Category Archives: History

RHEA COUNTY lies on the left bank of the Tennessee River, and is divided between the valley of East Tennessee and the Cumberland table-land.  Parallel with the Tennessee River are a series of broken knobs, between which  and Walden’s Ridge is … Continue reading →

FORT HIWASSEE ROSTER Captain Thomas J VanDyke – 1809 Officers, Sergeants, Corporals and Others William McClellan – 1st Lieutenant Jeffrey Robinson – 2nd Lieutenant David McClellan – Ensign Richard Allison – Sergeant Daniel Garrison – Sergeant William Taylor – Sergeant … Continue reading →

RHEA COUNTY lies on the left bank of the Tennessee River, and is divided between the valley of East Tennessee and the Cumberland table-land. Parallel with the Tennessee River are a series of broken knobs, between which and Walden’s Ridge … Continue reading →

In October, 1807 a bill was presented in the Tennessee Legislature to reduce the size of Roane County and create two new counties. The names for the new counties were Bledsoe and Cumberland. At the suggestion of the Grainger County … Continue reading →

IN THE BEGINNING…. The area that is now Rhea County was originally occupied by the Cherokee and ceded by treaty. Large areas of land were also acquired by North Carolina land grants. As early as 1760, Elisha Weldon (Walding, Wallen, … Continue reading →