Corryton City Historical Markers

Map of Tennessee State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Corryton

Corryton City Historical Markers

Corryton Historic Homes & Houses

Nicholas Gibbs Homestead

Nicholas Gibbs, a prominent Knox County Pioneer homesteaded 450 acres here in 1792 and built this hewed log house approximately one year later. It rem... [click for more]

Corryton General Interest

Nicholas Gibbs

Born in Germany in 1733, he served in the French and Indian War, later in the Revolution. He took up a homestead of 450 acres here in 1792 and built t... [click for more]

Sawyer’s Fort

On this site, about 1785, Col. John Sawyer, a soldier of the Revolution, built a homestead and fort for protection against Indians. Emory Road, which ... [click for more]