Beautiful And Historic Homes In Tazewell County
A survey of long standing Tazewell County residences notes homes dating to the county’s start. Notable estates include the Rees T. Bowen, Litz, Col. Henry Bowen, John C. St Clair, Maxwell, Higginbotham, Peter Gose, Gillespie, Peery Wynne, Harman, John Newton Harmon, Crockett, Samuel Cecil and related owners with histories bound to early settlement and Civil War activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Col
A. J. May
A. Z. Litz, Jr
Henry Bowen
Obediah Gent
Henry Bowen, Jr
William A. Barnes
Henry Thompson
Moses Higginbotham
Liberty Hill
Morris Knob Mountain
Nannie Bane _ Gillespie Peery
Governor Peery
Peery-Wynne
Ben Bolt
Tazewell County
John Wynne
William Wynne
Sweet Alice Ben Bolt
Thomas Dunn English
Newark
N. J
Old South
Virginia
Thomas Peery
William E. Peery
Harman Peery
John Newton Harman
William Peery
King’s Mountain
George Rogers Clark
Point Pleasant
Allemance
James Wynne
Thomas Witten
James Witten
William Owens Yost
Henry Crockett
Bessie
John Newton Harmon
Horsepen Cove Named for Indian Horse Stealing Routes
Horsepen Cove lies between Abbs Valley and Bishop and was named for its use by Indians on horse stealing expeditions to corral stolen horses. Other versions say settlers hid their horses there from Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsepen Cove
Abbs Valley
Bishop
Bishop Built In 30 Years One Of Pocahontas Fuel’s Large Mines
The Bishop coal operation in Tazewell County West Virginia is Pocahontas Fuel company’s No 33 and 34 mines producing about 1.5 million tons yearly from the No 5 seam with reserves in the No 3 seam. Opened in 1930 the mine employs about 1400 men and draws workers from Abbs Valley and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
West Virginia
Tazewell County
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Abbs Valley
North Tazewell
Fuel Company
Norfolk and Western
Dry Fork
Saeger
Pocahontas
Tazewell
Pocauuntas
W. A. Bishop
Samuel P. Crockett
Crockett’s Cove
Crockett
Casper Molber
Beverly Handolph
Virginia
Henry Shrader
Jimmy Shrader
Shrader
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rees T. Bowen
Cove
Rees
Maiden Spring
Rees Bowen
Clinch Vale
John C. ST. Clair
Cumberland Gap
Fincastle
Bedford
John Witten
Wilk Witten
Bundy
Maxwell
Stephen Deskin
George W. Deskin
John Maxwell
Wyrene Maxwell
Peter Gose
Burke’s Garden
James Peery
Gov
George C. Peery
Robert Meek
Mrs. Linebeery
John C. Gillespie
Liberty
Robert Barnes
John T. Barnes
Sam Thompson
Jeff Gillespie
Mr. Thompson
John Gillespie
R. O. Crockett
John Warfield Johnston
State Senate
United States Senate
Samuel Cecil
Clinch River
Plum Creek
Maj
William P. Cecil
FE. J. Mays
Thomas Albert Peery
Rebecca Peery Hopkins
Edward Hopkins
Sa Leer
Kha
Freezer
Peapc
of New
America
Kelvinator Dealers
Yours
Kelvinator — Leonard
Kelvinator
Leonard Sunbeam Appliances
Lrowrite Automatic Ironers
Eureka Vacuum Cleaners
White Cross and
Gen. Mills Table Appliances
Motorola
Duchess
Kelvinator and
Victor
Morton
ST. Lukes
Bluefield, W. Va
Handy, Utemsil
Welch, W. Va
Wyoming St
E. Washington St
Charleston, W. Va