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Williams studied law in Salisbury, North Carolina, in the late 1790s, and served as a captain in the 6th U.S. Infantry, from 1799 to 1800. [4] Shortly afterward, he relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was admitted to the bar in 1803. [1] Around 1805, he married Melinda White, daughter of Knoxville's founder, James White. [1]
The Colonel John Williams House in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, was built in 1825–1826 by the slaves of Melinda White Williams, wife of Colonel John Williams, [2] while he was away serving as Chargé d'Affaires to Guatemala for President John Quincy Adams. (Melinda White was a daughter of Knoxville's founder, James White.)
Old Gray Cemetery is the second-oldest cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.Established in 1850, the 13.47-acre (5.45 ha) cemetery contains the graves of some of Knoxville's most influential citizens, ranging from politicians and soldiers, to artists and activists.
Longtime Knoxville physician and host of "The Dr. Bob Show" Dr. Robert Marion Overholt died June 10. He was 85 years old. Overholt attended West High School, and later the University of Tennessee ...
James White (1747–1820), pioneer, founder of Knoxville John Williams (1778–1837), United States Senator William F. Yardley (1844–1924), attorney, first African American to run for governor of Tennessee
He was interred in Rogersville, though his family had made plans to have him reinterred at Ebenezer Cemetery near Knoxville. [29] An obituary "The Late Maj. F. S. Heiskell" published within the December 5, 1882 edition of the Knoxville Daily Chronicle ascribed and honored Heiskell as being a "Pioneer of Tennessee Journalism". [30]
Old Knox County Courthouse Grounds, Knoxville, Tennessee: William Grainger Blount: March 4, 1811 (previously served June 16, 1790 – March 3, 1791) September 23, 1745 Augusta County, Virginia (now Rockingham County, Virginia) 14th: Elijah Brigham: Federalist Massachusetts (11th district) February 22, 1816 64 Unknown Washington, D.C.
Keller Fornes, star of the Great American Family Channel’s “County Rescue,” died on Dec. 19, 2024, in Eastland Texas, according to an obituary from Lacy Funeral Home. He was 32. He was 32.