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 →
by James Cook County Line is a very, very old community that I believe dates back to the late 1770’s. We just cannot prove that yet. This community was located at the extreme eastern edge of Grainger at the county … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The William Cocke House was probably built soon after Cocke purchased the 300 acre tract from Frederick Kearns on October 8, 1847. This beautiful estate is situated in a fertile valley along Richland Creek; this land was occupied as early … Continue reading →
"My parents were born in Grainger County, Tennessee, in the first decade of the 20th Century. Their generation and mine cover the 1900’s. Although I have children, grandchildren, and a great-grandchild, Grainger County, Tennessee, will only mean something to them … Continue reading →
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 →
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