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Index to Blount County Will Book, No. 1, 1799-1858

The following index was compiled from the transcribed wills created in 1869 from all known records not destroyed previously by fire. This new book was created by James A. Greer under the auspices of a Blount County committee assigned to the task. The original handwritten copy can be found on FamilySearch as Film #888878, Item 1. A typed copy of this recreated wills can be found on FamilySearch Film #24598, Item 2. They record the same wills, one is typed, one is handwritten. You should also search the Blount County Tennessee Probate Cases, Settlements, Guardianships, 1795-1980 which are digital copies […]

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Blount County Tennessee Chancery Court Records 1850 – 1900s

Blount County

The government of Blount County, Tennessee has created an index for their Chancery Court records covering the years of 1850-1900s. These records are stored in twenty-nine boxes with an archives copy stored on microfilm. This index is reproduced below in a searchable format. Click here to see their pdf version of this index. Chancery court cases contain records of equity cases, some divorces, estate disputes and other private suits.

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Tennessee The Volunteer State 1769-1923 title page

Early Blount County Tennessee Forts

Blount County

Blount County was formed in 1795 from Knox County and named for Governor Wm. Blount. Its county seat, Maryville, was named for Mary Grainger Blount, wife of Governor Wm. Blount. The settlement of this county began in 1785 and the early settlers were much harassed by the Indians. Nine places in this county have been deemed worthy of being commemorated by historical markers. These places are as follows: McGaughey’s Fort Although McGaughey’s Fort was in Sevier County (established in 1794), it was on the line of the old Indian War Trail which extended through Blount County, and was a great

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Tax Rate of Captain Bogle’s Company for the Year 1801

Blount County

There are two additional columns in the original entitled “Billiard Tables” and “Stud Horses.” No individuals were listed as owning any of the former, and only two individuals of Bogle’s Company were designated as owning any of the latter: William Boyd and Michel Nyman. Name Land Free Polls Black Polls Town Lots Bogle, Samuel 150 1 Bell, John 150 1 Bogle, Joseph 150 1 1 Boyd, Robert 150 1 Boyd, William 200 1 Bowerman, John 30 1 Bogle, Hugh 200 1 Bogle, Andrew 200 2 Carson, David 200 1 Cusack [Cusick], John B. 1 Cunningham, John 100 1 Cup [Cupp],

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Grandview Cemetery, Maryville

Blount County

Name Maiden Birth Date Death Date Notes Kenneth Kyle Abbott 30 Nov 1916 11 May 2005 Lucy Jane Davis Abbott Davis 16 Apr 1893 04 Oct 1962 William Peter Abbott 06 Jun 1888 06 Dec 1958 James Hubert Bradburn 27 Apr 1944 29 Aug 2008 Charles Robert Braden 05 May 2004 Conley Braden Venia Lou Braden 24 Jul 1995 Edward Brewer 05 Sep 2001 Johnnie Anderson Brewer 31 Dec 2005 Josephine Alloway Brewer Alloway 17 Jul 2003 Sheila Dean Powers Brewer Powers 03 Jan 2004 James Darrell Burkett 06 Apr 1919 08 Aug 1984 Marjorie Ruth Brickey Burkett Brickey 13

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Eusebia Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Maryville

Blount County

Name Maiden Birth date Death Date Notes Andrew Bogle 30 Apr 1753 29 Nov 1813 Pfc. Cumberland Co. MilitiaRev. War Andrew Bogle 06 Nov 1781 13 Dec 1842 Sr. Elizabeth Campbell Bogle Campbell 04 Mar 1748 04 Sep 1845 Jane McIntyre Bogle McIntyre 14 Jun 1795 Wife of Joseph Joseph Bogle 1730 06 Apr 1790 Sr.; Pvt. S. Fulton’s Co.Rev. War Andrew Creswell 07 Feb 1816 Ann Gamble Creswell Gamble 10 Feb 1821 03 Mar 1874 Claude Conley Everhart Conley 29 May 1918 26 Aug 1918 Son of George & Jane Alexander B. Gamble 18 Jul 1787 02 Apr 1867

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History of Blount County Tennessee

Blount County / History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present

Blount County Tennessee lies between the Tennessee River and the great Smoky Mountain, and south of Knox County. It has an area of about 470 square miles, one-sixth of which is mountain land. It is abundantly supplied with water and water power. The principal stream is Little River, which receives the waters of Crooked Creek, Pistol Creek, Nails Creek and Ellejoy. In the southern and western portions of the county are Abram, Nine Mile, Six Mile, Four Mile, Baker and Boyd Creeks. The mineral resources are abundant. In addition to iron and marble. silver and gold are found in paying

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