Anderson Morgan Roane County Tennessee 1886 Goodspeed History Norris Dam TN

Description: HISTORY, TRIVIA, BIOGRAPHIES --maybe even Buried Treasure! East Tennessee's Anderson, Morgan, & Roane CountiesUSA New! 58-Page Book Early days in three Tennessee counties, Anderson, Morgan and Roane, are recalled in this spiral bound book of excerpts compiled from Goodspeed's 1886 book: History of Tennessee, Counties of Tennessee by Austin P. Foster, and Tennessee, a Guide to the State, compiled and written by the Federal Writer's Project of the WPA in 1939. The 58-page book has the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover. The county seats are: Anderson -- Clinton; Morgan -- Wartburg; Roane -- Kingston. The town of Norris, location of Norris Dam, part of the TVA project, is in Anderson County. Oak Ridge, where the atom bomb was made, is also located in Anderson County. However, the town was founded after the sources for this book were written. The first part of the booklet concerns the history of: Anderson County -- Walden's Ridge and other geological aspects; Early settlers -- David Hull, Isaac Coward, John Chiles, Joseph Black, Joshua Frost, John Garner, John Gibbs, John Whitson, the Weavers, the Sharps. the Clears and the Rutherfords, Robert McKamy, the Ross family, John McWhirter, John Clodfelter, Joseph Hart, George Baumgartner, John Leinert, William Tunnell, John Sutherland, William Hogshead, Richard Llewellyn and the Kirkpatricks, and others; Early Churches, the County Court and the first grand jury; Organization and early officials of the county; Businesses, schools, lawyers, churches, and the coming of the railroad; the towns of Clinton (formerly Burrville), Coal Creek, Rossville and Robertsville; Morgan County -- Cumberland Plateau and other geological aspects; Early settlers -- Samuel Hall, the Stoneciphers, John M. Staples, Elijah Reese, Titus England, John Freels, Royal Prince, William Shoemaker, the Hendricks, John Webb, Charles Williams, Lewis Rector, Littleburg Brient, John Craig, the Prewitts, Jesse Casey, Zachariah Embree, Hartsell Hurt, Jeremiah Hatfield, Basil Human, John Brasel, the Laymances, Andrew Shannon, Robert McCartt, and others; Organization of the county, named in honor of Gen. Daniel Morgan; Early county officials; Origin of Wartburg, colonized by New Yorkers; Attorneys, churches, schools, the railroad and businesses; Roane County -- The Clinch and Tennessee Rivers and other geological aspects; Early settlers -- Robert King, John McEwen, Samuel Martin, Gideon Morgan, Thomas Clark Sr., Hugh Beatty, John Stone, Matthew Nelson, Henry Liggett, Dr. Daniel Rather, Thomas Childress, William French, William Lea, David Patton, John Purris, the Brown family, the notorious John Smith T., and others; an Early Highway; Fort at the Southwest Point; Kingston and Rockwood; County organization, courts and officials; Churches, lawyers, newspaper, and businesses; and other items of interest. Besides the names mentioned in the first part of the booklet, there are biographies of many county residents of yesteryear. Most are fairly lengthy, and often include ancestors, previous residences, children, in-laws, affiliations, war records, and business activities. In the course of this they often shed light on the early businesses, professions and institutions in the county. The biographies include: Anderson County -- W.E. Baker, James H. Black, John Black, Samuel Black, Gideon H. Blackburn, A.H. Bowling, J.A. Brown, W.E. Brown, Dr. J.M. Carden, Rev. J.M. Carter, John Chumbley, Henry Clear Jr., H.C. Coward, D.R. Coward, William Cross (with picture), Elijah Cross, Capt. Charles W. Cross, J.F. Cross, William Cullom, William Dail, R.M. Edwards, Henry P. Farmer, J.A. Fowler, J.N. Freels, W.W. Hays, William R. Hicks, Elijah Jennings, Noble Johnson, W.W. Keebler, W.A. Kirkpatrick, G.B.R. Lea, J.E. Longmire, Elijah Longmire, Dolph Lowe, Dr. R.A. McFerrin, Dr. J.M. McFerrin, Dr. R.K. Medaris, S.L. Moore, Dr. W.H. Moore, G.W. Moore, Isaac W. Norcross, R.G.W. Owen, Daniel Pemberton, Dr. L. Jones Price, John A. Rowe, Rufus Rutherford, F.P. Rutherford, C.J. Sawyer, J.C. Scruggs, H.C. Slover, Dr. J.P. Walker, John H. Whaley, W.B.H. Wiley, and Judge D.K. Young; Morgan County -- Charles Brown, Col. Reuben A. Davis, John Hall, Daniel M. Kelly, and Victor Letorey; Roane County -- Col. D.G. Bowers, Thomas B. Byrd, L.W. Carter, J.F. Cormany, Major H. Crumbliss, S.J. D'Armond, W.M. Ellis, S.E. Franklin, I.A. Hill, J.C. Hinds, H.B. Hinds, J.D. Hembree, T.A. Kindrick, Hugh Martin, Capt. W.E. McElwee, Elbert C. Montgomery, Joseph A. Muecke, R.W. Neergaard, W.J. Owings, S.A. Owings, J.C. Pope, W.B. Reed, E.W. Robbs, William Smith, L. Swafford, J.B. Tedder, Capt. L.M. Wester, and J.A. Winton. The WPA tours are filled with historical trivia, such as a story of buried gold on the bluffs of Big Clear Creek, the prominence of the WCTU in Harriman, the story of a near duel between Andrew Jackson and John Sevier, and the naming of Mammy's Creek. Tour stops include Wartburg, Sunbright, Harriman, Oakdale, Clinton, Norris Dam, Norris, Kingston, Rockwood, Ozone, and Crab Orchard. Wouldn't this make a unique gift? 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