Military History
Are you interested in military history? Do you want to know if your ancestor served in the Civil War? Stop by our Open House and find...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 2, 20241 min read
Confederate Soldier
Prior Harvey was born in 1836 in Grainger County Tennessee to Thomas and Maria Harvey. He married Delphia Hipsher in Grainger on July 17,...
Lawrence Lore
Aug 13, 20241 min read
Artifact is Direct Link
Page 1 of The Vincennes Weekly Sun, published in Vincennes, Indiana on Saturday, September 13th, 1862 “Terrible Railroad Accident—Civil...
Lawrence Lore
May 7, 20242 min read
How Many? 1,052 and Counting
For those of you who use Find a Grave, you can now view John King’s virtual cemeteries of Civil War soldiers buried in Lawrence County....
Lawrence Lore
Apr 15, 20241 min read
163 years ago
April 12, 1861 South Carolina seceded from the Union. A week later President Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to enlist for 3 months. At...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Stage Coach Driver
CHARLES W. ACKMAN was born in the Blue Grass regions of Kentucky, in 1828. In 1851 he came to this State by stage. After his first...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 10, 20242 min read
POWs during the Civil War
Several men from Lawrence County enlisted in Company I, 130th Regiment Illinois Infantry and took part in the following engagements: Port...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 2, 20243 min read
Thomas Fish
Thomas Fish’s ancestors have been documented in England as early as 1555, arriving in Connecticut about 1656. Later his family moved to...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 26, 20244 min read
J L Bass Family
John Launier Bass was born March 24, 1805, in Wilson County Tennessee. At a birthday celebration (1914) for his son Henry's 83rd...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 20, 20241 min read
Hardaway Abernathy
Hardaway T. Abernathy was an early Lawrence County pioneer arriving in Lawrence County about 1838 and settling in the area that would...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 18, 20242 min read