A while back we were discussing the Knox County Poor Farm. I just ran across something while looking for something else as usual.. this post I know there was a poorhouse in KNOX County, Knoxville, Tennessee. My g-grand father was there from abt 1930-34. It was called The George Mahoney Home in a place called Mahoneyville, Knoxville, Tennessee. I went there and a state prison is there now. I went to the McClungs Library in Knoxville and a helpful Librarian said yes, there was a place BUT no records were kept. I feel like there should have been some kind of records somewhere. Then this comment Facts About Knox County Poorhouses: by Robert McGinnis From the KnoxCoTN e-mail list on 7/3/200 Hi All, Yes the George Maloney Home did exist at the Maloneyville location from about 1939 until the closing of Hillcrest Nursing Institute in 1986. Basically Knox County Pauper records policy was to destroy all records after seven years, but Some records have been spared over the years. There is an unconfirmed rumor that Hillcrest Beverly has some of the patient records but refuse to release them to the County Archives because of the Privacy Laws. I do have partial records for burials from Three separate cemeteries which were and are located at the farm. By the way the cemeteries are not on the jail property, but on the adjoining Golf Course. And also George Maloney was not the first workhouse/Poor House, There are mentions of at least four others dating back to the 1850s. Hope this helps some one! Robert McGinnis Found on this site poorhousestory/poorhouses_in_tennessee.htm
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 01:06:09 +0000
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