On Maynardville Highway (Tennessee Route 33/61) at Spring Strret, on the right when traveling east on Maynardville Highway.
The Civil War made civilian life in Union County difficult and dangerous. Most residents opposed secession and were staunch Unionists. men joined such Federal regiments as the 1st Tennessee Infantry and the 2nd and 9th Tennessee Cavalry. Others . . . — — Map (db m100481) HM
On Main Street at Court Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Horace Maynard was born on August 30, 1814, in Massachusetts. A graduate of Amherst College, he taught at East Tennessee College, later the University of Tennessee. Also a lawyer, he was counsel for the establishment of Union County in 1850, and . . . — — Map (db m130376) HM
On Main Street (Tennessee Route 33) at Ailor Gap Road, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Named for Captain John (Racoon) Miller whose blockhouse stood near this site. Captain Miller, born in 1747 in Newberry County, South Carolina, served in the Washington County, Virginia, militia in 1776 before migrating to this area in 1777. He . . . — — Map (db m100164) HM
On Maynardville Hwy (Tennessee Route 33) at Monroe Street, on the left when traveling east on Maynardville Hwy.
Roy Claxton Acuff, Grand Ole Opry star for more than 50 years, actor, international music entertainer, goodwill ambassador, and humanitarian, was born in Maynardville, near this site, on September 15, 1903. He recorded more than 100 country and . . . — — Map (db m100166) HM
On Main Street, 0.1 miles east of Berthas Place, on the left when traveling east.
[Front]
They raised their hand
in defense of liberty
Anderson H.E. • Anderson M.R. • Anderson I. • Acuff A.V. • Albright G. • Brantley L. • Brantley A.C. • Booker M.T. • Booker Bert. L. • Booker John • Bailey John H. • Bridges S.W. • . . . — — Map (db m196879) WM
On Wilson Lane just south of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Completed in 1936, was a through truss bridge built over Clinch River (Norris Lake) in Union County, Tennessee between Maynardville and Tazewell by the Tennessee Valley Authority. It was one of East Tennessee’s longest continuous Warren through . . . — — Map (db m151540) HM
On Walker's Ford Road south of Wild Turkey Lane, on the left when traveling north.
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On November 4, 1863, to divert Federal forces from Chattanooga, Confederate General James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from the city to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's garrison in Knoxville. Burnside confronted . . . — — Map (db m100482) HM
On Wilson Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Fifteen acres for Wilson Park was donated to Union County by Bobby and Jean Johnson in 1994 from the farm of Asbury and Hazy Wilson. Married in 1882 when he was 15 and she 17. They operated a ferry and guest house on the Clinch River before moving . . . — — Map (db m151538) HM