Ex-Confederate soldiers, James Kennedy and Bill Nails, brutally slain by local Unionists, were the first burials here in 1865 on land donated for the cemetery by Robert Kennedy. Additional Confederate veterans and other members of the community were . . . — — Map (db m74956) HM
A classic example of the brother-against-brother feuds resulting from the Civil War began virtually in the shadows of the historic log Doe Creek Church and School. Hugh and Robert Kennedy established farms here early in the 1820s. When the war . . . — — Map (db m81945) HM
Doe Creek School is one of Tennessee's last remaining one-room log schoolhouses. Built c. 1870, it has been used as a school and a church. Yellow poplar logs, hauled to the site by a team of oxen, form the walls. Schoolmaster Elmer Duck dismissed . . . — — Map (db m74959) HM
Circa 1825 settlers came from miles around to the big meeting place across the road from the cemetery. It was Methodist in belief, but all denominations were welcome. A congregation member, Mr. Quinn died while attending services about 1830 and was . . . — — Map (db m185612) HM
