Posted in Photos, Uncategorized on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today on Flickr, I found a picture of the Moses Gamble house.
Moses Gamble House. Digital image. Flickr. WallandBoy, 13 Oct. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallandboy7777/4007879348/>
The Moses Gamble House is located in Maryville, Tennessee. It was built in 1892 and one of the original owners was Moses Houston Gamble (1871-1934). They have a great website that I only just [...]
Posted in News, Newspaper Extract, Uncategorized, tagged Akers, Black, Boyatt, Byrne, Connor, Cowden, Crawford, Crow, Dillon, Dodson, Elmore, Goddard, Grant, Green, Griffits, Harper, Hedge, Heiskell, Jackson, Lane, Letsinger Baker, Lewis, Lloyd, Maloney, Mays, McDaniels, Miller, Odell, Pearson, Piper, Register, Reneau, Riddle, Ross, Rule, Smelcer, Smith, Taylor, Towle, Young on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the Maryville Enterprise - December 3, 1942
Mary Blount Chapter of the Eastern Star will entertain Dorothy H. Connor, Grand Worthy Matron of Tennessee, with a pot luck supper at the Masonic Temple on July 17th at 6:30 pm. The supper will be followed by initiation work at 8pm. All chapters are invited.
Mr. and Mrs. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brownlow, Jackson, Kennedy on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Feburary 10, 1895 issue of the Daily Journal & Journal Tribune of Knoxville, TN
Funeral of the late Alex Kennedy, Sr, of Blount County, Yesterday — The remains of Mr. Alex Kennedy, who was one of the oldest and most respected farmers in East Tennessee, were laid to rest in the family burying ground [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The website for the City of Maryville has a timeline of the city. I’ve added a link to it from the History section on the Blount County TNGenWeb site.
William B. Scott, who I’ve previously blogged about, is on the timeline, as in 1869 he became the first black mayor of Maryville.
See more events here.
Posted in Wills, tagged Anderson, Caldwell, Collins, Cummings, Wallace on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date of Will: 10 May 1856
Grandson: Isaac Anderson
Granddaughter: Rebecca Anderson
Other names mentioned: Robert M. Anderson, J.G. Wallace, James Quiet, Rev. John M. Caldwell (& his sons Samuel and William Caldwell), Sheriff Wallace, Mary Caldwell, John E. Tool, Wm. P. Collins, Will Cummings
Source: Moore, John Trotwood. Records of Blount County, Tennessee, Wills. [Nashville, Tenn.?]: Works Progress Administration, 1937.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve recently started a bibliography page for Blount County resources. Look for the tab at the top of the screen that says “Bibliography.” You can access it here.
While the list is currently short, I will remain on the lookout for items to add to it. If you have any suggestions, let me know! One of [...]
Posted in Newspaper Extract, Township Tuesdays, Uncategorized, tagged Chambers, Edmonds, Hargis, Janeway, Miles, Milsaps, Shields, Wilson on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Township Tuesday posts will share news specific to a township of local relevance.
As published in the Maryville-Alcoa Times -January 4, 1960
Mrs. Ella Wilson has been feeling much worse since Christmas Day. Her greatest desire since coming from the hospital last February has been to be able to go back to church, but so far she [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hutton, Lane, Martin, McCammon on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the last post, I shared some content I found online at Google Books that was relevant to Blount County. There is so much there, I could do many blog postings based on what I find there alone.
To that end, let me share another resource, a book by William Hale called A History of Tennessee [...]
Posted in Feature Friday, Resources, Uncategorized, tagged Bonine, Macy, Marshall, Maxwell, Osborn, Patty, Williams on September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Feature Friday posts will feature relevant information from a chosen online resource. This month, the database is Google Books
Google Books is a great resource for browsing for relevant family information. As I was doing some exploration for item relevant to Blount County. There are so many great items, that it is hard to choose just [...]
Posted in African-American, Uncategorized, tagged Scott on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the last post, I looked at sources for locating historical markers. Recently, I was at a used bookstore here in town and located a publication from the Tennessee Historical Commission called Journey to our past: a guide to African-American markers in Tennessee. Given I had just written the post about the markers, I had [...]
