Title Page
The Avery County Bicentennial Commission iv
Introduction by Horton Cooper viii
Those Bear-Hunting, Fiddle-Playing Aldridges 1
Burt Aidridge's Family of Crossnore 1
Edgar Garfield Aidridge 3
The Averys 5
Charles Basler Baird and Virginia Banner Baird 6
Banner 8
Barriers 12
Byard H. Benfield, Sr. and Betsy Isaacs Benfield 13
The Biggerstaffs of Altamont 19
Braswell 21
Unforgettable Roscoe 23
Sam Brown and His Ancestors 24
The Minneapolis Burlesons 25
The Plumtree Burlesons 28
Burlesons of Plumtree 31
The Carpenters of Crossnore and Buck Hill 33
Jacob Carpenter, the Second 36
Rev. T. W. Clapp 38
Uncle Newt Clark 40
Gus Coffey 43
James Howard Collins 45
Jack Cook's Story 46
Horton Cooper 48
Bishop James Cornett 50
Cuthbertson 51
The Davenports 54
C. Gordon Davenport 57
George Washington Dean: An Early Educator 58
The Dellingers of Altamont 59
William Jones Dellinger Family 61
Mrs. Lena Sloop Dellinger 66
Shepherd Monroe Dugger 69
The E. T. Erickson Family 72
Frank Fields 74
Emma Beatie Sloop Fink, M. D 75
James Paul Fletcher 80
Franklin 81
The Gurney Franklin Family 84
David S. Franklin, Jr 86
Caroline Gragg and the Morris Gragg Family 94
Obituary of Mrs. Nancy Caroline Gragg 96
Gray, Charles W. and Kelly 97
A Tribute to Dr. F. Green 98
Mrs. Anna Guignard 99
The Guys of Newland 103
John Frank Hampton 105
The Hardins of Cranberry 107
Harris 108
Joseph Larkin Hartley 110
J. Myron Houston 113
Arizona Houston Hughes 115
The Brown Hughes Family 117
Charles Hughes 121
Hughes 122
Eivene Hughes 122
Jason Hughes 123
John Wilson Hughes 125
Straley Jason Hughes 126
Some Memories of "My Growing up Years" at Crossnore 127
Isaac A. Johnson and Uncle Gilmer and Aunt Pop 131
Dr. Monte Johnson 134
Wesley Johnson, Sr 136
Thomas Anderson Love 140
Uncle Fred and Aunt Minnie McKinney 141
The McLeans of Avery County 143
Samuel Knox Mortimer, Sr 146
Samuel Knox Mortimer, Jr 148
The Family of Arcus Ollis 149
James Ollis 151
James Wesley Ollis, II 153
Luther Ollis 156
The Family of Wilburn and Sarah Jane Buchanan Ollis 157
Woodvill Baskan Ollis 158
Uncle Joe and Aunt Delzie Ollis of Altamont 159
Rev. Roby Painter 163
Pittmans of Frank 165
Ania Ollis Pritchard and Thomas Jefferson Pritchard 169
Claude Decator Pyatte 170
History of the Roderick Family 172
Eustace Henry Sloop, M. D 175
Mary Turpin (Martin) Sloop, M. D 176
C. 0. Stamey 178
John Nelson Stamey 182
The Stroup Family 184
Sturgills 186
Lloyd W. Sudderth 191
James Thomas Tanner 193
Taylors 196
The History of the A. S. Taylor Family 197
Robert Tilden Teague, Sr 200
The Pineola Vances 201
The Vances of Plumtree 205
Uncle Albert and Aunt Martha Vance 208
The Webb Family in Avery County 210
Weld 213
History of the Avery County Wises 216
Milligan Shuford Wise 217
Otis Wise 218
Clarence Wiseman 226
Aunt Sallie Wiseman 228
Wisemans Settled Toe River Valley 230
William Wiseman 234
Mrs. Emily Asbury Yoder 236
Appendix 238
Addenda 248
Original Weaving Room at Crossnore 249
Avery County Map 250
Photographs of Historical Significance and First Avery County Fair 251
