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Blythe Ferry was a ferry across the Tennessee River in Meigs County, Tennessee, United States.In 1838, the ferry served as a gathering point and crossing for the Cherokee Removal, commonly called the Trail of Tears, in which thousands of Cherokee were forced to move west to Oklahoma from their homeland in the southeastern United States.
Entrance sign at Blythe Ferry Cherokee Removal Park. Cherokee Removal Memorial Park is a public park in Meigs County, Tennessee that is dedicated in memory of the Cherokee who were forced to emigrate from their ancestral lands during the Cherokee removal, in an event that came to be known as the Trail of Tears. It was established in 2005, and ...
Meigs County is a county in Tennessee with a history of Cherokee removal and Civil War. It has a population of 12,758 and a county seat in Decatur.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Meigs County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
Feb. 26—GEORGETOWN, Tenn. — A few hundred yards from the intersection of Tennessee State routes 58 and 60 in Meigs County lies the original roadbed of a portion of the Cherokee Trail of Tears ...
A.A. Clingan, one of the family members, was Bradley County's first elected sheriff, serving from 1837 to 1838 and 1840 to 1846. The family of his wife, Martha Blythe, founded Blythe Ferry on the south side of the Tennessee River in Meigs County, Tennessee in 1809. The Clingan family cemetery, located on the western foot of the ridge off SR 60 ...
Protected areas of Meigs County, Tennessee (2 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Meigs County, Tennessee" ... Blythe Ferry; C. Cherokee Removal Memorial Park
The body of a missing Meigs County, Tennessee, ... Thursday from the water in the area of the Blythe Ferry boat ... around 9:50 p.m. that he was taking a person to the Meigs County Jail, ...