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The History of Roane County T·H E HI S 'I~ 0 RY OF RO AN E t;O UNTY TENNESSEE 1801-1870 BY EMMA MIDDLETON V/ELLS PRICE $5.00 Printed By THE LOOKOUT PUBLISHING COMPANY Chattanooga, Tennessee Copyright 1927 By Emma Middieton Wells CON1.. ENTS PART I. KINGSTON AND THE COUNTY Tax List 1802, 1808 First Licensed Merchants and Hotels List of Voters 1809 Summons for Jury 1809 Members of tvlilitia Companies 185 5 Justices 1819 PART IL i\1ILIT.ARY RECORD Revolutionary Soldiers Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers Soldiers of War of 1812 List of First \7olunteers of 1812 Soldiers of Mexican War War Between The States World War Records Gold Star List Distinguished Service Crosses PART III. CHURCHES, ACADEMY AND LODGE Post Oak Bethel Church Rittenhouse Academy Kingston Grave Yard Masonic Lodge PART IV. MARRIAGE RECORDS PART V. RECORDS OF EARLY FAMILIES LIST OF PATRONS PART ONE THE HISTORY OF ROANE COUNTY CAPTAl1V WILL!_AM EBLElv lJcELVlEE . William Eblen McElwee, son of William and Lucinda (Eblen) McElwee and grandson of James McElwee of North Carolin., anr Nancy (Johnson) McElwee of Virginia was born in Roane County April I 6, 1835. His grandfather w~s at the battle of King's Mountain with the Watauga men and was present \vhen the De-.:.larat ·.on of Independence was signed at Mecklenburg, N. C., in April 1775. \\7llliam Eblen McEiwee attended the schools of Rolne County, read !aw and was licensed to practice in 1859. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served tbru the four years. He served as provost Marshall at Bowling Green, Ky., was commissioned a Captain, was at the surrender at Fort Donelson, was in prison at Johnson's Island, but after his re­ lease rejoined the army and took part in the battles at Chicka­ mauga, Missionary Ridge and Atlanta and was with the head­ quarters company of General Stevenson's until the surrendc,;;. At the close of the War he returned to Roane County and was one of the organizers of the Roane Iron Co- He was one of the surveyors of the Queen and Crescent and the Tennessee Central Railroads. At the age of 92 he assisted in locating the Memphis and Bristol Highways through Roane County. Captain McElwee was married on December 12, 1867 to Martha Brown, daughter of William Franklin and Amanda (Renfroe) Brown of Roane County. Franklin Brown Mc­ El wee born on September 2nd, 18 7 8 is their son. Mrs. Mc­ El wee died in 1872. KINGs~roN AND '[HE COUNTY A Fort at South West Point \Vas established in 1792 and Gen. John Sevier was stationed there in November by William Blount, Governor of the Territory of the United States South of the Ohio. Gen. John Sevier gave the station its name, South West Point. United States Troops were quartered there until 1817 to 1prevent incursions from Cherokee Indians into the settlement, when the garrison \Vas moved to a point on the right bank of the Tennessee River, near Washington, Tenn. October 23, 1799, the Tennessee Legislature passed an ac:t for the establishment of a town, to be known as Kingston, on lands owned by Major Robert King. David Miller, Alexandet Carmichael, George Preston, John Smith T., William Lovely, Meriwether Smith and Thomas N. Clark, were appointed com­ m1ss1oners. 'The act of the Legislature establishing Roane County was passed November L 1801. The county at that time extended from Anderson and Knox Counti2s to the southern boundary of the State, but did not include any terri­ tory south of the Holston and Tennessee Rivers. For 1\1ilitary and Civil purposes the County was divided into six companies commanded by: 1~homas Coulter, Richard Oliver, Gray Sims, George Ingram, John Walke:·, and Hugh Francis. · It is believed that all of these men served in the Revolu­ tion. Service of most of them is proved. In 1802 the population of the county j.-cJuded 275 vthites and 137 blacks. Only eight of the whites were unable to write. Hugh Beatty and John Stone operated Cot.ton Gins. Mathew Nelson opened a Tavern in 1808. Henry Liggett was· 1 hatter and lived where the Dixie Hotel is r1ow. Sam Houston, afterwards Governor of Tennessee and Texas1 was a clerk in a store in Kingston when he enlisted in the Creek War. The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions was organized December 20. I 801, at the home of Hugh Beatty and the fol­ lowing qualified as magistrates: \Villiam White, Samuel Miller, Hugh Nelson1 Paul Harelson, Zacheus Ayers, George Preston, 9 THE HISTORY OF ROANE COUNTY William Campbell, James Preston, Isham Cox. William Bar-­ nett, George I\.1cPherson. and Abraham McClelland. ~ Zacheus Ayers was appointed Entry Taker; Jacob Jones, Surveyor; George Iv1cPherson, Ranger, the constables were: Francis Lea, Robert Kirkpatrick, and Patrick Burrus: Thomas Brown was collector of the District Tax. The Circuit Court \Vas organized on the first Monday in March 18 I 1, by James Trimble, Judge of the Second Judicial Court. The first Grand Jury was composed of John Givens, James Todd, Jesse White, William Waller, Samuel Hays, Thomas Rayburn. Jacob \Varren, Jacob (or James) Robin­ son, Nicholas Nail. John McKinney, Thomas Ogden. Asa Cobb, John Rector. Henry McPherson and George Cross. Chancery Court was organized at Kingston, October 21, 1824, for the District including the counties of Knox, Ander­ son. Morgan, Rhea, Roane, Hamilton, Campbell, McMinn, Monroe, and Blount, by John Catron. Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. The Legislature appointe Hugh Nelson, John Smith T, Alexander Carmichael, William Barnett, Paul Harelson, and Zacheus Ayers, commissioners to erect the Court House which was finished in 1803. The present Court House was built in 185 3. The General Assembly of Tennessee was held in Kings­ ton, September 21, 1807 and adjourned to meet in Knoxville September 2 3, 1807. In a treaty made with the Indians they had reserved a mile square in the fork of the rivers. Kingston had been laid out and houses were being erected around the reservation and there were hopes that the capitol of the state would be erect­ ed here. The whites wanted the mile square reservation. The Indians agreed to the sale, but had the cause thereof stated in the deed. The commissioners said they had no right to con­ tract that the capitol should be built here, but assured the Indian Chief, Tullentuskie, that the legislature should be con­ vened there. lt was for this reason that the legislature met here, but adjourned next day to Knoxville, alleging it was for want of a suitable hall and room. This was not the truth, as a matter of course, because the courthouse was finished the year before. The truth is, it was merely a trick played upon the Indians in- order to negotiate the purchase of the reser­ vation. 10 1~his Book is Dedicated to Captain William Eiben McElwee The First Citizen of Roane County Tennessee PREFACE This book has been compiled not to exploit the deeds and virtues of a few but to print important records of pioneers of Roane County, Tennessee. The records show that many of the men who came into the county before the county was organized were Revolution­ ary soldiers and that their ·wives in many cases were daughters of soldiers of that War. Many were given land grants for service rendered their country. Some brought their slaves from as far east as Massachusetts. Their wills show that besides land, slaves and stock, they possessed furniture of the best make. 1\-1any pieces now in possession of their descendants are of beautiful design. They were most! y people of educat: on as their letters and signatures testify. There have gone out from the county men who have become leaders in the profess­ ional and commercial world, Governors of States, Judges of the Supreme Court, Generals in the Army, Presidents of Col­ leges and leaders in many_ other walks of life. The original spelling has been followed in copying the records. EMiv1A 1\11DDLETON WELLS The notes and corrections in this book were not place in or verified by The Genealogical Library. THE HISTORY OF ROANE COUNTY Kingston was an important point as early as 1800, with a Military Post at South \\Test Point, within a mile of the town and the stage route from Nashvil.Ie to Washington passing through. It \Vas the stopping place for Andrew Jackson, John Sevier and other men of importance. Bishop Asbury tells of. stopping in l 80 l at the home of Thomas N. Clark "which was a comfortable home with open fires-in the upstairs bed rooms." General Sevier always stopped at the home of Thomas N. Clark \Vhich stood near the big spring. His house was part of the block house built by General Sevier in 1792. There were t,vo taverns in the to,vn. Alexander's occupi­ fd the site of the present Exchange Hotel and stood back from the street in the brick ell. Or. John W. Wester remodeled the building in 1 8 5 0 making it as it stands today. It was here that General Andrew Jackson always .stopped. The other tavern stood a block and !a half up the street from the Alexander Tavern and \Vas the place of meeting of the Legislature in ~eptember 1807. .. The County today has a fine system of highways. with flourishing towns supplied \Vith good churches, scho0ls, banks., newspapers. manufacturing plants, large iron and coke indus­ tries- and is one of the largest peach and strawberry centers in the State. Roane County has one of the best public health units in the State.
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