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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22AN_bledsoe-county_Pikeville-TN.html
Established 1807. Named for Anthony Bledsoe. Born 1733. Died July 20, 1788. Captain in the Colonial Army from Virginia. Major in the Revolutionary Army, Colonel in the Tennessee Militia. This marker is erected by the Volunteer Chapter, U.S.D.of 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22AM_james-beriah-frazier_Pikeville-TN.html
Born in a house 150 ft. west, Oct. 18 1856. Elected Governor of Tennessee in 1902, he was reelected in 1904. He resigned in 1905, having been elected to the Senate, vice William B. Bate, deceased, and served there until 1911. Defeated for reelecti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22AL_james-beriah-frazier_Pikeville-TN.html
Born in a house 150 ft. west, Oct. 18 1856. Elected Governor of Tennessee in 1902, he was reelected in 1904. He resigned in 1905, having been elected to the Senate, vice William B. Bate, deceased, and served there until 1911. Defeated for reelecti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229T_pikeville-during-the-civil-war_Pikeville-TN.html
The Bledsoe County Courthouse in front of you stands on the site of the first courthouse, which was completed by 1821. During the Civil War, in August 1862, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg led his Army of Tennessee north from Chattanooga to invade …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM178N_rhea-county-bledsoe-county_Washington-TN.html
(obverse)Rhea CountyEstablished 1807; named in honor ofJohn RheaRevolutionary veteran, who fought at King's Mountain. Delegate to the North Carolina Convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution; member of the Tennessee Constitutional Convention…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13B6_sequatchie-college_Pikeville-TN.html
About 500 yds. NW. This school was the outgrowth of a community meeting at Bryant Camp Ground in 1858. War conditions delayed opening until 1865, with Prof. Gerry Rodgers first president. The first student body included both Confederate and Federa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25K_bragg-invades-kentucky_Pikeville-TN.html
On Aug. 29, 1862, the Army of Mississippi was enrout to Kentucky: Army Headquarters was near Dunlap; Col. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade was moving against Maj. Gen. A McD. McCook's Federal Division at Altamont. Advance elements of Maj. Gen Leon…