Lori's second reason for being in Knoxville next August

Lori Thornton has supplied the second set of reasons for joining your fellow genealogists at the FGS Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee. The special historic sites are numerous and she lists a few to whet your appetite.

• James White’s Fort – http://www.discoveret.org/jwf/ Site of Knoxville’s original settlement in 1786.

• Marble Springs - http://www.discoveret.org/jsma/ Home of Gov. John Sevier.

• Sam Houston Schoolhouse - http://www.blountweb.com/samhouston/
  

• Ramsey House Plantation - http://www.ramseyhouse.org/
  

• Blount Mansion - http://www.blountmansion.org/

• Confederate Memorial Hall (Bleak House) - http://www.knoxvillecmh.org/.

• Mabry-Hazen House and Bethel Cemetery - http://www.mabryhazen.com/.

• Armstrong-Lockett House (Crescent Bend) & W. P. Toms Memorial Gardens - http://www.knoxville.org/visitors/museums-galleries/armstronglockett-house-crescent-bend-wp-toms-memorial-gardens/.