County Court Clerks

John McKee
1795-1796

James Houston (Major)
1796-1818

Jacob F. Foute
1818-1833

Nathaniel Reagan
1833-1840

Jeremiah Kennon
1841-1844

William Lowry
1844-1848

Robert A. Tedford
1848-1853

Spencer Henry
1853-1854

J.C. McCoy
1854-1862

W.L. Dearing
1862-1866

R.C. Tucker
1866-1871

T.D. Edginton
1871-1872

J.A. Greer
1872-1880

Ben Cunningham (Major)
1880-1902

Clay Cunningham
1902-1910

C.B. Badgett
1910-1918

George D. Roberts
1918-1930

E.A. Walker
1930-1938

R.D. Hunnicut
1938-1946

Joe L. Marshall
1946-1970

 
Source: Burns, Inez E. History of Blount County, Tennessee; From War Trail to Landing Strip, 1795-1955. Nashville: Printed by Benson Print. Co.], 1957.

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Birthday Surprise

Maryville Times
October 18, 1906
Wednesday being the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Will A. McTeer, her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Patton and Major McTeer  arranged a surprise by inviting a number of friends after prayer meeting hour.   So unsuspecting was  Mrs. McTeer, that she retired early being weary with the day’s duties and when the company of [...]

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Unpaid Taxes – 1803

As published in the Knoxville Gazette  - Monday, August 8, 1803
“Pursuant to an act of Congress, entitled, “An act to amend an act, entitled, ‘an act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States,” the collector of the direct tax for the sixth collection district, including the counties of Blount, Sevier, and [...]

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Blount County Men in Notable Men of Tennessee

Notable Men of Tennessee, a book that was published in 1912, has been digitized by Google and is in the public domain. It contains sketches of individuals from Tennessee. The full-text of the book can be downloaded as a PDF file from Google Books.
There are not character sketches from Blount County, but there is [...]

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