Topical History

Topical History

This section includes articles on the variety of topics covering the subject areas below. These articles often span the county boundaries and historical periods used to organize articles in the other sections of this site.

• Biographies

  • Charles R. Adair
  • Hiram Allison Alexander
  • Early History of Thomas Blair
  • John Michael Braun
  • Samuel Taylor Copenhaver
  • Cox Family in Pennsylvania
  • Josephus Newton Davis' Diary
  • Andrew Lewis Farrier
  • John Goodson
  • Arthur M. Hess
  • Greenberry George McKenzie
  • John A. Messer Sr
  • John A. Messer, Galax Industrialist
  • Whitfield Monroe Parker and the Civil War
  • The Parragin Story
  • James Davis Perkins
  • Albert Lonsdale Roper
  • Paul B. Senter
  • James Whittaker
  • Rush Floyd Young, M. D.
  • Biographical Sketches

• Books and Other Publications

  • The Battle of Kings Mountain
  • A Journey from Watauga to Freedom
  • Historical States Concerning The Battle of Kings Mountain
  • The Battle of Cowpens
  • The Battle of Guilford Court House
  • Cornstalk, The Shawnee Chief
  • The Life and Adventures of Wilburn Waters
  • Historical Sketches of Wilkes County
  • The Carolina Mountains
  • Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County, Virginia
  • 91st Division American Expeditionary Force, World War I
  • History of Virginia, Volume VI - Index

• Business and Industry

  • Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory - Virginia - 1851
  • Branson's Directory - North Carolina - 1868
  • Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Classified Business Directory 1888 - 1889
  • A Geological Visit to the Virginia Copper Region
  • Resources of South-west Virginia

• Churches and Religion

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  • General

    • Early Religion in the Upper New River Valley
    • Grayson County and Galax Churches

  • Baptists (General)

    • History of American Baptists Virginia - 1848
    • Minutes of Stony Fork Baptist Association - 1860

  • Primitive Baptists

    • Primitive Baptist Faith and Practices
    • Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association - 1800
    • Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association - 1865
    • Wilkes County, Primitive Baptist Association - 1868—1969
    • Minutes of the First Regular Annual Session of the Primitive Baptist Association - 1869
    • Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association - 1872
    • Minutes of the Senter District Primitive Baptist Association - 1879
    • Maple Springs Primitive Baptist Church - 1880 - 1897
    • Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association - 1896
    • Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association - 1905

  • Missionary Baptists

    • Minutes of the Jefferson Baptist Association - 1853

• Government

  • Miscellaneous Southwest Virginia Land Grants

• Medical

  • Civil War and 19th Century Medical Terminology
  • Upper New River Valley Medicine

• Organizations

  • American Legion Posts of Virginia—1924 Index
  • Virginia Masonic Lodges - 1933
  • Grayson County, Virginia Masonic Lodges - 1933
  • Southwestern Virginia Masonic Lodges - 1933

• Wars and Military

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  • Revolutionary War

    • The Draper Papers - Upper New River Valley References
    • New River Notes Revolutionary War militia

  • War of 1812

    • Principal Events of the War of 1812
    • Ashe County, 5th North Carolina Militia
    • The Petersburg Volunteers 1812 - 1813

  • World War I

    • Order of Battle - American Forces - World War I

  • World War II

    • Virginia World War II Deaths