genealogy Archives - Appalachian History

The Family Bible

The family Bible held the narrative of ancestral history prior to retrievable birth certificates, marriage licenses, death certificates.

Often the sanctuary was unpresentable on meeting days…. Men used to bring their saddles into the church and pile them down in the rear.

Gary Greene discovers some genealogical skeltons in the family closet. A story of the White Caps of Sevier County, TN.

He was born into a storied but impoverished family on the Eastern Band of Cherokee’s Qualla Boundary. Jr.’s memoir is a remarkable story.