Historical Markers and War Memorials in Blountville, Tennessee
Blountville is the county seat for Sullivan County
Blountville is in Sullivan County
Sullivan County(116) ► ADJACENT TO SULLIVAN COUNTY Carter County(57) ► Hawkins County(34) ► Johnson County(11) ► Washington County(93) ► Bristol, Virginia(14) ► Scott County, Virginia(36) ► Washington County, Virginia(109) ►
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Judge and Mrs. Joseph A. Caldwell
relocated the 1840 Sullivan County
smokehouse to this site shortly after
1940 when they bought and restored
the Deery Inn for their residence. — — Map (db m158060) HM
Established in 1786, this was the first Methodist Episcopal Church to be erected on Tennessee soil. Bishop Francis Asbury preached here often. A ten-day revival held here by Rev. John A. Granade began the Great Revival of 1780-81. The chapel was . . . — — Map (db m82954) HM
The log section of Anderson Townhouse was built in 1792/95. It housed the first town commissioners of Blountville: Richard Gammon (1750-1833), Major George Maxwell (1751-1821) and Colonel John Anderson (1750-1817). All these men served the American . . . — — Map (db m69801) HM WM
This is where Union forces stood as they attacked Blountville on September 22, 1863, during a campaign to control the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. On the day of the attack, the Confederates occupied Blountville while the Federal forces held the . . . — — Map (db m69699) HM
This is the Sullivan County Courthouse. Its interior was burned during the Union attack on Blountville on September 22, 1863, as Confederate and Federal forces vied for control of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, located a few miles east of . . . — — Map (db m69708) HM
You are in the former schoolyard of the Masonic Female Institute, where Confederate troops stood as they defended Blountville on September 22, 1863. Col. James E. Carter's 1st Tennessee Cavalry withdrew that morning of 1863 from the Watauga River to . . . — — Map (db m69806) HM
Here on September 22, 1863, Confederate forces commanded by Colonel James E. Carter fought a Union brigade led by John W. Foster. After delaying the Union advance for more than four hours, Carter withdrew toward Zollicoffer, now known as Bluff City. . . . — — Map (db m45822) HM
Dedicated to
the memory of the
Confederate soldiers
of
Sullivan County
Tennessee
War of 1861-65
Battle of Blountville
Sunday September 22,
1863 — — Map (db m158034) WM
William Deery built this kitchen about
1810 to serve his inn. Virginia Caldwell
described it as "tumble-down” in 1940
before the west and north walls were
reconstructed. It served as her weave
house. It is now furnished as an early
1800s . . . — — Map (db m158064) HM
This little building originally stood across the street and served as the office of attorney John Fain in the late 1800s. Some Blountville residents remember it as the office of attorney Homer Smith in the second quarter of the 20th century. It was . . . — — Map (db m210240) HM
Forged in Maryland by J. Regester & Sons, this bell was placed in a cupola atop the old section of the Sullivan County courthouse circa 1870, and hung there nigh 100 years.
This historic bell was mounted here on the courthouse lawn by the . . . — — Map (db m158019) HM
This military road from Chilhowee, Va. to present day Kingsport was completed September 1761 by Major Andrew Lewis under command of Col. Adam Stephen. Upon reaching the Long Island of the Holston, the militia erected Fort Robinson to treat for peace . . . — — Map (db m47541) HM
James Brigham, a pioneer and Revolutionary War
soldier, purchased 1,070 acres along Muddy Creek
in modern-day Sullivan County between 1782 and
1787. On December 11, 1792, he deeded 30 acres
to John Anderson, George Maxwell, and . . . — — Map (db m158022) HM
This 1790 log cabin was the office of the
James King Ironworks, which was located
at the junction of Beaver and Steele
Creeks near Bristol, TN. When the city
announced plans to construct its waste-
water treatment plant on the site in . . . — — Map (db m158063) HM
In September 1863, Confederate Gen. Samuel Jones’s command and Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s forces contested control of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad a few miles east. On September 22, Union Col. John W. Foster’s brigade engaged the forces . . . — — Map (db m69712) HM
Built shortly after 1785 by William Deery. Stopping place for many distinguished travelers of early days, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, the Marquis de Lafayette, Prince Louis Phillipe, Andrew Johnson and others enjoyed its hospitality. It operated . . . — — Map (db m82955) HM
Ralph Blizard, a Hall of Fame long-bow fiddler, was a pioneer entertainer on radio stations WOPI, WJHL and WKPT, at first with his high school classmates. He recorded and toured with the New Southern Ramblers across the United States and the British . . . — — Map (db m45846) HM
William Deery built this brick building in the early 1800s to house his slaves. Very few original slave buildings still exist in northeast Tennessee. — — Map (db m210235) HM
Sullivan County was established by the North Carolina Assembly’s October 1779 session; its north of the Holston River section formerly in Washington County, Virginia; and its south of the river section formerly in Washington County, North Carolina. . . . — — Map (db m69711) HM
Dedicated to all veterans
of Sullivan County
to the honor and glory
of those who proudly served
to keep our country a land of freedom
— — Map (db m158036) WM
The Presbyterian Church established here in 1773 is probably the first church of any denomination to be established within the borders of Tennessee. It was also used as a fort, and school was held here on Sundays, in pioneer times. — — Map (db m45658) HM
You are standing in front of the Miller-Haynes house, known as the Cannonball House because of structural damage it sustained from Union cannon fire during the Battle of Blountville on September 22, 1863. During the artillery exchanges, Confederate . . . — — Map (db m69805) HM
In June of 1843 land was acquired from Laurence Snapp of Blountville and the first building of the church was erected across from the present Blountville Glass Company. The deed stated in Laurence Snapp's words that the land was given to James . . . — — Map (db m210247) HM
The historic log structure from the late 1700's was built in an area possibly known as Sapling Grove in Johnson County, Mountain City, TN. In the late 1950's it was moved to Elizabethton where it was a part of a tourist attraction which included a . . . — — Map (db m210252) HM
