Noted Henderson Co NC historian Jennie Jones Giles has developed an informative and enjoyable website which is a must for anyone interested in the history of Henderson County. \u00a0Jennie was a reporter for the Hendersonville Times News and wrote many articles regarding the history of the county. \u00a0One of these was an in-depth study of the cemeteries of Henderson County, both private and church, which is invaluable for all researchers. \u00a0She is responsible for bringing awareness of the cemetery conditions and is undoubtedly the reason many were preserved.<\/p>\n
Jennie teaches Henderson County history classes at Blue Ridge Community College and conducts field trips to different county communities in conjunction with the classes. \u00a0Jennie is an excellent and knowledgable researcher. \u00a0Her research has helped clear up several history mistakes with documented fact.<\/p>\n
The first semester of the class concentrates on prehistory, native American, Revolutionary War and the geography of the county up to the Civil War. \u00a0The second semester picks up with the Civil War, Reconstruction Era, the arrival of rail transportation and telegraph\/telephone communication up to present day Henderson County.<\/p>\n
The website,\u00a0http:\/\/hendersonheritage.com<\/a> , includes the following:<\/p>\n History and Heritage – the history of the formation of the county, it’s people, religion, geography and the role of the first settlers in the Revolutionary War, \u00a0industry, mining, slavery, tourism and much more.<\/p>\n Historic Cemeteries – A work in progress, this section includes at present Mills River and Mountain Page cemeteries as well the burial sites of Revolutionary War soldiers. \u00a0Check back often for new additions<\/p>\n Communities – currently includes Mills River and Mountain Page, more will be added<\/p>\n Unsolved Triple Murder – \u00a0In 1966 three people, two of them prominent Hendersonville residents, were viciously murdered. \u00a0The crime was never officially solved. \u00a0In 2006 Jennie Jones Giles wrote a continuing newspaper articles recounting the crime and follow up investigations. \u00a0A fascinating account, anyone connected with Henderson County during that time will find this insightful and thought provoking.<\/p>\n http:\/\/hendersonheritage.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Noted Henderson Co NC historian Jennie Jones Giles has developed an informative and enjoyable website which is a must for anyone interested in the history of Henderson County. \u00a0Jennie was a reporter for the Hendersonville Times News and wrote many articles regarding the history of the county. \u00a0One of these was an in-depth study of Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/henderson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/henderson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/henderson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/henderson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/henderson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/henderson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/henderson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/henderson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/henderson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}