Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer
and Classified Business Directory
1888-1889 for
Carroll County

Carroll County

Population in 1880-White 12,977, colored 332; total 13,309

County Seat: Hillsville, Population: 297

Vote of county November 2d, 1886, Democrats 990, Republicans 994.

Value of real estate, 1886: $539,968.59
Value of Personal property: $279,472.00
Tax on real estate: $ 2,169.29
Tax on personal property: $ 1,117.51
Captation Tax - White 2,425, colored, 54

This county was formed in 1842 from Grayson, and borders on North Carolina. Pulaski and Wythe bound it on the north, Floyd and Patrick on the east, and its mother county and Wythe on the west. The county is plentifully watered by the New river and several of its tributary creeks or forks. Patrick on the east and Wythe and Pulaski on the north and west are cut off by the Blue Ridge and Alleghany mountains respectively. These mountain ranges are specially adapted for the pasturage of horses, cattle and sheep, large numbers of which are raised. The land readily produces corn, rye, oats, wheat, and the grasses; some tobacco is also grown.

Hillsville, the county seat, population 300, is on Little Reed Island Creek, a branch of New River, about the center of the county, 28 miles from Wytheville, on the Norfolk and Western railroad, with whcih place it has daily mail connection. The area of the county is 551 1/3 square miles, 352,849 acres, and the land has an average assessed value of $1.56 per acre.

Postoffices

Aaron - D. B. Green
Aral - J. T. Hurst
Burroughs - Alex Farmer
Cabell - D. R. L. Lundy
Coal Creek - Robert Ward
Cold Spring - Rebecca Hanks
Dug Spur - E. Branscome
Dutchman Branch
Elk Spur - J. B. Ayers
Fancy Gap
Fremont
Gambetta
Gladesboro - John W. Kinzer
Hillsville - H. H. Farmer
Lamsburg - Friel Hawks
Laurel Fork - N. S. Moore
Lomond - Chas. L. Woltz
Nichols
Pipers Gap - C. L. Hanks
Princeton - M. Turman
Quaker - Alfred Marshall
Saint Paul - William Wisler
Sansom
Cranberry Plains - J. L. Early
Snake Creek
Star - G. W. Jennings
Stone Mountain - E. Marshall
Sylvatus
Tipton - O. R. Robinson
Ward's Mill - Jeremiah H. Ward
Wolf Glade - S. F. Dobyns
Woodlawn - Geo. P. Kyle
Woltz - Giles S. Martin

Courts

The Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Circuit meets at Hillsville on the 3d Monday in April and 2nd Monday in October.

Judge: P. M. Brown
Clerk: W. H. Sutherland

County Court meets on the 3rd Monday in each month. Quarterly terms, February, May, July, and November

Judge: William Kyle
Clerk: W. H. Sutherland

County Officers

Sheriff: Thomas J. Banks
Surveyor: A. H. Mitchell
Treasurer: P. T. Beamer
Commissioners of Revenue: J. F. Goad, M. T. C. Mitchell, Jas. T. Carter
Commonwealth's Attorney: W. S. Tipton
Coroner: Dr. L. F. Woltz

Magistrates

W. C. Thornton, T. J. Huffman, Hillsville
C. N. Dean, St. Paul
J. F. Vass, Q. A. Linsberry, Wolf Glade
E. H. Robinson, Woodlawn
A. C. Philips, R. P. Cochran, J. R. Lowell, J. F. Morris, W. A. Morris, W. A. Horton, H. Alderman, Peter Cruise, J. A. Easter, Isham Surratt, Cyrus Phibbs, John Philips, J. A. Byrd, W. P. Kyle

Attorneys at Law

Bolen, David W. - Hillsville
Brown, J. M. - Hillsville
Dalton, C. F. - Quaker
Green, John - Princeton
McGrady, J. D. - Quaker
Tipton, W. S. - Hillsville
Tompkins, & Tompkins - Hillsville
Wilkinson, W. J. - Princeton
Wright, Isaac - Aral

Cattle Dealers

Early, James - Hillsville
Early, William K. - Woodlawn
Early, J. L. & W. H. - Cranberry Plains
Hanks, Edward - Piper's Gap
Sutherland, A. C. - Wolf Glade
Wilkinson, James - Hillsville

Coach and Wagon Makers

Baker, Temple, - Piper's Gap
Blackburn, Calvin - Aaron
Blevins, W. R. - Hillsville
Burroughs, Thomas - Ward's Mills
Farmer, A. - Tipton
Huffman, Reuben - Fremont
Jenkins, Eli - Lomond
Lyons, C. W. - Lamsburg
Maberry, Churchwell - Quaker
Maberry, Green - Aral
Massey, J. T. - Tipton
Mickey, S. P. & J. E. - Woodlawn
Morris, Jesse - Elk Spur
Payne, Edmund - Lamsburg
Richardson, Jonathan - Sylvatus
Smith, S. M. - Aral
Tobler, Thomas - Stone Mountain
Trimble, C. H. - Ward's Mills
Whittington, J. W. - Woodlawn
Willard, J. W. - Gladesboro

Dentists

Banks, James - Snake Creek
Edwards, P. B. - Woodlawn
Howlett, W. R. - Hillsville
Payne, M. L. - Aaron
Smith, Stephen - Aral

Distillers

Boyd, J. - Hillsville
Bryant, Richard M. - Wolf Glade
Cloud, W. H. - Snake Creek
Downing, L. - Gambetta
Edwards, Joseph - Hillsville
Edwards, Levi - Elk Spur
Goad, Spencer - Fremont
Hawks, O. - Lambsburg
Huff, Jacob - Hillsville
Jones, T. M. - Woodlawn
Marshall, C. M. - Stone Mountain
Marshall, Joshua - Aral
Marshall, Levi - Aral
Melton, R. D. - Woodlawn
Phibbs, D. W. - Lomond
Spence, J. M. - Princeton
Thomas, C. H. - Hillsville
Turman, M. - Princeton
Webb, A. C. - Snake Creek

Druggists

Mitchell, W. H. - Hillsville
Thornton, R. J. - Hillsville
Tipton, J. S. - Hillsville

Florists

Lindsey, W. B. - Aral

General Merchants

Alderman, C. L. - Woltz
Alderman, C. W. - Woltz
Ayres, J. J. & Son - Elk Spur
Badgett, F. C. - Aaron
Bolt, A. & Co. - Princeton
Boyler, V. & B. - Stone Mountain
Dalton, Thomas J. - Dug Spur
Dalton, Wesley J. - Mira Fork, Floyd Co.
Davis, S. - Wolf Glade
Dobyns, Thomas - Burroughs
Dobyns & Kite - Woodlawn
Dobyns, S. H. - Wolf Glade
Early, James & Son - Hillsville
Green, J. W. & Co. - Hillsville
Hanks, C. L. - Piper's Gap
Hawks, O. O. & G. W. - Lambsburg
Hanks, C. S. - Cold Spring
Jennings, William L. - Star
Johnson, H. H. & Co. - Hillsville
McGraw, F. M. - Aaron
McMurnan, James - Hillsville
Mitchell & Co. - Elk Spur
Moore, N. S. - Quaker
Myers, S. W. - Short's Creek
Phillips & Satterfield - Snake Creek
Puckett, C. H. - Princeton
Shores, R. K. - Tipton
Stanley, Thomas - Laurel Fork
Vernon, Ewell - Aaron
Vernon, T. J. & Bro. - St. Paul
Vernon, T. J. - Aaron
Ward, Robert - Coal Creek
White, B. R. - Sylvatus
Wisler, J. H. - St. Paul
Wisler, William - St. Paul

Hotels

Crockett, E. - Hillsville
Dobyns, S. F. - Wolf Glade
Elliott Hotel - Hillsville
Hanks, C. L. - Piper's Gap
Hanks, Edward - Ward's Mills
Mitchell, M. T. C. - Fancy Gap
Texas House - W. C. Thornton proprietor - Hillsville
Venable, James - Aaron

Mills--Corn and Flour

Allen, A. - Elk Spur
Banks, Joseph - Snake Creek
Beamer, H. M. - Lomond
Bolt, Marshall & Co. - Quaker
Bryant, K. S. - Woodlawn
Burnett, T. W. - Wolf Glade
Carter, James T. - Wolf Glade
Coltrane, Ira B. - Hillsville
Cox, Daniel - Coal Creek
Dalton, Jonathan - Dug Spur
Dalton, M. - Hillsville
Davis, Martin V. - Nichols
Dixon, Alexander - Gambetta
Early, J. N. - Woodlawn
Early, W. H. - Short's Creek
Edwards, J. N. - St. Paul
Edwards, M. F. - Lomond
Gardner, James - Dug Spur
Goad, Isham - Fremont
Guinn, James D. - St. Paul
Hanks, W. J. - Fancy Gap
Hawks, O. O. & G. W. - Lambsburg
Helmstutler, John C. - St. Paul
Jackson, C. B. - Princeton
Jennings, Lewis - Sylvatus
Jennings, L. T. - Nichols
Kinzer, W. R. & J. W. - Gladesboro
Lineberry, Alexander - Piper's Gap
Marshall, Edmond - Stone Mountain
Marshall, Levi - Aral
Martin, F. H. - Coal Creek
Martin, Preston - Coal Creek
Morris, John T. - Hillsville
Phillips, John - Cabell
Robinson, J. A. - Gambetta
Smith, Alexander - Aral
Smith, J. W. - St. Paul
Stanley, Thomas - Stone Mountain
Stone, J. E. - Short's Creek
Thompson, J. B. - Quaker
Thompson, L. S. & Son - Sylvantus
Turman, G. H. - Princeton
Vass, Thomas - Fancy Gap
Ward's - Coal Creek
Webb, J. T. - Woltz
Westmoreland, A. W. - St. Paul
Wilkinson, Martin - Gambetta
Wilkinson, John - Hillsville
Williams, G. B. & A. B. - Woodlawn
Worrell, Lewis - Snake Creek

Mills - Saw

Alderman, D. C. - Sylvatus
Banks, Joseph - Snake Creek
Coltrane, Ira B. - Hillsville
Cox & Cox - Ward's Mills
Dalton, Martin - Hillsville
Edwards, M. F. - Lomond
Gardner, James - Dug Spur
Hawks, O. O. & G. W. - Lambsburg
Helmstutler, J. C. - St. Paul
Holmes & Co. - Sylvatus
Jackson, C. B. - Princeton
Kinzer, W. R. & J. W. - Gladesboro
Kyle, William - Woodlawn
Lindsey, R. W. - Nichols
Lively & Son - Wolf Glade
Lineberry, Martin - Gambetta
Marshall, Edward - Stone Mountain
Martin, P. J. - Piper's Gap
Nickinson, Stephen - Sylvatus
Nickinson & Gardner - Sylvatus
Robinson, Andrew - Gambetta
Shelton, C. - Aaron
Smith, J. W. - St. Paul
Smith & Jones - Wolf Glade
Stanley, Thomas - Stone Mountain
Stone, J. E. - Short's Creek
Thompson, J. B. - Quaker
Turman, G. H. - Princeton
Ward, J. H. & G. J. - Ward's Mills
Westmoreland, Alexander W. - St. Paul
Whittington, T. C. - Wolf Glade
Wilkinson, John - Hillsville
Worrell, C. C. - Lomond

Millwrights

Akers, J. - Lomond
Beamer, H. M. - Lomond
Bolt, B. W. - Quaker
Downing, L. - Gambetta
Edwards, James - Aaron
Gallimore, Stanley - Sylvantus
Jennings, Allen - Coal Creek
Marshall, A. - Quaker
Mitchell, S. J. - Aral
Stanley, Thomas - Stone Mountain
Stuart, G. W. - Gladesboro
Utz, W. L. - Gladesboro
Venable, Joseph - Sylvatus
Ward, S. J. - Ward's Mills
Westmoreland, Alexander W. - St. Paul

Mines - Coal

Lintham, J. - Burroughs

Mines - Gold

Dalton, Ransom - Aral

Mines - Iron

McGavock, J. N. & Co. - Sylvatus

Newspapers

Hillsville Virginian (Democratic) - W. H. Mitchell & Co., proprietors - Hillsville

Physicians

Bolen, J. W. - Laurel Fork
Crawford, William M. - Piper's Gap
Dalton, T. J. - Laurel Fork
Davis, Samuel - Wolf Glade
Dean, James D. - St. Paul
Jennings, Wm. L. - Star
Lindsey, W. A. - Aral
Lyon, W. S. - Fancy Gap
Kinzer, W. R. - Gladesboro
Robinson, Sidney M. - Woodlawn
Tipton, J. A. - Hillsville
Tipton, J. S. - Hillsville
Woltz, C. E. - Lomond
Woltz, L. F. - Hillsville
Woltz, Peter - Hillsville

Saddle and Harnessmakers

Cole, C. - Wolf Glade
Combs, H. - Lomond
Farmer, H. H. - Hillsville
Hall, Thomas - Hillsville
Leake, W. - Princeton
Stoneman Stanford - Piper's Gap
Woodruff, B. - Aaron

Schools

Cecil, James - Hillsville
Smith, Rev. J. C. - Aral

There are 84 white and 2 colored public schols in this county. Superitentdent W. H. Mitchell - Hillsville

Tanners

Adams, James - Tipton
Anderson, J. J. - Wolf Glade
Bishop, W. B. - Wolf Glade
Boyd, James - Sylvatus
Callaway, Samuel - Ward's Mills
Chaplin, G. H. - Stone Mountain
Goings, W. P. - Cabell
Jennings, Jonathan F. - Aral
Montgomery, John - Woodlawn
Painter, George H. - Wolf Glade
Stoneman, Stanford - Piper's Gap
Sumner, Samuel - Lomond
Turman, James M. - Dug Spur
Vaughan, R. M. - Hillsville
Webb, W. R. - Snake Creek

Undertakers

Childress, Henry - Sylvatus
Clifton, Green - Lomond
Coltrane, J. - Burroughs
Quesenberry, J. W. - Aral
Gallimore, Wm. - Star
Morris, Wm. - Piper's Gap
Turman, Orlando - Stone Mountain
Woltz, C. L. - Lomond

Wool Dealers

Good, G. - Aral
Payne, Daniel - Piper's Gap
Shores, R. K. - Burroughs
Vaughan, C. P. - Princeton

Principal Farmers

Aaron - H. Leonard, John H. McCraw, Levi Easter, W. V. Johnson, W. J. McCraw, E. Vernon, John Snow, Wiley Vernon, Green McCraw, J. G. McCraw, J. C. Yountz, H. C. Booker, S. Booker, J. H. Booker, W. T. Gordon, J. Surratt, J. H. Snow, R. Hull, D. B. Green.

Aral -- E. Wright, Theophilus Quesenberry, John H. Marshall, Samuel Bond, Isaac Smith, J. P. Smith, James Reece, J. N. Lindsey, H. K. Lindsey, M. Quesenberry

Cabell --Gabriel Leftwich, D. E. Stockner, R. M. Stockner, W. Leftwich, Wm. Sumner, A. Sumner, A. Hawks, Calvin Hawks, Daniel Leftwich, Wm. Lundy, Edmond Branscome, Andrew Hawks, B. Rector, Thomas Combs, N. C. Hawks, Sandy Bowers, J. L. Johnson, D. R. L. Lundy

Coal Creek - S. Cox, T. Cox, James Cox, H. Cox, H. P. Higgins, A. Ward, H. C. Davis, E. Wilson, D. Cox, W. Cox, H. P. Cox, Jarvis Frost, S. Frost, J. D. Cooley.

Cold Spring - George W. Hanks, St. Clair Combs, Enoch Hanks

Dug Spur - William L. Branscome, John Collier, H. Branscome, J. Huff, E. Wright, W. Quesenberry, F. Quesenberry, G. W. Burnett, J. Duncan, J. R. J. Harris, S. Huff, J. A. Nester

Dutchman's Branch--Newell Stoneman, James S. Hanks

Elk Spur - L. Edwards, J. Richardson, S. Phipps, W. M. Ayers, H. W. Ayers, S. L. Phipps, G. G. Edwards, David Ayers

Fancy Gap - J. S. W. Lyon, W. F. Mitchell, P. T. Beamer, J. J. Ayers, Sr., Floyd Beamer, A. Hill, R. Hill, William Hill, A. Gardner, Wm. Mitchell, M. T. C. Mitchell, D. W. Bolen, Levi Edwards, Jesse Morris, Benj. Bolen, Ellis H. Leftwich, G. Leftwich, H. Hawks, J. Melton, Sr., E. Williams, B. S. Williams, Samuel Hightley, A. Akers

Gambetta--Henderson Bryant, T. H. Nuckolls, Arthur Newman, William Beasley, Thos. Nuckolls, R. Bryant, S. J. Dixon, Milton Stoneman, Wm. Bryant, M. C. Stoneman, Alexander Newman, J. C. Stoneman, H. Isom, G. W. Roseberry, E. W. Nuckolls, W. Houseman, J. Roberts, M. Leonard, J. Lineberry.

Gladesboro - Marion Marshall, James H. Utz, John Bowman, B. Martin, J. Cassell, Wm. Marshall, Thomas S. Vass, J. Vass, Isaac Martin, C. H. Cassell, Thomas Weddle, Eli Sowers, N. J. Combs, A. M. Beamer, John P. Worrell, J. Marshall, R. W. Radford, J. N. Ayers, Jos. Weddle, John Martin.

Hillsville --W. R. Gardner, A. H. Mitchell, Jonas Boyd, J. C. Kinzer, John Wilkinson, W. H. Early, G. M. Jennings, M. Shockley, Martin Dalton, Dr. B. J. Perry, Giles S. Martin, W. T. Lyon, C. A. Watson, T. J. Huffman, S. M. Lyons, H. Cuisors, J. McMurring, S. Critenze.

Lambsburg --E. M. Easter, F. Hawks, D. R. Carlin, George W. Hawks, N. J. Stuart, Alexander Stewart, William Payne, Henry Hawks, O. S. Word, C. W. Lyons, A. B. Daniel, J. Hull, R. Fyrock, D. B. Rippy, T. Anderson

Laurel Fork - John S. Marshall, H. J. Shepherd, F. H. Stanley, Samuel Bowman, A. Stuart, Charles Webb, S. H. Bolt, Leroy Bold, Reuben Nestor

Lomond-- Jas. Melton, A. W. Mathews, John W. Mathews, W. S. Colfee, E. Edwards, M. D. Newman, T. Newman, E. T. Gardner, J. A. Edwards, P. B. Edwards, H. H. Williams, R. L. Howlett, B. E. Melton, Temple Spiry, Noah Beamen.

Nichols--Edward Gray, A. A. Marshall, W. H. Davis, L. T. Jennings, S. M. Stilwell, Amos Stilwell, R. W. Lindsey, Martin Davis, C. M. Shockley, S. S. Michael, Nathan Marshall, A. S. Marshall, J. W. Kenly, Robert Jennings, Harrison Montgomery, Wm. Gray, Jas. M. Jennings

Piper's Gap -- W. R. Cooley, Hugh Bedsoul, William Felts, J. R. Moore, Calvin Higgins, S. Stoneman, Eli Stoneman, J. W. Carpenter, B. Bedsoul, Newell Stoneman, J. P. Thorp, W. M. Fulks, N. P. Davis, Edward Hanks, Wm. R. Bedsoul, C. H. F. Hanks, Martin Hanks

Princeton --Geo. H. Turman, R. M. Malen, C. B. Jackson, Orlando Goad, Kendrick Sutphin, Wm. C. McGrachy, Aaron Nestor, Wm. Thurman, J. F. Montgomery, J. M. Thurman, W. Kent.

Quaker--W. J. Marshall, W. F. Harris, J. P. Thompson, Burwell Smith, Alfred Marshall, Isaac Branscome, Richard Thompson, H. Marshall, J. E. Cox, W. Bowman, A. J. Males, F. P. Branscome, H. Branscome, G. L. Marshall

St. Paul -- J. W. Edwards, A. H. Tow, John J. Edwards, J. E. Smith, John A. Jones, W. H. Tow, Jacob Leonard, Jeremiah Allen, A. D. King, G. McCraw, W. Boyd, J. Crotts, J. Marion, E. M. Easter, J. McMillon, T. F. Greenwood.

Snake Creek - A. J. Weddle, J. H. Pulliam, W. R. Martin, Isaac Webb, Malcolm Sinclair, Lewis Worrell, Alexander Weddle, Peyton Akers, T. J. Banks, E. Williams, Wm. R. Webb, H. J. Hardy

Star--James Jennings, M. Shcokley, P. T. Shockley, C. A. Watson, W. T. Lyons, J. B. Jennings, W. H. Jennings, J. Huff, J. W. L. Huff, T. C. Huff, C. H. Shockley.

Stone Mountain--Jonah Marshall, J. Worrell, C. S. Cullen, Mrs. Mary Moony, L. Turman, C. M. Blancet, Jas. Weddle, S. H. Turner, Isham Stanley, Joel Bowman, Elijah Stanly, Jacob Toblin, B. Bowman, Jno. Stanly, Mrs. Lucy Stanly, Andrew Boon, E. Marshall, Geo. H. Chaplin, Thomas Stanley, M. H. Marshall, Thos. Ayers.

Sylvatus--C. P. Smith, J. Richardson, Crockett Quesenberry, Floyd Quesenberry, Sylvatus Smith, W. Richardson, Jesse Norton, W. R. Surratt, Uriah Surratt, R. L. Chitwood, J. H. Lawson, Thos. Sayers, John Black, Hugh Black, J. R. Coveson, D. C. Alderman, M. D. Martin, L. S. Thompson, John Lawson

Tipton--S. Robinson, P. S. Farmer, P. C. Edwards, M. C. Farmer, S. M. Chockley, A. P. Griffin, F. Chappell, M. Robinson, J. P. Winesett, R. M. Vaughn, W. M. Vaughan, T. M. Dobyns, B. Wilson, A. Woods

Ward's Mills--Stephen Frost, Jonas Frost, J. Ward, E. C. Ward, Nathan Ward, Stanford Carrico, C. C. Trimble, S. J. Ward, Daniel Cox, T. J. Burroughs, Martin Edwards, W. F. Edwards, David Bedsoul, Geo. Goins, J. M. W. Hodges, E. Bedsoul, E. Trimble, J. Mooney, Thos. Mooney.

Wolf Glade--A. C. Sutherland, S. H. Jackson, J. Bishop, P. P. Kinzer, H. R. Pope, Jas. M. Kyner, W. L. Bishop, A. K. Linely, J. W. Linely, O. H. Linely, Daniel Sizman, M. J. Monday, H. Burnett, J. Delp, C. C. Pope.

Woltz--Jas. Webb, I. M. Webb, J. Worrell, J. A. Farris, H. Harman, J. N. Horton, G. W. Jennings, C. Martin, Peter Huff, G. Hurst, W. L. Bobbitt, J. Bobbitt, T. J. Largen, R. Huffman

Woodlawn--Wm. K. Early, Geo. W. Jones, Wm. Kyle, B. W. Dobyns, J. M. Kyle, J. A. Walker, J. A. Kenney, C. A. Mitchell, Heath Larrowe