Johnson, Charles A. A narrative history of Wise County, Virginia Norton, Va.: Norton Press, 1938, 431 pgs. Front matter Title page Dedication Picture acknowledgements Book number and autograph First edition subscribers Non-Indexed Pages #1 Table of Contents Introduction Greetings Chapter I. Birth of the county Chapter II. The big day Chapter III. Organizing the county Chapter IV. The first tragedy Chapter V. First courthouse; demands for roads Chapter VI. Road workin' in 1856 Chapter VII. The first county jail Chapter VIII. Early Wise County postoffices Chapter IX. Elections in 1856 Chapter X. School system in 1856 Chapter XI. The county's first highway Chapter XII. Wise County, instead of Dunn or Roane Chapter XIII. More postoffices Chapter XIV. Captain Christopher Gist Chapter XV. The shifting of the Court Chapter XVI. The black man Chapter XVII. Court systems existing in 1856 Chapter XVIII. Reminiscences Chapter XIX. Mother, childhood and home Chapter XX. The Wise County bar Chapter XXI. Wise County at the age of four years Chapter XXII. This and that Chapter XXIII. Scott County's first public hanging Chapter XIV. Reminiscences of Mrs. Mattie Q. Ewing Chapter XXV. Lover's Leap Chapter XXVI. Swift's Silver Mine Chapter XXVII. Black without, white within Chapter XXVIII. Only a willow tree Chapter XXIX. Sleep walking Chapter XXX. Out of the old Courthouse, into the new Chapter XXXI. The Lipps Family Chapter XXXII. The Pound Massacre