The homesite and grave of Revolutionary War officer, Colonel Robert McFarland, is located two miles north at Springvale. Born in 1759 in Orange County, North Carolina, he served in the Virginia Militia from 1776 to 1781. In 1783, McFarland moved . . . — — Map (db m80442) HM
Welcome to Jefferson County, Tennessee! Get ready to visit small towns with big stories.
Tennessee Civil War Trails tells riveting stories of battles and leaders, and much more. You'll learn about some of the state's 275,000 enslaved men and . . . — — Map (db m267474) HM
Welcome to Jefferson County, Tennessee!
Get ready to visit small towns with big stories.
Tennessee Civil War Trails tells riveting
stories of battles and leaders, and much more. You'll learn about some of the state's 275,000 enslaved men and . . . — — Map (db m266417) HM
"Along the vallies of what is now East Tennessee and South-western Virginia, lay the great route and thoroughfare between the northern and southern Indians, in their intercourse with distant tribes, in the hunting excursions, in their . . . — — Map (db m220472) HM
(preface)
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led a force from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’ s army at Knoxville. The campaign failed, and in December Longstreet’s men marched east along the East . . . — — Map (db m69526) HM
Bethlehem United Methodist Church is one of the oldest churches in Jefferson County, dating back to 1818 and the efforts of Rev. Ebenezer Hearn. In April 1818, the Tennessee Conference of Methodist Churches sent Rev. Hearn south of the Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m212543) HM
[south side] Major Mehitable Woods Pioneer Jefferson Co. & Civil War hero [west side] De Oppresso Liber [north side] 224th Engineers — That They May Fight 34th Infantry Division . . . — — Map (db m286893) HM
0.4 mi. Built 1785 by Col. James Roddye, from North Carolina. He was subsequently delegate to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention, magistrate and register of Jefferson County under territorial government and member of Tennessee's first . . . — — Map (db m81632) HM
In the late nineteenth century, African-American members of the Baptist Church determined that a black college was needed in East Tennessee. The town of Mossy Creek (the former name of Jefferson City) was chosen as the ideal location. Thanks in . . . — — Map (db m232066) HM
Erected in memory of the Minorcans from St. Augustine who served honorably during the War Between the States
Dedicated to the ten Confederate Soldiers buried in unmarked graves in San Lorenzo Cemetery
Andreu, Claudio D. PVT Company B, 1st . . . — — Map (db m256203) HM WM
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Early Russellville (1780-1859) The Russellville area was settled shortly after the American Revolution. The first pioneers probably were in the area by 1780-1782, when the land was still known as Indian Territory. Early . . . — — Map (db m25476) HM
In the 49 years that David Crockett called Tennessee his home he migrated from one end of the Volunteer state to the other. From his birthplace near Limestone on the banks of the Nolichucky River to his last home in present day Rutherford (Gibson . . . — — Map (db m107422) HM
"Be always sure you are right, then go
ahead!" David Crockett
In the 49 years that David Crockett called Tennessee his home he migrated from one end of the Volunteer state to the other. From his birthplace near Limestone on the . . . — — Map (db m268085) HM
During the first 30 years of his 54-year-old practice, Attorney Shores practiced all over the State of Alabama - from the Tennessee line to the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile Bay, and from the Mississippi borders to the Georgia limits. During the period . . . — — Map (db m26720) HM
James C. Bagley built this house for his bride, Eunice Williams, in 1856 at Bagley Bend near Pinson in northeast Jefferson County.
Bagley joined the Confederate army in 1861 and died that same year in a Shattanooga, Tennessee hospital. He is . . . — — Map (db m215710) HM
William M. Hill was a 1st Sergeant in the 9th Tennessee U.S. Cavalry during the Civil War and was a grocer in Dandridge the rest of his life.
He began building this ‘Greek Revival’ style house in 1870 and, on 7 Jan 1871, was deeded the property . . . — — Map (db m225860) HM
First court house and jail erected on this site in 1815 – addition to jail erected in 1935 by Jefferson County in conjunction with Tennessee Emergency Relief
Administration.
Building committee J.E. Swann CHM C.C.
Luther Chilton Harry Vance Ben . . . — — Map (db m210333) HM
A portion of the town of Dandridge would have been flooded by the waters of Douglas Lake if the Tennessee Valley Authority had not built a dike. The top of the dike is an elevation of 1009 feet, seven feet above the dam's crest gates. All of the . . . — — Map (db m225855) HM
Tennessee-born Robert Washington Sanders (1850-1916), a master wood carver, was drawn to Beaumont in 1878 by the newly-emerging lumber industry. He worked in several local lumber mills until 1902, when he went into business for himself as a . . . — — Map (db m173697) HM
Samuel Scott McCuistion was born August 12th, 1817 on the waters of Long Creek near Finley’s Gap in Jefferson County. He never married and died January 13th, 1893.
He inherited Davy Crockett’s first rifle from his father James who had bought it . . . — — Map (db m225856) HM
John Rankin was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and lived in the state through college, his marriage, and his beginning as a minister. He was often opposed by congregations for frequently sharing his anti-slavery beliefs from the pulpit. In . . . — — Map (db m273122) HM
Jefferson County
Established 1792; named in honor of
Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of State, formerly member of the Continental Congress; principal author of the Declaration of Independence; later Governor of Virginia: Vice President and . . . — — Map (db m210349) HM
Born in Tennessee on June 15, 1811. While very young learned the printing trade and worked at it in some of the principal cities of the United States.
Came to Nacogdoches, Texas, in November, 1835, in answer to pleas for volunteers for Texas . . . — — Map (db m176387) HM
Red Mountain, where you are standing, and Jones Valley, which stretches before you, were sites of human activity long before Birmingham's founding in 1871.
Native American presence
Recorded history and archaeological evidence indicate the . . . — — Map (db m83805) HM
Pinson, one of Alabama’s oldest communities, was settled by General Andrew Jackson’s soldiers in the early 1800s, after victory at Horseshoe Bend during the War of 1812. The community was originally known as Hagood’s Crossroads for settler . . . — — Map (db m88406) HM
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In 1871 Robert and Martha McLaughlin George, erected Monument In the memory of their son Thomas and other soldiers from Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio who died in service to the United States during the Civil War. All were . . . — — Map (db m224967) HM WM
Powerful Transformations
Named for First Lady Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, the town of Dandridge became the Jefferson County seat in 1793. Dandridge spent almost 150 years as the center of government and commerce in Jefferson County. A . . . — — Map (db m225853) HM
In his nearly half century of life, David Crockett literally migrated from east to west Tennessee. From his birthplace near Limestone, to his last home in Rutherford (Gibson County), the Crockett story weaves its way across the Volunteer state for . . . — — Map (db m58461) HM
The Brazos Valley was first settled and formed by people from all over America and other foreign lands. The earliest Anglo settlers arrived in this Mexican province from nearby southern states, lured by large Mexican land grants. After the Texas . . . — — Map (db m283311) HM
York was the first African American to cross the United States from coast to coast. Born a slave belonging to the Clark family, York was assigned as a boy to be William Clark’s servant. He moved with the Clarks from Virginia to Jefferson County . . . — — Map (db m251354) HM
The Scripture Rocks Heritage Park was dedicated June 2016 by the Jefferson County History Center as a public access site where visitors can explore 4.5 acres of a forested hillside near Port Barnett containing the largest rock art site known in . . . — — Map (db m195164) HM
In memory of:
Robert A. Henderson • Helen T. Henderson • H. Ruth Henderson • Walter A. Hash
whose dedication and devotion to this school and to this community shall always be remembered.
