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REBECCA LUNNEL OR TUNNEL, BETSY SELF . SALLY REYNOLDS,
JULIA KIRKPATRICK, POLLY MARRISETT
WIFE
GRANDSON JAMES SON OF JOHN ROARK
THOMAS ROBERTS JUNE 6, 1841 WIFE MATILDA ROBERTS, JAMES ROBERTS ELIZABABETH ROBERTS, MARY MOONEY, WM PEL ROBERTS. HEIRS OF THECFFOLOUS
ROBERTS, WM ROBERTS, TOMSON ROBERTS, WILLEY ROBERTS.
NANCY ROUSE JUNE 13, 1842 JOHN HOUSE, MARY SMITH, ELIZ PERCELL ,
NANCY HART
MICHAEL ROARK, XB AUG 25, 1834 JAMES ROARK, SALLY COMBS,
MICHAEL ROARK, REBECCA TUNNEL, BETSY SELF, SALLY REYNOLDS,
JULY KIRKPATRICK, POLLY MORRISETT, WIFE. AND GRAND SON JAMES SON OF JOHN
JOHN RIGGS, JAN 31 1949 WIFE MARY RIGGS, STEP SON WM RIGGS SAMUEL G RIGGS, JAMES RIGGS, PLEASANT RIGGS, LOUISA J RI. GS,
CLAIBORNE RIGGS, SUSANNAH RIGGS, ELIZABETH RIGGS, JANE NOK
RIGGS, WIFE
WILLIAM ROBERTS, CLAIBORNE ROBERTS, SUSANNAH ROBERTS,
ELIZABETH ROBERTS, JANE ROBERTS, WIFE.
SAMUEL SMITH , SEPTE BER 6, 1798 SAMUEL SMITH , ANN SMITH , WIFE
HENRY LAW, JOSEPH H SMITH, HEIRS OF THOS SMITH
EXECUTORS SAMUEL SMITH AND JAMES LAW
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JOHN SAUNDERS , JUNE 30 1807
GEORGE SAUNDERS, JAMES SAUNDERS
BETSY SAUNDERS, POLLY SAUNDERS, TABITHA OURSMAN? HENRY CHESNUT OR CHESTNUT WILLIE CHESTNUT, K TISHA SAUNDERS, WIFE
EXECUTORS, RICHARD MITCHELL, JOSEPH MCMINN, GEORGE SAUNDERS
HENRY CHESNUT
PETER SMITH OCT 8, 1808 JOSHUA SMITH, SAMUEL SMITH, ABLE SMITH
JOHN SMITH . EXECUTOR JOHN SMITH
ROBERT R. STUBBLEFIELD MARCH 4, 1817, EXECUTORS WM- THOMAS AND GEORGE STUBBLEFIELD. HEIRS WERE THOMAS STUBBLEFIELD. WIFE SX
SARAH STUBBLEFIELD, WINEFRIED STUBBLEFIELD. STEPHEN STUBBLEFIELD
GEORGE STUBBLEFIELD. WM STUBBLEFIELD. NANCY STUBBLEFIELD
MARY KEZIAH STUBBLEFIELD, AMOS OR ANNA STUBBLEFILD , SARAH STUBBLEFIELD
SUSANNAH STUBBLEFIELD, BETSY STUBBLEFIELD.
DANIEL SX LYESTER, JULY 18, 1821 WIFE HANNAH LYESTER ANO WIFE CATY LYESTER. SUSANNAH LYESTER, POLLY LYESTER, PEGGY LYESTER
NANCY LYESTER, SALLY LYESTER, ELIAS LYESTER, SOPHIA LYESTER,
JOHN LYESTER, DANIEL LYESTER, DAVID LYESTER, JACOB LYESTER BETSY LYESTER
CAME FROM BERKLEY COUNTY VIRGINIA ABOUT 1800.
LOUTHER SMITH AUG 13,1821 DAVID SMITH WIFE BARBARA SMITH
WYETT STUBBLEFIELD JULY 1, 1821 WIFE SARAH STUBBLEFIELD. JOSEPH STUBBLEFIELD ROBERT STUBBLEFIELD, RICHARD STUBBLEFIELD, POLLY STUBBLEFIELD .
EXECUTOR THOMAS STUBUL EFI ELD, WM MAYS.
MARTIN SHAVER MAY 24 1827 WIFE CATY SHAVER, GRAND SON LEWIS DAVIS
JAMES HARNAL, JACOB SHAVER, HENRY SHAVER, JOHN SHAVER.
SAMUEL WILSON SR. AND JACOB MILLER.
BARTLETT SIMS JAN 11, 1793, ELIZABETH SIM: S-WIFE AND CHILDREN NOT NAMED.
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THOMAS STUBBLEFIELD, JUNE 15-1833 PATSY STUBBLEFIELD, WIFE SALLY STUBBLEFIELD, WILLIMATH STUBBLEFIELD . MASTER MOORE
WM THOMPSON, WM MAYS,
NUCGAEK SGABJSMA NAT U5 1833 ELIZABETH SHANK WIFE EXECUTOR CHRISTIAN SHANKS, AND CHILDREN NO T NAMED.
STUFFLE SHOULTZ, APRIL 15 1834 PHILIPS SHOULTZ, CATY SHOULTZ, ISAAC SHOULTZ, CHRISTIAN SHOUL TE.
ELIZABETH SWAIN, JAN 31 1831 , GRANDSONS JOHN SWAN OR SWAIN JOSHUA BURNET.
OWEN SIZEMORE, MARCH 12, 1834 OR 1836? ALCEY SIZEMORE, WIFE SOLOMON SYZEMORE, OWEN SIZEMORE. ELIZABETH WILLIS.
PHENABY -SIZEMORE. SALEY BROWN, NANCY STAPLETON AIREBREY ANDERSON, LIDDA SIZEMORE, RK AGGY STAPLETON WILLIAM STACY, MARCH 16, 1838, WIFE DOLLEY STACY ELIZABETH MORELOCK, SARAH MULLIN, THOMAS STACY JUDAH OR JUDI TH MORELOCK, ZACHARIAH STACY, HEIRS ELIZABETH STACY
AND JOHN STACY, RICHARD HENERY
GEORGE STEP MAY 6, 1841 CATHARINE STEPE WIFE, GEORGE STEPE JR HENRY STEPE, JOHN STEPE, JAMES STEPE, JACOB STEPE. ELIZA ETH SHELL POLLY DAVIS , KITTY DAVIS, NANCY FORD, JULIA STEPE SAL. Y SEATH
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JACOB SENSABAUGH? OCT 19, 1841 WIFE SUSANNAH SONSABAUGH (THIS NAME IS ILLEGIBLE) BETSY, SALLY, ROSANNA, ANNE, JACOB, ABSALOM, JEFFERSON, JOHN, PRISCILLA, WM AND NICHOLAS -
ALEXANDER SMITH, AUG 10, 1842 JOHN SMITH - ALEXANDER SMITH JOSEPH SMITH , ELIZABETH HICKS AND HEIR WH SMITH, GEORGE SMITH EXECUTOR, ALEX SMITH JR.
WILLIAM SKELTON 11-9-1843 NANCY CHRISTAIN, BROTHER JAMES
SKELTON GRAND SON W/M L CHRISTIAN, BROTHERS JOHN SKELTON, WIFE ELIZABETH SKELTON EXECUTOR WM S CHRISTIAN
EZEKIEL SULLIVAN, MARCH 31 1847 PEGGY BLOOMER , ELIZALETH BRAY, POLLY HERD NANCY BASSET, WM SULLIVAN, JOHN SULLIVAN 2 CHILDREN
THOMAS SULLIVAN.
WILLIAM SMITH MAY 7, 1805 WIFE ELIZABET : SMITH SALLY SMITH, GEORGE SMITH, WH SMITH, JOEL SMITH, BETSY SMITH, PETER SMITH, JOHN SMITH AND SAMUEL SMITH EXECUT JR 1
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JAMES SIMMONS, JULY 17, 1847 JAMES SIMMONS, POLLY ACUFF'S HEIRS JOHN SIMMON'S HEIRS, NANCY WILLIAMS, FRANCIS PATTERSON, BETSY LEWIS THOMAS THEIRS SMITH , LUCINDA SMITH MATILDA SMITH , THOMAS SMITH
RACHAEL SPEARS, EXECUTORS JANE G SIMMONS, AND ANDRE W SPEAR JAMES SKELTON 12-8-1347 WIFE MARY SKELTON, WMA SKELTON, ROBERT SKELTON JA ES SKELTON, REUBIN SKELTON: ANNA SKELTON, KATHARINE SKELTON, MATILDA SKELTON
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ALCY STURM OR STARM JULY 17 1849 CATHARINE, STURM KARKH
MARRIAH WELLS. EXECUTOR MONTGOMERY S WELLS AND JACG E STARM NANCY SNAPP, ELIZA MCCALL, SARAH COX, WM STARM, JACOB
STARM GEORGE W
STORM.
NANCY SHOUGH, 4-29-1850 MARGARET SHOUGH, SAMUEL SHOUGH PLEASANT SHOUGH, WM SHOUGH'S HIS FAMILY. NANCY SHOUGH ,
ELIZABETH SH OU GH
WM SHELTON, NOG 15 1850 SISTER POLLY CHESTNUT, NANCY WILLIAMSON, WINNEY SKELTON, WM CHESTNUT, THOMAS CHESTNUT
THOS CHESNUT EXECUTOR DAVID REYNOLDS
THOS TAYLOR, FEB 26 1813 CARTRENA BROWN
EXECUTORS ; THOMAS TAYLOR, JAMES TAYLOR. JAMES TAYLOR
BECKEY TAYLOR, ANN TAYLOR, JOHN TAYLOR, THOMAS TAYLOR, WILSON TAYLOR.
NOTTLEY THOMAS APRIL 4, 1836 WIFE TEMPERANCE THOMAS, MARY THOMAS , JOHN THOMAS, ELIZABETH BESETTE EXECUTORS LEWIS CLICK, BEVERLY C FORD.
JESSE TRENT, JULY 25, 1837 ELIZABETH TRENT, WIFE
WILLIAM TUCKER FEB 6, 1843 WIFE NANCY TUCKER, EXECUTORS BARNETT CANTWELL, AND JOHN CANTWELL. HEIRS JANE TUCKER , MATILDA TUCKER, REBECCA TUCKER, RUTH TUCKER, MYRA TUCKER, ELIZABETH TUCKER, MINERVA TUCKER, WM TUCKER, HIRAM TUCKER,
GEORGE TUCKER AND JOHN TUCKER
REUBEN WEBSTER, DEC 19, 1790 WIFE AND ORPHAN CHILDREN
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: : REUBEN WINDHAM OCT 15, 1795 WILLIAM WINDHAM
CHARLOTTE WINDHAM HE+RS- AND WIFE RACHAEL WINDHAM
WM WINDHAM, AND THOS HENDERSON EXECUTORS.
ANDREW WINEGAR APRIL 21, 1810 CATHRIN WIFE ANDARA WINEGAR, FREDERICK WINEGAR, PHILIP WINEGAR, WILLIAM WINEGAR, PETER WINEGAR.
ANDARA OR ANDREW WINEGAR, FREDRIC WINEGAR.
CHARLES WOLFE, MARCH 17, 1813, WIFE SUSAN WOLFE, JACOB WOLFE PHILIP WOLFE, CATHARINE DAVIS, PETER WOLFE, ELIZA-ETH WOLFE, HANNAH MCGINNIS, BARBARA WOLFE, CHARLES WOLFE, GEORGE WOLFE CHRISTOPHEK WOLFE MARCH 17 1817 JOHN WOLFE, MARY WOLFE
ELIZABETH WOLFE, PHEBY WOLFE
BATSON WHITEHURST, MARCH 1, 1823 HENRY WHITEHURST BROTHER HILLERY WHITEHURST, BROTHER. GRAND CHILDREN:
1. PATSY BATSON, JOHN WHITEHURST, AND THOS WHITEHURST. FRIEND
JOHN M BURKHART- AND
HILLERRY
WHITEHURST OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND JOHN BURKHART.
ELIZABETH WELCH JAN 30 1828 ROBERT WELCH, ELIZABETH REYNOLDS, WM WELCH, JOHN WELCH, FEGGY WELCH AND POLLY WELCH
SOLOMON WALTERS JUNE 12 1833 WIFE FANNY WALTER, MARGARET WALTER
ELIZABETH WWALTER, NANCY WALTER, CHRISTENEY OF FRANKEY WALTER
MR¥ MARY WALTER, ELIJAH WALTER, X GE.RGE WALTER
EXECUTORS GEORGE WALTER, ANDREW WINEGAR
GEORGE WOLFE SR. APRIL 18, 1837 VALENTINE WOLFE, JOHN WOLFE, CONTINED :
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HAWKINS CO TENN RECORD OF WILLS PAGE 60 GEORGE WOLFE SR. APRIL 18, 1837 VALENTINE WOLFE, JOHN WOLFE GEORGE WOLFE, NICHOLAS WOLFE, BARBARA WOLFE, POLLY WOLFE, MARGARET WOLFE, ALLY WOLFE. HANNAH WOLFE, KATHERINE WOLFE, ELIZABETH WOLFE, SARA WOLFE, SUSANNAH WOLFE, WIFE POLLY WOLFE, EXECUTRIX.
FRANCIS WINSTEAD SEPTEMBER 20, 1842 EPHRAIM WINSTEAD DECD. HIS WIFE MARGARET WINSTEAD. JAMES WINSTEAD GRANDSCN
LARKIN WILLIS OCT 14 1846 ELIZABETH WILLIS WIFE WM BERRY, JAMES BERRY, SAMUEL WILLIS, PATSY KYLE, SOLOMON WILLIS
EXECUTORS JOHN MITCHELL, SUMM- SWEMPFIELD ANDERSON .
FANNY WALTERS SEPT 14 ,18 ? NANCY AND HUSBAND, DANIEL HARRELL
WHO WAS THE EXECUTOR.
THEODERIC WEBB DECEMBER 28, 1850 THEODORE WEBB, HENRY WEBB
CATHERINE WEBB, CATHARINE WEBU, WIFE. POLLY WEBB JOHN WEBB
ELIZABETH WEBG, PATSEY PRICE SUSANNAH PRICE LUCINDA SHANKS,
SAMUEL WEBB, GABRIEL WEBB, DAVID WEBB.
EXECUTORS JOHN WEBB
ELIJAH WEBD
ROBERT YOUNG 1804 JOHN YOUNG,
LAND IN GRAINGER COUNTY TENNESSEE ROBERT YOUNG, WM YOUNG
SON IN LAW; HENRY LARKIN
HEIRS OF & NATHANIEL HENDERSON : SALLY - JAMES, JOIN NATHANIEL HENDERSON
AND YOUNG COOPER, ANN LARKINS, MARY COOPER, BROTHERVM YOUNG.
EXECUTORS ROBERT AND WM YOUNG
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JOHN YOUNG, JUNE 17, 1834 WIFE PEGGY YOUNG, JOHN YOUNG JR. HARRIET YOUNG, CAROLINE CARTER, JULIET YOUNG, CLAIBORNE YOUNG, GE . RGE YOUNG, ROBERT YOUNG, WM YOUNG, ARTHUR G YOUNG, HORD YOUNG POLLY ARMSTRONG, BETSY YOUNG. EXECUTORS
JOHN YOUNG AND
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D. THURMAN MARCH 15, 1845 WIFE ANN THURMAN, WM D THURMAN,
JAMES T THURMAN, MARY GILLENWATER ; EXECUTORS JAMES R FORGEY
AND ANN EXECUTRIX.
JOHN VAUGHN, APRL 10 1 820 WIFE JUDY VAUGHN, POLLY WILSON, BENJAMIN VAUGHN, G+B I SH AM VAUGNN, CLARA'S SON
AGATHA VAUGHN, WM VAUGHN, JONATHAN VAUGHN
ABRAHAM VERNON JAN 8 1825 WIFE REBECCA VERNON, BROTHER NATHAN VERNON
BROTHER HARLAN VERNON EXECUTRIX, REBECCA VERNON L
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THOMAS J VAUGHN, GEORGE W VAUGJN, HENR+ FLORENTHA . VAUGHN,
EXECUTORS JAMES FRANCISCO, AND WIFE ELIZABETH EXECUTRIX VAUGHN . ROBERT ROGERS MARCH 14 1858 WIFE CATHARINE A L ROGERS
PLEASANT ROGERS ROBERT ROGERS, JOHN ROGERS, MARIAH ROGERS HEIRS . 1. ARTHUR ROGERS, 2 ROGERS, MARY WILDER MALE CHILDREN
GRANDSON ANDERSON C ROGERS. EXECUTORS A L ROGERS, JOHN A WILDER
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EMELINE ROGERS NOVEMBER 8, 1856 ANDERSON C ROGERS, ONLY SON. EXECUTOR JOHN H PEARSON.
GEORGE ROGERS, MARCH 23, 1853 ROBERT ROGERS, AND MANITA BAGBY. EXECUTOR ROBERT ROGERS.
ELLEN ROGERS AUGUST 19- 17 1837 ELIZA COCKE AND MATILDA ROGERS EXECUTOR FREDERICK COCKE.
THOS ROGERS SEPTEMBER 9 181! WIFE HEIRS DOSWELL ROGERS, THOS ROGERS, MARTHA ROGERS, BETTA ROGERS, SUSANNAH ROGERS, MOLLY ROGERS.
BELOW IS A PENSION ABSTRACT OF MY ANGESTOR EDWARD WALKER SENIOR WHOSE FATHER JOHN WALKER MADE HIS WILL 1818 IN HAWKINS CO AS HEREIN
PRINTED, ALSO THE DEED IN WHICH EDWARD BOUGHT LAND IN HAWKINS CO.
PENSION NO R 11041-
IT APPEARS THAT EDWARD WALKER WAS BORN 1756 IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND WHILE RESIDING IN DUPLIN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ENLISTED AND SERVED AS A PRIVATE WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS AS FOLLOWS :
IN THE SPRING OF 1777 THREE MONTHS IN CAPTAIN NATHAN HILL'S COMPANY, COLONEL JOHN ASHURE'S (?) REGIMENT; IN THE SPRING OF 1778 THREE MONTHS IN THE SAME COMPANY AND REGIMENT; IN THE SPRING OF 1779 THREE MONTHS IN THE SAME COMPANY AND REGIMENT, LATER, NO DATES, GIVEN, 3 MONTHS IN CAPT
JAMES HARRISON'S OR HARRIS' COMPANY, COLONEL HOGAN'S REGIMENT.
HE ALSO VOLUNTEERED ON SHORT TOURS AGAINST THE TORIES AND WAS AT ONE TIME WOUNDED TWICE IN THE HEAD AND TAKEN PRISONER BUT SOON AFTERWARD MADE HIS ESCAPE. NO DATES OF SERVICE OR NAMES OF OFFICERS GIVEN. HE WAS ALLOWED PENSION ON HIS APPLICATION EXECUTED APRIL 25,1833
AT WHICH TIME HE WAS LIVING IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY TENNESSEE. HE DIED
AUGUST 26 OR 27, 1838.
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THE SOLDIER MARRIED ABOUT THE FIRST OF MAY 1790, IN SULLIVAN COUNTY
TENNESSEE , TO JANE HORN, DAUGHTER OF FREDERICK HORNE OF HAWKINS COUNTY TENNESSEE. IN 1840 SHE WAS LIVING IN CLAIBORNE CO TENN AGE 69
- THEIR CHILDREN WERE :
JOSEPH WALKER BORN JUNE 26, 1791
WILLIAM WALKER BORN MAY 15, 1792
EDWARD WALKER BORN SEPTEMBER 7, 1795 1
MARTHA WALKER BORN NOVEMBER 9, 1797
JOHN W. WALKER BORN OCTOBER 20, 1801
SAMUEL WALKER BORN JANUARY 30 1802 OR JAN 31 1803
JONATHAN WALKER BORN JUNE 2 OR 4 1805
HENRY N OR H. WALKER BORN AUG 16 1807
SUSANNA WALKER BORN NOVEMBER 5, 1809
MARGARET WALKER BORN APRIL 15, 1812
ELIZABETH WALKER BORN MAY 30 1815
IN 1845 JONATHAN WALKER IS REFERRED TO AS A
MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL.
INFORMATION REGARD THE UNITED STATES CENSUS
-- ALL COUNTIES OF 1810 OF TENNESSEE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED EXCEPT
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, WHICH IS IN EXISTENCE.
AL SO NOT
IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF 1820 ARE XISTENCE
ARCHIVES :
GRAINGER
MONROE
ANDERSON
GREENE
MORGAN
BLEDSOE HAMILTON RHEA
BLOUNT HAWKINS ROANE
CAMPBELL
JEFFERSON
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CARTER
KNOX
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CLAIBORNE
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PÅGE 64
IT HAS RECENTLY COME TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
MARBLE DEPOSITS IN EAST TENNESSEE BY A BOOK WHICH WAS PRINTED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN NO 28 ADDRESS : NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. PRINTED 1924
WHICH ONLY COSTS SI. IN THIS YEAR OF .. 1958.
"HISTORY : OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE MARBLES OF EAST
TENNESSEE BY C. H. GORDON .
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
"THE HOLSTON MARBLES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN USED LOCALLY FOR TOMBSTONES AT AN EARLY DATE. ' IN OLD CHURCHYARDS MAY STILL GE SEEN TOMBSTONES
DATING FROM
THE EARLY PART OF THE 18TH CENTURY
CONVINCING PROOFS OF
THE ENDURING QUALITIES OF THE STONE. "ROUGHLY DRESSED BY HAND CHISELS FROM STONE THAT WOULD NOW BE CLASSED UNSOUND, THEY STILL RETAIN SHARP AND CLEAR THE TUOLMARKS OF THEIR OLD MANUFACTURERS."
A NUMBER OF THESE OLD TUMBSTUNES ARE SEEN IN THE OLD CHURCHYARD AD JOINING THE FIRST PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH AT THE CORNER OF CHURCH AND STATE STREETS, KNOXVILLE, AMONG THEM BEING THOSE THAT MARK THE RESTING PLATE OF GOVERNOR WILLIAM BLOUNT AND UF SAMUEL CARRICK, THE FIRST PASTOR OF THE CHURCH .
THE HISTORY OF THE MARBLE INDUSTRY IN EAST TENNESSEE DATES FR.M ABOUT 1838, WHEN THE MARBLE ROOM IN THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON D C WAS FINISHED WITH MARBLE TAKEN FROM A QUARRY OPENED BY THE GOVERNMENT
IN HAWKINS COUNTY FOOT NOTES: FOR THIS AC OUNT OF THE HISTORY OF THE MARBLE INDUSTRY IN TENN, WE ARE INDEBTED TO THE FOLLOWING : THE MARBLE , INDUSTRY, "STONE" JULY 1895. J M SAFFORD, GEOLOGY 1 OF TENN, 1869-PAGES 237, 511, KILLEBREW, J B AND SAFFORD, J M RESOURCES OF TENN, FIRST & 2ND REPORTS OF BOARD OF AGRICUL- TURE, 1874 PAGES 253-269.
ALSO FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT, TENN BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS AND MINES P 242. AND J M SAFFORD, GEOLOGY OF TENN 1869 P 507-9.
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IT WAS THE RICH CHOCOLATE AND VARIEGATED MARBLES THAT FIRST ATTRACTED ATTENTION, AND THESE SOON BECAME POPULAR FOR INTERIOR DECORATION AND FURNITURE. OF LATE YEARS, THE PINK AND GRAY MARBLES ARE CHIEFLY IN DEMAND, OWING TO THEIR MORE MASSIVE STRUCTURE, SOFT COLORS AND MORE COMPLETE CRYSTALLZATION, WHICH PERMITS A HIGHER POLISH .
QUARRYING IN HAWKINS COUNTY
THE HAWKINS COUNTY MARBLES WERE THE FIRST TO ATTRACT NOTICE ABROAD, AND ACCORDINGLY THE EARLIEST SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS TOOK PLACE IN THIS COUNTY. FOR THES ACCOUNT OF THE BEGINNINGS OF THE HAWKINS COUNTY OPERATIONS WER ARE INDEBTED CHIEFLY TO SAFFORD.
THE FIRST PERSON TO CALL ATTENTION THE MARBLES OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DR. TROOST, THE FIRST STATE GEOLOGIST 1831-1840, THOUGH VERY LITTLE APPEARS IN HIS REPORTS CONCERNING THESE DEPOSITS. HE SEEMS TO HAVE RECOGNIZED THEIR IMPORTANCE, HOWEVER, FOR HE TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN ORGANIZING THE ROGERSVILLE MARGLE COMPANY, THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC EFFORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARBLE INDUSTRY IN THE STATE. RHE ROGERSVILLE MARBLE COMPANY, FORMED IN APRIL 1838, WITH ORVILLE RICE, AS PRESIDENT AND S. D. MITCHELL AS SECRETARY, OPENED < QUARRY ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF ROGERSVIL E, ERECTED A MILL AND OPERATED ON A LIMITED SCALE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THEIR OUTPUT, WHICH AMOUNTED TO SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY WAS DISTRIBUTED MOSTLY IN EAST TENNESSEE.
IN 1844 THE COMPANY WAS SOLD TO MR. RICE, WHO CONTINUED THE BUSINESS ON A MODERATE SCALE FOR MANY YEARS BEING STILL IN BUSINESS, ACCORDING TO SAFFORD, IN 1869. MR. RICE NOW COOK VIGOROUS STEPS TO EXTEND THE USE OF TENNESSEE MARBLE, AND ABOUT THIS TIME SEGAN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LAGRE
BRICK TAVERN ON THE STAGE ROAD ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH WEST OF ROGERSVILLE, WHICH HE CALLED 'MARBLE HALL", THE INTERIOR OF WHICH WAS RICHLY AND PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH MARBLE MANTLES, SHELVES, STEPS AND WAINSCOTING. THIS BUILDING, WHICH LATER BECAME A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, WAS REALLY, AS SAFFORD STATES, "A MUSEUM OF THE FINEST MARCLE EAST TENNESSEE AFFORDS . " FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS ONE OF THE NOTED LANDMARKS OF THE REGION, BUT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE A FEW YEARS SINCE. WHEN THE DIFFERENT STATES WERE ASKED TO SUPPLY BLOCKS OF THEIR BEST STONE FOR THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT IN 1848, TWO BLOCKS WERE CONTRIBUTED FROM TENNESSEE. MR. RICE SENT A BLOCK OF THE "LIGHT MOTTLED STRAWBERRY VARIETY." AS HE TERMED IT, CALLED THE "HAWKINS COUNTY BLOCKE, BEARING THE INSCRIPTION. "FROM HAWKINS COUNTYTENNESSEE. THE OTHER TERMED THE "TENN STATE BLOCK" WAS SENT TO -- AGF BY ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE. THESE BLOCKS WERE FLOATED DOWN THE TENNESSEE RIVER TO CHATTANOOGA, AND THENCE FORWARDED BY RAIL TO WASHINGT .: N.
IN MAKING SELECTION FOR THE INTERIOR FINISHING OF THE NATIONAL CAPITOL, THE ATTENTION OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE WAS ATTRACTED TO THESE BLOCKS, AND , ALTHOUGH THEY HAD BEFORE THEM NUMEROUS SPECIMENTS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE UNION, THEY DECIDED IN FAVOR OF THE EAST TENNESSEE MARBLE FOR THE INTERIOR FINISH OF A PART OF THE BUILDING. SOON AFTER AN AGENT WAS SENT BY THE COMMITTEE TO ASCERTAIN IF THE MARBLE COULD BE OBTAINED IN QUANTITY. HIS HIS REPORT WAS AMPLY CONCLUSIVE ON THIS POINT.
THE CONTRACT FOR THIS WORK WAS SECURED BY HUGH SISSONS AND WILLIAM DOUGHERTY OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. AND THEREUPON THEY PROCEEDED TO OPEN A QUARRY ON A LARGE SCALE AT A POINT ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROGERSVILLE WHERE THE HOLSTON RIVER INTERSECTED THE THE MARBLE BELT. THIS QUARRY KNOWN AS
THE "OLD DOUGHERTY QUARRY ." S.ETIMES CALLED THE "NATIONAL QUARRY" IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER AT THE SOUTHWESTERN
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HISTORY OF MARBLE INDUSTRY OF EAST TENNESSEE
EXTREMITY OF A RIDGE, AT THE BASE OF WHICH THE MARBLE FORMATION OUTCROPS. THE LOCATION WAS WELL CHOSEN, FOR THE FORMATI ON HERE WAS THICK AND MASSIVE AND THE BLOCKS WERE EASILY TRANSPORTED TO THE BOATS, BY WHICH THEY WERE CONVEYED TO CHATTANOOGA, AND THENCE BY RAIL TO WASHINGTON. IT IS THIS ST STONE FROM THE "OLD DOUGHERTY QUARRY" THAT CONSTITUTES ABOUT HALF THE AND ORNAMENTAL MARBLE USED IN THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. "THE BALUSTRADES, COLUMNS OF THE STAIRS LEADING UP TO THE HOUSE AND SENATE GALLERIES, THE WALLS OF THE MARBLE ROOM, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING, ARE OF TENNESSEE MARBLE." SEGMENTS OF COLUMNS REJECTED BY THE CONTRACTOR MAY STILL BE SEEN IN THE VICINITY OF THE QUARRY AND ONE THAT ACCIDENTALLY ROLLED OFF THE BOAT IS SAID TO BE RESTING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER NEAR THE LOADING P PLACE.
IN THESE EARLY DAYS, THE METHODS OF QUARRYING WERE OF THE MOST PRIMITIVE CHARACTER . THE DRILLING WAS BY HAND, THE BLOCK WEDGED OUT AND ROUGHLY DRESSED IN THE QUARRY. NO DERRICKS WERE USED, THE BLOCK S BEING ROLLED OUT OF THE QUARRY BY MAN AND TEAM LABOR, LOADED UN WAGONS AND HAULED BY TEAMS TO THE BOAT LANDING.
THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DOUGHERTY QUARRY WAS WILLIAM CANNON. HE WAS SUCCEEDED IN 1858 BY JAMES WRIGHT, WHO CONTINUE D IN CHARGE FOR MANY YEARS, AND WAS CONSIDERED BY THE QUARRYMEN OF TENN AS THE PRONEER QUARRYMAN. OPERATIONS WERE INTERRUPTED BY THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, BUT WERE RESUMED THEREAFTER AND CONTINUED DOWN UNTIL ABOUT 1891.
THE NEXT QUARRY OPENED WAS THE "CAVE" OR "HASSON'S QUARRY", SITUATED ABOUT ABOUT 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE "DOUGHERTY" AND A LIKE DISTANCE WEST OF ROGERSVILLE. THIS QUARRY WAS OPENED BY MR. JOHN HASSON ABOUT 1857, AND WAS THE FIRST OF THE TENNESSEE QUARRIES IN WHICH DERRICKS AND CHANNELING MACHINES WERE USED MR. HASSON HAVING INSTALLED HERE THE FIRST CHANNELING MACHINE BROUGH SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER.
THE FIRST LARGE CONTRACT WAS FOR BLOCKS FOR THE BALTIMORE CITY HALL, AND THESE LIKE ALL OTHER MARBLE BLOCKS IN THOSE DAYS, HAD TO BE HAULED TO THE RIVER AND BOATED DOWN TO CHATTANOOGA. BUT IN THOSE TIMES THE PRICES OBTAINED WERE QUITE LARGE, AND A GREAT DEAL OF THE MARBLE FROM THIS QUARRY WAS SOLD ABOVE TEN DOLLARS A CUBIC FOOT.
PROMINENT AMONG THE EARLY QUARRYMEN OF HAWKINS COUNTY WAS J. C. STAMPS OF ROGERSVILLE, WHO OPERATED WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE "STAMPS STAR QUARRY" LO LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH WEST OF THE "DOUGHERTY QUARRY. THIS QUARRY WAS OPENED A MR. STUART ABOUT 1874 AND OPERATED BY MR. STAMPS UNTIL 1887, WHEN IT PASSED UNDER THE CONTROL OF SOME CHICAGO PARTIES REPRESENTED BY DR. KERBER OF MOURESBURG. THESE OPERATIONS WERE CONTINUED FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS SINCE WHICH TIME THE QUARRY HAS REMAINED IDLE.
ONE-HALF MILE NORTHEAST OF THE STAMPS STAR QUARRY, NEAR THE ROAD LEADING TO RED BRIDGE FERRY, IS THE QUARRY AND MILL OF MR. H B STAMPS WHO, WITH HIS BROTHER, HAS BEEN CONNECTED WITH THE QUARRYING INDUSTRY OF HAWKINS COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS . THIS QUARRY WAS OPENED IN 1887, AND CONTINUED IN OPERATION IN A MODERATE WAY UNTIL RE ENTLY, WHEN THE DEMAND FOR THE DARK VARIEGATED MARBLES PRACTICALLY CEASED.
ADJOINING THE STAMPS STAR QUARRY, IS THE EVANS QUARRY, OPERATED EXTENSIVELY FOR MANY YEARS BY THE W/ H EVANS MARBLE COMPANY, OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND. WITH THE CHANGE IN PUBLIC TASTE FOR LIGHTER SHADES. THIS COMPANY TRANSFERRED ITS OPERATIONS TO THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, ABOUT AGO, WHERE IT HAS CONTINUED TO OPERATE SEVERAL QUARRIES OF POPULAR BRANDS
20 YEARS OF GRAY AND PINK MARBLE.
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HISTORY OF MARBLE INDUSTRY OF EAST TENNESSEE
OTHER - NAMES PROMINENTLY ASSOCIATED FORMERLY WITH THE MARBLE INTERESTS OF HAWKINS COUNTY ARE THOSE OF JH PIER E AND JALES COOPER OF ROGERSVIL. E.
VARIOUS QUARRIES WERE OPENED ON THE BELT NORTHEAST OF THE "OLD DOUGHERTY" QUARRY, ABOUT 20 BEING IN OPERATION AT ONE TIME IN THIS DISTRICT, WITH RO ROGERSVILLE AS THE LOGICAL CENTER OF THE INDUSTRY. MANY WERE OF RELATIVELY MINOR IMPORTANCE, BUT TOGETHER THEY MADE A NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE OUTPUT OF THE DISTRICT. FIRST, NORTHEAST OF THE "OLD DOUGHERTY " QUARRY ARE THE "FUDGE" AND "MCCLURE" QUARRIES. THEN IN ORDER COME THE "PRI E". "KYLE" AND CAVE QUARRIES. FARTHER ON WERE A NUMBER OF OTHER QUARRIES, WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT AVAILABLE .
THE COMPLETION OF THE EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA RAIL ROAD (NOW THE BRISTOL CHATTANOOGA BRANCH OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY, ) +₮
IN ROGERSVILLE WAS BEGUN BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR AND COMPLETED SOON AFTER ITS CLOSE. PRIOR TO THIS, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THE SHIPMENT OF THE MARBLE WAS ENTIRELY BY WATER TO CHATTANOOGA AND THENCE BY RAIL, IN TIMES OF LOW WATER, HOWEVER, THIS MODE OF TRANSPORTATION WAS OFTEN INTERRUPTED AND AND SUBJECT TO ANNOYING DELAYS AND UNCERTAINTIES, AND THE COMING OF THE RAILROAD WAS WELCOMED AS A HAPPY EVENT.
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