BRAXTON.
Braxton was formed in 1836, from Lewis, Kanawha, and Nicholas,
and named from Carter Braxton, one of the signers of the
Declaration of American Independence: it is about 45 miles long,
with a mean width of 20 miles. It is watered by Elk and Little
Kanawha Rivers, and their branches. The country is rough, but
well watered, and fertile. Pop. 1840, whites 2,509: slaves 64
free col'd. 2; total, 2,575.
Sutton, the county-seat, on Elk River, 289 miles W. of Richmond,
is a small village; the only public buildings being those
belonging to the county. The locality called Bulltown, where
there is a post-office, was so named from the fact that about sixty
years since, it was the residence of a small tribe of Indians, the
name of whose chief was Captain Bull.
