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African-American
  Slaves in Suit Filed by Clarisa Catlett, Sevier County, 1846-7
  Afrigeneas ~ African-American and African-Ancestored Genealogy
  Christine Charity's African-American Genealogy Website
  People of Color in Old Tennessee

Archaeology

Architecture
  The Historic Architecture of Sevier County, by Robbie D. Jones
  Historic Sites Collection at the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
     Tenn. Historical Commission nominations for the National Register of Historic Places 1981-1984;
     Sevier County is in Box 1, Folder 16
  Sevier County Covered Bridge, built in 1876; restored in 1972.  64 feet long; queen truss.
     E
ast of Sevierville at southern edge of Harrisburg 3.8 miles east of the junction of TN Hwy. 66 at
     Sevierville on US Hwy. 411; then right 0.5 mile on County Road 500; left 0.3 on old State Highway
     (County Road 2712); right 0.2 mile to the bridge.
  National Register of Historic Places
  Harrisburg Bridge - photo of painting for sale
  East Tennessee Cantilever Barns, by Marian Moffett and Lawrence Wodehouse (Amazon.com site)

Bibliographies
  Suggested Resources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives
  Publications of the Smoky Mountain Historical Society
  Sevier County Items in the Tennessee State Library and Archives' On-Line Catalogue
  Sevier County Reference Books at the TN State Library & Archives
  Published Family Histories at the Dandridge Memorial Library

Biographies
  Tennessee Biographies & Journals On-Line
  Biography of Jim Bates, Coach of the Dallas Cowboys (formerly Sevier County High School Coach)
  Biography of Josephine Burns, Sevier County native and Tennessee educator
  Biography of Lewis Wilson Clark, born 1886 in Sevier County to Franklin and Hannah L. Clark
  Fred & Dorothy Woodruff Cope Biography
  The Hanging of E. S. Dodd, Texas Ranger - captured in Sevier County
  Reminiscences of Glen Keener
  Reminiscenses of M. A. Rawlings, written in 1856
  Senator John Reagan

Business & Industry
  Douglas Dam, which closed in 1948, flooded thousands of acres of prime farm land along the
     French Broad River in Sevier County.  This Tennessee Valley Authority property provides flood
     control, electrical power generation, and a recreational opportunity for the county.
  Sevierville Chamber of Commerce
  Gatlinburg Visitors & Convention Bureau

Cemeteries
  Index to In the Shadow of the Smokies
  Tennessee Laws Governing Family Cemeteries
  Tennessee Tombstone Transcription Project, a USGenWeb Special Project
  • Boyd's Creek Baptist Church
  • Chilhowee
  • Gatlinburg
  • Headrick's Chapel
  • Knob Creek Cemetery (Partial Listing)
  • Little Greenbriar Schoolhouse
  • Plemmons
  • St. Paul Church
  • Stinnett
  • Williams Cemetery

  The Political Graveyard - Sevier County Burials
  Sevier County Cemetery Records On-Line

Censuses
  Sevier County Census & Tax Records, USGenWeb Digital Archives (not affiliated with USGenWeb Project)
  Making the Best Use of Tennessee Census Index Books, 1820-1840
  Making the Best Use of Tennessee Census Index Books, 1850-1880
  Using Tennessee Censuses 1880-1920
  Tennessee Census Project, a USGenWeb Special Project
  Sevier County Census Profile
  Sevier Co. Census Data from The Greater Knoxville, Tennessee RealtyWeb
  Sevier County 1850 Mortality Schedule Transcription
  Sevier County 1860 Census Transcription
  Sevier County 1860 Mortality Schedule Transcription
  Sevier County 1870 Census Images (each page individually scanned) -- no index
  Sevier County 1870 Census Index New!
  Sevier County 1880 Census Transcription

Churches
  Sevier County Churches New URL
  Walden's Creek Methodist Church History, compiled in 1965    (includes list of members and cemetery burials)
  Bethel Baptist Church Minutes, 1803-1892 Index

Communities
  A Brief History of Sevierville
  Cocke County Online



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