Excerpt from History of Kanawha County: From Its Organization in 1789 Until the Present Time; Embracing Accounts of Early Settlements, and Thrilling Adventures With the Indians, Derived From History and Aged Citizens; Also, Biographical Sketches of a Large Number of the Early Settlers of the Gr In the preparation of this volume, I have aimed to give proper credit for everything taken from others. I am under many obligations to a number of citizens of Charleston for ln formation and courtesies extended to me, for which I make this public acknowledgment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.