Abraham Hannaniah LincolnAbraham Hannaniah Lincoln officer in the Revolutionary War and grandfather of the sixteenth President of the United States, operated a saltpeter works... [click for more]
Abraham Hannaniah LincolnAbraham Hannaniah Lincoln officer in the Revolutionary War and grandfather of the sixteenth President of the United States, operated a saltpeter works... [click for more]
Alvan Cullen GillemAlvan Cullen Gillem
July 29, 1830 - December 2, 1875
Born nearby; graduated from the US Military Aca... [click for more]
Fort Blount2 1/2 miles southwest, on the west bank of Cumberland River, this fort was built about 1784 to protect the settlers' route between the Cumberland Sett... [click for more]
Gainesboro Historic DistrictGainesboro Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Gainesboro Residential Historic DistrictGainesboro Residential Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Judge John Jordan GoreMounce Lauderdale Gore, father of Judge Gore, was born on this property in 1840. He fought with the 8th Tennessee Regiment (CSA) in the Civil War, ris... [click for more]
Michaux’s Discovery 1796Traveling through the Tennessee country, André Michaux, a French botanist, arrived at Fort Blount on the first of March. On the next day in the... [click for more]
Orion Clemens 1825 - 1897Orion Clemens was born to John and Jane Lampton Clemens on July 7, 1825 in Gainsboro. Orion became a writer, printer, inventor, lawyer, secretary, and... [click for more]
