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Population 1880--White 10.947, colored 1,914
County seat: Jeffersonville aka Tazewell C.H., Population 750
Vote of county November 2, 1886: Democrats 842; Republicans 1,997
Value real estate, 1886: $1,282,881.93
Value personal property: $ 516,208.00
Tax real estate: $5,131.37
Tax personal property: $2,064.86
Captation Tax: White 2,529; colored 377

This county was formed from Russell and Wythe in 1799, and is one of the extreme southwestern counties, lying on the borders of West Virginia. The surface is very mountainous, and but comparatively a small portion is given to the raising of cereals, the principal of which are buckwheat, corn, oats and wheat. Like all lands in this section of the State, it is very productive in grasses, and the grazing of cattle comprises one of the principal sources of revenue to the inhabitants. Large deposits of coal, iron, manganese and other minerals are found in this county, which have long been underdeveloped on account of its remoteness from public highways. The New River division of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, which extends through the northern limits of the county, has given in recent years great impetus to the mining operations, especially of coal, in this section. There is a great variety of timber among which may be mentioned poplar, white oak, black and Spanish oak, black and white walnut, wild cherry, sugar tree, buckeye, chestnut, hickory.

The county is watered by the Clinch and Blue Stone rivers, which rise close to each other about 7 miles east of Jeffersonville, the county seat, the former flowing southwest and the latter northeast, both fed by living, never failing limstone springs. There is no county in the State whose water power of such excellence is so little used.

Tazewell C.H. (Jeffersonville) with population of 750, on the North Fork of the Clinch river, is a thriving place of considerable importance, 18« miles southwest of Graham, a station on the New River Division Norfolk and Western Railroad, with which point there is daily main communication, and is within less than a mile of the Clinch Valley Railroad now building. There is also telephone line from Courthouse to Graham. Tazewell has reguarly constructed water works the water being conducted from a large spring near the top of the mountain, the supply being sufficient for a population of 20,000. It is also well guarded in case of fire, there being many fire plugs in different parts of town. Graham has a population of 200 and is a rapidly growing town. Pocahontas, the terminus of the New River Railroad has sprung up in the past two years and is the location of one of the largest coal mines in the State, employing several hundred operators and large capital. The population is estmated at 5,000, and increasing rapidly. Tazewell county has an area of 525 1/3 square miles, 536,250 acres, and the land has an averaged assessed value of $3.81 per acre.

Post Offices

Abb's Valley
Asberry's
Baptist Valley
Blue Stone
Burke's Garden - H. B. Groseclose
Cedar Bluff
Cove Creek
Falls Mills
Gap Store
Graham
Gratton
Knob, C. M. Moore
Paint Lick
Pleasant Hill - C. S. Elswick
Pocahontas - J. L. Deaton
Ratliff - R. B. Duff
Sayersville
Shawver's Mills - L. E. Leggett
Shrader's - D. W. Dudley
Snapp's
Springville
Steeleburg
Tannersville - S. C. Holmes
Tazewell C.H.
Thompson Valley
Witten's Mills

Courts

The Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Circuit meets at Tazewell C.H. on the third Monday in May and third Monday in November.

Judge: R. M. Brown
Clerk: _________

The County Court meets at the Courthouse on the Tuesday after the fourth Monday in each month.

Judge: S. M. B. Couling
Clerk: T. E. George

County Officers

Sheriff: John W. Crockett
Treasurer: C. W. Greaver
Surveyor: H. P. Brittain
Commissioners of Revenue: S. Crockett, Jefferson dist; T. Cecil, Maiden Springs Dist; Jesse Bailey, Clear Fork dist.
Commonwealth's Attorney: J. N. Harman

Magistrates

Thos. E. Howell, Burke's Garden; J. C. Moore, Abb's Valley; A. P. Brown, Tazewell C.H.; W. L. Moore, Knob; Henry Hunt, Cedar Bluff; S. M. Graham, Graham; Joseph Bane, Blue Stone

Attorneys at Law

Alderson, H. C. - Tazewell C.H.
Chapman & Gillespie - Tazewell C.H.
Davidson & Findley - Pocahontas
Fulton & Couling - Tazewell C.H.
Gose, John P. - Burk's Garden
Gillespie, A. P. - Knob
Graham & Henry - Tazewell C.H.
Harman & Barns - Tazewell C.H.
Hodge, B. T. - Pocahontas
Kelly, J. Y. - Tazewell C.H.
May, A. J. & S. D. - Tazewell C.H.
Spotts, J. M. - Tazewell C.H.
Watts & Blair - Tazewell C.H.
Watts & Brown - Tazewell C.H.

Cabinet Makers

Thompson, John - Burke's Garden

Coach and Wagon Builders

Cook, A - Burke's Garden
Creery, A. J. - Knob
French, A. P. - Tannersville

Clothiers

Grant, I. & Co. - Tazewell C.H.

Dentists

Cooley, J. T. - Tazewell C.H.
Thompson, C. A. - Tazewell C.H.
Voorhees, R. C. - Pocahontas

Druggists

Crockett, G. - Pocahontas
Dudley & McGuire - Shraders
Greever, J. H. - Burk's Garden
Hargrave, A. F. - Tazewell C.H.
Stafford, J. W. - Graham
Stafford, J. W. - Pocahontas
Surface & Gillespie - Tazewell C.H.

Florists

Greever, J. A. - Burk's Garden

Furniture Dealers

Chamberlain, W. C. - Cedar Bluff
Stras Bros. & Doak - Tazewell C.H.

General Merchants

Alexander, John D. - Tazewell C.H.
Argenbright & Maxeys - Pocahontas
Atkins, Wm. M. - Cove Creek
Baylor Ward & Co. - Paint Lick
Belew, C. H. - Tazewell C.H.
Brown, A. P. & Son - Tazewell C.H.
Buchanan Fudge & Co. - Tazewell C.H.
Burton & Son - Tazewell C.H.
Clark, A. P. & Co. - Cedar Bluff
Crockett, J. R. - Burk's Garden
Deaton & Co. - Baptist Valley
Dudley & McGuire - Shraders
Duff & Ratliff - Ratliff
Freeman & Co. - Graham
Freeman & Graham - Pocahontas
Groseclose, H. B. - Burke's Garden
Harrison & Moore - Knob
Harry & Campbell - Graham
Hankins, Steel & Co. - Baptist Valley
Higginbotham, J. S. S. - Knob
Hicks & Bane - Graham
Hopkins, Thompson & Co. - Thompson Valley
Howard, F. - Witten's Mills
Laird, S. H. - Pleasant Hill
Maxwell & McNeil - Gap Store
McGuire & Hurt - Cedar Bluff
McGuire, E. & Son - Cedar Bluff
McGuire, J. M. - Cedar Bluff
Moore, W. L. & Co. - Maiden Spring
Morton, W. B. & Co. - Graham
Peery & Spotts - Cedar Bluff
Peery, H. G. & Co. - Tazewell C.H.
Pobst, H. W. - Tazewell C.H.
Prather, J. W. & Co. - Cedar Bluff
Repass, H. - Cedar Bluff
St. Claire, A. & Co. - Pocahontas
Sands, J. O. - Graham
Smith, W. B. & Co. - Abb's Valley
S. W. Va. Improvement Co. - Pocahontas
Stras Bros. & Doak - Tazewell C.H.
Wingo, L. C. - Springville
Wingo, J. H. - Blue Stone
Witten, T. G. - Tazewell C.H.

Hotels

Surface & Taylor - Tazewell C.H.
Higginbotham, J. S. S. - Knob
Morton House - Barrett & Dickenson proprietors--Graham
Groseclose, H. B. - Burk's Garden
Hillside House - J. R. Rudesell, proprietor--Pocahontas
McDowell House - J. M. McDowell, proprietor--Pocahontas
Perry, James - Cedar Keys
S. W. Va. I Co. - C.H. Block proprietor - Pocahontas
Thornleigh, Jas. S. S. Higginbotham - Knob
Virginia - L. R. Dodd - Tazewell C.H.

Insurance Cox - Fire

Virginia State - J. W. Chapman - Tazewell C.H.

Livery Stables

Barrett & Dickenson - Graham
Surface & Taylor - Tazewell C.H.
Dodd, L. R. & Son - Tazewell C.H.

Mills--Corn and Flour

Bailey, James - Springville
Barnes, R. - Knob
Christian, T. C. - Pleasant Hill
Dudley & McGuire - Shrader's
Graham & Henry - Maiden Spring
Higginbotham, W. J. - Cedar Bluff
Kelly, J. P. - Tazewell C.H.
McGuire, Elijah M. & Son - Cedar Bluff
Marrs, W. - Falls Mills
Meeks, Joseph - Burk's Garden
Perry, W. W. & M. L. - Tazewell C.H.
Peery, THoams - Burke's Garden
Shawver's Mills - Shawver's Mills
Tabor & Fleshman - Blue Stone
Thompson, John - Thompson's Valley
Wallace, J. J. - Springville
Witten, S. A. - Witten's Mills
Yost, W. O. - Tazewell C.H.

Mills -Saw

Burns, R. - Knob
Dudley & McGuire - Shrader's
Freeman, W. L. - Abb's Valley
Higginbotham, W. J. - Cedar Bluff
Holmes, E. A. - Tannersville
Jamison, George - Ratliff
McGuire, E. M. - Cedar Bluff
Reed, B. - Pocahontas

Mills-Woolen

Scott Bros. & McGuire - Cedar Bluff

Mines-Coal

John, T. H. - Cedar Bluff
McGuire, G. P. - Shrader's
Pocahontas - Pocahontas
Pocahontas Headlight - Pocahontas
Riley, G. W. - Shrader's
Shrader, Thomas - Shrader's

Newspapers

Clinch Valley News, weekly, J. P. Kelly--Tazewell C.H.
Mountain Index, W. J. Boone, proprietor--Tazewell C.H.

Physicians

Baylor, W. E. - Cedar Bluff
Baylor, W. G. - Ratliff
Brown, E. H. - Falls Mills
Crockett, Charles J. - Pocahontas
Crockett, J. H. - Burke's Garden
Estill, J. M. - Tazewell C.H.
Gildersleeve, J. R. - Tazewell C.H.
Gillespie, R. B. - Tazewell C.H.
Hammond, ________ - Pocahontas
Hufford, A. S. - Witten's Mills
Izard, John - Pocahontas
Johnson, D. R. - Shrader's
McKinney, W. A. - Pocahontas
Painter, L. L. - Knob
Painter, T. H. - Liberty
Slusher, L. R. - Pocahontas
Witten, R. W. - Tazewell C.H.
Witten, Thomas G. - Tazewell C.H.

Saddlers and Harnessmakers

Brown, A. P. & Son - Tazewell C.H.
Danthas, C. F. - Pocahontas
Irison, W. J. - Shrader's
Lockhart, S. - Tazewell C.H.
Nixon, L. K - Cedar Bluff
Wynne, L. T. - Burk's Garden

Schools and Academies

Studebaker, E. - Tazewell C.H.

There are 58 white and 7 colored public schools in this county. Superintendent H. M. Smythe, Pocahontas

Tanners

Bailey, George C. - Baptist Valley
Brooks, S. P. - Pocahontas
Howard, F. - Witten's Mills
Kelly, W. L. - Tazewell C.H.
Lockart, S. - Tazewell C.H.
Ratliff, J. R. - Ratliff

Undertakers

Butt & Co. - Pocahontas
Thompson, John - Burk's Garden

Wool Dealers

Cooper, W. R. - Burk's Garden
Dudley & McGuire - Shrader's
Gose, J. P. - Burk's Garden
Sellan, A. & C. - Pocahontas

Principal Farmers

Abb's Valley--J. H. Sayers, J. C. Moore, O. B. Moore, S. P. Mustard, W. B. Smith, J. M. Harman, Thos. Gross, E. F. Totten, James P. Whittman, E. L. Whitley, J. W. Daniels, Stephen Effler

Blue Stone -- John T. Bane, Z. T. Witten, Millard C. Dills, Wm. Flummer, Jos. H. Bane, R. B. Tabor, Amos Tabor, Absher Williams, Alex St. Clair, Samuel Gill, W. W. Summers, Erasmus Harvey, Andrew Hounshell, James W. Holbrook, W. D. Holbrook, John C. Holbrook, Isaac Wimmer, W. R. Bane, J. Mosby Davis, Jno. L. Niel, Henry Shrader

Burk's Garden--George Gose, J. M. Hoge, Joseph Meek, Joseph Moss, J. M. Snapp, B. R. Moss, F. M. Moss, J. R. Thompson, R. M. Lawson, Samuel Henninger, W. R. Cooper

Cedar Bluff--M. D. L. Smith, R. H. Ratcliffe, W. J. Higginbotham, R. F. Cecil

Knob--A. P. Gillespie, R. Barns, M. M. Higginbotham, Maj. S. P. Bowen, Hon. H. Bowen, R. T. Bowen, Jr., W. A. Barns, G. W. Higginbotham, Joseph C. Peery, Robert Witten, Z. P. Belsher, O. M. Brown, J. B. Ward, J. E. Buchanan

Pleasant Hill--Jackson Reed, Wm. Reed, James W. Lowe, Wm. Nelson, E. Reedy, G. W. Reynolds, James B. Elswick, B. V. Elswick, James Burk, W. L. E. Burk

Pocahontas--O. B. Moore, J. C. Moore, S. P. Mustard, C. C. Wilson, C. H. Witten, A. St. Clair, J. O. Perdue

Ratliff--G. W. Gillespie, A. W. Davis, J. C. Dickinson, John Crockett, Geo. Stinson, J. C. Matney, B. Brown, P. J. Brown, R. B. Gillespie, J. G. Hurt, C. Ratliff

Shrader's--B. F. Riley, Sr., B. F. Riley, Jr. Jno. S. Crockett, T. G. Crockett, H. G. Gillespie, John A. McCall, D. W. Dudy, Samuel A. Shrader, George W. Riley, John A. Riley, M. M. Pruette, R. W. Pruette, R. F. Crockett, J. F. Sayers, Jane A Cole, Samuel Crockett

Shawver's Mills--Henry Lambert, W. A. Leffel, F. C. Gregory, W. L. Shawver, Samuel Walker, T. H. Kinser, G. S. Compton, M. A. Rubel, R. S. Thompson, Wm. Lowder, F. Cook, T. B. Crabtree

Tannersville--George W. Mitchell, Wm. Necessary, Thomas Necessary, Otis Caldwell, H. C. Asbury, J. P. Hilt, Wm. Taylor, G. Asbury, Edward A. Holmes, Thomas Crabtree, A. P. French, Henderson Ratcliff