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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8T_williams-home-place_Mooresburg-TN.html
Three-tenths of a mile north at 132 Church Lane, Hugh G. Williams and Carrie Moore Williams, descendants of Hugh G. Moore, a founder of Mooresburg, resided here in the late 1800s. The Williams owned the Mooresburg Springs Hotel, a well-known miner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8S_rogers-cemetery_Rogersville-TN.html
Many of the early settlers of Hawkins County are buried in this cemetery, 170 yards south, including Joseph Rogers, the founder of Rogersville, and his descendants. The grandparents of David Crocket who were massacred by the Indians are also inter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8R_rogers-tavern_Rogersville-TN.html
Joseph Rogers' tavern included the Old Tavern and Big Tavern Houses. Located 45 yards to the south, the Old Tavern House was built between 1790 and 1800. Built between 1800 and 1810, the Big Tavern House is located 25 yards south. Both Buildings w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8Q_old-cemetery-first-presbyterian-church-of-rogersville_Rogersville-TN.html
The Church was organized in 1805 and in 1824 this cemetery was first used. In 1838 the Church split into the Old School or First Church and the New School or Second Church and this cemetery continued in use y the First Church. In 1881 the two chur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8P_dr-william-henderson-franklin_Rogersville-TN.html
Dr. Franklin, a very well known and highly respected educator and humanitarian, founded Swift Memorial Junior College in 1883 and served as President of the school until 1926.
Dr. and Mrs. Franklin are buried in this plot on the campus of Swift…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8O_st-marks-presbyterian-church_Rogersville-TN.html
Originated in 1875, St. Marks was the first black Presbyterian Church in Rogersville. Formerly located in the Tenth Civil District, now McKinney Avenue, the church moved to the corner of Kyle and Hasson Street in 1912. The Reverend William H. Fran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8N_swift-memorial-college_Rogersville-TN.html
Dr. William H. Franklin, the founder and President of Swift College, was one of the first black graduates from Maryville College, receiving his degree in 1881. Swift College was named to honor Elijah E. Swift, president of the denomination's Natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8M_price-public-school_Rogersville-TN.html
Alexander Fain, Jordan Netherland, Albert Jones, and Nathaniel Mitchell, all Black Americans, purchased this land in 1868 "for the purpose of building a schoolhouse for the education of colored children." A two-room log building was constructed an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8L_tennessees-first-newspaper_Rogersville-TN.html
At the invitation of Territorial Gov. William Blount, George Roulestone and Robert Ferguson brought a printing press over the mountains from North Carolina, and established the Knoxville Gazette in a log cabin on the Hawkins County Courthouse Squa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q8K_amis-house_Rogersville-TN.html
About 1 1/2 miles south is the stone house built by Thomas Amis between 1781 & 1783. He was Captain and Commissary of North Carolina troops in the Revolution; an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and legislator. He established here…