Mission History

Church statistics for the state of Tennessee.


Stories about the first Smoky Mountain members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the missionaries who taught them (1892-1939).


Knoxville Stake History: Volume 1: 1834-1996
and
Volume 2: 1996-2022

Documented history of the Knoxville Stake.


On August 10, 1884, at a farmhouse on the east fork of Cane Creek several Mormon missionaries and their followers were attacked by a mob of disguised citizens. Killed were two missionaries, Elders William S. Berry and John H. Gibbs.

Tennessee’s Mormon Massacre Marker

Northcutts Cove Chapel

The oldest existing Church building in the Southeast was dedicated in Northcutts Cove in 1909. Watch a video here.