Sketch book of Lynchburg, VaIts people and its trade .. . rectors, George M. Jones, I. H. Adams, S. B. Ferguson, ThomasE. Murrell, N. C. Manson, Jr., T. D. Jennings, G. H. Nowlin, Strother, George P. Watkins, S. W. Nowlin, Charles Scott, Jr.;Teller, D. T. ^WlcheW; Book-keepers, J. B. Nowiin, E. P. Miller and Christian. The National P^xchange Bank conducts a regular banking businessin all its branches, at home and abroad, and is, in all respects, a per-fectly safe and trustworthy institution. R W. THURMAN, STENCIL CUTTER, RUBBEP. STIP MftNUFACTURER, AND GENERAL REPAIRER. HOTELS, PRIVA
Sketch book of Lynchburg, VaIts people and its trade .. . rectors, George M. Jones, I. H. Adams, S. B. Ferguson, ThomasE. Murrell, N. C. Manson, Jr., T. D. Jennings, G. H. Nowlin, Strother, George P. Watkins, S. W. Nowlin, Charles Scott, Jr.;Teller, D. T. ^WlcheW; Book-keepers, J. B. Nowiin, E. P. Miller and Christian. The National P^xchange Bank conducts a regular banking businessin all its branches, at home and abroad, and is, in all respects, a per-fectly safe and trustworthy institution. R W. THURMAN, STENCIL CUTTER, RUBBEP. STIP MftNUFACTURER, AND GENERAL REPAIRER. HOTELS, PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND BUILDINGS OF ALL KINDS, FITTED UPWITH ELECTRIC BELLS, GONGS, ANN UNCIATORS, &C., &C. 623 MAIN STREET - - - LYNCHBURG, VA. ITS PEOPLE AXn ITS TRADE. 63 that we have ^Ir^V:^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ -^^ be seen said nothin- of the im^nifire ^l r ^^•.•^hing City. Rut I have successful expcri CMr^Uv . °,^ • ^ ^^^ ^^ ^de ofwe are ^u ^jLs bv IT p aceand Richmond, from whichboast of Virc. nit opens n. T ^ k ^ F^^ ^^- ^^^ P^de and. WATER WORKS DAM AND - LOVEERS LEAP/ LUC »^ity , and tins opinion ^eems fo lio^o k 1 • •>^»^u 64 SKETCH BOOK OF LYNCHBURG, VA. ; Col. Charles Lynch, a brother of the founder of Lynchburg, wasan officer of the American Revolution. His residence was on theStaunton, in th^ southwest part of this County, now th^ seat of hisgrandson, Charles Henry Lynch, Esq. At that time this country wasvery thinly settled, and infested by a lawless band of tories and des-peradoes. The necessity of the case involved desperate measures, andCol. Lynch, then a leading Whig, apprehended and had them punished,without any superfluous legal ceremony. Hence the origin of the termLynch Law. This practice oi lynching continued years after the war,and was applied to many cases of mere suspicion of guilt, which couldnot be regularly proven. In 1792, says Wirts Life of Henry, therewere many suits on the south side of James River lor inflicting Lynchslaw. At the
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