Submitted by

The Claiborne County Historical and Genealogical Society

Joyce Ramsey, President

This volume represents two years of research and compilation by the Society's Book Committee and with county-wide participation. The new People's Heritage of Claiborne County, Tennessee Vol. 2, 1801-2005 is over twice the size of the first volume with 460 pages, an every name index, 985 photographs, 16 sketches by 6 local and regional artists, 263 family histories, and 217 military entries recognizing the men and women of our county who have defended our country from the Revolutionary War to the present. There are also 40 topical stories related to just the history of our county alone, all conveniently available for the first time in a single volume.

The book is printed on acid free paper to a 100 years of permanence and bound in a large, coffee-table size format in a red cover with gold lettering matching The People's History of Claiborne County, Tennessee Vol. 1, 1801-1988, which after 17 years and multiple printings, is still popular and still available for purchase. In addition, the Society also has available A Claiborne County Pictorial History 1801-2001.

The new book of the Historical Society is now available to the general public at all county branches of First Century Bank, Citizens Bank, Commercial Bank and Home Federal Bank. The book will be available at Wal-Mart in the near future, the date and time will be announced accordingly. You may also contact Joyce Ramsey, President of the Historical Society for a copy at 626-0500. The cost of the book is $75 if picked up or delivered locally and $79.95 if mailed.

The Claiborne County Historical Society would like to thank all the banking institutions of the County for their generosity and hospitality in making this book available at their locations. The Society is equally grateful to Wal-Mart for providing a day when the book can be available at their store and to The Claiborne Progress and its staff for the many years of continued encouragement and accommodation to the work of the Historical Society. We are grateful to all of you and the general public who has supported our work.

A list of the stories included are as follows:

1. Projectile Points and Ancient Tools from East Tennessee and Claiborne County 3,000 BC-900 AD;

2. A Photographic Tour of Claiborne County 1783-1956;

3. Place Names of Claiborne County, A thru Z;

4. History of Tazewell by Dr. Gene McNeeley 1800-1938;

5. Reminiscences of Middlesboro, Harrogate and Cumberland Gap 1889-1928;

6. Charter Members of the First Families of Tennessee in Claiborne County 1770-2003;

7. Formation of East Tennessee Counties 1779-1871;

8. Post Offices and Postmasters of Claiborne County 1803-2003;

9. The Nonpopulation Schedules. A Census of Manufacturers of Claiborne County 1820;

10. Early Banks of Claiborne County 1857-2003;

11. A Chronology of Claiborne County Newspapers 1871-2003;

12. Claiborne County Medicine 1800-1930;

13. A General Survey of the Tazewell Bar 1789-1963;

14. Claiborne County Sheriffs and Deputies 1804-2006;

15. The General Assembly Representation of Claiborne County 1801-2003;

16. Petitions to the Tennessee Legislature from Claiborne County 1801-1860;

17. The 1836 Civil Districts of Claiborne County. A Complete Description;

18. The Naming of Farms in Claiborne County 1948-1969;

19. Bicentennial & Centennial Farms of Claiborne County, 1791-2003;

20. Caves of Claiborne County;

21. History of "Castle Rock," The Graham-Hughes-Rogers-Shivers House 1842-2003;

22. The Hugh Graham Papers. A General Survey;

23. The End of Capital Punishment in Claiborne County 1875;

24. The Johnson Mill, History in the Making;

25. History of Cedar Grove Church 1852-2003;

26. My Remembrance of Cline's Shop;

27. A New Old History of The Speedwell Academy;

28. Memories of Speedwell Academy;

29. Restoration in Claiborne County (highlighting the work of Martha Robertson, Charles Minton, Eldo W. Stone, Mike Reece and Douglas Harbin)

30. A Railroad Comes to Claiborne County 1875;

31. Schools, Churches and Cemeteries of Claiborne County;

32. Log Rafting: Memoirs of the Past;

33. The American Chestnut;

34. Weather Report of 1816 for Claiborne County;

35. The Civil War at Tazewell and in Claiborne County 1861-1866;

36. Confederate Heroes and Heroines of Claiborne County;

37. Civil War Damage Claims in Claiborne County 1871-1880;

38. The Grand Army of the Republic in Claiborne County, 1887;

39. Federal and Confederate Pensioners of Claiborne County;

40. Civil War Soldiers and Widows of Claiborne County.

Cherel Bolin Henderson, Director of The East Tennessee Historical Society made the follow observation in her review of the book: "From old photographs and family, school, and church histories to a list of Claiborne County Postmasters, The People's History of Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1801-2005, Volume 2, is packed with information. Especially notable are the transcriptions of original documents, such as legislative petitions, and a 200 year timeline. This book will set a standard for future county heritage volumes."

Henderson is also founder of two highly successful on going programs promoted by The East Tennessee Historical Society, The First Families of Tennessee and Civil War Families of Tennessee. Both of these programs are open to the participation of the general public.