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The Rogersville Review was founded in 1885 by William T. Robertson. At first, Robertson called his new publication The Holston Review, but he soon changed the name to The Rogersville Review, and the paper has been continuously published under that banner ever since. The Review was the first hot metal newspaper in Tennessee and was also the last ...
Rogersville is a town in and the county seat of Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. [5] It was settled in 1775 by the grandparents of Davy Crockett. It is named for its founder, Joseph Rogers. Tennessee's second oldest courthouse, the Hawkins County Courthouse, first newspaper The Knoxville Gazette, and first post office are all located ...
Rogersville City School or Rogersville City Schools is a school district headquartered in Rogersville, Tennessee. It operates one K-8 school , Rogersville Elementary School. [ 1 ] The district's boundary parallels that of the municipality of Rogersville, and high school students move on to Hawkins County School District .
Tennessee incorporation, 1836–present. 48 years after the town was chartered by the State of North Carolina, the State of Tennessee reincorporated the town in 1835. Following the incorporation, Rogersville was granted an elected Board of Mayor and Aldermen. From 1835 to 1883, the officers served two-year terms.
Hawkins County School District, also known as Hawkins County School System or Hawkins County Schools (HCS), is a school district headquartered in Rogersville, Tennessee. [1] The district includes most areas in Hawkins County, with the exceptions of portions in Kingsport (which are in Kingsport City Schools). The district's jurisdiction includes ...
Pressmen's Home, Tennessee. Pressmen's Home is a non-abandoned ghost town and former headquarters for the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America from 1911 to 1967, in the Poor Valley area of Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States, nine miles north of Rogersville. [2][3] It included a trade school, a sanitarium ...
Occupation (s) Postmaster, settler, tavern keeper. Known for. Founding Rogersville, Tennessee. Spouse. Mary Amis. Joseph Rogers (1764–1833) was an Irish-born pioneer and settler who, with his father-in-law Thomas Amis, founded the town of Rogersville, Tennessee in 1789. [ 1]
June 19, 1973 [ 1] Amis House is a pioneer settlement in Hawkins County, Tennessee near Rogersville, built in 1780–2 by Thomas Amis, the father-in-law of Rogersville founder Joseph Rogers . In addition to his stone house, which also served as an inn for travelers, Amis established a tavern, general store, distillery, saw mill, and grist mill.