Russell Family in the Civil War
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site)
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Hacker Family of Oliver Springs
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site)
Continue reading →Oliver Springs Civil War Veterans
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site)
Continue reading →Hamilton Family in the Civil War
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site)
Continue reading →Phillips Family in the Civil War
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site) Source: a manuscript on the Phillips family, written by Snyder E. Roberts Isaiah Phillips, Sr. …was ready for war. If he followed the nearest route, he went through DeArmond‘s Gap (Roane), up Little Emory … Continue reading →
Winters Gap (Oliver Springs) During the Civil War
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site)
Continue reading →Three Civil War Soldiers Buried in Kingston
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site)
Continue reading →Welcker Brothers & the “Silver Greys” Battalion in the Civil War
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site)
Continue reading →List of Penmanship Students, Kingston, TN, 1857
(from the archived Roots of Roane Web site) Sandy Pierce has in her possession [before 2010] an original paper with the signatures of students who registered for a commercial penmanship class, which she has graciously agreed to share. She says the … Continue reading →
Early Postal Services & Postmasters in Roane County
(from the archived Roots of Roane County, TN, by Snyder E. Roberts) Prior to 1800, the unreliable U.S. Mail service was mainly centered in the northeastern part of the country with only a few routes extending into the south. By … Continue reading →