Tennessee State Society Chapters
06 - Captain Charles Barham,
Paris - organized December 8,1979, Organizing President, Mrs. H. Ansil
Boals. Named in honor of Captain Charles Barham, who emigrated
from England in the 1600s to Surry County, VA.
04 - Captain Thomas Carter
Knoxville - organized February 3,1971, Organizing President, Mrs.
Jennings B. King. Named in honor of Captain Thomas Carter, who
emigrated from England to Lancaster Co. VA by 1670, serving in the
Militia and the VA House of Burgesses.
02 - Chucaqua, Memphis - organized May 21,1960. Organizing President, Mrs. Robert Seth McCallen. Named for one of the 17th
Century Native American names given to the Mississippi River where Memphis now stands.
03 - Clarendon,
Franklin - organized July 21,1960; Organizing President, Miss Caroline
Lanier. Named for the “Clarendon Grant” made by King Charles II to
Edward, Earl of Clarendon, on 30 June 1665 that included the present
State of Tennessee.
12 - John Madison
,
Jackson - organized November 13, 2004; Organizing President, Mrs.
Frederick Birmingham.. Named in honor of the
great-great-grandfather of President James Madison who emigrated from
England and died in New Kent Co. VA before 1682.
15 - John McKnitt,
Cookeville - organized May 31, 2008; Organizing President Mrs. Marlin
D. Smith. Named in honor of John McKnitt, who was born in Ireland and
immigrated to Eastern Shore of Maryland where he was a prominent
religious and civil leader.
10 - John Ogle, Sevierville
- organized February 18, 1996; Organizing President, Mrs. Loy W. Jones.
Named in honor of John Ogle, listed as “Soldier at Newcastle” in
Pennsylvania Archives, 1672.
05 - Katherine Marbury Scott
,
Johnson City - organized May 22, 1976; Organizing President, Mrs. Ray
W. Mettetal. Named in honor of Katherine Marbury Scott, a native of
England who settled in Rhode Island and was involved in the fight for
the right of religious freedom.
14 - Natchez Trace,
Columbia - organized September 13, 2008; Organizing President N. Sue
Mercer Thompson. Named for the Natchez Trace, which traverses
Maury County, an ancient trail extending from what is now Nashville to
Natchez on the Mississippi River.
01 - Prudhomme Fort,
Chattanooga - organized September 22, 1960; Organizing President, Miss
Sarah Elizabeth Price. Named for the fort built on Chickasaw Bluff in
1682 by LaSalle in honor of the expedition’s armorer, Pierre Prudhomme.
07 - Reverend Henry Smith,
Memphis - organized August 28, 1981; Organizing President, Mrs. William
Osceola Gordon. Named for a Puritan minister from Connecticut who
emigrated in the early 1600s from England to escape persecution by the
Church of England.
13 - Salmon Creek,
Murfreesboro – organized January 25, 2008; Organizing President Mrs.
Lynn A. Carr. Named Salmon Creek for the area along its banks,
which saw the beginning of the colony and state of North Carolina.
09 - Thomas Lygon,
Nashville - organized September 27, 1986; Organizing President, Mrs. J.
Leith Potter. Named in honor of Thomas Lygon who immigrated to
VA in 1641. Served in the VA House of Burgesses and was active as
Lt. Colonel.