The Massengill Triple Chain | Rocky Mount Museum, Piney Flats TN
The Massengill Triple Chain Quilt | Rocky Mount Museum, Piney Flats TN
Recorded in April 2017 as part of the Quilt Story Booth Project: A folk life preservation project of the Northeast TN Quilt Trail, the Appalachian RC&D Council, and the TN Arts Commission.
TRANSCRIPT:
The Massengill Quilt is a triple Irish chain pattern. It is one-inch squares of red, green, and white cotton fabric with a red border. The Irish chain patter is an overall design of squares and a secondary pattern of lines or chains. Single, double, or triple refer to the number of squares used to make the linked chains in the pattern. Irish chain quilts were extremely popular in the 19th and early 20th century America. The quilt itself was made by Anna Lee Johnson-Massengill and donated by her daughter, Sallie Massengill-Bell after proudly displaying it her home for a number of years. The quilt measures 80 inches long by 68 inches wide. The Massengill farm was establish by Henry Massengill Sr. and his wife, Mary Cobb, in 1775 and is the oldest certified century farm in Tennessee. The addition of the triple Irish chain quilt square to the barn further entrenches the site in local history by showcasing the handiwork of Anna Lee Johnson-Massengill, the wife of the great-great grandson of Henry and Mary.
Rocky Mount Living History Museum
Rocky Mount Living History Museum --located in present day Piney Flats, TN-- takes you back to the year 1791 when the Cobb family and their home of Rocky Mount hosted William Blount, governor of the Southwest Territory.
Rocky Mount is a Tennessee Historic Site administered cooperatively by the Tennessee Historical Commission and Rocky Mount Historical Association.
Rocky Mount Museum
Rocky Mount Living History Museum
Rocky Mount, in Piney Flats, Tennessee, was once the capitol of Americas Southwest Territory, frequented by the likes of Governor William Blount, Daniel Boone, John Sevier and Richard Henderson (who negotiated the Transylvania Purchase). Though the establishment was built more than 200 years ago, day-to-day activities on the farm have not changed. Costumed interpreters still mimic the farming and social techniques of the year 1791. Considered by many to be as much a time machine as a historical landmark, Rocky Mount gives visitors a first-hand look at life on Americas First Frontier.
Rocky Mount Museum ~ A Candle Light Christmas ~ 1791
Enjoy a glimpse of history as you view this short video of Rocky Mount Museum's A Candle Light Christmas. Come by and visit them in beautiful Northeast Tennessee (Piney Flats). You can visit their website at or check them out on Facebook.
Rocky Mount hosts Wooly Day
Rocky Mount State Historic Site in Piney Flats invites you to experience the spring activities of the early settlers at Wooly Day.
What really happened at Rocky Mount? Some say it's time for a re-examination of a Tri-Cities histor
What really happened at Rocky Mount? Some say it's time for a re-examination of a Tri-Cities historic site
Rocky Mount celebrates 50th anniversary
4-1-12
Sycamore Shoals hosts 23rd annual Siege of Fort Watauga
Sycamore Shoals hosts 23rd annual Siege of Fort Watauga
COVERED BRIDGE PART ONE OF THREE...SIGHTSEEING AROUND ELIZABETHTON TN.
Moonshine in East Tennessee
A history/feature piece on moonshine in the East Tennessee area
TN FreewillHymes 427 4-3-2011.AVI
Tenneessee Piney Flats Free Will Baptist Church
Lambs Frolicking at Rocky Mount State Historic Site
Rocky Mount's newly born Cotswold lambs playing, bouncing and frolicking in the pasture. Lambs are a favorite of Rocky Mount's Wooly Day event.
Andrew Jackson | Wikipedia audio article
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Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the common man against a corrupt aristocracy and to preserve the Union.
Born in the colonial Carolinas to a Scotch-Irish family in the decade before the American Revolutionary War, Jackson became a frontier lawyer and married Rachel Donelson Robards. He served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate representing Tennessee. After resigning, he served as a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798 until 1804. Jackson purchased a property later known as The Hermitage, and became a wealthy, slaveowning planter. In 1801, he was appointed colonel of the Tennessee militia and was elected its commander the following year. He led troops during the Creek War of 1813–1814, winning the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The subsequent Treaty of Fort Jackson required the Creek surrender of vast lands in present-day Alabama and Georgia. In the concurrent war against the British, Jackson's victory in 1815 at the Battle of New Orleans made him a national hero. Jackson then led U.S. forces in the First Seminole War, which led to the annexation of Florida from Spain. Jackson briefly served as Florida's first territorial governor before returning to the Senate. He ran for president in 1824, winning a plurality of the popular and electoral vote. As no candidate won an electoral majority, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams in a contingent election. In reaction to the alleged corrupt bargain between Adams and Henry Clay and the ambitious agenda of President Adams, Jackson's supporters founded the Democratic Party.
Jackson ran again in 1828, defeating Adams in a landslide. Jackson faced the threat of secession by South Carolina over what opponents called the Tariff of Abominations. The crisis was defused when the tariff was amended, and Jackson threatened the use of military force if South Carolina attempted to secede. In Congress, Henry Clay led the effort to reauthorize the Second Bank of the United States. Jackson, regarding the Bank as a corrupt institution, vetoed the renewal of its charter. After a lengthy struggle, Jackson and his allies thoroughly dismantled the Bank. In 1835, Jackson became the only president to completely pay off the national debt, fulfilling a longtime goal. His presidency marked the beginning of the ascendancy of the party spoils system in American politics. In 1830, Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which forcibly relocated most members of the Native American tribes in the South to Indian Territory. In foreign affairs, Jackson's administration concluded a most favored nation treaty with Great Britain, settled claims of damages against France from the Napoleonic Wars, and recognized the Republic of Texas. In January 1835, he survived the first assassination attempt on a sitting president.
In his retirement, Jackson remained active in Democratic Party politics, supporting the presidencies of Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk. Though fearful of its effects on the slavery debate, Jackson advocated the annexation of Texas, which was accomplished shortly before his death. Jackson has been widely revered in the United States as an advocate for democracy and the common man. Many of his actions, such as those during the Bank War, proved divisive, garnering both fervent support and strong opposition from many in the country. His reputation has suffered since the 1970s, largely due to his role in Indian removal. Surveys of historians and scholars have ranked Jackson favorably among United States presidents.