Roane County, TN
Articles, Records
& General Information
mostly by Snyder E. Roberts
Roane County created 1801 from Knox County and Indian lands; named in honor of Archibald Roane (1760-1819), 1796 Constitutional Convention delegate, Superior Court of Law and Equity Judge, Supreme Court Judge, Governor of Tennessee
ETHNIC
The Hands That Rocked the Cradle - A Brief History of African-Americans and Slavery in the Wheat Community, Roane County, TN, by David Neidig
The Black Experience in Oak Ridge - Program at Unitarian-Universalist Church
HISTORY
History of Roane County by Roberts
First Court of Roane
Formation & Partitioning of Early Roane County
Historical Map of Roane Co.
Historic Map of Oliver Springs area - near Oak Ridge
History of Anderson County by RobertsChurches, Education, Schools, Postal
CHURCHES AND CEMETERIES
Dyllis School site has some History - link
Early TN Education, (Rittenhouse Academy Trustees and nearby counties)
Early Postal Services and Postmasters
Penmanship Students in Kingston - 1857 by Pierce
Photo of old Oliver Springs school and L&N Depot
MILITARY
Civil War Letter - Byrd to Welcker
Civil War Muster Roll of Capt. Blythe
Fort South West Point Soldiers
Halburnt brothers in Spanish American Uniforms
Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Once Lived in Roane County ( 183)
World War I Soldiers in Oliver Springs Area by S. E. Roberts
Ration Book - World War II (mine)LINKS OF SPECIAL INTEREST - MILITARY
TNGenWeb has lists of Rev. War Soldiers
Revolutionary War Soldiers - Anderson County by Roberts (some lived in Roane too)
Revolutionary War Soldiers - Morgan County (some lived in Roane too)
World War I Soldiers in TN (see Roane) at TN Archives
A distant cousin, Sandy
Ratledge, has a nice web site about the Civil War in East TN, especially Monroe and McMinn
counties--where many Roane people moved. Very interesting.
"Kinfolks in the Knobs"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~snipper/kinfolks/kin.html
PUBLICATIONS
Brashear Family - Vol I, II & III - by Charles Brashear
Oliver Springs Historical Society - books by Snyder E. Roberts
Roane County Genealogical Society - books and quarterly
Roane County Heritage Commission - (scroll to bottom of home page)
"The Rest of the Story" by McAdoo Bruington. (now deceased)
See excerpt from his book, and ordering addressDennis Vann & Many of His Descendants-- Book available from the author, Harry M. Vann, Jr., 216 Rolling Ridge Lane South, Vonore, TN 37885
$24 incl. postage. qui3lts@aol.comThe book, Gallahar Clan: County Donegal to Tennessee and Beyond, by Shirley Rice Hollis has been re-released ($50) Contact http://www.familytreepress.org
CD with photos - http://home.att.net/~kingstondemolitionrange/index.html
Kingston Demolition Range Photos of Oak Ridge before 1942Newspapers
Roane County News Online see obits, photos
Oak Ridger online
MISCELLANEOUS
Avery Trace DAR
Colonial Hall, Oliver Springs, National Historic Register
Emory River
Iron Works in Roane County - German Colony, misc.
Old Rockwood Tree - see Dunlap family
Poplar Creek & Others
Small Pox Epidemic - 1900
Tennessee River - Overview - by Leota Bennett, and map links
Walden Ridge & Other Ridges and ValleysMISCELLANEOUS LINKS
GenForum - Roane Co. TN - queries
Cyndi's List for Tennessee
East TN Historical Society
Fort Southwest Point home page
Harriman High School Class of 1949 Reunion
Kingston Masonic Lodge - see History
Morgan County - Variety of good stuff!
Morgan County - 1830 Census
Oak Ridge Convention & Visitors Center - see photos, attractions
Oak Ridge National Laboratories History
Oliver Springs City
Oliver Springs Historical Society - Depot Museum, photos, etc.
Pellissippi Gen. & Historical Society
Roane County Heritage Commission MUST SEE
Rockwood - City Home Page - see history
TNGenWeb - see Roane and adjoining counties - queries & info
Union (Masonic) Lodge, Kingston - see HistoryRoane County Vital Records Office:
Roane County Clerk
P.O. Box 546
200 W Race St.
Kingston, TN 37763
865-376-5556
(revised 7/2000)
