Dan McMichael, left, portraying Gen. Nathanael Greene, and Greene County Historian and former Heritage Trust President Tim Massey, portraying a local patriot of the Revolutionary War era, were two of the participants in the 230th Anniversary Celebration of Greene County in 2013.

Nine volunteers in the Heritage Trust’s Mt. Bethel Cemetery “Whispers from the Grave” event in 2014 told visitors about the lives and achievements of numerous persons of local historic significance whose graves are in the cemetery, located off Tusculum Boulevard. Shown in the first row, left to right, are: Don Miles, George Blanks, Stevie Hughes, Dollie Boyd, Beverly Williams, Jim Mays, Caroline Blanks, Tim Massey, Carolyn Gregg, and Kathleen Cannon. Three other unidentified volunteers portraying soldiers of the Civil War era stand in the second row.

This photo shows Gary Foreman, who was the guest speaker at the Heritage Trust’s 2016 Early American Christmas Dinner.

Knoxville attorney Wanda Sobieski, founder of the Women’s Suffrage Coalition, was the guest speaker at the 2019 Heritage Trust Early American Christmas Dinner. Dressed as a suffragette of the early 20th Century, she focused her remarks on the women’s suffrage movement in Tennessee and especially on Tennessee’s decisive role in the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, recognizing women’s right to vote.

Anne Frye, center, and her two granddaughters portray Catherine Collette and her children. Long ago, Mrs. Collette, a local mother, lost three of her children in a cholera epidemic in Greene County. All three children are buried in a single grave at historic Blue Springs Lutheran Church Cemetery, at Mosheim. The Heritage Trust coordinated a “Whispers from the Grave” event at the church cemetery in 2017.

Former Heritage Trust President Donahue Bible speaks at the 225th Anniversary Celebration of Greene County in 2008. The county, and Greeneville itself, date from 1783, when this area was still part of North Carolina.

R.J. Wilkerson portrays the Rev. James K. Hancher, a pastor of historic Blue Springs Lutheran Church at Mosheim who was buried in the church cemetery. The portrayal was part of a Heritage Trust “Whispers from the Grave” event at the cemetery in 2016.

LeRoy Ripley portrays Civil War soldier Charles Kennedy, who is buried at Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, in eastern Greene County. The portrayal was part of a Heritage Trust “Whispers from the Grave” event at the cemetery in 2014.

Caroline Blanks portrays Grace Haynes, whose father, Dr. Landon Carter (“Daddy”) Haynes, became a near-legendary professor at Tusculum College (now University) in his more than 60 years on the Tusculum faculty. Ms. Haynes wrote a book, "The Daddy Haynes Story," about her much-loved and highly respected father and his time at Tusculum from the late 1800s until he retired in 1942. He died in 1956 at age 99. The portrayal of Grace Haynes was part of the 2014 Heritage Trust “Whispers from the Grave” event at Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, where both Dr. Haynes and Grace Haynes are buried.

Shown above are Heritage Trust award-recipients at the Trust’s 2014 Early American Christmas Dinner and Annual Meeting. They are, left to right: the Rev. James (Jim) Mays, a Heritage Trust Awards Committee member and a former HT president; the Rev. Rex Brown, who accepted an Anniversary Award honoring New Bethel Presbyterian Church on its 175th anniversary year; former Heritage Trust President Carolyn Gregg, honored with a Special Award for her book, "Remembering Greene County Mills"; Betty Fletcher, of the Greeneville-Greene County History Museum, who received a posthumous Award of Merit honoring her late husband, Earl Fletcher, former director of the museum; Marilda Hurley, who received a posthumous Award of Merit honoring her late husband, noted Greeneville Sun columnist Bob Hurley; Tim Massey, Greene County Historian and former Heritage Trust president, who received an Award of Merit at the dinner; and Robert H. (Bob ) Bailey, chairman of the Awards Committee and also a former Trust president.

This is a view of historic Mt. Bethel Cemetery, Greeneville’s second-oldest cemetery. The cemetery is located off Tusculum Boulevard in east Greeneville.

Rex Cobble portrays his ancestor, Henry Bible, the son of one of the founders of historic Blue Springs Lutheran Church. The portrayal was part of the Heritage Trust “Whispers from the Grave” event at the church and its cemetery.

Randy Winter portrays his ancestor, Abraham Peters, at the Heritage Trust’s 2015 “Whispers from the Grave” event in the replica of the Log Cabin Church near the current St. James Lutheran Church.

This stone marks the grave of John Ottinger, a pioneer member of St. James Lutheran Church who died in 1857.

Four young men (unidentified) carry a coffin to a grave at historic Old Harmony Cemetery in Greeneville as part of a Heritage Trust “Whispers from the Grave” event there in 2010 or 2011. The cemetery is the town’s oldest.

Greene County Historian and Heritage Trust member Tim Massey, at right, portrays Thomas McCamish at the Trust’s 2011 “Whispers from the Grave” event at Old Harmony Cemetery.

Denzil Snowden portrays her ancestor, Lucy Lee Greer Clemmer, in the 2016 Heritage Trust “Whispers from the Grave” event at historic Blue Springs Lutheran Church and Cemetery in 2016.

Dr. Daniel Feller, University of Tennessee Professor of History and Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, and Editor/Director of The Papers of Andrew Jackson, was the guest speaker at the Heritage Trust’s 2017 and 2018 Early American Christmas Dinners. He spoke on the Andrew Jackson Papers Project in 2017 and on “Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears” in 2018.

Heritage Trust members Carolyn Gregg and George Collins install the Heritage Trust Marker at historic Mount Bethel Cemetery.

Gary Foreman, the guest speaker at the 2016 Heritage Trust Early American Christmas Dinner, holds up a map to illustrate a point during his address on “David Crockett and His Gun.”

This engraved marker, created by Italian stonemasons decades ago, stands at Allen’s Bridge on the Allen’s Bridge Road near Still Hollow Farm in southwestern Greene County. The current bridge, as with earlier bridges there, spans the Nolachucky River (also spelled Nolachuckey and Nolichucky). The site and the area are rich in both American Indian and pioneer Greene County history. Another, lower engraved line (not visible in this picture) notes that the marker was “Erected by Greene County Heritage Trust — 1981.”

Former Heritage Trust President Betsey Jean Bowman discusses political memorabilia exhibits at the Greeneville-Greene County History Museum with James D. (Jim) Warlick, of Political Americana, Washington, D.C. Mr. Warlick was the guest speaker at the 1999 Heritage Trust Early American Christmas Dinner. His topic was “Political Americana At the Turn of the Century.”

Bible’s Covered Bridge, at Warrensburg, shown in the background, was officially established as a historical structure in 1975 as the result of efforts led by the Greene County Heritage Trust, which also renovated the exterior of the bridge in the 1970s. Through a lengthy process involving the Trust and numerous governmental and commercial entities, the bridge was completely restored by early November 2004, when this ribbon-cutting ceremony took place. Young Andrew Bible, great-grandson of E.A. Bible, who had the covered bridge built in the 1920s, cut the ribbon for the rededication of the restored bridge. Shown in the photo, left to right, are: Tom Little, of Tri-Angle Construction; Jack Ragsdale, of Georgia Granite Co.; Carl Edwards, of Tri-Angle Construction; then-Greene County Mayor Roger Jones; Andrew Bible; Andrew’s father, Tom Bible; Sam Miller, then-vice-president of the Heritage Trust; and then-Greene County Highway Supt. J.C. Jones. Standing behind them, in green blazers and displaying the banner of the Greene County Partnership, are members of the Partnership’s Green Coat Ambassadors.