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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. Knoxville is the county seat of Knox County and was the first capital of Tennessee. Official Website History Wikipedia One of the oldest artificial structures in Knoxville is a burial mound constructed during the early Mississippian culture period (c. A.D. 1000-1400). By the 18th century, the...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Tennessee. Official Website Knox County was created after the American Revolutionary War on June 11, 1792, by Governor William Blount from parts of Greene and Hawkins counties. It was one of the few counties created when this area was still known as the Southwest Territory. It is one of nine United States counties named...
Wikipedia The University of Tennessee (also referred to as the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, UT Knoxville, UTK, or UT) is a public sun-grant and land-grant university headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee entered the Union as the 16th state, it is the flagship institution of the statewide University of Tennessee system with nin...
Wikipedia =Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, United States, founded in 1824 by Philander Chase. It is the oldest private college in Ohio and is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The campus is noted for its Collegiate Gothic architecture and rural setting. Kenyon College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colle...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Indiana. Official Website In 1790, Winthrop Sargent, Secretary of Northwest Territory, organized Knox County, the first in the Northwest Territory. It was named for Major General Henry Knox, who had completed his term as second U.S. Secretary of War. Adjacent Counties Greene County Sullivan County Daviess Cou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Ohio. Official Website Knox County was formed in 1808 and was named for Henry Knox, an officer in the American Revolutionary War who was later the first Secretary of War. Adjacent Counties Ashland County Holmes County Coshocton County Licking County Delaware County Morrow County Richland County
This project is part of the State of Maine Portal . Knox County, Maine is a county in the south-central part of the state, along the North Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,736. Its county seat is Rockland. The county is named for American Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War Henry Knox, who lived in the county from 1795 until his death in 1806. ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Galesburg, Illinois. Official Website Galesburg was founded by George Washington Gale, a Presbyterian minister from New York state who had formulated the concept of the manual labor college and first implemented it at the Oneida Institute near Utica, New York. In 1836 Gale publicized a subscription- and land purchase-based plan to f...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois. Official Website Knoxville was established on January 15, 1831, and called Henderson until its name was changed to Knoxville on December 22, 1832 when it became the county seat. It was one of the first 10 municipalities incorporated in the state and is the oldest town in Knox County. James Knox was ...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Illinois. Official Website The modern Knox County, Illinois, was organized in 1825 and was named in honor of Henry Knox, the first US Secretary of War. Adjacent Counties Henry County Mercer County Stark County Fulton County Peoria County Warren County Cities & Villages Abingdon Altona East Gales...
This cemetery is located on 2315 Monmouth Boulevard, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. Find a Grave
This project is a subproject of Knox County, Illinois Subportal and the Cemeteries of Illinois Subportal List of Cemeteries Abingdon Abingdon Cemetery Boydstun-Dawdy Cemetery Brush Creek Cemetery Cherry Grove Cemetery Altona Altona Cemetery Larson Cemetery Snow Family Cemetery Walnut Grove Cemetery DeLong Haynes Cemetery East Galesburg St. Mary's Cemetery Union Cemetery (also know...
Wikipedia Vincennes University (VU) is a public university in Vincennes, Indiana, in the United States. Founded in 1801 as Jefferson Academy, VU is the oldest public institution of higher learning in the Northwest Territory and in Indiana. Since 1889, VU has been a two-year university, although baccalaureate degrees in seven select areas are available. Unlike most other two-year higher-educat...
Official Website =Knox College is a private liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois. It is one of 40 schools featured in Loren Pope's influential book Colleges That Change Lives.
This cemetery is located on 4300 Central Avenue Pike, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. Find a Grave Billion Graves
The cemetery is located on 2040 US-150, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Kentucky. Official Website Knox County was formed on December 19, 1799. It is usually assumed to be named for Henry Knox of Massachusetts, a Revolutionary War general and the first United States Secretary of War. However, there is strong evidence that it was actually named for James Knox. Knox was a pre-war explorer and...
Carl Sandburg College is a public community college with its main campus in Galesburg, Illinois. The college serves west-central Illinois region and has a branch campus in Carthage and an off-campus site in downtown Galesburg. The college was established in 1966 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Along with providing associate degree education for students, Sandburg also has ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Nebraska. Official Website Knox County was organized by the Territorial Legislature in 1857, and named L'Eau Qui Court, that being the French name for the river named by the Ponca Niobrara—both names meaning, in English, Running Water. The name was changed to Knox, named for U.S. Army General Henry Knox, by a statute pa...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Texas. Official Website The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1886. It is named for Henry Knox, an American Revolutionary War general. Adjacent Counties Foard County King County Haskell County Stonewall County Baylor County Throckmorton County Cities, Towns & Communities Benjami...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Missouri. Official Website The county was organized February 14, 1845 and named for U.S. Secretary of War General Henry Knox. Adjacent Counties Adair County Scotland County Macon County Clark County Lewis County Shelby County Cities, Villages, Townships & Communities Baring Bee Ridge Benton
The Knox Cemetery is a beautiful and sightly burial place, possessing many advantages. The cemetery company controlling it was organized in 1874, and the cemetery was dedicated by the Rev. Mr. Robinson, August 8, that year. The body of Lieutenant Michael P. Barclay, the same person listed in other history notes, under the name of "Michael Henry Barckley," was the first one buried in Knox cemete...
Please add profiles of those who are interred at Knoxville Cemetery located in Knox County, Illinois. Find a Grave Knoxville Burying Ground
This project is for those buried in Gilson Cemetery, Knox County, Illinois. Find a Grave