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1836 Map of Hawkins County Boundaries

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on January 7, 2015 by webmistressJanuary 7, 2015

For years, this site’s Webmistress has wished for a map of the Hawkins County Civil Districts in 1836, overlaid on a current map, for her own research. She is immeasurably grateful for the incalculable efforts of Jim Jackson for his … Continue reading →

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Locales Identified in the GNIS

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on May 13, 2011 by webmistressJune 23, 2011

Populated Places that appear on topographic maps in the United States are listed in an online database maintained by the federal government’s United States Geological Survey and the U. S. Board on Geographic Names. This entity is usually referred to … Continue reading →

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Water-Related Features Identified in the GNIS

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on June 22, 2011 by webmistressJune 23, 2011

Geographic features that appear on topographic maps in the United States are listed in an online database maintained by the federal government’s United States Geological Survey and the U. S. Board on Geographic Names. This entity is usually referred to … Continue reading →

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Land-Related Features Identified in the GNIS

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on June 23, 2011 by webmistressJune 23, 2011

Geographic features that appear on topographic maps in the United States are listed in an online database maintained by the federal government’s United States Geological Survey and the U. S. Board on Geographic Names. This entity is usually referred to … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous Features Identified in the GNIS

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on June 23, 2011 by webmistressJune 23, 2011

Geographic features that appear on topographic maps in the United States are listed in an online database maintained by the federal government’s United States Geological Survey and the U. S. Board on Geographic Names. This entity is usually referred to … Continue reading →

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Agricultural Problems in Grainger County (1936)

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on June 23, 2011 by webmistressJune 23, 2011

The following text was transcribed by Lesa Cameron Boatin from the original report. Written by Robert M. Glendinning and E. N. Torbret GRAINGER COUNTY presents conditions found in a large part of the Upper Tennessee Basin.  It embraces physical features … Continue reading →

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1795 Map of Grainger County Area

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on June 15, 2011 by webmistressJune 15, 2011

This map shows the area surrounding where Grainger County formed in 1796. Source: Matthew Carey’s Map of Tennessee, dated 1795.

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Adjacent County Boundaries, 1792

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on June 2, 2011 by webmistressJune 2, 2011

In 1972, the East Tennessee Historical Society published a history of Knox County, entitled French Broad-Holston Country. The map below is from that volume. A larger, PDF version of the map that appeared in a printed volume (bibliographic data was … Continue reading →

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Grainger County on Wikipedia

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on May 19, 2011 by webmistressMay 19, 2011

Click here to view Grainger County’s entry on Wikipedia.

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Petitions Regarding the Turnpike Road to Kentucky, 1806

Grainger County Genealogy & History Posted on May 18, 2011 by webmistressMay 18, 2011

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 →

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