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| | Goodspeed's History of Tennessee Carter County 1887 |
 | | The principal stream in the county is Watauga, which reccives Buffalo Creek and Doe River from the south, and Stony Creek from the north. |
 | | The vicinity of Watauga River in Carter County is one of the most historic spots in the state since it was along this stream that the first permanent settlement was made. |
 | | Andrew J. Peebles, a minister and farmer, was born in Carter County, January 16, 1829, the son of William and Elizabeth (Sheets) Peebles, the former a native of Carter County, and died in 1875, at the age of eighty-nine. |
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