Research and History Books
The Butler Museum bookstore features several History and Census Books for purchase.
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Johnson County Welcome Center and Museum (716 S. Shady St., Mountain City, TN 37683,
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has a reference library as well as a variety of helpful reference books available for purchase.
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Please call (423) 727-5800 for further information.
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Appalachian State Center for Appalachian Studies
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Neighbor to Neighbor: A Memoir of Family, Community, and Civil War in Appalachian N.C.
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Cost as of this posting - Prices subject to change:
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$25.00 ($2.00 for S&H for first copy; $1.00 for each additional copy)
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Edited by Sandra L. Ballard and Leila E. Weinstein
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Send $25.00 plus $2.00 for shipping and handling for first copy;
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$1.00 for each additional
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Center for Appalachian Studies
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Appalachian State University
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PO Box 32018
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Boone, NC 28608-2018
Please support your neighborhood book store or history center, as well as your
local or university library. For those hard-to-find books, options include:
Abe Books
Amazon.com
Barnes and Noble used books
Half.com by Ebay
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On Horseback (Charles Dudley Warner ) Written in the 1880s, this books recounts riding a horse
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from Abingdon, Virginia, through Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee, and Gentrys Creek. Warner was a
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neighbor of and co-writer with Mark Twain.
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History of the 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, (USA), by Samuel Scott and Samuel Angel
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The Thrilling Adventures of Captain Dan Ellis, 1861-1865 Union Guide and Troop Commander
Available
free
online
Books of Interest ~ No vendor known
One Heroic Hour at Kings Mountain
1840/50 and 1860 census books are out of print.
1870 Johnson County Census, by Thomas W. Gentry - every name index
1880 Johnson County Census, by Thomas W. Gentry - every name index
1900 Johnson County Census, by Thomas W. Gentry - every name index
1910 Johnson County Census, by Thomas W. Gentry - every name index
1920 Johnson County Census, by Thomas W. Gentry - every name index
orgotten Soldiers: History of the 4th Regiment Tennessee Vol. Inf., 1863-1865, by Eddie Nikazy
Forgotten Soldiers: History of the 2nd Regiment Tennessee Vol. Inf., 1863-1865, by Eddie Nikazy
Voices From Cemetery Hill, Civil War Diary of Wm. Henry Asbury Speer 1861-84, by Dr. Allen Paul Speer
Abstracts of Deaths - Carter Co., TN 1908-1925, by Eddie Nikazy
Marriages of Carter Co., TN 1871-1920, by Eddie Nikazy
Marriages of Johnson Co., TN 1906-1920, by Gerry D. Moody
Leonard Shoun and his wife, Barbara Slemp, Their Descendants of Johnson Co., TN, by Carl B. Neal
Our Favorite Recipes, by Johnson County Historical Society
My Killing Kin, The Potters of Tamarack, by Elizabeth Storie (Appalachian State Univ. library has this)
I Never Killed a Man Who Didn't Need Killin', by Stanley South (Appalachian State Univ. library has this)
Family History of Watauga, by Bud Altmayer
A History of Watauga County, by John Preston Arthur
Tales Never Told Around a Campfire (includes chapter on Sarah Shull), by Mark Dugan
The Making of Legends (includes "Petticoats & Poison Ivy" the story of Keith Blaylock), by Mark Dugan
Hold Up Your Head, Tom Dooley, by John Foster West
Rebels in Blue: The Story of Keith and Malinda Blalock (Peter F. Stevens) Based in Watauga County, NC and Johnson
County, Tennesee area during the Civil War; the Blalocks were the only husband and wife that served on both sides
