History

Members of the Scott Co. Rangers indicted for murder of the hanging of Cross & Vanover By David Jeffers and Allen Keeton In the years between 1861 and 1865, Scott County saw many changes in sentiment about the war. For the most part most residents who weren’t serving for either the Union or the Confederate…

JULIA MARCUM Julia, at age 16 the daughter of Hiram C. Marcum, a ranking officer of the Home Guards of the Buffalo Community, killed a Confederate soldier with an axe. In 1934 at the age of 90, Julia gave an account of her life changing encounter with the Rebel soldier who was said to be…

Freedom Trail Group Meets to Advance Historic Preservation and Grant Opportunities By Jodi Bond [email protected] The Norris Highland Correspondence Committee, commonly known as the Freedom Trail Group, held a meeting Tuesday at the Swain Education Building, located at the Scott County Museum. The gathering brought together key community leaders and historical advocates from across the region.…

Cpt. Dennis Trammell, Southern Campaign That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he joined Captain Benjamin Few’s company of provincial troops of Georgia in the month of August 1777 under a promise that he should have the appointment of Lieutenant in said…

PFC-Oliver Jeffers, KIA Germany Oliver Jeffers was born October 7, 1913 in the Fairview community of Scott County, Tennessee, the son of Dan and Syrinda (Foster) Jeffers. He entered service on November 7, 1942 and served in Company L, 12th Reg’t, 4th Infantry Division. Jeffers and the 4th Infantry Division entered Europe on Utah Beach…

PVT. ABEL PEAK, Virginia Militia  Abel Peak was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, in 1756. We believe his father was John and had brothers Aaron, Jacob, Jesse, Johnathan and William in Pittsylvania and Buckingham Counties, Virginia.  From his 1832 pension application we learned that Abel served three seperate tours of duty during the Revolutionary War.…

Joseph McPeters, Southern Campaign He volunteered and entered the Service of the united States in February in the year of 1776 under the following named officers to Wit Captain William Moore, Lieutenant Robert Patton, Colonel Charles McDowell, General Rutherford rendezvous at Salisbury and then Marched to Cross Creek North Carolina Joined the Virginia Malitia Who…

John Reed, Southern Campaign Entered the service of the United States under the following named officers as a volunteer and served as herein states first engagement a volunteer to guard the bank of the Savannah River under General Andrew Pickens’ Regiment, Robert Anderson, Col. Benjamin Tutt, Major, Capt. David Maxwell, John Cain, First Lt. Gabriel…

Pvt. Joseph Griffith,  7th Virginia Regiment Enlisted as a private regular in the Army of the United States the day & date cannot now from old age & consequent lays of memory be now recollected but it was about six years before the surrender of Cornwallis at York. He entered and served in the 7th…