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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QA1_rogersville-town-well_Rogersville-TN.html
The Hawkins County Chapter of the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities, (A.P.T.A.), has chosen to fund and erect this monument to commemorate the nearby site of the original town well in Rogersville. This marble block was q…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9F_alexander-peter-stewart_Rogersville-TN.html
Born here, Oct. 2, 1821: graduate USMA, 1842; resigned 1845,and a professor Cumberland U., and U. of Nashville until 1861. Appointed major, CSA, quickly advanced to brigadier general; Successively to corps command, Army of Tenn., and twice wounded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q93_michael-looney_Rogersville-TN.html
7.9 miles north was the homestead of this pioneer, veteran of Lord Dunmore's War, and of the Revolution, originally from Botetourt County, Va. Among his descendants were Joseph Emerson Brown, governor of Georgia during the Civil War, and his son, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q92_thomas-gibbons_Rogersville-TN.html
Born in Surry (now Sussex) Co., Virginia, in 1734, he settled here in 1778, having been forcibly ejected from a homestead about 12 miles east by one Robert Young. The courts of Spencer County, State of Franklin, met in his house 1785-87. On June 4…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q91_new-providence-church_Surgoinsville-TN.html
One-half mile west is this Presbyterian church, established in Carter's Valley in 1780 by Rev. Charles Cummings and Rev. Samuel Doak. It was moved to its present location in 1815. A cemetery is at the old site.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q90_maxwell-academy_Surgoinsville-TN.html
Maxwell Academy was established by the Presbyterian Church in 1852 and named in honor of Captain George Maxwell, who fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Serving students in grades one through twelve, the academy was operation by the New Provid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8Z_pattersons-mill_Church-Hill-TN.html
On the site of this mill, Robert Patterson build a fort about 1775, shortly thereafter a mill. It was one of two stations at which the settlers took refuge during the Cherokee raid under The Raven in 1776.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8Y_carters-store_Church-Hill-TN.html
One mile west is the site of the store established by John Carter and William Parker. This store was pillaged in the Shawnee raid of 1774. at the Sycamore Shoals Treaty in 1775, the proprietors were awarded the whole Carter's Valley as reparation.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8X_rices-mill_Church-Hill-TN.html
On the site of this mill, Henry Rice built and fortified a mill in 1775. Here, in 1776, the settlers took refuge from warring Cherokee. In April, 1777, Capt. James Robertson and eight other pioneers had a fight with 30 or 40 Cherokee near here, in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8U_mulberry-grove_Mooresburg-TN.html
About 2 1/2 miles south, now under water, William Cocke had his plantation. A veteran of the Revolution and the War of 1812, he served in the legislatures of Virginia, North Carolina, Franklin, Transylvania, Territory South of the River Ohio, Tenn…
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