Based on the research of Willie Robinson, creator of the roster of Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service, only one individual who identified as black with a Bradley County connection applied for a pension. Henry Bates, whose application for … Continue reading →
The Museum & Cultural Center at 5ive Points in Cleveland houses a variety of displays. Click here for information. The Hiwassee River Heritage Center provides history and cultural information and exhibits for the area. Click here for information. The Bradley … Continue reading →
Bradley County has several historic sites. Primarily, the present-day county is the site of the last Council Grounds of the Cherokee Nation in the Eastern United States. Red Clay State Historical Park and Historical Area offers a glimpse of yesterday … Continue reading →
contributed by Tom Kunesh (date unspecified) The first school known to exist in Bradley County was organized in 1804 as Gideon Blackburn’s school for Cherokee children on the Hiwassee in present-day Charleston. In 1804 a school was established, by the … Continue reading →
compiled and contributed by Barbara Fagen (date unspecified) Mss 1 Family history files compiled by students of Mrs. George E. Westerburg. Bradley High School. Cleveland, Tenn., (ca. 1937). 1. Osment family 2. Boone family 3. Still family 4. Stockburger family … Continue reading →
George Hambright and Ann McClary 1833 George Hambright was born in Tennessee in January 1833. His father was from Virginia; his mother was from South Carolina. (1900 census) George may have had a sister, Lucy Hambright. She was listed … Continue reading →
index compiled and contributed by Susan Langheld Reflections Past and Present 1831 – 1991: A Pictorial History of Bradley County, Tennessee was published in 1991 by the Bradley County Historical Society (Dallas, Texas : Taylor Pub. Co., c1991). It has … Continue reading →
contributed by Pat (no surname or date indicated) Below are some marriages I had in my notes from Bradley County. These marriages were marked COL (colored). Calvin THOMPSON Catharine BATES #329 Aug. 2, 1866 Dovella PARKER Eliza KNOX #512 May … Continue reading →
transcribed and contributed by: Danny Williams (see footnote) The following letter is on file at the Oklahoma Historical Society. by Isabel Cobb (born 1858) In February 1870 our father Jos. B. Cobb sold his farm on Candy’s Creek, E. Tenn., … Continue reading →
transcribed and contributed by Susan Langheld (date unidentified) Newspaper: Journal & Banner Date: 07/02/1909 SIX MEN Required to Arrest Callie Cody and Put Her in Patrol Wagon. Mable Cody, a little colored girl, stole some jewlery valued at $35.00 from … Continue reading →
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