Near West G Street (Tennessee Route 67) at U.S. 321, on the left when traveling west.
Sabine Hill, the large Federal-style structure on the knoll to the south, is one of the oldest surviving homes in Carter County. General Nathaniel Taylor (1771-1816), a veteran, of the War of 1812, began the construction of Sabine Hill shortly after . . . — — Map (db m174643) HM
Near West G Street (Tennessee Route 67) 0.1 miles west of Sabine Street, on the left when traveling west.
"Happy Valley" and Sabine Hill (1778-1853) In 1778, during the Revolutionary War, Andrew Taylor traveled from Virginia to what would later become eastern Tennessee. Taylor settled near this location on the Powder Branch of Buffalo . . . — — Map (db m174640) HM
Near Roan Road (Tennessee Route 143) 1 mile north of Cove Creek Road, on the left when traveling north.
Carter County, especially the area around Roan Mountain, suffered from the effects of occupation during the war. Residents were divided in their support of the Union and the Confederacy, and raids were commonplace.
Union General Samuel P. . . . — — Map (db m286979) HM
Near Emmanuel Drive north of Cedar Grove Road, on the left when traveling north.
Washington County, then part of North Carolina, was established in 1777 during the height of the American Revolution, replacing the earlier Washington District (1776) and Watauga Association (1772). On February 23, 1778, the first court of the new . . . — — Map (db m184139) HM
Near East Elk Avenue east of South Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling east.
On this location the citizens of Elizabethton, Tennessee have dedicated a Time Capsule as the finale of their year long celebration of Elizabethton’s 200 Years. The capsule buried here is to be opened in the year 2099 AD. With this . . . — — Map (db m192864) HM
Near West G Street (Tennessee Route 67) 0.1 miles west of Sabine Street, on the left when traveling west.
Bringing Sabine Hill Back to Life Sabine Hill remained in the Taylor family through the latter 1940s. In August 1936, W. Jeter Eason with the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) visited Sabine Hill and took detailed photographs . . . — — Map (db m174641) HM
On North Main Street at East Elk Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. Reported permanently removed.
Although Tennessee voted to secede from the Union in June 1861, East Tennessee remained staunchly loyal. The residents of Carter County voted against secession, 1,343 to 86.
One of those residents, Admiral and General Samuel P. Carter (born . . . — — Map (db m293369) HM
On North Church Street at Butler Street, on the left when traveling south on North Church Street.
Born in Wythesville, Virginia, April 8, 1827, he came to this county at the age of 14 as a tailor apprentice. During the Civil War, he served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry. First elected in 1867, he was for 10 years a member of . . . — — Map (db m104364) HM
On North Main Street at East Elk Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Although Tennessee voted to secede from the Union in June 1861, East Tennessee remained staunchly loyal. The residents of Carter County voted against secession, 1,343 to 86.
One of those residents, Admiral and General Samuel P. Carter (born . . . — — Map (db m293370) HM
Near South Roan Street 0.1 miles south of Bonita Drive, on the right when traveling south.
This was the home of Landon Carter Haynes, a distinguished lawyer and politician who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives before the onset of the Civil War. Haynes was born in Carter County on December 2, 1816. He attended nearby . . . — — Map (db m69684) HM
Carter County’s railroad history is the story of three trains – the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, better known as Tweetsie (1881-1951); the Southern Railroad (1911-1940); and the North American Rayon Steam Engine (1936-1992). The . . . — — Map (db m46561) HM
John Carter
- 1781
Chairman of Watauga Association and of the five commissioners who established that first written compact for civil government by American-born freemen. Chairman of Committee of Safety. In Revolution, colonel of militia . . . — — Map (db m157908) HM
On Southside Road, on the right when traveling east.
Cedar Grove Cemetery was originally established as a "colored cemetery" in the early nineteenth century on a tract of land adjacent to a trail that became known as Gap Creek Road. The remote and rocky terrain often required the use of dynamite to . . . — — Map (db m81370) HM
This is a replica of the building which is believed to have served as the capitol of the State of Franklin from 1785 until 1788 and which originally stood near the intersection of Main and Depot Streets. At constitutional conventions held there, . . . — — Map (db m81608) HM
On East Ladiga Street at Mc Farland Ave, on the right when traveling east on East Ladiga Street.
Hiram Dugger came to Benton County, Alabama, in 1832 from Carter County, Tennessee, before the Indians were removed to the west. He worked a year for Joseph Nolen before marrying Mr. Nolen's daughter, Zanna. The couple moved to the base of the . . . — — Map (db m270859) HM
On West Elk Avenue (U.S. 321) west of Franklin Club Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The Tipton family was among the earliest and largest landowners in the Watauga Settlement. The first Tiptons arrived by 1775. Four years later they owned nearly 3,000 acres in Carter County with major landowners being Major Jonathan Tipton, . . . — — Map (db m268072) HM
On North Main Avenue near Tucker Street, on the right when traveling south.
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Unicoi County
Unicoi County was formed during the Reconstruction era from parts of Washington and Carter counties on March 23, 1875. Representative Alfred A. Taylor introduced a bill in the Tennessee Legislature and . . . — — Map (db m82982) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
