Description: Free Media Mail! For faster delivery, upgrade to Priority. A Genealogical Goldmine! East Tennessee's Campbell, Claiborne & Union Counties USA New 48-Page Booklet Early days in Campbell, Claiborne and Union Counties, in northeastern Tennessee, are recalled in this 46-page spiral bound booklet compiled from excerpts from the 1887 book: History of Tennessee, originally published by Goodspeed Publishing Co., and other sources. The 48-page booklet is printed on quality paper with the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover. The county seats are: Jacksboro in Campbell County, Tazewell in Claiborne County and Maynardville in Union County. The first part of the booklet includes separate sections on the history of each county, including geography; early settlers, organization of each county; early officials; early businesses, schools, churches, lawyers, towns, etc. Besides the many 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: Campbell County -- Dr. J.H. Agee, William Allen, James F. Archer, Jesse Baird, S.C. Baird, Lewis Bowman, G.W. Crawford, Alfred Dossett, Dr. John Jones, J.S. Lindsay, W.R. Mars, W.J. McGee, John Myers, Capt. A. Myers, Dr. A.T. Newman, J. Henderson Reid, T.H. Rhodeheaver, Dr. William B. Russell, W.H. Smith, Rev. T.M. Smith, A.J. Smith, A.W. Smith, L.J. Stanfill, W.M. Stokes, M.D. Wheeler, E.F. Wheeler, R.D. Wheeler Jr., Lewis Wilson, and A.D. Woodson; Claiborne County -- Dr. Samuel Atkins, Capt. William H. Barnard, Robert C. Baylor, Andrew W. Campbell, Wiley S. Carr, Robert F. Carr, Alexander M. Cloud, Dr. James A. Day, Dr. John W. Divine, Henry H. Friar, Peter G. Fulkerson, Tilmon A. Hamilton, Dr. James M. Hamilton, E. A. Hurst, Isaac M Johnson, H.J. Kivett, Jordan F. Longmire, Houston Patterson, Jefferson Pursifull, Hiram W. Reece, David F. Rogers, Jason Russell, William P. Scott, Richard S. Seal, Benjamin F. Shultz, Thomas W. Stone, and Robert G. Yoakum; Union County -- Coram Acuff, Nicholas Ailor, Prior L. Beeler, John Bowman, John C. Buckner, Robert E. Buckner, Dr. Richard J. Carr, William Duke, Elisha Ferguson, William Graves, Christian Haynes, William Irwin, George Johnson, M.D. Kincaid, Capt. James L. Ledgerwood, A.L. Leinart, James H. Roberts, Josiah Russell, Josiah Smith, and William E. Smith. Brief excerpts from 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, are included. The WPA tour stops include Cumberland Gap, Harrogate, Tazewell, Jellico, La Follette, Jacksboro, and Maynardville. Wouldn't this make a unique gift?
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