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Early settlers coming down the Great War & Trading Path in 1784-85 camped here; it was the scene of their first death and burial. In 1786 the Rev. Archibald Scott of Virginia organized a Presbyterian congregation in the area; the church was built . . . — — Map (db m81365) HM
One mile south, near a large spring, Robert McTeer built a fort and mill in 1784. A branch of the Great War and Trading Path passed nearby. Reportedly, the first school in what later became Blount County was held here; it was also the first polling . . . — — Map (db m108216) HM
Loveday Springs (c. 1826) was
the main stagecoach stop
between Knoxville & Sevierville,
which the Loveday family
operated until 1903, when
state Senator A.J. Graves
purchased it. In 1932 the
Greek Revival house was sold
to Ben Bower, owner . . . — — Map (db m150844) HM
Early fort established here, 1783 by settlers in Boyd's Creek Valley. Samuel Newell, Revolutionary Captain, was leader of the settlement. Sevier Co., state of Franklin, held its first court here. Also seat of government for the . . . — — Map (db m32780) HM
A branch of the Great Indian War & Trading Path came up the valley of this creek, named for a Virginia trader killed by Indians in 1775. Col. William Christian's punitive expedition used it in 1776, crossing the French Broad River. John Sevier broke . . . — — Map (db m32686) HM