Bridges in Knox County
Cemeteries in Knox County
Lakes in Knoxville
Mines in Knoxville
Ridges in Knoxville
Streams in Knoxville
Towers in Knoxville

World War II Casualties, Army and Air Force (Knox County)

The 1982 World's Fair
278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (The Third Tennessee) - The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment has an exceptional history and lineage reaching back to the founding of our country.  Generations of Militia and National Guardsmen from the Regiment have served this country in all its wars with distinction for over 200 years.  Every soldier of the Regiment should be aware of the sacrifice and dedications of those that went before us in the Regiment and try to measure up to what they achieved.
A Visit to Mecklenburg - An account of a visit to the venerable residence of Dr. Ramsey, the Correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser and republished in the Knoxville Register of April 6, 1862.
A woman’s right to vote The story of Lizzie Crozier French - - Most modern newspapers across America have a section in them dedicated to the voices of the citizens within the communities they serve. These sections known generally as "Letters to the Editor" are one of the most important pages found in newspapers and have led to momentous changes in American society.
Accidental Journalist - While most influential journalists were those who spent their careers looking for that "magic story" or crusading against injustices that earned them celebrated recognition for their efforts, there was one who would become regarded as one of Southern Appalachia’s best writers and most noted journalists – the latter by accident.
Alex Haley - In 1964, a 42-year-old Tennessean stood in the British Museum in London staring at a stone tablet. The 164-year-old artifact that had attracted his attention was the Rosetta Stone – an artifact uncovered by early French archaeologists, which eventually led to an Anglo-French collaboration that broke the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic language.
American Civil War Homepage
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site honors the life of the 17th President.
Barony of Thor's Mountain - The Barony of Thor's Mountain is the local chapter of the SCA, a world-wide group of folks who are devoted to re-creating the fun parts of the middle ages: food, finery, friendship, fealty, and honorable combat.
Battle of Armstrong's Hill - Perceiving that the key to a successful investment of Knoxville lay in controlling the heights south of the city, Longstreet ordered part of Hood's Division to cross the Holston River [now the Tennessee River] and move on the Federal positions at Forts Higley, Dickerson, and Stanley. This move was intended to allow the Confederate artillery to dominate the Federal lines west and north of the city by firing from the higher ground south of the river.
Battle of Horseshoe Bend - In the years following the American Revolution, colonial expansion continued westward across the State of Tennessee and the northern territories.
Blount Mansion - Tennessee's frontier capital, 1792-1796. In Knoxville.
Brainy History - Facts about Knoxville.
Cades Cove Preservation Association, The - established to preserve the heritage of the Cades Cove community, located in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Church Street's Heritage & History - Church Street United Methodist Church history. Chronology and bibliography prepared by Allison R. Ensor (April 1997), in consultation with the History and Records Committee of CSUMC.
The Civil War in Knoxville - Collection of original clothing, weapons, and accoutrements at the McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Civil War Times April 2005 Letters - "The article titled “Burnside vs. Longstreet in East Tennessee” in the December issue refers to the Tennessee River splitting into the Little Tennessee and Holston rivers about 10 miles upstream of Lenoir City. This is incorrect. The Holston and French Broad rivers converge to form the Tennessee River just barely east of Knoxville, then the Little Tennessee comes out of North Carolina and flows into the Tennessee River 20-30 miles southwest of Knoxville near Lenoir City. In fact, according to Dave Smith, an expert on the Civil War in East Tennessee, during the siege of Knoxville Union forces blocked off the Holston above Knoxville, thinking they had stopped all river traffic from the east. Somehow not knowing of the French Broad coming from the direction of Newport and Dandridge, the Union troops unknowingly allowed an almost unobstructed flow of supplies into besieged Knoxville and Fort Sanders."
Confederate Memorial Hall - Bleak House, an antebellum mansion of fifteen spacious rooms and wide halls, stands well back on an eminence among lovely trees and elaborately landscaped grounds. The property fronts 250 feet on Kinston Pike and extends over 900 feet in terraced gardens down to Fort Loudon Lake (Tennessee River).
Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail - One of the nation's most historic routes, the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail was blazed by the legendary frontiersman in 1775 from Long Island of the Holston at what is now Kingsport, TN, through the Cumberland Gap of Virginia and into Kentucky. It would become the route for hundreds of thousands of settlers of the western frontier.
David Crockett - David Crockett was born on Aug. 17, 1786–not on a mountaintop, but along the banks of the Nolichucky River in Greene County.
Downtown Grill & Brewery - All seemed normal, as curses go, until 1897 when the famed "Million Dollar Fire," one of the worst fires in Knoxville history consumed most of the 400 block of Gay Street. At the time, the block was a mix of hotels, hardware stores, pharmacies, retail stores and wholesale businesses. The curse began to cast its shadow in the outline of our block.
East Tennessee Historical Society - Exhibits at museum (located in Knoxville), publications, links, other resources.
Ellen Renshaw House Chapter No. 2624 United Daughters of the Confederacy - Ellen Renshaw House Chapter 2624, Knoxville, Tennessee, is a chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the oldest patriotic lineal organization in the country; whose members strive to honor the memory of their Confederate ancestors, preserve Southern culture and heritage, and educate others about the true history of the War Between the States.
FBI History of the Knoxville Office - The FBI opened the Knoxville, Tennessee, Field Office on May 1, 1937. The first location for the office was in the HAMILTON NATIONAL BANK Building in Knoxville, and six Special Agents were originally assigned to this office.
Farragut Folklife Museum - The Farragut Folklife Museum is a treasure chest of photographs and artifacts, which tell a story of the history of the Farragut and Concord communities.
Fear and Loathing in Dixie - Since the 1788 establishment of the first newspaper west of the Appalachians by George Roulston in Knoxville, the field of journalism in the state has been one of diversity and impact that has influenced the industry far beyond the borders of Tennessee.
First Baptist Church History - When young James C. Moses came to Knoxville in 1838 to work as a printer for the semi-weekly newspaper, THE TIMES, he attended First Presbyterian Church, and for a while directed the choir.  When his brother, John, joined him in Knoxville, the young men began to wish for a Baptist church.  Neither James nor John had been baptized, but they came from a solid Baptist background in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Fountain City Places that Made A Difference - prepared and presented at the first annual observation of Honor Fountain City Day on May 27, 1974, by Miss Nannie Lee Hicks, retired teacher at Central High School and author of the popular book The Adair Section of Knox County. Her book was reprinted by Fountain City Town Hall in 2000 and re-titled The History of Fountain City (with sections on Smithwood and Inskip.
Fountain City, Tennessee - Includes history, bios on notorious Fountain citians, and historical buildings.
Frank H. McClung Museum - collections in anthropology, archaeology, decorative arts, medicine, local history, and natural history. Exhibits document Tennessee's art, culture, geology and fossils, history, and technologies.
Ghosts and Spirits of Tennessee - We all love a good ghost story. I know I do. On this site, I have taken some of the most interesting ghost stories I have ever heard and placed them online for the world to see. A few are widely known. A few I don't think have ever been formally published before. All of them I believe are fascinating.
Glenmore Mansion - Glenmore Mansion is located in a very historic part of East Tennessee.  The house and grounds are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
HeadStones Genealogy - HeadStones Genealogy is a searchable genealogical database; provide methods of searching by region and nationally; by name, cemetery, birth, death and more.
Hickman County's Rich History - The history of Hickman County began before Tennessee achieved statehood in 1796. In April 1791, Edwin Hickman, a native of North Carolina, led a surveying party into what is now Hickman County. Hickman’s party included James Robertson, later known as the Father of Middle Tennessee; Robert Weakley, who also played a prominent role n the early history of the state; and others.
Historic 4th and Gill Neighborhood - Site features the Fourth and Gill downtown neighborhood and activities such as the annual home tour, neighborhood calendar of events, issue forums, and homes for sale.
Historic Old North Knoxville - Old North Knoxville was developed as a streetcar suburb between the 1880's and the 1940's. Streetcar suburbs had a strong pedestrian orientation.  Most people walked to their homes from the street car stop.  The automobile did not have a major influence on Knoxville until the 1920's, so there are few driveways or garages in the neighborhood.
History of the Coal Creek Watershed - After the Civil War, prisons in the South overflowed. Southern states enacted the "convict lease system" which turned prisoners from liabilities into assets by leasing them to work in mines, plantations, and railroads.  There were only three ways out of the convict labor system: escape, self-mutilation, or death. By the 1880's, business owners and politicians started using convict laborers to replace striking mine workers to crush labor unrest. Prison and labor reform movements of the time saw no end in sight for this cruel institution.
History of First Baptist Church - James C. Moses came to Knoxville in 1838 from Exeter, New Hampshire to work as a printer for The Times newspaper. When his brother, John L. joined him in Knoxville, they began to wish for a Baptist church. Through their friends in New Hampshire the two men approached the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and a missionary, Rev. A.J. Ballard, was sent to Knoxville.
History of First Presbyterian Church - Knoxville's First Presbyterian Church, the city's first church, was organized in 1792 and is still located on its original site. James White, Knoxville's founder and a devout Presbyterian, came from North Carolina to the Fork of the River, where the Holston and French Broad Rivers meet to form the Tennessee River. He later moved downriver and settled near First Creek. He built a fort and a mill and planted his garden -- for turnips in the fall and corn in the spring. When he asked his son-in-law, Charles McClung, to lay out a town, part of White's instructions were "to reserve my turnip patch for a church and a burying ground."
History of Knoxville's Downtown Grill and Brewery - In 1897 the famed "Million Dollar Fire," one of the worst fires in Knoxville history, consumed most of the 400 block of Gay Street. At the time, the block was a mix of hotels, hardware stores, pharmacies, retail stores and wholesale businesses. The curse began to cast its shadow in the outline of our block.
History of Knoxville's Ronald McDonald House - The House itself has had a vibrant past.  It stands on the site of the old Fort Sanders where, on November 29, 1863, in a bitter cold winter, Union General Ambrose Burnside defended the city of Knoxville from the attack of Confederate General James Longstreet.
History of Old North Knoxville - Old North Knoxville was developed as part of the incorporated city of North Knoxville. Its growth was a result of the expansion of the streetcar, Knoxville's booming economy and growing population after the Civil War, and other technological advances that made suburban living desirable.
History of the Knoxville Open - In 1989, two prominent Knoxvillians who were avid golfers, heard about this developmental tour the PGA was going to start up. Back then, the BUY.COM tour was called the Ben Hogan Tour. Knoxville became one of the first cities to host a Ben Hogan event that inaugural year in 1990.
J. D. Weeks Civil War Page - This web site originally started as a tribute to my Great Great Grandfather, John Leonard Weeks, with a brief history of his Civil War record. I was able to locate three pictures of him, one in his Civil War uniform. However, as I continued my genealogy research I have discovered over fifty more of my ancestors who fought in the Civil War, some on both sides. Several were killed, some were wounded, and quite a few were taken to prisons.
James White's Fort - James White, The Founder of Knoxville, came here in the early 1780's from North Carolina. He had fought in the Revolutionary War and was given a land grant of 1,000 acres for his service. He built his 2-story log house on the present site of Knoxville in 1786.
John W. Bell and the History of the 43rd TN Infantry - In his pension application #25712 in the Texas archives applied for on October 15, 1913, Mr. Bell stated that he was 76 years old and had lived in Texas 31 years by that time. He stated that his occupation was a farmer, but that his health was poor. He indicated that his service to the Confederacy was from the spring of 1861 until May, 1865. His initial service was in the 43rd Tennessee infantry under Captain Neff and Colonel Gillespie and in the second year of the war, 1862, he was transferred to Company C, 1st East Tennessee Calvary under Colonel Carter. He was a volunteer with the rank of private throughout his service.
Knox County Bibliography - county and community histories, ethnic roots, education, historical sites, civil war, court records, census records, knox county families.
Knox County Sites on the National Register of Historic Places - Historic districts, residences, businesses, schools, cemeteries, churches, government.
Knox County Properties on the National Register - Lists resource name, address, and date listed.
Knox County, Tennessee, Geneology & History - Knox County was named in honor of Henry Knox (1750-1806),  American Revolutionary War artillery commander, one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati and first U.S. secretary of war.
Knox Heritage, Inc. - The Knox Heritage is dedicated to the preservation of our architecturally or historically significant buildings and places.
Knoxville - by John W. Barber & Henry Howe. Knoxville is situated on the north bank of Holston River, 4 miles below the junction of the French Broad River, 185 miles east from Nashville, and 214 from Lexington, Ky.
Knoxville Civil War Roundtable - The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the knowledge, commemoration, and preservation of our Civil War heritage.
Knoxville History - Wikipedia
Knoxville NAACP History - Founded in 1919 on the campus of Knoxville College. During the early thirties and forties the branch was primarily involved in cases involving local Jim Crowe laws. In the late fifties and early sixties the Knoxville Branch of the NAACP was the leader of the school desegregation movement in Knoxville (Goss vs. The Knoxville City Board of Education) and numerous other civil rights ventures.
Knoxville National Cemetery - Records of burials provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs on July 2, 2000.
Knoxville Tennessee History for Kids - There seems to be some kind of story and surprise behind just about every nook and cranny of Knoxville. It's got old buildings and new buildings; normal-looking structures and funny-looking structures; statues of people; statues of bears; even statues of hound dogs.
Knoxville Torch Club - The Torch Club is an international association of local clubs in which respected persons practicing recognized professions enjoy the cultural interchange of knowledge.
Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp 87 - Dedicated to preserving the true history of the South and the War for Southern Independence.
Loudon County TNGENWEB - Provides online Bible records, letters, queries, SSDI, surnames, census, marriage records, military information, obituaries, court records, and much more.
Mabry-Hazen House - built 1858, operated as a museum, in Knoxville, Tennessee
Marble Springs Historic Site - A Tennessee state 38 acre historic farmstead of Governor John Sevier. There are 5 period outbuildings dating from 1780. The memorial is also listed in the National Registry of Historic Places.
Modern Journalism’s Founding Father - In the annals of American journalism prior to 20th century, one will find that newspapers often served one power or another in their content.
The Most Hated Man in Tennessee History - He was a man with an opinion that earned him an everlasting reputation in Tennessee’s colorful past. History has called him many things – opportunist, preacher, governor, activist – but whatever label they choose, he is a man whose name still evokes strong emotion in many Tennesseans as his story wound its way through the state’s oral tradition.
The Murder of John Hunt Morgan - In the course of the War Between the States in Tennessee, probably no single event had a bigger effect on morale in the state or the Confederacy, as did the death of General John Hunt Morgan in Greeneville, Tennessee.
NAACP Knoxville History - Founded in 1919 on the campus of Knoxville College, the Knoxville Branch of the NAACP has had a long and glorious history of serving the Knoxville Community. During the early thirties and forties the branch was primarily involved in cases involving local Jim Crowe laws. In the late fifties and early sixties the Knoxville Branch of the NAACP was the leader of the school desegregation movement in Knoxville (Goss vs. The Knoxville City Board of Education) and numerous other civil rights ventures.
National Railway Historical Society (NRHS), Old Smoky Chapter - Rail history, projects, and publications.
Not So Tall Tales - by Jack Neely. Like most cities in the world, Knoxville is crawling with stories and statistics that are widely known, often repeated, and completely untrue. Or maybe not so completely. Most of Knoxville's myths have at least a grain of truth to them, and in some cases, that truth is more interesting than the myth.
The Old City - Downtown area refurbished with popular shops and restaurants.
Old Gray Cemetery - Old Gray clearly depicts Knoxville's history as well as the Victorian era and provides an important example of cemetery planning and design during the rural-cemetery or garden movement. Old Gray Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places.
ORNL Historical Photo Gallery - view historical photographs of the laboratory.
Ramsey House Plantation - Ramsey House was built for Colonel Francis Alexander Ramsey, a pioneer citizen who became prominent in the formation of the State of Franklin, the Territory South of the Ohio River, and the State of Tennessee.
Researching Native Americans (Cherokee) in Tennessee - A special section of the State Library and Archives.
Restore Knoxville - Restore Knoxville provides services in the areas of research, education, outreach, communications, and advocacy and technical services to neighborhood organizations, individual residents, and small businesses who seek to live or work in Knoxville’s urban core.
Rule's Standard History of Knoxville - From Rule's Standard History of Knoxville, Tennessee, with full outline of the natural advantages, early settlement, territorial government, Indian troubles and general and particular history of the city down to the present time.
Sam Houston - Sam Houston was born on March 6, 1793 in Lexington, VA. His father was a farmer and a member of the Militia, which kept him away for long periods of time. He learned how to read and write at an early age and was a voracious reader. His love of it in fact led to many family fights between him and his eight other siblings. In 1806, his father purchased 420 acres of land in Blount County, Tenn. Before moving, however, Houston’s father died suddenly and, with nowhere else to go, the family moved to the Tennessee farm.
Save Callaway's Landing - Present day Callaway's Landing is a 50-acre remnant of a 154 year old, 600-acre river bottom family farm in Farragut/Concord, Knox County, Tennessee.
Sharon Baptist Church History - In March of 1871, 46 people met to organize Sharon Baptist Church. Their first meeting place was a school house at the corner of Bishop and Emory roads in the Knoxville, TN area.
Sheriff's History, Knox County - Robert Houston was born in South Carolina where his father, who had married Alice Armstrong, settled in the Abbeville District. Robert Houston came to the Tennessee County around 1790. Knox County was established in June 1792 in the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio and Houston was commissioned Sheriff by Governor William Blount. He was qualified June 25, being sworn in as Sheriff by David Campbell, Judge of the Supreme Court of Law and Equity for the territory.
The Story of John Sevier - You will find little mention of Sevier in history textbooks, but his accomplishments place him in a select group of men that dominated early American colonial life.
Swords to Plowshares: A Short History of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tennessee Central Railway - First chartered in 1886 as the Nashville and Knoxville Railroad, the Tennessee Central Railway was conceived with the intent to connect two of Tennessee's four major cities: Nashville and Knoxville.
Tennessee Chronicles - This site is part of a Tennessee PBS production and features pictures and information on Knoxville and Tennessee history.
Tennessee History and Genealogy
Tennessee Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Tennessee’s Highest-ranking Confederate Officer - Alexander Peter Stewart was born on Oct. 2, 1821 in Rogersville, Tenn. in a home on present-day North Church Street. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Decherd) Stewart, who had recently located to Rogersville from Blountville where they purchased the downtown home for $300.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) History - President Franklin Roosevelt needed innovative solutions if the New Deal was to lift the nation out of the depths of the Great Depression. And TVA was one of his most innovative ideas
Tennessee’s Most Controversial General - He is undoubtedly one of the most controversial and misunderstood figures in Tennessee history. He was a product of his turbulent times and a man who would rise to become regarded as one of the greatest military minds in the world – a feat he wouldn’t accomplish until well after his 40th birthday.
Theses & Dissertations on Tennessee History, 1996-Present - Compiled by Ken Middleton.
Three Rivers Rambler - A scenic 1-1/4 hour round-trip from Volunteer Landing to the forks of the Tennessee River aboard the "Three Rivers Rambler." An historic steam engine, passenger and open-air rail car experience. Saturday and Sunday only (April-November). Private parties and charters available.
Thunder Over the Smokies - Colonel William H. Thomas. Thomas had served as a state senator in North Carolina before the war and formed close ties with the people he represented in the western part of the state. His popularity in the Smoky Mountain region made him one of the most influential men in his day.
TVA: Electricity for All - TVA was one of the most ambitious projects of the New Deal in its overall conception. Its comprehensive nature encompassed many of FDR's own interests in conservation, public utility regulation, regional planning, agricultural development, and the social and economic improvement of the "Forgotten Americans."
TVA History: From the New Deal to a New Century - President Franklin Roosevelt needed innovative solutions if the New Deal was to lift the nation out of the depths of the Great Depression. And TVA was one of his most innovative ideas. Roosevelt envisioned TVA as a totally different kind of agency. He asked Congress to create “a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise.”
United Daughters of the Confederacy - The objectives of the national organization are historical, educational, benevolent, memorial, and patriotic. Honor the memory of those who served and fell in service to the Confederacy; protect, preserve and mark historic sites; collect and preserve the truthful history of the War Between the States; record the noble deeds of Southern women during and after the war; fulfill the sacred duty of benevolence toward the survivors and toward those dependent on them; assist descendants of veterans in securing an education; and to cultivate friendships among the members of the organization.
University of Tennessee History - The University of Tennessee began as Blount College, chartered on September 10, 1794, by an act of the legislature of the Southwest Territory meeting in the territorial capital, Knoxville.
U.S. Justice Edward Sanford - Edward Terry Sanford was born in Knoxville on July 23, 1865 to Edward Jackson and Emma Chavannes Sanford. His father moved to Knoxville in 1853 from Connecticut where he began work as a carpenter.
USS Knoxville, PF-64 - PF-64 was launched 10 July 1943 by the Leatham D. Smith Shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract. She was sponsored by Mrs. Cecelia Daniel. She was delivered in New Orleans, Louisiana on 29 December 1943 and after extensive engine and hull alterations was commissioned 29 April 1944 under the command of LCDR G. R. Reynolds, USCG.
Volunteer Landing - Volunteer Landing, a scenic one-mile paved riverwalk along the Tennessee River, houses a regional visitor center, several unique attractions, historical homes and markers, a full-service marina, three restaurants, a premier hotel and refreshing waterfalls and fountains. Whether it's a relaxing stroll or a family outing, Volunteer Landing has something for everyone.
Waterfront Development - In 1988, a 50-member Waterfront Task Force was established to study and develop recommendations for the protection, enhancement, and development of the seven-mile stretch of the Tennessee River between the Forks of the River and the J.E. "Buck" Karnes Bridge.
Weather History Knoxville - Provides weather history from 1973 to present.
Wiley Oakley - He was a man whose name became an icon in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Many described him as a simple, hard-working, and good-natured individual who was quick to help anyone who found themselves in need and at his doorway.
William Blount - No one individual played so large a role in the formation of Tennessee statehood as did William Blount.