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Book Title: The History Of Roane County Tennessee 1801-1870

EARLY NEWSPAPERS



    The first Newspaper published in Roane County was the Kingston Gazette and

Register by N. A. Patterson in 1855.



    Charles F. Brause established the "Daily News" in 1877 but after a few

months' publication sold it to the Rev. G. W. Coleman who changed it to "The

"Independent" and moved it to Maryville. In 1880 John J. Littleton began to

publish a democratic newspaper "The Cyclone" which afterwards was bought by Hood

Haggard, the name changed to "The Patriot" and politics to republican. Col. D.

M. Coffman started "The Roane County Republican" in 1880.







EARLY LAWYERS



    Early attorneys of the County were James, John and Andrew McCampbell, J. W.

M. Brazeale, James Hope, J. Y. Smith, James Trimble, Thomas N. Clark, Samuel L.

Childress, George L. Burk, James Sevier, E. E. Young, S. C. Clark.







EARLY COUNTY OFFICERS



     The first clerks of the County were Henry Brazeale, who served thirty four

years, H. H. Wiley, Austin L. Green, James T. Shelley, James Sturgess.



    The first Sheriffs were John Brown, who served twenty-three years, Robert

Gilliland, Joseph Byrd, Lewis Burris, Ed. McDuffy.



    Early Trustees were Isham Cox, W. C. McKarney, William Gilbreath, Thomas

McConnell, William Work, George Yost, Robert Marney, J. W. McNutt.



    Early Registers were John Stose, John McEwen, Henry Burris, H. H. Wiley,

Robert Duncan, John A. Patton, John H. Taylor, Robert Allison, Walter H. King,

G. A. Guenther, S. D. Standfield, Thomas Childress.



    George Gordon and Robert Cravens built an iron furnace on Whites Creek which

was called Eagle Furnace in 1828. They manufactured charcoal, pig iron, cooking

utensils and other cast iron products which were shipped by boat to Chattanooga

and Knoxville.



    In 1867 the Roane Iron Co., was organized by Gen. J. T. Wilder, Capt. H. S.

Chamberlain and Major W. A. Rockwood for whom the town was named. The company

built two churches near the furnace, one for the whites, and the other for

blacks. Coal was first discovered in 1840 by William Green an employe of Gen.

John Brown. Green and William. Brown soon entered the land and began mining the

coal for local use. From the time the furnaces were started they did not stop

day or night for fifty years.





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Part One



The History of Roane County Tennessee 1801-1870

by

Emma Middleton Wells



Printed by

The Lookout Publishing Company

Chattanooga, Tennessee

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