- Russellville, Tennessee
Russellville is the sixth oldest settlement in the state of
Tennessee ,United States . It is located inHamblen County , onUS Highway 11E , approximately half-way between Whitesburg and Morristown.History
The community was founded by Captain George Russell in 1785. He had been granted a large tract of land in the vicinity of
North Carolina for his service in theAmerican Revolution . Russell had fought in theBattle of King's Mountain .During the
American Civil War , Lieutenant GeneralJames Longstreet established a headquarters in the Nenney home just after the Battle of Bean's Station. The house still stands.General
McClaws was in quarters at Hayslope, a house that also still stands and was originally atavern built by the early settlers. It was originally called the "Tavern with the Red Door", and was owned by ColonelJames Roddye .General
Joseph B. Kershaw was at nearbyGreenwood .References
* Emma Dean Smith Trent (1987), "East Tennessee's Lore of Yesteryear".
External links
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~carolet1/history_of_hayslope.html The History of Hayslope]
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~carolet1/James_Roddye_Report.html Col. James Roddye]
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