RFN: 150
According to a feature story in the Jellico, TN Advance Sentinel dated
May 6, 1992 and titled: Archer-Douglas Families Studied", James L.
Archer was an early settler in northern Campbell County, moving to the
Hoot Owl Hollow area on a Kentucky landgrant. Before 1830, Kentucky
claimed land south of the current state line (Tennessee) and many
landgrants, some as far south as Stinking Creek and "the narrows" were
issued by that state.
The article goes on to say that James and Nancy had at least two sons
that served with Union Forces in the Civil War. Although James owned
five slaves, he was in favor of the Union cause. A large muster site
called "Camp Pine Knot" was established on a knoll of Pine Mountain on
his property. When he died in 1862, he was buried in the family
cemetery at the site of the soldier's camp. The children of James L.
Archer and the offspring of another early settler, Mathew Douglas,
became a long association that still liinks the two families.
The article continues saying that a local landmark was named to honor
James Archer. The highest point on Pine Mountain, above Hoot Owl
Hollow, is called "Archers".

• Married: 1828

1. Nancy ARCHER b: 02 Oct 1832 in Jellico, Campbell County, Tennessee