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.
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The memoirs of Martha Frances Caudill Brown
Parson Brownlow — A Patriot Among the Rebels
Tribute to Dr. E. Scott Elliott
Life Stories of Gallant Americans—The Lanes Cavaliers of the South
John A. Messer, Galax Industrialist
Whitfield Monroe Parker and the Civil War
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1600s
The Story of Bacon’s Rebellion
1700s
The Evacuation of Valley Forge
The Father of the American Navy
Journal of Captain Charles Lewis
Chronicle of a Southern Gentleman: Life in the Old South
An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies
Early Revolutionary History of Virginia, 1773-1774
The Lancaster Convention, June 25, 1776
Orderly Book of Major William Heth of the Third Virginia Regiment, May 15 – July 1, 1777
Orderly Book of Captain Robert Gamble of the Second Virginia Regiment
A Journey from Watauga to Freedom
Historical States Concerning The Battle of Kings Mountain
The Battle of Guilford Court House
The Story of the Campaign And Siege of Yorktown
Directions for Preventing Calamities by FIRE
1800s
Notes of a Tour from Virginia to Tennessee in the Months of July and August 1838
The Life and Times of Jesse Franklin Black 1858-1915
The South Since the War – Chapter XIII – Affairs in Western North Carolina
The Mountain Region of North Carolina
Sketches of Western North Carolina—Wilkes County
The Life and Adventures of Wilburn Waters
Memoir of General Christopher Gadsden
Goodspeeds’ History of Tennessee
Salem, Virginia: Its Advantages and Attractions
Memoir of General John Cropper
The First Election of Washington to the House of Burgesses
The Pamunkey Indians of Virginia
1900s
Foot Prints on the Sands of Time: A History of Southwestern Virginia and Northwestern North Carolina
Historical Sketches of Wilkes County
The Colonial Virginia Register
Colonial Capitals of the Dominion of Virginia
The Balsam Groves of the Grandfather Mountain
An American’s Experience in the British Army
The History of Truro Parish in Virginia
Battlefield Memorials in the South (Revolutionary War)
History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia
Evolution of the Mason-Dixon Line
First Native Martyrs in America
Portraits of the Founders of America
Pilgrimages to American Landmarks – Gunston Hall
Historical Sketch of Ann Pamela Cunningham
The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
The First Explorations of the Trans-Alleghany Region by the Virginians 1650- 1674
Chapter VI – Romantic Days in the Early Republic
Liquor Legislation in Connecticut Colony
The Rooster: Its Origin as the Emblem of the Democratic Party
History of Western North Carolina
Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County, Virginia
Days and Recollections of North Stonington
Virginia at the Close of the Revolution
Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings
91st Division American Expeditionary Force, World War I
The French and Indian War in the American South
A History of Colonial Virginia: The First Permanent Colony in America
Historic Elements in Virginia Education and Literary Effort
Memoirs of Daniel W. Cunningham
White Top, The Summit of Virginia
History of Virginia, Volume VI — Index
A Handbook of The Winchester Public Schools (The Handley Schools)
Orange County, Virginia 1734-1934
A Brief History of Marion College
Undated
A History of Orange County, Virginia
From Tailor Shop to the White House: Life of Andrew Johnson
Some Unpublished Facts Relating to Bacon’s Rebellion On the Eastern Shore of Virginia
The Old Brick Church, Near Smithfield, Virginia—Built in 1632
Thomas Hansford: The First Native Martyr to American Liberty
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Thomson’s Mercantile and Professional Directory — Virginia — 1851
Thomson’s Mercantile and Professional Directory — North Carolina 1851—1852
Elliott and Nye’s Virginia Directory and Business Register — 1852
Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia — 1854
A Geological Visit to the Virginia Copper Region — 1859
Branson’s Directory — North Carolina — 1868
Statistical and Descriptive Account of North Carolina Counties — 1869
Agricultural Implements — 1874
Resources of South-west Virginia — 1881
Chataigne’s Virginia Gazetteer and Classified Business Directory 1888 – 1889
Cato’s Road House New York — 1900
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General
History of American Baptists North Carolina — 1848
History of American Baptists Virginia — 1848
History of the Blue Ridge Baptist Association — 1920—1934
Catholic Church in the District of Columbia — 1909
The Catholic Church in Virginia — 1929
Catholic World — History of a Conversion — 1887
Christian Unity Baptist Association — 1935—1975
District of Columbia Baptists — 1848
Early Religion in the Upper New River Valley
History of the Fisher’s River Primitive Baptist Association — 1832—1904
The Macedonia Baptist Association — 1910
Excerpts From Moravian Diaries — 1804
Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association — 1800
Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association — 1865
Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association — 1872
Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association — 1896
Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association — 1905
History of the Mountain Union Baptist Association
Minutes of the Mountain Union Baptist Association — 1880
Minutes of the Mountain Union Baptist Association — 1890
New River Baptist Association — 1871—1977
Minutes of the New River Baptist Association — 1881
Minutes of the New River Baptist Association — 1901
Primitive Baptist Faith and Practices
Minutes of the Roaring River Baptist Association — 1887
Minutes of the Senter Primitive Baptist Association — 1946
History of the Washington District Regular Primitive Baptist Association — 1811—1951
North Carolina
Churches of Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga Counties, North Carolina
Ashe Baptist Association — 1886—1897
Ashe Baptist Association — 1898
Ashe Baptist Association — 1974 Map of the Churches
Beaver Creek Christian Church — 1890
History of Buffalo Baptist Church — 1999
Minutes of the Carolina Primitive baptist Association — 1928
Mount Paddy Church of Christ in Christian Union — 1985
Fletcher Memorial Baptist Church — 1982
Friendly Grove Baptist Church — 1982
History of the Grassy Creek Baptist Church — 1991
An Act to Incorporate Greenwood Methodist Church In Ashe County — 1887
Minutes of the Jefferson Baptist Association — 1848
Minutes of the Jefferson Baptist Association — 1853
Minutes of the Jefferson Baptist Association — 1856
Minutes of the Jefferson Baptist Association — 1868
Minutes of the Jefferson Baptist Association — 1869
Minutes of the Lebanon, Jefferson and United Baptist Associations Convention — 1870
Maple Springs Primitive Baptist Church
New River Baptist Church — 1979
A Brief History of North Beaver Baptist Church — 1983
Pond Mountain Primitive Baptist Church Minute Book 1 1881—1933
Minutes of the Senter District Primitive Baptist Association — 1879
Membership Records of the Senter Primitive Baptist Church 1829—1924
Minutes of Stony Fork Baptist Association — 1860
Three Forks Baptist Association and Three Forks Baptist Church
Wilkes County, Primitive Baptist Association — 1868—1969
Minutes of the First Annual Session of the Primitive Baptist Association — 1869
A Brief History of the West Jefferson First Baptist Church — 1938
Virginia
Virginia Primitive Baptist Churches
History of Abingdon Presbytery — 1936
Coulson Church of the Brethren
Grayson County and Galax Churches
Planting of the Presbyterian Church in Northern Virginia — 1794
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Virginia School Commissioners — 1846
Catalogue of Shoemaker College, Gate City, Virginia
Virginia Legal Advisory Boards 1917 — 1919
American Legion Posts of Virginia — 1924 Index
Virginia Masonic Lodges — 1933
Grayson County, Virginia Masonic Lodges — 1933
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General
Virginia Adjutant General’s Report — 1847
Uniform & Dress of the Army of the United States — 1851
Revolutionary War
The Draper Papers — Upper New River Valley References
New River Valley Revolutionary War militia
Jesse Toliver Revolutionary War Pension Application
Thomas Epperson Revolutionary War Pension Application (S4282)
Mary Hammons Johnson Revolutionary War Pension Application
Battles of the American Revolution
Capture and Rescue of Benjamin Cleveland
War of 1812
Principal Events of the War of 1812
Ashe County, 5th North Carolina Militia
56th Virginia Militia — 1814—1816
The Petersburg Volunteers 1812—1813
Spanish American War
Battery A, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery — 1898
First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry
14th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry — 1898
15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry — 1898
U.S. Warships of the Spanish American War
World War I
With the American Ambulance in France
American Battle Casualties in World War I
The First to the Front — World War I
Floyd County, Virginia Military Service During World War I
Forgotten Fights of the A. E. F.
Glossary, World War I Terminology
Divisional Statistics for American Forces — World War I
North Carolina Military Deaths in World War I
Order of Battle — American Forces — World War I
Order of Battle (Unit Structure) — American Forces — World War I
World War I Training Facilities
Plattsburg, New York Training Camp, 1917
Smyth County, Virginia World War I Enlistments
Virginia Communities in War Time
Virginia — Draft Registration Boards — World War I
World War I — Virginia — Government Appeal Agents
World War I — Virginia — Medical Advisory Boards
Muster Rolls of the Virginia Volunteers 1917-1920
Personnel of the First Virginia Council of Defense — 1917
Grayson County, Virginia, World War Memorial
World War II
Grayson County, Virginia, World War Memorial