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Historical Carter County Maps Available

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectMay 28, 2023

Modern maps of Carter County are available from many print and on-line sources. Historical cartographer Charles Reeves of Reeves Maps in Knoxville, has several custom maps that relate to Carter County.  These can be ordered from the ReevesMaps site.  Click … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Civil War History, Maps & Gazetteers, Migration & Settlement, Native American, Pre-Statehood History, Wataugah Settlement

Books About Carter County

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectJune 5, 2023

Title Author and year Publisher An Appalachian Gamekeeper’s Soliloquy of Humorous Tales: Selected Game Warden Stories of People and Places of Upper East Tennessee Volume 1 Click here for Amazon listing R. L. Pete Wyatt, 2023 Polecat Press The Wataugah … Continue reading →

Posted in Books About Carter County, Cemetery & Burial Records, Census Records, Civil War History, Court Records, Families & Individuals, Land Records, Local History & Information, Migration & Settlement, Military Records, Pre-Statehood History, Religious Group Records, Revolutionary War History, Taxes & Assessments, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Vital Records, Wills & Probate

Goodspeed’s History of Carter County

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectMay 28, 2023

Source: Goodspeed’s History of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887).  Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. Carter County is one of the extreme eastern counties of the State. It is bounded on the north by Sullivan County, on … Continue reading →

Posted in Business & Industry, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Communities, Court Records, Families & Individuals, Geography & Topography, Local History & Information, Migration & Settlement, Native American, Newspapers & Periodicals, Pre-Statehood History, Professions & Professionals, Religious Group Records, Revolutionary War History, Schools & Education, Wataugah Settlement

Goodspeed’s Biography of Joseph Powell Van Huss

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectMay 28, 2023

Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887).  Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. J. P. Van Huss, farmer, was born in March, 1833, in Carter County, on his present farm. He was educated in … Continue reading →

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Caswell Cunningham Taylor, Jr.

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectMay 28, 2023

Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887).  Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. C. C. Taylor, farmer, was born in Carter County September 12, 1845, the son of C. C. and Nancy (Duncan) Taylor, … Continue reading →

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Goodspeed’s Biography of John Calhoun Smith

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectMay 28, 2023

Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887).  Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. John C. Smith, clerk and master of the chancery court, was born near Elizabethton, August 26, 1844, the son of James … Continue reading →

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Goodspeed’s Biography of John Powell Smith

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectMay 28, 2023

Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887).  Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. Judge J. P. Smith, chancellor of the first chancery division of Tennessee, was born in Johnson County, March 30, 1846, the … Continue reading →

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Goodspeed’s Biography of James P. Scott

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectMay 28, 2023

Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887).  Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. J. P. Scott, proprietor of the Watauga Woolen Mills, and one of the prominent citizens of Carter County, was born in … Continue reading →

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Daniel Stover Nave

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectMay 28, 2023

Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887).  Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. D. S. Nave, merchant, was born September 2, 1836, in Carter County, and when fifteen years old his father’s death compelled … Continue reading →

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Goodspeed’s Biography of Robert Tipton Johnson

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on May 28, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectMay 28, 2023

Source: Goodspeed’s Biographical Appendix of Carter County – History of Tennessee (Chicago, 1887).  Transcribed by Dawn and Jackie Peters. Robert T. Johnson. The paternal grandfather of our subject, was Jacob Johnson, who immigrated to Tennessee from Millerstown, Md., soon after … Continue reading →

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