{"id":900,"date":"2012-10-31T18:26:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T22:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=900"},"modified":"2015-01-18T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T18:36:15","slug":"local-genealogy-history-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/research-aids\/local-genealogy-history-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Genealogy and History Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>100th Anniversary, History and Directory, 1871-1971, First Christian Church, Johnson City, Tennessee<\/em><\/span><br \/>\ncompiled and written by Mary Hardin McCown and Josephine Carpenter Owen, 1971<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>1860 Census Washington County, Tennessee<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nby Hilda Padgett, Erwin, TN: self-published, 2000.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1870 Census Washington County, Tennessee<\/em><br \/>\nby Hilda Padgett, Erwin, TN: self-published, 1997.<\/p>\n<p><em>1850 Population Schedule for Washington County, Tennessee<\/em><br \/>\nSepello, Margaret Ellis, Self-published, 1995.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">bstracts of Death and Obituary Notices Garnered from Herald-Tribune<\/span><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/em>by William A. Burns (deceased), 2721 W. San Miguel, Phoenix. AZ 85017.<br \/>\nIn four volumes, starting with Vol. I, Aug. 26, 1869 through Vol. XXXIX, Nov. 20, 1907.<br \/>\nOut-of-print but available for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">An Adventure in Northeast Tennessee: a Three-Day (self guided) Tour through &#8220;The Cradle of Tennessee&#8221;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Faith Stahl, 1995.<br \/>\nAvailable at local bookstores and for use in the local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">America&#8217;s First Western Frontier: East Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Brenda C. Calloway, 1989.<br \/>\nAvailable in local bookstores and for use in the local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ancestors and Cousins, Part I<\/span><\/em> (Phillips, Dykes, Brown, and Rogers)<br \/>\nby William Ralph Phillips.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, 4414 Gailwood Ave., Memphis, TN 38122.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Anne Newton Collection, 1910-1987<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nNewton was the editor of the Lifestyles section of the Johnson City Press.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Anne Robertson: an Unsung Tennessee Herione<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1944.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Baptist Churches and Associations<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nOn microfilm. Available for use in the ETSU Library, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church, Sinking Creek Baptist Church, Sulphur Springs Baptist Church, Tennessee Baptist Association Index to regular and Primitive Baptist Association<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bicentennial Holston: Tennessee&#8217;s First Baptist Association and It&#8217;s Affiliated Churches, 1786-1985, Johnson City, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Glenn A. Toomey, 1985.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Library, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Boy Scouts of America, Sequoyah Council, Troop 36 Records<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Brief Chronological History of Johnson City, Tennessee and Three Suggested Historical Tours<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Mary Hardin McCown (deceased), n.d.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Broylesville Flour Mill Records<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Burgener-Burgner Genealogy<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Walter C. Burgner, Jr..<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and the author, 844 Ponderosa Pine Lane, Samsota, FL 34243.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bumpass Cove-Embreeville Collection, 1971-1981<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Bumpass Cove Citizens Group, n.d..<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Clarence W. Hobson Collection<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Clifford A. Maxwell Photographs<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The &#8220;Connection&#8221; in East Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Olga Jones Edwards and Izora Waters Frizzell, 1969.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Cox Heritage and Family<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby William G. Cooper, 1966.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and available from the author, William G. Cooper, 102 Valley View Dr, Ersin, TN 37650.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">D.R. Beeson, Sr. Papers, 1830-1980<\/span> (bulk 1913-1970)<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Daughters of the American Revolution, John Sevier Chapter Collection, 1936-1972, 1936-1960.<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">David Preston Sherfy: Kinsman and Cavalryman<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby George W. Holley, 1986.<br \/>\nAvailable from George W. Holley, 1069 W. Oakland Ave., Johnson City, TN 37604.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dawn of Tennessee Valley and Tennessee History<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams 1937.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Descendants of Darling Jones<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Mildred Miller Brittain.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the local libraries and from the author, 959 Highway 107, Jonesborough, TN 37569<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Descendants of Peter Mauck, 1708-1980<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby William Richard Wolph, 1980.<br \/>\nAvailable from William R. Wolph, 1400 S. Joyce St. Arlington, VA 22202.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dr. and Mrs. A.S.N. Dobson Biography<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Andrew Silas Newton Dobson, 1843-1918, n.d..<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dropped Stitches in Tennessee History<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby John Allison, 1987, reprinted 1991. Overmountain Press, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Duncan &#8211; Ancestors and Cousins<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby William Ralph Phillips.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, 4414 Gailwood, Ave., Memphis, TN 38122.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Early Travels in the Tennessee Country<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1928.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">East Tennessee Tax Records Index: Washington County<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Geoffrey D. Rassmussen, 2005.<br \/>\nWillow Bend Books (www.WillowBendBooks.com)<br \/>\nVol. I: 1778-1821; Vol. II: 1822-1839; Vol. III: 1840-1850<br \/>\nAvailable for purchase from Willow Bend Books and in Johnson City Public Library (T-R 929.376897 RAS)<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Edward G. DeVault Family Papers<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Edward G. DeVault and Samuel Conley n.d..<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Elma Lillian Rankin Beeson Papers, 1904-1973<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Emancipator<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Elihu Embree, 1820. Embreeville Publication, Jonesborough, TN.<br \/>\nReprinted by B.H. Murphy, c1932. Nashville, Tenn.<br \/>\nSeven numbers, issued monthly, April-October, 1820.<br \/>\nOvermountain Press, Johnson City, TN.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Every Day in Tennessee History<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby James B. Jones, Jr., 1996.<br \/>\nJohn F. Blair Publisher, Winston-Salem, NC.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Family of William S. Erwin and Lydia Tilson Erwin (The)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Harry L. Erwin and Mildred Erwin Conley, n.d.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the authors Harry L. Erwin, 2746 Spring Glen Road, Jacksonville, FL 32207 and Mildred Erwin Conley, 319 Carolina Ave., Erwin, TN 37650.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A Family&#8217;s Heritage: Stories from Main Street, Jonesborough, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Dava Lee Russell, 1996.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries. A book about the Broyles, Cunningham, Rutledge families in Jonesborough, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Feelings of Jonesborough<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Becky Poteat Sims, photographsy by William E. Kennedy, 1986.<br \/>\nAvailable from Feelings of Jonesborough, P.O. Box 676, Jonesborough, TN 37659.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Forgotten Soldiers: History of the 2nd Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (USA) 1861-1865<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Eddie Nikazy.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries. A book about the early residents of Jonesboro, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Forgotten Soldiers: History of the 4th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (USA) 1836-1865<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Eddie Nikazy.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Frances B. Edgemon Scrapbook<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Franklin, the Stillborn State and the Sevier\/Tipton Political Feud<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Dave Foster, 1994. Top Tennessee Press, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From Downtown to City Wide: the Establishment of Four Denominations in Johnson City, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Carol Ann Pierson, 1997. [Central Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, First United Methodist Church, First Christian Church]<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">General John T. Wilder<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1936.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">General Nathaniel Taylor<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1940.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">General Shale Products Corporation Records<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Geological and Mineral Depostits of Bumpass Cove, Unicoi and Washington Counties, Tennessee.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby John Rodgers, 1948.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Genealogy of the Sanders, Alison and Collateral Families of Sullivan &amp; Washington Counties Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\ncompiled &amp; published by W.R. Sanders, 1533 Brightridge Dr., Kingsport, TN 37664.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Glimpses of Yesterday&#8217;s Lights for Tomorrow<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Mary Hardn McCown, 1979.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Greater Johnson City: a Pictorial History<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Ray Stahl, 1983, 1992.<br \/>\nDowning Company\/Publishers, Virginia Beach, VA.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hale Family Tables (Hale\/Hail\/Haile\/Hales) of the South<\/span><\/em>, Volumes I, II, and III<br \/>\nby Denzil R. Mauldin 199?.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Tennessee Room of the Johnson City Public Library, Johnson City, TN and from the author, P.O. Box 690, Valdez, Alaska.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hale Genealogy<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Lloyd S. Hale, 1930.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Tennessee Room of the Johnson City Public Library, Johnson City, TN<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Harry Garner Range, Sr. Papers, 1799-1982<\/span> (bulk 1880-1982)<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Heavy Metal Contaminants in Surface Drainage at Bumpas Cove, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Kent M. Burdick, 1993.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in ETSU Library.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Historical Sketch and Dedicatory Address: Dedication of a Granite Marker at Site of William Nelson&#8217;s Home and of Nelson&#8217;s Chapel where Bishop Asbury First Preached in the Tennessee Country, 1788<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1926.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">History of Central Baptist Church, Johnson City, Tennesse: In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary, 1869-1969<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Johnson City (Tenn.) Central Baptist Church, 1969.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">History of First Presbyterian Church, Johnson City, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nwritten by its thousands of members past and present; compiled by Virginia Williams, 1994?.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">History of First United Methodist Church of Johnson City, Tennessee, 1865-1990<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby William Perry Bailey, Jr., 1990<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia and Library at ETSU, Johnson City, TN. In local bookstores.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">History of the Schools of Johnson City, Tennessee, 1868-1950<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Cordelia P. Archer, 1954.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Library, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">History of Johnson City and Its Environs<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1940.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">History of Washington County, Tennessee, 1988<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Watauga Association of Genealogists, 1988. (Out-of-print)<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">History of Washington County, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nWashington County Historical Association, 2001.<br \/>\nCompiled and edited by Joyce and W. Eugene Cox<br \/>\nOvermountain Press, PO Box 1261, Johnson City, TN 37605<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hotel Windsor Collection, 1937-1954<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Humor, Rumor and Romance in Old Jonesborough<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Mirian Fink Dulaney, 1991, Overmountain Press, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Illustrated Johnson City, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Clarence E. Weaver, 1915.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia and Library, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">J.W. Hunter and Brother General Store Ledger, 1886-87<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">James D. Moody Collection [maps]<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">John Blair &#8220;The Miller&#8221; of Washington County, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Margaret Vance Webb, 1993.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, 16 Westwood Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">John Carmichael of Washington County, Tennessee &#8211; Ancestry and Descendants<\/span><br \/>\nby Margaret Vance Webb, 1994.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, 116 Westwood Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">John Fain Anderson Collection<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby John Fain Anderson, 1844-1929, n.d.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<br \/>\nAnderson family, Washington College, Tusculum College Civil War, 1861-1865.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Johnson City, Tennessee City Directory<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nbegan 1994.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Johnson City Foundry and Macine Works Records<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Johnson City Mills Records<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Johnson City-Washington County Family Young Men&#8217;s Christian Association Records<\/span><br \/>\nby Johnson City-Washington County Family YMCA..<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Johnson City, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\ncompiled by J.O. Lewis, 1909, printed 1989.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Library, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Jonesborough: the First Century of Tennessee&#8217;s First Town<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Paul M. Fink (deceased), 1972. Overmountain Press, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Jonesborough Presbyterian Church, 1790-1990: 200 Years of Faithful Service<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby The church, 1990.<br \/>\nAvailable from the church, P.O. Box 383, Jonesborough, TN 37659.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Journal of East Tennessee History,<\/span><\/em> v. 67<br \/>\nEast Tennessee Historical Society, 1995.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Junior Achievement of Johnson City Collection, 1985.<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Keicher\/Kiker\/Kyker &#8211; Coonrod Keicher, Sr, 1750-1826<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Richard E. Kyker, 1996.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, 201 South Hobbs Road, Farragut, TN 37927-1006.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Leesburg Presbyterian Church, 1818-1982, Washington County, Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Mary Sue Going, 1982.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Lincolns and Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1942.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Marvel&#8217;s Story &#8211; Ford and Smith Family Tree<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Diane Rhoades Chanco, 1988.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mary Hardin McCown Collection, 1866-1977<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nN. Brent Kennedy, 1997.<br \/>\nMercer University Press, Macon, Georgia<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1927.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, 30980 Tidewater, Union City, CA 94587.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Miller Family of Knob Creek, Washington County, TN<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Jeanne Lyle Sell, 1985.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Mitchell-Doak Group: History, Biography, Genealogy<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Harry Elwood, Mitchell, 1966.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in ETSU Library, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mountain People, Places and Ways<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Michael Joslin and Ruth Joslin, 1991.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries. Stories and photographs were previously published in the Johnson City Press, 1985-1991.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Overmountain Men: Battle of King&#8217;s Mountain, Cumberland Decade, State of Franklin, Southwest Territory<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Pat Alderman (deceased), 1970.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">One Heroic Hour at Kings Mountain<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Pat Alderman. The Overmountain Press, P.O. Box 126, Johnson City, TN 37604.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History 1760-1895<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Pat Alerman (deceased), 1970.<br \/>\nThe Overmountain Press, P.O. Box 126, Johnson City, TN 37604.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Phases of Southwest Territory History<\/span><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1940.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the ETSU Library and Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Philadelphia Cumberland Presbyterian Church History 1847-1985<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Frances D. Rowan and Eva Reeser, 1985.<br \/>\nAvailable from Frances D. Rowan, 463 Grove St., Bishop, CA 93514 and for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Philadelphia Congregation (Limestone, Tenn.) Presbyterian Church, USA, Records<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pioneer Missionary in East Tennessee: Samuel Doak<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Earle W. Crawford, 1980.<br \/>\nLimited printing by Pioneer Printers, Washington College Academy, Limestone, TN 37681.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Possessions and Patterns of Living in Washington County: The 20 Years Before Tennessee Statehood, 1777-1795<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Lucy Kennerly Gump, n.d.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, 703 Mountain View Circle, Johnson City, TN 37601.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Reminiscences of an Old Timer<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Captain Ross Smith, 1930.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries. A book about the early residents of Jonesboro, TN.<br \/>\nThe entire book can be viewed online at: http:\/\/www.rootsweb.com\/~tncjones\/OldTimer\/<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Resources and Enterprises of Upper East Tennessee: Franklin, Territory South of the Ohio, Watauga, Tennessee, Johnson City, Jonesboro, Greeneville, Rogersville, Morristown.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Enterprise Publishing Company, 1885.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants &#8212; Awarded by State Governments<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, 1930.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Rice Family, 1680-1973: Thomas Rice; David Rice; John Holt Rice<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby William Gunn Calhoun, 1973.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in ETSU Library, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Rich Without A Cent: A Collection of Stories from the Forgotten Town of Garbers and the Settlement of Cherokee Creek<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Billy Hugh Campbell, Jr., 1997.<br \/>\nAvailable from the author, 1820 Sugarbowl Road, Chuckey, TN 37641.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Robert M. Shank Collection<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Robert Young, Sr., Patriot and Pioneer<\/span><br \/>\nby Dessie Little Simmons and Fred Simmons, 1984.<br \/>\nCopies available for use in the local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Role of the Leesburg Community Club in Bridging the Gap Between the School and The Community<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Orlena S. Campbell, 1952.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in ETSU Library, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\ncompiled by Lucy Womack Bates, 1974.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Russell P. Rogers Collection &#8211; &#8220;There&#8217;s No Place Like Home&#8221;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Russell P. Rogers, n.d..<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN. A videocassette about Bumpass Cove.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Samuel Cole Williams Papers<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Samuel Doak: Pioneer Missionary in East Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Earle W. Crawford, 1980.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU , Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Samuel Doak, 1749-1830: His Life, His Children, Washington College<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby William Gunn Calhoun, 1966.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in ETSU Library and the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Schnepp-Snapp Family &#8211; Origin and Genealogy<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Walter C. Burgner, Jr.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, 844 Ponderosa Pine Lane, Samsota, FL 34243.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sidewalks and Porch Swings: an Oral History of the Tree Streets<\/span><\/em> [Johnson City, TN.]<\/span><br \/>\nby Sidewalks and Porch Swings Oral History Project, 1995-1996. 8 audio cassettes and 10 file folders.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Soldiers of the War of 1812 Buried in Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\ncompiled by Mary Hardin McCown and Inez E. Burns, 1959.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia and Library, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Some Duncan Families of Eastern Tennessee Before 1800<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Mary Ann Dobson, 1991.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, 3148 Ridge Court, Placerville, CA 95667<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Some St. Johns by George<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Edward St. John, 1990.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from the author, Rt. 2, Morrison, TN 37357<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Storm in the Mountains: Thomas&#8217; Confederate Legion of Cherokee Indians and Mountaineers<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Vernon H. Crow, 1982.<br \/>\nAvailable in local bookstores and for use in the local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Susan Spalding Tapes<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Susan Eike Spalding, 1993.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN. 8 videocassettes (120 min. ea.) on clog-dancing, square dancing in the Southern Appalachian region and at Beechwood Music Center (Fall Branch, Tennessee).<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tennesseans Before 1800: Washington County<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Marjorie Fischer.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries and from Frontier Press, P.O. Box 3715, Dept. 1096, Galveston, TX 77552.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tennessee Bible and Family Records: a Tennessee Bicentennial Project<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby the Watauga Association of Genealogists-Upper East Tennessee, 1996.<br \/>\nAvailable from The Watauga Association of Genealogists, P.O. Box 117, Johnson City, TN 37605-0117<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tennessee Divorces, 1797-1858: Taken from 750 Legislative Petitions and Acts<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Gale W. Bamman, C.G. &amp; Debbie W. Spero.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tennessee During the Revolutionary War<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1944.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Teter Nave. East Tennessee Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendants<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Robert Tipton Nave and Margaret W. Hougland<br \/>\nAvailable from author, 509 Woodhaven Dr., Johnson City, TN 37604<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thomas Highley Morris Papers<\/span><br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington College. A Study of an Attempt to Provide Higher Education in Eastern Tennessee<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Howard Ernest Carr, 1935.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in ETSU Library and the Archives of Appalalchia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County Historical Association Speeches, 1987-1988<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nedited by Mildred S. Kozsuch, Washington Historical Association, 1993.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts 1908-1916<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Eddie M. Nikazy, 1994.<br \/>\nAvailable from Heritage Books, Inc., 1540-E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County, Tennessee Deeds, 1775-1800<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Loraine Rae, c 1991.<br \/>\nAvailable from Southern Historical Press, Inc., 275 West Broad St., Greenville, SC 29601 and for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County, Tennessee Deeds, 1797&#8211;1817 <\/span><\/em>, vol. 2<br \/>\nby Loraine Rae, 1993.<br \/>\nAvailable from Southern Historical Press, Inc., 275 West Broad St., Greenville, SC 29601 and for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Goldene Fillers Burgner, 1985.<br \/>\nAvailable from Southern Historical Press, Inc., 275 West Broad St., Greenville, SC 29601.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1871-1899<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Watauga Association of Genealogists of Northeast Tennessee, PO Box 117, Johnson City, TN 37605<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County, Tennessee Settlements of Estates, 1790-1867<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Silas Emmitt Lucas Jr. and Ella Sheffield, Greenville SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc. 1999.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County, Tennessee, Records<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nv.1. Wasington county List of Taxables, 1778-1801, compiled by Mary Hardin McCown, Nancy E. Jones Stickley &amp; Inez E. Burns.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the ETSU Library and Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, Plus Genealogical Notes<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Bennett, Charles M. and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, compiled by Loraine Bennett Rae, 1977-1979, 3 Volumes<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Washington County Tennessee Wills, 1777-1872<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Goldene Fillers Burgner, 1983.<br \/>\nAvailable from Southern Historical Press, Inc., 275 West Broad St., Greenville, SC 29601<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Watauga: an Unusual History of the Watauga, Tennessee Area, the Birthplace of Democracy in the World as We Know It Today<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Howard N. Campbell, 1986.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Wataugah Purchase, March 19, 1775 at Sycamore Shoals of Wataugah River: the Cherokee Indians to Charles Robertson, trustee for the Wataugah Settlers: an Index of the Wataugah purchase, the North Carolina Land Grants, and Deeds Through 1782: a Bicentennial Contribution<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Mary Hardin McCowan and Irma Bowman Kitzmiller, 1976.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Archives of Appalachia, ETSU, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Wataugans<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Max Dixon, 1976.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries. In local bookstores<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wheelock-Whillock Familiy of Tennessee and the Western U.S. (1774-1992)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Eugene Smith.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in the Tennessee Room, Johnson City Public Library, Johnson City, TN<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Widows&#8217; Dowers of Washington County, Tennessee, 1803-1899<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Gary R. Toms and William R. Gann<br \/>\nAvailable in the Johnson City Public Library, from the WAGS Bookshop or Little Miami Publishing Co., P.O. Box 588, Milford, OH 45150-0588<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">William Tatham, Wataugan<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nby Samuel Cole Williams, 1923.<br \/>\nAvailable for use in local libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these books are available at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wagsnetn.org\/?page_id=110\">Watauga Association of Genealogists Web Bookshop.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100th Anniversary, History and Directory, 1871-1971, First Christian Church, Johnson City, Tennessee compiled and written by Mary Hardin McCown and Josephine Carpenter Owen, 1971 Available for use in the Archives <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/research-aids\/local-genealogy-history-books\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-900","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7965,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900\/revisions\/7965"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}