Blount County TN Genealogical & Historical Society

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Blount County TN Genealogical & Historical Society

Bringing together persons interested in genealogical studies and in the collection and preservation

03/11/2026

Tonight, March 10, 2026, we had approximately 110 people in attendance for the year's first quarterly meeting of the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society. Maryville City Manager, Greg McClain shared an informative presentation on the history of Maryville, Blount County, and Alcoa which included a multitude of early photographs. It was great seeing everyone this evening

03/03/2026

The Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society's first quarterly program for 2026 will be held at 5:30 p.m. on March 10th in the main gallery of the Blount County Public Library. Maryville City Manager and historian, Greg McClain will lead a program titled, The History of Blount County, Maryville, and Alcoa. The program is FREE ABD OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and we hope to see you there.

01/22/2026

NOTICE: Over the past week we have experienced a technical problem with taking credit card purchases from our website (www.blountcotnhistory.org). This was NOT a data breech, and your credit card information has always been secured. The link between our website and the bank was not connecting and the payments were never processed. This issue has now been resolved, but any purchases made during the time in question may need to be resubmitted. If you have made an on-line payment during this period and are uncertain if it was properly processed, please email us at bcghs@yahoo.com and we will verify the status of your purchase. We value your continued patronage of our organization and apologize if this causes you any inconvenience.

Tim Walker
President, BCGHS

12/27/2025

After a significant effort by some of our dedicated volunteers, the new home page for the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society is up and running. For those interested in joining or renewing their membership for 2026, the option to pay via credit card is now available. Just go to the homepage (https://www.blountcotnhistory.org/), click on the Membership tab and follow the instructions.

12/15/2025

The Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society will be presenting a free program in the Dorothy Herron Room at the Blount County Public Library on Saturday, December 20, 2025, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Representative samples of Ken Cornett's historic post card collection will be shared by Lester Presley that cover over 100 years of Blount County history. Ken Cornett (1940-2022) was a past Blount County Historian who collected over 400 post cards in his lifetime that contained images of local interest.

12/05/2025

When Christmas shopping for that friend or family member that seems to have everything, consider buying them a 2026 gift membership to the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society. Members receive Spring and Fall issues of The Blount Journal which contains approximately 80 pages of articles on local history. The $30 annual dues also help support the society's other activities associated with sharing and preserving of our cultural heritage. To purchase a gift membership, print out the attached form and fill out the requested information, then mail the completed form and check to BCGHS, P. O. Box 4986, Maryville, TN 37802-4986. The recipients will be notified of their gift along with who the gift was from.

12/02/2025

The Fall 2025 issue of The Blount Journal was mailed out to our members today, December 2, 2025. Additional copies are available at the society's office at the Blount County Public Library. The following articles are featured in this issue:

The Origin of the Names of Blount County’s Football Fields and Stadiums

50th Anniversary – Walland High School’s State Champion Football Team

The Family Home of Dexter and Ellen LeQuire: The Big House (1929 – 2024)

Seeing the Virtual Past: Blount County Virtual Archives

Blount County’s Village of Louisville Families Affected by the Creation of Fort Loudoun Lake (Part 1)

11/06/2025

On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, we celebrate Veterans Day in honor of those who served in the military. As many of you know, the November 11th date was chosen in recognition of the ending of hostilities in the Great War which was later known as World War I. The Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society has set up a display in the reference section of the Blount County Public Library that includes photographs of area soldiers that served during that war and a restored Maryville Times newspaper that proclaimed the end of the war. We invite everyone to remember all those who served and to come by and see our display.

07/09/2025

The next quarterly meeting of the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society will be held on Saturday, July 19, 2025, in the Sharon Lawson Room at the Blount County Public Library from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Society President Steve Wegner will lead a program titled, "The History of Human Communication's Impact on Library Systems." The program is free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there.

06/06/2025

We received the Spring 2025 issues of The Blount Journal from our publisher this morning and they were taken to the post office to be mailed out this afternoon. Members should expect to receive their copies by sometime next week. If you fail to receive your copy in a timely manner, please check back with us.

05/16/2025

The Spring 2025 edition of The Blount Journal has been taken to the printers and should be mailed out to our members in the next week or so. If you are not a member and would like to receive your own copy of the journal or have not renewed your membership for this calendar year, please do so as soon as possible. You can pay your $25 annual dues online with Pay Pal at our web site, http://bcghstn.org, mail a check to BCGHS, P.O. Box 4986, Maryville, TN 37802, or pay in person with a check or cash at the BCGHS office at the Blount County Public Library.

The spring issue of the journal celebrates our 40th Anniversary as an organization and contains the following articles.

- BCGHS 2025 Program Schedule

- BCGHS Letter from the President

- Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society - Officers for 2025

- Joni Seratt – New Blount County Records Manager and Archivist

- Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society - Founding Members

- Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society - Charter Members

- Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society - Listing of Past Officers

- 1803 Blount County, Tennessee Delinquent Tax List

- 1920 Reunion of Prominent African-American Men from Maryville

- Member Memorial Page – Wanda Sue (Sharp) Herriage Bingham

- Member Memorial Page – Dawn Elizabeth Curtis

- Member Memorial Page – William Ronald Whitehead

- Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society
NEW Books for Sale - Spring 2025

- Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society
USED Books for Sale - Spring 2025

- The Blount Journal - Price List for Back Issues

- Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society (BCGHS)
Request for Local Genealogical and Historical Research

05/04/2025

It was great seeing everyone yesterday (May 3, 2025) at the 40th anniversary celebration for the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society. We hope you enjoy our pictures,

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Maryville, TN
37802

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9am - 4pm

Website

https://www.BCGHSTN.org/

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