Historic Places

Clay County · PEA RIDGE RD

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Clay County · REEVE'S CEM ON CO. LINE\ NIXON RD

THE HOUSE IS PART LOG, PART OF WHICH, ALSO REPORTED NEAR 200 YEARS OLD. IT WAS MOVED INTO BY THE ALBERT KEMP FAMILY IN 1907. THE HOUSE'S CURRENT OWNER WAS BORN IN THE HOUSE IN 1917.

Clay County

GEORGE ANDERSON LIVED IN IT FIRST.

Clay County

BURLEY ANDERSON BUILT THE HOUSE. HE ALSO LIVED HERE.

Clay County

BURKLEY ANDERSON BUILT THIS HOUSE. HIS SON CECIL WAS ABOUT 2 MONTHS OLD WHEN THE HOUSE WAS BUILT.

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THE HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR GEORGE ANDERSON, AND THEN THE WATSONS MOVEDIN.

Clay County · FREE HILL

IT WAS BUILT BY JAMES ANDREWS WHEN HE GOT MARRIED. HE RAISED A FAMILY HERE.

Clay County · HIGHWAY 151

JENKINS MOVED INTO HOUSE IN 1920. PARENTS & 5 CHILDERN LIVED THERE. AVERY CLARK = FIRST OWNER. JACOB JENKINS, MOVED THERE IN 1920, WAS SCHOOL TEACHER & PART-TIME LAWYER & CO/COMMISSONER. HE DIED IN 1963 AT AGE 90. HIS WIFE, MARY, DIED AT AGE 80 IN 1969.

Clay County · LAKE AVE.

IT WAS THE BANK OF CELINA FOR MANY YEARS. MR. TERRY PURCHASED THE BUILDING AROUND 1970 AND USES IT WAS A PHARMACY. THE BUILDING WAS ABANDONED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN BETWEEN OWNERS.

Clay County

TN Historic Resource Survey record CY-50

Clay County · HWY 52

TN Historic Resource Survey record CY-120

Clay County · NEAR SPRING BRANCH

IT IS A LOG HOME. IT IS THE SECOND HOME ON THE FARM. IT WAS NOT ON THE QUAD MAP.

Clay County · HWY 53

BEN BADNEY OWNED THE HOUSE BEFORE THE HILTONS.

Clay County · NEAR HERMITAGE HIGH SCHOOL

THE HOUSE WAS MOVED AROUND 68 YEARS AGO. BURT DAVIS RECEIVED THE HOUSE DUE TO TAX EVASION. THE BILES FAMILY RAISED 6 CHILDREN. THE HOUSE WAS USED AS A BOARDING HOUSE.

Clay County · NEAR BILES CEM

MR. BILES' SON, ANDY, LIVES NEAR THE HOUSE. THE BILES FAMILY RAISED 4 CHILDREN. MR. BILES DIED IN THE HOME AT THE AGE OF 92 AFTER ACCIDENTALLY SLASHING HIS THROAT WHILE SHAVING.

Clay County · LEONARD CHURCH ROAD

TN Historic Resource Survey record CY-74

Clay County · MT VERON MILESTOWNS

RALPH BIRDWELL LIVED HERE UNTIL THE CROSSES MOVED IN. THE CROSSES HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 28 YEARS. TWO ROOMS ARE LOG WHICH MR. BIRDWELL BUILT AROUND. RALPH BIRDWELL'S GRANDFATHER BUILT THE HOUSE, AND LIVED THERE FOR ONLY A SHORT WHILE.

Clay County · NEAR TURNER CEMETARY

NINE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS BURIED NEAR THE HOUSE. IT IS CONSTRUCTED OF YELLOW POPLAR LOGS, WITH HARD CHIPPED ROCKS FOR FOUNDATION. SOME ROCKS IN THE CHIMNEY ARE 4'LONG AND 12"WIDE, AND 12"THICK ALSO HAND CHIPPED.

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BOLES FARM PLACE. RAISED FAMILY. SON WAS SHERIFF OF CLAY CO.

Clay County · TURKEY CREEK

1950- BOONES MOVED IN AND BOUGHT IT FROM THE STRONGS. 1925. FRANK AND LESTER BROWN SOLD THE LAND TO THE STRONGS.

Clay County · BRIMSTONE CREEK

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Clay County · ARCOTT

MARTHA AND JESSIE BROWN ARE BURIED HERE ALONG WITH IDA AND J.B. BROWN. THERE ARE ONLY TWO STONES FOUND HERE. MARTHA'S STONE IS DATED 1910, JESSIE'S 1916, IDA'S 1958, AND FINALLY J.B.'S IS DATED 1947.

Clay County · ARCOTT

CHARLIE FRANCES BROWN, DAUGHTER OF CHAS. AND PEARL BROWN WAS BURIEDHERE. IT WAS DATED 1926-1935. JOHN EDWIN BROWN, SGT. US ARMY KOREA WAS ALSO BURIED HERE. HIS STONE WAS DATED 1937-1977. THERE ARE ONLY THREE BROWNS BURIED HERE.

Clay County · TURKEY CREEK

GEORGIE SCOTT WAS THE LAST TO LIVE IN IT.

Clay County

TN Historic Resource Survey record CY-138

Clay County · WESTSIDE OF SQUARE, CELINA

W.L. BROWN WAS OWNER. IT WAS A DRY GOODS STORE. CURRENTLY USED AS A LAW OFFICE.

Clay County · BROWN ST. CELINA

DEVO BROWN. HAMILTON BROWN FAMILY LIVED HERE FOR YEARS. THEY RAISED A FAMILY. IT BECAME A RENTAL HAME AND HAD VARIOUS OWNERS. REPOSSED RECENTLY BY FHA.

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THERE ARE HALF-DOVETAIL NOTCHES IN THE LOGS.

Clay County · NEAR LITTLE PROTECTOR CREEK

W.L. BROWN'S FATHER BUILT THE HOUSE. POINDEXTER AND ARMS MARRIED, AND NOW THEY OWN IT.

Clay County · DENT ON CROSSROADS

THE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION WAS CARVED INTO THE CHIMNEY. THERE WAS ORGINALLY A MOORE LIVE HERE. THE STONES BOUGHT IT , AND THEN THE BROWNS BOUGHT IT.

Clay County · BROWN ST. CELINA

MINNIE CAWTHON PURCHASED THE HOUSE. THEN THE ESTEPPS HAD IT IN THEIR FAMILY. THE NEVANS BOUGHT IT FROM THEM.

Clay County · LAKE AVE, CELINA

THE HOUSE HAS BEEN TORN DOWN AND RELOCATED TO AVOID IT BEING SUBMERGED WHEN THE DAM WAS BUILT.

Clay County

ELMO BURRIS LAST KNOWN OWNER. HOUSE PROBABLY 50-100 YEARS OLD.

Clay County · FREE HILL RD/ FREE HILL

HILL BUILT THE HOUSE FOR THE BURN FAMILY. THEY RAISED A FAMILY ANDWORKED ON THE FARM HERE.

Clay County · BROWN ST. CELINA

LUKE AND EDNA BUTLER LIVED THERE IN 1940'S. HEISS LIVED THERE AFTERWARDS. ALWAYS IN THE BUTLER FAMILY.

Clay County · HWY 53

THE BUILDING WAS USED AS A SCHOOL AND A CHURCH AT FIRST. THE BUILDING IS AROUND 60 YEARS OLD.

Clay County · HURRICANE CREEK

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Clay County · TRACE CREEK ROAD

TN Historic Resource Survey record CY-77

Clay County · LITTLE TRACE CREEK RD.

THE OLDEST PART OF THE HOUSE WAS BUILT BY A MR. TADLOCK AS A ONE ROOM CABIN IN 1800. THE HOUSE WAS LATER PURCHASED BY JOHN BILES WHO COMMISSIONED A LARGER HOUSE BY ADDITIONS.

Clay County · MOSS

1925- MOVED HERE. HE BOUGHT IT A MAN NAMED KIT PENNINGTON.

Clay County · CAVE SPRINGS

THE BLOCK PART IS ADDED ON. IT WAS MOVED FROM WHERE IT SET BELOW A HILL.

Clay County · WILLIAMSON ST. CELINA

ADULT EDUCATION BUILDING NOW WAS OLD AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AT CELINA SCHOOL. BUILT WHILE WILLY T. CHERRY WAS SUPERINTENDANT. IT WAS ALSO OLD BAND BUILDING. MR. EW FOX TAUGHT AGRICULTURE HERE.

Clay County · BAPTIST RIDGE

SAYS IS 200 YEARS OLD. HAND LAID LOG WITH POPLAR SPIKES AND MUD CEMENT.

Clay County · RICHVILLE

THE MEADOWS BOUGHT THE HAS FROM BILL MARKON THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGOETHON CHERRY LIVED IN THE HOUSE SINCE HE WAS THREE. WILLIAM JACKSONCHERRY WAS HIS FATHER. THERE WERE TEN KIDS RAISED HERE.

Clay County · CHERRY CROSSROADS

WITT CHERRY BUILT THE HOUSE AND LIVED HERE UNTIL ORA CLEMETS MOVED IN. WITT CHERRY HAD FIVE KIDS. ONE CLEMET HAD TWO CHILDREN. CHERRY HANKS MOVED HERE IN 1987. CHERR CROSSROADS WERE NAMED FOR THESE PEOPLE.

Clay County · DENTON CROSSROADS

THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 1800'S. BUD CHERRY AND HIS FAMILY WERE THE FIRST TO LIVE THERE. THEY RAISED EIGHT KIDS THERE. W.O. SPIVEY LIVED THERE NEXT, AND THEY ALSO RAISED EIGHT KIDS. BUD CHERRY MARRIED A CHERRY.

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VIRGINIA SHORT'S PARENTS MOVED IN DURING 1943. THE HOME WAS OVER 30 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS RAISED HERE. THE HOUSE IS NOW RENTED.

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LESLIE SPEARS, CHERRY, BIRDWELL, BUD SPEARS, AND THE WHITES HAVE LIVED HERE.

Clay County · MOSS

HERMAN GAS WAS THE FIRST TO OWN IT. MRS. CHERRY HAS OWNED THE STORE FOR 24 YEARS. MRS. CHERRY BOUGHT IT FROM WINNEY WHIT (CHERRY)THE WHITES OWNED IT FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.

Clay County · DENTON CROSSROADS

ROY BOLES BOUGHT THE LAND AND THE HOUSE FROM PAT KINLEY. THE HOUSEIS AROUND 100 YEARS OLD. THE CHITWOODS LIVED IN IT, AND THEY STAYEDFOR SEVERAL YEARS.

Clay County · ST. ROUTE 52\ 53 CELINA

ONCE A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. STILL HAS OLD CHRYSLER SIGNS AND WORKBAYS INSIDE.

Clay County · NEAR TURNER CEM

PART OF THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED 40 YEARS AGO.

Clay County · E. SIDE SQUARE OF CELINA

HAS BEEN A FLORIST SHOP FOR 7 YEARS. BEFORE THAT A HARDWARE STORE. UPPER LEVEL WAS A HOTEL AT ONE TIME.

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FIRST COURT JANUARY 1873. ON THE HISTORIC REGISTER. DOW WAS A ARCHITECT FROM COOKEVILLE WHO ALSO BUILT THE JACKSON CO. COURTHOUSE.

Clay County

THIS WAS AN OLD THEATER. PART OF THE BUILDING WAS USED AS A RESTAURANT RAN BY JACK DALE. IT BECAME AN OFFICE BUILDING, STORAGE,A REATURANT, AND A PHARMACY.

Clay County · CLEMENTSVILLE

IT WAS A STORE UNTIL THE 40'S. THE POST OFFICE WAS IN THE STORE.

Clay County · RED BOILING SPRINGS RD.

TN Historic Resource Survey record CY-60

Clay County · FIRE TOWER ROAD

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Clay County · WILLOW GROVE

IN 1929, J.R. COLSON BOUGHT THE HOUSE.

Clay County · MOSS

SMITHS AND CONDERS(1975). MR. WHITE BOUGHT THE HOUSE FROM THE CONDOERS IN 1975. BEFORE THE CONDERS MOVED IN THE SMITHS LIVED THERE. mR. WHITE COULDN'T TELL US ANYTHING ELSE.