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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22DE_sam-houston-schoolhouse_Maryville-TN.html
Three miles south is the school-house built in 1796 by Andrew Kennedy and Henry McCulloch for their children. Sam Houston taught here in 1811 or 1812. He later became Governor of Tennessee, Commander-in-Chief of the Texas Army, President of the Re…
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Four separate plaques. (Text of each plaque under the photos below.)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21H7_maryville-polytechnic-school_Maryville-TN.html
Dedicated with great affection and esteem by former students to the memory of Professor Charles William ("Bill Joe") Henry (1878-1935) and Mrs. Leola Landon Henry (1884-1966). Married January 1904. Founders and operators of Maryville Polytechnic S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2174_eusebia-church_Seymour-TN.html
Early settlers coming down the Great War & Trading Path in 1784-85 camped here; it was the scene of their first death and burial. In 1786 the Rev. Archibald Scott of Virginia organized a Presbyterian congregation in the area; the church was built …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2173_mcteers-fort_Maryville-TN.html
One mile south, near a large spring, Robert McTeer built a fort and mill in 1784. A branch of the Great War and Trading Path pass nearby. Reportedly, the first school in what later became Blount County was held here; it was also the first polling …
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Stockade enclosing about two acres extending southwest to large spring at base of bluff. Scene of many privations, perils and heroic encounters.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8O_james-gillespys-fort_Alcoa-TN.html
About 2 miles northeast. Attacked Oct. 13, 1788, by 300 Indians under John Watts, the half breed. Defenders held out until ammunition was exhausted. 28 were taken prisoner; 17 slaughtered and bodies burned. Thereafter the locality was called the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDT_maryville-during-the-civil-war_Maryville-TN.html
During the antebellum period, Blount County supported abolitionism. In 1822, local Quakers and other residents formed an abolitionist society, and in the decades following, local clergymen preached against the evils of slavery. When the county con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDL_the-underground-railroad_Friendsville-TN.html
Members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) came to Blount County in the 1790s looking for a place to worship in peace. Hardworking and industrious, opposing war and slavery, they developed the land and founded the prosperous settlements…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15RR_eusesbia-church_Seymour-TN.html
Early settlers coming down the Great War & Trading Path in 1784-85 camped here; it was the scene of their first death and burial. In 1786 the Rev. Archibald Scott of Virginia organized a Presbyterian congregation in the area; the church was built …
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