Campbell County (Tenn.)

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Account book from unidentified East Tennessee business [Campbell County, Tenn.?]. 1839-1842. 1 volume (158 pp.). Includes index of accounts/customer’s names in front of volume.

Scope and Contents Question and answer session in Knoxville with anti-strip-mining activists from Campbell County. Activists meeting with a group from Knoxville to discuss a film on strip-mining screened the previous evening. Environmental and economic problems caused by strip-mining are discussed, including the need to reclaim strip-mined land and fight absentee landowners. Federal House Resolution 1000 (Strip Mining Abolition Act) and Tennessee state resolutions called the Mountain People's bill and a...

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Bible of J. M. and Martha Bridges Bowman, Campbell County, Tenn. Bible is in poor condition. Also includes one copy photograph [J.M. and Martha Bridges Bowman] and the image on a CD.

Scope and Contents Article of agreement between H. B. Goins (Goans), H. B. Bowling, Joel Bowling, George Bowling, And R. J. Jarnagin and James Williams et al., the Commission acting for Campbell County, Tenn., to build a courthouse in Jacksborough, Campbell County, modeled after the courthouse in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tenn. January 4, 1859. Provides building details and payment information. Signed by H. B. Goans, H. B. Bowling, Joel Bowling, G. W. Bowling, R. J. Jarnagin, James Cooper, Jonathan Lindsey,...

Scope and Contents Materials include: Map – Showing the Property of Tennessee Mining & Mfg. Co. – Knox, Anderson, Morgan, Scott, Campbell Counties. Deeds – for properties in Cocke, Washington, Blount Counties, Town of Newport. Legal papers – for businesses, property, etc. in : North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee (General Oil Gas Corporation) – interests held in businesses by the family. News clippings – Old Blount Buildings”, “1921 Construction Crew” –Maryville, Tenn., 1965. Photograph: Pigeon River, taken...

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MM-1983-014 a: F.M. Comer Papers, 1883-1898. MM-1983-014 b: F.M. Comer Papers, 1901-1948. Papers of Francis M. Comer, Campbell County, Tenn., and John F. Comer, Knoxville, Tenn. Papers include: F. M. Comer deeds for land in Campbell County, Tenn., 1883-1890; pension papers for F. M. and J. F. Comer

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This collection contains personal ephemera relating to Dr. George L. Ridenour including photographs, correspondence with his daughter, Crea Ridenour, and legal documents.

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Jellico, Tenn. 1925 City School Commencement Program Play, titled "A Rose Dream", 2 pgs. Tattered thin paper program lists all the many children and the many parts played: Queen, fairies, elves, roses, butterflies, summer breezes, raindrops plus a whole garden of flowers. Adult coaches included.

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Survey notes and map showing John H. Barnard’s land entry of 1,000 acres in Campbell County, Tenn. Entry no. 1510. Surveyed by R. D. Perkins, Deputy County Surveyor for Campbell County. 1 pc. Oversize. .

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LaFollette High School, LaFollette, Tenn. “The Valley Echo,” May 3, 1939 (no. 7)

Scope and Contents Footage of the Mountain Heritage Festival in Stinking Creek, Tennessee including musical performances featuring guitar, piano, banjo, and dulcimer. Songs performed include I'll Fly Away, Sheltered in the Arms of God, I Know What You're Talking About, Wasted Years, Country Roads, and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Also includes footage of antique auto display, craft fair and quilt auction, people eating and enjoying the festival, and a performance about the history of Sadie McCoy, a historic woman...

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Genealogical research on John Kincaid of Fincastle, Campbell Co., Tenn, and his descendants done by Olivia Perkins Brisbin of Ontario, Canada. Also includes research on the Craven and related families + original manuscripts, no date, 1808-1876. Mostly Kincaid deeds, Campbell Co., Tenn.

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Russell Miller, Sheriff, Campbell County, Tenn.,. Includes Campbell County tax lists, 1844-1845; papers from 1853-1869; receipts, Civil War letters, family letters to Mouse Creek area (Monroe County). Russell Miller went to Ky. during Civil War, Confederate sympathizer.

Scope and Contents Personal and legal papers of the Smith and Kincaid families of Campbell County. Tennessee. John Kincaid was a farmer, lawyer, and large landowner, who handled many lawsuits. W. H. Smith was his son-in-law. Relationships are confusing since there were two Smith families in the county and the Kincaid family intermarried with both. W. H. Smith was one of the executors of John Kincaid’s estate and also handled legal matters for other members of the Kincaid family. Many of these papers pertain to...