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From 65th mile to Hiwassee turnpike, country in dispute .. 50
End of turnpikes and toll gates on Western turnpike. 245
Tweed Family. Early settlers of Madison 196
Tyrrell, Timothy. Surveyor of Georgia State boundary line. 31
Unaka Mountains. First roads built over 238
Danger in crossing in winter. 209
Disputed boundary line marked upon. 50
United Daughters of Confederacy. Facts about. 653
Urqhardt, (Miss) Cora. Home of at Flat Rock 493
Valle Crucis. Early history of 430
Order of Holy Cross founded at. 430, 432
Rebuilding of. 432
School for girls. 432, 433
"Valley of Cousins"
351
Originally owned by a Hix, and sold for a song.
351
Facts about old times, freshets, etc.
354
Valentine, (Prof.) Frank. Sketch of.
184
Vance, (Col.) Carson. Sold free negro, etc. 332
Vance, David, Sr. Boundary line commissioner 38
Left account of Kings Mountain. 38
Sketch of 98
Secured act to create Buncombe County. 143
Vance, (Capt.) David. Father of R. E. and Z. B. 98 W. N. C .- 45
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Vance, (Capt.) David. Soldier of two wars. 99
Sketch of
99
Vance, (Dr.) R. B. Sketch of. 361 Duel with Carson. 359, 368
Vance, (Gen.) R. B. Led troops across Smokies 49
Sketches of
49,
646
Account of his raid into Tennessee in 1864. 609 to 611
Divided his forces, and was captured, etc 610
Vance, (Hon.) Z. B. Facts about his career 99
His early home.
259
Dr. Baird's tribute to. 384
Edited newspaper 449
Sketch of
645
Vance-Carson Duel. Account of. 359 to
368
Vanderbilt, George W. Built Young Men's Institute. 444
Contributed to kindergartens. 434
Believed in North Carolina mountain men. 447
Established Biltmore Village and house. 505
Bought and improved Pisgah Forest. .505,
506
His estate sold Pisgah Forest to United States; Forest Reserve leased timber to Carr
506
Death of
506
Velasco, Don Louis de. Sent out expedition in 1559
12
Vendettas. Never existed in North Carolina mountains.
15
Vest, Calvin C. Lived on Notla.
187
Viaduct. Facts about. 9,
44
Vickers, Jerry. Made locust "tombstones" 172
Volcanic Action. Described by General Clingman. 306
Voyles, "Old Rock." Man of originality and humor 188
Wafford, Rev. James D. Helped translate New Testament into Cherokee
574
Wages. Low rates of in early days. 289
Wagg, (Rev.) James. Pioneer preacher 224
Walker, (Hon.) Felix. Sketches of 170, 643
Helped Nancy Hanks to leave Enloe's home
322
band 611, 612
Her struggles with poverty, and her triumph. 612
Walker, (Dr.) Thomas. Found and named river and mountains, 11
Walker, Wm. Capture and probable murder of. .611, 612
Walker, (Col.) Wm. C. Killed at close of Civil War 187
Walks, The. Described. 539
Wallen, Hunter. Hunted at head of Tennessee River. 12
Walls, Robert. Boundary line party assembled at his home 39 Walters, Abigail. Used as shield for Cleveland .. 104 Walters, Welborn. "Hermit hunter of White Top." Note 18 .. 58 Sketch of
331
Paid to kill wolves 523 Walton War. History of. 32, 33 34
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War of 1812. David Vance a captain in.
99
Robert Love, Jr. A captain in. 174
Ward, Joshua and William. Owned Lowndes Farm and built Rock Hall
203
Ward Family. Sketch of. 353
Warlick, Williamson. Made axes 149
Warm Springs. Boundary line party reached. 47
Visited by Asbury. 216 to 220
Owned by John E. Patton. 492
Washington County-Washington District.
Extended to Mississippi River 27
First county named for Father of our Country. 68
District became county 68
Boundary of new county 632
Watauga County. Early history of. .188,
189
Its need of railroads. 489
Its Civil War experiences, death of citizens .617, 618, 625 23
Watauga Settlements. Bledsoe showed they were in N. C .. .. Treaty left them in Indian boundary 54
Land leased for eight years. 54
Purchase of 1775 gave title 54
Southern boundary of. 54
Only settlement west of Blue Ridge.
60
Model for first American Republic.
60
Act of cession displeased settlers.
113
They secede from North Carolina at Jonesboro
113
Their viewpoint 113, 114
Repeal of act of cession.
115
Settlers of clash with Tipton 115
Watcheesee Road. Building of.
237
Wautenpaugh, (Prof.) F. M. Conducted school at Ashland. 437
Waynesville. Early history of. 166 to 169
Land donated for public square, churches, etc. 127
Water Powers. Immense power at Rocky Point. 211
Water Falls. Dry Falls. Described
537
Dutch Creek Falls. Described.
537
Hickory Nut Falls. Described.
537
Linville Falls. Described.
537
Looking Glass Falls. Described.
541
Watauga Falls. Described 537
278
Water Trompe. Described. Mentioned, 547
Water Spouts. Noted by General Clingman 306
Waugh, Nathan. Resides at Old Fields 102
Inherited share of Old Fields. 109
Wayah Gap. Battle there. What it means 599
Weaver Family. Sketches of by Capt. W. T. Weaver 154 to 159 Weaver, Rev. Hiram and Elihu. Pioneer preachers. 224
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First to give Washington's name to district. 68
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Weaver, (Captain) Isaac. Entertained boundary line commis- sioners in 1799 39
Weaver, (Col.) James Thomas. Sketch of .. 622, 623 Weaver, (Capt.) W. T. Wrote sketches of Weaver family, 154, 159 Weaver Power Co. Facts about. 485 Weaving. Facts about. 260, 283
Weaverville. Facts about.
Webster. Early history of; removal of courthouse. 193
Weeks, Drewry. Entry taker for Cherokee 337
Sketch of. 186
Weiss. Jonathan. Hunted for Moravians. 62
Weiss, "Granny." A wise witch. 342
Welch, (Mr. and Mrs.) Burton. Their story of Old Charley, etc, 578
Welch, John. Pursued by "Blood Avenger" .573
574
Welch, Wm. Sketch of. 151
Resident of Cherokee. 187
Welch, (Captain) Wm. Pinckney. Sketch of. 172
Welborne, James. Boundary line commissioner 34
Weldon, Daniel. Boundary line commissioner 22
Weldon, S. G. Built telegraph line. 508
Wells, Francis Marion. Saw falling of stars. Knew facts about duel. 370
294
Wells Family. Early settlers in Madison. 196
Wells, Zachariah. Helped capture Cleveland, and was hanged
104 to 106
West Asheville. History of.
509
West, (Dr.) J. E. Drowned and body recovered through a dream .
338
West, Irwin. Early settler of Madison 196
Western North Carolina. Location and description of. 7
Western Turnpike. Building and ending of. 239,
245
Wetmore, (Rev.) George. Took charge of Valle Crucis School. Whipping Post. Facts about. 386,
389
Whitaker, James and Stephen. Sketches of 177, 187
James established churches Stephen entered land.
337
Whiteside Cove. Early history of.
498
Whiteside Mountain. Facts about.
498,
534
Whittington, Carter. Cruelly punished by the court. 375, 376
Wiggins, (Rev.) Joseph A. Sketch of. 211
Wilbar, Mrs. Russell. Birth of when great rock fell. 293
Wilcoxen, Elizabeth. Boone's neice 80
Wilder, Gen. John H. Built forge, roads and hotel 43
239
Willard, (Judge) A. J. Summer home of in Cashier's Valley 498
Williams, Edward. Publicly whipped. 386
Williams, Willoughby. Entered Cherryfield lands 204
431
Whiskey Rebellion. Contributed immigrants to this section 248
224
White, Zach. Killed by Rabun
335
Wilkesboro Roads. Some account of.
154
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PAGE Wilson, "Big Tom." Found Prof. Mitchell's body
297
Wilson, "Lucky Joe." Froze himself out of jail. 346
Windows. Unglazed in early days 259
Wing, (Prof.) Charles H. Sketch of. 446 Wit. Of former days. 289
Witherspoon, David and John. Captured by Riddle and escaped, 105, 106
Witherspoon, (Captain) Wm. Harrison. Sketch of 106
Witherspoon, (Mrs.) W. H. Sketch of.
106
Wolf's Den. Knife found in ..
102
Wolf Hills. Sent settlers to mountains. 67,
248
Wolves. Musical ones described by Spangenberg.
62
Woman's Edition of Citizen. Published when and by whom
146
Women. A day's work for many Hard lives of, when pioneers. 257,
269
Wood Family. Sketch of.
196
Wood, Thomas. Improved farm
202
Woodfin, (Miss) Anna. Sketch of.
445
Woodfin, Henry G. Sketch of.
146,
147
Woodfin, (Col.) John W. Sketches of.
385,
392
Woodfin, (Col.) N. W. Sketch of 146, 147
Commissioner to settle dispute 200
Family of, facts about. 392
Commissioner to settled with Swepson, etc .. 462
His settlements with Swepson and Littlefield. .362, 365
Tried to arrest Hopkins. 465
Opposed Littlefield's election as president. 462
Woodruff, Wm. Settled on Blue Ridge.
198
Woods, Robert. Early schoolmaster 427
Worchester and Boudinot. Translated St. Matthew into Chero- kee,
574
Worley Family. Sketch of
196
Worth Family. Sketch of. 165
Wragg, Rev. James. Early resident of Jefferson 163
Yancey, Bartlett. Sketch of. 178
Yancey County. Early history of. 178 to 181
Disaffection to Confederacy. 604
Yancey, (Hon.) Wm. Fought duel with General Clingman. 367
Yonaguska. Blood Avenger, chief, adopted Thomas. 580
Yonahlossee Turnpike. Facts about. 246
Young, Moses. Commissioner to settle dispute. 200
Zeigler & Grosscup. Quotations from their book. 10, 33, 99, 335 Zachary Family. Sketch of. 497, 498
256
Errata
[The following errors are due to the author and not to the proof- readers of Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, who have been most careful and conscientious. These mistakes should be corrected on the pages indicated at once. All other errors, whether of form or substance, should be reported to the author as soon as they are discovered. No credit has been given to Marshall W. Bell, Esq., of Murphy, for much of the information relating to Cherokee County and its county seat. It should have been done.]
Change "Boone" to "Main" before "fork" in line 5 from top of page 9.
Transpose "and" before "this" in line 13 to line 12 from top, plac- ing it before "that" on page 11.
Change "Mack Cook" to "S. M. Clark" in line 8 from bottom of page 84.
Insert "grand" before "father" in line 4 from bottom of page 94.
Change "Mont." to "Martin" before "Hardin" in line 4 from bot- tom of page 162.
Change "Causus" to "Casus" in line 7 from top of page 271.
"Chapter XII" should be "Chapter XIII" on page 327.
Change "1856" to 1846" in line 5 from bottom of page 351.
Change "Valle Crucis" to "Banner Elk" at end of line 9 and be- ginning of line 10 from top of page 354.
Change "A" to "F" before "E" in line 11 from top of page 451.
Change "Simpson" to "Swepson" in line 7 from bottom of page 457.
Change "hovel" to "shanty" in line 2 of Note 9, page 511.
Change "Jr." to "Sr." after "Councill" in line 7 from top of page 522.
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