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Historical Markers in Briceville, Tennessee

 
Clickable Map of Anderson County, Tennessee and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Anderson County, TN (94) Campbell County, TN (15) Knox County, TN (240) Morgan County, TN (16) Roane County, TN (49) Scott County, TN (5) Union County, TN (8)  AndersonCounty(94) Anderson County (94)  CampbellCounty(15) Campbell County (15)  KnoxCounty(240) Knox County (240)  MorganCounty(16) Morgan County (16)  RoaneCounty(49) Roane County (49)  ScottCounty(5) Scott County (5)  UnionCounty(8) Union County (8)
Clinton is the county seat for Anderson County
Briceville is in Anderson County
      Anderson County (94)  
ADJACENT TO ANDERSON COUNTY
      Campbell County (15)  
      Knox County (240)  
      Morgan County (16)  
      Roane County (49)  
      Scott County (5)  
      Union County (8)  
 
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1 Tennessee, Anderson County, Briceville — 1D-32 — "The Coal Creek War"1891-92
On Slatestone Road, on the left when traveling north.
Coal Creek valley was the scene of an armed rebellion against the state by free miners seeking an end to the common practice of leasing convicts to coal companies. On Oct. 31, 1891 the convict laborers at Briceville were freed by armed miners. The . . . Map (db m102292) HM
2 Tennessee, Anderson County, Briceville — Briceville Church
On Briceville Highway (Tennessee Route 116), on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1888 by Welsh coal miners, the church and its cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Miners who fought the Tennessee National Guard over the use of convict labor during the Coal Creek War and the church was a . . . Map (db m102331) HM
3 Tennessee, Anderson County, Briceville — Cross Mountain Disaster
On Briceville Highway (Tennessee Route 116), on the right when traveling south.
The Cross Mountain Mine opened in 1888 approximately one mile up Slatestone Road to the west. By 1911, it had two power plants to generate electricity, providing incandescent light for the main entries. Coal was cut by electric chain machines and . . . Map (db m102329) HM
4 Tennessee, Anderson County, Briceville — Legacy of Condy Harmon
On Slatestone Road, on the left when traveling north.
Powell Harmon wrote a farewell letter before suffocating in the Fraterville Mine in 1902 that said, "My boys, never work in the coal mines.: His eldest son, Briceville student Condy Harmon, knew that honoring such a request would subject his family . . . Map (db m102425) HM
5 Tennessee, Anderson County, Briceville — Miners' Circle Cemetery
On Briceville Highway (Tennessee Route 116) at ircle Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Briceville Highway.
Thirty-one of the 84 miners who perished in the December 9, 1911 explosion of the Cross Mountain Mine are buried in concentric circles around a monument beside Circle Cemetery Road. The arrangement of headstones may be rooted in the Welsh ancestry . . . Map (db m102427) HM
6 Tennessee, Anderson County, Briceville — Welsh in Coal Creek
On Slatestone Road, on the left when traveling north.
In the last half of the 1800s, the Welsh in America published books in their native language at a time when it was illegal to do so in Great Britain. Coal Creek miners Rees R. Thomas and his son David R. Thomas donated a rare collection of those . . . Map (db m102333) HM
 
 
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Apr. 20, 2024