Fulkerson-Hilton House

08/29/2026

A great recent article we ran across!

And yes, we have the dendrochronology records to prove the date 😉

Fulkerson’s Scott County story follows Abraham Fulkerson, the Hilton family, old districts, schools, and Holston records.

08/11/2026

On August 10, 1776, news reached London that the American colonies had adopted the Declaration of Independence. The document, largely written by Thomas Jefferson, had formally transformed the colonies' struggle with Britain into a declaration that they were independent states.

By this point, the conflict was no longer simply a colonial uprising. The Continental Congress had moved toward breaking British authority, while support for independence had grown throughout the colonies following the publication of Thomas Paine's Common Sense earlier that year.

The news arriving in London marked a major turning point in Britain's relationship with its American colonies. The Revolutionary War continued for several more years before Britain ultimately recognized American independence in 1783.

08/10/2026

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05/31/2026

250 Years of freedom! We are digging up those who had a part in that freedom, Today we dug up Capt, Robert Sevier!

05/24/2026

Happy Secession Day, Virginia!!

05/19/2026

05/18/2026

Abraham Fulkerson was part of this group.

They were called the Overmountain Men, frontiersmen from west of the Appalachian Mountains in what is now Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. In 1780 during the Revolutionary War they traveled more than 330 miles over the Blue Ridge Mountains to fight the British at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina. These were not professional soldiers. They were mountain men. Hunters. Farmers. Militia with their own rifles and their own reasons for fighting. They left their homesteads knowing their families would be vulnerable while they were gone. They traveled through hostile territory. They crossed mountain passes in the middle of a war. And they did it because they understood something that many people forget, that freedom is not handed to you. Freedom is something you have to fight for. With your own hands. With your own blood. Appalachian soldiers have a history of showing up when America needed them, from colonial times through every war since. But the Overmountain Men were different. They were not drafted. They were not ordered. They volunteered. They saw a threat to their freedom and they responded. They gathered their weapons and they marched. The Battle of Kings Mountain was one of the most significant battles of the Revolutionary War. And it was won by Appalachian men who understood that sometimes you have to be willing to die for what you believe in. Have you ever heard the story of the Overmountain Men?

05/17/2026

POV: You're British and the last thing you see while fighting the barbaric "overmountain men" at King's Mountain.

05/13/2026

I love old document!!

248 years ago, George Washington made history by signing the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. This moment symbolized Washington’s commitment to “the United States of America, to be Free, Independent and Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain.”

Want to see this piece of history up close? As part of the Freedom Plane National Tour, this Founding-era document is traveling the country in partnership with the National Archives Foundation and crewed by The Boeing Company. Catch at the Houston Museum of Natural Science now through May 25, 2026, and visit freedomplane.org to discover where the exhibit is headed next. ✈️

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