Yes a number of books
Wild Bill is my great grandfather
Thomas raspberry Byrd from Pineville....a prolific but non violent man except at Vicksburg ...23 children
My maternal grandfather side is from Burns northwest of Raleigh
My maternal grandma from Mize her dad county postmaster
Raspberry was a farmer and squire in Pineville...he owned a section...a big deal then
Man those tiny towns in smith and Scott and Simpson counties then were teeming with folks you look at old Main Street photos
A tobacco lawyer...
Tullos I think paid for a smith county history and genealogy book
My gggg grandpa was Pappy tom sullivan....the founder ..his grandpa was from Ireland ...he died 18040S I think
Had two wives same time and is buried in the hollow
Piney woods Hatfields and McCoys
I think the Sullivan main rivals were the Crafts and the Knights from Jones county who they viewed as traitors to Dixie
Although few in smith county due to soil had over a few slaves each
One lady is Taylorsville had a large spread with around 20 slaves for cotton....soil was better for cattle and vegetables and of course timber like now
My mother’s family were Thornton’s. They married Crafts, Burns, Tillsons, Bounds, Thompsons, and Tullos. My cousin used to run some chicken houses up by Burns. They are all long gone now. They either moved or have passed away.
We used to hunt up by Pineville in the National Forest. I remember the old store.