Thursday, August 5, 2010

Treasure Chest Thursday: Gee's Powder Horn


My great-grandfather Gee Sawyer used this powder horn as a young man after the Civil War in Cocke County, Tennessee.  I don't know if it was his father's before him, but I do know my grandfather used it growing up across the Nolichucky River in Greene County, close to Davy Crockett's old stomping grounds.

It belongs to my son now, though I am the caretaker.  He, too, used it as a boy, though on imaginary adventures.



Powder horn, 19th century. Digital Image.  Privately held by Nolichucky Roots [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 1993.