John Fletcher, Sr., and Leah A. Brooks were married 10 September 1807 in Carter County. Their son, Andrew Jackson Fletcher, was a prominent 19th Century Tennessee statesman. Their grandson, Andrew Jackson Fletcher, was memorialized in a biographical sketch in … Continue reading →
Click here to read the biography John Joseph McCorkle.
Continue reading →Click here to read the biography of Dr. Lawson Fletcher Hyder. Click here to read the biography of Dr. Nathaniel E. Hyder. Click here to read the biography of Samuel Washington Hyder.
Continue reading →The Dungan family has a long history in Carter County. William Patton “W.P.” Dungan Sr. built a grist mill in Blue Springs around 1853. The mill was torn down in 2017. Documenting History: State officials collect information on old … Continue reading →
Click here to read the biography of Dr. Abraham Jobe.
Continue reading →Click here to read the biography of Dr. Edwin Eugene Hunter.
Continue reading →The following list of Carter County business and professional bond, license, and taxes records was compiled by Jackie and Dawn Peters in 1997 and was annotated in 2023 with the FamilySearch image links. FamilySearch images are sourced from microfilm created … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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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