My name is Frank Edward Barnes, but actually “Ted” to most. I have been a member of the Anderson County Historical Society for several years, and would like to do what I can to help with this organization. I have been a resident of Clinton and Oak Ridge for about 20 of the last 30 years, where my wife Agatha (a Medieval Historian) and I raised our daughter Sietske, and I was a scientist in the Physics Division at ORNL and a Joint Professor of Physics at UTK from 1989-2011. I was later a Program Manager in Nuclear Physics at DOE HQ in the DC area until retirement in 2018. I have long been fascinated by world history and ancestry research, and since moving here I have discovered that many of my ancestors lived in East Tennessee, dating back to the 1780s, notably through the Gallaher and Disney families. I hope that we can increase local interest and involvement in our Society, since all people should be aware of their own history. As related background, I am the current Editor of the Monthly Bulletin of the ORION (Oak Ridge) Amateur Astronomy Society, which is approximately 35 pages per month, and is distributed and stored online. A copy of the most recent issue can be found at this link: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8336647.

James W. Brooks, Jr. (Jamie) serves the 7^th Judicial District, Anderson County, as Judge of the Chancery Court which is a state trial court.  Jamie was appointed to the position by Governor Bill Lee on April 18, 2023, after the retirement of Chancellor Nichole Cantrell.  Prior to taking the bench, he practiced law at Wilson & Brooks, P.C. for 37 years. He and his law partner, James Frank Wilson, practiced law together from 1985 until Mr. Wilson retired in 2016.  Jamie continued as a solo practitioner until his appointment by Governor Lee.  While in private practice, Jamie handled court cases primarily in the Chancery Courts in Anderson, Morgan and Roane counties.  He represented and helped thousands of individuals, families and businesses with their legal needs.

Chancery Court is vital to our community.  More than 1500 cases are filed in this court each year.  The cases consist of family law matters including adoptions, divorces, child custody and orders of protection. Additionally, Chancery Court hears all probates (wills and estate) and most real property disputes.  Originally a Court of Equity, Chancery court jurisdiction has expanded over the years.  Today, we have concurrent jurisdiction with Circuit Court on most non-criminal matters.

Jamie grew up in Nashville. He earned his B. A. degree in History from Trevecca Nazarene University in 1982.  He earned his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1985.  He and his wife, Carol, have lived in Oak Ridge since 1987 where they raised their son.  They attend Christ Community Church.  Jamie serves on the board of the Morgan County Community Fund which provides grants to 501© (3) charities.  He is a member of the Tennessee, Anderson County and Roane County Bar Associations.  Jamie enjoys traveling, reading and playing golf in his spare time.

Joey Smith – I have been a real estate agent with Sellers Realty since 2006. Currently I am serving as the Chair for the Board of Directors of Historic Downtown Clinton/The PEARL Foundation (the non-profit that oversees Clinton’s National Main Street Program. I am the “unofficial and amateur historian” for the group, focusing on integrating Clinton history into any programming for the organization. I have been a member of the Clinton City Schools Board of Education since 2012 and am a past chair of the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce. I have been married to the lovely Susan Stewart of Nashville for 22 years and we have two children.

Katherine Birkbeck is a 2000 graduate of Clinton High School and a 2004 graduate of Berry College with a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Public Relations. She is a graduate of Kennesaw State University with a Master’s of Arts in Professional Writing with a focus in business and grant writing.  While she started her career in Atlanta as a photographer and marketing director for an Atlanta Realty Group, she always knew she was an entrepreneur at heart.  Once she photographed her first wedding, the business took off from there and in 2007 it was a full-time gig.  In 2010 Katherine placed 3rd Internationally for the Wedding Photojournalist Association’s quarterly contest for best photographers around the world.  It was then that Katherine and her family moved back to Katherine’s hometown of Clinton.  Shortly after moving, she fell in love with a building on Market Street that she bought and renovated in 2019.  This building quickly became a successful second business for small events such as birthday parties, showers, etc. Throughout her time in Clinton, Katherine became an active Board Member for the Chamber of Commerce, the Education Foundation, the Business Development Committee and the Chair for the City of Clinton’s beautification committee.  This all led to her taking the charge to apply for the State of Tennessee’s Main Street designation and ultimately to her becoming the Executive Director for Historic Downtown Clinton.

Marilyn Childress was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman 2^nd Class and earned the National Defense Medal, She also received Special Orders for Representing the Navy at the 1975 United States Volleyball Tournament. She was an Operating Room Technician Vietnam Era Veteran serving from 1972 -1975.   Side Note: She was the only female Hospital Corpsman at NAS Glynco, GA for 10 months. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees. She went to college for two years, joined the Navy, and came back using the GI Bill to complete her studies.

Marilyn is one of the founding members of Veterans Heritage Site Foundation and their first President. VHSF was organized in 2016 as a nonprofit organization. It is one of the few veteran organizations that do not require their members to be veterans.  Their mission statement is to preserve and maintain veteran heritage sites to properly honor our veterans and pass the legacy on to future generations. Heritage Sites include military and veteran cemeteries, marked and unmarked burial sites, monuments, veteran parks, and honoring veterans.

Marilyn is also the Vice President of the Veterans Council of East Tennessee and a board member of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1078 (VVA). She is also a member of Team RWB and the Irrelevant Warriors. She volunteers with many of their activities in Knoxville. She developed a relationship with the Board of Directors of Ramsey House so VHSF can hold events at their location. VHSF now honors the veterans that are buried at the Lebanon at the Forks cemetery, the oldest cemetery with a named marker in Knox County, where 12 veterans are buried and Ramsey House maintains.  She is also Treasurer of the Friends of Cavett Station whose mission is to maintain and improve the graves at Mars Hill Cemetery.

Marilyn is the spokesperson for VHSF and speaks at various organizations about VHSF projects. VHSF was selected by East TN PBS and Home Federal Bank to be the Non Profit of the Month Nov 2021 and spoke on VHSF behalf. She is available to be a speaker at organizations to bring the story of VHSF and our projects to their members.

Marilyn approached Joe Emert, a board member of the National Park System, and asked about veterans buried in the Great Smoky Mountain Park. After his research, he found that there was not a list. VHSF now have over 230 veterans identified and being honored by VHSF has now started reaching outside the Park to recognize and honor Revolutionary War Veterans and surrounding cemeteries where veterans are buried who lived in the Park before it become the Great Smoky Mountain Park. Marilyn was awarded a Preservation Award in 2022 for her work on the work in the GSMHP for preserving our veterans information who are buried in the Smokies. VHSF also planned the maintenance program to ensure the veterans headstone or footstone continues to be readable for future generations. We will also place flags during the Memorial Day Holiday.

She earned a Lady Vol Letter for her volleyball playing days at the University of Tennessee. Marilyn was heavily involved in women sports for over 25 years as a player and an administrator.  She has received many awards including being inducted into the Georgia Soccer Hall of Fame. She is recognized for being the driving force for having women’s soccer added to the 1996 Olympics. In September 2022, Marilyn was inducted into the United States Adult Soccer Association’s Hall of Fame.

Some of Marilyn’s recent awards include the following: U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett selected Marilyn to be the 2^nd District Veteran of the Month for February 2020; Next Level Brewery selected Marilyn for the Veteran for the Quarter Fall 2021; South High School Class of 1970 awarded Marilyn a Special Recognition Award at their 50^th Reunion for her service to veterans; Most Recently Marilyn was awarded the Tennessee DAR Veteran Volunteer of the Year where she was also was named the Veteran Volunteer for the National Society DAR Southeast Region. Just this past weekend at the National DAR Convention 2022, the Department of Defense Committee for the Vietnam War 50^th Commemoration awarded Marilyn the DAR Outstanding Member of Tennessee.

Stephanie A. Hill is a professional genealogist, archivist and local historian with 44 years of active research experience.  Her late husband was a native of Anderson County and she has lived here for 33 years, having been drawn to the area after learning of her mother’s employment in Oak Ridge during World War II.  A long time member of the Anderson County Historical Society, she served 3 terms as its President and 9 years as an editor of its quarterly journal, The Pellissippian.  Mrs. Hill currently serves as both Treasurer and Historian of the Society and edits its monthly newsletter.  She is also the editor of the Anderson County site on the TNGenWeb and is the admin of two Facebook groups on Anderson County history – Anderson County, TN Genealogy & Local History and Anderson County, TN History.  She is the author of the books East Tennessee Hills and Clinton, and has compiled 6 privately printed family histories.  In addition, Mrs. Hill has written articles for several genealogical publications and has been a featured speaker at local and regional genealogical workshops.

A longtime volunteer at the Clinton Public Library, Mrs. Hill taught their genealogy classes and serves as their volunteer researcher, answering questions concerning area resources, family and local history, and various genealogical research methodologies.  Mrs. Hill also served as Chair of the Anderson County Library Board and of the Briceville Library Committee, was a member of the board of directors of the Coal Creek Miners Museum and is currently serving a third term on the Anderson County Public Records Commission.

In addition to being a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, Mrs. Hill’s affiliations include the Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia, the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Colleton Genealogical Society and the North Carolina Genealogical Society.

Amy Mays Emert is a professional Genealogist with over twenty-four years of personal, professional, and pro bono research experience. She has two degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville: a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology with a concentration in Historical Archaeology, and a Master of Science degree in Teacher Education. Amy is the Historian for both the Friends of Cavett Station and the Cavett Station Chapter, NSDAR, and she is the Genealogist for the Veterans Heritage Site Foundation. She holds memberships with the Tennessee Historical Society, the East Tennessee Historical Society, the First Families of Tennessee, and the Civil War Families of Tennessee. Amy has written and published two books about Mars Hill Cemetery, and had several articles printed in Tennessee Ancestors, the publication of the East Tennessee Historical Society. 

Amy’s book The Veterans of Mars Hill Cemetery is $25 and the big book Mars Hill Cemetery at Historic Cavett’s Station: Biographies and Stories of the Men, Women, and Children Interred in Mars Hill Cemetery is $40. They are available from me, signed of course, and on Amazon (the big book is $50 on Amazon).

seean: My Direct Lineage to William Mays and His Wife Lydia Witt Mays. Powell, TN: Amy Mays Emert.

Emert, Amy Mays. (2014) My German Roots: My Direct Lineage to Ulrich Keener, an Immigrant from Germany to America. Powell, TN: Amy Mays Emert.

Author, Darla Saylor Jackson, has written seven books including the popular “Harlan County Haunts” series. Her first book, “Harlan County Haunts,” highlights the Mountain Jane Doe murder which sparked new interest and the final solving of the decades old cold case. Other books include “More Harlan County Haunts,” the sequel of her first. After nearly a decade, she released “Haunted Harlan County, Volume 1,” which is an expansive paranormal account book co-authored with Tony Felosi. She has written a series entitled “The Secret Chronicles of Pine Mountain,” which has to parts, with the intention of having four. She has also co-authored with Felosi “The Manzo Shepherd Story,” and “The Ghosts of Portal 31.”

Darla Jackson took part and narrated the Emmy award winning, “The Dead Unknown,” a four-part documentary featuring the journey of solving the Mountain Jane Doe mystery as well as other cold cases.

Darla is the owner of Mount Pleasant Funeral Home in Harlan, KY, Raven Rock Trading Co. in Cumberland, KY, and co-owner of Mountain Gypsy Herbs, Inc., a bath and body company focusing on herbal, all natural products using locally grown and foraged ingredients. She has a degree in psychology from Midway University in Midway, Kentucky, and in her spare time, enjoys ruby mining in NC and writing about the paranormal.

She teaches art and journaling to women inmates in Kentucky prisons, and is a certified community scholar. She has worked with Berea College’s Promise Neighborhood program and was an artist in residence with the Kentucky Arts Council for 10 years in a double genre of Folk Art and Literature.

Darla writes for two local newspapers: The Tri-City News and The Harlan Enterprise and tries to highlight human interest stories and people who contribute to the community. She has a passion for real estate and is in the process of restoring several buildings in Cumberland, Kentucky located in Harlan County.

Adam Velk is the Director of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center (GMCC), a nonprofit organization devoted to honoring and telling the history of the Clinton 12; the first students to desegregate a state-run school in Tennessee. He is currently creating projects at the GMCC that offer high school students opportunities to get first-hand experiences and mentorships in museum work, educate patrons on food inequality and culinary injustices, and focus on bringing community together.

A transplant from the Chicago, Velk received his bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Hartford and his master’s degree in Public History at the University of Illinois, Springfield. He has worked at the Adler Planetarium, the Central Illinois African American Museum, the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, the White House’s National Christmas Tree, and Padre Island National Seashore. He has presented his work, “Into the Trenches: The Effectiveness of African American Lead Violence in the Civil Rights Movement Pre-1966″ and been awarded the Donley’s Wild West Town 2011, “Cowboy of the Year.”

Pellissippian Table of Contents 2016 Issues

Index – Issue #1
Index – Issue #2
Index – Issue #3
Index – Issue #4

Vol. XXVII No.1 ISSN 0736-5594 January-February-March 2016

• 2016 Officers, Board of Directors and Staff…………………………………… Inside Front Cover
• From the Editor’s Desk ………………………………………………………………………………………… 2
• On the Cover ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3
• From the President……………………………………………………………………………………………….. .4
• New Members & In Memoriam ……………………………………………………………………………. .5
• 2016 Benefactor and Sustaining Members………………………………………………………………. .6
• 2016 ACHS Membership List ……………………………………………………………………………….. 7
• Publications for Sale …………………………………………………………………………………………… 18
• Queries………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 19
• Slave Bills of Sale………………………………………………………………………………………………. 23
• Anderson County Court Clerk Books ……………………………………………………………………. 28
• Utopia Lodge #562 F&AM Annual Returns ………………………………………………………….. 33
• ACHS Membership Form ……………………………………………………………………………………. 40
• ACHS Publications……………………………………………………………………. Inside Back Cover

Vol. XXVII No.2 ISSN 0736-5594 April-May-June 2016

• 2016 Officers, Board of Directors and Staff……………………………. Inside Front Cover
• From the Editor’s Desk………………………………………………………………………………….. 2
• On the Cover, Carlos F. Davis……………………………………………………………………….. 3
• Coal Creek Tide Yearbook 1930……………………………………………………………………. 4
• Minutes of Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Women’s Missionary Society……………….. 15
• Minutes of New Hope Baptist Church…………………………………………………………… 27
• Benefactor Members…………………………………………………………………………………… 37
• Sustaining Members……………………………………………………………………………………. 37
• Do you know who I am?……………………………………………………………………………… 37
• Treasurer’s Report………………………………………………………………………………………. 38
• Index of Names………………………………………………………………………………………….. 39
• Anderson County Historical Society Membership Fonn………………………………….. 40
• Publications of Anderson County Historical Society………………… Inside Back Cover

Vol. XXVII No. 3 ISSN 0736-5594 July-August September 2016

• 2016 Officers, Board of Directors and Staff…………………………………. …Inside Front Cover
• From the Editor’s Desk …………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
• On the Cover ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3
• 2016 Benefactors & Sustaining Members……………………………………………………………….. .4
• Slave Bills of Sale ………………………………………………………………………………………………. .5
• Publications for Sale …………………………………………………………………………………………… 15
• Queries………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 16
• Utopia Lodge #562 F&AM Annual Returns ………………………………………………………….. 22
• 1954 Magnet Mills 25 Year Club Program…………………………………………………………….. 35
• ACHS Membership Form ……………………………………………………………………………………. 40
• ACHS Publications …………………………………………………………………… …Inside Back Cover

Vol. XXVII No.4 ISSN 0736-5594 October-November-December 2016

• 2016 Officers, Board of Directors and Staff………………………….. Inside Front Cover
• From the Editor’s Desk………………………………………………………………………………… 2
• On the Cover, Reda Pauline Davis………………………………………………………………… 3
• Coal Creek Tide Yearbook 1930…………………………………………………………………… 4
• Minutes of Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Women’s Missionary Society……………… 13
• Minutes of New Hope Baptist Church………………………………………………………….. 27
• George Felix Lett photo……………………………………………………………………………… 37
• Benefactor Members………………………………………………………………………………….. 38
• Sustaining Members………………………………………………………………………………….. 38
• Index of Names…………………………………………………………………………………………. 39
• Anderson County Historical Society Membership Form………………………………… 40
• Publications of Anderson County Historical Society………………. Inside Back Cover