Great news for Blount County researchers! Historical issues of the Maryville Times newspaper are going to be available online within the next couple of years. The issues will be processed as part of the TN Newspaper Digitization Project from the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee State Library & Archives.
The Tennessee State Library & Archives has some holdings Name Date Ranges Linked to Indexes? Advocate 1853 – 1854? No Blount County Democrat (continued by East Tennesse News) 1879 – 1883 Obits Blount County Standard 1877 – 1878 Obits East Tennessee News (continues Blount County Democrat) 1883 – ? Obits
Abstracts from various papers spanning 1832-1905 have been submitted to the site by Glen Teffeteller. Abstracts are drawn from: Religious and Literary Intelligencer 7/14/1832 Millennial Trumpeter 3/7/1835 Maryville Intelligencer 8/19/1837 The Advocate 11/19/1853 The East Tennesseean 6/8/1855 – 7/16/1858 The Independent 1/26/1876 – 6/21/1876 Blount County Standar 12/25/1877 – 1/12/1878