Claiborne County was formed in 1801 from parts of Hawkins
and Grainger Counties and later lost parts of its territory
to Hancock and Union
Counties and others. The Edward B. Walker clan began
settling the northeastern corner of the county sometime
around 1817, including areas that became Hancock County
in 1844.
Until the early 1840s, most of the Walkers in the area
of Mulberry Creek, Little Sycamore Creek, and Hoop Creek
in the valley between Powell Mountain and Little Ridge
[topographic
map].
Currently, the post office names for the area seem to
be Tazewell for the Claiborne County side and Sneedville
across the Hancock County border, but other names in
the area include or have included:
Beginning in the 1840s, many of the Walkers remaining
in the county followed the valley down to the Clinch
River, about 20 miles away, settling in the area of
Walker's Ford or nearby
locations. By the close of the Civil War, there were
only a handful of relatives living in the Mulberry Creek
area. Today, there are still living relatives in both
locations. The area once known as Walker's Ford [topographic
map]
included or was near locations on the Claiborne County
side such as:
The modern post office name for the area is New Tazewell.
On the Union County side, the modern post office name
is Maynardville, and location names included: