Poes from Hamilton County, Tennessee.

The one on the right is Floyd Poe B. 1880's and the other is believed to be Porter Poe, his 1st cousin.

History of Hamilton Co., and Chattanooga, TN, Vol. 1 by Zella Armstrong.

page 203 Hasten Poe, born Sept 2, 1786, in Virginia; died April 10, 1878, in Hamilton County. Goodspeed says that he served in the War of 1812. He moved, before 1815, to Greene County, Tenn. He returned to Virginia to be married and returning to his new home he was accompanied by his three brothers and their families. Hasten Poe moved to the Hamilton County section to reside. One of his brothers settled in the same section and two on Sand Mountain, Ala. Hasten Poe established Poe's Tavern at Poe's Cross Roads, in 1818. When Hamilton County was erected in 1819, Poe's Tavern was designated by the commissioners as the meeting place of the Circuit Court. Poe's Tavern became, therefore, the first county seat. Poe's Tavern survived until 1911. Hasten Poe married Celia ____, in Virginia. She was born Aug. 25, 1786. She died Dec. 28, 1875 in Hamilton County.

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