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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UBL_fighting-in-hawkins-county-historical_Surgoinsville-TN.html
Land, timber, and commercial opportunities drew settlers here to the banks of the Holston River. As the Civil War approached, the river's importance in the Tennessee Valley made it a contested transportation route. Hawkins County residents mostly …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q91_new-providence-church_Surgoinsville-TN.html
One-half mile west is this Presbyterian church, established in Carter's Valley in 1780 by Rev. Charles Cummings and Rev. Samuel Doak. It was moved to its present location in 1815. A cemetery is at the old site.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q90_maxwell-academy_Surgoinsville-TN.html
Maxwell Academy was established by the Presbyterian Church in 1852 and named in honor of Captain George Maxwell, who fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Serving students in grades one through twelve, the academy was operation by the New Provid…