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President Andrew Jackson Suite Large Spacious 2 room suite Private Bath King Size Bed & Twin Bed Decorative Fireplace TV with DVD, Phone, Wireless Internet, Hairdryers Full Sit down Breakfast History Named for the 7th president of the United States—the first to be born in a log cabin, the son of poor Scotch- Irish immigrants who was orphaned at age 14, grew up in the Carolinas, then moved to Tennessee where he became a successful lawyer and landowner. Jackson won fame as an Indian fighter and as a general in the War of 1812. He was nicknamed "Old Hickory" because of his toughness.More… Jackson was one of the founders of the Democratic Party and was elected as President because of the growing political power of the states on the frontier.He had the support of farmers and working people. Earlier presidents had not provided strong leadership. They did not appeal to the people over the heads of Congress.Jackson insisted that American democracy could work only if the President provided such leadership and he believed that he should use his constitutional powers to the fullest limit. He vetoed more bills than all the Presidents before him put together. He stood ready to argue with Congress or the Supreme Court in the name of all the people. His slogan was "let the people rule." Jackson, a sandy-haired boy with freckles,had a quick temper. He attended school but sports and cockfighting occupied more of his time than did studying. At age 13 he jointed the South Carolina militia and he and his brother served in a battle in which an uncle was wounded and a brother was killed. Later he was captured by the British and carried scars for the rest of his life after a British officer lashed out with his sword when Jackson refused to clean his boots. He studied law under a wealthy lawyer in Salisbury, NC after the Revolutionary War and was appointed attorney general for the region that is now Tennessee.On his way to Nashville, he stopped in Jonesborough to take part in a civil suit so he must have traveled through Rogersville on that tripwest. Tradition is that Jackson spent the night at the Rogers Tavern as well as the Hale Springs Inn, and while at the Tavern one night,Mary Amis Rogers was being given a "hard time" by another traveler who arrived after the house was full. The story goes that Jackson told the unruly traveler that he would show him to a private room—whereupon he took him behind the tavern to the corn crib and locked him in for the night. In 1836,Jackson had just finished his second term as president and was on the way from Washington to Nashville when he came through Rogersville where a large celebration was planned with a banquet at the McKinney Tavern(Hale Springs Inn). Jackson had been to Rogersville before – both while he was serving in the U. S. Senate and as a military general. A mounted delegation, including the mayor and all the other dignitaries from town, left early in the morning to meet the general’s entourage at Yellow Store – Jacob Miller’s place near Surgoinsville.They were to escort Jackson down Old Stage Road to the town square where a huge crowd was awaiting his arrival. After the escort left town that morning, two anti-Jackson residents on East Main St., both described as "loud mouthed Whigs", Strung a banner across Main St. on which they had painted an insulting motto. The crowd awaiting Jackson was incensed and a rider was sent to meet Jackson and his escort before they reached town.When the entourage arrived at River Road(Colonial Road) they turned left and led the general down what is present day Washington St. to Church St., where they turned north to Main St. and the town square. The general saw the banner and complimented his escort on "flanking the obstruction." Speeches were made by Mayor Nicholas Fain, General Jackson, and other notables and a large banquet was held at McKinney’s Tavern which ran late into the night. Jackson spent the night at the Tavern and continued his journey to Nashville the next morning. On an earlier trip through Rogersville and up Carter’s Valley,Jackson spent the night at Long Meadow,home of the Young family. At that time, he was accompanied by his "little Indian" —a young orphan whose parents were killed in an Indian battle led by Jackson.	Gallery	$165.⁰⁰ per night Room Availability Book Online
President Andrew Johnson Suite Large Spacious Room with Private Bath King Size Bed with decorative fireplace TV with DVD, Phone, Wireless Internet, Hairdryers History The third President of the United States to "spend the night at the Hale Springs Inn"would have been President Andrew Johnson.More… A tailor by trade,Johnson and his family came from North Carolina to Greeneville about 1826 where he married Eliza McCardle, the daughter of a Scottish shoemaker.She taught him to write and to solve simple arithmetic problemsand encouraged him to read and to study.They had five children. Johnson’s political beliefs were strongly influenced by a fellow Tennessean, Andrew Jackson.Like Jackson, Johnson had firm faith in the common people and saw himself as their champion against great landowners who controlled Tennessee. He entered politics in 1828 – the year Jackson was elected President. A group of friends entered him as a candidate for alderman and he won a place on the Greeneville Town Council.After three terms, he was elected Mayor and in 1835, voters sent him to the Tennessee House of Represenatives. In 1843 he was elected to the U.S. Congress and in 1851 when his Opponents gerrymandered his congressional district so that the Whigs had a Majority,so instead of running for Congress, he ran for governor of Tennessee And was easily elected. He returned to Washington in 1857 as U. S. Senator and his stand "in Favor of both the Union and slavery" made him a logical compromise candidate For President. Tennessee voted for him in the 1860 Democratic convention,but he Withdrew his name and supported Democrat John C. Breckinridge. He was a big opponent of secession – but while East Tennessee supported Johnson’s position, the state as a whole voted to secede. In 1862,Lincoln appointed Johnson military governor of Tennessee and he held free elections for "Tennessee voters who would take an oath against the Rebellion and would accept the Emancipation Proclamation." Johnson’s devotion to the Union and his record as military governor made Him a national figure. And he was elected vice president in 1864. Lincoln was assassinated in April, 1865, and Johnson took the oath of Office the next morning. Impeachment charges were later brought against Johnson but he was acquitted and the result "saved the power and prestige of the Presidency." Johnson’s last important official act was a proclamation on Christmas Day, 1868,of a complete pardon for all Southerners who had taken part in the Civil War. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1874, and thus became the only former President to serve as a Senator. After returning to Tennessee,Johnson visited his daughter at Carter Station where he suffered a paralytic stroke and died in July 31, 1875. He was buried in Greeneville .Mrs. Johnson died there five and a half months later and was buried beside her husband.	Gallery	$165.⁰⁰ per night Room Availability Book Online
President James K. Polk Large Spacious 2 room suite with private bath King Size Bed with decorative fireplace TV with DVD, Phone, Wireless Internet, Hairdryers Full Sit down Breakfast History On July 29, 1839,James K. Polk, who had served in the U.S. Congress from 1825 to 1839,visitedRogersville during his campaign for Governor of Tennessee.More… A big celebration was hosted by Mayor Dicks Alexander and the Town Council,with speeches on the courthouse lawn lasting most of the day. Polk spent the night at McKinney’s Tavern(now the Hale Springs Inn) before going on to Rutledge on July 30 and to Tazewell on the 31st. In the election held in August, 1839,Polk, a Democrat, carried Hawkins County over Newton Cannon, Whig, by a vote of 1,433 to 804. Statewide, Polk defeated Cannon by a vote of 54,012 to 51,396. Polk went on to defeat former Senator Henry Clay for the Presidency in 1845. Clay, from Kentucky,had Rogersville ties through the Clay- Kenner family whose "Kenner House" stands on the grounds of the H. B. Stamps Memorial Library in Rogersville.	Gallery	$165.⁰⁰ per night Room Availability Book Online
Carl and Janet Netherland-Brown Large spacious Room with Private Bath King Size Bed Decorative Fireplace TV with DVD, Phone, Wireless Internet, Hairdryers Full Sit down Breakfast History Carl Netherland-Brown was born in McMinn County, Tennessee but grew up in Miami where he began a career as a sailor at age 16.More… The Netherland- Browns, along with Carl’s mother, Elizabeth, were on a trip from Athens, TN to Beckley, WVA (Janet’s hometown) in 1973. Elizabeth said "if you drive through Rogersville I’ll show you where Uncle John Netherland lived." Elizabeth was a member of the prominent Netherland family and Rosemont was built by John Netherland, who married Susan McKinney, the daughter of John McKinney who built Hale Springs Inn. The Netherland Inn at Kingsport was built by Richard Netherland. Carl and Janet "fell in love" with Rosemont -- the Netherland home at the corner of Colonial Road and Main St.They contacted the owner -- a relative who lived in Knoxville-- and after many phone calls she agreed to sell the house to them in the spring of 1976. While restoration of Rosemont was going on, the Browns would stay at the Hale Springs Hotel when visiting Rogersville. "Miss Mollie" Gray was living at the hotel in an apartment on the first floor, but new owners needed the apartment for their quarters and she was moved to a room on the second floor. The hotel was for sale again and Carl purchased it in 1982.Restoration began immediately – one of the first jobs was constructing a new apartment on the second floor for "Miss Mollie." Carl’s career as a sailor began with summer jobs aboard merchant ships outbound from Miami to the Caribbean. For 13 years he served aboard a number of different merchant vessels and completed a two-year tour with the U. S. Navy. At age 29,he was named Captain of the cruise ship S/S Bahama Star – the youngest man to ever hold such a position in the history of the Eastern Steamship Line. After his tenure as Captain, Carl served as a harbor pilot for the Port of Miami -- retiring after 23 years of service and over 39 years at sea. After his retirement, the family, including their son, Louis, moved into Rosemont and completed restoration of the Hale Springs Inn. They operated the Inn until 1999. The Inn was later sold to the Rogersville Heritage Association.	Gallery	$155.⁰⁰ per night Room Availability Book Online
Winfield B. "Hap" Hale III 2 Queen Beds Large Spacious Room with private bath TV with DVD, Phone, Wireless Internet, Hairdryers Full Sit down Breakfast History Winfield Berry "Hap" Hale III was born January 23, 1919,in Rogersville, TN to Winfield Berry Hale Jr. and Alma Phillips Hale. He was educated at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, graduating in May, 1941, summa cum laude.More… He volunteered for military service in June, 1941, and was trained as a Marine fighter pilot at Jacksonville, FL. He spent two and a half years in the South Pacific, flying from Air-craft carriers, and the islands of Midway,Biniau and Guadadalcanal. He was the direct descendant of Colonal James Richards and Phillip Smith Hale, founders and proprietors of the Hale Springs Resort, for which this Inn is named.	Gallery	$145.⁰⁰ per night Room Availability Book Online
James Wood Rogan Large Spacious Room with private bath Queen Size Bed with decorative fireplace TV with DVD, Phone, Wireless Internet, Hairdryers Full Sit down Breakfast History One of Rogersville’s early prominent citizens was James Woods Rogan— a school teacher,merchant,farmer, land developer, deacon and elder of the RogersvillePresbyterian Church,the town’s first historian who took time to write his memoirs which became a valuable resource material for succeeding generations. More… Among the oldest pieces of furniture in the Hale Springs Inn area bed and dresser that were donated to the Inn by his family. James married Margaret McKinney, daughter of John A. McKinney, from whom she inherited a thriving grocery and hardware business in 1845.Rogan assumed operation of the business and continued its operation until 1883 when his son, A. B. Rogan, acquired the property. James Woods Rogan was the first of the Rogan family to settle in Rogersville. He was the eldest of nine children born to James and Sarah Netherland Rogan. Early in life, James Woods Rogan moved to Talladega, AL, with his parents,but he returned to Tennessee to complete his education.He was in the 1844 graduating class at U-T. He taught school for a time but was dissatisfied with it, allowing that he "would rather split rails than keep school." In 1859,he published a series of memoirs and sketches of early life in Rogersville in Robert D. Powel’s State Sentinel. He founded Rogan Hardware Co. which operated in Rogersville until 1947. Rogan and A. P. Caldwell developed and opened one of the first additions to the town of Rogersville on a tract of land bounded on the north by the Town Knobs, on the east by Hasson St., on the south by the Presbyterian Church property and on the west by the Federal Spring tract. James Woods Rogan died in 1891, at the home of his daughter Fanny (Mrs. J. Lynn) Bachman in Sweetwater.	Gallery	$145.⁰⁰ per night Room Availability Book Online
Mollie Gray Large Spacious Room Handicapped Accessible Bath Queen Size Bed with decorative fireplace TV with DVD, Phone, Wireless Internet, Hairdryers Full Sit down Breakfast History "Miss Mollie" was the last of four generations to occupy Rosemont,the home of John and Susan McKinney Netherland,before it was purchased and then restored by Carl and Janet Netherland-Brown.After the Rosemont sale,she moved into a suite at the Hale Springs Inn and lived there until her death. The land for Rosemont—on the southeastern corner of Main St. andColonial Rd.--was a gift from John McKinney to his daughter, Susan. McKinney was the builder of the Hale Springs Inn, which is older than Rosemont.More… When Rosemont was sold,many of the contents were given to Netherland Inn in Kingsport—including the dining room table and four Windsor chairs which were a wedding gift from Susan’s father. Susan’s father-in-law, ran the historic old Inn at the Boatyard in Kingsport,when the Netherland family lived on "the island" there. According to "Miss Mollie"her ancestor, John Austine McKinney,came from Coleraine, Ireland. The story goes that when he graduated from the University of Edinburgh and decided to come to America,he put his Bible and a copy of Horace in his pocket and boarded a sailing vessel. Landing on the coast of New England, he found the climate too severe and headed South.Traveling"The Wilderness Road, " he came to Rogersville, where his horse died. Breaking his last bank note to have the horse buried,McKinney settled in Rogersville and "the rest is history." Miss Mollie’s corner cupboard, which she inherited through her Stamps family connection, was donated to the Hale Springs Inn by Janet Netherland-Brown and can be seen in the small dining room on the first floor.	Gallery	$145.⁰⁰ per night Room Availability Book Online
Joseph & Mary Amis Rogers Standard Size Room with Private Bath Queen Size Bed TV with DVD, Phone, Wireless Internet, Hairdryers Full Sit down Breakfast History Joseph Rogers was born August 21, 1764,in Tyrone County, Ireland.He immigrated to America in 1781, through the port of Philadelphia. He came to North Carolina and found work on the Thomas Amis plantation On Big Creek.History Amis had moved from his home in Bladen County to the westernCountry and had established a new home on Big Creek. It was here that Joseph Rogers met and married Mary Amis, daughter of Thomas, on October 24, 1786, When Joseph was 22 and Mary was 16 or 18. (There is some controversy about Mary’s age—her gravestone gives 1768 as her birthdate while Rogers family Records give 1770.) Tradition says that the young couple eloped as the relationship between Rogers and Thomas Amis was strained and remained so for several years until grandchildren began to arrive. Tradition also relates that during the early years of the marriage,Amis one day sent word for Rogers to come to the Amis plantation on Big Creek for a meeting.When Rogers failed to show, Amis saddled his horse and rode the three or four miles to the Rogers Tavern and called Joseph out. Amis then struck Rogers across the face with his riding crop and left him with the admonition that "when I send for you again, you had better come." Rogers and his brother-in-law, James Hagan, who had married RachaelAmis, a younger sister of Mary Amis Rogers, formed a partnership in 1787 For the purpose of buying, selling, trading and speculating in land. In 1789,Rogers and Hagan petitioned the North Carolina legislature To establish the Town of Rogersvilleat Hawkins Court House. The petition was Granted and the partners proceeded to lay out a square town site on the east side Of the tract acquired from Robert Crockett. Rogers was an astute merchant, innkeeper, justice of the peace and shrewd land speculator.He operated a store with his brother-in-law James Hagan, managed his various tracts of land, his taverns, his fish trap in the Holston River(which can still be seen at low tide just west of the H.B. Day Bridge), his Orchards, his distillery, his blacksmith shop…a stockholder and director of the first bank established in Rogersville and was named postmaster at Rogersville when the U.S. Postal Department established the first post office in Tennessee in 1792. Joseph and Mary had 14 children. Joseph died November 6, 1833; his wife Mary died November 30, 1833, both around midnight.They are buried in the Rogers Cemetery near the big spring near the site of their first cabin between Rogers Street and Rogan Road. There are a number of Rogers descendants who still reside in or near Rogersville. The portraits of Joseph and Mary, painted by the painter, W. H. Scarborough,are now in the possession of the family of the late George Webster, formerly of Rogersville, in Washington, D.C.	Gallery	$125.⁰⁰ per night Room Availability Book Online
Jacob E. Miller Standard Size Room with private bath Queen Size Bed with decorative fireplace TV with DVD, Phone, Wireless Internet, Hairdryers Full Sit down Breakfast History Jacob Eastman Miller was born in Hawkins County on December 17, 1813, son of John and Cynthia Charles Miller, grandson of Peter & Sybil Pitzer Miller. Peter & Sybil Miller settled on Miller's Island in the Holston River in 1780. Their journey started in Pennsylvania where their children were born, stopped off for a while in Virginia and eventually came down the Holston River into Hawkins County.More… Their oldest son, Jacob, settled on the north side of the Holston River on land presently (or recently) owned by Neil Miller in the area known as Yellow Store (for the general store that once stood nearby). He served in the 13th General Assembly of the Tennessee State Legislature and was active in the Surgoinsville community. Their son, John, settled on the south side of the Holston River and owned land later occupied by his son. The area is on Honeycutt Road and has in times past been known as Chambers Bottom. Their daughter, POlly, married Henry Burem. They also settled on the banks of the Holston River in the area of the present Webster farm on Burem Road. Jacob Miller whose nickname was "Hogback" was a business man, President of the Bank of Tennessee in Rogersville. He served as Sheriff of Hawkins County from 1844-1846 and in 1847 was elected to a term as Representative in the 27th Tennessee General Assembly. During the Civil War he was Captain of a Home Guard unit formed in 1863 known as the "Beech Creek Jerkers". Late in the war, when Union soldiers gained control of the area, Confederate soldiers/sympathizers were forced to leave the County to avoid physical harm or death and Jacob went to Grayson County, Virginia. In December 1864, his oldest son left his unit, 19th Tennessee Infantry CSA, to take his stepmother to Virginia to bring Jacob home. He was very ill with "dropsey" (swelling of feet and legs) indicating that he had probably had a heart attack and was suffering from congestive heart failure as a result. The trip in winter was long and arduous to get to him, and Daniel feared the journey home would be very difficult. Jacob did not live to make the trip and died on December 23 1864 in Virginia	Gallery	$125.⁰⁰ per night Room Availability Book Online

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