Smyth County(62) ► ADJACENT TO SMYTH COUNTY Bland County(10) ► Grayson County(30) ► Russell County(14) ► Tazewell County(44) ► Washington County(109) ► Wythe County(57) ►
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Sidebar. On December 1, 1864, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 5,700 cavalrymen east
from Knoxville, Tennessee, to destroy iron-, lead-, and saltworks in Virginia that were
essential to the Confederate war effort. After actions at Kingsport . . . — — Map (db m45977) HM
About 1748, Colonel James Patton patented land here and reportedly hoped this site would one day become a town. The region became known as Town House for a house known by this name that stood nearby. By the Revolutionary War, a settlement of the . . . — — Map (db m45741) HM
Near here, in 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker, on his first journey southwest, assisted Samuel Stalnaker in building his cabin. At that time his was the farthest west settlement. — — Map (db m45965) HM
Across the highway was a log meeting house and campground visited by Bishop Francis Asbury and early Methodist circuit riders. On this site Col. W. P. Thompson gathered his regiment in 1812. Here Elizabeth Henry Russell often worshipped and this was . . . — — Map (db m91062) HM
As early as 1754 a house was built on this hill, and was used as a fort and meeting place by settlers. This is the site of the first settlement in this region. — — Map (db m45966) HM
Roads were only paths made by walking and from the passage of wagons and buggies. When the first cars came into the area, the roads were “pot-hole after pot-hole.” Sam Bonham told of riding his motorcycle around 1918 to Knoxville, . . . — — Map (db m46090) HM
Smyth County
Area 435 square miles
Formed in 1832 from Washington and Wythe, and named for General Alexander Smyth, member of Congress for many years. Salt works here were operated at an early date, and at Saltville a battle . . . — — Map (db m209892) HM
