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Population: 1880--White 4,000; colored 15; total 4,015
County Seat: Clintwood Population: 143
Vote of county, November 2, 1886: Democrats 260, Republicans
281
Value of real estate, 1886: $105,722.14
Value of personal property: $ 84,239.00
Tax on real estate: $ 442.66
Tax on personal property: $337.36
Captation Tax: White, 726; colored, 2
This county was formed in 1880 from the counties of Wise, Buchanan and Russell, and named in honor of Wm. J. Dickenson. It is bounded on the north by Kentucky, on the east by Buchanan county, on the south by Russell county, on the west by Wise County. The production of this county are corn, rye, oats, wheat and some tobacco. A very large portion of the land is in timber, and some of the finest grown in the State is from this county. There is also an abundance of coal and iron besides several mineral springs. The county has an area of 606 square miles, 387,938 acres, and the land has an average assesed value of $0.27 per acre. It is one of the finest counties for grass and grazing purposes in the State.
Post Offices and Postmasters
Ava
Bucu - Malissa Sutherland
Clintwood - J. G. Hylton
Colley
Ervinton
Osborn's Gap
Sand Lick
Tarpon
Trammel Creek
Courts
The Circuit Court of the Sixteenth Circuit meets at Dickenson Courthouse on the Tuesday after 2d Monday in March and August and November.
Judge: Hon. John A. Kelly
Clerk: Columbus Phipps
The County Court meets at the Court House on the Tuesday after the third Monday in each Month.
Judge: W. N. Hendricks
Clerk: Columbus Phipps
County Officers
Treasurer: J. C. Counts
Surveyor: Jesse Wampler
Sheriff: Wilborn Killen
Commonwealth's Attorney: Lilburn Fulton
Commissioners of Revenue: Wm. Vanover and J. M. R. Sutherland
Supervisors
James Swindall, David Smith, Jas. Artrip, W. J. Bowman
Constables
H. H. Branham, David Smith, Noah Mullins, Joseph Counts
Justices of the Peace
J. H. Ross, A. H. Hill, Jesse Davis, Larkin Stanley, J. H. Neece, L. D. Kiser, A. J. Kiser, Thomas Fuller, Jas. Owens, B. F. Sykes, J. H. Sykes, Eli Davis
Attorneys at Law
Dameron, J. K. - Clintwood
Fulton, Elbert - Clintwood
Grant, H. C. - Clintwood
Jones, H. M. - Clintwood
Ross, J. S. - Clintwood
Coach and Wagon Builders
Grubb, J. D. - Clintwood
Raswick, J. C. - Ervinton
Dentists
Smith, J. W. -Ervinton
Sutherland, Z. T. - Bucu
Distillers
Colley, James - SandLick
Mullins, A. L. - Crane's Nest
Raswick, J. B. - Ervinton
Druggists
Coleman, Joseph - Clintwood
Lee, Jesse - Ervinton
Ramsey, Silas - Osborn's Gap
General Merchants
Colley, James & Son - Sandlick
Dameron, William - Clintwood
French, J. E. - Clintwood
Hylton, J. B. & Son - Clintwood
Jackson & Cooke - Sandlick
Mullins, Ephraim - Ava
Osborn, James - Osborn's Gap
Powers, A. W. & Son - Crane's Nest
Ross, J. E. - Osborn's Gap
Sutherland, J. & Bro. - Ervinton
Hotels
Colly, James M. - Ervinton
Hylton, J. G. - Clintwood
Land Agents
Dotson, N. R. - Trammel Creek
May, S. - Trammel Creek
Smith, J. F. - Ervinton
Mills - Flour and Grist
Hill, Elkannah - Tarpon
Lee, Jesse - Trammel Creek
McFall, Wm. - Clintwood
Newberry, S. T. - Sandlick
Raswick, J. B. & N. W. - Ervinton
Robertson, James - Osborn's Gap
Smith, James W. - Ervinton
Sutherland, Z. T. - Bucu
Sutherland, James - Colley
Mills -Saw and Planing
Chase & Co. - Ava
McFall, William - Osborn's Gap
Powers, O. C. - Osborn's Gap
Raswick, James H. - Ervinton
Millwrights
Powers, Oliver - Clintwood
Raswick, W. S. - Ervinton
Newspapers
Clintwood Tribune - Republican Weekly - L. M. Vanover - Clintwood
Physicans
Blevins, J. R. - Osborn's Gap
Fuller, J. S. - Sandlick
Hall, John - Osborn's Gap
Johnson, J. J. - Colley
Shores, J. - Clintwood
Raswick, J. H. - Trammel Creek
Quarries - Slate
Swindal, J. W. - Osborn's Gap
Schools
There are twenty five white public schools in this county. Superintendent I. E. French, Clintwood.
Saddle and Harnessmakers
Gent, J. C. - Ervinton
Nickles, W. N. - Osborn's Gap
Willis, Thomas - Osborn's Gap
Tanners
Raswick, J. C. -Ervinton
Swindal, M. - Osborn's Gap
Principal Farmers
Ava--John B. Newberry, George R. Reed, Lewis Stone, Jasper Artrip, Wm. P. Neel, James P. Kilgore, Wm. R. Stone, Enoch Moore, Isaac Mullens, E. A. Dunbar, P. P. Haynes, Henry Hall, S. L. Mullens, W. L. Mullens, J. B. Newberry
Bucu--Ezekiel Sutherland, J. M. R. Sutherland, Charles Powers, Taylor Sutherland, H. W. Sutherland, S. D. Sutherland, H. Sutherland, Z. T. Sutherland, B. Sutherland, G. B. Sutherland, L. D. R. Owens, James Owens, Albert Owens, C. Kiser, Wm. Kiser, J. B. McReynolds, D. C. Davis
Clintwood--Jno. H. Mullins, C. Phipps, Eli Vanover, Samuel Keel, Jas. Stanley, Jacob Yates, C. Hughes, James O. Mooney, Wm. Flemming, J. S. Colley, Charles Turner, Jas. Lambert, B. Deskins
Colley--E. L. Raswick, Wm. F. Grizzle, Wm. Sutherland, J. P. Sutherland, Noah Deel, Noah Sutherland, Newton Sutherland, J. C. Sutherland, J. B. Compton, C. A. Deel, E. S. Counts, Noah Counts, Noah Counts, Jr. H. H. Fuller, T. Fuller, Clark Harrison, A. Owens
Ervinton--Jos. W. Smith, David Smith, J. H. Raswick, Jasper Sutherland, Simpson Dyer, A. J. Skeen, Geo. Dyer, John S. Rose, Sam E. Rose, Jesse Lee, John H. Grizzle, Andrew J. Grizzle, J. M. Colley, J. H. Bell, Geo. Smith, D. B. R. Sutherland, R. Ramsey, Bird Ramsey, E. Smith, D. Colley, J. C. Raswick
Osborn's Gap--J. P. Lipps, J. C. Swindal, G. W. Haynes, J. W. Swindal, W. W. Beverly, J. F. Trivett, Wm. McFall, James Venters, Wesley Vanover, Jos. Phipps, J. W. Davis, J. E. M. Hill, Meredith Martin, N. Dodson, J. P. Swindal, W. M. Purdy
Sandlick--James Colley, Andrew Owens, Sr. B. H. Edwards, A. J. Edwards, T. K. Colley, Henry Anderson, W. P. Colley, James Colley, Sr., James Colley, Jr., Richard Colley, Clark Harrison, James Owens, Sr. J. L. Adams, W. S. J. Grizzle, N. R. Grizzle, Noah Counts, John Counts
Tarpon--J. L. Sifers, Jeptha Hill, Andrew Willis, J. S. Willis, Hamilton Lyal, Eli Davis, Wm. M. Davis, John Rakes, Drewry Puckett, David Puckett.
Trammel Creek--F. R. Kelly, Hiram Keith, J. D. Erving, Chas. Turner, David Colley, Jesse Wampler, Elijah Neece, N. K. Raswick, J. M. Colley, M. Long, J. M. Owen, H. G. Wampler, W. R. Wampler, S. Richardson, J. H. Ball, Jasper Sutherland, John Turner, Elias Turner, J. C. Smith, Jesse Lee, Noah Neece.