James Tate was born in 1662 in New Kent County, Virginia. He married Ann and they had eight children. He died in 1727. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia and North Carolina.

This history is enriched with personal recollections and reminiscences. Its pages are filled with the names of those individuals who settled, or helped in some way to establish the County, as well as those who are remembered for various other reasons. The fifty-four illustrations include Wise County’s commonwealth attorneys, from the first (1856) to the twenty-first (1935).

James Sloan (1769-1853) was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia and served in the American Revolution. He eventually settled in Kentucky. He was the father of eleven children. Descendants married into the Hale family. One of the earliest known ancestors of the Hale family was Lewis Hale (1746-1802) who married Mary Burwell and settled in Grayson County, Virginia. His descendants moved to Kentucky. Descendants live in Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Nebraska, Colorado and other parts of the United States.