Robert Parker, one of the owners of Wheatlands, Sevier County’s best-known antebellum home, will talk on “Rediscovering Wheatlands Plantation” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 18 at Seymour Library. Admission is free. Parker and co-owner John Burns have extensively researched the plantation’s history and are constantly finding new facts about the Boyds Creek property. The talk is part of the Friends of Seymour Library’s “How We Live: Then and Now” series. For more information, call the library at 865-573-0728.
Stories in this Week's Focus
- The Knoxville Focus for July 27, 2026
- Socialism Is Not The Answer
- The Pointe at Lifespring Senior Living Honor Five Veterans with Quilts of Valor Ceremony
- The Gentleman From New Jersey: Clifford P. Case
- Joe O’Brien pitched Vols’ first no-hitter in 1973
- Grave topics presented at cemetery workshop
- The Knoxville Focus for July 20, 2026
- Regular County Employees Deserve A Raise, Too
- A Lifetime Together
- The Gentlelady From New Jersey: Florence P. Dwyer
Friends of Seymour Library: Wheatlands talk
Recent Posts
