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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF36_cherokee-church_Jonesborough-TN.html
This Baptist church was organized the first Saturday in September, 1783. Here, the fourth Saturday in October, 1786, Holston Association was organized with Tidence Lane moderator and William Murphy clerk. Seven churches were represented. This was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF34_jacob-brown_Jonesborough-TN.html
About one mile S.W., this pioneer from S.C. settled on Nolichucky River in 1771. Brown's purchase of 2 tracts of land from the Cherokee on March 25, 1775, was made beneath a great oak tree still standing nearby. His sandstone marker reads "Jacob B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF30_keystone-pottery_Jonesborough-TN.html
Eighty yards south. German immigrant Charles F. Decker opened the Keystone Pottery in 1872. Kitchen and household ware were produced in large quantites. The Decker family also crafted a variety of unique and beautifully decorated grave markers, ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF2G_alfred-martin-ray-buffalo-solder_Jonesborough-TN.html
On July 1, 1898, Lt. Ray planted the United States flag on San Juan Hill, Cuba, amid a hail of enemy bullets during the Spanish American War. For his heroic courage in action. Ray received a battlefield promotion. He served in the U.S. Army from 1…