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Starting Nov 13th thru Dec 18th 2021, we will be open on Saturdays from 11am to 3pm. We are closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Researchers will be available during the hours of 11am to 3pm starting on January 8, 2022.

If you plan to be in the area and would like help researching your family lines please call 423-526-5737 and leave a message or email cchgs_info@yahoo.com with the lines you would like to research.

 
 
POWELL VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER

A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION SERVING  COMMUNITY

David Burnette, President   (865) 755-4810
Dan Manning, Vice President  (423) 869-4408
Barbara Murray, Secretary/Treasurer (423) 258-0634
 

The POWELL VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER  is located at 255 Powell Valley School Lane, Off Old Hwy 63, Speedwell, TN 37870 adjacent to Powell Valley Elementary School.

The Center was built in 1952 and is maintained and operated by volunteers. We are doing our best to keep this wonderful building in good shape. It’s a great place for meetings, showers, family reunions and a perfect venue for a wedding!

While we have been blessed to add a new roof , new heating and air conditioning, we are in great need of insulation for the roof, new windows, new door, gutter repair and interior paint. A  newer refrigerator, stove and cabinets were all donated in the last few years.

We plan to host community yard sale fundraisers in the future. The past yard sales were very successful. In addition to being a venue available for private and community events the Community Center also hopes to become a focal point for disaster relief for the west Claiborne County area.

Monetary donations for the Community Center insulation, guttering and supplies can be mailed to Powell Valley Community Center, c/o Treasurer, 680 Jones Ridge Rd, Speedwell, TN 37870.  Donated items can be picked up if you will call (423) 258-0634

To Rent the center for your holiday event, call (423) 258-0634.  GOD BLESS YOU

 
"THE BATTLE OF TAZEWELL"
KEY TO CUMBERLAND GAP - A CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCE
APRIL 26 & 27, 2014
http://www.63rdtennessee.org/images/Cumberland Gap/Battle_of_Tazewell.htm

The 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as part of Col. John F. DeCourcey's 26th Brigade, marched south from their stronghold at Cumberland Gap toward the small town of Tazewell, Tennessee, on August 2, 1862.

The purpose of their expedition was to find and acquire forage and supplies for the Federal garrison holding Cumberland Gap. During several days of foraging and extended trips further south of Tazewell, some periodic skirmishes with Rebel cavalry were encountered but the troops were successful in filling their wagons with much needed food and hay for their animals.

Col. DeCourcey knew a large Confederate force was camped south of the Clinch River, not too distant from Tazewell, however, did not anticipate any major engagement would take place. On the Wednesday morning of August 6, however, DeCourcey would be confronted by a vastly superior Rebel force commanded by Col. Thomas Hart Taylor.

Be a part of this first annual event!

 

FEATURES / AMENITIES

DIRECTIONS

· Firewood and straw for camps · Off Old Kentucky Road in Tazewell (follow signs from Hwy 33)

· 307-661 Old Kentucky Rd Tazewell, TN (no 911 address for the event site) 

· Saturday evening supper
· 30+ Acres perfect for a reenacting:  a spring, open ground, woods, etc.
· Convenient to the town of Tazewell
 

REENACTOR REGISTRATION

· $3 Registration Fee. No Walk-on Increase.  Pay on-site
· All branches of service are welcome.  More on bounties, etc., to come · longitude-36.449853
· $50 bounty to the first 4 registered artillery pieces · latitude -83.559825

· Contact Kevin Wolfe, president of the Claiborne County Historical and

Genealogical Society and 1st lieutenant of the 63rd Tenn. Vol. Inf.
Phone:  (865) 585-0891      Email:  wolfe1@wildblue.net
 

WEB LINKS

Accounts of the Battle of Tazewell

· 14th Kentucky - Account of the Battle
· 16th Ohio - Account of the Battle
· Other Accounts of the Battle
 

SPECIAL THANKS

NEW YORK HERALD 

Event brought to you by the Claiborne Co. Historical & Genealogical Society

REPORT ON THE BATTLE
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The OLD Claiborne County Jail Plaza "Bricks R Us" brick fundraiser
Click on the advertisement below to download the PDF Form to complete and return

Plans are underway for the second phase of the restoration of the OLD Jail! The re-pointing on the bricks and mortar on the chimney, south side and the front of the building has been done. The north and back side of the building is the next to be done in 2014.

This work is being funded in part with funds from the Historical Preservation Fund under an agreement with the National Park Service and the Tennessee Historical Commission.

We are grateful for the grant but our fundraising efforts have just begun. To continue to receive grants we need to raise matching funds for continuing restoration. Please send donations to: PO Box 32, Tazewell, TN 37879 or call our office: 423-526-5737 for more information.

Debra Fultz, Administrative Assistant
Claiborne County Historical & Genealogy Society

Kevin Wolfe. President
Sheri Wolfe, Vice President
Carolyn Lambert, Treasurer
Debra Fultz, Administrative Assistant
Bill Lambert, Volunteer-Research

PROGRESS!!

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The photo above and to the right are the latest improvements to the Old Jail (November 2013)


 
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"Research assistance now available in house"

 

We are proud to announce that the society now has a research volunteer in the office on Sunday from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Our volunteer are working on gathering information on all families with ties to Claiborne and surrounding counties. You can email for research help: cchgs_info@yahoo.com.

 
 

The CCHGS Veterans display area is done. We still have room for more pictures of Veterans from Claiborne County from every war and every branch of the military. If you have any pictures you are willing to send us copies of (they will not be returned so please send picture quality copies) please include their name and a brief description Including, The War they served in, Dates, Ranks, Branch of Military, etc. 

We would like to honor these service men and women in our building and your help would be greatly appreciated. 

Please send all submissions to P.O. Box 32 Tazewell, TN 37879. 

Thank you.

 
 

We are looking for pictures and/or information on the two theatres that use to be in Claiborne County. These were the Cumberland Theatre and the Star Theatre. If anyone has pics or info please contact us.

 
 
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The Claiborne County Historical and Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 32
Tazewell, Tennessee 37879
Office Phone: (423) 526-5737
Office Hours: Sunday 1-5 & Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 10-4
 
               
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