{"id":214,"date":"2023-05-28T20:26:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T00:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/?p=214"},"modified":"2023-06-05T01:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T05:57:33","slug":"books-about-carter-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/books-about-carter-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Books About Carter County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n		Author and year<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
An Appalachian Gamekeeper’s Soliloquy of Humorous Tales: Selected Game Warden Stories of People and Places of Upper East Tennessee Volume 1
\n<\/em>Click here for Amazon listing<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		R. L. Pete Wyatt, 2023<\/td>\nPolecat Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Wataugah Land Purchases<\/em> (with map; maps available separately)
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		Troy R. Keesee, 1997<\/td>\nSelf-published<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Images of America: Carter County
\n<\/em>Click here for Amazon listing<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		Jackie Peters & Dawn Trivette Peters, 2012<\/td>\nArcadia Publishing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milligan College
\n<\/em>Click here for Amazon listing<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		Jan E. Loveday, 2011<\/td>\nArcadia Publishing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carter County and Its People 1796 – 1993<\/em><\/td>\nThe Carter County History Book Committee, 1993<\/td>\nPublished by the committee
\nElizabethton, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
History of the Lost State of Franklin
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		Samuel Cole Williams, 1924<\/td>\nOvermountain Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lieut. Henry Timberlake’s Memoirs, 1756-1765
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		edited by Samuel Cole Williams, 1927<\/td>\nOvermountain Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee from Its Earliest Settlement up to the Year 1796, Including the Boundaries of the State<\/em><\/td>\nJohn Haywood, reprint 1891<\/td>\nPublishing house of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
\nNashville, TN
\nClick here to read or download free at the Internet Archive<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Early History of Carter County 1760-1861<\/em><\/td>\nFrank Merritt, 1950 Reprint 1978<\/td>\nKingsport Press
\nKingsport, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Later History of Carter County 1865-1980<\/em><\/td>\nFrank Merritt, 1986<\/td>\nArcata Graphics \/ Kingsport Press
\nKingsport, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More History of Carter County<\/em><\/td>\nFrank Merritt, 1991<\/td>\nArcata Graphics \/ Kingsport Press
\nKingsport, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Valley Forge Families<\/em><\/td>\nFrank Merritt, 1995<\/td>\nRoyal Printing and Supply Co.
\nJohnson City, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
History of the 13th Regiment Tennessee Vol Cavalry<\/em><\/td>\nSamuel W Scott and Samuel P Angel, 1906; reprint 1973<\/td>\nTony Marion
\nBox 1000
\nBlountville, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*Index to History of the 13th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry<\/em><\/td>\nFrancis D Rowan, 1980<\/td>\nKittle Printing Co
\nBishop, CA 93514<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A McQueen Family Historical Tour<\/em><\/td>\nShelia McQueen Ellison, 1995<\/td>\nThe Promise Publishing House
\n2016 Albritton Road
\nGardendale, AL 35071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Town and the Covered Bridge<\/em><\/td>\nDan Crowe, 1977<\/td>\nMilligan Press
\nRt 8, Johnson City TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ramseys Annals of Tennessee and Fains Index<\/em><\/td>\nJ G M Ramsey, MD, orig printed 1853; reprint 1926<\/td>\nKingsport Press
\nKingsport, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstracts of Tennessee Death Records for Carter County 1908-1925<\/em><\/td>\nEddie M Nikazy, 1992<\/td>\nHeritage Books Inc
\n1540 E Pointer Ridge Pl
\nBowie, MD 20716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carter County Tennessee Death Records Abstracts 1926-1934<\/em><\/td>\nEddie M Nikazy, 1993<\/td>\nHeritage Books Inc
\n1540 E Pointer Ridge Pl
\nBowie, MD 20716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sketches of the Olivers, A Family History 1726-1966<\/em><\/td>\nCol Hugh R and Margaret T Oliver, 1986; 2nd edition 1996<\/td>\nColonel Hugh R and Margaret T Oliver
\n10 Latour Way
\nGreer, SC 29650-4552<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mountain Memories, Stories of Old Fish Springs<\/em><\/td>\nLawrence C Timbs, 1968<\/td>\nSelf published by Lawrence C Timbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tragedy at Old Fish Springs<\/em><\/td>\nLawrence C Timbs, 1981<\/td>\nSelf published by Lawrence C Timbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thrilling Adventures of Daniel Ellis<\/em><\/td>\nDan Ellis, 1st published 1867 Reprinted 1974<\/td>\nDan Crowe
\n2361 Hiwassee Drive
\nKingsport, TN 37664<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennesseans in the Civil War, Part 1, Part 2<\/em><\/td>\nThe Civil War Centennial Commission, 1964, Nashville, Tennessee; Reprint 1984<\/td>\nUniversity of Tennessee Press
\nKnoxville, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watauga: an Unusual History of the Watauga, Tennessee Area,<\/em><\/td>\nHoward N Campbell, 1986<\/td>\nArcada Graphics (The Kingsport Press)
\nP O 711
\nKingsport, TN 37662<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
War Trails of the Blue Ridge<\/em><\/td>\nShepherd M Dugger, 1932; reprint October 1974<\/td>\nPudding Stone Press
\nBanner Elk, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Tennessee and the Civil War<\/em><\/td>\nOliver P Temple, 1899; reprint 1972<\/td>\nThe Robert Clark Company, Publishers, Cincinnati OH (original)
\nBurman Books
\nBox 1000, Blountville, TN
\nBox 2284, Knoxville, TN 37691<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Historical Reminiscences of Carter County Tennessee<\/em><\/td>\nEdited by Mildred Kozsuch, 1985<\/td>\nThe Overmountain Press
\nJohnson City, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carter County Tennessee Marriages 1871-1920<\/em><\/td>\nEddie M Nikazy, 1993<\/td>\nHeritage Books Inc
\n1540 E Pointer Ridge Pl
\nBowie, MD 20716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marriage bonds Carter County Tennessee, Elizabethton, Tennessee
\n<\/em>View and download at FamilySearch<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		Robert Tipton Nave & Edna V. Kinnaman<\/td>\nUnpublilshed? Typescript<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carter County Tennessee Marriage Records 1796-1870<\/em><\/td>\nGoldene Fillers Burgner, 1987<\/td>\nSouthern Historical Press
\nP O Box 738
\nEasley, SC 29641-0738<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstracts of the Deeds of Carter County, Tennessee 1796-1825<\/em><\/td>\nMary McIver, 1985<\/td>\n(Note: Mrs McIver is deceased)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cemeteries of Carter County Tennessee<\/em><\/td>\nOrville T Fields<\/td>\nSelf Published<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1850 U S Census Carter County TN<\/em><\/td>\nDr John F Schunk, Editor, 1989<\/td>\nS-K Publications
\nP O Box 8173
\nWichita, KS 67208<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1880 Census Carter County, Tennessee<\/em><\/td>\nTranscribed by Byron H & Barbara Sistler, 1994<\/td>\nAvailable from Byron Sistler & Associates,
\n1712 Natchez Trace
\nPO Box 120934
\nNashville, TN 37212<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carter County TN Wills & Inventories, 1794-1847<\/em>
\nView and download free at FamilySearch<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		James L. Douthat, 1985<\/td>\nMountain Press
\n2504 Kell Road
\nSignal Mountain, TN 37377<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watauga Reservoir Cemeteries TVA Grave Removal Records<\/em><\/td>\nJames L Douthat, Abstractor, 1992<\/td>\nMountain Press
\nSignal Mountain, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Cades Cove Story<\/em><\/td>\nA Randolph Shields, 1977<\/td>\nGreat Smoky Mountain Natural History Association
\nGatlinburg, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
History of Johnson County Tennessee<\/em><\/td>\nJohnson County Historical Society, 1985<\/td>\nMountain City, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sullivan County Tennessee Death Records 1908-1918<\/em><\/td>\nEddie M Nikazy, 1994<\/td>\nHeritage Books Inc
\n1540 E Pointer Ridge Pl
\nBowie, MD 20716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sullivan County Tennessee Death Records 1919-1925<\/em><\/td>\nEddie M Nikazy, 1995<\/td>\nHeritage Books Inc
\n1540 E Pointer Ridge Pl
\nBowie, MD 20716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstracts of Death Records for Johnson County Tennessee 1908-1941<\/em><\/td>\nEddie M Nikazy, 1991<\/td>\nHeritage Books Inc
\n1540 E Pointer Ridge Pl
\nBowie, MD 20716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sketches of Tennessee’s Pioneer Baptist Preachers<\/em><\/td>\nJ J Burnett, D D, 1919<\/td>\nPress of Marshall & Bruce Company
\nNashville, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Overmountain Men<\/em><\/td>\nPat Alderman, 1970<\/td>\nThe Overmountain Press
\nP O Box 126
\nJohnson City, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The War of the Rebellion, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Series II Vol I<\/em><\/td>\nWashington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1894<\/td>\nU S War Dept<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kings Mountain and Its Heroes<\/em><\/td>\nLyman C Draper, LL D, 1881; reprint 1967<\/td>\nCincinnati, OH
\nGenealogical Publishing Co Inc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kings Mountain Men<\/em><\/td>\nKatherine Keogh White, 1985<\/td>\nGenealogical Publishing Co
\nBaltimore, MD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Journey Through the Years<\/em><\/td>\nJosephus Hopwood, 1932<\/td>\nThe Bethany Press
\nSt Louis, MO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William G Brownlow, Fighting Parson of the Southern Highlands<\/em><\/td>\nUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1937; reprint 1971<\/td>\nUniversity of Tennessee Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Historic Sullivan<\/em><\/td>\nOliver Taylor, 1909<\/td>\nThe King Printing Co
\nBristol, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
History of Methodism in Holston Conference<\/em><\/td>\nIsaac Patton Martin, 1944<\/td>\nThe Methodist Historical Society of Holston Conference
\n2658 East Fifth Avenue
\nKnoxville TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Dugger Family<\/em><\/td>\nFrancis D Rowan, 1995<\/td>\nOvermountain Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
History of Tennessee, 30 East Tennessee Counties<\/em><\/td>\nThe Goodspeed Publishing Co, 1887<\/td>\n(original) Chicago and Nashville
\nSouthern Historical Press
\nP O Box 738
\nEasley, SC 29641-0738<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee Bible and Family Records: A Tennessee Bicentennial Project<\/em><\/td>\nThe Watauga Association of Genealogists-Upper East Tennessee, 1996<\/td>\nAvailable from the Watauga Association of Genealogists
\nP O Box 117
\nJohnson City, TN 37605-0117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Mechor Engle Family<\/em><\/td>\nWinfield S H Engle, 1940<\/td>\n805 West Spring St
\nLima, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Early East Tennessee Taxpayers<\/em><\/td>\nPollyanna Creekmore, 1980<\/td>\nSouthern Historical Press
\nP O Box 738
\nEasley, SC 29640<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee Marriage Records – Volume 1
\n<\/em>(contains Carter County 1796 – 1850)<\/td>\n		Pollyanna Creekmore, 1958<\/td>\nClinchdale Press
\nKnoxville, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Every Day in Tennessee History<\/em><\/td>\nJames B Jones Jr, 1996<\/td>\nJohn F Blare Publisher
\nWinston-Salem, NC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franklin, the Stillborn State and the Sevier\/Tipton Political Feud<\/em><\/td>\nDave Foster, 1994<\/td>\nTennessee Press, Inc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Journal of East Tennessee History, v 67<\/em><\/td>\nEast Tennessee Historical Society, 1995<\/td>\nKnoxville, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One Heroic Hour at Kings Mountain<\/em><\/td>\nPat Alderman<\/td>\nOvermountain Press
\nJohnson City TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History 1760-1895<\/em><\/td>\nPat Alderman, 1970<\/td>\nOvermountain Press
\nJohnson City TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee<\/em><\/td>\ncompiled by Lucy Womack Bates, 1974<\/td>\nAvailable for use in the local libraries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee Divorces, 1797-1858: Taken from 750 Legislative Petitions and Acts<\/em><\/td>\nGale W Bamman, C G & Debbie W Spero<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Wataugans<\/em><\/td>\nMax Dixon, 1976<\/td>\nAvailable for use in local libraries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storm in the Mountains: Thomas’ Confederate Legion of Cherokee Indians and Mountaineers<\/em><\/td>\nVernon H Crow, 1982<\/td>\nAvailable in local bookstores and for use in the local libraries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
America’s First Western Frontier: East Tennessee<\/em><\/td>\nBrenda C Calloway, 1989<\/td>\nAvailable in local bookstores and for use in the local libraries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dropped Stitches in Tennessee History<\/em><\/td>\nJohn Allison, 1987, reprinted 1991<\/td>\nOvermountain Press
\nJohnson City, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter and Ida Range : ancestors and descendants, Carter County, Tennessee<\/em><\/td>\nLola Range Mumaw, 1978<\/td>\nSelf-published
\nSandwich, Illinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carter County, Tennessee, Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions 1804-1805<\/em>
\n4 volumes
\nView and download free at FamilySearch<\/a><\/td>\n		W.P. A. Historical Records Survey Project
\n(this compilation dated 2014)<\/td>\n		Mountain Press
\nSignal Mountain, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A brief history & genealogy of the Heatherly family  of Carter County, Tennessee from 1773 to present<\/em><\/td>\nEdwin Cater Leland<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Hendrix Family of Carter County, Tennessee:  descendants of John Hendrix 1756-1846<\/em>
\nView and download free at FamilySearch<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		Violet Hendricks Hendrix, 1976<\/td>\nSelf-published
\nKingsport, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cemeteries of Carter County, Tennessee<\/em><\/td>\nOrville Theadore Fields<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haynes Family: Descendants of George Haynes (1757-1836) of Winchester & Frederick County Virginia and Carter County Tennessee<\/em><\/td>\nRobert Merritt Shores, Jr., 1981<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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