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Category Archives: Schools & Education

Carter County Schools Identified by US Geological Survey

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on June 6, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectJune 6, 2023

Location Latitude Longitude GPS Latitude Decimal GPS Longitude Decimal Backwoods School (historical) 361027N 0820847W 36.1742824 -82.1465151 Bitter End School (historical) 361212N 0820219W 36.2034542 -82.0387314 Blue Springs School (historical) 362128N 0820706W 36.3578907 -82.1184603 Buck Mountain School (historical) 361055N 0815954W 36.1820678 -81.998451 … Continue reading →

Posted in Maps & Gazetteers, Schools & Education

School Board Records: Inventory and Access (Physical and On-line)

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on June 6, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectJune 6, 2023

Individual student records are permanently closed under federal law, which the State of Tennessee mirrors. Details on this page are taken from the Tennessee State Library & Archives list of microfilm holdings for Carter County.  Click here to view and … Continue reading →

Posted in Schools & Education

Winner Community

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on June 4, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectJune 4, 2023

The Winner Community is in Northeast Carter County, on TN Highway 91.   Unaka Elementary and Unaka High Schools are located near Winner.  The following history is from the Unaka Elementary School’s Web site: Prior to 1915, there was not … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities, Schools & Education

County Court & Commission Records: Inventory and Access (Physical and On-line)

Carter County TNGenWeb Posted on June 3, 2023 by TNGenWeb ProjectJune 6, 2023

The following list of Carter County Court and Commission 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 by the Tennessee State … Continue reading →

Posted in Court Records, Schools & Education

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 Dr. Nathaniel E. Hyder

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. Nathaniel E. Hyder, a physician, was born in Carter County, in the Hyder settlement, the son of W. F. M. and … Continue reading →

Posted in Biographies, Civil War History, Migration & Settlement, Pre-Statehood History, Professions & Professionals, Schools & Education, Wataugah Settlement

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