Sullivan County Tennessee History - Genealogy

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History of
Sullivan
County
, TN
With Brief Biographies of the
Makers of History
By Oliver Taylor
Published 1909, 404 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
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Established in 1780,
Sullivan
County
was one of the earliest settled areas in
Tennessee
. In 1761 troops on their way to aid besieged
Fort
Loudoun
passed through this area of northeast
Tennessee
, built the
Island Road
, and constructed
Fort
Robinson
on the Long Island of the
Holston
. Settlement
of the area began shortly after the fort was constructed. The first permanent settlers came from
Lancaster
,
Pennsylvania
, in 1765. This area was known
as the North of the Holston Settlement and was considered part of
Virginia
until a boundary survey proved it to be part of
North Carolina
in 1779.
The
county
of
Sullivan
, named for General John Sullivan, a New Hampshire Revolutionary War leader, was officially organized in February 1780.
Oliver Taylor's book remains the single most important work on the history of Sullivan County,
Tennessee
.
The first nineteen chapters deal with early activities in the
Holston
Valley
, starting with the Cherokee settlements.
Taylor
records the history
of the area with a sympathetic account of the Cherokee's plight. At the same time he tells of the brave frontier men and women and their
constant battles with the Indians, recording the hardship of early citizens such as John Donelson and those who made the perilous river voyage
with him. He tells of Isaac Shelby and the Wataugans, as they tried to subdue the
Holston
Valley
wilderness, and the unconquerable spirit of
those who attempted to start the State of
Franklin
.
His admiration for East Tennessee's early pioneers is evident, and he has scattered biographies of the
Sullivan
County
"Makers of History"
throughout the book. Biographies include John Adair, Joseph Anderson, Wm. Blount, George Caldwell, W. Claiborne, Elkanah Dulanry, Edmund
Gaines, Nathan Gregg, Joseph Ketron, James King, Joseph Martin, George McClellen, John Netherland, John Rhea, John Smith, John Sullivan,
James Tadlock, and Nancy Ward.
Included in the latter half of this volume are chapters devoted to early industry, the church, agriculture, methods of travel and message
transmission (including early post offices), the newspaper and politics, and some interesting "Odds and Ends".
Cities and towns
Bloomingdale (unincorporated)
Blountville (unincorporated)
Bluff
City
Bristol
Colonial Heights
(unincorporated)
Johnson City
Kingsport
Piney Flats (unincorporated)
Spurgeon (unincorporated)
Sullivan
Gardens
(unincorporated)
Walnut Hill (unincorporated)
CONTENTS
I.
— Before the Pioneer
II.— The Cherokees
III.—Pioneers— Explorers— First Settlers
IV.— The Cavalcade
V.— The Frontierwoman
VI. — Coming of the
Shelbys
VII.— A Few Days Full of Trouble
VIII.— The
Battle
of the Great Kanawha
IX.— "Spirit of 75"
X.— The
Transylvania
Trust
XI.— Battle of
Island
Flats
XII.— Christian Campaign
XIII.— The Treaty of
Long Island
XIV.— The Shelby Campaign
XV.— Donelson's Voyage
XVI.—
Sullivan
County
XVII.— King's Mountain Campaign
XVIII.— The State of
Franklin
XIX.— Blountville
XX.— Industries
XXI.— Official Life
XXII.— The Church
XXIII.— War Times—
Tennessee
Valor
XXIV.— Travelways— Transmission of Messages
XXV.— The Boundary Line
XXVI. — Hunters of the
Holston
XXVII.— The
Old
Field
School
XXVIII.— Slavery Days
XXIX.— Agriculture
XXX.— The Removal
XXXI.— The Newspaper— Politics
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