The Watauga County, North Carolina Directory — 1883
Population in 1880 | 8,160 |
White | 7,746 |
Colored | 414 |
Value of real estate, 1882 | $ 470,562.00 |
Value of personal property | $ 134,545.00 |
Tax on Real Estate | $ 273.35 |
Tax on Personal Property | $ 183.54 |
County Levy | $ 3,860.56 |
County Levy for Schools | $ 2,395.08 |
Watauga county was formed in 1849, from Ashe, Caldwell, Wilkes and Yancey counties, and bears the name given to a river by the Indians, which has its source in this county, and signifies the “River of Islands.”
It belongs to the Western Division, lying in the northwestern portion of the State, and bounded on the west by the Tennessee line, and the counties of Ashe on the north, Caldwell on the south, and Wilkes on the east. It has an area of 300 square miles (192,374 acres), and the land has an average assessed value of $2.30 per acre.
Boone, the county seat, is about 240 miles from Raleigh, and was called in honor of Daniel Boone, who once lived on the Yadkin river. Population, 167.
Surface: Mountainous, with rich loamy soil.
Products: Corn, wheat, rye, oats, buckwheat, potatoes, and fine vegetables.
Fruits: Apples, peaches, pears, berries, cherries, and all fruits of this climate.
Timbers: Oak, chestnut, poplar, pine, sugar maple, cherry, walnut.
Minerals: Iron, gold, mica, plumbago, silver, copper, with mineral springs.
Post Offices
County Officers
Clerk of Superior Court: J. B. Todd
Commissioners: D. B. Dougherty, W. S. Farthing
Coroner: C. J. Cottrell
Register of Deeds: W. W. Presnell
Sheriff: D. F. Baird
Solicitor: J. S. Adams
Surveyor: L. W. Farthing
Standard Keeper: John Culler
Superintendent of Public Instruction: John L. Lippard
Treasurer: John Ragan
Courts
Superior Court meets on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in March and September
Judge: A. C. Avery
Clerk: J. B. Todd
Magistrates
B. Wagner
W. H. Crowder
J. R. Hodges
J. T. Calloway
A. F. Davis
H. A. Dobin
F. Blackburn
W. E. Shell
W. H. Dugger
John McGuire
Isaac Dougherty
D. Farthing
Benjamin Greer
H. Taylor
George Shook
G. W. Dugger
J. J. T. Reece
W. W. Sherrille
Jordan Cook
J. B. Robbins
Attorneys at Law
Council, W. B., Jr. – Boone
Greene, L. L. – Boone
Morphew, J. F. – Boone
Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights
Amos, J. F. – Boone
Baird, Benjamin – Watauga Falls
Cook, L. H. – Dark Ridge
Council, J. W. – Boone
Floyd, J. W. – Boone
Greene, L. W. – Stony Fork
Greene, Lee – Stony Fork
Greer, R. G. – Pinetop
Hartley, John – Bamboo
Huggins, H. L. – Boone
Boarding Houses
Council, W. B., Dr. – Boone
Carpenters and Builders
Critcher, G. A. – Bamboo
Critcher, W. P. – Bamboo
Idol, J. N. – Pinetop
Luther, J. E. – Stony Fork
McGuire, B. F. – Dark Ridge
Winkler, John C. – Stony Fork
Cattle Dealers
Brown, B. – Pinetop
Coffey, T. J. & Bro. – Boone
Horton & Walsh – Stony Fork
Shearer, Milton – Watauga Falls
Shearer, Robert – Boone
Thomas, Alexander – Watauga Falls
Vaney, William – Bamboo
Coopers
Baird, A. J. – Watauga Falls
Church, Henry – Stony Fork
Church, Jordan, Jr. – Stony Fork
Distillers – Brandy
Baird, William – Watauga Falls
Druggists
Horton & Walsh – Stony Fork
Morphew, J. F. & Bro. – Boone
General Merchants
Banner, Lute – Banner’s Elk
Boyden, S. W. – Boone
Brown, G. W. – Dark Ridge
Bryan, W. L. – Boone
Clarke, W. H. – Shull’s Mills
Clarke & Estes – Blowing Rock
Coffey, C. J. – Shull’s Mills
Coffey, T. J. & Bro. – Boone
Cook, Jordan – Bamboo
Crowder, W. M. – Pinetop
Dougherty, E. H. – McBride’s Mill
Farthing, R. & Son – Watauga Falls
Farthing & McBride – Sweet Water
Finley, G. W. – Blowing Rock
Holesclow, B. L. – McBride’s Mill
Horton & Walsh – Stony Fork
Hulcher, W. C. – Elk X Roads
Morris, J. & Son – Soda Hill
Morton & Walsh – Stony Fork
Phillips, J. B. – Watauga Falls
Ragan, J. – Soda Hill
Shearer, M. G. – Watauga Falls
Shell & Mash – McBrides’ Mill
Shull, J. C. – Shull’s Mills
Spainhour & Hulcher – Elk X Roads
Taylor, Henry – Valley Crucis
Trivett, John – Dark Ridge
Hotels
Bryan, W. L. – Boone
Coffey, T. J. & Bro. – Boone
Insurance Agents
Crowder, W. M. – Pinetop
Lumber Dealers
Alexander & Co. – Banner’s Elk
Green, Lemuel – Sweet Water
McGuire, R. F. – Dark Ridge
Miller, John B. & Son – Sugar Grove
Mills – Flour & Grist
J. F. Amos – Boone
Samuel Banner – Banner’s Elk
E. Brown – Boone
Larkin & A. C. Calloway – Shull’s Mills
Wm. C. Coffey – Shull’s Mills
D. B. Doughtery – Boone
S. M. Dugger – Banner’s Elk
L. W. Estes – Blowing Rock
Joseph Howell – Stony Fork
John McGuire – Church
Wm. Miller & Son – Church
A. J. Moretz – Soda Hill
Elijah Mast – Watauga Falls
Joel Trivett _ Dark Ridge
Jackson Baird – Watauga Falls
W. W. Lenoir – Shull’s Mills
H. Taylor – Valley Crucis
D. B, Wagner – Stony Fork
Calvin Ward – Watauga Falls
J. Wineberger – Soda Hill
J. Winkler – Boone
Eli Wolf – Boone
Mills – Saw
Beech Mountain – Wm. Mast & Co. – Watauga Falls
Calloway’s, Larkin & A. C. Calloway – Shull’s Mill
Coffey’s, William C. Coffey – Shull’s Mills
Critcher Bros. & Shull – Boone
James Howell – Boone
Joseph Howell – Stony Fork
Rodgers & Co. – Bamboo
Stonewall – W. W. Lenoir – Shull’s Mills
Mills – Woolen
Trivett, F. P. – Boone
Millwrights
Green, J. E. – Boone
Townsend, A. & Son – Valley Crucis
Winebarger, J. – Soda Hill
Winkler, John C. – Stony Fork
Mines – Copper
Elk Knob, Wagner & Co. – Boone
Mines – Gold
Hardin’s, H. W. Hardin – Boone
Mines – Silver
Poga – Dr. Stewart – Beech Creek
Nurserymen
Wellborn, _________, – Stony Fork
Painters – House & Sign
Amos, J. F. – Boone
Councill, J. C. – Boone
Physicians
Bullard, G. W. – Soda Hill
Councill, J. B. – Boone
Councill, W. B., Sr. – Boone
Phillips, E. Roy – Boone
Phillips, J. B. – Sugar Grove
Phillips, Jordan – Watauga Falls
Rivers, J. J. – Boone
Real Estate Agents
Dougherty, A. M. – Trade, Tenn
Morphew, J. F. – Boone
Schools
Boone High – Boone
Poga – Dark Ridge
Tanners
Coffey, T. B. & Bro. – Boone
Cook, J. H. – Boone
Greer, Marshall – Watauga Falls
Hardin, H. W. – Boone
Walker, John – Watauga Falls
Watchmaker and Jewelers
Councill, J. C. – Boone
Principal Farmers
Bamboo – T. D. Cook, John Brown, J. R. Brown, Samuel Brown, John Cook, G. L. Vandike, William Vannoy, G. H. Blair, C. J. Cottrell, J. E. Kearley, John Lay, G. W. Canler
Boone – Robert Shearer, Joshua Winkler, John Elrod, Joseph Hayes, W. L. Bryan, B. J. Councill, Jr., George H. Blair, N. W. Vannoy, J. C. Tay, A. J. Critcher, Joseph Hardin, John Gragg, W. H. Hardin, E. F. Lovill, THomas Greer, T. J. Coffey, & Bro.
Dark Ridge – Jacob Younce, G. W. McGuire, J. F. McBride, Philip Church, D. J. McGuire, James Trivett, L. W. McGuire, A. Cannon, G. W. McGuire, Jr., G. W. Brown, J. R. Gryder, Joel Trivett, Samuel Trivett, John Trivett, D. F. Greer, W. M. Loughary, Thomas Smith, Ervin Greene, M. T. Harman, A. B. Franklin, Jacob Ivens, James Church, W. M. Chruch, William Cannon, Lazarus Trivett
Pinetop – Joseph Brown, Sr., J. R. Norris, J. N. Idol, J. T. Clawson, B. Brown, J. T. Bingham
Shull’s Mills – Elkannah Lusk, A. B. Johnson, J. C. Shull, S. P. Shull, J. C. Coffey, Wm. C. Coffey, Eli Johnson, Perry Johnson, J. Hubbard Brown, Henderson Calloway, Harrison Calloway, A. J. Mast, Calvin White, Noah Winkler, George W. Austin, W. W. Lenow, James Church, William Pennell
Stony Fork – D. B. Wagner, W. E. Greene, Joseph Howell, L. P. Watson, Thomas Watson, George W. Watson, Isaac S. Watson, W. S. Greene, Riley Greene, Thomas R. Greene, S. R. Greene, S. Greene, S. J. Bishop, E. Greene, J. F. Eller, Alexander Greene, George Greene, C. C. Miller, Larkin Mikeal
Watauga Falls – Simon Ward, Adam Hix, Calvin Harman, Whitfield Farthing, Wily Herman, Eli Herman, Jones Greer, R. E. Greer, James Thomas, A. Thomas, Philmore Walker