In 1836, by order of the Tennessee General Assembly, all Tennessee counties were divided into Civil Districts, which replaced Militia Companies for administration. The document below contains the detailed description of Grainger County’s Civil Districts. Note: The text below was … Continue reading →
The following table contains all post offices known to exist in present-day Grainger, Claiborne, and Union counties through 1971. Grainger County’s list contains 90, some appearing more than once under similar names. Claiborne County’s list contains 104, and Union County’s … Continue reading →
Topographically considered, Tennessee presents eight natural divisions. These divisions are described as follows: First, the Unaka division, including the extreme eastern portion of the State, and embracing a belt of country from Virginia to the Georgia line. It includes the … Continue reading →
County seat, Rutledge, having 126 inhabitants. Other towns are, Tate Springs and Mineral Hill Springs, which are both noted summer resorts. Navigable streams are the Holston and Clinch rivers, which afford water for flat boats. Besides these rivers there are … Continue reading →
Following the 2011 Cumberland Gap Jamboree, the committee decided to host another event in 2012. Watch for details here. From the 2011 brochure: Four days of walking in the footsteps of our early pioneer ancestors. Gain an understanding of a … Continue reading →
Free Admission, Free Parking, Food, Fun, Crafts & Demonstrations Antique Engines, Civil War Encampment, (beside the Art Show), National Guard Fresh Grainger County Tomatoes & Produce for Sale ALL WEEKEND!! Friday, July 22, 2011 Pre-Tomato Festival Street Dance Held at … Continue reading →
At Knoxville: September Term, 1858 Constitutional Law. Town charters granted by the County Court. Const., art. 11, §7. Acts of 1849, ch. 17, and 1856, ch. 254. The act of 1849, ch. 17, authorizing the County Courts, upon certain conditions, … Continue reading →
At Knoxville: September Term, 1858 Criminal Law. Continuance. Act of 1827, ch. 30, §2. The act of 1827, ch. 30, authorizing a continuance at the first term upon the affidavit of the prisoner, that he cannot go safely to trial … Continue reading →
At Knoxville Evidence. Plat annexed. Marked boundary will control. A plat annexed to a partition, or grant, is competent evidence to be looked to in ascertaining the true boundary of the land set apart: but the party is entitled to … Continue reading →
At Knoxville Seduction. Evidence. The father’s claim for damages for the seduction of his daughter, and the allowance made under the bastardy laws to the daughter for the support of the bastard child, are separate and distinct things. The one … Continue reading →
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