Mitchell's Hollow in Yellow Store, Tennessee

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Mitchell's Hollow

U.S. 11W, 1 mile northwest of Yellow Store, Yellow Store, TN , USA

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Historical Marker

About two miles southwest, about 1780, young Joab Mitchell, who had successfully made the trip to the North Fork of the Holston bringing salt for the besieged garrison at Big Creek Fort, was ambushed and mortally wounded by Indians. Beating them off, he galloped his horse to the fort, where he died.

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