Research Helps
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| Sevier
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| County Historian | |
| Sevier County had two outstanding local
historians, Joe Sharp and Wiley Oakley, prior to the current historian. Mr. Sharp's papers were deposited in the McClung Historical Collection. Mr. Oakley's document and artifact collection is held by the Sevier County Heritage Museum. |
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| Current Historian: Mrs. Beulah D.
Linn, 220 Dollywood Lane, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863 (no e-mail access) |
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| Ferries |
| Fraternal Organizations |
| Funeral Homes & Undertakers | |
| Residents of border areas often used funeral homes in neighboring counties. | |
| E. M. Huffaker, Cabinetmaker and Undertaker,
buried numerous Dumplin Valley/Henry's Crossroads residents |
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| Rawlings Funeral Home (1911 - present) 212 Court Ave., Sevierville 37862 |
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| Atchley Funeral Home (1920 - present
-- records exist from 1936) 118 E. Main St., Sevierville 37862 |
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| Genealogical & Historical Organizations | |
First
Families of Sevier County  |
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| Great Smoky Mountain Natural History
Association 115 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 |
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| Smoky Mountain Historical Society - P. O. Box 5078, Sevierville, TN 37864 | |
| East Tennessee Historical Society | |
| Tennessee Anthropological Association | |
| Libraries & Archives | |
| Sevierville Branch, LDS Family History Center - 345 Hardin Lane, Sevierville, TN 37862 - e-mail Laura Cooper, Asst. Director. FHC has over 200 permanent-loan microfilms of area records and a large number of books. | |
| Sevier County Heritage Museum - 167 Bruce Street, Sevierville, TN 37862 | |
| Sevier County Public Library - 321 Court Ave., Sevierville, TN 37862 | |
| McClung Historical Collection | |
| University of Tennessee Special Collections | |
| Tennessee State Library & Archives | |
| Local libraries in Sevier County (do
not have specific genealogy or history collections) Anna Porter Public Library - 207 Cherokee Orchard Rd., Gatlinburg, TN 37738 Marian G. Heard Resource Center at Arrowmont - P. O. Box 567, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 Seymour Branch Library - 10339 Chapman Highway, Seymour, TN 37865 |
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| Great Smoky Mountains National Park Archives 115 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 |
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| Making
of America Digital Archives Search results: Sevier within 5 words of County Search results: Sevierville |
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| American Memory Collection of the National Archives | |
| Sevier County Records in the Family History Library, Salt Lake City | |
| Sevier County Genealogical Sources at the TN State Library & Archives | |
| TN State Library & Archives Statewide Resources (awesome!) | |
| East Tennessee Historical Center, Knoxville | |
| Helpful Addresses: Tennessee Public Libraries | |
| Tennessee Multi-County Regional Library System | |
| Local Reference & Tourism Information | |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park | |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Activities and Programs | |
| Smoky Mountains Magazine (National Park Service publication) | |
| Smokies Threatened by Local Development | |
| Tour of Cades Cove | |
| Current Weather Conditions and Forecast in Sevier County (reported from Knoxville) | |
| Sevier County Information | |
| Smoky Mountain Welcome Center | |
| Directory of Tennessee Local Government: Sevier County | |
| East Tennessee Heritage Trail | |
| Smoky Mountain Events Calendar | |
| Another Smoky Mountain Events Calendar | |
| Sevier-County.net tourism information | |
| Tennessee County Profile: Sevier County | |
| Sevier County General Information | |
| Tricon Regional Databank (links to local information) | |
| Smoky Mountain Railroad | |
| Tennessee County Profile: Sevier County | |
| Sevier County Literacy Statistics | |
| WDLY Radio Local Information | |
| Sevier County Winterfest | |
| Manuscripts | |
| Thomas DeArnold Wilson McMahan Collection, at University of Tennessee Special Collections Library | |
| Campbell Wallace Papers, at University of Tennessee Special Collections Library | |
| Maps | |
| D. Morton Rose - Plat of South of French
Broad River, Little Pigeon River & Gists Creek : district south of the French Broad River (land grants based on entries 1806-1807), completed in 1992; map department of TN State Library & Archives |
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| D. Morton Rose - Plat of Boyd's Creek
& Gap Creek : district south of the French Broad River (land grants based on entries 1806-1807), completed in 1992; map department of TN State Library & Archives |
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| Forks-of-River Community 1925-1930, by Gladys Trentham Russell | |
| Guide to Maps in the TN State Library & Archives | |
| Tennessee Place Names and Post Offices | |
| Sevier County GNIS Entries U.S. Geological Survey database | |
| The Tennessee Department of Transportation
publishes very nice maps of every county in the state. Write to the Tennessee State Library's Reference Desk for information. |
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| Tennessee
Valley Authority's Map Division in Chattanooga has an outstanding
collection of current maps and pre-impoundment (before dam closure) maps. |
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| Tiger Maps from the US Census Bureau | |
| Tennessee Roads Before 1800 | |
| Maps of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park | |
| Maps Our Ancestors Followed, a TNGenWeb Special Project | |
| Tennessee State and County Highway Maps (modern) | |
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