Early History of Hawkins County, by Prentiss Price

From Rogersville Review, Sesqui-Centennial Edition, November 26, 1936.  Transcribed by Billie McNamara from a typescript at the Stamps Library in 1996. The first resident of Rogersville, Tennessee, lived in Fincastle County, Virginia.  He died in  Washington County, Virginia, and yet Continue reading →

Amyx’ History of Rogersville and Area

Presented by Warren M. Amyx, October 10, 1975 This document, bearing a date of October 10, 1975, was found in the Stamps Library, Rogersville. The transcription for this Web site was completed by Billie McNamara in 1998. During America’s Bicentennial, Continue reading →

County History to 1887

Sketch of First Community Leaders to the Period of 1887 as related in Old Volume. Transcribed from an undated clipping from the Rogersville Review newspaper.  A significant portion of this text was published in Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee in 1887.  Continue reading →