1992, extracted by J. and R. Niemann, 50 pp. SKU: 136
Sacred Honor, by Rev. Frederick R. Trumbore; Beyond Admiration and Loyalty, by Hendrika Schuster; Examples of 18th Century Female Courage, by Hendrika Schuster; Letters of the Past, The Lives They Lived Together—Blacks and Whites at Montcalm 1827-1860, by Dr. Norma Mitchell; Generals Memorial: Heroes of Washington County, by L.C. Angle; Two Swords Which Inspired Two Boys, by Hendrika Schuster; John Hunt Morgan, by Roy L. Sturgill; More Obscure First Ladies, The Schools on William King Hill, by Betsy K. Owens and Betsy White; Historical Society REGISTRY Program by Ina Stephenson, 76 pp. SKU: 137
Early Settlers of Washington Co., by Randall W. Smith; Early Abingdon Taverns & Inns, by Nanci King; Forgotten Population—Free Black Community in Washington County 1800-1850, by Dr. Michael J. Puglisi; Bear/Bare Tale About Wilburn Waters; Scalded to Death by the Steam, by Hendrika Schuster and Mike Pierry, Jr; Lou V.P. Crabtree, Virginia Laureate in Literature (interview by Judy K. Miller); Chataignes Virginia Gazetteer and Business Directory: Washington Co., VA 1888-1889, 79 pp. SKU: 138
SW VAs Men of Iron in Revolutionary War, by Walter Hendricks; Old Powder Mill Dam of Washington Co., by Amy Burks; Letters of the Past; Robert Edwin Miles of 21st VA Cavalry, by L.C. Angle, Jr; History of Abingdon Branch Line, by Mike Hicks; Medicine as Practiced in 20th Century, by Lewis F. Cosby, MD; Measure of a Peck; Excerpts of Minutes from Historical Society 1830-1990s, by Dr. Klell Napps, 83 pp. SKU: 139
The Search for Frankie Newton, by Jennifer Wagner, 22 pp. SKU: 239
Abingdon Train Station, by Klell Napps; The Horse Behind the Photograph, by Hendrika Schuster; Call to Duty—2nd Lt. Charles Dennis Smith of Damascus, VA, by Eleanor Grasselli; Mayhem Strikes Abingdon, by Robert Craig; Judgment at Dalton, by James B. Ballard; Boyhood Years in Abingdon 1920-1930, by Lewis F. Cosby, MD; The Great Pig War, by Lowry Bowman; Courthouse Hill—Site of Law and Order, by James Hagy; Trial of Jefferson Davis, by Hendrika Schuster; Family Files in Library as of Jan 9, 2003, 76 pp. SKU: 140
Tales Told by Walls of House—Retirement, by Mary Landrum; Mayhem Strikes Abingdon—Rest of the Story, by Robert Craig; Reminiscent of Schoolmates at Abingdon Academy, by Mary H. Everett; Bonson Brand Apples, by David Bonham; Dressing Up Miss Mollie 433, by Charles Seaver; Trip to Island Road is Trip into Lore of the Past, by Gordon Aronhime; Bob Porterfield as I Remember Him, by Patricia Cosby; William Sievers Sought to put “Soul” into Bronze, by Hendrika Schuster; Posh Shop on Lot No 22, by Gordon Aronhime; A Singular One Room School—Duncansville School, by Mary Jo Craig and Hendrika Schuster, 61 pp. SKU: 141
Surviving the London Blitz, by Peta Patton; Early Washington County Forts Providing Protection for New Settlers, by Joe Goodpasture; James Barrett and the 37th Virginia Infantry, by Dean Harry; Pioneer Women of Southwest VA, by Gail Marney; Life and Death of a Log House, by Faye Hortenstine; Call to Duty—Action at Rimling, Alsatian Forest (France), New Years Eve 1944, by Lowry Bowman; Bats in the Garrett, by Walter Hendricks; For The Love of 900 Year Old Beauties, by Mary Dudley Porterfield; Judges Washington Co., VA 1811, and Washington Co., VA Members House of Representatives, 62 pp. SKU: 142
Dalton, Georgias Lonely Monument, by Lowry Bowman; Fathers and Sons at the Battle of Kings Mountain, by J. David Dameron; The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad 1830s-1860s, by Josh Jones; The Mary Dalton Frye Private Secretarial School, by Carlotta Sanders Franklin; Lessons for Life, by Kitty Clark Baird; Blackboard Memories of a One-Room School, by Gladys Richardson Thompson; My Navy Years as a WAVE (1942-1947), by Virginia Tate Taggart; History of Penn-Stuart and Virginia House, by G.R.C. Stuart; Establishment of Methodism in SW Virginia, by Greg McMillan; An English War Bride Comes to America, by Mrs. Peta Patton, 71 pp. SKU: 143
The Confederate Yankee, by Gene Mathis; Capt. Samuel Thompson Buchanan, CSA, by James Buchanan Ballard; Washington Countys Confederate Generals, by Mike Shaffer; 37th Infantry Div of VA at Antietam, by Mark Hall; Edmondson Family at Kings Mountain, by Howard V. Jones; William King and Ocean Crossings, by Mary B. Kegley; Tennessee Valley Authority and Its Impact, by L.C. Angle, Jr and Hendrika Schuster; Leonard Chester Angle, Jr., by Kitty Henninger; 1936 to 2006 (HSWCV), by John H. Roper; Riding on the Last Excursion of the Virginia Creeper, by Anna Elliott, 86 pp. SKU: 144
My Years in the Womens Auxiliary Army Corps and Womens Army Corps in WW II, by Anna Rasey Elliott; The Mound at Sinking Spring Cemetery, by Gene Mathis; George Newton Wertz, Photographer, by Meade Campbell; A Late, Late Book Review — The Long Hunter, by Hendrika Schuster; Mary Craig Caldwell Rhea, by Eleanor Grasselli; Fairview, by W. Dale Carter and Wilma Smith; David Carson of Washington County, Va., by William Schrader; Riddles Fort on Holston, by Wilma Smith; Appendix: Membership in Historical Society as of 11/30/2007, by Riley Clark, 56 pp. SKU: 145
Bazel and Susannah Bryan Boren of Washington County, Virginia, by Kerry Ross Boren; Grave Marker in Sinking Spring Cemetery (Fields-Baldwin Plot inscription); Field Diary, February 27–December 25 1913 of Mr. Robert P. Holdsworth (condensed by Eleanor Grasselli); Abingdon Orders Quarrelsome Women Ducked, by Carl V. Eskridge; The Prayer of Blessing… “Retirement” Dedication (2007), by Robert N. Lominack, Jr.; The Hutton Brothers Go to War, by Mark F. Hall, 62 pp. SKU: 146
The Antebellum Years of William E. Grumble Jones, by James Buchanan Ballard; A Miraculous Trip into the Past, by Val Kendall; Veterans Day Proclamation recognizing the Overmountain Men (2009), 54 pp. SKU: 147
75th Anniversary Edition; Roster of Presidents (1936–2011); In Memoriam (2006–2011); James and Alice Hilton in Abingdon, by Robert Warren, Jr.; Uncle Sam Wants Who???, by Gale Dennison; Dedication of the W. Blair Keller Interpretation Center (proclamation); What Do Johnny Appleseed, Arthur Campbell & Abingdon Have in Common?, by David Winship; CW Sesquicentennial: Time Line of Some Events of 1861; Grumble Jones, Part I (July 1861–April 1862), by James B. Ballard, 52 pp. SKU: 148
War of 1812: Time Line of 1811–1812 (E. Grasselli); Abingdon Society of the Church of New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), by Garrett Jackson; Blacks Fort Chapter DAR, Remembering Our 90 Years, by Kitty McConnell Henninger; The Cohabitation List of Freed Slaves and Free Persons of Color in Washington County, VA (1866), by James W. Hagy, PhD; Partial List (J.W. Hagy); CW Sesquicentennial: Time Line of 1862 (M. Shaffer); Grumble Jones, Part II (7th VA Cav., Jul 20–Nov 8, 1862), by James B. Ballard, 52 pp. SKU: 149
War of 1812: Time Line of Some Events in 1813; The Family of Landon Boyd, by Eleanor Grasselli (with D.E. Douthit and A.O. Jones); Wolf Hills and the Daniel Boone Myth, by James W. Hagy; CW Sesquicentennial: Time Line of Some Events of 1863 (M. Shaffer); Grumble Jones, Part III (Oct 31, 1862–Feb 28, 1863), by James B. Ballard, 52 pp. SKU: 150
Centennial of WWI; War of 1812: Time Line 1814 (E. Grasselli); Letter (David Campbell to Arthur Campbell, Jr., Sep 14, 1812); CW Sesquicentennial: Time Line 1864 (M. Shaffer); Grumble Jones, Part IV (West Virginia Raid), by James B. Ballard, 55 pp. SKU: 151
In Search of Borens Fort; Experiences of Ivan E. Kennedy (USMC) 1918–1919; WWI Centennial: Timeline 1915; CW Sesquicentennial: Time Line 1865; The Immortal 600; Grumble Jones, Part V (Brandy Station), 32 pp. SKU: 152
80th Anniversary Edition—How the Society Was Organized; Presidents of HSWCV; HSWCV Milestones; The White Top Folk Festival; WWII Gold Star Men (WCV & Bristol, VA); Moving the Washington County Confederate Monument; The Name of Abingdon; Licenses for selling liquors (1865–1902); Back Cover: Gold Star Men; 48 pp. SKU: 153
McCabe Lodge No. 56, I.O.O.F., and the Founding of Martha Washington College (1853–1858); The Photography of George Newton Wertz (1852–1926); Confederate Civil War Pension Applications from Washington County, Virginia; 36 pp. SKU: 154
James Wyatt and the Burning of Abingdon (1864); Stonewall Jackson College (Reprint of May 1951 article with added photos); Benjamin Sharps Account of Washington County during the Cherokee War (1776); Wall Street Over the Years; A Unionist from Russell County Testifies before Congress (1866). SKU: 155
Shopping at H. P. Kings; Clippings; Lynching in Southwest Virginia (1883–1927); Cars of Washington County, Virginia. SKU: 156
Washington County Communities from A to Z; The Murder Trials of Dr. John A. P. Baker (1891–1892); The Murder Trials of Luther and James Canter (1915–1918); Economic Prospects of Washington County in the Early 20th Century; 92 pages. SKU: 157
30th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain—1810; The 1861 train crash that shook Abingdon; First African American voters in Washington County—1867; The political career of Lewis Preston Summers (1868–1943); Eyewitness account of murders at Emory & Henry Hospital; Last hangings in Washington County; Washington rifles of World War I; William King obituary. SKU: 158
Abingdon Tragedy of 1888: Killing Lilburn H. Trigg; Four Score and Seven Years; The Forgotten Judge: Robert W. Hughes; Robert Morton Hughes and Stained Glass Windows at St. Thomas Church; Misbehaving at Martha Washington College; Washington County Soldiers: Last to Die in WWI & First to Die in WWII; The Origins of Russell County; Thanks to James W. Hagy (Past Bulletin Editor); Thanks to the Late Jane G. Oakes for Years of Service to the Society. SKU: 159
Myths, Mistakes, and False Claims Regarding Some Historic Buildings in Abingdon, Virginia; Maimed Confederate Soldiers of Virginia… disability pensions (example of Matthew Floyd Duff); Samuel Stalnaker, William Byrd III, and Fort Attakullakulla; Faces of Washington County, Virginia; The Abingdon Rotary Club at 100 Years. SKU: 160
From the Archives, Series I, 1 (1937): S.F. Hurt address; From the Archives, Series I, 8 (1943): Saltville, by Walter H. Robertson; Remembering The 1924 Muck Dam Disaster, by Walter Jenny; From the Archives, Series I, 6 (1941): The Loss of the State of Franklin, by E. Munsey Slack; From the Archives, Series II, 20 (1983): A List of Precincts of The Public Roads of Washington County (1836), by Margaret Davis; From the Archives, Series II, 18 (1981): The Abingdon Jockey Lot, by Frank DeFriece, Sr.; From the Archives, Series II, 15 (1978): The Wilburn Waters Portrait, by Lillian Stuart Butt; A Cultural Watering Place: The Formative Years of the Virginia Highlands Festival (1948–1960), by Ben Jennings. SKU: 161