Location Latitude Longitude GPS Latitude Decimal GPS Longitude Decimal Backwoods Post Office (historical) Unknown Unknown 0 0 Braemar Post Office (historical) Unknown Unknown 0 0 Burbank Post Office (historical) Unknown Unknown 0 0 Cardens Bluff Post Office (historical) Unknown Unknown … Continue reading →
Location Latitude Longitude GPS Latitude Decimal GPS Longitude Decimal Bear Wallow Mine 362504N 0820651W 36.4178892 -82.114294 Blevins Mine 362814N 0820201W 36.4706692 -82.0337351 Blue Spring Mine 362125N 0820622W 36.3570579 -82.1062374 Bowers Branch Prospect 362140N 0820547W 36.361225 -82.0965147 Bowers Mine 362100N 0820718W … Continue reading →
Location Latitude Longitude GPS Latitude Decimal GPS Longitude Decimal Backwoods 361034N 0820900W 36.1762265 -82.1501265 Bear Stand 361643N 0820517W 36.2787277 -82.0881798 Bemberg 362010N 0821429W 36.3362184 -82.2415227 Big Spring 361901N 0821433W 36.317052 -82.2426338 Biltmore 362220N 0821332W 36.3723294 -82.2256886 Bitter End 361242N 0820224W … Continue reading →
Ripshin is a remote, extremely beautiful area in Carter County. Private ownership of the land precludes trespassing, but public passage is allowed on the road through the area, passing by Roaring Creek. Ripshin Lake is also privately owned. The federally … Continue reading →
The Loose Records Project was coordinated with the Genealogical Society of Utah (FamilySearch) to locate, conserve, organize, and microfilm unbound documents under the purview of the present-day Probate Court. These links also relate to the records below: Wills & Estate … Continue reading →
The City of Elizabethton has an archivist on staff. Details on this page are taken from the Tennessee State Library & Archives list of microfilm holdings for Carter County. Click here to view and download the PDF-formatted document. FamilySearch images … Continue reading →
The Trustee’s Office is responsible for levying and collecting taxes for the county. Tax assessments are created by the Assessor’s Office. Many early tax records have been published in books and journals. Details on this page are taken from the … Continue reading →
Individual student records are permanently closed under federal law, which the State of Tennessee mirrors. Details on this page are taken from the Tennessee State Library & Archives list of microfilm holdings for Carter County. Click here to view and … Continue reading →
Click here to read more about Tennessee’s land history and relevant laws, especially the requirements and terminology related to land grants. See also the introduction to the TSLA Finding Aid for Early Tennessee Land Records (PDF document). Too many researchers … Continue reading →
Click here to read more about Tennessee’s land history and relevant laws. Early deed books contained all manner of recorded instruments: land transactions, powers of attorney, slave bills of sale, chattel mortgages, and more. In the late 19th Century, deeds … Continue reading →
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