Map: Hawkins County in 1888
From a Rand-McNally atlas. Found on-line at MyGenealogyHound.com — no copyright infringement intended.
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Map: Agricultural Regions in East Tennessee, 1883
History of Hawkins County (from Goodspeed, published 1887)
Hawkins County lies in upper east Tennessee, and extends somewhat in the shape of a parallelogram from the Virginia line to the northern boundaries of Grainger and Hamblen Counties. It is divided into two almost equal parts by the Holston … Continue reading →
Hawkins County History (from Goodspeed)
From Goodspeed’s History of East Tennessee. Transcribed by Jackie Robinson. Hawkins County lies in upper East Tennessee, and extends somewhat in the shape of a parallelogram from VA line to the northern boundaries of Grainger and Hamblen Counties. It is … Continue reading →
Gordon Aronhime Index Cards
This database contains scanned images of index cards, located at the State Library of Virginia in Richmond, listing all verifiable adult males in the Holston-Clinch River area in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, as well as information on … Continue reading →
Local Events of Interest
Spring April 25 – Rogersville Heritage Association Annual Salad Luncheon, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Hale Springs Inn on Main Street, Tickets $8 each. Tickets are available at the Depot, the Chamber office, the Review office, Mountain Star Mall, and … Continue reading →
Current and Historic Post Offices in Hawkins County
The following table was extracted from D. R. Frazier’s comprehensive history of Tennessee Post Offices. The massive volume contains full dates of operation, names of Postmasters, and the “parent” and successor post offices for each location. The statewide listing is … Continue reading →
Spoden Collection Donated to Kingsport Archives
May 17, 2011 — Press Release KINGSPORT – An expansive treasure of Kingsport’s history and heritage assembled by the late Muriel Miller Clark Spoden has been donated to the Kingsport Archives by her husband, Hal Spoden, and children, Clark and … Continue reading →
An 1885 Description of Hawkins County
From McWhirter’s Revised Hand-book of Tennessee, published by the Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture, Statistics, and Mines in 1885: Hawkins is one of the northeastern counties in the State, lying along the Virginia line. It is bounded on the north by … Continue reading →
1801 Petition to Form a New County
Petition 20-2-1801 to the Tennessee General Assembly Date 25 Aug 1801 Petition of citizens of Hawkins County for a new county to be formed out of “that part of the counties of Hawkins and Grainger which lies below the mouth … Continue reading →