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In 1861, Morristown was a small railroad town strategically located where the East Tennessee & Virgina Railroad crossed the road to the Cumberland Gap. Although much of East Tennessee was Unionist, Morristown's residents held secessionist sympathi…
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Inventor, pioneer in the field of aerodynamics, patented the "American Flying Machine" in 1877, served for 45 years as a Methodist Circuit Rider.
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Front Erected in Memory of the 22 Hamblen County Boys Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in the World War. Back Erected by The Morningside Garden Club Morristown Tenn 1932. This memorial was restored and rededicated in 1997 by Veterans of Forei…
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Site of the home of Dewitt Clinton Senter, farmer and lawyer, born in Rhea County, member of the Tenn. House of Representatives, 1857-3, Tenn. Senate, 1865-69, Speaker of the Senate 1869; Governor 1869-71.
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Built around 1799 of native limestone rock by Alexander Outlaw for his son-in-law Joseph Hamilton and his wife Penelope, original settlers in Bend of the Chucky in 1783. Hamilton served for many years as court clerk of Jefferson county and was a t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IXH_morristown-college_Morristown-TN.html
Morristown College, a two-year co-educational liberal arts institution, was founded as Morristown Seminary by Reverend Judson S. Hill in 1881. The first building used to provide education for the Negro youth of East Tennessee stood near this site …
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A few yards east is the family graveyard of the founders of Morristown. In 1787, Gideon, Daniel and Absalom Morris, formerly of the Watauga Settlement, received grant in this area, from which Gideon deeded the land on which the town was built.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IWS_colonel-robert-mcfarland_Morristown-TN.html
The homesite and grave of Revolutionary War officer, Colonel Robert McFarland, is located two miles north at Springvale. Born i 1759 in Orange County, North Carolina, he served in the Virginia Militia from 1776 to 1781. In 1783, McFarland moved fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IVC_return-from-kentucky_Morristown-TN.html
Passing through here from Cumberland Gap following Bragg's unsuccessful invasion of Kentucky, the newly constituted Army of Tennessee here turned west to Knoxville. Scott's Cavalry Brigade led, followed by a procession of refugees, captured livest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C8V_welcome-to-the-overlook-at-panther-creek-state-park_Morristown-TN.html
The valley before you was located at the heart of Cherokee Indian tribal territory until the late 1700's Welcome to the Overlook at Panther Creek State Park. The platform, on which you stand, is dedicated in memory of Bill Catron, founding m…
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