History Of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia 1748-1920 700+ pages, Illustrated & Indexed, By Wm. C. Pendleton, Published 1920 - Bonus Book - The Captives of Abb’s Valley - A Legend of Frontier Life By James Moore Brown, 1884 171 pages, illustrated, searchable Requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher to View, Autoboot Menu for Easy Access $12.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Tazewell-County-History-Southwest-Virginia-1745-1920_W0QQitemZ200266335416QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea0cdc4b8 Pendleton's tome is divided into six sections: (1) The Aboriginal Period, which focuses on the Pamunkeys, Chickahominy, and Mattapony in what would become Tazewell County, and their civilizations; (2) The Period of Discovery, which culminates with the settlement at Jamestown; (3) The Pioneer Period, which commences with the first settlements west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in 1732 and concludes with the creation of Tazewell County in 1799, encompassing the settlements launched in the Shenandoah, Roanoke, New River, Holston, and Clinch valleys, as well as in Kentucky; (4) The Ante-Bellum Period, from the organization of Russell, Wythe, and Tazewell counties to the onset of the Civil War; (5) The [Civil] War and Reconstruction Period; and (6) The Post Bellum Period, which emphasizes the development of Tazewell's mineral resources. The author's style is to interweave national history with local matters, as in his discussion of the Draper's Meadows massacre of 1756 in Tazewell during the French and Indian War. Woven into the narrative, genealogists will gladly learn, are essays and photographs of eminent citizens of Tazewell and the surrounding region. For example, appended to "The Pioneer Period" are sketches of the following families: Witten, Cecil, Bowen, Ward, Moore, Harman, Peery, Thompson, Harman, Barns, Gillespie, Wynne, Maxwell, Henry, Evans, Roark, Ingles, Wiley and Davidson, a number of whom were the victims of Indian massacres or the fortunate survivors of daring rescues from their captors. Similarly, appended to the chapter on the Civil War is a series of sketches devoted to Tazewell citizens who served as field and company officers in the Confederate Army, as well as a list of Tazewell casualties in the conflict, giving each soldier's unit and campaign where killed or wounded. The volume concludes with a list of Tazewell men who served in World War I, arranged by branch of service, and a name index to the volume's contents.Includes 80+ vintage photographs of the county, buildings and residents. ABORIGINAL PERIOD. I. Origin of the Red men; their distribution, civilization, character, etc 3-14 II. Nations and tribes north of Mexico 15-57 III. The Indians; their civilization, government, manners, and religion 58-69 PERIOD OF DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION. I. Spanish and French discoveries and conquests 73-84 II. French discoveries and settlements 85-98 III. Birth of American Nation — English Settlement at Jamestown 99-129 IV. From death of James I to 1676 130-137 V. Bacon's Rebellion and discovery of Shenandoah Valley 138-151 PIONEER PERIOD. I. Settlement of Shenandoah and Roanoke Valleys 155-170 II. The Walker and Gist expeditions 171-185 III. French and Indian war 186-203 IV. Drapers Meadows Massaere and other Tragic Incidents 204-217 V. Holston Valley invaded by Indians — The Sandy expedition 218-223 VI. Why settlements delayed in Clinch Valley 224-230 VII. The Tazewell Pioneer settlers 231-270 VIII. Frontiers of Fincastle County invaded by Indians 271-289 IX. Fincastle men called for Ohio expedition — Indians invade Clinch and Holston settlements 290-310 X. Battle of Point Pleasant — Kentucky opened for settlement 311-334 XL The Revolutionary War 335-352 XII. First Constitutional Convention — Declares United Colonies free and independent States — Declaration of Rights and Constitution adopted 353-360 XIII. Kentucky, Washington and Montgomery counties are formed 361-369 XIV. Clark's expedition to Illinois, and Battle of King's Mountain ~ - 370-397 A— Sketches of Pioneer Families 401-433 B — Massacres by Indians 434-468 ANTE-BELLUM, OR FORMATIVE, PERIOD. I. Organization of Tazewell County 471-485 II. Boundries and Topography of Tazewell County 486-495 III. Interesting sections of county — The head of Clinch Valley 496-516 IV. Development of political, social, and industrial character of its people 517-529 V. The roads of Tazewell County — Growth in population and wealth, etc 530-546 VI. The origin and descent of Tazewell County 547-560 WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD. 1. Principal causes of the Civil War 563-598 II. The Harper's Ferry Insurrection 585-592 III. The Presidental election of 1860 593-598 IV. Virginia holds convention and secedes from Union 599-605 V. What Taztwell did in the war 606-637 Appendix to War and Reconstruction Period 638-654 POST BELLUM, OR DEVELOPMENT, PERIOD. I. County recovers from effects of Civil War 657-664 II. Prosperity returns to Tazewell County 665-672 Appendix — List of men from Tazewell County in World War 1914 — army and navy 673-684