Morristown

History

Before its settlement by European-Americans, the area of Morristown was inhabited by Native Americans, predominately members of the Cherokee tribe. During the Cherokee's inhabitance, the area was based around two major pathways, an east-west route that was later developed into the Great Stage Road in the settlement era, and a north-south route known as Buffalo Trail, named for a legend stating the path was formed from herds of buffalo traveling from Asheville, North Carolina to the Powell River near the Cumberland Gap for the river's salt licks. The settlement of Morristown was established by trans-Appalachian pioneer Gideon Morris, a farmer who arrived with his brothers Daniel and Absalom from the Watauga Settlement, a semi-autonomous government based on land that was leased to European-American settlers from the inhabiting Cherokee tribes. Prior to his settlement, Morris had fought alongside John Sevier in the Cherokee Expedition in 1776, and obtained land grants after serving in the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kings Mountain. Morris, along with his siblings, petitioned to have the Watauga Settlement annexed in the State of North Carolina. From 1792 to 1793, the community's main street was added onto a major stagecoach route connecting it to Knoxville and Abingdon, Virginia, aiding further early settlement efforts. Among these settlers was frontiersman John Crockett, who arrived and settled east of the Morris residence in 1794 with his son, famed pioneer and folk-hero Davy Crockett who was seven years old at the time. John Crockett constructed a log cabin that later served as a tavern, and a hospital treating smallpox during the American Civil War. After the Civil War, the Crockett Tavern was destroyed to prevent further infections of smallpox.…

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Largest nearby schools

• Morristown East High
  High · Morristown · 1,572 students · 19.6:1 ratio
• Morristown West High
  High · Morristown · 1,506 students · 17.1:1 ratio
• Meadowview Middle School
  Middle · Morristown · 627 students · 13.9:1 ratio
• Russellville Elementary
  Elementary · Russellville · 624 students · 15.6:1 ratio
• Manley Elementary
  Elementary · Morristown · 612 students · 14.9:1 ratio
• Alpha Elementary
  Elementary · Morristown · 606 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• Hillcrest Elementary
  Elementary · Morristown · 604 students · 15.1:1 ratio
• West View Middle School
  Middle · Morristown · 579 students · 16.5:1 ratio