Artifacts Collection (RG 28)

Date Span: 1910 and undated

Items in this collection were donated to the archives at various times by various persons as noted in the item list below. There are both items transferred from other county offices as well as items donated by private individuals. The items are listed in alphabetical order.

View the guide here: RG28-Artifacts Collection

: 1. Boone Tree Gavel, # 472. Ca. 1920. Received in the archives on April 29, 2022, a gift from the estate of Lorene Tritt Wagner, a member of the John Sevier Chapter of the DAR. It was passed on to her son, Lynwood Tritt Wagner upon her death. He wished the gavel to go into a Washington County museum and donated it to the archives.

: 2. Embossing stamp, Washington County, Tenn. County Court. Undated. Donated to the archives by Rick Storey, County Commissioner on February 16, 2017.

: 3. Envelope Moistener, porcelain. Undated. Donated to the archives by Betty Jane Hylton in 2016.

: 4. Game set, wooden. Includes Jacks or “jackstones,” a Yo-yo and Pick Up Sticks. Undated. Donated by Janette Foster Guinn, 2019.

: 6. Hawley’s Drug Store, Jonesboro, Tennessee, souvenir plate, advertising. 1910. Item was found in the archives annex in 2022.

: 5. Juror Box, metal, rotating. Washington County control item # 01533. Undated. Item donated to the archives by Karen Guinn, Circuit Court Clerk, circa 2013.

: 7. Washington County Courthouse souvenir plate. Undated. Two plates; one donated by Debbie Tittle, Unicoi County Register of Deeds, November 15, 2013; another donated by Gordon Edwards, March 15, 2019.