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Ansel Gadd's Chancery Court Suit against William G. Stapp and Zachariah C. Tucker, October 31, 1856
Archibald D. Murphey Monument Unveiled August 11, 1917
Benjamin F. Hall, Georgetown's Oldest Merchant and Postmaster Moves to Chattanooga, TN, 1919
Benjamin Rutlidge / Ratledge's Law Suit against Henry Cagle in Monroe CO, TN January 1871
Blount County Marriage Licenses Issued, November 1, 1893
Bridges House Hotel, Athens, Tennessee, Advertisement
Business Education Day for Teachers, Athens, TN 1960 - 1961 edited by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
Chancery Court Advertisement for Sale of Zechariah Lamar's Land in McMinn CO, TN, 1856
Cleveland Resident Is Killed by Train, July 16, 1951
Cline Family Reunion Held at Wilcox Home
Company B, US Army, World War II Members Gather
Court Trial of Deputy Marshal W. T. Crow Regarding Hendrix Cline's Death
Cyclone Leaves Death and Destruction in Its Wake, 1908
Dallas Monroe White & Elisha Marcelleous White Move to Christian CO, KY, November 14, 1882
Dallas Monroe White Appointed Postmaster at Macedonia, Christian CO, KY, February 19, 1889
Dallas Monroe White Moves His Drug Store, May 31, 1889
Death Claims Prominent Citizen, May 21, 1915
Double Wedding at Hanging Dog, October 25, 1891
Dr. Bailey Barton Meroney's Advertisement for Medical Office
Dr. Wallis Wyatte Durham Undergoes Appendectomy, 1914
Dr. Wallis Wyatte Durham Appointed Physician at Western State Hospital August 1916
E. & J. School in Blount CO, TN Begins 1897 School Year with Rev. Hunt as President
Elisha White Land Auction, McMinn CO, TN 1860
Five Are Killed As Car Collides With Dixie Flier, September 21, 1924
Fletcher Elmer & Freida (Wilson) Gadd's Wedding Announcement, May 5, 1920
F. S. Hale's Advertisement, Christmas Eve, 1858
Gadd Land Auction, Monroe CO, TN 1855
George H. Lambert Family Relocates to Brick Mill Community in Blount CO, TN
Goldman Bryson Enters Land on Hooper Creek, Beaverdam, Cherokee CO, NC 1906
Hangingdog Singing and Decoration Day 1915
Hendrix Cline Killed by Deputy Marshal W. T. Crow
Henry Goins' Barn Burned in Bradley CO, TN in 1879
IRS Seizure of Ansel Gadd's Land in Monroe CO, TN April 27, 1868
J. J. McDonald, Town Marshall of Murphy, NC 1908
Jack Hunt, Wife Murderer, Caught, Arrested, and Jailed But Broke Out of Madisonville Jail
Jack Hunt, Wife Murderer, Recaptured Near Conasauga River
Jack Hunt, Tried, Convicted, and Sentenced to Hang for First Degree Murder
Jack Hunt's Hanging on Madisonville Scaffold, The Morristown Gazette's Account
Jack Hunt's Hanging on Madisonville Scaffold, The Memphis Daily Appeal's Account
Jack Land Auction, McMinn County, TN 1860
James Orten, Jr.'s Accident at His Sawmill 1906
James Orten, Jr. Moves His Sawmill 1910
John M. Orten and Mary White'sWedding Announcement
Jesse W. Edington's Chancery Court Appearance, Athens, McMinn CO, TN, 1855
John A. Loftis' Advertisement, August 13, 1858
John Leslie & Darla Virginia (Harr) Gadd's Wedding Announcement, June 30, 1907
John White, Administrator of Elisha White, McMinn CO, TN 1860
Larkin Brannon's Overdue Tax Notice in Polk County, TN 1854
Leonard Baker Kills Pres. Crowden, September 1870, Monroe CO, TN
Memorial Service Honors Soldiers Buried in Englewood
Martin and Son James W. Roberts' Mules, Christian CO, KY, 1881
106 M'Minn Boys Back for Two Weeks After Successful Army Induction, September 17, 1942
Miss Ora May Orten's Wedding to Jarred E. Brown, March 5, 1907
Miss Margaret M. "Maggie" Orten's Wedding to Wallis Wyatte Durham, December 12, 1905
Molly Ethel (Welch) Ward's Illness
Mount Verd Cotton Mills, April 17, 1863
Mount Verd Cotton Mills Production, 1874
Mount Verd Cotton Mill Fire, July 10, 1879
Mrs. Andrew Rose in Critical Condition February 1886
Mrs. Gatlin's Barn Burned in Bradley CO, TN in 1879
Mrs. John Hicks Killed by Lightning, June 21, 1920
Mrs. Margaret M. "Maggie" (Orten) Durham's Injury
Mrs. W. H. Endsley's Bereavement
North City Students Honored at Special Awards Day Program, June 2, 1962 (DPA article)
news article regarding Mr. James Orten's illness
news article regarding Mrs. J. H. Hampton's illness
news article regarding Mrs. Mary West's illness
news article regarding Rev. J. H. Hampton's illness
Ola Bruner & Fannie Mae (Lowery) Kelso's Wedding Announcement, December 8, 1919
Orten, Brown, and Durham Family Trip to East Tennessee Hills in 1914
Rev. Jeremiah M. Stewart Lands in Jail on His Wedding Day, August 5, 1895
Riley Radford Takes His First Train Trip, May 21, 1915
Rispa (Orten) Ervin and Son Visit Kinfolks in Christian CO, KY 1890
Sale of Andrew "Drewry" Rose's Farm in Blount CO, TN 1888 - 1890
Sale of David Baker's Home Farm in Monroe CO, TN, August 22, 1872
Sale of Eramus Reagan's Land in Monroe CO, TN, April 14, 1870
Sheriff's Auction of James Lamar's Land in McMinn CO, TN 1861
Sheriff's Sale to Settle Judgment in Favor of P. C. Stubblefield, February 12, 1858
Simon Boggess Poisoned to Death in McMinn CO, TN February 18, 1882
Simon Boggess Family Poisoning in McMinn CO, TN February 18, 1882
Thanksgiving Day Dinner 1946 at the McKeehan home
Thomas McDonald's Accident November 1869
Two Athens Schools Report on Scrap Metal Collections (The McMinn County Herald, September 17, 1942)
Vinita Lodge # 18, Independent Order of the Odd Fellows' rites for John M. Ward February 21, 1902
W. J. Loftis Elected Delegate, Bradley CO, TN
Wattenbarger Descendants Hold Family Reunion in McMinn County
Wesley Goins Lost Barn by Fire, June 20, 1895
White Cliff Mineral Springs Development
White Cliff Springs Hotel Opening
White Cliff Springs Hotel Renovations
White Cliff Springs Hotel Guest's Letter
Williamson Orten Bitten Several Times by Dog
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