Boyhood Adventures of General JEB Stuart, A Civil War Hero describes some of the unwritten tales told by the descendants of neighbors and friends of the Stuart Family. JEB Stuart's family farm, Laurel Hill, is in Patrick County, Virginia, at the foot of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. At this beautiful location a young boy can play in the woods and valleys or fish and swim in the mountain streams. This writing also gives a true picture as to how families lived and worked in the southern mountains before the Civil War. One story describes a family Christmas during the 1830's. All the...

Grandma's Stories, Cures, & Fixings From The Blue Ridge is a collection of original stories that the author's Grandma told him when be was a small child. Many of the stories she told are "ghostly" because she knew she could hold attention with just common stories. Some of the stories were actually experienced by Grandma herself, and others have been passed down from her grandparents. A reader of any age will find them interesting and original. "Grandma's Cures and Fixings" is a collection of many mountain treatments that were used during Grandma's time, the early 1900's. Some of the cures and...

Our Family History is about my mother's family and an outline back to our European roots. Growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, I thought that my families were just good Christian folk. They worked hard and sometimes played hard. As I began to grow older, I began to research some of the family lines and discovered, as I am sure most other people would, that I had some famous ancestors. I began a search that lasted many years. This is a gathering of stories of our families and the Genealogy of 780 years of Hortons, 381 years of DeHavens, 171 years of Fitzgeralds, 291 years of Surratts, and...

Minutes of the Mount Airy City Commissioners Mayor J. H. Sparger W. F. Carter G. C. Welch Commissioner J. M. Davis Commissioner W. E. Merritt Commissioner G. C. Welch Commissioner S. W. Gentry Commissioner B. F. Sparger Commissioner J. I. Belton Mount Airy, N. C. January 4, 1895 The Following amendments were ordered to the minutes of Dec. 4. Mr. Belton was not absent but late, about an hour. The Matter of widening Main Street above the bridge north of town was continued, the Commissioners not being satisfied with the damages allowed Mrs. Harris by the board of assessors. Mount Airy, N. C....

Minutes of the Mount Airy City Commissioners Mayor J. H. Sparger W. F. Carter G. C. Welch Commissioner J. M. Davis Commissioner W. E. Merritt Commissioner G. C. Welch Commissioner S. W. Gentry Commissioner B. F. Sparger Commissioner J. I. Belton Mount Airy, N. C. January 4, 1895 The Following amendments were ordered to the minutes of Dec. 4. Mr. Belton was not absent but late, about an hour. The Matter of widening Main Street above the bridge north of town was continued, the Commissioners not being satisfied with the damages allowed Mrs. Harris by the board of assessors. Mount Airy, N. C....