On Brown Street (Tennessee Route 52) 0.1 miles west of Route 53.
Capt. Jacob C. “Jake” Bennett, a native Kentuckian and noted Confederate partisan ranger, is buried in Donaldson Cemetery (four miles north of here). During the war, bushwhackers and guerrillas on both sides raided the sparsely populated borderlands . . . — — Map (db m112197) HM
On Main Street at East Lake Avenue ( Route 52), on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
During the Civil War, the residents of the eastern and Cumberland River sections of present-day Clay County (then part of Jackson and Overton Counties) were usually Confederate sympathizers, while those in the western section supported the Union. . . . — — Map (db m74297) HM
On Business U.S. 64 south of Davis Loop, on the right when traveling south.
Native people lived here in the upper Hiwassee River Valley for hundreds of generations before the first European travelers reached this area in the sixteenth cetury. Thousands of sites where they lived, worked, and played dot the river and creek . . . — — Map (db m272440) HM
On North Campbell Street at Northeast 69th Street, on the right when traveling south on North Campbell Street.
The initial inhabitants of Gladstone were Native Americans of the Missouri Osage, Blackhawk, Fox and Sac tribes. The first settlers came from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina. In the 1880's, W. E. Winner bought three 80-acre farms, . . . — — Map (db m252139) HM
On Farm to Market Road 102 at Farm to Market Road 3013, on the right when traveling south on Road 102.
Near this site once stood the community of Frazarville, founded in 1857 by Dr. Isaac James Frazar and his father, Col. James Watson Frazar. A locust infestation and Comanche raids forced them to move from Cibolo Creek in Bexar County to this site, . . . — — Map (db m96298) HM
Near Tower Avenue east of Bloomington Road, on the left when traveling east.
I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America.
—from the volunteer enlistment form of Felix Battles, August 8, 1864
Felix Battles was 20 years old when he enlisted. He was born into slavery near Memphis, . . . — — Map (db m231429) HM
On Dixie Highway (West Virginia Route 16) just north of Twenty Mile Creek Road (Route 16/3), on the left when traveling south.
Nearby is grave of Seaberry Osborne (circa, 1815-66), daughter of Chief Running Bear. She married Solomon Osborne in Cherokee, N.C. and in 1838 fled to escape “Trail of Tears.” The Native American pioneers found sanctuary in the mountains and land . . . — — Map (db m138009) HM
Near Railroad Avenue south of Poplar Street, on the right when traveling south.
Originally this site was probably a salt lick used by buffalo, which made the path to it. Indians used the path to make war between northern and southern tribes. Numerous early American explorers used the path as did hunters, who found animals . . . — — Map (db m87857) HM
Near Railroad Avenue south of Poplar Street, on the right when traveling south.
Salt works established early 1790s; Clay County established here in 1807
The Goose Creek Salt Works dates from the mid 1790s when it was known as the “Langford Works” and was well known throughout Kentucky and in Tennessee and . . . — — Map (db m87858) HM
On Fountain Run Road (State Highway 100) at County House Road (State Road 1366), on the left when traveling south on Fountain Run Road.
Camp established by Union Army to train and drill troops and as a place of rendezvous. In October 1861, Col. S. S. Stanton, 25th Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army, was ordered to capture the encampment. He marched his regiment into the county and . . . — — Map (db m236252) HM
On West Shrader St west of Gallatin Street, on the right when traveling east.
From Chattel to Citizens 1822-1865
Liberty’s white settlers came primarily from the southern states of Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, and the use of enslaved workers was common in Clay County from the time of its organization in 1822. . . . — — Map (db m273914) 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.
