The Tennessee Genealogical Society’s quarterly publication is known as Ansearchin’ News. Digitized versions are viewable on-line for free from 1954 through ten years ago. More-recent issues are available on-line to TGS members at the Web site. The publications are loaded … Continue reading →
Full issues of Ancestry magazine for the period January, 1994, through April, 2010, are available for reading at Google Books. There is a search function for either a single issue or all issues. You can also add the issues to … Continue reading →
John Fletcher, Sr., and Leah A. Brooks were married 10 September 1807 in Carter County. Their son, Andrew Jackson Fletcher, was a prominent 19th Century Tennessee statesman. Their grandson, Andrew Jackson Fletcher, was memorialized in a biographical sketch in … Continue reading →
Location Latitude Longitude GPS Latitude Decimal GPS Longitude Decimal Backwoods School (historical) 361027N 0820847W 36.1742824 -82.1465151 Bitter End School (historical) 361212N 0820219W 36.2034542 -82.0387314 Blue Springs School (historical) 362128N 0820706W 36.3578907 -82.1184603 Buck Mountain School (historical) 361055N 0815954W 36.1820678 -81.998451 … 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 →
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 →
The history of newspapers in Carter County, Tennessee can be traced back to April 21, 1838, and the only copy of the Elizabethton Republican ever published. The Mountaineer appeared 40 years later and was published until 1908. Over the years, … Continue reading →
Roberta Tuller has created a tremendous resource for individuals seeking information about pre-Statehood residents in the Wataugah Settlement and surrounding area. She has a list of settlers’ names with links to documents connected to them. She has transcribed numerous original … Continue reading →
The Elizabethton Star newspaper publishes full-color special issues related to Carter County communities, lifestyle, and history. They are viewable on-line, but not downloadable. These publications are of special interest to family and local historians: Carter County Heritage Click here to … Continue reading →
Sinking Creek Baptist Church is the oldest church in Tennessee. It was organized about 1772 in Washington County (now Carter County) and is the oldest church in Tennessee still in existence at its original location.
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