The Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War is located in Hoskins Library at the University of Tennessee. It is our mission to research, archive, and disseminate the stories of all the people in Tennessee who have been involved … Continue reading →
(linked from the archived Roots of Roane Web site) Source: compiled by Snyder E. Roberts Name Notes Kinza Johnson Richard Luallen (also Lewallen, Llewellyn) 200 acres on Cane Creek. Born 1763 in Prince Edward County, Virginia where he … Continue reading →
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site) Additional names discovered by personal research, from affidavits and other sources in Roane County. Abraham Bogard (Bogart) of Va fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain. In Roane, he lived on the TN … Continue reading →
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site) This information was maintained by Pat Roberts McDonald “until the chapter gets its own separate site.” Click here to view Pat McDonald‘s page for the Fort Southwest Point DAR Chapter (from archived version). … Continue reading →
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site) This information was maintained by Pat Roberts McDonald “until the chapter gets its own separate site.” Confirmed to the National Board of Management on April 18, 1998, the chapter was named from the … Continue reading →
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site) Mentioned in Wells’ History of Roane County, Vol. I (1927), but not in other lists: Robert Allison James Allen John Bailey Hugh Beatty Nathaniel Buckinham David Campbell Milton Center James Clark Thomas Coulter … Continue reading →
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site) Published by Capt. W. E. McElwee in 1910, but not in other lists: Peter Avery Jesse Blackwell James Campbell William Clift Thomas Crumbliss James Dearmond (probably should be “John” DeArmond, the father of … Continue reading →
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site) From various sources as identified below. Mrs. Mable Harvey Thornton’s List (with additions and notes by Snyder E. Roberts) Official records created before the need to prove Rev. Service: Captain John Hinds, NC … Continue reading →
In 1971, Snyder E. Roberts, was asked to write a History of Clinton Senior High School, Clinton, Tennessee (Anderson County). He was then a History teacher there, and a noted local genealogist and historian. In the first chapter of the … Continue reading →
In 1969, Snyder E. Roberts, wrote a book, Roberts of Roane County, Tennessee, and in the first chapter he wrote a brief history of Roane County. His slant was somewhat toward the genealogical interests. The late Mr. Roberts was a … Continue reading →
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