Dedication of Jonathan Mize's Headstone at the Middle Creek Cemetery

TitleDedication of Jonathan Mize's Headstone at the Middle Creek Cemetery
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsMize, James W.
MagazineSmoky Mountain Historical Society Journal and Newsletter
Volume32
Issue Number3
Pages16-32
Date Publishedfall
SubjectsCivil War, Pioneer families
Description

Transcript of the dedication speech that recounts the life of Jonathan Mize (b. 1804). Includes accounts of his move to Sevierville, which is described as of 1860, and many stories of the Civil War, in which Mize was killed. Includes the text of a Civil War poem called "In Old Tennessee" which was written by Alfred Biddleton McCreary.