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Lee L. Powers

Best remembered as a local historian and civic leader, this East Tennessee native wrote a detailed family and regional history centered on early pioneer Thomas Jarnagin. His work reflects a deep interest in Southern Appalachian roots and the people who shaped them.

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The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.

The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.

by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Silloway, Lee L. Powers

About the author

Lee L. Powers, also identified in library records as Lee Leeper Powers, was an American author connected with Lake Lure, North Carolina, and originally from Morristown, Tennessee. Records for his book Captain Thomas Jarnagin, 1746-1802 describe it as the story of an early Tennessee pioneer and his wife, and list an expanded corrected edition published in 1985 by L.L. Powers.

Beyond his writing, Powers appears to have been a prominent figure in the Lake Lure area. A town resolution honoring the Powers family says he was born in 1899, moved to Lake Lure after the 1929 stock market crash, worked in construction and financing, helped guide major local projects, and served in the North Carolina General Assembly in 1945.

Only a small amount of biographical information about him is readily available online, but the surviving record suggests a writer whose historical interests grew directly out of family history, regional memory, and public service. Another book source also credits him as co-author, with Thomas W. Silloway, of The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland.