Died in Blount County, Tennessee, November 3rd, Mr. William Tipton. Mr. Tipton was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, Feburary 13, 1761. He entered the service a mere boy, under Capt. Langdon, 1776, was at the siege and storming of Savannah, where he was severley wounded and left on the
John Eagleton, Jr., died yesterday at about eleven o’clock, after a brief illness from typhoid fever. He was a most excellent young man in the very bloom of life. All who knew him, loved him and had a good word to say for him. Source: 12 Jul 1888 issue of the
Mrs. Kidd, a very old widow woman, died yesterday morning. She was recently attacked with paralysis and at her advanced age soon passed away. Source: 12 Jul 1888 issue of the Tennessee Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune
DIED Fred H. FULTON, in this place, on Sunday morning, the 28th ult., of consumption, after several months suffering. He was one of the most exemplary young men we ever knew; his death will be mourned by all who knew him. Blount County democrat. (Maryville, Tenn.), 03 June 1882. Chronicling America: Historic
Maryville, Tenn., April 8 – Robert Caughron, the young man who lost his life Wednesday in Little river, has been found within a short distance of where he went down. His father, William Caughron, was in the boat at the time it capsized, but succeeded in swimming to the shoret, and to
Fatal Accident: Deputy Sheriff in Tennessee Shot and Instantly Killed – Deputy Sheriff R.H. Hines, of Elljay, Blount county, Tennessee, was accidentally shot and instantly killed at Maryville, the county seat, at 10 o’clock last night. With his uncle, Sheriff Pickens, he had gone to jail, on hearing noises that
Charles Boyd, better known in Maryville as ‘Uncle Charlie’ died at his home on Cemetery street last Wednesday night. Uncle Charlie was 86 years old. He had been in feeble health for several months and the end was not unexpected. Born in slavery, Charlie was taken into the civil war
Approximately two years ago, I migrated the Blount County website over to WordPress, a system that makes it ultra easy to add new content to the site and push out updates for our researchers. WordPress also makes it easy to change the look of the website and after two years
Died On Saturday, the 27th ult., at 6am, at the temporary home of the family, in this place, Mrs. Amanda E. KIZER, wife of John W. KIZER, departed this life in 53d year of her age. The deceased was stricken down with minnegitis [sic] about the 24th of January, last,
Today I added records from the Tennessee Valley Authority on burial locations in the county that were relocated in the 1930’s due to the construction of the Norris Dam. More than 400 burials are listed. The records are at http://tngenweb.org/blount/blount-county-tennessee-valley-removal-records.