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- The Mystery of the Origin of Robert Smith of Kingsport, TN January 13, 2023
- Brief History of the Akard Family in Scott County, Virginia (near the State Line) September 23, 2022
- Scott’s Field March 27, 2022
- Chaos at the State Line: A Brief History of Unsavory Businesses Near Weber City, Virginia December 18, 2021
- Where’s My Cow? A Bit of History August 7, 2021
- A More Comprehensive History of Weber City, Virginia February 20, 2021
Top Posts & Pages
- A Conversation that didn't Go Well
- The Mystery of the Origin of Robert Smith of Kingsport, TN
- The Flood of 1977
- Remembering Vacation Bible School in the '60s and '70s
- Faces from the Past: Part Two-The Ketron Heritage
- Faces of the Past: Part Three, Our Kentucky Connections
- "Benge! What Are You Doing?"
- Appalachian Values: Don't Get Above Your "Raisin'"
- A Second Look at Community Names
- Remembering the Schoolhouse(s) Known as “Bell Ridge” in the Morrison City area of North Kingsport, Tennessee
Tag Archives: Holston
Brief History of the Akard Family in Scott County, Virginia (near the State Line)
The Akard family line that came to this area (east Tennessee and southwest Virginia) originates in a story of a young man named Jacob who is said to have left Germany having been kidnapped, and came to the colonies on … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachia, Appalachian, Clinch Mountain, family, family history, Holston, holston river, mountain, Scott County, Southwest Virginia, Virginia
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Remembering the Schoolhouse(s) Known as “Bell Ridge” in the Morrison City area of North Kingsport, Tennessee
There are three main places where children form their identity (or at least they used to): 1. Their home, 2. Their church, and 3. Their school. Bell Ridge Elementary was a school built to serve people of the northwest corner … Continue reading
Posted in History, Uncategorized
Tagged Appalachian, Bell Ridge, East Tennessee, Holston, holston river, Kingsport, Kingsport Tennessee, Morrison City, school, Tennessee
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A Song of Unity from Long Ago
A man was enjoying the freedom found in the wilderness of the young nation of America. He was living any way he wanted to, not having a moral compass, but doing what he wanted, when he wanted, regardless of any … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Appalachian, bible, christian, Christianity, Church, faith, God, grace, Holston, Holy Spirit, Jesus, love, Methodism, Methodist, mountain, preacher, religion, singing, southern, Spirituality, Tennessee, United Methodist, United Methodist Church, worship
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Places I’ve Lived: North Tazewell, Virginia
After my wife and I married in 1992, we worked to build up the churches where I was at that time, Belfast and Midway UMC near Cedar Bluff, Virginia. Around the end of 1993 I began to sense that it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bandy, Car-line, Clinchfield, George C. Scott, Holston, Jeffersonville, N&W, North Tazewell, Railroad, Scott, Shake-rag, southwestern Virginia, Tazewell, Tazewell County, United Methodist Church
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Places I’ve Lived: Paint Lick, VA
Back in 1989 I was appointed to the Belfast-Midway Charge in the Tazewell District of the Holston Conference. My first appointment out of seminary, it was my first charge as a pastor, and I was given the reigns of two … Continue reading
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Tagged Appalachian, Boy Scouts, caramel icing, Church, climbing, family, figures, Fincastle Turnpike, Holston, Indian, Midway, mountain climbing, mountains, Native American, Paint Lick, Paintings, pastor, preacher, religion, Robert Sheffey, Russell County, Sheffey, Southwest Virginia, Tazewell County, United Methodist, Virginia
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The State of Franklin: Freedom’s Frontier
I was born within the environs of what historians call the “Lost State of Franklin.” This fleeting governmental boundary was composed of lands lying to the west of present day North Carolina, in the valleys of the great western waters … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Battle of King's Mountain, british, Cherokee, clinch, cornwallis, freedom, french broad, Greeneville, Holston, independence, Indians, john sevier, jonesborough, July 4, nashville, native americans, nolichucky, North Carolina, powell, revolutionary war, state of franklin, surrender, sycamore shoals, Tennessee, watauga, watauga association
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And Are We Yet Alive?
At the end of an unusually long-seeming winter (it began snowing on Halloween and didn’t much let up) we are finally getting some springtime. It’s good springtime too. Grass has slowly grown greener, leaves are popping out on the trees, … Continue reading
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Tagged Annual Conference, Charles Wesley, Christianity, Church, churches, death, George Jones, God, Holston, Hymn, itinerant, itinerants, Jesus, John, loss, pastor, pastors, revered, reverend, strength, work
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By the Waters of Possum Creek 