Chataigne's Business Directory for Amherst County, Virginia 1888-1889
| Population in 1880 | White 10,001
Indians, 6
colored 8,702
Total 18,709
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| County Seat, Amherst C.H. | Population, 600
|
| Vote of County, November 2, 1886 | Democrats, 1,360
Repulicans 1,179
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| Value of Real Estate | $2,035,664.00
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| Value of personal property | $415,663.00
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| Tax on real estate | $8,158.18
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| Tax on personal property | $1,663.96
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| Capitation tax | White 1,991
colored, 1,270
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This county was formed in 1761 from Albemarle, and has an area of 470 1/2 square miles. It lies
at the eastern base of the Blue Ridge, which divides it from Rockbridge, and is about 100 miles
due west from Richmond-138 miles by railroad. Bedford, Campbell and Appomattox are
on the routh. and Nelson on the north and east: The farming land is of the finest quality, and its
produets of corn, tobacco, wheat, &c, find a convenient market in the thriving city of Lynchburg.
which is located on the opposite side of James river from its southern boundary. At the county
seat, Amherst, there is a warehouse and tobacco factories. Recent operations in this county have
discovered some twenty-five parallel veins of iron ore, varying in width from five to sixty feet.
Copper ore is found in great abundance: as is also slate and soapstone The Virginia Midland
railroad traverses the county from north to south, and the Richmond and Alleghany railroad skirts
its whole southern border; as does also the James river. Its other water courses are the
Pedlar,Tye, Buffalo and Piney rivers, all of which empty into the James. The average assessed
value of the lands is $6.45 per acre.
Post Offices
Allen's Creek
Allwood
Amherst C.H., H. H. Willis
Chestnut, P. E. Lavender
Clifford, C. E. Jennings
Cool Well
Elon, John J. Jones
Forks of Buffalo, Edward Drummond
Galt's Mills, E. J. Turner
Gidsville, J. M. Gannaway
Harris' Creek, E. Kunz
Idem
James River
Long Mountain, F. H. Higginbotham
Lowesville, F. C. Maloney
New Glasgow Depot, B. W. Landrum
Oronoco
Pedlar Mills, M. D. Ray
Pleasant View
Riversville
Rose Mills, Edw. D. Slaughter
Salt Creek
Sandiges, Wilkins Watson
Snowden
Stapleton Mills
Walker's Ford
Willow
Courts
The Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit meets at Amherst C.H. the 10th April and 10th
October.
Judge: J. D. Horsley
Clerk: Robert A. Pendleton
The County Court meets at the Court House the third Monday in each month:
Judge: Wm. Dillard
Clerk: Charles L. Ellis
County Officers
Sheriff: Jno. P. Bland
Surveyor: Clarence Campbell
Treasurer: H. C. Joyner
Commissioners of Revenue: E. S. Ware, Robert H. Eubank
Commonwealth's Attorney: John L. Lee
Superintendent of Poor: E. B. McGinnis
Justices of the Peace
J. Thompson Loving, Sam'l M. Garland, S. M. Kulp, James River; W. H. Staples, Lynchburg;
W. A. Ballow, Daniel H. Rucker, Salt Creek; Ed. M. Tinsley, Harris' Creek; Henry C. Williams,
Pedlar Mills; Thos. J. M. Goodwin, Allwood; H. M. Crist, Oronoco; S. K. Wilsher, Sandige,
Samuel R. Irvine Clifford.
Supervisors
B. B. Campbell, Sandige, John H. Parr, Allwood; F. B. Tyler, Lynchburg; T. V. Richeson,
Amherst C.H.
Constables
S. E. Morris, Amherst C.H., E. A. Watson, Sandige; E. W. Mitchell, Pedlar Mills
Attorneys at Law
Alexander Dudley A, Elon
Berry, Taylor, Amherst C.H.
Christian, C. B., Riverside
Coffey, M. D., Amherst C.H.
Coghill, Robert A., Clifford
Dillard, William, Jr., Riverside
Ellis, Josiah R., Amherst C.H.
Evans, O. L., Amherst C.H.
Garland, Samuel M., Amherst C.H.
Henley, W. B., Sandige's
Lee, John L., Amherst C.H.
Loving, W. G., Lowesville
Robertson, J. B. Amherst C.H.
Scott, C. L., Amherst C. H.
Taliaferro, R. M., Amherst C.H.
Whitehead, Thomas, Harris Creek
Banks
Bank of Amherst, Taylor Berry, President, F. J. Harris, cashier, Amherst C.H.
Brick Manufacturers
Brown, B., Amherst C.H.
Carpenters and Contractors
Allen, John D., Long Mountain
Andrew, W. H., Pedlar Mills
Camden, B., Idem
Coleman, T. E., Lowesville
Kirkpatrick, S. C., Amherst C.H.
Lipscomb, C. J., Chestnut
Parson, W. S., Rose Mills
Sale, G. T., Sandidge's
Smith, James E., Amherst C.H.
Spencer, W. B., Elon
Staples, J. M., Rose Mills
White, James E., Chestnut
Wiley, R. E., Pedlar Mills
Coach and Wagon Builders
Adams, J. Q., Lowesville
Campbell, C. W., Rose Mills
Cash, J. T., Clifford
Cox, William F., Amherst C.H.
Gregory, J. C., Amherst C.H.
Higgenbotham, Pleasant, Elon
Moore, P. L., Rose Mills
Pendleton, B. S., Harris' Creek
Rogers, L. M., Allwood
Sales, John L. & Bro., Pedlar Mills
Spencer, Wm. B., Elon
Somes, C. J., Clifford
*Tucker, Miller, Amherst C.H.
Tucker, W. J., Sandige's
Wood, L. F., Elon
Wright, M., Elon
Dentists
Whitehead, K.., Amherst C.H.
Distillers
Buchanan, Charles, Salt Creek
Cabell, H. R. & Co., Amherst C.H.
Higginbotham, F. H., Long Mountain
Jackson, John A., Amherst C.H.
Thompson, Robert, Salt Creek
Engineers-Civil
Garland, M. H., Harris' Creek
Pendleton, R. A., Amherst C.H.
Foundry and Machine Shops
Wright, George, Salt Creek
General Merchant
Adams, Jesse E., Cool Well
Allen, T. L., Amherst C.H.
Breson, Richard, Amherst C.H.
Brook, William, Lynchburg, Campbell Co.
Brown, Benjamin, Amherst C.H.
Burford, O. G., Harris' Creek
Carico, J. W. & Co., Lowesville
Davidson, B. M., Lowesville
Dobbs & Davies, Amherst C.H.
Drummond, Edward, Forks of Buffalo
Edwards, Washington, Clifford
Ellis, John T., Amherst C.H.
Freeman, J. R. & Co., Rose Mills
Gannaway, James M., Gidsville
Haile, B. B., Clifford
Harlow, M. C., Pleasant View
Henley Richeson, Sandidge's
Higginbotham, F. H., Long Mountain
Hudson, E. F., Elon
Hudson, T. L., Sandidge's
Jennings, C. E., Clifford
Irvine, J. W., Lynchburg, Campbell Co.
Landrum, B. W., New Glasgow Depot
Latour, Louis, Amherst C.H.
Love & Mays, Idem
McGinnis, V.,. Clifford
Maloney, F. C., Lowesville
Mitchell, G. W. & Co., Allen's Creek
Myers, M. L., Mrs., Forks of Buffalo
Ogden, W. S., Amherst C.H.
Padgett, A. J., Pedlar Mills
Parr, John H., Allwood
Quinn, J. H. & Bro., Rose Mills
Ray, M. D., & Son, Pedlar Mills
Smith, Harriett A., Lynchburg, Campbell Co.
Tucker, W. H., Pedlar Mills
Turner, E. J., Galt's Mills
Woods, J. T., Pedlar's Mills
Gun and Locksmiths
Jennings, C. M., Amherst C.H.
Hardware
Taliaferro, Henry A., (Agt), Amherst C.H.
Hotels
American, D. C. Beard, Amherst C.H.
Central, Wm. D. Miles, Amherst C.H.
Hawks, D. H., Salt Creek
Padgett, A. J., Pedlar Mills
Virginia House, W. E. Ellis, Amherst C. H.
Land Agents
Scott, R. G., Salt Creek
Livery Stables
Beard, John P., Amherst C.H.
Mills-Corn and Flour
Baldock, Oscar, Harris' Creek
Baldock & Hudson, Amherst C.H.
Belmont Mills, Clifford
Cash's, Cool Well
Cunningham's, Allwood
Eubank, J. N., Chestnut
Griggs, Samuel, Lowesville
Harris' Creek, A. L. Buford, Harris' Creek
Jordan, W. H., Snowden
Massie, S. P., Lowesville
Ogden, Silas, Pedlar Mills
Oronoco Mills, Ornonco
Rucker, P. B., Forks of Buffalo
Sandidge's, Sandidge's
Scott's,. J. J. Scott, Salt Creek
Slaughter & Pettit, Rose Mills
Strange & Litchford, Lynchburg, Campbell Co.
Taylor's, Tye River, Nelson Co.
Turner, E. J., Galt's Mills
Turner, S. F., Pedlar Mills
Walton, Richard, Amherst C.H.
Watts, Stephen, Lynchburg, Campbell Co.
Mills-Plaster
Coffey, M. B., Amherst C.H.
Mills-Saw
Campbell, B. B., Sandidge
Cunningham, Geo. E., Chestnut
Eubank, John N., Pedlar Mills
Evans, Wm. N., Amherst C.H.
Hill, C. P., Rose Mills
Jarvis, James, Oronoco
Landrum & Fogus, New Glasgow Depot
Lewis, H. M., Pedlar Mills
Phoenix Wood & Lumber Co., Harris Creek
Rucker, P. B., Forks of Buffalo
Scott, R. G., Salt Creek
Seay, W. N., Chestnut
Slaughter, E. D., Rose Mills
Walton, R. W., Amherst C.H.
Wood, J. S. & S., Lowesville
Wright, S. A., Galt's Mills
Millwright
Decker, Wm. H., Oronoco
Massie, Edmund, Lowesville
Shrader, J. J., Amherst C.H.
Wash, D. W., Salt Creek
Wright, H. J., Allwood
Mines-Iron
Bessemer Iron Co., Riversville
Henley, W. B., Sandidge's
Taliaferro, J. M., Sandidge's
Newspaper
New Era (weekly), H. A. Strode, ed'r, and prop. (Thursday, Dem), Amherst C.H.
Physicians
Berry, Henry C., Chestnut
Berry, M. L., Pedlar Mills
Davies, Geo. W., Amherst C.H.
Dox, J. N., Rose Mills
Ellis, Robert T., Sandidge's
Gills, S. J., Lowesville
Jones, H. E., Lowesville
Massie, C. W., Pedlar Mills
Meriwether, G. D., Pedlar Mills
Richeson, W. A., Amherst C.H.
Roberts, W. B., Salt Creek
Scott, E. W., Elon
Taliaferro, James M., Sandidge's
Thompson, John, Amherst C.H.
Voorhees, F. F., Amherst C.H.
Williams, Hazel, Jr., Allwood
Willis, A. F., Clifford
Saddlers and Harnessmakers
Rothwell, T. H., Amherst C.H.
Tucker, D. L., Lowesville
Tucker, W. H., Pedlar Mills
Saloons
Cross, Richard, Amherst C.H.
Hudson, Thos. L., Sandidge's
Massie, G. D., Amherst C.H.
Oak Grove, Clifford
Proffitt, J. M., Lowesville
Proffitt, M. V., Amherst C.H.
Wedderfield, Thos. Amherst C.H.
Wood, Jas. E., Amherst C.H.
Schools and Seminaries
Claiborne, Geo. M., Forks of Buffalo
Kenmore High School, H. A. Strode, Principal, Amherst C.H.
Little, A. E., Miss, Sandidge's
Martin, J. W., Rev., Gidsville
Piedmont Academy, Amherst C.H.
Tribble, T. J., Rose Mills
There are 43 white and 21 colored public schools in this county; Sup't A. J. Richeson, Pedlar
Mills.
Slate Quarries
Amherst, Chestnut
Mountain Mines, Chestnut
Virginia Slate Mining Co., Big Island, Bedford Co.
Tanners
Shotwell & Rust, Amherst C.H.
Townley, Thomas S.., Elon
Tucker, David L., Lowesville
Tucker, W. H., Pedlar Mills
Wright, J. J., Allwood
Tin and Sheet Iron Workers
Day, S. R., Amherst C.H.
Tobacco Dealers-Leaf
Beard, John P., Amherst C.H.
Undertakers
Allen, John, Oronoco
Burford, S. M. & Co., Harris' Creek
Campbell, C. W., Rose Mills
Cox, R. M., Amherst C.H.
Gregory, W. W., Lowesville
Jennings, C. E., Clifford
Rogers, L. M., Allwood
Sales, John L. & Bro., Pedlar Mills
Seay, W. N., Pedlar Mills
Whiteside Charles, Oronoco
Warehouses-Tobacco
Planters' Warehouse Co., Amherst C.H.
Watchmakers and Jewlers
Jennings, C. M., Amherst C.H.
Wood Dealers
Buchanan, Walter, Salt Creek
Principal Farmers
Allen's Creek--Thomas Agee, Wm. C. Jordan, J. C. Mundy
Allwood--A. F. Burks, William H. Barnes, R. N. Carter, James N. Pryor, James S. Richeson,
John R. Cunningham, James M. Millner, George W. Dodd, James N. Eubank, W. L. Millner,
Bluford Morris, Thomas Shepherd, L. P. Hawkins, P. M. Rucker, J. W. Rucker, G. T. Rucker, L.
F. Parr.
Amherst C.H.--T. V. Richeson, James W. Burley, Joel H. Campbell, S. R. Harding, A. W.
Williams, James Harrison, Seaton Stinnett, W. H. Kent, John H. Watts, C. J. Higginbotham,
Albert C. Harrison, S. M. Hudson, B. J. Rucker, George H. Harrison, Mrs. E. F. Mosby, M. B.
Coffey
Chestnut--P. F. Turpin, J. Martin, Sr., W. H. Tyree, E. Gilbert, C. T. Watts, J. W. Thurston, P. P.
Thurston, J. J. Brown, J. F. Powell, E. M. Powell, T. B. Gatewood, Jos. Garrett, Thomas N.
Watts, Mrs. L. A. Jones, Joshua Bibb, B. Turner, P. E. Lavender
Clifford--J. K. Harvey, D. S. Tinsley, Powhatan Henson, William M. Johnson, Solomon Stevens,
G. W. Hunter, D. T. Mays, W. A. Mays, F. H. Fowler, Z. T. Jennings
Cool Well--P. St. George Ambler, George H. Caperton, Jesse E. Adams, A. D. Watts, Leroy
Willmore, Samuel H. McKenney, Eugene McIvor, John J. Ambler, Ed B. Ambler
Elon--Oscar S. Watts, Wm. A. Ballowe, John E. Wills, C. C. Moore, E. F. Hudson, Dr. E. W.
Scott, James E. Fletcher, WM. E. Grubb, Parks McFall, John D. Magann, Chas. W. Dameron,
James A. Noell, Thomas D. Townley, James A. Noell, Thomas D. Townley, N. C. Hunt.
Forks of Buffalo--Samuel B. Higginbotham, C. L. McDaniel, H. B. Jennings, Robert W.
Willmore, Robt. F. Giles, G. W. Dodd, Mrs O. P. Jones, J. J. Wright, Hyla Parr, Matt Hamilton,
Wm. M. Staton, Thomas J. Tomlinson, Wm. S. Burks, W. W. Drummond.
Galt's Mills--Mrs. V. L. Pettyjohn, S. J. Turner, H. J. Proffit, E. A. Raine, George A. Kent, R. A.
Kent & Bro., S. J. Bailey, J. Turner, J. D. Dameron.
Gidsville--Henry Stinnett, Wm. Campbell, Samuel Lowman, C. R. Gannaway, G'd Gannaway,
Frank M. Hill, C. M. McKnight, W. M. Thompson, Walter Taylor, Paul Tucker, P. H.
Drummond, Henry Loving, Jr., J. M. Stinnett, S. W. Stinnett, J. Hunt Christian.
Harris' Creek--W. F. Ammonett, R. M. Burford, M. H. Garland, V. H. Rucker, G. B. Mason, L.
D. Stillwell, J. E. Ewers, E. Kunz, J. C. Long, Jr., B. H. Ammonette, James O. Roberts.
Lowesville--Henry Lovings, C. S. Tucker, James W. Page, Paul Fulcher, Byron Massie, D. G.
Campbell, S. M. Waller, J. P. Cash, J. M. Woodson, S. P. Massie, Archer Beard, T. G. Cash, S.
G. Poindexter
Idem--James M. Grant, Gid D. Morris, Alex Sale, M. R. Cunningham, J. M. Marris, T. R.
Marris, Bluford Hicks, Wm. Marris, Wm. Peters, John Ware, John Hicks, J. C. Schwarts, Jas. B.
Hicks.
Long Mountain-- Lewis Hamilton, P. Rhodes, Geo. D. Thornton, H. C. Berry, L. M. Jones,
Henley Henson, Pink Davis, Edwin Coffey
Lynchburg, Campbell Co.--Stephen Watts, Geo. W. Old, J. H. Cash, Joseph Porter, J. F.
Frederickson, Thos. Cash, George A. Johnson, Edward M. Ware, Edmond J. Hill, W. H. H.
Winston, Fielding Tyler, W. J. Ewers, S. H. Wingfield, F. H. Wright, W. T. Anderson, Henry T.
Hunt, Adam R. Hardin, William P. Edward, Fielding Tyler, Samuel B. Rucker.
New Glasgow Depot--William M. Via, P. A. Bunch, A. H. Wood, J. P. Iseman, A. W. Boxley, B.
W. Landrum, A. N. Bryant, W. A. Bowles
Oronoco--Charles Coffey, John Coffey, William Jarvies, D. R. Coffey, K. Higginbotham, James
R. Cunningham, John C. Noll, James Bryan, W. H. Wilson, S. D. Gilbert, Jno. Jarvies, D. W.
Curry, John Martin, John B. Wright, William H. Parrish, N. Higginbotham.
Pedlar Mills--W. C. Bibb, J. B. Bibb, Ro. Canfield, John D. Davis, R. N. Ellis, John E. Ellis, R.
H. Eubank, W. H. Feagans, J. T. Feagans, M. W. Jennings, Mrs. L. Minor, N. C. Keith, H. M.
Lewis, H. R. Lewis, John T. Layne, A. D. Layne, W. P. Newcomb, Thomas B. Pleasants, D. H.
Rucker, N. D. Rucker, R. E. Smith, D. T. Swisher, S. F. Turner, Silas Ogden, James Williams,
Jno. W. Pleasants, James T. Woods, James H. Woods, David B. Cheatwood, D. S. Turner, C. D.
Williams, L. C. Ware, E. W. Mitchell
Pleasant View--Robert C. Wilcher, M. C. Harlow, Robert Hudson, Parks Rucker
Riversville--William Dillard, J. J. Dillard
Rose Mills--T. L. Jones, Milton Broady, William Giles, D. Witt, L. C. Randolph, J. L. Hubard, J.
H. Slaughter, E. M. Redd, C. F. Howe, Wm. Ashley, M. A. White, J. B. Staples, J. H. McCrary,
W. E. Thomas, J. J. Carter, C. T. Bourne, J. J. Stratton.
Salt Creek--Edward Fletcher, R. G. Scott, Ambrose C. Rucker, George H. Dameron, W. Tinsley,
John J. Old, J. T. Plunkett, M. Wright, Clarence Deering, Jane E. Deering, Mattie Blanchard,
David Teese, John Moorman, William R. Terry, John Dameron.
Sandidge's--F. T. Burks, J. H. Massie, J. M. Taliaferro, E. A. Burks, W. T. Watson, Henly
Drummond, B. B. Campbell, B. T. Wellmore, Charles E. Beard, Wm. R. Jones, L. P. Tyree
Snowden--C. H. Wood, G. W. Noel, John R. Burks
Stapleton Mills--Charles Pettyjohn, William H. Turner, Pitt Woodruff
Walker's Ford--S. B. Walker, Jas. A. Scuddy, C. B. Christian, Joseph Abbitt.
© 2001, Jeffrey C. Weaver, Arlington, VA
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