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History of Roanoke County
Jack, George S.
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
HISTORY OF ROANOKE COUNTY
West of the Blue Ridge
Formation of Botetourt
Area Reduced in 1772
Formation of Roanoke County
Boundary Line
Origin of the Name
First County Commissioners
The County Justices
Organization of First Court
First County Court
First Circuit Court
First County Clerk
First County Jailer
Annexes New Territory
Formation of Craig County
Roanoke County's Earliest History
First Explorers of Roanoke Valley
Early Land Grants
First Furnace in County
County's First Settlement
Catawba Valley Settlements
Great Indian Trail
Chain of Forts
Washington's Visit
Roanoke County Taverns
Early Methods of Travel
Early Mode of Living
Roanoke County—Topography and Climate
Mining Interests of Roanoke County
Agricultural Resources
Fruit Culture in Roanoke
Indian Raid on Roanoke and Catawba
Escape of the Bryans
The Exploits of William Carvin
Military History of the County
Battle of Point Pleasant
Revolutionary Service of Lewis
Colonel William Fleming
First Military Organization
Salem Flying Artillery
Roanoke Grays
Dixie Grays
Roanoke Guards
Jeff Davis Rifles
Military Operations in Roanoke County
Roanoke County in 1840
Officers of Roanoke County
State Senators
Members of the House of Delegates
Roanoke County
Roanoke and Craig
Roanoke County
Roanoke and Craig
Roanoke, Craig, and City of Roanoke
County Officers of Roanoke County—County Judges
Judges of Circuit Court
Clerks of County Court
Clerks of the Circuit Court
Commonwealth's Attorneys
Sheriffs of Roanoke County
School Superintendents
Railroads in Roanoke County
Population of Roanoke County
HISTORY OF FORT LEWIS
The "Fort Lewis" Home
History of "Fort Lewis" Home
FRANK BURWELL GORDON
ROANOKE VALLEY HEALTH INSTITUTE
HOLLINS COLLEGE
Biographical
DR. CHARLES L. COCKE
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE BERKELEY
JOHN WILLIAM CHAMBERS
MASON LEE FELLERS
GEORGE MONROE MUSE
DAVID H. CHRISTIAN
LEWIS L. GREENWOOD
ROBERT F. WYATT
TAZEWELL MERRIMAN STARKEY
DAVID WILLIAM GOOD
GEORGE GARST
BENJAMIN T. TINSLEY
HISTORY OF SALEM
First Sale of Lots
Original Trustees
Roanoke Navigation Company
Town Incorporated, 1836
Roanoke College Chartered
Salem's First Railroad
Town Limits Again Extended
The First Council
Boundaries Established
Salem's People
New Town Limits Prescribed
Centennial Celebration
Roanoke County's New Courthouse
Roanoke Woman's College
Mayors, Presidents of Council, and Sergeants
Leading Industries
THE SALEM LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY
CAMDEN IRON WORKS
THE SALEM FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS, INC.
SHANK MILLING COMPANY
FARMERS' NATIONAL BANK OF SALEM
PIERPONT BRICK WORKS, SALEM, VIRGINIA.
THE BANK OF SALEM
Biographical
HONORABLE A. M. BOWMAN
JUDGE WILLIAM WALTER MOFFETT
ORRAN D. OAKEY
COLONEL ROBERT HENRY LOGAN
WILLIAM M. BARNITZ
WILLIAM WIRT BALLARD
WILLIAM WADE HARVEYCUTTER
ROLAND E. COOK
THOMAS HENRY COOPER
CHARLES DICE DENIT
WILLIAM T. YOUNGER
WILLIAM A. FRANCIS
COLONEL G. SHELDON BOWMAN
CHARLES L. HATCHER, SHERIFF
GREENVILLE OSBORN McALEXANDER
ROBERT WILBERFORCE KIME
EDWARD REPASS MOORE
HENRY ALBERT OAKEY
WILLIAM A. VEST
IVAN VERNON YONCE
JOHN PETER SAUL
ORREN LEWIS STEARNES
HISTORY OF VINTON
Early History of Vinton
New Charter Granted
Mayors of the Town
Biographical
GEORGE THOMAS WALKER
JAMES HENRY SCOTT
ROBERT HUNTER GARTHRIGHT
JAMES WILLIAM BOWIE
JOHN EDWARD FITZPATRICK, JR.
GEORGE WILLIAM GISH
WILLIAM FOUNTAIN GRAVES
CHARLES C. THOMAS
DANIEL LUTHER MEADOR
JAMES EDWARD SAUNDERS
JOHN TIMOTHY LEMON
HISTORY OF BENT MOUNTAIN
The First Settlers
First House on the Mountain
The Coles Purchase
Bent Mountain in Civil War
First Orchard Planting
Other Lines of Industry
Biographical
COLONEL ANDREW LEWIS
THE KING FAMILY
JOSEPH RAYBURN KING
GEORGE W. POWELL
JOHN COLES
McH. BOOTH
JORDAN WOODRUM
LIBBEY CAMERON SHOCKEY
WILSON BALDWIN
EDWARD OSCAR TINSLEY, M. D.
CLEMENS MORGAN CONNER
BENJAMIN BOWMAN
WILLIAM JOSEPH BALDWIN
JOHN JACKSON HUFF
SAMUEL HENRY WILLETT
THE FRUIT GROWERS' TELEPHONE CORPORATION
LUTHER DENNIS BELL
JOHN SHELBURN KEATON
PRESTON EDWARD SIMPSON
JOSEPH LELAND PERDUE
JAMES MADISON GRISSO
REUBEN P. MOORE
BENJAMIN NEWTON GRISSO
ANDREW JACKSON HOWELL
ELIJAH POAGE
ROSCOE CONKLIN WERTZ
CHARLES JOHNSON SMALLWOOD
WILLIAM BAILEY ATKINS
THOMAS MARTIN BELL
KYLES GRIFFIN ALIFF
JOHN BENJAMIN WILLETT
JAMES WILLIAM TURNER
HISTORY OF ROANOKE CITY
DEDICATION
FOREWORD
HISTORY OF THE CITY
Early Settlements in the Shenandoah Valley.
First White Men to Visit the Roanoke Valley
The Great Indian Trail
Building of Gainsborough
Prestonville
Big Lick's Boom in 1834
Big Lick Incorporated
The Building of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
The Name of Big Lick Changed to That of "Roanoke"
Roanoke Incorporated as a City
Early Progress of the City
Territorial Limits again Extended
"Boom" Days
Further Progress of the City
The Decennial Celebration
Building of the Roanoke & Southern Railroad
Military Companies Enlisted During Spanish-American War, 1898
The Virginian Railway Built Through Roanoke
Progress Since 1892
THE ROANOKE OF TO=DAY
Location, Temperature, Environments and Advantages.
Population.
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
The Roanoke Machine Works and Norfolk & Western Railway Offices
The Daily Press
Churches and Charities
Educational Advantages
Session 1903-'4
Session 1910-'11
Hospitals
The Great Roanoke Fair
Financial
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants' Association
Market Facilities and Supply
Hotel Facilities
Fire Protection
Parks and Amusements
Roanoke's Health Department
Municipal Statistics
Assessed Valuation of Property
Building Permits
Post Office Receipts
Judges of the Hustings Court
Law and Chancery Court
Leading Industries
VIRGINIA BRIDGE AND IRON COMPANY
ROANOKE RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
THE NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK
Officers
Directors
WINGATE & McGHEE
VIRGINIA IRON, COAL AND COKE COMPANY
Blast Furnaces Owned by the Company
Crescent Rolling Mills
Dora Foundry and Machine Works
Iron Ore Mines and Limestone Quarries
Coke Ovens and Coal Lands
Recent Increase in Coal Shipments
The Company a Factor in Industrial Development
THE STONE PRINTING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
HOTEL ROANOKE
CENTRAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
ROANOKE GAS AND WATER COMPANY
ADAMS, PAYNE & GLEAVES
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ROANOKE BRIDGE COMPANY INCORPORATED
THE ROANOKE TIMES AND THE EVENING NEWS
ROANOKE OVERALLS COMPANY INCORPORATED
THE HOTEL PONCE DE LEON
THE VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE TELEPHONE COMPANY
NEWTON OLIVER WOOD
THE VINTON-ROANOKE WATER COMPANY
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
VIRGINIA COLLEGE FOR YOUNG WOMEN
ROANOKE IRON WORKS, INCORPORATED
MARSTELLER MARBLE WORKS
THE MODEL GARAGE
J. H. MARSTELLER
ROANOKE NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
VIRGINIA LUMBER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
THE EVENING WORLD
THE SHENANDOAH HOTEL
THE COLONIAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
THE GRIGGS PACKING COMPANY
ROBERT BYRON GRIGGS
VIRGINIA METAL AND CULVERT COMPANY INCORPORATED
ROANOKE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS
SOUTHERN CHEMICAL COMPANY
DOMINION METAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION
THE VIRGINIA BREWING COMPANY AND THE CONSOLIDATED ICE COMPANY
ROANOKE SANITARIUM, INCORPORATED
WALTER S. SLICER, M. D.
THE S. P. HITE COMPANY, INCORPORATED
THE SUNNYSIDE AWNING COMPANY INCORPORATED
HISTORY OF THE NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
FREDERICK J. KIMBALL
HENRY FINK
LUCIUS E. JOHNSON
HISTORY OF THE NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
Early Railroad Building
The Norfolk & Western Railroad Company Organized
First Shipment of Coal
Discovery of Coal in 1862
New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company
Pocahontas and Flat Top Coal Regions
Cripple Creek Extension and Norfolk Terminal
Clinch Valley Extension
One-Hundred-Year Mortgage
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Purchased
Scioto Valley Railroad Purchased
Double Tracking Begun
Lynchburg & Durham and Roanoke & Southern Lines Operated
Columbus Terminals
Purchase of Roanoke Machine Works and Virginia Company
The Receivership
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Damage by Floods in 1901
Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Acquired
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
Naugatuck Branch and Kenova & Big Sandy Railroad
Frederick J. Kimball Elected President
Divisional First Lien and General Mortgage
L. E. Johnson Elected President
Lynchburg Belt Line
Business Depression in 1907
Winston-Salem Southbound Railway
Passenger Rate Matter Adjusted
Petersburg Belt Line
Norfolk Terminal Railway Company
Miles of Double Track Operated
Big Stony Railway Acquired
Winston-Salem Southbound Completed
Work Begun on Norfolk Union Passenger Station
Statistical
Progressive Policy of the Company
ROANOKE CITY—Biographical
TIPTON T. FISHBURNE
HON. HENRY S. TROUT
FERDINAND RORER
JUDGE JOHN WILLIAM WOODS
DR. JOS. A. GALE
PEYTON LEFTWICH TERRY
WILLIAM CREIGHTON CAMPBELL, D. D.
JOHN TROUT
BALLARD PRESTON HUFF
HON. ROBERT H. ANGELL
REUBEN H. FISHBURNE
FRANCIS SORREL, M. D.
SAMUEL WILLIAM JAMISON
JUNIUS B. FISHBURN
HON. M. C. THOMAS
CEPHAS BENJAMIN MOOMAW
JAMES PLEASANT WOODS
CHARLES EDWIN MICHAEL
WILLIAM H. LEWIS
JAMES TYLER MEADOWS
EDWARD L. STONE
HON. JOHN MARION HART
CHARLES W. THOMAS
WILLIAM MICHAEL GRAYBILL, A. M., PH. D.
CHARLES ISAAC LUNSFORD
ARCHER EMMETT KING
CHARLES A. McHUGH
WILLIAM COWELL STEPHENSON
THOMAS LEE MOORE
SAMUEL SELDEN BROOKE
CHARLES FRANCIS BYRNE
HENRY MAUZÈ DARNALL
LEVI B. DAVIS
JOSEPH T. ENGLEBY
SAMUEL B. CARY
ERNEST LINWOOD KEYSER
STEWART H. HEIRONIMUS
JAMES CALDER CASSELL
JAMES BERREY BOTTS
CHARLES DUNSMORE FOX
NICHOLAS HARDYMAN HAIRSTON
HARRIS HART
ROBERT A. BUCKNER
LAWRENCE S. DAVIS
S. HAMILTON GRAVES
CHARLES SEE McNULTY
RONALD RANDOLPH FAIRFAX
ALBERT ASA CANNADAY
WILLIAM E. RENNER
WILLIAM CARR
W. C. BURNS
GEORGE W. PAYNE
P. HILL TUCKER
JAMES DAVID JOHNSTON, Jr.
C. MARKLEY
BLAIR J. FISHBURNE
FRANKLIN LINCOLN GIBBONEY
CATLETT CONWAY TALIAFERRO
RICHARD SAMUEL WILLIAMS
SYLVESTER PAUL SEIFERT
EDGAR AUGUSTINE THURMAN
NORMAN WASHINGTON PHELPS
ELDRIDGE W. POINDEXTER
JOHN THOMAS TROUT
ALEXANDER M. NELSON
THOMAS RUSSELL TILLETT
JOHN WALTER BOSWELL.
THOMAS ELMER JAMISON
GEORGE MacBAIN
DAVID PATTERSON SITES
LIVINGSTON HANDSBERRY VAUGHAN
WILLIAM GWYNNE JONES
CHARLES ROBERT WILLIAMS
HERMAN EVANT JONES, M. D.
JEFFERSON H. WILKINSON
ROBERT H. WOODRUM
EDWARD C. WELSH
THOMAS JULIUS McNEELY
J. DEXTER HOBBIE
JOHN CHILTON JOHNSON
ROBERT LEE LYNN
JAMES THOMAS STRICKLAND, M. D.
WILLIAM S. McCLANAHAN
HUBERT C. ELLIOTT
JAMES C. MOIR
THOMAS WILLIAM MILLER
JOHN H. YOST
JUDGE JOHN ALEXANDER PAGE
IRA JACOB MEALS
ASHBY WILLIAMS
SAMUEL THOMAS RHODES
WILLIAM MARTIN SHICKEL
MARCELLUS ALEXANDER JOHNSON
HENRY MARSHALL LUCK
PETER CALVERT LEARY
REV. ROBERT JACKSON DOGAN
JOHN EDWIN ALLEMONG
EDWARD WATKINS SPEED
CALLOHILL MINNIS TURNER
JOHN J. SHEEHAN
JAMES MORTIMER WILLIAMS
CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERS
ROBERT FRANCIS TAYLOR
JOHN CHARLES BURKS, M. D.
JAMES R. TERRY
SIDNEY BRANSFORD PACE
JOHN MARTIN OAKEY
M. J. PATSEL
JAMES REESE SCHICK
FRANCIS WILLIS MICHAEL
WILLIAM McDERMOTT
CHARLES A. BALL
WILLIAM CLAIBOURNE LAWSON
ISAAC MICHAEL WARREN
DR. RICHARD GORDON SIMMONS
RUSSELL HOLMAN WILLIS
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SITES
MARCELLUS M. RAMSEY
ANDREW JACKSON AIRHEART
JAMES McFALL
G. W. TOMPKINS
ELMER E. TOMPKINS
EDMUND H. BIRCHFIELD
JAMES ROBERT WEAVER
SAMUEL M. CORNETT, Jr.
W. L. BECKER
JOHN THOMAS GRAVES
HENRY VINCENT GRAY, M. D.
MARQ GRAY
FRANK HAMMOND FITCH
HARRY BANNISTER
JOHN BARNARD COWGILL
SAMUEL REEVES BANDY
A. L. MARSHALL
JOHN MATTHEW HANNA
MORTON WILLARD TURNER
A. J. KENNARD
WILLIAM ABRAM PEDIGO
EDWARD SHELLEY GREEN
WILLIAM BERNARD BATES
LUTHER GRAYBILL FUNKHOUSER
ISAAC ERNEST BOONE
LOUIS HENRY WELD
CHARLES M. ARMES
ELVIN RICHARD CHICK
S. O. PORTER
WALTER R. HANCOCK
HARRY BIGLER DONALDSON
WILLIAM LANDES SHAFER
GEORGE L. HART
FRANK EUGENE BROWN
WOODY LEE CRAFT
GUSTAVUS WINGFIELD CRUMPECKER
THOMAS JACKSON CARTER
HIRAM H. MARKLEY
CHARLES G. BUSH
WILLIAM HENRY HORTON
ELMORE D. HEINS
HENRY COOPER BARNES
JOHN HOWARD MORRIS
JAMES BOWMAN
CHARLES SIDNEY JOHNSON
MARVIN BLAEDSOE PACE
CHARLES STRAITH BELLER
JOHN FLETCHER BARBOUR
JOSEPH NEWTON LEWIS, M. D.
FRANK HOWARD TUXBURY
WILLIE WARD ANDERSON
JOEL THOMAS BANDY
WALTER COOK MICHAEL
JAMES WARREN BARNETT
ROBERT CHURCH WILSON
HUGH NELSON DYER
CHARLES WILLIAM WADE
R. K. STEWART
JAMES GRESHAM LEONARD
ROMULUS ALVIN FIGGATT
ROSCOE JAMES WRIGHT
ARMISTEAD NEAL PITZER
O. H. GOAD
WILLIAM M. CARR
ALLEN W. FINCH
HARLEY ELLSWORTH ERB
JUDSON VINCENT HOOPER
JOHN LETCHER MULLIN
ELIAS M. HERRINGDON
MICHAEL FRANCIS NORMOYLE
DAVID ADDISON PARRACK
SAMUEL GOODE OAKEY
HENRY BAXTER SANBORN
WILLIAM WATTS HUFF
JOSEPH BURWELL KENNERLY
ISAAC ELDRIDGE HUFF, M. D.
HIRAM B. ROCKHILL
JOHN GORDON PEERMAN
JOHN ELLIOTT HOUGH
CHARLES FLETCHER FIELD
JAMES EDWARD CRAIG
GEORGE CABELL DAVIS
RICHARD HARDAWAY WILLS
FRANK WEST
WILLIAM E. POFF, V. S.
JAMES HARRY KIDD
JAMES GIBSON KNEPP
HENRY GEORGE DAVIES
CREED KING LEMON
JOHN EDWARD EASTER
ROBERT EMMETT COLEMAN
EDWARD SPOTTSWOOD WINGFIELD
LEVI C. RHODES
