* SW VA. BOTTLES

F.R. Counts's General Store in Lindell, VA. @ 1950s (Cr:Polly Counts)

* Research indicates F.R. Counts purchased this store building possibly after 1925, from George L.C. Wimmer, who was my maternal great-grandfather , and who once lived in a now abandoned house to the left of the store. My great-uncle, Philip Snead Barnett, (son of William Garrett & Tabitha Little Barnett), lived a few hundred yards south on rt80 and his house still stands as well. The Counts lived in a brick house northwest of the Rich Valley Road and route 80 intersection and a small church near there was built on property donated by the Counts family. F.R. Counts was married to my great-aunt, Cora Hessie Barnett, (one daughter of my paternal great-grandparents, William Garrett and Tabitha Little Barnett.) Polly Francisco Counts who allowed me to copy this pic, was the daughter-in-law of F.R. & Cora Counts, having wed their son, Albert Vernon " Frosty" Counts.

Above store pre-1920

cr.Zane Henderson Litton

Informative Links:

Morbious Fod's "Tazewell Orange" - Soda Bottlers of SW.VA. & NE.TN.

Painted Label Soda Bottles Collectors (PSBCA)

JW Gardner BG -Craigs Mills Va.

cr: HSWCVA

C.G Gibson/Druggist Abingdon,VA.

Cr: Tommy Fouch

Chas.G. Gibson/ Druggist/Abingdon,Va trade card

J.B. Magee

Washington County,VA. potter

Ext.Lemon Abingdon Grocery Co.

Abingdon Pharmacy Co.

Abingdon Bottling Works

Abingdon,VA BIM

Lonesome Pine Beverages

Norton, VA.

1872 Seven Springs ad

Cr: Tommy Fouch

(1) W.W. Washington & Co.

Druggist

Abingdon,Va. BIM

(2) Seven Springs Co.

Iron & Alum Mass

Abingdon,Va. BIM

W.W.Washington cover 1891

Cr: Joe Lee

From/C.H. Jennings/I Use Pure Drugs

"Abingdon,Va." BIM (cr: Bob Leonard)

Jennings Drug Store/Citrate of Magnesia/AbingdonVA

cr. Bob Leonard

The above @ 1889 bottle was previously unknown. It and another "generic" Jennings drug store BIM clear bottle were found while renovating an old building.

**shards of a similar bottle embossed: Buntings Drug Store/Citrate of Magnesia/Bristol,Tenn in teal blue have been dug, but no intact examples are yet known..

Glade Spring Pharmacy - Glade Spring Va

Cr: Tommy Fouch

Rexall Store/Gate City Pharmacy

Gate City,VA.

E.W.Mort Alum Wells,VA.

Cr: Luther Rhodes

*Alum Wells is in Washington County.

J B Magee

Washington County,VA.

W.H.Arnold- Abington (sic) VA.

cr: Tommy Fouch

Peoples Drug Store - Abingdon

1) M.A. Works Pharmacy/Saltville, Va.

2) metal bell & opener from the Mathieson Store

3)The Mathieson Pharmacy/ Saltville, Va.

Marion Bottling Works

Marion,VA. BIM

Pepsi-Cola

Appalachia,VA.

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Sources - Bibliography

i)      Library of King College, Bristol,Tenn. - Newspaper Microfilms

ii)     Bristol,TN-VA Public Library - Newspaper Microfilms &  City Directories

iii)     1904 Bristol Herald Industrial Supplement

iv)     Bristol-Goodson Industry & Resources in 1885 -W.F.Henry/Reporter

v)    Witness To An Epoch - Chas.J. Harkrader

vi)     Double Destiny   - Robert Loving

vii)    Historic Sites of Sullivan County - Muriel Spoden

viii)   Bristol Tennessee-Virginia : A History - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

ix)     Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol, Tenn.-Va.   - Charlie Barnette

x)       The Passing Years   - Bristol Historical Association

xi)      City of Bristol @ 1915

xii)     A Pictorial History - Bristol Historical Association

xiii)    Whiskey, An American Pictorial History - Oscar Getz

xiv)    Prohibition, 13 Years That Changed America - Edward Behr

xv)     The Shadow Of The Bottle - Review & Herald Publishing Co.

xvi)    Historic Sullivan - Oliver Taylor

xvii)   One Year At A Time - Bristol - 1907 - Lonnie & Kim Blevins

xviii)   Honoring Our Heritage: Faces & Places From The Past -

                       Lonnie & Kim Blevins and Roy & Carolyn Williams

xvix)   Between the States: Bristol Tennessee - Virginia During the Civil War - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

xx)      Pioneers in Paradise - Bristol, Tenn-Va. - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

xxi)     A Good Place to Live - Bristol, Tenn-Va. - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

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