First settlement of Grainger County was begun about 1785, along the valley south of Clinch Mountain, at the head of Flat Creek. Some of the first settlers were some who had resided originally in what is still Hawkins county. A … Continue reading →
The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Congress GoogleBooks and the Internet Archive have made the proceedings of the annual meetings of the Scotch-Irish Congress from 1889-1901 available in full, viewable and downloadable free. What a treasure! 1889 Google … 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 →
The Mary Blount Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution placed a DAR historical marker on the grave of Mary Grainger Blount on May 22, 2011. Mary, wife of William Blount, who was appointed governor of the … Continue reading →
The undersigned having been appointed by the County Court of Grainger county, Tennessee, for the purpose of superintending the building of a new courthouse in Rutledge, have concluded to let out the contract to the lowest bidder. Therefore we will … Continue reading →
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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 →
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 →
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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