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Kingston (Tenn.) -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

A Brief History of Kingston and Roane County, Tennessee

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0444
Abstract

E. E. Pierce presented this history of Kingston and Roane County, Tennessee to the Provisional Rotary Club of Kingston on June 15, 1954. In the document, he discusses the county's founding, Kingston's organization, early schools and industries, prominent settlers, churches, population, and average weather conditions.

Dates: 1954 June 15

Mary Stephenson Letter to Thomas McAdams

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1872
Abstract

Mary Stephenson wrote this letter to her brother, Thomas McAdams, from Kingston, Tennessee on April 4, 1838. She begins by thanking her brother for his recent letter ("which is the first that I have received from home since I left") and comments on recent marriages and illnesses in the family. She goes on to discuss recent events in Kingston and asks her brother to greet her friends and pass news items to various people.

Dates: 1838 April 4