Category: Towns & Places

Morgan County Jail

Unknown date… Morgan County Jail – Built about 1930(Photo from “The Mountain Weekly” 9/11/1997)  Morgan County Archive & Family History Center Taken March 15, 2013 (Note the handicap ramp to the left of the building)   Fall 2013 Inside the building before renovations began. This is where the Genealogy room is now located: This is how the… Continue reading Morgan County Jail

Victor Letorey Home

Victor Amelius Letorey Home near Wartburg, TN  from old glass plate negative Courtesy of Roane Heritage Commission >From “The History of Tennessee”, Goodspeed Publishing< Victor Letorey, one of the most progressive and enterprising farmers in Tennessee, was born in New Orleans, January 26 , 1839, being the eldest of five children born to John B. ( Letorey)… Continue reading Victor Letorey Home

Lancing

EARLY LANCING,  from a newspaper clipping SCOTT’S STORE, LANCING, TN SCOTT’S LUMBER COMPANY SCOTT’S LUMBER COMPANY SCOTT’S LUMBER COMPANY loaded for trip to Cincinnati WELL’S FILLING STATION,  Hwy 27, between Wartburg and Sunbright GATEWOOD FORD BAPTIZING  (note bridge has fallen in) Courtesy of David Weaver  

Big Brushy Coal and Coke Co.

Here is the photo of my grandfather FLOYD K. MITCHELL  (1883 – 1976)  far right and friends, apparently inside a mine at Big Brushy.  My grandfather lived in Harriman for a short time around 1900 with his father and siblings.  His father Henry Howard Mitchell worked in the  Coke ovens for some years in Marion County so maybe he… Continue reading Big Brushy Coal and Coke Co.

Petros

PETROS, TENNESSEE Showing a mine opening in the distance, [date unknown]  Courtesy of Roane County Heritage Commission Store of Big Brushy Coal and Coke Company, Petros, Tennessee Courtesy of Roane County Heritage Commission PETROS, TENNESSEE–Street and Mountain from Big Brushy Store  Courtesy of Roane County Heritage Commission Big Brushy Company Tipple and Power-House, Petros, Tennessee Courtesy Roane County Heritage Commission  

Sunbright

SUNBRIGHT LIBRARY – Courtesy of Sandra Anderson Sunbright ca 1948 * Photo Courtesy of Kim Barnes  Photo owned by W.E. England  Very old Sunbright ca 1800’s  — Notice man at gate in lower right * Photo Courtesy of Kim Barnes Young’s Rock Court Sunbright, TN Old Covered Bridge, Gatewood Ford STREET SCENE, SUNBRIGHT, TENN, U. S. 27   (Date unknown)… Continue reading Sunbright

Coalfield

OLD GRIST MILL AT RUFFNER’S LITTLE EMORY – COALFIELD, TENNESSEE ~ Courtesy of Roane County Heritage Commission  The Old Coalfield Post Office with Nathaniel Jackson Stonecipher, wife Mary Ellen Russell and their children Robert Russell and Samuel Martin Stonecipher. * Courtesy of Nathan K. Stonecipher  

Burrville

THE BURRVILLE POST OFFICE New and Old The New Burrville Post Office Building was erected by Postmaster, Clovis Cooper and is located between the Chasteen Store Building and Mrs. Emma Greer’s Home.  The building that housed the Burrville Post Office for 25 years,  is across the street from the new one. Source: The Morgan County… Continue reading Burrville

Gobey –

  My Grandmother, Jenny Byrd Stringfield subscribed to the Morgan County News for many years after they left Tennessee and moved to South Carolina around 1941. I found this clipping in my parents house last year after my Mom passed away. The handwritting is my Grandmother’s and her notes say: “I use to have this… Continue reading Gobey –