Knoxville:

History and Genealogy:
The East Tennessee History Center. Knoxville, TN
(865) 215-8732, 8801
601 S Gay Street at Clinch Ave.
M, TU 9-8:30, We-Fr. 9-5:30, SA 9-5, SU 1-5
Knoxville, TN

More at Thomas Family Genealogy sources.

University of Tennessee
Sevierville:
See maps at the Thomas Family Genealogy site

Train + Rental Car for 3 days = $230 (18 hrs.)
             Air + Rental Car = $340 (7 hrs)
       Car: 662 mi. @ $0.30/mi= $400 round trip (11 hrs)

Amtrak: Newark (NWK) to Charlotte, NC or Greenville, SC (GRV)

3 hrs. to Wash DC, 10:25 from Wash DC to Greenville $98 each way.

Air:
Newark to Charlotte: non-stop $377 (United, Continental), 1 stop $220-240 UA
             to Nashville: non-stop $304 (Cont.), 1 stop - $256 UA
             to Atlanta: Non-stop $213
Charlotte to Sevierville Car: 4:25 hrs.
Atlanta to Sevierville Car: 4:43

Free internet at Macleod's restaurant - 501 Market St., Across from Krutch Park
Also McClung Lib. (above)