This list of Grainger Countians who served in World War I was compiled by the Tennessee State Library & Archives. The page references in this table are to the original volume in Record Group 36. Additional details about each veteran … Continue reading →
This list of Grainger Countians’ pension applications based on Confederate service during the Civil War was compiled by the Tennessee State Library & Archives. The pension files are available on microfilm there. Pensions: S = Soldier’s pension … Continue reading →
The following two petitions were published by the Tennessee Genealogical Society in its journals as noted below. The transcription you see here was compared to the TGS publication, but it was not compared to the original petition documents. If you … Continue reading →
Original document in the Manuscripts collection of the Tennessee State Library & Archives. Item #17-2-1809 Petition to the General Assembly of Tennessee regarding Deed for 340 Acres of land lying on the north side of Clinch River in Grainger County, … Continue reading →
Original document in the Manuscripts collection of the Tennessee State Library & Archives. Item #25-1-1807 Petition to the General Assembly of Tennessee by James CONN, High Sheriff of Grainger County, for payment of services in transporting a prisoner, Henry McNIGHT, … Continue reading →
The Goodspeed Publishing Company of Nashville and Chicago issued A History of Tennessee from the Earliest Times to the Present, together with a Historical and a Biographical Sketch of … [County names go here] . . during 1886 and 1887. … Continue reading →
Grainger County Grainger County Archives E-Mail Mary Lynn Gilmore, Certified Archives Manager PO Box 408 , 7850 Rutledge Pk., Second Floor Rutledge, TN 37861 Phone: (865) 828-3693 Grainger County Historian E-mail Kenneth Coffey Bean Station, TN 37708 Grainger Today Newspaper … Continue reading →
Historically, Grainger County has been a predominantly Baptist community. Those with Baptist ancestors will find a wealth of information available in neighboring Jefferson City, at the Carson-Newman College Library. The Baptist Archives of East Tennessee is located within Carson-Newman Library’s … Continue reading →
When a Journal reporter reached the quiet and sedate little town of Rutledge, yesterday morning, he found business entirely suspended, all the stores, shops and dwellings closed and a general air of suppressed excitement hanging over all. The entire population, … Continue reading →
This document was created by staff of the TN State Library & Archives. It was copied here for the convenience of our site’s visitors. PLEASE NOTE that TSLA does not hold copies of all of the items listed in … Continue reading →
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