Hidden Voices

STORIES UNEARTHED IN THE ARCHIVES

           Hidden Voices is an occasional series that will appear on this website highlighting documents uncovered in the archives, which you may find interesting. Certainly, the stories the records tell are unique. With over 250 years of records, there are a multitude of potential stories that help document the history of Washington County. The Hidden Voices series will emphasize the stories and people history has forgotten or never knew.

New!!  Beard Allison, Free Person of Color
An Opera House in Johnson City?  
His Name was Shugar Cane
Nancy Mahala Depew: Acquitted of Murder

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Archived Hidden Voices Articles
Phillip Shelly Lost to History for Over 135 Years
Samuel B. Cunningham, the Railroad Doctor
Dorcas, Free Woman of Color
Bill and Marilyn- It was Never Really a Love Story
What’s a Mother to Do
Hidden Voices – Jackson Simmons
James Sevier’s Pet Duck 
Dr. John W. Heron and Harriett Gibson Heron, Medical Missionaries
Herman Cone’s Citizenship Papers – 1856
Lester Harris and the Great War – 1918
Benjamin Bowman’s Westward Migration Letter – 1859
Margaret Lee’s Petition for Freedom – 1795