This group has met monthly since 1993 in the Elizabethton/Carter County Library, located at 201 N. Sycamore Street in Elizabethton. Meetings are the second Thursday each month from 6-7:30 p.m. Members are available to guide researchers who visit. Below is … Continue reading →
The current Carter County Historian is Lisa Germaine, who was appointed to succeed the late Dawn Trivette Peters. Lisa can be reached at Watauga Historical Association 163 Aviation Drive Elizabethton, TN 37643 E-mail: historian [at] cartercountytn [dot] gov Other county … Continue reading →
Modern maps of Carter County are available from many print and on-line sources. Historical cartographer Charles Reeves of Reeves Maps in Knoxville, has several custom maps that relate to Carter County. These can be ordered from the ReevesMaps site. Click … Continue reading →
Title Author and year Publisher An Appalachian Gamekeeper’s Soliloquy of Humorous Tales: Selected Game Warden Stories of People and Places of Upper East Tennessee Volume 1 Click here for Amazon listing R. L. Pete Wyatt, 2023 Polecat Press The Wataugah … Continue reading →
Source: Goodspeed’s History of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887). Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. Carter County is one of the extreme eastern counties of the State. It is bounded on the north by Sullivan County, on … Continue reading →
Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887). Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. J. P. Van Huss, farmer, was born in March, 1833, in Carter County, on his present farm. He was educated in … Continue reading →
Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887). Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. C. C. Taylor, farmer, was born in Carter County September 12, 1845, the son of C. C. and Nancy (Duncan) Taylor, … Continue reading →
Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887). Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. John C. Smith, clerk and master of the chancery court, was born near Elizabethton, August 26, 1844, the son of James … Continue reading →
Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887). Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. Judge J. P. Smith, chancellor of the first chancery division of Tennessee, was born in Johnson County, March 30, 1846, the … Continue reading →
Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887). Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. J. P. Scott, proprietor of the Watauga Woolen Mills, and one of the prominent citizens of Carter County, was born in … Continue reading →
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