Transcribed and contributed by William Bracket and Diana Chesser Transcriber Diana Chesser’s note: *Netherland Inn was in Sullivan County on the Holston River, the inn was owned by the Netherland family. The spelling back then may have been Nitherland, so … Continue reading →
Transcribed and contributed by William Bracket and Diana Chesser Transcribers’ notes: Punctuation is by William Bracket. Three dots are used to indicate words or parts of words that he could not decipher. John Wilson was a Revolutionary War soldier. He … Continue reading →
Transcribed and contributed by William Bracket and Diana Chesser [Transcribers’ note: Jane Boren was the wife of Chana or Chaney Boren/Boring. Chaney Boring was the son of James Boring.] In the name of God, Amen! Jane Boren, of the County … 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 →
Compiled by Jackie & Dawn Peters Several acts have been passed by congress to award pensions to people that served in the Revolutionary War. The Act of 1818 only granted pensions base on the financial need of the applicant. … 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. 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. Andrew J. Peebles, a minister and farmer, was born in Carter County, January 16, 1829, the son of William and Elizabeth … Continue reading →
Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887). Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. D. S. Nave, merchant, was born September 2, 1836, in Carter County, and when fifteen years old his father’s death compelled … Continue reading →
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