born: 2 September 1786 Prince Edward County, Virginia
died: 10 April1878 Hamilton County, Tennessee
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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