Civil War Diary

CIVIL WAR DIARY MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE The following is a transcript of a robbery diary of a resident of Morgan County, Tn.The original, handwritten copy was given to the Wartburg Libraryin Wartburg, Tennessee with a collection of old papers and is on fileat the library.  Care was taken to reflect the original work.The author is unknown. DECEMBER… Continue reading Civil War Diary

Goodspeed’s History of Morgan County (1887)

MORGAN COUNTY is situated on the Cumberland Plateau, which has an elevation of about 1,500 feet above the sea.  It is surrounded by the counties of Scott, Anderson, Roane, Cumberland and Fentress.  The greater portion of the surface is very broken, especially in the southern part.  The principal mountains are the Crab Orchard, Lone and Brushy,… Continue reading Goodspeed’s History of Morgan County (1887)