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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

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 Documents, Den vs. Scott et al. re: Tuten Land (1826)

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

Selected Documents, Forrester vs. Welcker & Byrd. re: Tuten 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. Additional note:  For this content, paragraph breaks were inserted to make the text easier to read. … Continue reading →

Posted in 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 →

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

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

James McCartny vs. Joseph Vann, Circuit Court, 1826

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Note:  The specific date and page references are not included in the archived transcription.  Click here to view the full microfilmed Circuit Court minutes for the period 1810-1836 (3 volumes).  The volume 1817-1831 is not … Continue reading →

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

The Passing of the Kimbrough Home

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(from archived RCHC Web Site) Source:  The Rockwood Times, Thursday, 22 Feb 1923.  The Passing of the Kimbrough Home. Local and Historical Events Connected with this Home that Was Burned last Monday. When North Carolina ceded to the United States … Continue reading →

Posted in Biographies, Business & Industry, Civil War History, Genealogies, Historic Sites, Migration & Settlement, Native American, Pre-Statehood History, Roane TN Heritage Site

The Old Rockwood Oak, late 1700’s

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The following is excerpted from A Guidebook to Historic Places in Roane County, Tennessee, published by the Roane County Heritage Commission, and available on its Web site. [Note — this is from the archived site, so the book may not … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities, Geography & Topography, Historic Sites, Migration & Settlement, Native American, Pre-Statehood History, Roane TN Heritage Site

Richard Gilliam Dunlap, Attorney & Legislator

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(from Kenneth Dunlap‘s archived Web site and the Hugh Dunlap article at the archived RCHC Web site) “Tennesseans Turned Texans” Richard G. Dunlap was born in Knoxville, Territory South of the River Ohio 05 Sep 1796.  He was the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Biographies, Genealogies, Migration & Settlement, Military Records, Native American, Pre-Statehood History, Professions & Professionals, Roane TN Heritage Site

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