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Speedwell is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Tennessee. [ 1 ] Speedwell is an agricultural community that was first settled c. 1790 . [ 2 ]
The Kincaid House is a historic house in Speedwell, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built circa 1840 by John Kincaid II for his brother, William Harrison Kincaid. [2] In 1880, it was acquired by the Bryant family, who sold it to Bill Russell in 1898. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 22, 1982. [3]
The house was built in 1851 for John Kincaid III. [2] The Kincaids owned slaves, and the house was built with slave labor. [2] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, John Kincaid III served as a captain in the Confederate States Army; he later fled to St. Louis, Missouri.
Claiborne County was established on October 29, 1801, created from Grainger and Hawkins counties and extended the southern boundary to Anderson County.It was named for Virginia tidewater aristocrat William C. C. Claiborne, one of the first judges of the Tennessee Superior Court and one of the first representatives in U.S. Congress from Tennessee.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
State Route 63 (SR 63) is an east–west state highway in the northern portion of eastern Tennessee.It goes from U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in Huntsville to SR 33 in Sneedville, running 102 miles (164 km).
The Powell Valley Male Academy, also known as the Speedwell Academy, is a historic building in Speedwell, Tennessee. It was built in 1827 by slaves owned by George Shutter, an immigrant from Germany who founded the school. [ 2 ]
The Powell River is a 195-mile-long river in the United States that rises in Southwest Virginia and flows southwest into East Tennessee.. The South Fork of the river rises in rural Wise County, Virginia, near the Laurel Grove community northwest of Norton and flows for several miles before the confluence with Roaring Fork in the Kent Junction community.