Barrs Chapel C.M.E Church
 
Dr. Spurgeon King, Associate Director of the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, holds a B.S. in History and International Affairs from Florida State University, and two degrees from Middle Tennessee State University—a M.A.in History and Historic Preservation and Ph.D. in Public History. King worked for many years as a preservation consultant in upstate New York, where he also taught history courses at Finger Lakes Community College and historic preservation at Syracuse University. He has taught public history, U.S. history, and Tennessee history courses at MTSU since 2009.

King just finished serving as editor for The Civil War in Appalachia (Tennessee Historical Society, 2012), a forthcoming anthology in the Tennessee Historical Society’s Civil War Series, “Tennessee in the Civil War: The Best of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly," edited by Carroll Van West. King is currently working on publication of his dissertation on the Civil War in East Tennessee, has written two book reviews and a book review essay for the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, and is currently completing a third book review for the Quarterly. He has also written four Civil War entries for the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture (on-line edition).

King’s academic interests include historic preservation and Civil War history, particularly in East Tennessee. As a doctoral fellow at the Center for Historic Preservation/Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, King completed a variety of preservation and Civil War-related projects. He is currently directing a historic structure assessment for Sabine Hill, home of Gen. Nathaniel Taylor and family in Elizabethton, Tennessee.