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Ten Mile is primarily a summer cottage community on [[Watts Bar Lake]]. It consists of summer cottages, small locally owned stores and restaurants, a bank, marinas, resorts, and a Post Office ([[ZIP code]] 37880). The nearby [[Tennessee Valley Authority|TVA]] [[Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station|Watts Bar nuclear plant]] (in bordering [[Rhea County, Tennessee|Rhea County]]), and [[Watts Bar Dam]] spanning the [[Tennessee River]] across the Meigs County and Rhea County lines have played, and continue to play, an important role in the local economy. |
Ten Mile is primarily a summer cottage community on [[Watts Bar Lake]]. It consists of summer cottages, small locally owned stores and restaurants, a bank, marinas, resorts, and a Post Office ([[ZIP code]] 37880). The nearby [[Tennessee Valley Authority|TVA]] [[Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station|Watts Bar nuclear plant]] (in bordering [[Rhea County, Tennessee|Rhea County]]), and [[Watts Bar Dam]] spanning the [[Tennessee River]] across the Meigs County and Rhea County lines have played, and continue to play, an important role in the local economy. |
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== History == |
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The '''Elisha Sharp House''' is located in Ten Mile, Tennessee. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on July 6, 1982. <ref> |
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“TENNESSEE - Meigs County,” National Register of Historic Places, http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/tn/Meigs/state.html </ref> [[Elisha Sharp]] was born July 25, 1792, and died December 6, 1863. In 1817, he married [[Elinore Ellen Huff]] (also spelled “Elinor” and “Eleanor”) (1801–1874). She was sixteen years old, and he was twenty five. They came to [[Meigs County, Tennessee|Meigs County]] sometime between 1816 and 1822<ref> Unpublished research by Nell Worth (1923-2010); Eleanor Sharp’s obituary states that the Sharps moved to Meigs County this site “around 1821,” not 1816. See: The Quarterly, volumes 25/27 (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Genealogical Society,1980), 348. The following web site states the date as 1822. Sue Collins, “All our family—a work in progress,” rootsweb, ancestry.com: (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bcoll30038&id=I1996). </ref> (known as [[Rhea County, Tennessee|Rhea County]] until 1836).<ref>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bcoll30038&id=I1996</ref> Elisha Sharp was a large landowner and one of six original county commissioners of Meigs County. <ref> PRIVATE ACTS OF Meigs County, TENNESSEE 1835-36, “[chapter 34] ‘An Act to establish the county of Meigs, in honor of Colonel Return J. Meigs, deceased; a patriot and soldier of the American Revolution of 1776 (January 20, 1836)’.” Revised Edition. Revised and Edited by Steve Lobertini, Legal Consultant, and Theodore Karpynex, Administrative Assistant, 1995; updated by Elaine Turner, Paralegal, 2008. Nashville Tennesse: County Technical Assistance Service, The University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service, 1995 and 2008, page 47. http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/actmeigs.htm </ref> In 1836, Sharp served at a second lieutenant within the first division of the East Tennessee guard under Brigadier General John E. Wool. Assembled to battle against the Cherokee Nation, the units were sent home in November 1836, since some sort of temporary compromise was made with the Cherokees.<ref> Niles Weekly Register, volume 51, Baltimore, Maryland (November 26, 1836), 197.</ref> Sharp later joined the Confederate Army. He was mudered infront of his house on Old Ten Mile Road, by [[Isaac Preston Knight]], a union soldier on leave. |
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Historical and Genealogical information on Ten Mile and Meigs County can be found at the [[Meigs County Historical Museum]], in [[Decatur, Tennessee]]. |
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Ten Mile is an unincorporated area in northern Meigs and southeastern Roane counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The Roane County portion is included in the Harriman, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Ten Mile is primarily a summer cottage community on Watts Bar Lake. It consists of summer cottages, small locally owned stores and restaurants, a bank, marinas, resorts, and a Post Office (ZIP code 37880). The nearby TVA Watts Bar nuclear plant (in bordering Rhea County), and Watts Bar Dam spanning the Tennessee River across the Meigs County and Rhea County lines have played, and continue to play, an important role in the local economy.
History
The Elisha Sharp House is located in Ten Mile, Tennessee. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 6, 1982. [1] Elisha Sharp was born July 25, 1792, and died December 6, 1863. In 1817, he married Elinore Ellen Huff (also spelled “Elinor” and “Eleanor”) (1801–1874). She was sixteen years old, and he was twenty five. They came to Meigs County sometime between 1816 and 1822[2] (known as Rhea County until 1836).[3] Elisha Sharp was a large landowner and one of six original county commissioners of Meigs County. [4] In 1836, Sharp served at a second lieutenant within the first division of the East Tennessee guard under Brigadier General John E. Wool. Assembled to battle against the Cherokee Nation, the units were sent home in November 1836, since some sort of temporary compromise was made with the Cherokees.[5] Sharp later joined the Confederate Army. He was mudered infront of his house on Old Ten Mile Road, by Isaac Preston Knight, a union soldier on leave.
Historical and Genealogical information on Ten Mile and Meigs County can be found at the Meigs County Historical Museum, in Decatur, Tennessee.
External links
- Why do they call it that? Ten Mile community in Meigs and Roane Counties, WBIR-TV website.
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- ^ “TENNESSEE - Meigs County,” National Register of Historic Places, http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/tn/Meigs/state.html
- ^ Unpublished research by Nell Worth (1923-2010); Eleanor Sharp’s obituary states that the Sharps moved to Meigs County this site “around 1821,” not 1816. See: The Quarterly, volumes 25/27 (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Genealogical Society,1980), 348. The following web site states the date as 1822. Sue Collins, “All our family—a work in progress,” rootsweb, ancestry.com: (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bcoll30038&id=I1996).
- ^ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bcoll30038&id=I1996
- ^ PRIVATE ACTS OF Meigs County, TENNESSEE 1835-36, “[chapter 34] ‘An Act to establish the county of Meigs, in honor of Colonel Return J. Meigs, deceased; a patriot and soldier of the American Revolution of 1776 (January 20, 1836)’.” Revised Edition. Revised and Edited by Steve Lobertini, Legal Consultant, and Theodore Karpynex, Administrative Assistant, 1995; updated by Elaine Turner, Paralegal, 2008. Nashville Tennesse: County Technical Assistance Service, The University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service, 1995 and 2008, page 47. http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/actmeigs.htm
- ^ Niles Weekly Register, volume 51, Baltimore, Maryland (November 26, 1836), 197.