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City Directories
Pre 1900
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
Business and Industry
Business and Industry information comes from the Bristol Public Library’s local history files compiled by various researchers. Included are company-provided information, newspaper articles, and various other sources of information.
- Ball Corporation
- Bare and Scates Manufacturing
- Bargain Box
- Beaver Creek Iron Works
- Beveridge and Taylor
- Blue Circle
- Boise Cascade
- Boyd’s Bicycle Shop
- Branson Body Works
- Bristol Apparel
- Bristol Brass and Copper
- Bristol Compressors
- Bristol Door and Lumber
- Bristol Ethyl and Industrial
- Bristol Goodson Water
- Bristol Jeans
- Bristol Mall
- Bristol Trailer Sales
- Brown Brothers
- Bunn and Company
- Bunting’s Drugs
- Burger Bar
- Bristol Courier 1904 Industrial Supplement
- Bristol Virginia Tennessee Information Guide Chamber of Commerce (undated)
- Coal Mining
- Commercial and Industrial Advantages of Bristol-Kingsport Sullivan County Tennessee
- Community Profile for the Bristol Virginia Labor Market Area 2003
- Dairies
- Drug Store Bottles
- General industry
- Headlight Norfolk & Western Railway (undated)
- A Historical and Descriptive Review of Bristol-Goodson 1885
- Lumber
- Mills
- The Norfolk and Great Western Railroad 1868
- Pointed Facts about Bristol Tennessee and Virginia by Bristol Board of Trade (undated)
- Premium List of the Bristol Fair and Stock Association 1884
- Rotogravure Section The Herald Courier 17 Apr 1948
- The Southern Railway Mercantile and Industrial Review of Bristol Virginia Tennessee (undated)
- Southwest Virginia Target Industry Study 1987
- The Story of Bristol by Joseph Anderson
- Tri-Cities Area Report 1985
Maps
Maps of the region
- 1947 Bristol VA TN
- 1952 Bristol VA TN
- 1963-64 Bristol VA TN phone book (north)
- 1963-64 Bristol VA TN phone book (south)
- 1981 VA TN KY TVA-USGS survey
- 1990 Abingdon Washington Co VA (front)
- 1990 Abingdon Washington Co VA (back)
- 2005 Washington Co VA (front)
- 2005 Washington Co VA (back)
- 2011 Washington Co VA Abingdon Bristol VA (front)
- 2011 Washington Co VA Abingdon Bristol VA (back)
Ask at the reference desk to access the following maps:
- 1987 Bristol VA TN
- 1988 Bristol VA TN
- 1990 Bristol VA TN Sullivan Co TN Washington Co VA
- 1990 Tri Cities
- 1991 Sullivan Co Bristol TN VA
- 1994 Sullivan Co Bristol TN VA
- 1998 Bristol VA TN East Sullivan Co TN Washington Co VA
- 2015 Bristol TN VA Sullivan Co TN Washington Co VA
Cemeteries
CemeteryĀ information comes from the Bristol Public Library’s local history files compiled by various researchers. Cemetery censuses may or may not be complete and may or may not be included in other publications.
Family Files
FamilyĀ information comes from the Bristol Public Library’s local history files compiled by various researchers. Some are as brief as a one-page family tree and some include more extensive family histories. All information in one file may not refer to the same branch of a family, but may provide clues to researchers of a particular surname.
- Hackney
- Hall
- Hallmark
- Hamilton
- Hammond
- Hammons
- Hanson
- Hardin
- Hardwick
- Hardy
- Harkleroad
- Harkrader
- Harmon
- Harrington
- Hashbarger
- Hatcher
- Hawk
- Hay
- Heabler
- Headrick
- Heard
- Hedrick
- Heil
- Helms
- Helton
- Henderson
- Henninger
- Hennings
- Herrell
- Heydon
- Hicks
- Hill
- Hodge
- Hoggard
- Holbrook
- Hollingsworth
- Holsapple
- Holt
- Hook
- Hoover
- Horn
- Horton
- Houser
- Hudson
- Huff
- Hughes
- Humphries
- Hunicutt
- Hunigan
- Hunter
- Huntsucker
- Hutchings
- Hutchinson
- Salyer
- Sanders
- Saun
- Scalf
- Schaffer
- Schneider
- Schroder
- Scoggins
- Scott
- Scruggs
- Sells
- Senter
- Sevier
- Sewell
- Shaver
- Shelby
- Shelley
- Sherrill
- Shipley
- Shoemaker
- Shoun
- Simmons
- Sinclair
- Sizemore
- Skaggs
- Smith
- Snapp
- Snodgrass
- Sproul
- Srite
- St. John
- Stallard
- Stapleton
- Starnes
- Stauffer
- Steadman
- Stephens
- Stewart
- Stout
- Stovall
- Street
- Stuffleburger
- Sturivant
- Sullivan
- Sutphin
Bible Records
Bible recordsĀ information comes from the Bristol Public Library’s local history files compiled by various researchers. Most are photocopies of genealogy-related Bible pages for local or regional families.
Historic Buildings
Residential and business building information comes from a variety of sources, many of which were written by V.N. “Bud” Phillips.
- Alabama St (518)
- Anderson House
- Dr. Ensor’s House
- Euclid Ave (631)
- E.W. King House
- Fifth St (409)
- Fifth St (718)
- Fifth St (830)
- Georgia Ave (822)
- Georgia Ave (905)
- Holston Ave (700)
- Johnson St (203)
- Johnson St (208)
- Johnson St (211)
- Johnson St (214)
- Johnson St (220)
- King College Rd (Hart)
- King College Rd (2061)
- King Mill Pk (2273)
- King Mill Pk (3576)
- King St (54)
- Lee St (422)
- Lee St (522)
- Lee Hwy (1500 – Eastman Antique House)
- Major Reynolds House
- Moore St (333)
- Park St (705)
- Park St (820)
- Powers Mansion
- Sixth St (324)
- Sixth St (418)
- Solar St (124)
- Solar St (201)
- Solar St (213)
- Solar St (L.F. Johnson)
- Spencer St (417)
- Spencer St (Janie Hammit Children’s Home)
- Spruce St (508)
- Spruce St (Dr. Dykes)
- State St (101)
- Taylor St (609)
- Taylor St (816)
- Taylor St (J.C. Layman)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford Birthplace
- Walnut Grove Plantation
- Watauga Ave (447)