 | History of southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870 |  |
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Waddell, Col., 72.
Walker, Jas. A., 764.
Walker, Thomas, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 53, 82, 84, 89, 92, 97, 102, 268, 300,
616, 621.
Walker, agent for Loyal Land Company, 83.
Walker's Creek, raid on settlement, 368.
Walker's expedition, 48-50; Gilbert C., 554.
Wallace's Switch, 691.
Wallen, Elisha, 76.
War of 1812-1815, 448-461.
War, Mexican, 487-489.
Ward, Artemus, 206; David, 110, 116, 271, 301; George W., 773; Nancy,
228, 243, 244.
Warrior's Path, 278.
Washington College, 284.
Washington, George, 55, 56, 188, 201, 207, 209, 354; Martha, 626.
Washington county, early history, 254; re-districted, 556; first locality—
named for Washington, 256; officers of county in 1850, 493; field
officers, 363; divided into magisterial districts, 493; companies organized
and officers, 517; justices of county court, 823-829; sheriffs, 831834;
attorneys, 835-837; levy, 1777, 284; for 1775, 285; other officers
of county, 837, 839, 841, 843; revolutionary soldiers, 855-865; militia
officers in war of 1812, 865-866; Confederate soldiers in Civil war,
867-881; soldiers in Spanish American war, 881-882; area curtailed by
new survey, 300.
Watauga, 116.
Watkins, Claiborne, 431.
Watts, John, leads force of hostile Indians, 431.
Webb, William, first school-master, 557.
Weddings, description of, 125-127.
Wells, H. H., appointed Governor by Stoneman, 554.
Western Wilderness, explored by Col. Byrd and others, 93.
Whipping post, 373.
White, 368-369; Dr., 423; James, 452, 468, 482, 483, 633; James L., 76, 617,
631; John, 11; Wesley, 134; Wm. Y. C., 489.
White's Grove, Forge, 468.
Whitesides, 287-288.
White Top Mountain, 581-583.
Whitley, Wm., 380, 426.
Widener's Valley, 104.
Widows and orphans of heroes of King's Mountain, rewarded by General
Assembly of Va., 341.
Wilderness road, 280, 281, 285.
Wiley, family killed and scalped, 426.
William and Mary College, 267.
Williams, Jarrett, 220; affidavit made before Adam Bledsoe, 221, 222.
Williamsburg, 17, 38, 55, 67, 148, 151, 188, 204, 205, 207, 261, 359.
Willoughby, Andrew, 289, 631, 633; Matthew, 369.
Winston, Major, 242, 247.
Withlacooche river, 21.
Wolf Hills, 27, 76, 116, 269.
Womack, Captain, 244.
Wood, Abraham, 18, 35, 36, 38; Col. James, 43, 45.
Woods, 42, 108.
Woodward, York A., 548, 549.
Woolsey, Rev. Thomas, 371.
Wyatt, Sir Francis, 16; James, (Tites) killed after firing town, 543.
Wyndale, 691.
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