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Civil War Days in Kingston Recalled by Mrs. T. C. Ervin

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Contributed by Robert L. Bailey Note from original transcription: It appears that this speech was probably given in the 1930’s.  Mrs. Irvin was a daughter of Dr. John Wester. Important note from the Roane County … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Civil War History, Communities, Court Records, Families & Individuals, Fraternal & Social Organizations, Geography & Topography, Historic Sites, Migration & Settlement, Native American, Pre-Statehood History, Roane TN Heritage Site

James Blair Will (1826)

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Contributed by Jennifer Sparks In the name of God Amen. I James Blair, of the County of Roane and State of Tennessee, being weak in body, but blessed be God, being sound in memory and also in judgment at this … Continue reading →

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William Blair Will (1843) and Estate Inventory

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Contributed by Jennifer Sparks Inventory of the personal property and cash with the notes of hand and accounts that William Blair, dec.d had on hand at the time of his dec.d. Eight feather beds and furniture and eight bed stead … Continue reading →

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James C. & Eliza Jane (Hester) Wells Family Bible

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Notes on original transcription:  This is a transcriptio0n of the records in a Bible which was found in a trunk in the possession of James Breazeale, the son of James Alexander Breazeale, who was the … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Bible Records, Roane TN Heritage Site

Jonathan & Elizabeth (Nunely) Scarbrough Family Bible

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Notes on original transcription:  The Bible was in the possession of John Brock, Solway, Tennessee, and a copy of the Bible is in the Scarbrough Family File in the Roane County Heritage Commission Vertical Files. … Continue reading →

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Robinson Family Bible

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Notes on original transcription:  This copy comes from the Robinson family file located at The Roane County Heritage Commission.  The Holy Bible Containing The Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha. Translated out of … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Bible Records, Roane TN Heritage Site

Selected Documents, Montgomery vs. Brown re: Slaves of Cherokee Chief Broom (1832)

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Note:  Location of the original documents is not indicated; they possibly are in the Roane County Archives’ loose papers. Additional note:  For this content, paragraph breaks were inserted to make the text easier to read. … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Biographies, Court Records, Genealogies, Geography & Topography, Land Records, Migration & Settlement, Native American, Roane TN Heritage Site

Selected Affidavits, Gardenhires vs. Blair et al. re: Pathkiller Land (1849)

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Note:  Location of the original documents is not indicated; they possibly are in the Roane County Archives’ loose papers. [from original archived Web page] Editor’s Note:  The following case is a follow-up to a case … Continue reading →

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Affidavits of Bryant and Stewart Regarding James Coody (1831)

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Note:  The original document is in the Roane County Archives’ loose papers. James Coody a native of the Cherokee nation has this day Registered his name in the Cherokee agents office for a section of … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Court Records, Land Records, Native American, Professions & Professionals, Roane TN Heritage Site

“Wartime Stories” – Amanda Neal Wheelock – April, 1923

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Source:  The Rockwood Times, Thursday, 26 Apr 1923, Vol. 43, No. 17. In the old home gathered around the big wood fire that roared and crackled up the chimney on a cold winter night, it … Continue reading →

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