FamilySearch Memories is a crowd-sourced compilation of photos, audio recordings, stories, and documents attached to persons in the FamilySearch communal tree. Click here to visit FamilySearch Memories. Click here for detailed instructions for locating items in the Memories section. Searching … Continue reading →
The East Tennessee History Center in downtown Knoxville has a wealth of resources for Bledsoe County researchers. McClung Collection The Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection (click here) is Central East Tennessee’s premier research repository with More than 75,000 books More … Continue reading →
Items in the Tennessee Virtual Archive are presented free-of-charge by the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Click here to view a sample of Civil War military records held by TSLA. Click here to view a sample of muster rolls for … Continue reading →
Maps are invaluable components of historical and genealogical research, and documentary records often cannot be fully understood without referring to maps. The Library & Archives has the largest and most significant collection of historical maps in the state available for … Continue reading →
This collection highlights a time when the area that is now the state of Tennessee was land claimed by North Carolina. White settlers and their African-American slaves moved into Upper East Tennessee in the 1770s and established their own government, … Continue reading →
In 1834, the Tennessee Legislature mandated that each county set out districts for administration, voting, and taxation. Those districts were to be effective in 1836. Every county created a map, but many maps were lost. Fortunately, the map for Fentress … Continue reading →
This document was submitted to the Pickett County Historical & Genealogical Society Facebook Group by Tedd Masiongale in August, 2021, with the following notation: In the 80’s my grandmother Edith Smith and I sat down and, based on her recollection, … Continue reading →
This document was submitted to the Pickett County Historical & Genealogical Society Facebook Group by Tedd Masiongale in August, 2021, with the following notation: In 1982 my grandmother, Edith Smith, and I drove around Guntertown, Robbinstown and Double Top collecting … Continue reading →
In 1834, the Tennessee Legislature mandated that each county set out districts for administration, voting, and taxation. Those districts were to be effective in 1836. Every county created a map, but many maps were lost. Fortunately, the map for Overton … Continue reading →
Click here for a link to view the actual volume in another article on this site. The full text is included on this TNGenWeb site because it contains references to locations and individuals from the region. The text below was … Continue reading →
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