Anderson County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Anderson County, Tennessee]] [[Category: Appalachia Counties]] Welcome to Anderson County, Tennessee!
Anderson County was created from parts of [[Space:Grainger_County%2C_Tennessee|Grainger]] and [[Space:Knox_County%2C_Tennessee|Knox]] counties. Anderson County was the site of the Fraterville Mine Disaster. This coal mine explosion, on May 19, 1902, resulted in at least 216 deaths, and is the worst mining accident in Tennessee history. [[Space:Fraterville_Mine_Disaster_1902|Fraterville Mine Disaster]] On December 9, 1911, an explosion at the Cross Mountain Mine took 84 lives. [[Space:Cross_Mountain_Mine_Disaster_1911|Cross Mountain Mine Disaster]] === Historic Sites/Landmarks === [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Anderson_County,_Tennessee National Register of Historic Places, Anderson County] ==Geography== Anderson County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Anderson County is also part of the Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Space:Campbell_County%2C_Tennessee|Campbell County]] - (north) * [[Space:Union_County%2C_Tennessee|Union County]] - (northeast) * [[Space:Knox_County%2C_Tennessee|Knox County]] - (southeast) * [[Space:Loudon_County%2C_Tennessee|Loudon County]] - (south) * [[Space:Roane_County%2C_Tennessee|Roane County]] - (southwest) * [[Space:Morgan_County%2C_Tennessee|Morgan County]] - (west) * [[Space:Scott_County_Tennessee|[Scott County]] - (northwest) ===Protected areas=== * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project_National_Historical_Park Manhattan Project National Historical Park] (part) * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Dam_State_Park Norris Dam State Park] * North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area (part) ==Government Offices== *[https://andersoncountyclerk.com/ Anderson County, Tennessee, County Clerk] ==Communities== ===Cities=== *[[:Category:Clinton, Tennessee|Clinton]] County seat *[[:Category:Norris, Tennessee|Norris]] *[[:Category:Oak Ridge, Tennessee|Oak Ridge]] *[[:Category:Rocky Top, Tennessee|Rocky Top]] ===Towns=== *[[:Category:Oliver Springs, Tennessee|Oliver Springs]] === Census-designated places === *[[:Category:Andersonville, Tennessee|Andersonville]] === Unincorporated Communities === *Beech Grove *Belmont *Bethel *Braytown *[[:Category:Briceville, Tennessee|Briceville]] *Buffalo *[[:Category:Claxton, Tennessee|Claxton]] *[[:Category:Devonia, Tennessee|Devonia]] *[[:Category:Fork Mountain, Tennessee|Fork Mountain]] *[[:Category:Fraterville, Tennessee|Fraterville]] *[[:Category:Heiskell, Tennessee|Heiskell]] *King Arthur Court *[[:Category:Marlow, Tennessee|Marlow]] *Medford *[[:Category:Stainville, Tennessee|Stainville]] ==Resources and Records== === On WikiTree=== *[[:Category: Anderson County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Anderson County, Tennessee Cemeteries]] *[[:Category: Anderson County, Tennessee, Schools |Anderson County, Tennessee Schools]] === On the Internet === *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Anderson_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Anderson County, Tennessee, Genealogy on FamilySearch] *[https://tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society] *[http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/anderson/ Anderson County Genealogy Trails] *[https://www.easttnhistory.org/ East Tennessee Historical Society] *[https://pellissippi.org/ Anderson County Historical Society] ==Sources==
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Bedford County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Bedford County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Bedford County, Tennessee!
=== Historic Sites/Landmarks === * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Bedford_County,_Tennessee National Register of Historic Places, Bedford County] ==Geography== Bedford County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. ===Adjacent counties=== * Rutherford County (north) * [[Space:Coffee_County%2C_Tennessee|Coffee County]] (east) * [[Space:Moore_County%2C_Tennessee|Moore County]] (southeast) * [[Space:Lincoln_County%2C_Tennessee|Lincoln County]] (south) * Marshall County (west) ===Protected areas=== *Normandy Wildlife Management Area ==Government Offices== *[https://www.bedfordcountytn.gov/government/county_clerk/index.php Bedford County Clerk] ==Communities== ===Cities=== * [[:Category:Shelbyville, Tennessee|Shelbyville]] (county seat) ===Towns=== * [[:Category:Bell Buckle, Tennessee|Bell Buckle]] * [[:Category:Normandy, Tennessee|Normandy]] * [[:Category:Wartrace, Tennessee|Wartrace]] === Census-designated places === * [[:Category:Unionville, Tennessee|Unionville]] === Unincorporated Communities === * Branchville * Bugscuffe * Center Grove * Cortner's Station * Fairfield * Fall Creek * [[:Category:Flat Creek, Tennessee|Flat Creek]] * Haley's Station * Hawthorne * Mount Harmond * Palmetto * Pleasant Grove * [[:Category:Poplins Crossroads, Tennessee|Poplin's Crossroads]] * Raus * Richmond * Roseville * [[:Category:Rover, Tennessee|Rover]] * Wheel ==Resources and Records== === On WikiTree=== *[[:Category: Bedford County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Bedford County Cemeteries]] === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Bedford County, Tennessee, Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-bedford-county Genealogical Fact Sheets] * [https://tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/bedford/ Bedford County Genealogy Trails] * [https://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/ Bedford County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/bedford/bedford.html Bedford County USGenWeb Archives] ==Sources==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee Bedford County on Wikipedia]
Benton County, Tennessee
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Bledsoe County, Tennessee
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Blount County, Tennessee
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Bradley County, Tennessee
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Campbell County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Campbell County, Tennessee]] [[Category: Appalachia Counties]] Welcome to Campbell County, Tennessee!
"New Mammoth Cave, located in Elk Valley, just west of Jellico, was mined for saltpeter (the main ingredient of gunpowder) during the War of 1812. It is possible that this cave was also mined during the Civil War. In 1921 the cave was developed as a tourist attraction and was open to the public until at least 1928. Today, New Mammoth Cave is securely gated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is a sanctuary for bats, including the federally endangered Indiana bat."
"During the Civil War, the county's sympathies were predominantly with the Union. On June 8, 1861, Campbell Countians rejected Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession by a vote of 1,094 to 60.[6] On August 1, 1861, Campbell County became the first Tennessee county to form a Union Army unit for the Civil War, organizing Company B of the 1st Tennessee Infantry at Jacksboro."
On May 5, 1943, an explosion at the La Follette Mine caused 10 deaths. [[Space:LaFollette_Mine_Disaster_1943|LaFollette Mine Disaster 1943]], ==Geography== Campbell County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Campbell County is also part of the Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. "According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 498 square miles (1,290 km2), of which 480 square miles (1,200 km2) is land and 18 square miles (47 km2) (3.6%) is water. "
"Campbell County is situated amidst a geological border region between the Cumberland Plateau in the northwest and the Appalachian Ridge-and-Valley Range in the southeast. This border area is characterized by several large, elongate ridges, namely Cross Mountain in the west and Cumberland Mountain, Walnut Mountain, and Pine Mountain to the north. Elevations vary widely across the county, ranging from 3,534 feet (1,077 m) at Cross Mountain to slightly less than 1,000 feet (300 m) a few miles away at Norris Lake. Norris Lakeโ an artificial reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930sโ is the main body of water in the region. It is fed by the Clinch and Powell rivers as well as several large creeks, most notably Davis Creek, Big Creek, and Cove Creek. Cove Creek also feeds the much smaller Cove Lakeโ a recreational lake built by TVA in the 1930s as part of the Norris projectโ which is located near Caryville."
"View across Cumberland Mountain from the Cumberland Trail Most of the county's residents live in the southern half of the county, where La Follette, Jacksboro, and Caryville are located. Jellico, located along the Tennessee-Kentucky border, is the most notable populated area in the county's plateau section."
"Portions of the county north of Walnut Mountain are part of the Cumberland River watershed. Portions of the county south of Walnut Mountain are part of the Tennessee River watershed. In the northwestern part of the county a large valley, known as Elk Valley, runs from southwest to northeast, from Pioneer to Jellico."
===Adjacent counties=== * Whitley County, Kentucky (north) * [[Space:Claiborne_County%2C_Tennessee|Claiborne County]] (east) * [[Space:Union_County%2C_Tennessee|Union County]] (southeast) * [[Space:Anderson_County%2C_Tennessee|Anderson County]] (south) * [[Space:Scott_County_Tennessee|Scott County]] (west) * McCreary County, Kentucky (northwest) ===State protected areas=== # Chuck Swan State Forest (part) # Cove Creek Wildlife Management Area # [https://tnstateparks.com/parks/cove-lake Cove Lake State Park] # Cumberland Trail (part) # Indian Mountain State Park # Norris Dam State Park (part) # North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area (part) ==Government Offices== * [http://www.campbellcountytn.gov/ Campbell County, TN official site] ==Demographics== "As of the census[15] of 2000, there were 39,854 people, 16,125 households, and 11,577 families residing in the county. The population density was 83 people per square mile (32/kmยฒ). There were 18,527 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile (15/kmยฒ). The racial makeup of the county was 98.13% White, 0.30% Black or African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. 0.67% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race."
"There were 16,125 households out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.30% were married couples living together, 12.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.91."
"In the county, the population was spread out with 22.90% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 25.50% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.90 males."
"The median income for a household in the county was $25,285, and the median income for a family was $30,197. Males had a median income of $26,762 versus $19,138 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,301. About 18.40% of families and 22.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.00% of those under age 18 and 17.70% of those age 65 or over."
==Communities== ===Cities=== *[[:Category:Jellico, Tennessee|Jellico]] *[[:Category:LaFollette, Tennessee|LaFollette]] *[[:Category:Rocky Top, Tennessee|Rocky Top]] ===Towns=== *[[:Category:Caryville, Tennessee|Caryville]] *[[:Category:Jacksboro, Tennessee|Jacksboro]] County Seat ===Unincorporated Communities=== * Alder Springs * Anthras * Block * Clinchmore * Coolidge * Cotula * Duff *[[:Category:Elk Valley, Tennessee|Elk Valley]] * Habersham * Morley *[[:Category:Newcomb, Tennessee|Newcomb]] * Pinecrest *[[:Category:Pioneer, Tennessee|Pioneer]] *[[:Category:Stinking Creek, Tennessee|Stinking Creek]] # Stony Fork *[[:Category:Vasper, Tennessee|Vasper]] * Westbourne * White Oak * Wooldridge * Wynn ==County Resources== === On WikiTree === #[[:Category: Campbell County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Campbell County Cemeteries]] === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Campbell_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Campbell County on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-campbell-county Campbell County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/campbell/ Campbell County Genealogy Trails] * [http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/history/index.html Campbell County, TN Genweb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/campbell/campbell.html Campbell County USGenWeb Archives] * [http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/47013 Census quick facts] * [https://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/Historical-Society/index.html Campbell County Historical Society] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20071010141951/http://co.campbell.tn.us/history.html Archives] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_County,_Tennessee Campbell County on WikiPedia] *[http://www.campbellcountytn.gov/ Official website] * Goodspeed's History of Tennessee: Containing Historical and Biographical Sketches of Thirty East Tennessee Counties, (1927). Reprinted from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, 1887. Nashville: Charles and Randy Elder Booksellers. FamilySearch.org. [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE220756&from=fhd eBook]. ==Sources==
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Cannon County, Tennessee
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Carroll County, Tennessee
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Carter County, Tennessee
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
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[[Category: Hamilton County, Tennessee]] [[Category: Chattanooga, Tennessee]] ====Chattanooga==== *Hamilton County, population 173,778 *[http://www.chattanooga.gov/ City of Chattanooga]
Cheatham County, Tennessee
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Chester County, Tennessee
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Claiborne County, Tennessee
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Clay County, Tennessee
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Cocke County, Tennessee
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Coffee County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Coffee County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Coffee County, Tennessee!
=== Coffee County Notables === ==Geography== Coffee County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Coffee County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Space:Cannon_County%2C_Tennessee|Cannon County]] (north) * [[Space:Warren_County%2C_Tennessee|Warren County]] (northeast) * Grundy County (east) * [[Space:Franklin_County%2C_Tennessee|Franklin County, Tennessee]] (south) * [[Space:Moore_County%2C_Tennessee|Moore County, Tennessee]] (southwest) * [[Space:Bedford_County%2C_Tennessee|Bedford County, Tennessee]] (west) * Rutherford County (northwest) ==Government Offices== # [https://www.coffeecountytn.gov/ Coffee County website] ==Resources and Records== === On WikiTree=== #[[:Category:Coffee County, Tennessee, Cemeteries|Coffee County Cemeteries]] # Pensioners of 1840 resident in Coffee co. TN: SHERRELL, George D., 77, head of household
PEARSON, Sterling, 87, living with Ellis Pearson
PEARSON, Charles, 80, living with William Pearson
TAILOR, Lewis, 79, head of household
NELSON, John, 84, head of household
JONES, Morton, 91, head of household
STREET, Isaac, 78, head of household === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Coffee_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Coffee County Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-coffee-county Coffee County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/coffee/ Coffee County Genealogy Trails] * [https://tngenweb.org/coffee/ Coffee County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/coffee/coffee.html Coffee County USGenWeb Archives] * [http://www.cctnhs.org/ Coffee County Historical Society] ==Communities== ===Cities=== * [[:Category:Manchester, Tennessee|Manchester]] county seat * [[:Category:Tullahoma, Tennessee|Tullahoma]] === Census-designated Places === * [[:Category:Hillsboro, Tennessee]] * Lakewood Park * New Union === Unincorporated Communities === * [[:Category:Beechgrove, Coffee County, Tennessee|Beechgrove]] * Belmont * Farrar Hill * Fudgearound * Noah * Pocahontas * [[:Category:Shady Grove, Coffee County, Tennessee|Shady Grove]] * Summitville ==See also== * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_County,_Tennessee Coffee County on Wikipedia]] ==Sources==
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Crockett County, Tennessee
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Cumberland County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Cumberland County, Tennessee]] [[Category: Appalachia Counties]] Welcome to Cumberland County, Tennessee!
===Historic Sites/Landmarks=== '''Cumberland County Playhouse'''
http://www.ccplayhouse.com/historyThe Cumberland County Playhouse is the only major non-profit professional performing arts resource in rural Tennessee and one of the 10 largest professional theaters in rural America. {{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-15.jpg |caption=Cumberland County Playhouse }} '''Pleasant Hill Academy'''
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/exhibits/preparatory/pleasant.shtmlPleasant Hill Academy was created to provide education to rural students on the Cumberland Plateau. The school was established by the American Missionary Association of the Congregational Christian Church and was a boarding school dedicated to liberal arts, sciences, agriculture and vocational training. The school was also accredited by the University of Tennessee, and all graduates were automatically accepted to UT. The school was active until 1946, when the Cumberland County school system acquired the property for a public school. {{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-8.jpg |caption=Pioneer Hall Museum }} From 1917 to 1920, one of Tennesseeโs pioneers in medicine, May C. Wharton, joined her husband Edwin at Pleasant Hill. She received her M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1905, and when her husband was named principal in 1917, she worked as the schoolโs physician until the Rev. Wharton died in 1920, including a difficult year during the 1919 flu epidemic. Dr. Wharton stayed in Pleasant Hill as the communityโs doctor and established a hospital in Pleasant Hill. '''Palace Theater'''
http://www.palacetheatre-crossville.com/The Palace theatre opened in November of 1938 and played an important part in the lives of many people and the community. The Palace is fully restored now and is a multi-use community auditorium and visitors' center. {{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-16.jpg |caption=The Palace Theater }} ''' Minister's Treehouse'''
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/13769Crossville was home to what was quite possibly the world's largest treehouse. Horace Burgess built the Treehouse and dedicated it to God. He has never ran out of building supplies. It towered over 100 feet with several stories. {{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-17.jpg |caption=Minister's Treehouse }} Tragically it burned down 23 Oct. 2019. The story made national news. '''Camp Crossville'''
https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/pow-camps-in-world-war-ii/During the Second World War, Tennessee was home to eleven prisoner-of-war camps. Four were large installations. Camp Crossville was built on the site of an abandoned 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps work camp on POW Camp Road near Crossville. Though nicknamed the โJap Campโ by local residents, the Crossville camp actually contained only Italian and German prisoners. The first prisoners sent there included roughly 1,500 Germans, most of whom were veterans of General Erwin Rommelโs Afrika Korps. Prisoners were treated very well: the mindset being โyou catch more flies with honey.โ They were allowed to order things from the Sears and Roebuck catalogue, and even plant trees and landscape within the camp walls. Some were allowed outside of camp to work on local farms. Nearly all the Tennessee POW camps established educational programs for the prisoners, and Camp Crossville also offered prisoners piano lessons! Gerhard G. Hennes was one of the prisoners held there. he published a book about his experiences, ''The Barbed Wire''. {{Image|file=Camp_Crossville-3.jpg |caption=The Barbed Wire }} The kindness extended to prisoners had a lasting impression, as many returned to visit the area postwar, and sent letters expressing their thanks. Several subsequently chose to move to the areas where they had been held captive. The POW Camp was officially closed in 1945. In 1949, Col. N.B. Morgan, District IV 4-H supervisor; Tim Gowder, Agricultural Extension engineer; and an ex-military officer first put into motion the plan to transform the facility to a 4-H camp. It is now the Clyde M. York 4-H Center. '''Talavera De La Reina Dinner Club'''
https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Talavera_De_La_Reina&public=1 The Hollywood of the Golden Years lived about 12 miles outside Crossville with Amy Ovie Garrett's Talavera De La Reina Dinner Club. She designed costumes for television and movies for 43 years and opened a dinner club here which closed in the 1990's. ==Geography== Cumberland County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Cumberland County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 685 square miles (1,774 km2), of which, 682 square miles (1,765 km2) of it is land and 3 square miles (9 km2) of it (0.49%) is water. ===Adjacent counties=== '''Cumberland County, Tennessee''' - Cumberland County was formed in 1856 from parts of Bledsoe, Roane, Morgan, Fentress, Rhea, Putnam, Overton, and White. Its county seat is Crossville. Cumberland County comprises the Crossville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. {{Geographic Location | Reference Location = Cumberland County,
[[:Category: Tennessee | Tennessee]] | NW Location = [[Space:Putnam_County%2C_Tennessee|Putnam County]] | N Location = [[Space:Fentress_County%2C_Tennessee|Fentress County]] | NE Location= [[Space:Morgan_County%2C_Tennessee|Morgan County]] | E Location = [[Space:Roane_County%2C_Tennessee|Roane County]] | SE Location =[[Space:Rhea_County%2C_Tennessee|Rhea County]] | S Location =[[Space:Bledsoe_County%2C_Tennessee|Bledsoe County]] | SW Location = [[Space:Van_Buren_County%2C_Tennessee|Van Buren County]] | W Location = [[Space:White_County%2C_Tennessee|White County]] }} ===Protected areas=== * Catoosa Wildlife Management Area
{{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-14.jpg |caption=Devils Breakfast Table }} * Cumberland Mountain State Park
Cumberland Mountain State Park wikipedia site, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Mountain_State_Park{{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-10.jpg |caption=Cumberland Mtn St Park Bridge and dam }} * Grassy Cove
Grassy Cove wikipedia site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassy_Cove{{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-22.jpg |caption=Grassy Cove as seen from Brady Mountain }} * Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park
Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park wikipedia site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_P._Wilson_Cumberland_Trail_State_Park{{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-20.jpg |caption=Black Mountain }} *Obed River
Obed River wikipedia site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obed_River{{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-21.jpg |caption=Obed River }} *Ozone Falls State Natural Area
Ozone Falls State Natural Area wikipedia site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_Falls_State_Natural_Area{{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-13.jpg |caption=Ozone Falls }} ==Government Offices== *'''Cumberland County Mayor''' Allen Foster *'''Cumberland County Clerk''' Jule Bryson *'''Cumberland County Circuit Court Clerk''' Jessica Burgess *'''Cumberland County Property Assessor''' David Simcox *'''Cumberland County Register of Deed''' Judy Graham Swallows ==Demographics== #General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc As of the census of 2010, there were 56,053 people, 23,791 households, and 16,954 families residing in the county. The population density was 82.3 people per square mile (32.1/kmยฒ). There were 28,151 housing units at an average density of 41.3 per square mile (16.1/kmยฒ).[16] The racial makeup of the county was 96.08% White, 0.3% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.1% from other races, and 1% from two or more races. 2.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. According to the 2014 American Community Survey the largest ancestry groups in Cumberland County were German (15%), American (14.8%), Irish (12.9%), and English (11.8%). There were 23,791 households out of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 28.7% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were one-person, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.72. The population was distributed by age as follows, with 19.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 20% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 26% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48.3 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males. According to the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the county was $30,901, and the median income for a family was $35,928. Males had a median income of $26,559 versus $20,644 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,808. About 11.10% of families and 14.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.80% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over. ==Communities and Populated Areas== The following is a list of communities that exist or used to exist in Cumberland County. *'''Alloway''' is located in southeastern part of the county near the Rhea County line. *'''Baker's Crossroads''' is located about six miles west of Crossville along Highway 70 along what was known as the Avery Trace and the Walton Road which together for a few miles west of Crossville. James C. Baker , a widower, and his son Jere and daughter-in-law Polly came from Ashe County, North Carolina in 1832. The area was in White County when he built a log house on 5,000 acres there. * '''Bethel''' is located South of Crossville along Hwy 127S. *'''Big Lick''' is located in southern Cumberland County near the Bledsoe County line. The name came from a salt lick. It was said the name was originally Deer Lick but the lick grew very large and the name was changed to Big Lick. The first known settlers were Lewis Bennett, the Bohannons, Browns, Crofts, Fryars, Houstons, Dick Morris, the Ormes, Rheas, Richardsons, J. Vervalin, Whiteheads, Williams and others. * '''Big Sandy''' is located in southeastern Cumberland County. * '''Bowman''' * '''Browntown''' is a neighborhood located south of Pleasant Hill and Hwy 70W. * '''Burgesstown''' * '''Burke''' is just south of Big Lick on the Bledsoe County line in the southern part of Cumberland County. The community is at the head of the Sequatchie Valley. * '''Campbell Junction''' * '''Center''' * '''Chestnut Hill''' is a neighborhood east-northeast of Crossville. * '''Claysville''' is a small community located between Pleasant Hill and Crossville. * '''Clifty''' is located about 18 miles from Sparta in White County and 10 miles from Pleasant Hill in Cumberland County in the western part of Cumberland County. Lumber and Coal led to Clifty becoming a boom town with a branch of the N.C. and St. L. RR running there. In its heyday the community boasted a Post Office, theater and other amenities. Little remains today. * '''Cold Springs''' * '''Creston''' was founded in 1900 and so named by its first postmaster W.T. Spencer. It is approximately 5 miles west of Crossville, * '''Cumberland Homesteads''' * '''Daysville''' was named for settler Samuel Day. It is located on Hwy 70 in the eastern portion of the county. * '''Dogwood''' *'''Dorton''' is located east of Crossville and is named for local attorney James W. Dorton. It once boasted a railway station for the Tennessee Central Railroad. * '''Dripping Springs''' is located in the northwestern corner of Cumberland County along Hwy 70 N. * '''Dykes Crossroads''' * '''Elmore''' is located in northwest Cumberland County between the Rinnie and Isoline communities. Two grandsons of Elisha Elmore were the first settlers of the community. Elisha had migrated to Old Genesis in 1827. His sons, John Allen Elmore married Katie Hyder and Daniel Elmore married her sister Thursey Hyder. Both raised large families. * '''Eramsus''' *'''Fairfield Glade''' began as a resort community by Fairfield Communties in the early 1970's. It now boasts over 4,000 residents and the second largest community in the county. * '''Fairyland''' is located southwest and adjacent to Crossville along Hwy 101 also known as Lantana Road. * '''Flat Rock''' * '''Flynns Cove''' * '''Genesis''' is located in the northwestern corner of Cumberland County. *'''Grassy Cove''' is located in southeastern Cumberland County. In 1801, John Ford, a Revolutionary War veteran from Virginia, ventured over Black Mountain on horseback and discovered a beautiful cove. The area is also the headwaters of the Sequatchie River. The cove floods occasionally because of the poor drainage but is a beautiful area. * '''Hales Chapel''' *'''Hebbertsburg''' is located on the eastern edge of Cumberland County along the Morgan County line. The first settlers in the area is thought to be the Reuben Hamby family who left North Carolina for political reasons. Hamby was a veteran of the War of 1812. The community was originally called Yellow Creek but was changed to Hebbertsburg in 1866 in honor of Hebbert Hamby, second postmaster of Yellow Creek and cousin of Reuben Hamby. * '''Howard Springs''' is a community about three miles west of Crossville on Hwy 70S originally known as Frost Road. Named in honor of John Howard. *'''Hydertown''' is located about two miles east of Crossville on the Old Rockwood Road near the Dayton Spur. *'''Isoline''' is located in the northern part of Cumberland County. The first known settlers in the area were the Terrells coming around the early 1800's. Legend has it a white man named Obediah "Obey" Terrell ventured into Indiana occupied territory and lived with them under a bluff on the river now called the Obed River in his honor. * '''Jewett''' * '''Lantana''' is located seven miles southwest of Crossville. * '''Linary''' *'''Mayland''' is located 13 miles west of Crossville along Highway 70 and was formerly known as The Old Johnson Stand bearing the name until the early 1900's when a post office was established there called Goodwill at first but later bearing the name Mayland. The Tennessee Central Railway station was called Johnson Stand until 1903, since that time it has been known as Mayland. * '''Meridian''' is southeast of the Cumberland Homesteads along Highway 68. At one time contained the then-post office of Hedgecoth and was often called by that name. * '''Midway''' * '''Mill Creek''' *'''Millstone''' was named years after the first settlers came to the Wilderness Mountain which is about two-and-a-half miles northwest of Daysville in eastern Cumberland County. In the area it was discovered that there was a hard kind of rock suitable for making millstones. * '''Moulders Chapel''' * '''Mt. Gilead''' is located just north of Winesap near the Bledsoe County line in southern Cumberland County. * '''Mt. Pisgah''' * '''Neverfail''' is located near Smiths Chapel and west of Pleasant Hill and Crossville along the western edge of the county along Hwy 70W. * '''New Era''' * '''Newton''' * '''Oak Hill''' * '''Ozone''' * '''Peavine''' is an unincorporated village settled about 1800. It was named by C.E. Brookhart in 1900 for the abundance of wild peas in the area. * '''Peay''' is named after Tennessee Governor Austin Peay. It was found in 1926 and is located 16 miles north of Crossville near Hwy 127. * '''Plateau''' * '''Pomona''' is located about six miles west of Crossville on Hwy 70S. Originally known as Claysvillebut renamed by John W. Dodge in 1857 to Pomona after the goddess of fruits and orchards. Dodge reportedly planted around 82,000 apple trees. * '''Ridgedale''' * '''Rinnie''' is located on the northern edge if the county along Hwy 127N. * '''Roberts Chapel''' * '''Rogers''' * '''Slate Springs''' * '''Smiths Chapel''' is located about two miles west of Pleasant Hill on the Sparta highway. * '''Tabor''' * '''Tansi''' * '''Taylors Chapel''' * '''Thomas Springs''' * '''Todd Town''' or "Pilot Knob''' * '''Vandever''' * '''Watson''' * '''Winesap''' * '''Webbs Chapel''' * '''Westel''' * '''Woodlawn''' is located north of Crossville inside the Crossville City limits. It is often spoken of as Cumberland Mountain because of a school that once operated there, The school is located on the Old Jamestown Highway behind the Crossville Wal-Mart * '''Woody''' ===Cities=== (must be officially part of the county) *'''Crab Orchard''' is located approximately nine miles east of Crossville and was settled around 1800 long before Cumberland became a county in 1855. It was so named due to the abundance of wild crab apple trees. Crab Orchard was incorporated in the early 1920's. The beautiful Crab Orchard Mountains surround the community. It once boasted a ski resort and restauarant atop Renegade Mountain. Black Mountain draws many visitors. The community also lies along the path of the Cumberland Trail linear state park. The Crab Orchard Inn hosted Presidents Jackson and Polk on trips from Nashville to Washington, D.C. Limestone quarring is still a major industry for the area. *'''Crossville''' (county seat) is located in the center of Cumberland County (35ยฐ57โฒ15โณN 85ยฐ1โฒ53โณW). It developed at the intersection of a branch of the Great Stage Road, which connected the Knoxville area with the Nashville area, and the Kentucky Stock Road, a cattle drovers' path connecting Middle Tennessee with Kentucky and later extending south to Chattanooga. These two roads are roughly paralleled by modern US-70 and US-127, respectively. Around 1800, an early American settler named Samuel Lambeth opened a store at this junction, and the small community that developed around it became known as Lambeth's Crossroads. The store was located at what has become the modern intersection of Main Street and Stanley Street, just south of the courthouse. By the time a post office was established in the 1830s, the community had taken the name of "Crossville". In the early 1850s, James Scott, a merchant from nearby Sparta, purchased the Lambeth store and renamed it Scott's Tavern. When Cumberland County was formed in 1856, Crossville, being nearest the center of the county, was chosen as county seat. Scott donated the initial 40 acres for the erection of a courthouse and town square.{{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee.gif |align=r |size=s |caption=Crossville, TN city flag. }} The City of Crossville was incorporated in 1901. The charter was passed by the Tennessee State Legislature on 20 Apr 1901 and signed by Governor Benton McMillin on 22 Apr 1901. Crossville and Cumberland County suffered rampant pillaging throughout the Civil War as the well-developed roads made the area accessible to both occupying Union and Confederate forces and bands of renegade guerrillas. With divided communities and families, there was vicious guerrilla warfare, and residents suffered as if there were major battles in the area. The county was divided throughout the conflict, sending a roughly equal number of troops to both sides. After World War I, U.S. 70 helped connect the town and area to markets for its produce and goods. Additional highways built after World War II improved transportation in the region. During the Great Depression, the federal government's Subsistence Homestead Division initiated a housing project south of Crossville known as the Cumberland Homesteads. The project's purpose was to provide small farms for several hundred impoverished families. The project's recreational area would later become the nucleus for Cumberland Mountain State Park. ===Towns=== *'''Pleasant Hill''' is located about 10 miles west of Crossville. The town was so named because of its location on an elevation and its pleasnt surroundings. It was founded about 1800 Pleasant Hill was first settled by European Americans before 1819 and incorporated in 1903. The population was 563 at the 2010 census. In 1883 letters and a visit by [[Graham-11922|Helen Graham]] to Boston, MA bring a teacher from the American Missionary Association to Pleasant Hill and this is the beginning of Pleasant Hill Academy. In 1884 a teacher from the American Missionary Association (AMA) established the Pleasant Hill Academy to provide broad liberal arts education for rural youth, while also giving vocational training in agriculture and local skills. Supported by the Congregational Church, the school operated until 1947 when it became a part of the public school system. Its main building, Pioneer Hall, is still standing. *[[Cravath-23|May Cravath Wharton]], an early woman physician from Minnesota, established a medical clinic at the academy, where her husband was the director. Wharton also cared for people in the community. They invited her to stay after the death of her husband Edwin.{{Image|file=Cravath-23.jpg |align=r |size=s |caption=Dr. May Wharton. }} Wharton created a small hospital and, with successful fundraising in New England through the AMA, she was able to add a sanatorium annex for the care of people with tuberculosis. As no antibiotic was known at the time, rest and good nutrition were the only treatment. The Uplands Sanatorium was adapted as a retirement home when the hospital was relocated to Crossville, the county seat. The hospital is now known as the Cumberland Medical Center. ==County Common Areas== *[[:Category:Cumberland County, Tennessee, Cemeteries|Cumberland County Cemeteries]] Cumberland County TN Cemetery Records https://ldsgenealogy.com/TN/Cumberland-County-Cemetery-Records.htm *[[:Category:Cumberland County, Tennessee, Schools|Cumberland County Schools]] ===Elementary Schools=== *'''Crab Orchard Elementary''' *Frank P. Brown Elementary, located on Dunbar Road near Lake Tansi. *'''Glenn Martin Elementary''' *'''Homestead Elementary''' *'''North Cumberland Elementary''', located on Highway 127 North. *'''Pine View Elementary''' *'''Pleasant Hill Elementary''' *'''South Cumberland Elementary''', located on Lantana Rd near Dunbar Rd intersection. *'''Stone Elementary''' ===High Schools=== *'''Cumberland County High School''' *'''Stone Memorial High School''' *'''The Phoenix School''' ===Private Schools=== *Christian Academy of the Cumberlandsl. ===Religious Congregations=== ==Things to do/see== * Black MountainThe majestic profile of Black Mountain is visible south of the Crab Orchard exit on Interstate 40. Just a fifteen mile drive to the top, on a clear day visitors can see Waldenโs Ridge to the east along the Tennessee Valley, and just beyond that are the Smoky Mountains, about 75 miles away. To the south, Grassy Cove, which is a National Natural Landmark, can be seen. This site is frequented by rock climbers and offers impressive views for sightseeing. A rare plant community is known to inhabit the top of Black Mountain. Species once found here include Silverling, spotted Yellow Birch, red-flowering azalea Rhododendron cumberlandense, and the Showy Ladyโs Slipper.
The Walton Road Corrdior Management Plan* The '''Cumberland County Fair''' is held every August. It is a AAA rated state fair with carnival and shows every night. The fairgrounds also feature numerous events throughout the year. * '''Cumberland Mountain State Park''' is located near the Cumberland Homesteads along Highway 127. The park consists of 1,720 acres (7.0 km2) situated around Byrd Lake, a man-made lake created by the impoundment of Byrd Creek in the 1930s. The park is set amidst an environmental microcosm of the Cumberland Plateau and provides numerous recreational activities, including an 18-hole Bear Trace golf course, designed for the State of Tennessee by golfer Jack Nicklaus. {{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-10.jpg |caption=Cumberland Mtn St Park Bridge and dam }} Cumberland Mountain State Park began as part of the greater Cumberland Homesteads Project, a New Deal-era initiative by the Resettlement Administration that helped relocate poverty-stricken families on the Cumberland Plateau to small farms centered on what is now the Cumberland Homestead community. The families of Homestead built the park with help from the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration. The park was deeded to the state of Tennessee in 1938. Alvin C. York served as the park's superintendent until 1940, when he resigned to advise on the filming of Sergeant York. Cumberland Mountain State Park currently maintains 37 rustic cabins, each of which can accommodate 4 to 10 people, depending on size. The Mill House Lodge can accommodate 16 people. There are a total of 147 campsites at the park's campgrounds, and one backcountry campsite located along the Cumberland Overnight Trail. Recreational facilities include an olympic-sized swimming pool, picnic pavilions, playgrounds, four tennis courts, horseshoe pits, and shuffleboard, basketball, badminton, and volleyball courts. The Bear Trace golf course is a 6,900-yard (6,300 m), par 72 course open year-round. Byrd Lake provides fishing and paddleboating opportunities. Several miles of hiking trails meander through the park, mostly following Byrd Creek and adjacent hills. The 5-mile (8.0 km) Pioneer Trail loops through the hemlock forest along the shores of Byrd Lake and Byrd Lake's headwaters. The 1-mile (1.6 km) Cumberland Plateau Trail is a self-guided interpretive trail that loops through a diverse forest stand downstream from the dam. The Byrd Creek Trail is a 2.1-mile (3.4 km) extension of the Cumberland Plateau Trail that loops around the banks of Byrd Creek. The Cumberland Overnight Trail is a 6-mile (9.7 km) extension of the Byrd Creek Trail that winds through the hills flanking Threemile Creek. The backcountry campsite is located in a cedar flat near the overnight trail's halfway point.
* '''Cumberland County Playhouse''' is the only major non-profit professional performing arts resource in rural Tennessee, and one of the 10 largest professional theaters in rural America. It serves more than 165,000 visitors annually with two indoor and two outdoor stages, young audience productions, a comprehensive dance program, a concert series and touring shows.
The 2020 season features "Tuna Does Vegas", "Chiity Chitty Bang Bang, Jr.", "Clue", "The Savannah Sipping Society''', '''Duck Hunter Shoots Angel''', '''The Musical Avenutures of Flat Stanley''', '''Always Patsy Cline''', '''Cinderella''', '''How I Became A Pirate''', '''Newsies the Musical''', '''Elvis Has Left the Building''', '''Little House on the Prarie, the Musical''', '''Alabama Story''', '''Scrooge''', '''Plaid Tidings''', and '''Twas the Night Before Christmas'''.
http://www.ccplayhouse.com/* '''Cumberland Homesteads Tower Museum''' is located 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Cumberland Mountain State Park at the intersection of highways 68 and 127. It recalls the development of the Cumberland Homestead Community of the 1930s. The octagonal Cumberlands Tower was originally constructed by the CCC between 1937 and 1938 using Crab Orchard Stone to house the Cumberland Homesteads offices. The tower features a water tank and a 97-step stairway to the lookout platform at the top with views of the park. The base features a museum with exhibits about the history of the Homesteads project and its residents, and period displays. Visitors can also tour an original Homesteads house which has been furnished to appear as during the Depression. {{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-11.jpg |caption=Cumberland Homesteads Museum and Tower }} * '''Golf Capital of Tennessee''' Crossville bills itself as "the golf capital of Tennessee" and features 12 courses: Stonehenge, Heatherhurst Crag, Heatherhurst Brae, Deer Creek, River Run, Four Seasons, The Bear Trace, Dorchester, Mountain Ridge, Renegade, Druid Hills, and Lake Tansi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossville,_Tennessee* '''Highway 127 Cooridor Sale''' is an outdoor second-hand sale held annually for four days beginning the first Thursday in August along U.S. Route 127 (US 127). The event has been promoted as "The World's Longest Yard Sale." The original idea came from Fentress County, Tennessee, county executive Mike Walker, and was established in 1987. When it began, the sale route followed US 127 from Covington, Kentucky, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. A few years after the event was established, the Lookout Mountain Parkway was added to the route, extending it from Chattanooga southward through northwestern Georgia and northeastern Alabama to Gadsden. In 2006, the route was extended northward from Covington, through Ohio to the Michigan border, making its last major stops around Bryan, Ohio, and points northward. In 2010, the sale was extended northward to Hudson, Michigan. In 2012, it was extended again to five miles (8.0 km) north of Addison, Michigan, totaling an approximate end-to-end distance of 690 miles (1,110 km).
*'''Meadow Park Lake''' is an artificial lake covering 500 acres created in 1938. It is also known as City Lake. It is located about five miles from Crossville off Hwy 101 (Lantana Road). It is open to the public for fishing * '''United States Chess Federation''' moved its corporate offices to Crossville from New Windsor, New York, in 2005.
==County Resources== *'''Cumberland County Archives''' {{Image|file=Cumberland_County_Tennessee-23.jpg |caption=Cumberland County Archives and Family Heritage Center }} The Cumberland County Archives is a treasure for those of us looking back and learning from our past. It is a genealogist's dream with resources galore: online access to Ancestry Library edition, old newspapers on microfilm and thousands of books on this area, surrounding counties and states and more. The staff is extremely knowledgeable and helpful. ===County Records=== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== ==See also== ==Sources== *[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Cumberland_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy#cite_note-2 Cumberland County, TN, Wikipedia] *Parsons, Barbara. "Facts, Folks and Photos of Cumberland County." 1988, Whipporwill Publications, Evansville, Indiana. *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossville%2C_Tennessee Crossville, TN, Wikipedia]
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[[Category:Davidson County, Tennessee]] Metro Nashville Davidson County, Tennessee Welcome to Music City, USA!
{{Image|file=Nashville_Tennessee.png |align=c |size=m |caption=Flag of Nashville }}{{clear}} ==History== "Davidson County is the oldest county in the 41-county region of Middle Tennessee. It dates to 1783, when the North Carolina legislature created the county and named it in honor of William Lee Davidson, a North Carolina general who was killed opposing General Cornwallis and the British Army's crossing of the Catawba River on February 1, 1781. The county seat, Nashville, is the oldest permanent European (white) settlement in Middle Tennessee, founded by James Robertson and John Donelson during the winter of 1779-80. The first white settlers established the Cumberland Compact in order to establish a basic rule of law and to protect their land titles. Through much of the early 1780s, the settlers also faced a hostile response from Native American tribes who resented their encroaching on their territory and competing for resources. As the county's many known archaeological sites attest, Native American cultures had occupied areas of Davidson County for thousands of years. The first whites to enter the area were fur traders. Long hunters came next, having learned about the large salt lick, known as French Lick, where they hunted game and traded with Native Americans."
In 1765, [[Boucher-960|Timothy Demonbreun]], a French-Canadian fur-trader and former Governor of Illinois (under the French), lived in a small cave on the Cumberland River near present-day downtown Nashville. He became known as the first white citizen of Nashville, his children the first white children to be born in middle Tennessee. ==Geography== ===Adjacent counties=== {{Image|file=Davidson_County_Tennessee.gif |align=r |size=m |caption=Davidson County/Nashville in relation to others nearby }} *[[Space:Montgomery_County%2C_Tennessee|Montgomery County]] - northwest *[[:Category:Robertson County, Tennessee|Robertson County]] (N) *[[Space:Sumner_County%2C_Tennessee|Sumner County]] - northeast *[[Space:Wilson_County%2C_Tennessee|Wilson County]] (E) *[[:Category:Rutherford County, Tennessee|Rutherford County]] (SE) *[[Space:Williamson_County%2C_Tennessee|Williamson County]] - south *[[Space:Hickman_County%2C_Tennessee|Hickman County]] (SW) *[[Space:Cheatham_County%2C_Tennessee|Cheatham County]] (W) ===Protected Areas=== {{Image|file=Tennessee_Project_Pictures_and_Images-12.jpg |align=r |size=m |caption=Rock Spring, on Natchez Trace }} *[http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/LongHunter/index.shtml Long Hunter State Park official site] & [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Long_Hunter_State_Park Long Hunter on Wikimedia] *[http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/HarpethRiver/index.shtml Harpeth River State Park] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radnor_Lake_State_Natural_Area Radnor Lake State Natural Area] *[http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/bicentennial-mall Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Park_(Nashville) Centennial Park] *[http://www.cheekwood.org/ Cheekwood Botanical Gardens] *[http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/natchez-trace Natchez Trace State Park] - see also [http://www.photographyoptions.net/images/parks/ntnew/tour.html Natchez Trace State Park 360 Virtual Tour] *[https://www.nps.gov/natr/index.htm Natchez Trace Parkway], part of the [[Space:Native_Americans:_Trail_of_Tears|Trail of Tears]] - See also [http://www.scenictrace.com/ Scenic Trace] and [http://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-tennessee.html Natchez Trace in Tennessee] ==Registered Historic Sites== {{Image|file=Tennessee_Project_Pictures_and_Images-4.jpg |align=r |size=m |caption=The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson }} *[http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Historic-Sites Nashville Parks and Recreation, Historic Sites] *[http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Historic-Sites/Hodge-House-in-Percy-Warner-Park.aspx Hodge House, in Percy Warner Park], a preserved home built by the Hodge family around 1811. *[http://www.belmontmansion.com/ The Historic Belmont Mansion], historic Italian-style plantation home , built in 1853 *[http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Parthenon.aspx The Parthenon], a full-scale replica of the Greek Parthenon *[http://www.thehermitage.com/ The Hermitage], home of U.S. President Andrew Jackson. *[http://bellemeadeplantation.com/ The Historic Belle Meade Plantation], began operations in 1806, a site of farm operations and slave holding *[http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Historic-Sites/Fort-Nashborough.aspx Fort Nashborough], once a source of protection against Indians, for new settlers
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nashborough Wikipedia]*[http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Historic-Sites/Fort-Negley.aspx Fort Negley], the largest fort built in the United States during the Civil War
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Negley Wikipedia]*[http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Historic-Sites/Stone-Hall.aspx Stone Hall], a Colonial revival home *[http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Historic-Sites/Two-Rivers-Mansion.aspx Two Rivers Mansion], built in 1859, one of the best preserved historic homes in Tennessee *[http://www.thenashvillecitycemetery.org/ Nashville City Cemetery], Opened in 1822; the oldest continuously operated public cemetery in Nashville; many notable interments. === Davidson County Notables === ==Historical Events== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_15%E2%80%9316,_1998_tornado_outbreak '''Nashville Tornado of 2008'''] [[Space:Tennessee_Floods_of_2010|'''Tennessee Flood of 2010''']] {{Image|file=Tennessee_Floods_of_2010-21.jpg |align=c |size=m |caption=Flooding on Rosa Parks Blvd. }} '''Battle of Nashville''' {{Image|file=Tennessee_Project_Pictures_and_Images-3.jpg |align=c |size=m |caption=Artist depiction of Battle of Nashville }} {{Image|file=Davidson_County_Tennessee-3.jpg |align=c |size=m |caption=Nashville Wharf, Cumberland River, just after the Civil War }} ---- ==Government Offices== *[http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/ The Tennessee State Capitol Building] *[http://www.nashville.gov/ City of Nashville] ==Demographics== *[http://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/TN/Davidson-County-Demographics.html Davidson County Demographics (comprehensive).] ==Communities== ===Cities=== *[http://www.nashville.gov/ City of Nashville, Davidson County], County Seat *[http://www.citybellemeade.org/ City of Belle Meade] *[http://www.berryhilltn.org/ City of Berry Hill] *[http://www.cityofforesthills.com/ City of Forest Hills] *[http://www.cityofgoodlettsville.org/ City of Goodlettsville] *[http://www.oakhilltn.us/ City of Oak Hill] *[http://ridgetoptn.org/ City of Ridgetop] ===Community Common Places=== *[http://www.flynashville.com/ Nashville International Airport] *[[:Category: Davidson County, Tennessee, Cemeteries | Davidson County Cemeteries]] *[[:Category: Davidson County, Tennessee, Schools | Davidson County Schools]] ==Popular Attractions== *Nashville is Music City, USA , the home of country music, home of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards Country Music Association Awards], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_Music_Festival Home of CMA Festival] *[http://www.nashvillemusiccitycenter.com/ Music City Center] *[http://www.ryman.com/ Ryman Auditorium] *[http://www.opry.com/ Grand Old Opry] *[http://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/ Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena Bridgestone Arena], home of the Nashville Predators, host to many events including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament SEC Men's Basketball] *Home of [[Wikipedia:Iroquois_Steeplechase|Iroquois Steeplechase]] *Home of the [http://www.nfl.com/ National Football League] team, the [http://www.titansonline.com/ Tennessee Titans] *Home of the [https://www.nhl.com/ National Hockey League] team, the [http://predators.nhl.com/ Nashville Predators] *Home of the [http://www.milb.com/index.jsp Minor League Baseball] team, [http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t556 The Nashville Sounds] *[http://www.unionstationhotelnashville.com/index.cfm The Historic Union Station Hotel] *[http://www.tnmuseum.org/ Tennessee State Museum] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Performing_Arts_Center Tennessee Performing Arts Center] *[http://www.nashvillezoo.org/ Nashville Zoo at Grassmere] *[http://www.nashvillechildrenstheatre.org/ Nashville Children's Theatre] *[http://www.nashvillesymphony.org/ Nashville Symphony] *Centennial Park, The Parthenon *Wave Country *Bicentennial Mall *Farmer's Market ==County Records== ===Census Records=== *[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3514832&from=fhd Partial TN Census/Tax List from 1787-1791] - taken from North Carolina Land Grants
[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3514832&from=fhdM North Carolina Land Grants ]*[http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/davidson/census/1860/ 1860 Davidson County Census] ===Estate/Probate Records=== *[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/davidson/wills.html Wills and Probate], a selection ranging from 1793 to 1925 ===Land Records from 1778 to 1805=== *[http://www.tngenweb.org/records/davidson/land/nc_grants_davidson.html North Carolina land grants in Tennessee] *[http://www.copies1918.com/davidson-a.html Davidson County Land Records-Vol. A 1784-1787] *[http://www.copies1918.com/davidson-b.html Davidson County Land Records-Vol. B 1794-1804] *[http://www.copies1918.com/davidson-c.html Davidson County Land Records-Vol. C 1791-1796] *[http://www.copies1918.com/davidson-d.html Davidson County Land Records-Vol. D 1796-1798] *[http://www.copies1918.com/davidson-e.html Davidson County Land Records-Vol. E 1798-1802] *[http://www.copies1918.com/davidson-f.html Davidson County Land Records-Vol. F 1803-1805] ===Court Records from 1784 to 1816=== *[http://www.copies1918.com/dav1.html Davidson County Court Records-Vol. 1 1784-1794] *[http://www.copies1918.com/dav2-clerk.html Davidson County Court Records-Vol. 2 1794-1804] *[http://www.copies1918.com/davidson3.html Davidson County Court Records-Vol. 3 1805-1809] *[http://www.copies1918.com/davidson4.html Davidson County Court Records-Vol. 4 1809-1816] ===Church records=== ===Tennessee Bible Records Project=== *[http://tnsos.net/TSLA/Bibleproject/browse.php Tennessee State Library and Archives, Bible Project], [http://www.mtgs.org/projects/MTGS%20Alphabetic%20Index%20of%20Family%20Bibles.pdf index] ===Obituaries=== *[http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/index.html Abstracts from Methodist Publications, a selection of obituaries from 1833-1929] ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/davidson/military.html Davidson County, TN, Military Records]; ==County Resources== *[https://sites.google.com/site/davidsoncounty/ TN GENWeb] *[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Davidson_County,_Tennessee Davidson County on Family Search] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee Davidson County on Wikipedia] *[http://www.tn.gov/main/article/davidson-county Davidson County Official website] *[[Wikipedia: Davidson County, Tennessee | Davidson County on Wikipedia]] *[http://www.nashville.gov/ Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County official site] ==Related Categories== *[[:Category:Nashville%2C_Tennessee|Nashville, Tennessee on WikiTree]] *[[:Category:Belle_Meade%2C_Tennessee|Belle Meade, Tennessee]] *[[:Category:Forest_Hills%2C_Tennessee|Forest Hills, Tennessee]] *[[:Category:Berry_Hill%2C_Tennessee|Berry Hill, Tennessee]] *[[:Category:Goodlettsville%2C_Tennessee|Goodlettsville, Tennessee]] *[[:Category:Oak_Hill%2C_Tennessee|Oak Hill, Tennessee]] *[[:Category:Ridgetop%2C_Tennessee|Ridgetop, Tennessee]] ==References==
===See also=== *[http://www.tngenweb.org/records/davidson/ Davidson County, TN Genweb] *[http://www.copies1918.com/covertn.html Records] *[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/davidson/davidson.html USGW Archives] *[http://tngenweb.org/counties/list-of-counties/ TN Gen Web] *[https://sites.google.com/site/davidsoncounty/home/indians Indians, Tennessee] {{Image |file=Binkley-335-1.png |align=c |size=s |caption=[http://us.oneplacestudy.org/tn_davidson_county.html Registered One Place Study]}}
Decatur County, Tennessee
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DeKalb County, Tennessee
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Dickson County Tennessee
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Dyer County, Tennessee
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Franklin County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Franklin County, Tennessee]] [[Category: Appalachia Counties]] Welcome to Franklin County, Tennessee!
gives you the template above (2 flags) ==List of Things to Do== #Contributing to the main project page as needed #Church records of christenings, marriages and burials #Voter or citizenship rolls #Records of wills and deceased estates #Land tenure records #Tax lists #Muster lists for militia service #Census records, indexed and uploaded ==Franklin County History== ==Geography== Franklin County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Franklin County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. :'''Adjacent counties''' #Coffee County (north) #Grundy County (northeast) #Marion County (east) #Jackson County, Alabama (south) #Madison County, Alabama (southwest) #Lincoln County (west) #Moore County (northwest) ==Protected areas== #Tims Ford State Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tims_Ford_State_Park ==Government Offices== #List and link county offices ==Demographics== #General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc ==Communities== ===Cities=== (must be officially part of the county) #City of Winchester http://www.winchester-tn.com/ #City of Tullahoma http://www.tullahomatn.gov/ #City of Sherwood http://sherwoodtenn.com/ ===Towns=== #Estill Springs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estill_Springs,_Tennessee ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category: Franklin County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Franklin County Cemeteries]] #[[:Category: Franklin County, Tennessee, Schools |Franklin County Schools]] ==Things to do/see== #touristy things ==County Resources== # # # ===County Records=== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== ==See also== For wonderful genealogy resources: * http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/ * https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Franklin_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy ==Sources==
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Gibson County, Tennessee
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gives you the template above (2 flags) ==List of Things to Do== #Contributing to the main project page as needed #Church records of christenings, marriages and burials #Voter or citizenship rolls #Records of wills and deceased estates #Land tenure records #Tax lists #Muster lists for militia service #Census records, indexed and uploaded - See [[Space:1850_United_States_Federal_Census_sheets|Gibson County Indexed Census Records]] ==Gibson County History== Gibson County is a county located in the western division of Tennessee. The US Census Bureau estimates the population, as of July 1 2015, to be 49,399. Its county seat is Trenton. The county was formed from the Chickasaw Cession and named for Col John H Gibson of Bedford county, TN. Col Gibson served with Andrew Jackson in the Natchez Expedition and died in 1823, the year that the county was formed.
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, s.v. โGibson County, Tennessee,โ (accessed April 29, 2016), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_County,_Tennessee State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. (accessed April 29, 2016). http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/47053 Tennessee Roots. Gibson County Tennessee. s.v. โJohn H Gibson.โ (accessed April 29, 2016). http://tn-roots.com/tngibson/Colgibso.htm,==Geography== Gibson County is 604 square area miles with 0.2% being water.
===Adjacent counties=== {{Image|file=Gibson_County_Tennessee-1.png |caption=Gibson County, Tennessee Image 2 }} ===Protected areas=== While there are no national or state parks in Gibson County proper, there are several in the surrounding counties. To the north in Obion is [http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/big-cypress-tree Big Cypress Tree State Park] To the south in Madison is [http://tnstateparks.com/parks/contact/pinson-mounds Pinson Mounds State Park] Outside the city of Trenton is the [http://share.tn.gov/sos/pub/proclamations/05-01-13.pdf Parker Branch WMA] that was recently formed on May 13, 2013
http://share.tn.gov/sos/pub/proclamations/05-01-13.pdfThere is some overlap into the county of other protected areas: #[http://www.tnbirds.org/IBA/SitePages/HornsBluffRefuge.htm Horns Bluff Refuge] #[http://tnwatchablewildlife.org/watchareadetails.cfm?uid=09071516274032614®ion=Maness_Swamp_Refuge&statearea=West_Tennessee Maness Swamp Refuge] #[http://tnwatchablewildlife.org/watchareadetails.cfm?uid=09083108542227374®ion=Obion_River_WMA&statearea=West_Tennessee Obion River Wildlife Management Area] #[http://www.tnbirds.org/IBA/SitePages/TigrettWMA.htm Tigrett Wildlife Management Area] ==Government Offices== #[http://www.gibsoncountygov.com/ Gibson County, Tennessee] #[http://gibsoncountytn.com/ Chamber of Commerce] #Birth and Death Records -Gibson County Health Department #Marriage Licenses - Gibson County Clerk (Joyce Brown, 2016) ==Demographics== # [http://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/TN/Gibson-County-Demographics.html General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc] ==Communities== ===Cities=== (must be officially part of the county)
Gibson County, Tennessee website [http://www.gibsoncountygov.com/ here]#Milan #Trenton #Humboldt #Dyer #Yorkville #Medina ===Towns=== #Bradford #Gibson #Kenton #Rutherford
==County Common Areas== #[[:Category: Gibson County, Tennessee, Cemeteries | Cemeteries]] #[[:Category: Gibson County, Tennessee, Schools | Schools]] ==Things to do/see== #[http://www.tn.gov/twra/article/gibson-county-lake Gibson County Lake] - 560 acres with picnic areas and 3 camping sites. #The [http://milan.tennessee.edu/museum/ West Tennessee Agricultural Museum] is devoted to the different aspects of a settlerโs life with its life-size displays. #The [http://www.wtrac.tn.org/visit.html West Tennessee Regional Art Center] is home to the Ewers Collection and a collection of Boehm porcelain birds. #[http://www.teapotcollection.com/teapot/home TheTeapot Museum] is known as the worldโs largest collection of porcelain Veilleuses-Theieres. #[https://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/davy_crockett_cabin_museum The Davy Crockett Cabin-Museum] is a replica of the famed frontiersman and soldierโs last home. ===Also check out=== #[https://www.tnvacation.com/cities-towns/trenton Trenton Vacations] #[https://www.tnvacation.com/cities-towns/humboldt Humboldt Vacations] #[https://www.stoppingpoints.com/tennessee/Gibson Historical Markers] ==County Resources== #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_County,_Tennessee Gibson County on WikiPedia] #[http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/47053 Gibson County Quick Facts on Census.gov] ===County Records=== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== ====1850==== [[Space:1850_US_Census_Gibson_County_Tennessee_District_18_Images||1850 Census District 18]]
https://archive.org/details/populationschedu0878unix - 1850 US Census โ Franklin and Gibson Counties - Tennessee โ microfilm rolls, no indexing==See also== ==Sources==
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Grainger County, Tennessee
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===Historic Sites/Landmarks=== === Grainger County Notables === ==Geography== Grainger County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Grainger County is also part of the Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Space:Claiborne_County%2C_Tennessee|Claiborne]] - north * [[Space:Hancock_County%2C_Tennessee|Hancock]] - northeast * [[Space:Hawkins_County%2C_Tennessee|Hawkins]] - northeast * [[Space:Hamblen_County%2C_Tennessee|Hamblen]] - east * [[Space:Jefferson_County%2C_Tennessee|Jefferson]] - south * [[Space:Knox_County%2C_Tennessee|Knox]] - southwest * [[Space:Union_County%2C_Tennessee|Union]] - west ==Government Offices== * [https://www.graingercountytn.com/ Grainger County, Tennessee website] ==Resources and Records== === On WikiTree=== *[[:Category:Grainger County, Tennessee, Cemeteries|Grainger County Cemeteries]] === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Grainger_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Grainger County genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-grainger-county Grainger County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [https://graingertnhistory.com/ The Grainger County Historic Society] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/grainger/ Grainger County Genealogy Trails] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/grainger/grainger.html Grainger County US GenWeb Archives] ==Communities== ===Cities=== * [[:Category:Blaine, Tennessee|Blaine]] * [[:Category:Rutledge, Tennessee|Rutledge]] (county seat) ===Towns=== * [[:Category:Bean Station, Tennessee|Bean Station]] === Unincorporated Communities === * Beech Grove * Cherokee * Joppa * [[:Category:Lea Springs, Tennessee|Lea Springs]] * [[:Category:Liberty Hill, Grainger County, Tennessee|Liberty Hill]] * New Corinth * Powder Springs * Richland * Tate Springs * [[:Category:Thorn Hill, Tennessee|Thorn Hill]] * [[:Category:Washburn, Tennessee|Washburn]] ==See also== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grainger_County,_Tennessee Grainger County on Wikipedia] ==Sources==
Greene County, Tennessee
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=== Historic Sites/Landmarks === === Greene County Notables === ==Geography== Greene County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Greene County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. ===Adjacent counties=== {{Geographic Location |Reference Location = Greene County, [[:Space:Tennessee|Tennessee]] |NW Location = |N Location = [[Space:Hawkins_County%2C_Tennessee|Hawkins County]] |NE Location = |E Location = [[Space:Washington_County%2C_Tennessee|Washington County]] |SE Location = [[Space:Unicoi_County%2C_Tennessee|Unicoi County]] |S Location = [[Space:Madison County, North Carolina|Madison County, North Carolina]] |SW Location = [[Space:Cocke County, Tennessee|Cocke County]] |W Location = [[Space: Hamblen County, Tennessee|Hamblen County]] }} ===Protected areas=== Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Appalachian Trail (part) Cherokee National Forest (part)rotected x Are as''' Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Appalachian Trail (part) Cherokee National Forest (part) Bible Covered Bridge State Historic Site Joachim Bible Refuge Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park (part) Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area Nolichucky Wildlife Management Area Rocky Fork State Park (part) ==Government Offices== * [https://www.greenecountytngov.com/ Greene County government website] == Resources and Records == === On WikiTree === * [[:Category: Greene County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Greene County Cemeteries]] === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Greene_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Green County Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-greene-county Greene County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/greene/ Greene County Genealogy Trails] * [https://tngenweb.org/greenetn/ Greene County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/greene/greene.html Greene County USGenWeb Archives] * [https://www.greenecountytngenealogicalsociety.org/ Greene County Genealogical Society] == Communities == === Cities === * [[:Category:Tusculum, Tennessee|Tusculum]] === Towns === * [[:Category:Baileyton, Tennessee|Baileyton]] * [[:Category:Greeneville, Tennessee|Greeneville]] (county seat) * [[:Category:Mosheim, Tennessee|Mosheim]] === Census-designated place === * Fall Branch === Unincorporated communities === * [[:Category:Afton, Tennessee|Afton]] * Camp Creek * Cedar Creek * [[:Category:Chuckey, Tennessee|Chuckey]] * [[:Category:Cross Anchor, Tennessee|Cross Anchor]] * DeBusk * [[:Category:Grandview, Greene County, Tennessee|Grandview]] * [[:Category:Horse Creek, Tennessee|Horse Creek]] * Jearoldstown * Liberty Hill * [[:Category:Limestone, Tennessee|Limestone]] * [[:Category:Midway, Greene County, Tennessee|Midway]] * [[:Category:Mohawk, Tennessee|Mohawk]] * Newmansville * Ottway * [[:Category:Rheatown, Tennessee|Rheatown]] * Romeo * [[:Category:Saint James, Tennessee|Saint James]] * South Greene * [[:Category:Warrensburg, Tennessee|Warrensburg]] ==Things to do/see== Genealogy Research at the [https://www.telmercoxlibrary.org/ T. Elmer Cox Genealogical & Historical Library] ==See also== ==Sources==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greene_County,_Tennessee Greene County on Wikipedia] ---- '''Every fact needs a reference - use inline citations '''
Grundy County, Tennessee
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See the VA maps for the upper strip: * "The Washington District of North Carolina was created in 1776. It contained the area of present-day Tennessee, except for the gain of the northern strip when the far western part of Virginia was surveyed during 1779 and 1780, and the gain of the western part of what was then Wilkes County, North Carolina, when the State of Franklin created Wayne County from Washington County and Wilkes County, in 1785."
http://www.naturesync.com/~zoomastr/nance/census/nanceTNcen.htm (citing [https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/tennesseeformationmaps.html Tennessee Formation Maps]).'''1776''' Washington District of North Carolina was created. '''1796''': Tennessee was the 16th state admitted to the Union, in 1796 (see [[Space:Tennessee_History_Timeline|this WikiTree page]] for a timeline of Tennessee history). '''1807''': Warren County formed from White County '''1836''':Coffee County formed from Bedford, Franklin, Rutherford, & Warren counties. '''1844''': Grundy County was created from Coffee & Warren counties.
[https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/tennesseeformationmaps.html Tennessee Formation Maps] (accessed 6 July 2022). It was named for [[Grundy-155|Felix Grundy]], U. S. Senator from Tennessee, and U.S. Attorney General. === Historic Sites/Landmarks === === Grundy County Notables === * [[Justus-667|May Justus]], teacher and author of children's books set in Appalachia. == Geography == Grundy County is part of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Tennessee Middle Tennessee], one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Grundy County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. === Maps === * [https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/tennesseeformationmaps.html Tennessee Formation Maps] === Adjacent Counties === {{Geographic Location | Reference Location = Grundy County
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| NW Location = | N Location = [[Space:Warren_County%2C_Tennessee|Warren County]] | NE Location= | E Location = [[Space:Sequatchie_County%2C_Tennessee|Sequatchie County]] | SE Location = | S Location =[[Space:Marion_County%2C_Tennessee|Marion County]] | SW Location = [[Space:Franklin_County%2C_Tennessee|Franklin County]] | W Location = [[Space:Coffee_County%2C_Tennessee|Coffee County]] }} == Government Offices == * [https://www.grundycountytn.net/officials/index.html Grundy County Offices] == Resources == === On WikiTree === * WikiTree's [[Project: Appalachia|Appalachia Project]] * [[:Category:Grundy County, Tennessee, Cemeteries|Grundy County Cemeteries]] === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Grundy_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Grundy County Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-grundy-county Grundy County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/grundy/ Grundy County Genealogy Trails] * [https://tngenweb.org/grundy/ Grundy County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/grundy/grundy.html Grundy County USGenWeb Archives] * [https://www.grundycountyhistory.org/ Grundy County Historical Society] == Categories == :[[:Category: Grundy County, Tennessee|Grundy County]] (created in 1844) *preceded by [[:Category:Warren County, Tennessee|Warren County]] and [[:Category:Coffee County, Tennessee|Coffee County]]. : What this means for categorizing profiles of people connected to land that is today [[:Category:Grundy County, Tennessee|Grundy County]] * If they are '''post-1776''', then ** 1796-1806: [[:Category:White County, Tennessee|White County]] ** 1807-1836, depending on location,
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[[:Category:Warren County, Tennessee|Warren County]] or
[[:Category:Coffee County, Tennessee|Coffee County]] '''Note''': Tennessee seceded from the Union on June 8, 1861, and was part of the Confederate States of America from that date to the end of the war. It was not readmitted to the union until July 4, 1866. Between those dates, any form of USA is not appropriate (either drop USA/etc or use CSA). During reconstruction, several terms were used by the United States for the former CSA states, but it is ok to continue to use Grundy County, Tennessee. == Stickers == {{Appalachian Roots}}{{Appalachian Roots|state=Tennessee}} : '''
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Hamblen County, Tennessee
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Hamilton County, Tennessee
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Hancock County, Tennessee
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Hardin County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Hardin County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Hardin County, Tennessee!
On April 6-7, 1862, Hardin County was the site of a major Civil War battle, the Battle of Shiloh (aka the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing). With 24,000 casualties, it was one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
===Historic Sites/Landmarks=== #[https://www.nps.gov/shil/index.htm Shiloh National Military Park] - site of The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh Civil War's Battle of Shiloh] #[http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?tab=facts Shiloh Battlefield, National Civil War Registry] #[https://www.nps.gov/shil/index.htm National Park Service, Battle of Shiloh] === Hardin County Notables === ==Geography== Hardin County is part of West Tennessee, one of Tennessee's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Divisions_of_Tennessee Three Grand Divisions]. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Space:Decatur_County%2C_Tennessee|Decatur County]] (north) * Wayne County (east) * Lauderdale County, Alabama (southeast0 * [[Space:Tishomingo_County%2C_Mississippi|Tishomingo County, Mississippi]] (south) * [[Space:Alcorn_County%2C_Mississipppi|Alcorn County, Mississippi]] (southwest) * [[Space:McNairy_County%2C_Tennessee-1|McNairy County]] (west) * [[Space:Chester_County%2C_Tennessee|Chester County]] (northwest) * Henderson County (north) ==Government Offices== * [https://www.hardincogov.com/ Hardin County Government Wesbsite] == Resources and Records == === On WikiTree === *[[:Category:Hardin County, Tennessee, Cemeteries|Hardin County Cemeteries]] === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Hardin_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Hardin County Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-hardin-county Hardin County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/hardin/ Hardin County, Tennessee, Genealogy Trails] * [https://tngenweb.org/hardin/ Hardin County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/hardin/hardin.html Hardin County USGenWeb Archives] * [https://www.tngenweb.org/hardin/hchs.htm Hardin County Historical Society] ==Communities== ===Cities=== * [[:Category:Crump, Tennessee|Crump]] * [[:Category:Savannah, Tennessee|Savannah]] (county seat) ===Towns=== * [[:Category:Adamsville, Tennessee|Adamsville]] * [[:Category:Milledgeville, Tennessee|Milledgeville]] * [[:Category:Saltillo, Tennessee|Saltillo]] === Census-designated Places === * Olivet * [[:Category:Walnut Grove, Hardin County, Tennessee|Walnut Grove]] === Unincorporated Communities === * Big Ivy * Bucktown * Caney Hollow * Cerro Gordo * Childers Hill * Counce * Crossroads * Grandview * Hamburg * Hinkie * [[:Category:Hookers Bend, Tennessee|Hookers Bend]] * Hurley * [[:Category:Lebanon, Hardin County, Tennessee|Lebanon]] * Maddox * [[:Category:Morris Chapel, Tennessee|Morris Chapel]] === Ghost Town === * Hardinville ==Sources==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardin_County,_Tennessee Hardin County on Wikipedia]
Hawkins County, Tennessee
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Hickman County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Hickman County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Hickman County, Tennessee!
gives you the template above (2 flags) ==List of Things to Do== #Contributing to the main project page as needed #Church records of christenings, marriages and burials #Voter or citizenship rolls #Records of wills and deceased estates #Land tenure records #Tax lists #Muster lists for militia service #Census records, indexed and uploaded ==Hickman County History== ''' April 1791''' -The history of Hickman County began before Tennessee achieved statehood in 1796.
[http://www.hickmanco.com/history.htm] It was named for Edwin Hickman[https://books.google.com/books?id=sIE7AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Edwin%20Hickman&f=false],It was named for an explorer and surveyor who was killed in an Indian attack at Defeated Creek in 1791. In April 1791, Edwin Hickman, a native of North Carolina, led a surveying party into what is now Hickman County. Hickmanโs party included John Garner, J. Smith, Richard Shaffer, Robert Weakley (or Wheatly), who also played a prominent role in the early history of the state, and James Robertson, later known as the Father of Middle Tennessee. The party camped at the mouth of a small creek on the north side of Duck River opposite the present site of Centerville. They had been out about two weeks, having begun their survey at the head of the Piney. The next morning as Hickman and Robertson built a pre-dawn fire, Indians fired on the party killing Hickman with a shot to the head and wounding Robertson in the hand. The party scattered and retreated to the Cumberland settlement.
See Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog for information on the founding of the Cumberland Settlements [http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2011/08/11/the-cumberland-settlements/comment-page-1/] Cumberland Pioneers [://www.cumberlandpioneers.com/pdf/TTMCumberlandSettlers.pdf]http://www.cumberlandpioneers.com/pdf/TNMagNov2011.pdfhttp://www.cumberlandpioneers.com/pdf/Page14.pdfhttps://books.google.com/books?id=sIE7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=Cumberland+settlement+hickman+county&source=bl&ots=w-ckFqm1BT&sig=7ckJZVSCyls7aK4wM8a-vwan_Rw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwqMK56OvMAhUPwmMKHWsSCo8Q6AEIPTAF#v=onepage&q=Cumberland%20settlement%20hickman%20county&f=falseOn Sunday following their arrival, led by Captain Gillespie, a party of 20 left to bury Hickmanโs body in a shallow grave at the spot where he was killed.[http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/xtn/hickman/1860/notes.txt]. A later visit to the site revealed that wolves had scavenged the grave and scattered Hickman's bones. '''1796''' -Tennessee achieved statehood. '''1807''' -Hickman County, Tennessee[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002064472724;view=1up;seq=8][http://www.hickmanco.com/history.htm] was established on December 3, 1807 from part of Dickson County. '''1823''' -The new town of Centerville became the county seat.
http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/xtn/hickman/1860/notes.txt'''1850 Census Notes''' -In 1807, the county extended all the way to the present Alabama State line, and Vernon, on the Piney River, became the first county seat. By 1820, several new counties had been created out of Hickman County, and a movement began to move the county seat to a more central location. In 1823, the new town of Centerville became the county seat. As a result of the bitterness over the change, the old log courthouse at Vernon was dismantled at night and hauled to Centerville, along with the court records. Other Hickman County communities in addition to Centerville and Vernon include Aetna, Bon Aqua, Coble, Farmers Exchange, Little Lot, Lyles, Nunnelly, Only, Pinewood, Pleasantville, Shady Grove and Wrigley.
http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/xtn/hickman/1860/notes.txtHickman County is part of the Nashville-DavidsonโMurfreesboroโFranklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. {{citation needed}} Hickman County is now the eighth largest county in the state and contains 612 square miles. There are more springs and scenic waterfalls in Hickman County than any other county in Middle Tennessee. A number of sulphur water springs were commercially developed as nineteenth-century recreational sites, including Bon Aqua Springs, Primm Springs, and Beaverdam Springs. These health resorts include hotels, individual cottages, and recreation facilities. Bon Aqua Springs was known as the Queen of the southern spas. Neither Bon Aqua nor Primm Springs is still active, but Beaverdam Springs is operated as a church camp by the Presbyterian Church as Na-Co-Me. The county's early industry centered around the iron furnaces. Indeed, Goodspeed's 1886 History of Tennessee rated Hickman County's iron ore as the best in the state. The Lee and Gould Furnace on Sugar Creek opened in 1832. Five years later, Madison Napier built a furnace near Aetna, which was destroyed by Union troops during the Civil War. Furnaces also opened on Mill Creek near Wrigley at an early date. Standard Charcoal Company opened a furnace at Goodrich in 1882, and a new furnace was built at Aetna in 1885. All iron works in Hickman County were discontinued before 1940. In addition to iron manufacturing, Hickman County's economy has centered on agriculture and timbering. Today, Hickman County's industry includes manufacturers of packaging materials, metal buttons, various wood products, structural steel, pipes, ammunition, and illuminated signs.
http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/xtn/hickman/1860/notes.txt'''Boundary Map''' https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:TN_Hickman_County_Boundary_Map.JPG
TITLE: TN-Hickman County Boundary Map DATE: RIGHTS STATUS: Has the right to distribute DESCRIPTION: http://maps.huge.info/county.htm. Used with permission of John Coryat, USNaviguide LLC. WIKI: FamilySearch Wiki [[category:Hickman County, Tennessee]]==Geography== ===Adjacent counties=== #Dickson County #Williamson County #Humphreys County #Maury County #Lewis County #Perry County ===Protected areas=== #List and link wildlife areas/parks/etc ==Government Offices== #List and link county offices ==Demographics== #General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc ==Communities== ===Cities=== #Centerville #Pleasantville #Notes about the 1850 Census lists other cities including Aetna, Bon Aqua, Coble, Farmers Exchange, Little Lot, Lyles, Nunnelly, Only, Pinewood, Pleasantville, Shady Grove and Wrigley.[7] ===Towns=== ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category: Hickman County, Tennessee, Cemeteries | Hickman County Cemeteries]] #[[:Category: Hickman County, Tennessee, Schools | Hickman County Schools]] ==Things to do/see== ==County Resources== #[[Wikipedia: Hickman County, Tennessee | Hickman County on Wikipedia]] #[http://www.hickmanco.com/ County Website] ===County Records=== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== ==See also== ==Sources==
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Jackson County, Tennessee
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James County, Tennessee
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[[Category: Appalachia Counties]] [[Category: James County, Tennessee]] == James County == James County, Tennessee, existed from 1871 through 1919. The land that was James County is today Hamilton County. The "few remaining James County records are now kept in Hamilton County" (few records remain "due largely to courthouse fires in 1890 and 1913").
Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_County,_Tennessee James County, Tennessee] (accessed 4 July 2022).Governor Dewitt Senter signed into law the act creating the 285-square-mile county. The measure was introduced to the Tennessee General Assembly by the Honorable Elbert Abdiel James, a representative from Hamilton County. James County was named in honor of his father, Reverend Jesse J. James. Rev. James was a Methodist minister and native of Sullivan County who moved his family to Chattanooga around 1854.
[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/tennesseeformationmaps.html Tennessee County Formation Maps] (accessed 11 July 2022).The county seat of James County was Ooltewah. "Thirteen towns or communities lay scattered across James County, including Ooltewah, Harrison, Apison, and Thatcher's Switch (Collegedale)."
: For a detailed history of James County, which was merged with Hamilton County after going bankrupt following a politically turbulent 48 years of existence, see the "Table of Discontinued Counties" ([http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/tennesseeformationmaps.html here]).
=== Timeline === : '''1871''', 31 January: James County was created from parts of Bradley County and Hamilton County.
: '''1919''', 11 December: James County "ended in bankruptcy"
was "reincorporated into Hamilton County".
(It was merged into Hamilton County in 1920.)
=== Categories === : The location category to add to someone's profile depends on when the person lived on the land that was once James County: * Before 1835, a Tennessee county had not been formed on the land that later became James County. Looking at the formation maps, it appears that James County was formed from that part of Hamilton County gained from Indian lands,
A map included in an article by Gale Williams Bamman, CG, CGL, "[https://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/bamman.htm This Land Is Our Land!] Tennessee's Disputes with North Carolina", shows the area that became part of Tennessee, including James County, as "Cherokee Reservation" (accessed 11 July 2022).not land that had previously been Rhea County - Hamilton County was formed from Rhea County in 1819.
Bradley County was created from "Indian Lands" in 1836.
* 1835/6 to 31 January 1871, either [[:Category: Bradley County, Tennessee]] or [[:Category: Hamilton County, Tennessee]]. James County was "formed largely from Hamilton County".
* [[:Category: James County, Tennessee]] from 31 January 1871 to 11 December 1919.
''Note'' - There is some wriggle room here. While sources agree that James County was abolished 11 December 1919,
after the county "went bankrupt in April 1919",
it seems the merge did not occur until 1920. * [[:Category: Hamilton County, Tennessee]] from 11 December 1919
(or 1920).
Hamilton County exists today as one of Tennessee's 52 counties in Appalachia.
See WikiTree's [[Space: Workspace for Appalachia Project - Tennessee|Workspace for Appalachia Project - Tennessee]], a project page of the [[Project: Appalachia|Appalachia Project]].=== Stickers === {{Appalachian Roots}}{{Appalachian Roots|state=Tennessee}} : '''
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''' : See [[Template: Tennessee Sticker]] for details of parameters & use. {{clear}} == Geography == === Maps === * [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/tennesseeformationmaps.html Interactive formation maps of Tennessee] * [https://www.mapofus.org/tennessee/ Maps of Tennessee] * [https://www.mapofus.org/atlas/ Historical Atlases] ([https://www.mapofus.org/_maps/atlas/1795tennessee.html Tennessee], [https://www.mapofus.org/_maps/atlas/1776-NC.html North Carolina]) * Cherokee Reservation of North Carolina (map included in an article by Gale Williams Bamman, on "Tennessee's Disputes with North Carolina").
=== Adjacent Tennessee Counties ===
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Tennessee | N Location = [[:Category: Meigs County, Tennessee|Meigs County]] | NE Location = [[:Category: McMinn County, Tennessee|McMinn County]] | E Location = [[:Category: Bradley County, Tennessee|Bradley County]] | SE Location = Georgia | S Location = Georgia | SW Location = Georgia | W Location = [[:Category: Hamilton County, Tennessee|Hamilton County]] | NW Location = [[:Category: Hamilton County, Tennessee|Hamilton County]] }} == Resources == : Links from [[:Category:James County, Tennessee]] * Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_County,_Tennessee James County, Tennessee]/ [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6131791?uselang=en wikidata] : Links from [[:Category: Hamilton County, Tennessee]] * [[Wikipedia: Hamilton County, Tennessee | Hamilton County on Wikipedia]]/ [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188376?uselang=en wikidata] * [http://www.hamiltontn.gov/ County Website] * [http://hctgs.org/ Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogy Society] : See also: * [[:Category: Ooltewah, Tennessee]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooltewah,_Tennessee Wikipedia] / [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2520354?uselang=en wikidata] * [[:Category: Apison, Tennessee]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apison,_Tennessee Wikipedia] / [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4779911?uselang=en wikidata] * [[:Category: Collegedale, Tennessee]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegedale,_Tennessee Wikipedia] / [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:GoToLinkedPage?site=enwiki&itemid=Q2445485 wikidata] * WikiTree's [[Project: Tennessee|Tennessee Project]] * WikiTree's [[Project: Appalachia|Appalachia Project]] ** [[Space: Central Appalachia Team]] (space page) / [[:Category: Central Appalachia Team]] ** [[Space: South Central Appalachia Team]] (space page) / [[:Category: South Central Appalachia Team]] ** [[:Category: Tennessee Appalachians]] (landing level for people profiles) * [https://www.tngenweb.org/ The TNGenWeb Project] ** [https://www.tngenweb.org/hamilton/ Hamilton County] ** [https://www.tngenweb.org/bradley/ Bradley County] ---- :'''Footnotes'''
Jefferson County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Southwest Territory]] [[Category: Jefferson County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Jefferson County, Tennessee!
=== Historic Sites/Landmarks === === Jefferson County Notables === ==Geography== Jefferson County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Jefferson County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. ===Adjacent counties=== Jefferson County is adjacent to six other counties: *[[Space:Hamblen_County%2C_Tennessee|Hamblen County]] - (northeast) *[[Space:Cocke_County%2C_Tennessee|Cocke County]] - (southeast) *[[Space:Sevier_County%2C_Tennessee|Sevier County]] - (south) *[[Space:Knox_County%2C_Tennessee|Knox County]] - (west) *[[Space:Grainger_County%2C_Tennessee|Grainger County]] - (north) ===Protected Areas=== '''Cherokee Lake''': "Cherokee Dam is on the Holston River in East Tennessee, 52 miles upstream from the point at which the Holston and French Broad rivers converge to form the Tennessee River. Cherokee Reservoir is named for the tribe of Native Americans who once inhabited the area. The great Indian warpath, once followed by Daniel Boone, crossed the basin now filled by the reservoir. Cherokee Reservoir is a popular recreation destination. Along its shoreline are public access areas, county and municipal parks, commercial boat docks and resorts, a state park and a state wildlife management area. There are many tent and trailer sites for campers. Fishing is popular at Cherokee. The reservoirโs fish population is very similar to that found in other East Tennessee reservoirsโblack bass, sauger, walleye, crappie, various sunfish and the usual rough-fish species. Cherokee was built to generate hydroelectric power during the World War II emergency, but it also plays an important role as one of the chain of TVA-managed reservoirs that have prevented billions of dollars in flood damage over the years."
[https://www.tva.gov/Energy/Our-Power-System/Hydroelectric/Cherokee-Reservoir Cherokee Reservoir, Tennessee Valley Authority]'''Douglas Lake''': "Work on Douglas Dam began in February 1942 and was completed on a crash schedule in just 12 months and 17 daysโa world record for projects of equivalent size. It is a hydroelectric facility. It has four generating units with a net dependable capacity of 111 megawatts. Douglas Dam is on the French Broad River in East Tennessee. The reservoir extends 43 miles upriver from the dam through the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Set against the backdrop of the Smoky Mountain foothills, Douglas Reservoir is a popular recreation destination, known for picnicking, camping, boating and fishing. Douglas and other TVA dams built during World War II made a historic contribution by providing hydropower to drive the war effort. The reservoir remains an integral unit in the overall water control system in the Tennessee Valley. Birdwatchers enjoy the fall migration of shore birds, wading birds and other waterfowl that flock to Douglas from late July to early October. The birds rest and feed on the muddy shoreline and in areas of shallow water exposed as the level of the reservoir is lowered to winter flood control levels."
[https://www.tva.gov/Energy/Our-Power-System/Hydroelectric/Douglas-Reservoir TVA: Douglas Reservoir]==Registered Historic Sites== '''The Jefferson County Courthouse''': When you to visit historic downtown Dandridge, one of the first landmarks you would see would be the Jefferson County courthouse. Built in 1845 for $6,666, it is one of Tennessee's oldest county courthouses that is still in use today. The beautiful courthouse replaced an old log building that was being used for the same purpose, and has been viewed as a county symbol ever since. It even served as the Chamber of Commerce's logo for many years. The two-story structure is built in the Greek Revival style and entails such things as; hand-made bricks, a wooden cupola, and a unique roof made entirely without nails. The fact that the courthouse still stands strong today proves the craftsmanship and skill of the time period were superior to other methods used. {{Citation_Needed}} Since 1957, the courthouse also serves as a free museum filled with countless artifacts. Because the courthouse has been kept in perfect shape, documents dating back as far as 1792 are intact. Items consist of; Davy Crockett's original marriage license to Polly Finley, civil war guns, bullets, and uniforms, as well as a large variety of American Indian tools and weapons. There are even artifacts within the museum describing that the courthouse has even served as a hospital during the civil war. In the 1940's, the construction of Douglas Dam brought on a whole new scare to Dandridge. The town below would be flooded if the government did not intervene and save the main street and downtown areas. Due to an outcry from the community, President Roosevelt placed executive orders to build a dike that would keep the lake from overflowing into the city below. Because the town was saved, an expansion took place, creating new room for growth in county government and services that have shaped Dandridge to be the wonderful town it is today. The courthouse stands proudly as both a historic and monumental piece of the past. It stands for both the togetherness of county as well as the growth that has taken place over the years, which have both allowed Dandridge to prosper throughout the years."
[https://www.tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/content/jefferson-county-court-house-ca-1845/ten8c220443835db4ff9 Jefferson County Courthouse, Tennessee River Valley Tourism]==Government Offices== * [https://jeffersoncountytn.gov/ Jefferson County Offices] == Resources and Records == === On WikiTree === * [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Jefferson_County%2C_Tennessee%2C_Cemeteries Jefferson County Cemeteries] === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Jefferson County Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-jefferson-county Jefferson County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/jefferson/ Jefferson County Genealogy Trails] * [https://jefferson.tngenealogy.net/ Jefferson County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/jefferson/jefferson.html Jefferson County USGenWeb Archives] * [https://www.jctngenealogy.org/ Jefferson County Genealogical Society] ==Communities== ===Cities=== The county is made up of a number of cities, towns and unincorporated communities: [[:Category:Baneberry, Tennessee|'''Baneberry''']]: "The City of Baneberry is a quiet, family-oriented, resort community nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in beautiful East Tennessee. The City is located on a peninsula formed by a 5ยฝ-mile hairpin bend in the French Broad River which forms Douglas Lake, one of the premier fishing and recreational lakes in Tennessee. Douglas Lake extends 43 miles upriver from the Douglas Dam, creating nearly 550 miles of shoreline. {{Citation_Needed}} The City of Baneberry lies approximately halfway between the larger Tennessee cities of Morristown and Newport and is just 5ยฝ miles from east-west Interstate-40 and 8 miles from north-bound, Interstate-81. At an average elevation of 1,070 feet above mean sea level, Baneberry enjoys relatively mild winters and warm, humid summers. The areaโs topography moderates temperatures with the Appalachian Mountains to the east diverting the hot summer southerly winds, while the Cumberland Plateau to the west weakens the harshness of winter cold fronts. Baneberry, Tennessee, gets 42 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 10 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 85. {{Citation_Needed}} Just minutes away, the cities of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge offer a huge variety of music theaters, restaurants, museums, art galleries, traditional Appalachian and East Tennessee crafts, numerous amusement facilities including Dollywood, and some of the best outlet shopping in the Southeast. Baneberry residents fulfill their routine shopping and other service needs, including medical and dental, in the nearby cities of White Pine, Dandridge, Newport, Morristown, Jefferson City, and Sevierville. A short drive (usually less than an hour) brings you to Knoxville; Tennessee's third largest City. With a 2010 metro-area population over 698,000; the 98-square mile Knoxville metro-area offers about every product and service a person may need. {{Citation_Needed}} Baneberry area recreational and cultural opportunities abound. Besides golfing, boating, fishing, swimming and tennis opportunities, we hike; walk, bike, jog, and a few do some very serious running. We kayak, canoe and paddle-board, drive off-road vehicles, rock hunt, rock climb, ride horses, hunt and some SCUBA dive. We enjoy travel, entertaining, visiting, talking, singing, dancing, and playing music, picnicking, barbecuing, partying and gardening. We go antiquing, shopping, and we volunteer. We play Bridge, Euchre, Mahjong, Poker and a variety of board games and we enjoy book club, plays, movies, WIFI classes, and dining out. We also participate in a wide variety of hobbies including photography, wood-working, modeling (trains, planes, cars, boats and ships, etc.), scrap-booking, pottery, genealogy, and well.., you name it."
[http://www.baneberrytn.com Baneberry, TN][[:Category:Jefferson City, Tennessee|'''Jefferson City''']]:"It is part of the Morristown, Tennessee, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,504 at the 2015 census estimate. The city was originally named Mossy Creek but was changed in 1901 to honor Thomas Jefferson. The first explorers to the area chose the name because of the vivid green moss growing in the creek bed. Apparently Mossy Creek was a supply point for these early explorers. When Adam and Elizabeth Sharkey Peck and family arrived from Virginia in 1788, they found a small abandoned fort or blockhouse beside a spring of fresh water flowing into a nearby creek. Tradition goes that the Pecks set up their dwelling in this structure until their own log cabin, slightly northwest of the present city, was ready for occupation. Despite the danger from the Indians, Mossy Creek proved to be so desirable that by 1797 seventy-five to one hundred families had settled within a four-mile radius of it. Jefferson City is located at 36ยฐ6โฒ59โณN 83ยฐ29โฒ11โณW (36.116389, -83.486500). {{Citation_Needed}} The city is located in beautiful East Tennessee, approximately twenty miles northeast of Knoxville. A growing community of neighbors nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Jefferson City offers a small town atmosphere with all the amenities and entertainment of Knoxville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg just a short drive away. Jefferson City is the retail center of Jefferson County, offering the greatest variety of shopping and dining options. It also has the largest population of all the municipalities in Jefferson County. Several industries have recently located in Jefferson City, creating the largest employment opportunities in the county. Jefferson City is fortunate to be the home of Carson-Newman University. Part of Jefferson City for over a hundred years, students from all over the world attend classes at Carson-Newman. Carson-Newman provides resources and cultural opportunities to the people of Jefferson City and we are proud to be a part of the historic university. "{{Citation_Needed}} *[[:Category:Morristown, Tennessee|Morristown] === Towns === *[[:Category:Dandridge, Tennessee|Dandridge]] (county seat) *[[:Category:New Market, Tennessee|New Market]] *[[:Category:White Pine, Tennessee|White Pine]] === Census-Designated Place === *[[:Category:Strawberry Plains, Tennessee|Strawberry Plains]] === Unincorported Communities === *Belmont *Chestnut Hill *Piedmont *Shady Grove *[[:Category:Talbott, Tennessee|Talbott]] ==County Records== ===Census Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Church records=== ===Tennessee Bible Records Project=== # [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/database-tn-research/index-family-bible-records Index of Family Bible Records] ===Obituaries=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ==County Resources== ==Related Categories== ==References==
*http://www.jeffersoncountytn.gov/visitors/about-jefferson-county/ *http://www.jeffcitytn.com *http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/lakes-and-rivers/lakes/cherokee-lake *https://www.tva.gov/Energy/Our-Power-System/Hydroelectric/Douglas-Reservoir *https://www.tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/content/jefferson-county-court-house-ca-1845/ten8c220443835db4ff9 *http://www.baneberrytn.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={646C3CBD-1D9E-4C5C-AC57-1E9AC480A374} ===See also=== *http://www.tngenweb.org/records/jefferson/ *http://www.copies1918.com/covertn.html
Johnson County, Tennessee
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Knox County, Tennessee
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gives you the project template shown above (2 flags). === How to Join the Appalachia Project === #See the main project page [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Appalachia#How_to_Join here] for instructions on how to join. #Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed. ==List of Things to Do== #Contributing to the main project page as needed #Church records of christenings, marriages and burials #Voter or citizenship rolls #Records of wills and deceased estates #Land tenure records #Tax lists #Muster lists for militia service #Census records, indexed and uploaded ==Knox County History== Knox County was formed on June 15, 1792, as part of the Southwest Territory, from parts of Greene and Hawkins counties. It was named for [[Knox-1|Henry Knox]], a general in the Revolutionary War and the first Secretary of War for the United States. #[[:Category: Knox County, Tennessee, History| Historical Events]] === Historic Sites/Landmarks === ===People=== #[[:Category: Knox County, Tennessee, Genealogy Resources| Surnames]] === Knox County Notables === ==Geography== Knox County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Knox County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. ===Adjacent counties=== #[[Space:Union_County%2C_Tennessee|Union County]] (north) #[[Space:Grainger_County%2C_Tennessee|Grainger County]] (northeast) #[[Space:Jefferson_County%2C_Tennessee|Jefferson County]] (east) #[[Space:Sevier_County%2C_Tennessee|Sevier County]] (southeast) #[[Space:Blount_County%2C_Tennessee|Blount County]] (south) #[[Space:Loudon_County%2C_Tennessee|Loudon County]] (southwest) #[[Space:Roane_County%2C_Tennessee|Roane County]] (west) #[[Space:Anderson_County%2C_Tennessee|Anderson County]] (northwest) ===State protected areas=== #Forks of the River Wildlife Management Area #Fort Loudoun Wildlife Management Area #House Mountain State Natural Area #Marble Springs (state historic site) #Seven Islands State Birding Park ==Government Offices== #[https://www.knoxcounty.org/ Knox County Government Offices] == Resources and Records == === On WikiTree === * [[:Category:Knox County, Tennessee, Cemeteries|Knox County Cemeteries]] === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Knox_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Knox County Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-knox-county Knox County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/knox/ Knox County Genealogy Trails] * [https://knoxcotn.org/old_site/index.html Knox County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/knox/knox.html Knox County USGenWeb Archives] ==Communities== === Cities === * [[:Category: Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville ]] - County seat === Towns === * [[:Category: Farragut, Tennessee|Farragut ]] === Census-designated Places === * [[:Category: Halls Crossroads, Tennessee|Halls Crossroads ]] * John Sevier * [[:Category: Karns, Tennessee|Karns]] * [[:Category:Mascot, Tennessee|Mascot]] * [[:Category: Powell, Tennessee|Powell ]] === Unincorporated Communities === * [[:Category:Arrowhead, Tennessee|Arrowhead]] * Beech Grove * Bonny Kate * Carter * [[:Category: Cedar Grove, Tennessee|Cedar Grove]] * [[:Category: Concord, Tennessee|Concord]] * [[:Category: Corinth, Tennessee|Corinth]] * [[:Category: Corryton, Tennessee|Corryton]] * Grandview * [[:Category: Harbison Crossroads, Tennessee|Harbison Crossroads]] * Hardin Valley * [[:Category: Heiskell, Tennessee|Heiskell]] * [[:Category: Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee|Kimberlin Heights]] * King Arthur Court * Midway * [[:Category: Millertown, Tennessee|Millertown ]] * New Hopewell * [[:Category:Ritta, Tennessee|Ritta]] *[[:Category:Seven Islands, Tennessee|Seven Islands]] * Shady Grove * [[:Category:Strawberry Plains, Tennessee|Strawberry Plains]] * [[:Category: Solway, Tennessee|Solway]] * [[:Category: Thorn Grove, Tennessee|Thorn Grove]] ==See also== ==Sources==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knox_County,_Tennessee| Knox County's Wikipedia page]
Lake County, Tennessee
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{{Worldwide Disaster|Earthquake}} ==Lake County History== Lake County was established by the state legislature in 1870. It was originally included in Obion County. It is named for Reelfoot Lake which occupies much of the northern part of the county. Its county seat is Tiptonville. ===New Madrid Earthquakes=== A series of 3 major earthquakes (along with many aftershocks, some as strong as the earthquakes) that rocked the eastern United States in 1811-1812. They still remain the strongest earthquakes to hit the areas East of the Mississippi. This series of earthquakes is known for making the Mississippi River flow backwards, and for the creation of Reelfoot Lake in Lake County, Tennessee.
#December 16, 1811: (magnitude 7.5โ7.9) Epicenter in Northeast Arkansas, with a major aftershock occurring just five hours later (magnitude 7.4) #January 23, 1812: (Magnitude: 7.3-7.6) - Epicenter in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Bootheel Missouri Bootheel], caused widespread geological damage. #February 7, 1812 - 3:45 a.m- (magnitude 7.5-8.0) Epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri; New Madrid was completely destroyed; this quake created temporary backwards flow in the Mississippi, and created waves so large [http://www.ecsis.net/dsv/lakecounty/reelfoot/history.html Reelfoot Lake] was created from obstruction of streams in present day [https://www.tn.gov/main/article/lake-county Lake County, Tennessee.] {{Image|file=Lake_County_Tennessee.gif |align=l |size=m |caption=Area of concentration }} {{Image|file=Lake_County_Tennessee.jpg |align=r |size=m |caption=New Madrid fault range compared to San Andreas fault range }}{{clear}} ==Geography== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20210420161349/https://countymap.org/tennessee/lake Map of Lake County, TN] ===Adjacent counties=== *[[:Category:New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid County Missouri]], ''northwest'' *[[:Category:Fulton County, Kentucky|Fulton County, Kentucky]], ''north'' * [[:Category:Obion County, Tennessee|Obion County, Tennessee]], ''east'' *[[:Category:Dyer County, Tennessee|Dyer County]], ''South'' *[[:Category:Pemiscot County, Missouri|Pemiscot County,Missouri]], ''West'' ===Protected areas=== *[https://tnstateparks.com/parks/reelfoot-lake Reelfoot Lake State Park] ==Government Offices== *[https://lakecountytn.com/ Official Lake County Site] ==Demographics== ==Communities== ===Towns=== *[http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/0BE38790B0BFB62985256AF7005EDB23?OpenDocument Town of Tiptonville], County Seat *[http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/9DCA0E6FCE99E43785256AF7005EDAF4?OpenDocument Town of Ridgely] ==County Common Areas== *[[:Category: Lake County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Lake County, Tennessee Cemeteries]] *[[:Category:Lake County, Tennessee, Schools |Lake County, Tennessee Schools]] * Lake County, Tennessee, Religious Institutions ==Things to do/see== ==County Resources== *[https://www.tn.gov/main/article/lake-county Official Website] *[http://www.ecsis.net/dsv/lakecounty/reelfoot/history.html History, Reelfoot Lake] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reelfoot_Lake Reelfoot Lake, Wikipedia] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811%E2%80%9312_New_Madrid_earthquakes New Madrid Earthquakes, Wikipedia] ===County Records=== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57228923 1940 Lake County, TN Census] [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Lake&page=1&state=TN 1950 Lake County, TN Census] ==See also== ==Sources==
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Lawrence County, Tennessee
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Lawrence County was named in honor of [[Lawrence-2777|Captain James Lawrence]] who commanded the USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812. === Lawrence County Notables === * Michael Jeter, actor ==Geography== Lawrence County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Lawrence County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. Lawrence County has a total area of: 618 square miles (1,600 km2), of which: 617 square miles (1,600 km2) is land 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) (0.1%) is water. ===Adjacent counties=== #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_County,_Tennessee Lewis County, Tennessee (north)] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_County,_Tennessee Maury County, Tennessee (northeast)] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_County,_Tennessee Giles County, Tennessee (east)] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauderdale_County,_Alabama Lauderdale County Alabama (south)] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County,_Tennessee Wayne County, Tennessee (west)] ===Protected areas=== ==National== #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchez_Trace_Parkway Natchez Trace Parkway (part)] ==State== #[http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/david-crockett David Crockett State Park] #Laurel Hill Wildlife Management Area ==Government Offices== #[https://lawcotn.com Lawrence County, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce] #[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/lawrencecountytennessee Lawrence County US Census Quick Facts] ==Demographics== As of the 2000 census, residing in the county, there were: *39,926 people *15,480 households *11,362 families The racial makeup consisted of: *96.83% White *1.47% Black or African American *0.32% Native American *0.24% Asian *0.02% Pacific Islander *0.39% from other races *0.73% from two or more races *1.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were: #*15,480 households #**33.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them #*59.10% were married couples living together #*10.60% had a female householder with no husband present #*26.60% were non-families #*23.70% of all households were made up of individuals #*11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. #*The average household size was 2.56 #*The average family size was 3.02. The population was spread out in the county, with: #*26.20% under the age of 18 #*8.40% from 18 to 24 #*28.10% from 25 to 44 #*23.00% from 45 to 64 #*14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. #The median age was 36 years. #For every 100 females there were 94.30 males. #For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.20 males ==Communities== ===Cities=== (must be officially part of the county) #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrenceburg,_Tennessee Lawrenceburg, Tennessee (county seat)] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretto,_Tennessee Loretto, Tennessee] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph,_Tennessee Saint Joseph, Tennessee] ===Towns=== #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethridge,_Tennessee Ethridge, Tennessee] === Census-designated Places === #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_City,_Tennessee Iron City, Tennessee (small portion in Wayne County)] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leoma,_Tennessee Leoma, Tennessee] #[[:Category:Summertown, Tennessee|Summertown]] #[[:Category:Westpoint, Tennessee|Westpoint]] ===Unincorporated Communities=== #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Springs,_Tennessee Alexander Springs, Tennessee] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleton,_Tennessee Appleton, Tennessee] #[[:Category:Bonnertown, Tennessee|Bonnertown]] #[[:Category:Brace, Tennessee|Brace]] #Carpenter's Station #[[:Category:Center Point, Lawrence County, Tennessee|Center Point]] #[[:Category:Crewstown, Lawrence County, Tennessee|Crewstown]] #[[:Category:Deerfield, Lawrence County, Tennessee|Deerfield]] #[[:Category:Fall River, Tennessee|Fall River]] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Points,_Lawrence_County,_Tennessee Five Points, Lawrence County, Tennessee] #[[:Category:Gum Springs, Tennessee|Gum Springs]] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryville,_Tennessee Henryville, Tennessee] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Grove,_Tennessee Liberty Grove, Tennessee] #[[:Category:Mars Hill, Tennessee|Mars Hill]] #[[:Category:New Prospect, Tennessee|New Prospect]] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Hill,_Tennessee Oak Hill, Tennessee] #[[:Category:Saint Marys, Tennessee|Saint Marys]] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Creek,_Lawrence_County,_Tennessee Spring Creek, Lawrence County, Tennessee] #[[:Category:Union Hill, Lawrence County, Tennessee|Union Hill]] ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category: Lawrence County, Tennessee, Cemeteries|Lawrence County Cemeteries]] #*[https://www.tngenweb.org/lawrence/lawrcem3.htm All known Lawrence County Cemeteries] #[[:Category:Lawrence County, Tennessee, Schools|Lawrence County Schools]] #*Lawrence County High School #*Loretto High School #*Summertown High School #*Davy Crockett Elementary School #*E. O. Coffman Middle School #*Ethridge Elementary School #*Ingram Sowell Elementary School #*Lawrenceburg Public Elementary School #*Leoma Elementary School #*New Prospect Elementary School #*South Lawrence Elementary School #*Summertown Elementary School #*J. C. Barnett Education Center #*[https://tennessee.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,church,scfips,47099.cfm Lawrence County Churches] ==Things to do/see== #[https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Things+To+Do&find_loc=Lawrenceburg%2C+TN Top 10 Things to do in Lawrence County, Tennessee] ==County Resources== #[https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Lawrence County Genealogy on FamilySearch] #[https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-lawrence-county Lawrence County Genealogy Fact Sheets] #[http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/lawrence/ Genealogy Trails Lawrence County, Tennessee] #[https://tngenweb.org/lawrence/ Lawrence County on USGenWeb] #[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/lawrence/lawrence.html Lawrence County USGenWeb Archives] #[http://home.lorettotel.net/~lcarchives/archives.htm Lawrence County, Tennessee Archives] #[http://www.linkpendium.com/lawrence-tn-genealogy/ Linkpendium's Lawrence County, Tennessee] ===County Records=== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== ==See also== ==Sources==
*[https://www.tngenweb.org/lawrence/ Lawrence County Tennessee] *[https://www.lcss.us/schools Lawrence County, Tennessee Schools] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Tennessee Wikipedia's Lawrence County, Tennessee]
Lewis County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Lincoln County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Lincoln County, Tennessee!
The county was named for American Revolutionary War [[Lincoln-78|General Benjamin Lincoln]]
Gannett, Henry. [http://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA187 The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States]. US Government Printing Office, 1905.=== Lincoln County Notables === ==Geography== Lincoln County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennessee's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Divisions_of_Tennessee Three Grand Divisions]. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. ===Adjacent counties=== # [[Space:Bedford_County%2C_Tennessee|Bedford]] (N) # [[Space:Moore_County%2C_Tennessee|Moore]] (NE) # [[Space:Franklin_County%2C_Tennessee|Franklin]] (E) #Madison Co., AL (S) #Limestone Co., AL (SW) #Giles (W) #Marshall (NW)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Tennessee Lincoln County, Tennessee], Wikipedia, viewed 12 May 2016.==Government Offices== # [https://www.lincolncountytn.gov/county-offices Lincoln County Government Offices] ==Communities== ===Cities=== #[http://www.fayettevilletn.com/ Fayetteville] (county seat) #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flintville,_Tennessee Flintville] #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_City,_Tennessee Park City] ===Unincorporated Communities=== * [[:Category:Belleville, Tennessee|Belleville]] * [[:Category:Blanche, Tennessee|Blanche]] * [[:Category:Booneville, Tennessee|Booneville]] * Boonshill * Cash Point * [[:Category:Coldwater, Tennessee|Coldwater]] * [[:Category:Dellrose, Tennessee|Dellrose]] * [[:Category:Elora, Tennessee|Elora]] * [[:Category:Flintville, Tennessee|Flintville]] * Howell * Howell Hill * Hughey * [[:Category:Kelso, Tennessee|Kelso]] * Kirkland * Liberty * [[:Category:Lincoln, Tennessee|Lincoln]] * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa,_Tennessee Mimosa] * [[:Category:McBurg, Tennessee|McBurg]] * Molino * [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kwc/shores/mem.html Mulberry] * [[:Category:New Dellrose, Tennessee|New Dellrose]] * New Hope * Park City * Prospect * Skinem ==County Common Areas=== #[[:Category: Lincoln County, Tennessee, Cemeteries | Cemeteries]] ==Resources and Records== === On WikiTree === === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Lincoln County Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-lincoln-county Lincoln County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/lincoln/ Lincoln County Genealogy Trails] * [https://www.tngenweb.org/lincoln/ Lincoln County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/lincoln/lincoln.html Lincoln County USGenWeb Archives] ==See also== : M. Secrist. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9blLCAAAQBAJ Lincoln Country, Tennessee: History Revealed Through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Ancestors]. 2012. : Ramsey, J. G. M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=U0EbAAAAYAAJ The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century]. Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia, 1853. ==Sources==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Tennessee Lincoln County, Tennessee], Wikipedia, viewed 12 May 2016. ---- '''Every fact needs a reference - use inline citations only'''
Loudon County, Tennessee
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Macon County, Tennessee
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Marion County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Marion County, Tennessee]] Marion County, Tennessee
: In 1789 Chiefs Catetoy and Vann led forty warriors in canoes and intercepted the boat of [[Brown-51325 |Colonel James Brown]]. Colonel Brown was traveling with a party, including his family, to settle lands in Middle Tennessee that had been granted to him for his Revolutionary War service. The Indians killed the men and captured the women and children. One of the Colonel's sons, [[Brown-45165|Joseph Brown]], later escaped and guided the Cumberland settlers' expedition to destroy the native towns of Nickajack, Running Water, and Long Island. In response the Indians made a treaty opening the south Valley to white settlement.
===European Settlement=== : When Tennessee first became a state, the Sequatchie Valley was part of [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Roane_County%2C_Tennessee Roane County]. In 1807 [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Bledsoe_County%2C_Tennessee Bledsoe County] was created out of the Sequatchie Valley, but treaties with the Cherokees prevented white settlement (in general) in the southern region. Marion County, named for Revolutionary War hero [[Marion-1|Francis Marion]] of South Carolina, was established in 1817 out the Cherokee lands. [[Griffith-1801|Amos Griffith]] and [[Standifer-46|William]] and [[Standifer-69 |James Standifer]] are thought to be the first white settlers, entering in 1805 when it was still part of Roane County. ==Geography== : Marion County is part of EastTennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Marion County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. : The county encompasses 500 square miles on the southern part of the Cumberland Plateau and the Sequatchie Valley in Tennessee.["https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch09.pdf Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, Population, Volume 1: Number of Inhabitants, Chapter 9], United States Department of Commerce, 1942 ===Rivers and Tributaries=== * Little Sequachee River ** John's Branch ** Pocket Creek * Sequachee River * Tennessee River ==Boundaries== In 1842 the State Assembly established the dividing line between Marion and Hamilton counties as on the "South side of Tennessee River, as run and marked by the surveyor General of the Hiwassee District." An 1852 State Constitutional Amendment enabled the future creation of a county that could possibly reduce the size of Marion and Bledsoe counties below 625 square miles In 1873 the State Assembly reclassified a portion of Marion County's 3rd Civil District into Sequatchie County. The land was described as follows: Beginning at a point in the line between Hamilton and Marion Counties on Walden's Ridge, so as to run a straight line by the Big Point, where the two suck creeks come together, to the headwaters of Looney's Creek, as it meanders to where it strikes the lands of George S. Smith; then with said George S. Smith's line around to where it comes to said Looney's Creek, so as to include the lands of said George S. Smith in Sequatchie County; then down said Looney's Creek to the mouth where it empties into Sequatchie River; then from the mouth of said Looney's Creek a straight line by the residence of James A. Smith, and on to where it will strike the Grundy County line.The Land Laws of Tennessee, J. M. Deardoff and Sons, printers, 1891, accessed online at [https://books.google.com/books?id=I7kZAAAAYAAJ GoogleBooks]. ===Enumeration Districts=== Historically, the U.S. Census Bureau denoted primary political divisions within counties as "minor civil divisions." The primary divisions of Tennessee counties were called civil districts (CDs). The unincorporated cities and towns formed secondary subdivisions of the minor civil divisions in which they were located. Typically, each of the secondary divisions, or incorporated places, formed a part of some CD. In 1890 Marion County was organized into 14 CDs. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9HB-P7FF?cc=2329948&wc=92VW-827%3A1077259601 "United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses], 1900-1940," images, FamilySearch, Roll 60, Tennessee, Anderson-Sequatchie 1900-1940 > image 250 of 1013; citing NARA microfilm publication A3378 (Wasington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2003). On April 22nd, 1899 the Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill aggregating Marion County's civil districts from sixteen to four. House Bill No. 952 read as follows: "Be it further enacted, That district number one shall embrace the territory heretofore embraced in the boundary of the old districts numbers eight, thirteen, six, and three; that district number two shall embrace the territory heretofore embraced in the boundary of the old districts numbers fourteen, sixteen, and eleven; that district number three shall embrace the territory heretofore embraced within the boundary of the old districts numbers nine, twelve, ten, one, and two; that district number four shall embrace the territory heretofore embraced within the boundary of the old districts numbers seven, four, fifteen, and five."Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed by the Fifty-First General Assembly, 1899, Nashville, Tennessee, Brandon Printing Company, accessed online at LLMC.com The 1900 Census, however, maintained 16 distinct districts for enumeration. The General Assembly of the State of Tennessee passed an Act on April 5th, 1905 that redistricted Marion County, taking effect in August 1906. The changes were as follows: The First and Second CD were attached to the Twelfth, and the group was renamed the First Civil District. The Third CD was attached to the Fifteenth and renamed the Second Civil District. The Sixth CD was attached to the Thirteenth and denoted the Third Civil District. The Ninth and Eleventh CDs were attached to the Tenth and numbered the Fourth Civil District. The former Fourth CD was attached to the Fifth Civil District and maintained the latter's name. The Fourteenth CD joined the Sixth, and the group was renamed the Sixth Civil District. Lastly, the Eighth CD was attached to the Seventh Civil District and maintained the latter's number. Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed by the Fifty-Fourth General Assembly, 1905, Nashville, Tennessee, Brandon Printing Company, accessed online at GoogleBooks. Following this restructure, the State Assembly enacted a law that prohibited the creation or aggregation of any civil districts in Marion County except by Act of the General Assembly. There were 8 civil districts used for the 1910 Census, 10 in 1920, and 8 again in 1930. Marion County redistricted to five civil districts in 1936, affecting the 1940 Census tabulation.[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9HB-P7FF?cc=2329948&wc=92VW-827%3A1077259601 "United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses], 1900-1940," images, FamilySearch, Roll 60, Tennessee, Anderson-Sequatchie 1900-1940 > image 250 of 1013; citing NARA microfilm publication A3378 (Wasington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2003). '''1910 Civil Districts''' {|border='1' |District||Population Center|| |- |1||None (Mountain District)|| |- |2||Whitwell and Shirleyton|| |- |3||None|| |- |4||Kimball|| |- |5||Victoria|| |- |6||South Pittsburg|| |- |7||Jasper and Sequatchie|| |- |8||Monteagle|| |} ===Schools=== * Jasper Academy * Jasper Female Institute ====Districts==== Marion County was located in the Ocoee district, which reserved section 16 of each township as school land.[http://www.tngenweb.org/polk/ocoeedistland.htm The Ocoee District Land Grants], David Johnson, Marion and DeKalb County, TN Genweb County Coordinator, and Joyce Gaston, Polk and Cocke County, TN Genweb County Coordinator In 1840 the clerks of these common school districts were granted management of the entire section and were permitted to rent the school land for periods up to five years. They were instructed to "bind the lessees to pursue such a course of husbandry as will in his judgment as best calculated to preserve said lands and improve their quality, to keep the fences, buildings and other improvements thereon in good repair, and to abstain from all unnecessary waste, only using so much of the timber growing on said land as may be necessary for the purposes of good husbandry." The collected rent was then apportioned to the commissioners of the common school districts in proportion to the scholastic population who may attend the common school.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3692978& Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed by the Twenty-Third General Assembly], 1839-40, Nashville, Tennessee, Brandon Printing Company, accessed online at HathiTrust. In 1905 Marion County had 16 school districts, all of which were notably unchanged during the reorganization of the civil districts. ===Protected Areas=== ==Historical Events== ==Demographics== ===County=== {|border='1' |Year||Population|| |- |1920||17,402|| |- |1930||17,549|| |- |1940||19,140|| |} ===Civil Districts=== 2nd Civil District - {| border='1' |Year||Population||Households||Mean Age||Median Age||Farmers/Farm Laborer||Coal Miners||Blacksmiths||Other|| |- |1880||304||60||22||16||53||0||3||1|| |- |1900||600||114||||||96||56|||||| |} ==Infrastructure== ===1830s=== ====1838==== : The State appropriated three thousand dollars for the improvement of the rivers and tributaries in Marion County. They appointed [[Deakins-18|Absalom Dickens]], [[Mitchell-11411|John Mitchell]], and William Rice a board of commissioners to superintend the disbursement of funds.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3692977& Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed by the Twenty-Second General Assembly], 1837-8,, Nashville, Tennessee, Brandon Printing Company, accessed online at HathiTrust. : The following men were commissioned to raise $60,000 to $100,000 for the creation of a turnpike road from Manchester, Coffee County to Colonel David Oats' land on the Tennessee River in Marion County: Joseph Gentry, Leed (last name illegible), Alexander E. Patton, William S. Mooney, George (last name illegible), John Clipper, William McMurry, Philip Bibles, George W. Rice, David Rankin, David Oats, George W. Rogers, David R. Rollings, John M. Morrow, A. J. Price, (first name illegible) Thompson, and B. T. Holland. Stock was to be issued in fifty dollar shares. The group met for the first time at Pelham on May 7th, and were scheduled to reconvene once $10,000 stock was taken to elect six directors. The directors' were charged to corporate the Pelham and Jasper Turnpike Company, allowing them to own, sell, and buy property, and to sue and be sued under the corporate name. The board collectively decided the degree of gradation of the road through the Cumberland Mountain as well as which segments to pave. The State mandated the establishment of exactly seven toll gates, whose location was at the discretion of the board. The only requirements were that no gate could be within one mile to any town nor nearer than five miles to each other. ===1840s=== ====1840==== : Josiah M. Anderson of Marion County and George W. Williams of Hamilton County were authorized to open and cut out a turnpike road described as follows: :: "commencing at a point on the public road leading down Sequatchee Valley, on the south side of the creek, at or near John Bennett's, in Marion County, thence crossing Walden's ridge, the nearest and most practicable route, to a point on at George W. Williams' land, opposite, or nearly so to the town of Chattanooga, in Hamilton County; which road; which road, where the situation of the county will admit of it, shall be opened thirty feet wide between the river opposite Chattanooga and the eastern base of Walden's ridge, and shall in the whole extent be opened eighteen feet wide, clear of stumps, rocks and other obstructions, and causewayed where necessary; and where the nature of the ground is such that it cannot be extended to the width herein required, said road may, with the consent of the commissioners, be reduced to any width not less than twelve feet, clear of stumps, roots and other obstructions; and if there should be any creek or creeks that from their nature require it, there shall be good and substantial bridges built across them; and if there should be any swamps over which said road may be taken, it shall be the duty of the proprietors of said road to causeway said road with either stone or wood, to be made over said swamps, at least twelve feet wide, clear of stumps, logs or other obstructions." : Anderson and Williams were required to mile-mark and maintain the road and to allow free passage whenever repairs were being made. James A. Whitesides of Hamilton County and John Bennet and Moses Easterly of Marion County were appointed commissioners of the road and were responsible for examining its suitability after completion. Upon their approval, they had the authority to license the proprietors (Anderson and Williams) to keep a toll gate on the top or at the base of the mountain. The act was revived the following year, which allowed two years for the construction of the road and authorized them to charge the following prices: ::"seventy-five cents for a wagon and ix-horse team; sixty-two and half cents for a wagon and five-horse team; fifty cents for a wagon of burthen drawn by three or four horses; twenty-five cents for each two-horse wagon or cart with one horse; one dollar for four-wheeled carriage of pleasure drawn by two or more horses; fifty cents for four-wheeled carriage of pleasure drawn by one horse; fifty cents for carriage or dearbourn wagon if drawn by two horses; thirty=seven and a half cents for carriage or dearbourn wagon drawn by one horse; thirty-seven and a half cents for two-wheeled carriage of pleasure; twelve cents for man and horse or mule; six cents for a loose or led horse or mule, not in a drove; three cents for a horse or mule in a drove; two cents per head of cattle; one cent per head of hog or sheep: provided that no person taking their livestock to range on the mountain or returning with the same therefrom shall be liable to pay toll at said gate. Wagons and carriages drawn by mules or oxen were subject to the same toll as if drawn by horses, provided that all people traveling the river road leading past G. W. Williams' and the suck were not liable to the toll." ====1841==== : The following men were appointed commissioners of the newly incorporated Shelbyville, Winchester, and Jasper Turnpike Company: James Robinson, John Holder, Benjamin Decker, Mark Hutchins, Wm. Estill, Thomas S. Logan, James Sharpe, Peter S. Decherd, Thomas Wilson, and Wallace Estill, Jr., all of Franklin County, and William Rice, Erasmus Ally, and David Rankin of Marion County. The road ran from Shelbyville to Winchester and to the point of intersection with the Pelham and Jasper turnpike on Battle Creek in Marion County ====1842==== : Andrew K. Parker, John Gillentine, and Nicholas M. Gillentine were granted two years to build a turnpike road across the Cumberland mountain from the foot of the mountain, at or near William Denny's in Van Buren County, passing the town of Spencer to the foot of the mountain in Marion County, in the direction to Chattanooga. They were promised twenty years of exclusive right to charge tolls for twenty years if completed. ====1846==== : The Union Turnpike Company was organized to construct and maintain a graded turnpike road from Chattanooga to the residence of the late David Oats of Marion County. The commissioners were Reese B. Brabson, John G. Glass, and Thomas McCallie of Hamilton County, and Daniel R. Rawlings, William S. Griffith, and Green H. Pryor of Marion County. The road was to run under the bluff at the north end of the Lookout mountain, and that portion lying between Chattanooga creek or Ross's Spring branch, should it cross the creek above the mouth of said branch and the entrance into Lookout valley shall for the whole distance be substantially graveled, McAdamized, causewayed, or bridged. The company was directed to notify Benjamin B. Cannon and Milo Smith of Hamilton County and Joseph P. Kelly of Marion County so that they could examine and certify the work. The Act prohibited a tollgate closer than two and a half miles to Chattanooga and required a minimum distance of ten miles between each gate. Furthermore, residents in Hamilton County, of the Lookout Valley, and those within two miles of the road in Marion County who worked four days a year to maintain the road were exempt from the toll.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3692981& Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed by the Twenty-Sixth General Assembly], 1845-6, Nashville, Tennessee, Brandon Printing Company, accessed online at HathiTrust. : Henry T. Sprung and Riley Nunley of Grundy County and John Hereford of Marion County were appointed commissioners on Higginbotham and Rankin's turnpike road for its continued maintenance. ====1848==== The Marion and Hamilton Turnpike Company was incorporated in 1848 to build a turnpike road from the western base of Walden's Ridge in Marion County near the residence of Josiah M. Anderson; thence across said ridge in the direction of Chattanooga to the eastern base thereof, near John Foust's. The appointed commissioners were Burrell L. Burnett, William Barker, Samuel Williams, Benjamin Ford, and John P. Long.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3692982& Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed by the Twenty-Seventh General Assembly], 1847-48, Nashville, Tennessee, Brandon Printing Company, accessed online at HathiTrust. ====1849==== : Church Jackson, owner of the Turnpike road that had been granted to James Standifer, was permitted to amend the route, commencing with said road at the eastern part of the Cumberland mountain, near the residence of the late James Sims of Marion County, continuing the present chartered road to the western top of said mountain, in an old field, then diverging to the left, and intersecting the Crow Creek road at or near the Tunnel of the Nashville and Chattanooga rail road in Franklin County. : Phillip Nobards and S. P. Goodman of Grundy County and Terey Ladd of Marion County were appointed commissioners of the Pelham and Jasper turnpike road. ===1850s=== ====1850==== : Andrew Stone of Marion County was granted authority to pen a turnpike road of the following description: ::Beginning at the south bank of Tennessee river at Gardenhire's ferry, in Marion County; thence from said ferry, keeping mainly the road now used, making such deviation as the commissioners, hereafter to be appointed by the county court of Marion County, shall permit, direct, so as to get the road on better ground, or to shorten the distance, to a creek called Running Water; thence with said road, with such deviation as above, to the Georgia line, in the direction of Chattanooga, Tennessee. : Stone was given two years to complete the project, and residents of the county were not to be charged the toll[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3692983& Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed by the Twenty-Eighth General Assembly], 1849-50, Nashville, Tennessee, Brandon Printing Company, accessed online at HathiTrust. : Daniel Walling was authorized at the same time to open a turnpike road commencing at the western base of Walling's ridge in Marion County near Josiah M. Anderson's; thence a south direction and best route to the eastern base of said ridge in Hamilton County, near Esquire Faust's. Burrell Bennett of Marion County and John Foust of Hamilton County were appointed commissioners of said road for examination and final licensing. : The county court was empowered to authorize the erection of a free bridge across the Sequatchee River at or near the point at which the road leading to Jasper to Trenton, Georgia crosses said river, provided that the bridge does not impede or obstruct the navigation of the river except when the water is unusually high ====1852==== : Henry Grayson was authorized to open a turnpike road, leading from Altamont to Chattanooga, described as follows: ::commencing at the county line between Marion and Grundy counties, commencing at the terminus of a road leading from Altamont to the county line; running thence to the top of the mountain, thence down the same at a place called the Stairs, thence to the valley road of Marion county at the most convenient point. The Marion county court was charged with appointing two commissioners to examine and certify the road. Marion County citizens moving livestock off and on the mountain were not to be charged toll. : Henry Long and Henry M. Long of Marion County were authorized to open a turnpike road, commencing on the Kelley's ferry road leading from Jasper, at or near Henry Long's residence diverging to the left from said Kelley's ferry road on the path way known as the cut off across Walden's ridge, pursuing the pathway on the most acceptable ground, till said proprietors reach Haley's turnpike as was formerly used, thence with said old pike on the most practicable ground on either side of said old pike, if necessary, until the road reaches at or near the north bank of the Tennessee River, thence up said river to Suck creek, on the line of Hamilton County, said road leading in the direction of Chattanooga. The men had two years to complete the project, which adhered to the provisions from 1847/48 that permitted T. P. Kelley to open and cut out a turnpike road. : John Bennett of Marion County and Daniel Sirly of Hamilton County were appointed commissioners of the road authorized to Daniel Wallen during the 1850 session in place of Burrell Bennett and John Foust. : The Sequatchie Plank Road Company incorporated to construct and maintain the Plank road, beginning at some suitable point on the Tennessee River in Marion County and to extend up Sequatchie Valley and to terminate at or near Tollett's mills in Bledsoe County. : The Pikeville and Jasper Rail Road Company was incorporated to connect with the Nashville and Chattanooga rail road on the Tennessee river. The commissioners of Marion County were: William Rankin, Burrel L. Bennett, Allen Kirklin, Isaac Hicks, Amos Griffith, Thomas Smith, Raphael Shelton, Richard W. Stone, Jas. N. Martin, James Hawkins, George Stewart, John Rogers, Henry Grayson, James B. Kelly, Arthur Long, James Klipper, Saml. Bean, R. S. Rawlings, Jackson Pryor, G. H. Pryor, D. Rawlings, W. S. Griffith, D. R. Rawlings, Pleasant A. Mitchell, William Stone, Jeremiah Maxwell, and J. T. Ashburn. ==Government== ===County Seat=== : Marion County's first court was held in the house of [[Shropshire-152|John Shropshire]] in present-day Whitwell. For the next year court was held in the old Cheek house, a two-story double log house located south of Whitwell in Cheekville (and later named Liberty), where court had been held in the past while the county was still in North Carolina. Shortly after a commission was created to select and establish a new and permanent county seat. The following men were the commissioners who selected Jasper as the county seat: William Stone, David Oats, Burgess Matthews, Alexander Kelly, William King, William Stevens, and Davis Miller. : In 1819 the commission agreed upon Jasper, a town named in honor of the Sergeant Jasper of the Revolutionary War. They purchased forty acres from a Cherokee woman named Betsy Pack and built the courthouse in 1820. John Kelly was the first clerk of the court, and Alan Griffith was the first registrar. ===Chancery Court=== : In 1852 a chancery court, under the fourth chancery division, was established in the Jasper court house to be held on Tuesdays preceding the second Mondays in March and September. All of the pending suits at the time in the chancery courts at Pikeville, Bledsoe County, where any of the parties live in Marion County were, with the consent of the chancellor, transferred to Jasper. The first chancery court held at Jasper occurred on September 8th, 1852. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3692984& Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed by the Twenty-Ninth General Assembly], 1851-52, Nashville, Tennessee, Brandon Printing Company, accessed online at HathiTrust. : Marion County citizens were still allowed the privilege to file bills in the chancery court at Pikeville or Winchester. ===Circuit Court=== Marion County fell under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Circuit Court. In 1860 the Fifth Circuit Judge was E. L. Gardenhire, and the session was held in Jasper on the third Monday of April, August, and December. ===Representation=== ====Federal==== In 1852 Marion County was grouped with the counties of Blount, Monroe, Polk, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, and Roane to compose the 3rd Congressional District of the United States Congress. ====State==== =====Senate===== Marion County composed a State Senatorial District with Rhea, Bledsoe, Bradley, and Hamilton counties, and the polls were compared at Harrison =====House of Representatives===== 1860 - James S. Havron of Jasper ===Post Offices=== * Cheeksville * Coop's Creek * Looney's Creek * Nicojack * Pregmore's Station * Rankinsville * Running Water * Walden's Ridge ===Sheriffs=== : In 1846 the Attorney General of the third judicial circuit was directed to take bond and good security from Philip Bible, payable in one, two, three, and four years without interest to the State, for the amount of a judgment recovered against him in the circuit court of Marion County as the security of Sheriff William Jones; and on giving such bond and security, and the payment of the costs, the attorney general promised to dismiss all suits against him. ===Notaries Public=== * William Rankin (1897)Marion County, TN Deed: T. A. Floyd and wife to David Kilgore, 1897, Book DD, Page 587, [https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Marion_County%2C_TN_Deed:_T.A._Floyd_and_wife_to_David_Kilgore&public=1 transcribed] on 20 Jul 2019, original available at FamilySearch.org ==Economy== ===Pre Civil War=== The Sewanee Mining Company was organized in 1852 and reorganized as the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Company in 1860.The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama, Ethel Armes, Birmingham, Alabama, 1910, p. 368, accessed online at [https://books.google.com/books?id=iuZYAAAAYAAJ GoogleBooks]. ===Post Civil War=== In the mid 1870s, several wealthy men from Stockton-on-Tees, England formed the [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Southern_States_Coal%2C_Iron%2C_and_Land_Company Southern States Coal, Iron, and Land Company] and began investing heavily in Marion County. They quickly purchased about 50,000 acres of land in the Cumberland mountains as well as another 100,000 acres in other sections of the state.Nashville Union and American, Nashville, Tennessee, 25 July 1875, p. 1, accessed online at Newspapers.com Coal mines opened in Whitwell and coke ovens in Victoria. Iron ore was extracted from Inman, and South Pittsburg concentrated on smelting. In the early 1890s J. C. Beene built a steam plant in South Pittsburg to serve the city. This attracted multiple iron and manufacturing companies. Richard Hardy founded Richard City, a company town for the Dixie Portland Cement Company in the early 1900s. The completion of the Hales Bar Dam in 1912 brought hydroelectric power. In 1933 the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created to oversee flood control, navigation, and and the expansion of hydroelectric power in the Tennessee Valley. The TVA built several dams on the Tennessee River and its tributaries, changing the original geography and many sites used by early settlers. === 20th Century === In 1943 the Whitwell mines were operated by the Tennessee Products Corporation and employed 800 men. The daily output of the operation was 2,100 tons that were shipped to by-products plants in Chattanooga and processed into coke for the manufacture of steel, aluminum, and ferro-manganese. 1,300 Miners of Whitwell, Palmer Idle After Disputes, Chattanooga Daily Times, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 29 April 1943, page 1 and 17, accessed online at https://www.newspapers.com/image/604640895/ on 28 January 2021. The combination of the Whitwell mines and those in the town of Palmer made up the largest in the Southern Tennessee Sub-District of the United Mine Workers District 19. The sub-district encompassed Hamilton, Marion, Grundy, and other surrounding counties with an approximate total of 2,000 workers and an estimated output of 30,000 tons per week. Most of the coal produced in the Chattanooga territory went directly or indirectly into the war effort, excluding the product sold to retail coal yards. In April 1943 the Whitwell miners started to strike amidst, prior to a national-level dispute over industry wages. The strike prompted a complete halt in production from April 23rd through at least April 29th. The mines had been operating on three seven-hour shifts. W. J. Holloway served as chairman of the Whitwell local of the United Mine Workers. Elvin Griffith, who also served on the committee, stated that the work stoppage was the result of a "misunderstanding between the company and the workers." He also mentioned that no vote had been taken by the local directing a strike or walkout. The national dispute was resolved when President Roosevelt nationalized the coal industry. Area Coal Miners Awaiting Orders, Chattanooga Daily Times, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 03 May 1943, page 2, accessed online at https://www.newspapers.com/image/604644661/ on 28 January 2021. ==Places== ===Towns=== * Inman * Jasper The town of Jasper sits three miles north of the Tennessee river, one mile northwest from the Sequatchie river, and one mile from the Cumberland mountains. It served as the terminus of a branch of the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad. A post office was established in 1820, and the town incorporated in 1825. In 1852 the town formed a corporation under the name Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Jasper. The body had perpetual succession and protected the town officials from individual damages for administrative business. The county sheriff or constable of Jasper was thereon required to hold an election every first Saturday of January at the court house for the position of five aldermen. All people living within the boundaries of Jasper for at least the previous three months who were otherwise qualified to vote for members of the Tennessee General Assembly, and all people so qualified owning real estate in Jasper, whether resident or not, were entitled to vote in the aldermen elections. The newly elected aldermen would then choose one among themselves as Mayor for the remainder of the year as well as a Recorder, Constable, and Treasurer. The Constable was tasked to collect and pay over to the Treasurer, on the first Mondays in January and July annually, all taxes, fines and forfeitures due and owing said corporation. When electing a town constable, the aldermen could select any person not a member of the board that was at least 21 years of age and living with the town's boundaries. In 1860 the town had, in addition to the county court house and offices, one jail a Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian church, a female institute and an academy, five general stores and one grocery, several flouring and saw mills, two carding machines, two hotels, and a variety of trades and professions. The town's population was 300 versus the 1,500 that made up the Seventh Civil District. Below is a list of some some local businessmen in 1860: {|border='1' |Akin, Zachariah||boot and shoe maker||Alexander, J. P.||physician||Alexander & Griffith||general merchants|| |- |Alford, Wm||tailor||Allison, R.||distiller||Armstrong||stone mason|| |- |Blancet, H. G.||grocer||Byman, B. F.||general merchant||Byrne, W.||physician|| |- |Carlton, W.||distiller||Chaudoin D.||general merchant||Clark, A. C.||carriage and wagon maker|| |- |Clark, Wm||carriage and wagon maker||Connatson, J. H.||attorney at law||Deakins, G. S.||attorney at law|| |- |Druin, Wm||china and glassware||Dunn, James||blacksmith and plow maker||Dunn, John||tanner|| |- |Early, Rev. Wm||Presbyterian||Gatling, John||tailor||Glenn, Rev. T. F.||Methodist|| |- |Griffith, A. L.||attorney at law||Griffith, W. S.||planter||Havron, Jas. S.||tanner|| |- |Henson, C. A.||brick mason||Higgins, Geo. W.||boot and shoe maker||Hill, B.||nursery and seedsman|| |- |Hopkins, B. S.||physician||Howard, E. J.||physician and dentist||Hyde, A. A.||attorney at law|| |- |Judd, W. H.||jewelry, watches, clocks, &e.||Judd, Wm||daguerreotypist||Kelley, W. J.||surveyor|| |- |Kelley A.||steam saw and flouring mills||Ketner, A. K.||carding machine||Levan, Jos.||water saw mill|| |- |Lewis, Geo.||chair manufacturing||Loveday, Henry||cooper||McMahon, F. M.||general merchant|| |- |Maxwell, J. C.||blacksmith||May, David||carpenter||Morris, W. W.||physician and dentist|| |- |Morris, W. W.||hotel proprietor||Nicholson, John||boot and shoe maker||Olive Branch Lodge No. 53||Masonic|| |- |O'Neal, J.||brick mason||Pryor, G. H.||water saw and flouring mills||Pryor J.||planter|| |- |Rankin, D.||planter||Rawlston, R.||distiller||Read, J. T.||physician|| |- |Read, John T.||carding machine||Rilley, J. M.||surveyor||Rogers, Rev.||Baptist|| |- |Rutledge, H. A.||planter||Shelton, H. T.||water flouring mill||Slatton, Thos.||fish dealer|| |- |Smalley||fish dealer||Smith, Rawson||tailor||Sorrell, W. A.||tanner|| |- |Stone, A. M.||hotel proprietor||Thack, J. D.||cabinet maker||Thack, O. P. & J.||saddle and harness makers|| |- |Turner, W.||general merchants||White, Alfred||carpenter||White, Uriah & Wm.||carpenters|| |- |Wiley, John||carriage and wagon maker||Wood, T. S.||barber||Austin, James||fish dealer|| |} * Richard City * South Pittsburg * Victoria * [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Whitwell%2C_Tennessee Whitwell] ===Communities=== * Cheeksville - A post village on the west side of the Sequatchie river, northeast of Jasper.John L. Mitchell's Tennessee State Gazetteer, and Business Directory, For 1860--'61, No. 1, Nashville: John L. Mitchell Publisher. 1860, accessed online at [https://books.google.com/books?id=HOsxAQAAMAAJ GoogleBooks]. * Griffith Creek * Looney's Creek - A post village located on the Sequatchie river. The post office was established in 1849. In 1860 the district had a population of 500, and there was one general store, three flouring and two saw mills, three hotels, one carding machine operated by A. K. Ketner, and several mechanical trades. The Postmaster was D. J. Rogers. The District Officers were as follows: P. H. Grayson and Jesse Shirley were Justices of Peace, George Griffith was the Constable, and J. E. Teague, John Hudson, and D. M. Ketchum were the Common School Commissioners. D. C. Brown, P. H. Grayson, and D. Ketner were local blacksmiths, and J. G. Hilliard was a cabinet marker. P. C. Grayson and Thomas N. Teague took care of the carriage and wagon making, while E. A. Teague and Henry Grayson were the distillers/rectifiers. J. H. and D. J. Rogers' general store served the village with dry goods, groceries, hardware, clothing, etc. A. W. Price was the counties' only gunsmith at the time. F. Ashburn, Wm Cowan, and Ransom Smith were local tanners. * Nicojack was a post village. * Running Water was a post village. * Rankinsville was a post village. ==County Records== ===Census Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land Records=== ===Court Records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ==Military== : Starting in 1838 the State of Tennessee required each county to hold annual drill practice to train the local militia for at least three hours for two days. Roll was called each day by the brigade major, and absentees were fined. Marion County was part of the seventh brigade and was scheduled to meet on the Monday and Tuesday following the second Friday of September. The regiments were also required to muster every October. ===Civil War=== : The county, as with much of the Cumberland Plateau, was extremely divided during the Civil War. Many brothers served on opposite sides of the War. The presence of the railroad and major turnpikes brought significant military movement through the region from both the Union and Confederacy. ==County Resources== * [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9HB-PW88?i=229&wc=92VW-827%3A1077259601&cc=2329948 Enumeration District Maps 1900-1940] ==Related Categories== ==References==Massacre at Cavett's Station
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[[Category:Massacre at Cavett Station]] [[Category:Native American Tribes of Tennessee]] [[Category: Knox County, Tennessee, Cavett]] [[Category: Knox County, Tennessee, History]] '''This page is a work in progress''' {{US History|sub-project=Tennessee}}{{clear}} ==Background== The goal of this page is to tell of the Massacre at Cavett's Station. Cavett's Station was the homestead of the Alexander Cavett Family in 1793, located near Knoxville, TN. On September 25, 1793, a band of Cherokee and Creek warriors led by Chief Doublehead, surrounded the homestead; they gained entry and massacred all family members present. This project will explore the causes of this incident, the people involved, and the social and political history of Knoxville at that time, which was a factor in the Native Americans' decision to attack. The main resource for this project is the book ''Massacre at Cavett's Station'' by Dr. Charles Faulkner,
Faulkner, Charles. ''Massacre at Cavett's Station''. The University of Tennessee Press/Knoxville. 2013a professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Personal communication with Dr. Faulkner===Cavett Lineage=== Line from [[Cavett-48|Alexander Cavett]] to [[Binkley-335|Summer Orman]] #[[Cavett-28|Moses Cavett]] - brother of Alexander #[[Cavett-47|Thomas Cavett]] #[[Cavett-46|Nancy Cavett Lonas]]
Dr. Faulkner confirmed with me on 4/25/2015 that Nancy (Cavett) Lonas was '''''not''''' a survivor of this tragedy, as is a common misconception in the genealogy community. Personal communication, April 25, 2016.#[[Lonas-37|Catherine Lonas Gilson]] #[[Gilson-450|Jessie Gilson Alley]] #[[Alley-1050|Charlsie Alley Atwood]] #[[Atwood-1414|E. Atwood Brown]] #[[Sain-103|Toni Sain Barnes]] #[[Binkley-335|Summer Binkley Orman]] ==See Also== #[http://knoxstalgia.blogspot.com/2007/12/this-afternoon-girls-and-i-visited-site.html Blog about the site] #[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4unkZrTt0H8 You Tube Video Tour] #[[Space:1787-PETITION_OF_THE_INHABITANTS_OF_THE_WESTERN_COUNTRY|Petition for secession from the Southwest Territory]], signed by Moses and Alexander Cavett #[http://www.lat34north.com/HistoricMarkersTN/MarkerDetail.cfm?KeyID=047-015&MarkerTitle=Cavett%27s%20Station Cavett Station Historical Marker], TN Historical Society ==Resources== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee#Early_history Tennessee, Early History on Wikipedia] *Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. (accessed through Ancestry) *Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874โ1955. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. ==References==
McMinn County, Tennessee
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[[Category:McMinn County, Tennessee]] Welcome to McMinn County, Tennessee!
gives you the template above (2 flags) ==List of Things to Do== #Contributing to the main project page as needed #Church records of christenings, marriages and burials #Voter or citizenship rolls #Records of wills and deceased estates #Land tenure records #Tax lists #Muster lists for militia service #Census records, indexed and uploaded ==McMinn County History== ==Geography== McMinn County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. McMinn County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. ===Adjacent counties=== # Meigs County to the west # Roane County to the north # Loudon County to the northeast # Monroe County to the east # Polk County to the southeast # Bradley County to the southwest ===Protected areas=== #List and link wildlife areas/parks/etc ==Government Offices== #List and link county offices ==Demographics== #General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc ==Communities== ===Cities=== # Athens - County Seat # Etowah # Niota # Sweetwater - partially in Monroe County ===Towns=== # Calhoun # Englewood ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category: McMinn County, Tennessee, Cemeteries | Cemeteries]] #[[:Category: McMinn County, Tennessee, Schools | Schools]] ==Things to do/see== #touristy things ==County Resources== #[[Space:McMinn_County%2C_TN_Deed_Book_index|McMinn County Deed Book Index]] # #Add any additional genealogical resources here ===County Records=== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== ==See also== ==Sources==
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Welcome to the McNairy County, Tennessee Project!
*[[Brewer-3212|Albert P. Brewer]], born Bethel Springs, Tennessee; 47th Governor of Alabama. *[[Brown-144297|Sheriff William M. Brown]], Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, 1886-1890; 1892-1896. *[[Christian-5520|Yancey Presley Christian]]. First Chairman of McNairy County Court
Notes of Ancil Walker Stovall, Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy, May 2001. Original notes on file at the McNairy County Archives, Selmer, Tennessee.*[[Hurst-45|Colonel Fielding J. Hurst]] Commander of the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fielding_Hurst*[[Lowrey-347|Brigadier General Mark Perrin Lowrey]], one of two Brigadier Generals, CSA from McNairy County.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Perrin_Lowrey*[[Murry-329|William Murray]], First McNairy County Register of Deeds; War of 1812 Veteran.
Stovall, Ancil Walker, Mcnairy County History 1823-1876, Notes of Ancil Walker Stovall. Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy, May 2001. On file at the McNairy County Archives, Selmer, Tennessee.*Robert Owens, First McNairy County Trustee *[[Saunders-13524|Jennie Saunders Perkins]], published poet and writer * [[Pusser-10|Buford Pusser]], sheriff of McNairy County from 1964 to 1970. The movies "Walking Tall" were inspired by his career.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Wikipedia]*Wilson, Henry- First Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee (Need info. Nancy Kennedy wrote he went to an Unknown Northern State. *[[Wisdom-838|Dew Moore Wisdom]], Mississippi State Senator, Newspaper Owner and Editor, and Indian Agent of Oklahoma. *[[Major-1051|Benjamin Wright]], served in the War of 1812 and the War with Mexico. First McNairy County Surveyor; served multiple terms as Register of Deeds for McNairy County, Tennessee.
Wright. Marcus J..Reminiscences of the Early Settlement and Early Settlers of Mcnairy County, Tennessee. Commercial Publishing Company.Washington, D. C. 1882. Googlebooks.com;*[[Wright-34868|Brigadier General Marcus J. Wright]], one of two Brigadier Generals, CSA from McNairy County.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Joseph_Wright===Revolutionary War Soldiers Who lived in McNairy County=== *William Barnes *Richard Bearden *[[Burks-1562|Isham Burks]] *David Campbell *Hugh Cannon *Philip Cames *[[Choate-351|Christopher Choate]] *[[Combs-2725|Gilbert Combs]] *James Cotton *Jovan Cox *Thomas Crow *[[Ferguson-20375|James Ferguson]] *[[Gage-537|Aaron Gage]] *[[Hamm-1858|John Ham(m)]] *John Henderson *[[Herron-2866|David Herron]] *[[Hill-26129|Daniel Hill]] *[[Hodges-1714|Jesse Hodges]] *John Hood, Sen *[[Houston-182|Archibald Houston]] *[[Lowrie-331|Robert Lowrey]] *[[McCullar-37|Alexander McCullar]] *[[McGuire-879|Allegany McGuire]] *[[Rankin-188|Robert Rankin]] *Robert Moore *[[Reynolds-5502|Hamilton Reynolds]] *James Robinson *John Robinson *James Roland *John Stewart *Allen Sweat *Lewis Wilburn *This list was compiled by Nancy Kennedy, Greg Shields, and Margaret Tull ===Law Enforcement Killed in the Line of Duty=== *Sheriff [[Lewis-46564|Samuel Lewis]] Killed 31 Jul 1867, Riot at Purdy, Tennessee. *Deputy [[York-8057|John York]], Killed 1931 by Russ Hamilton ==Geography== McNairy County is part of West Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic but also cultural and defined in state law. ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Space:Chester_County%2C_Tennessee|Chester]] - north * [[Space:Hardin_County%2C_Tennessee|Hardin]] - east * [[Space:Alcorn_County%2C_Mississipppi|Alcorn County, Mississippi]] - south * Hardeman County - west ==Government Offices== *[https://www.mcnairycountytn.org/ McNairy County Website] *[https://www.mcnairycountytn.org/county-archives.html McNairy County Archives] ==Resources and Records== === On WikiTree=== * [[Space:Buena_Vista_United_Methodist_Church|Buena Vista United Methodist Church]] * [[Space:McNairy_County_Hospital|McNairy County Hospital]] * [[Space:Moore_School_House_Cemetery|Moore School House Cemetery]] * [[Space:Rose_Creek_School|Rose Creek School]] * [[Space:Rose_Creek_United_Methodist_Church|Rose Creek United Methodist Church]] * [[:Category:McNairy County, Tennessee, Cemeteries]] *https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:McNairy_County%2C_Tennessee *https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:McNairy_County%2C_Tennessee%2C_Cemeteries === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/McNairy_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy McNairy County Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/McNairy_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy McNairy County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/mcnairy/ McNairy County Genealogy Trails] * [https://www.tngenweb.org/mcnairy/ McNairy County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/mcnairy/mcnairy.html McNairy County USGenWeb Archives] *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/90587?availability=Family%20History%20Library|McNairy County Deeds and Deed index online @ familysearch.org]. *[https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/history/military/ww1mcnairy.htm| World War I Soldiers from McNairy County] *[https://mcnairytnhistory.com/| Life & Times of McNairy County, TN] *[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofe00wrig/page/n203/mode/2up/ |Reminiscences of the early settlement and early settlers of McNairy County, Tennessee] ==Communities== ===Cities=== * [[:Category:Finger, Tennessee|Finger]] * [[:Category:Ramer, Tennessee|Ramer]] ===Towns=== * [[:Category:Adamsville, Tennessee|Adamsville]] * [[:Category:Bethel Springs, Tennessee|Bethel Springs]] * [[:Category:Eastview, Tennessee|Eastview]] * [[:Category:Enville, Tennessee|Enville]] * [[:Category:Guys, Tennessee|Guys]] * [[:Category:Michie, Tennessee|Michie]] * [[:Category:Milledgeville, Tennessee|Milledgeville]] * [[:Category:Selmer, Tennessee|Selmer]] - county seat * [[:Category:Stantonville, Tennessee|Stantonville]] === Unincorporated Communities === * Acton * Chewalla * Falcon * McNairy * Purdy * Rose Creek ==See also== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNairy_County,_Tennessee McNairy County on Wikipedia] ==Sources==
Meigs County, Tennessee
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Memphis, Tennessee
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[[Category: Shelby County, Tennessee]] [[Category: Tennessee Project]] [[Category: Tennessee]] ==Memphis== *Shelby County, population 656,861 *Home of the University of Tennessee at Memphis *[http://www.memphistn.gov/ City of Memphis] *Home of Elvis Presley, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland Graceland]
Monroe County Tennessee
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[[Category:Monroe County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Monroe County, Tennessee!
gives you the template above (2 flags) === How to Join the Appalachia Project === #See the main project page [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Appalachia#How_to_Join here] for instructions on how to join. #Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed. ==List of Things to Do== #Contributing to the main project page as needed #Church records of christenings, marriages and burials #Voter or citizenship rolls #Records of wills and deceased estates #Land tenure records #Tax lists #Muster lists for militia service #Census records, indexed and uploaded ==Monroe County History== ==Geography== ===Adjacent counties=== #Loudon County (north) #Blount County (northeast) #Graham County, North Carolina (east) #Cherokee County, North Carolina (southeast) #Polk County (southwest) #McMinn County (west) ===Protected areas=== #List and link wildlife areas/parks/etc ##[https://tnstateparks.com/parks/fort-loudoun Fort Loudoun State Park] ##[http://fortloudoun.com/tellico-blockhouse/ Tellico Blockhouse State Historic Site] ##[https://tennessee.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,2,fid,1325367,n,tellico%20wildlife%20management%20area.cfm Tellico Lake Wildlife Management Area] (part) ==Government Offices== #List and link county offices ==Demographics== #General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc ==Communities== ===Cities=== (must be officially part of the county) # # ===Towns=== ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category: Monroe County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Monroe County, Tennessee, Cemeteries]] #[[:Category: Monroe County, Tennessee, Schools |Monroe County, Tennessee, Schools]] ==Things to do/see== #touristy things ==County Records== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== ==See also== ==Sources==
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Montgomery County, Tennessee
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Moore County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Moore County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Moore County, Tennessee!
gives you the template above (w/ flag) ==List of Things to Do== #Contributing to the main project page as needed #Church records of christenings, marriages and burials #Voter or citizenship rolls #Records of wills and deceased estates #Land tenure records #Tax lists #Muster lists for militia service #Census records, indexed and uploaded ==Moore County History== ==Geography== '''Adjacent counties''' #Coffee County (northeast) #Franklin County (southeast) #Lincoln County (southwest) #Bedford County (northwest ==Protected areas== #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tims_Ford_Lake Tims Ford Lake] ==Government Offices== List and link county offices ==Demographics== General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc ==Communities== ===Cities=== #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynchburg,_Tennessee Lynchburg] ===Towns=== ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category: Moore County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Moore County Cemeteries]] #[[:Category: Moore County, Tennessee, Schools |Moore County Schools]] # A category for Moore County, Tennessee, Religious Congregations has not yet been created. ==Things to do/see== #[http://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us Jack Daniel's Distillery] #[http://www.lynchburgtenn.com/ Lynchburg attractions] #[http://www.lynchburgtenn.com/moore-county-old-jail-museum/ Moore County Old Jail Museum] ==County Resources== #[https://www.tn.gov/main/article/moore-county Tennessee State Government: Moore County Website] ===County Records=== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== ===See also=== :[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Moore_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Moore County at Familysearch.org]
Nashville, Tennessee
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Nashville, Tennessee - 1833 Cholera Epidemic
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[[Category: Tennessee]] [[Category: Nashville, Tennessee]] [[Category: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee]] [[Category: 1833 Cholera Epidemic, Tennessee]] This page is a work in progress. The purposes of this page are to: #Pay tribute to victims of the cholera epidemic #Pay special tribute to the 19 prisoners incarcerated in the Tennessee State Penitentiary, who died during epidemic of 1833; they were buried in the Nashville City Cemetery in unmarked graves. In 2011, the Wooden Markers project began, and was completed in 2016. Now, each of those 19 graves has a wooden marker. Nineteen victims of the epidemic were inmates in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. "Their names and counties of residence prior to incarceration were listed in Nashville Republican and State Gazette, Friday, July 5, 1833. This announcement was placed in the newspaper to alert their family and friends of their deaths. The Sexton also reported in this newspaper that nineteen Penitentiary victims of Cholera had been buried in the City Cemetery during June 1833." '''Penitentiary 1833 Cholera Victims Buried in the City Cemetery''' {| border="1" class="sortable" !Name!!Residence |- |[[Allen-60808|'''Allen, Miles''']]||Wilson County |- |[[Barbee-1796|'''Barbee, Beasley''']]||Giles County |- |[[Baldwin-17194|'''Baldwin, William''']]||Overton County |- |[[Cate-1161|'''Cate, Gibson''']]||McMinn County |- |[[Dougan-580|'''Dougan, John''']]||Franklin County |- |[[Delk-2|'''Delk, John''']]||Campbell County |- |[[Hall-67218|'''Hall, Redding R.''']]||Tipton County |- |[[Jones-133724|'''Jones, Thompson''']]||Davidson County |- |[[Kerr-12877|'''Kerr, Samuel''']]||Davidson County |- |[[Kesterson-534|'''Kesterson, Hazard''']]||Anderson County |- |[[Lucas-13576|'''Lucas, Garland G.''']]||Sullivan County |- |[[Moore-1617|'''Moore, Hugh''']]||Davidson County |- |[[McCracken-4628|'''McCracken, Wm. B.''']]||Maury County |- |[[Morrison-19925|'''Morrison, John''']]||Monroe County |- |[[Powell-25539|'''Powell, Abram''']]||Henry County |- |[[Rogers-42651|'''Rogers, G. W. (alias Macklemar)''']]||Giles County |- |[[Jackson-55394|'''Thomas, Jackson''' (colored)]]||Davidson County |- |[[Willis-15424|'''Willis, Richard''']]||Grainger County |- |[[Yates-10129|'''Yates, John''']]||Marion County |} === Other victims === Resources: #[http://www.thenashvillecitycemetery.org/ Nashville City Cemetery Main Site]; view gravestones, get inscriptions, see obituaries. == Sources ==
Neverfail Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee
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[[Category: Neverfail Cemetery, Cumberland County, Tennessee]] ==List of Interments== *Name, dates of birth/death, link to WikiTree profile ==Sources== *[https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Neverfail-Cemetery/99716 Billion Graves, Neverfail Cemetery] *[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/16239/neverfail-cemetery Find a Grave, Neverfail Cemetery]
Overton County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Overton County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Overton County, Tennessee!
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Perry County Newspaper Clippings
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Pickett County, Tennessee
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Polk County Tennessee
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[[Category:Polk County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Polk County, Tennessee!
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| NW Location = [[:Space:McMinn_County%2C_Tennessee|McMinn County]] | N Location = | NE Location= [[:Space:Monroe_County_Tennessee|Monroe County]] | E Location = [[:Category:Cherokee County, North Carolina|Cherokee County,]]
[[:Category:North Carolina|North Carolina]] | SE Location = [[:Category:Fannin County, Georgia|Fannin County,]] [[:Category:Georgia|Georgia]] | S Location = | SW Location = [[:Category:Murray County, Georgia|Murray County,]] [[:Category:Georgia|Georgia]] | W Location = [[:Category:Bradley County, Tennessee|Bradley County]] }} ==Polk County History== "Polk County, Tennessee was formed in 1839 just after the "Great Removal". It was formed from Indian lands, part of McMinn and part of Bradley County. Much of today's Polk County property is owned by the National Forest Service's Cherokee National Forest."
==Government Offices== #List and link county offices ==Demographics== #General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc ==Communities== ===Cities=== # # ===Towns=== ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category: Polk County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Polk County, Tennessee Cemeteries]] #[[:Category: Polk County, Tennessee, Schools |Polk County, Tennessee, Schools]] ==Things to do/see== #touristy things ==Protected areas== #List and link wildlife areas/parks/etc ==Links to Polk County Records & Websites== === History/Genealogical Organizations=== ===Census records=== ===Land Records=== ===Tax lists=== ===Military Lists=== ===Marriages=== [http://genealogytoday.com/pub/polktn.htm?A=Cousin Polk County Marriages 1890-1900] ===Church records=== ===Voter or citizenship rolls=== ===Records of Wills and Probate=== ==Sources== :[http://www.linkpendium.com/polk-tn-genealogy/ Polk County on Linkpendium] :[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnpolk3/ TenGenWeb Polk County Website] :[https://www.facebook.com/groups/70649384111/ TenGenWeb Facebook Group] '''References'''
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Roane County, Tennessee
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Sequatchie County, Tennessee
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Sevier County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Sevier_County,_Tennessee,_Census_Records]] [[Category: Sevier County, Tennessee]] [[Category: Appalachia Counties]] Welcome to Sevier County, Tennessee!
Known as the โGatewayโ to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park โ the most visited national park in the country
Sevier County Guide https://www.visitmysmokies.com/area-information/sevier-county-tennessee/ (Accessed 18 Aug 2022), as of the 2020 census, the population was 98,380. Its county seat and largest city is Sevierville. Sevier County comprises the Sevierville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville, TN Combined Statistical Area.
[https://www.seviercountytn.org/government.html Sevier County, TN Government (accessed 18 Aug 2022):Sevierville is the county seat.
Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevierville,_Tennessee Sevierville], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevier_County,_Tennessee Sevier County, Tennessee ] (accessed 15 August 2022).==People== ===Native American Heritage=== :As early as 10-12,000 years ago, nomadic and semi-nomadic Native Americans hunted and settled the land that would become Tennessee. An archaeological site known as the McMahan Mound Site (located in Sevierville) dates to between 1200 and 1500 CE and was occupied by Dallas phase peoples of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture.
McMahan Mound Site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMahan_Mound_Site (Accessed 19 Aug 2022):The Chickamauga Cherokee had utilized all the central and eastern portions of Tennessee as their hunting grounds in the 16th and 17th centuries and often battled the Europeans as settlers pushed further west and laid claim to more land until the Cherokee were forcibly relocated via the Trail of Tears in 1838.
Trail of Tears https://cherokeehistorical.org/learn-more-about-the-cherokee-indian-removal-and-the-tragic-trail-of-tears/?tracking=campaign=423025868&ad=48605894839&kw=a%20trail%20of%20tears&gclid=EAIaIQobChM (Accessed 20 Aug 2022)===Important Dates=== :'''1794''', 18 September: Sevier County formed from Jefferson County
:'''1965''': Appalachian Regional Commission established by federal statute. ===Slavery, Free People of Color, and Emancipation=== :Though the Emancipation Proclamation was passed federally January 1, 1863, slaves were not freed in Tennessee until over a year later as Tennessee, though seceded, was still under Union control and therefore did not fall under the proclamation's provisions. Slaves were freed in Tennessee 24 October 1864. Emancipation in Tennessee https://www.nps.gov/anjo/learn/historyculture/johnson-and-tn-emancipation.htm#:~:text=On%20October%2024%2C%201864%2C%20Johnson,in%20the%20state%20of%20Tennessee. (Accessed 19 Aug 2022) :Sevier County has never featured a large black population; however, black builders constructed nearly every important late nineteenth and early twentieth century private and public building in the county. Recognized as Sevier County landmarks, these buildings include the New Salem Baptist Church (1886), the original Murphy College building (1891), the Sevierville Masonic Lodge (1893), and the elaborate Sevier County Courthouse (1896).African American Architectural Legacy https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2017/08/sevier-countys-african-american-architectural-legacy.html#:~:text=Established%20in%201794%20along%20the,public%20building%20in%20the%20county. (Accessed 19 Aug 2022) ===Notables and Interesting Citizens=== *[[Bailey-20601|Irene Bailey Baker]] (1901-1994) US Congresswoman *[[Brabson-57|Reese Bowen Brabson]] (1817-1863) US Congressman *[[McCown-366 |John Porter McCown]] (1815-1879) Confederate General *[[Parton-192|Dolly Parton]] (1946-) philanthropist, singer-songwriter, Ambassador to the Great Smoky Mountains *[[Parton-845|Randy Parton]] (1953-2021) country singer *[[Reagan-710|John Henniger Reagan]] (1818-1905) US Senator *[[Stone-12210|William Stone]] (1791-1853) US Congressman *[[Tipton-1049|John Tipton]] (1786-1839) US Senator ===Population Statistics=== '''Historical Population Data''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevier_County,_Tennessee#Demographics Wikipedia contributors, "Sevier County, Tennessee," Wikipedia, Demographics], (accessed August 18, 2022). {| border="3" cellpadding="4" align="left" style="background:darkblue" | {| border="1" cellpadding="7px" style="text-align: right;" |-bgcolor="D9D9D9" !Census!!Population!!% Change ยฑ!!!!Census!!Population!!% Change ยฑ |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1800||3,419||-||||1920||23,384||4.9% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1810||4,595||34.4%||||1930||20,480||-12.4% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1820||4,772||3.9%||||1940||23,291||13.7% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1830||5,717||19.8%||||1950||23,375||0.4% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1840||6,442||12.7%||||1960||24,251||3.7% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1850||6,920||7.4%||||1970||28,241||16.5% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1860||9,122||31.8%||||1980||41,418||46.7% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1870||11,028||20.9%||||1990||51,043||23.2% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1880||15,541||40.9%||||2000||71,170||39.4% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1890||18,761||20.7%||||2010||89,889||26.3% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1900||22,021||17.4%||||2020||98,380||9.4% |-bgcolor="FFFFFF" |1910||22,296||1.2%|||||||| |} |} {{clear}}== Activities == :Voted #1 Theme park in the country and America's most beautiful park, Dolly Parton's Dollywood amusement park, hotel, and spa is a popular vacation destination.
Dollywood https://www.dollywood.com/plan-your-visit/(Accessed 20 Aug 2022) Pigeon Forge also features a Titanic museum with a detailed replica, whitewater rafting, helicopter tours, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.History of Pigeon Forge http://www.cityofpigeonforge.com/history-of-pigeon-forge.aspx (Accessed 20 Aug 2022) === Commerce and Agriculture === :Main source of commerce is tourism in and around Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Dollywood, and Gatlinburg, "Wedding Capital of the South."Smoky Mountains weddings https://www.visitmysmokies.com/blog/weddings/makes-smoky-mountains-wedding-capital-south/ (Accessed 19 Aug 2022) According to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, livestock (cattle) bring in more market value than all crops combined. Hay and forage are chief crops by acreage. USDA Agriculture Statistics https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Tennessee/cp47155.pdf (Accessed 19 Aug 2022) === Education === :Nancy Academy (1811-97) and Murphy College (1892-1936) were historic educational institutions Tennessee Encyclopedia https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/sevier-county/ (Accessed 18 Aug 2022) :Sevierville branch of Walters State Community College :[[:Category:Bristol, Tennessee|Bristol]] based King University has a satellite campus in Sevierville === Military=== ===Religion=== ==Geography== :Sevier County has a total of 598 square miles, of which 593 square miles is land and 5.2 square miles is water per US Census Bureau. :The southern part of Sevier County is located within the Great Smoky Mountains, and is protected by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The northern parts of the county are located within the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. Sevier contains the highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome, which rises to 6,643 feet (2,025 m) along the county's border with North Carolina. Mount Guyot, located in the Eastern Smokies in the extreme eastern part of the county, is the state's second-highest mountain at 6,621 feet (2,018 m). The 6,593-foot (2,010 m) Mount Le Conte, a very prominent mountain visible from much of the central part of the county, is the state's third-highest. === Adjacent Tennessee Counties === {{Geographic Location | Reference Location = Sevier CountyTennessee
[[Image:US_State_Flag_Images-46.png]] | N Location = [[:Category:Jefferson County, Tennessee|Jefferson County, Tennessee]] | E Location = [[:Category:Cocke County, Tennessee|Cocke County, Tennessee]] | SE Location = [[:Category:Haywood County, North Carolina |Haywood County, North Carolina]] | S Location = [[:Category:Swain County, North Carolina|Swain County, North Carolina]] | W Location = [[:Category:Blount County, Tennessee|Blount County, Tennessee]] | NW Location = [[:Category:Knox County, Tennessee|Knox County, Tennessee]] }} === Maps === * [https://www.mapofus.org/maryland/ Maps of Tennessee] * [https://www.mapofus.org/atlas/ Historical Atlases] ([https://www.mapofus.org/tennessee/#atlas Tennessee]) ===Communities=== *'''Cities''': [[:Category:Gatlinburg, Tennessee|Gatlinburg]] / [[:Category:Pigeon Forge, Tennessee|Pigeon Forge]] / [[:Category:Sevierville, Tennessee|Sevierville]] (county seat) *'''Towns''': [[:Category:Pittman Center, Tennessee|Pittman Center]] *'''Census-designated places''': Fairgarden / [[:Category:Seymour, Tennessee|Seymour]] / [[:Category:Strawberry Plains, Tennessee|Strawberry Plains]] *'''Unincorporated Communities''': Alder Branch / Beech Springs / [[:Category:Boyds Creek, Tennessee|Boyds Creek]] / Catlettsburg / Caton / Cherokee Hills / DuPont / [[:Category:Kodak, Tennessee|Kodak]] / Locust Ridge / Oldham / Reagantown / [[:Category:Richardson Cove, Tennessee|Richardson Cove]] / Shady Grove / [[:Category:Wears Valley, Tennessee|Wears Valley]] ==Stickers and Categories== === Stickers === {{Appalachian Roots}}{{Appalachian Roots|state=Tennessee}} : '''
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Shelby County, Tennessee
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== Tennessee State Resources == * '''Tennessee:'''''[[Space:The American Historical Magazine|The American Historical Magazine]]'' (A.V. & W.H. Goodpasture, Nashville, Tenn., 1896-1904, The Publishing Society of New York, 1906-1909) * '''Tennessee:''' [[Space:Free_Ebooks_-_Goodspeed's_History_of_TN_Series|Goodspeed's History of Tennessee Series]] * '''Tennessee:''' Ramsey, J G M. ''[[Space:Annals_of_Tennessee|Annals of Tennessee]]'' (J Russell, 1853 Charleston, South Carolina) *'''Middle Tennessee:''' ''[[Space: The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy & History|The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy & History]]'', Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee. *'''Sequatchie Valley:''' Swofford, Raymond Calvin, Author ''[[Space:Swaffords of Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee|Swaffords of Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee]]'' (1990) *'''Sumner County:''' Cisco, Jay. ''[[Space:Historic Sumner County Tennessee|Historic Sumner County, Tennessee]]'' (Folk-Keelin Printing Company 1909 Nashville, Tennessee) === Other WikiTree Links === * [[:Category:Tennessee_Research_Assistance|Tennessee Research Assistance]] === External Links === ====Statewide Resources ==== :'''History and Genealogy''' * [http://www.tn.gov/ Tennessee State Government Official Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20171013132219/http://www.tn.gov/sos/bluebook/07-08/41-A%20History%20of%20Tennessee.pdf A History of Tennessee], Tennessee State Bluebook, date not given, archived 13 Oct 2017 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160410130033/http://www.tn.gov/sos/symbols/timeline.htm State History Timeline], Tennessee Department of State (archived 10 April 2016) *[https://www.tngs.org/TCD Tennessee County Database] * [https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/ Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture] * [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=362&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Tennessee%22 Tennessee County records] on Family Search. * [[Wikipedia: History of Tennessee]] * [http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/tennessee Tennessee History from The History Channel] * [http://www.tennesseehistory.org/ Tennessee History] * [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/57?region=United+States+of+America&englishRegion=United+States+of+America Tennessee Historical Documents] on Family Search. * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/guides/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-tennessee-counties Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties], Tennessee State Library and Archives * [http://tnsos.net/TSLA/Bibleproject/ Tennessee Family Bible Records] * [http://www.deathindexes.com/tennessee/ Tennessee Death Index] * [http://www.census-online.com/links/TN/ Tennessee Census Records] * McGhee, L.K. (n.d.). Partial census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee as taken from the North Carolina land grants. FamilySearch. [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3514832&from=fhd eBook]. :'''Maps and Images''' * [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_Tennessee Wikimedia Commons - Tennessee Maps] * [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Geography_of_Tennessee Wikimedia Commons-Tennessee Geography] * [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tennessee Wikimedia, general Tennessee Category] * [http://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/TN.html Tennessee Neighborhoods] * Order Tennessee birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, and other vital records [http://vitalrec.com/tn.html here]. :'''Specific Locations and Special Topics''' * [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/death-records-database-name/death-notices-nashville-newspapers-1855-1907 Death Notices in Nashville Newspapers 1855-1907], Tennessee State Library and Archives * '''Sumner County:''' [http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-1800-mf-1899#mf1836 Sumner County records and archives] * 1837 Tennessee Volunteers: Muster Rolls for Various Counties, (1993). Institute of Historic Research. Signal Mountain, TN. FamilySearch. [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3657373&from=fhd eBook]. (includes data for the following counties: Anderson; Bedford; Franklin; Jackson; Overton; Rutherford; Sumner; Warren) * [http://www.gwingenealogy.net/GENEALOGY/TENNESSEE/TNeastLandGrants.htm Territory South Of French Broad--Land Grants], Sevier County Public Library
Stewart County, Tennessee
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Sullivan County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Sullivan County, Tennessee]] [[Category: Appalachia Counties]] Welcome to the Sullivan County, Tennessee Project!
==Geography== Sullivan County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Sullivan County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Space:Scott_County%2C_Virginia|Scott County, Virginia]] - north * [[Space:Washington_County%2C_Virginia|Washington County, Virginia]] - northeast * [[Space:Johnson_County%2C_Tennessee|Johnson County]] - east * [[Space:Carter_County%2C_Tennessee|Carter County]] - southeast * Washington County - south * [[Space:Hawkins_County%2C_Tennessee|Hawkins County]] - west ==Government Offices== * [https://sullivancountytn.gov/ Sullivan County Website] ==Resources and Records== === On WikiTree=== * [[:Category:Sullivan County, Tennessee, Cemeteries|Sullivan County Cemeteries]] === On the Internet === * [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Sullivan County Genealogy on FamilySearch] * [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/pages/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-sullivan-county Sullivan County Genealogy Fact Sheets] * [http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/sullivan/ Sullivan County Genealogy Trails] * [https://tngenweb.org/sullivan/ Sullivan County USGenWeb] * [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/sullivan/sullivan.html Sullivan County USGenWeb Archives] == Communities == === Cities === * [[:Category:Bluff City, Tennessee|Bluff City]] * [[:Category:Bristol, Tennessee|Bristol]] * [[:Category:Johnson City, Tennessee|Johnson City]] * [[:Category:Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport]] === Census-designated Places === * Bloomingdale * [[:Category:Blountville, Tennessee|Blountville]] - county seat * [[:Category:Colonial Heights, Tennessee|Colonial Heights]] * Orebank * Spurgeon * [[:Category:Sullivan Gardens, Tennessee|Sullivan Gardens]] * Walnut Hill === Unincorporated Communities === * Arcadia * Boring * Buffalo * Cedar Grove (east) * Cedar Grove (west) * Fordtown * Holston Valley * Lynn Garden * Morrison City * [[:Category:Piney Flats, Tennessee|Piney Flats]] ==See also== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Tennessee Sullivan County on Wikipedia] ==Sources==
Sumner County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Sumner County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Sumner County, Tennessee!
===Historic Sites=== #[http://www.cragfont.net/index.html Historic Cragfont, Home of General James Winchester]], Brigadier General in the War of 1812. ==Geography== Sumner County is located in Middle Tennessee on the state's northern border with Kentucky. The Cumberland River was important in early trade and transportation for this area, as it flows into the Ohio River to the west. That leads to the Mississippi River, and downriver to the major port of New Orleans. Sumner County is in the Greater Nashville metropolitan area. ===Adjacent counties=== * Macon County (east) * [[Space:Davidson_County%2C_Tennessee|Davidson County]] (southwest) * Simpson County, Kentucky (northwest) * Robertson County (west) * Trousdale County (southeast) * [[Space:Wilson_County%2C_Tennessee|Wilson County]] (south) * Allen County, Kentucky (northeast) ===Protected areas=== #List and link wildlife areas/parks/etc ==Government Offices== #List and link county offices ==Demographics== #General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc ==Communities== ===Cities=== (must be officially part of the county) #Gallatin #Hendersonville #Mitchellville ===Towns=== #Westmoreland ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category:Sumner County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Sumner County Cemeteries]] #[[:Category:Sumner County, Tennessee, Schools |Sumner County Schools]] ==Things to do/see== #touristy things ==County Resources== # # #Add any additional genealogical resources here ===County Records=== ===Church records=== ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Census Records=== ==See also== ==Sources==
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==Tennessee History & Timeline== *[[Space:Tennessee_History_Timeline_to_1796_Statehood|Tennessee to 1796 Statehood]] ==Demographics== ==Geography== ===Climate=== ===Protected Areas=== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smoky_Mountains Great Smoky Mountains] *State Parks *Wildlife Preservation Areas *State Natural Areas ==Government== *[[:Category: Tennessee, Politicians|Tennessee, Politicians]] *[[Space:Tennessee Holidays and Special Observances|Holidays and Observances]] ==Cities== *List ===Top 10 Largest Cities=== ====Memphis==== *Shelby County, population 656,861 *Home of the University of Tennessee at Memphis *[http://www.memphistn.gov/ City of Memphis] *Home of Elvis Presley, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland Graceland] ====Nashville==== *[[Space:Nashville%2C_Tennessee|Nashville Project Page]] *Davidson County, population 644,014 *[http://www.nashville.gov/ City of Nashville] *Also known as Music City, USA, home of Country Music, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards Country Music Association Awards] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMA_Music_Festival Home of CMA Festival] *Home of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Steeplechase Iroquois Steeplechase] *The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson ====Knoxville==== *Knox County, population 184,281 *[http://www.knoxvilletn.gov/ City of Knoxville] ====Chattanooga==== *Hamilton County, population 173,778 *[http://www.chattanooga.gov/ City of Chattanooga] ====Clarksville==== *Montgomery County, population 146,806 *[http://www.cityofclarksville.com/ City of Clarksville] ====Murfreesboro==== *Rutherford County, population 120,954 *[http://www.murfreesborotn.gov/ City of Murfreesboro] ====Franklin==== *Williamson County, population 70,612 *[http://www.franklintn.gov/ City of Franklin] ====Jackson==== *Madison County, population 67,319 *[http://www.cityofjackson.net/index.html City of Jackson] *Mention in the song "Jackson," by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash ====Johnson City==== *Washington County, population 65,813 *[http://www.johnsoncitytn.org/ City of Johnson City] ====Bartlett==== *Shelby County, population 58,264 *[http://www.cityofbartlett.org/ City of Bartlett] ==Counties== *List *[[Space:Campbell County, Tennessee|Campbell County]] *[[Space:Davidson County, Tennessee|Davidson County]] *[[Space:Gibson County, Tennessee|Gibson County]] *[[Space:Roane County, Tennessee|Roane County]] ==Tennessee Cemeteries== *[[Project:Tennessee_Cemeteries|Tennessee Cemeteries]] ==Tennessee Notables== *Politicians/Government - Andrew Jackson, *Important Historical Figures - *Actors/singers/celebrities - Nashville is Music City, USA and the home of country music! ==Historical Events== * [[Space:Massacre_at_Cavett%27s_Station|Massacre at Cavett's Station]] *Disasters (ex: Nashville Tornado of 1998, Nashville Flood of 2010) ==Companies== ==Educational Institutions== *[[:Category: Tennessee, Schools|TN Schools]] - could further categorize under main project/category page by type/level (elementary, middle, high school, college) ==Native Americans== *Cherokee and Creek tribes *[[:Category:Trail_of_Tears|Trail of Tears]]] - see also [https://www.nps.gov/trte/planyourvisit/places-to-go-in-tennessee.htm Trail of Tears] * *[[Space:Massacre_at_Cavett%27s_Station|Massacre at Cavett's Station]] ==Military History== *[[:Category: United States Military History|United States Military History]] ===American Revolution=== ===Mexican-American War=== *[[:Category:Mexican-American_War|Mexican-American War]] *Role in the Battle of the Alamo [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alamo_defendershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alamo_defenders Alamo Defenders] *(Sam Houston, TN born, became TX governor), (Davy Crockett), (James Robertson) *[http://www.tennesseehistory.com/class/Alamo.htm TN at the Alamo] ===The War of 1812=== ===The Great War=== *[[Space:Tennessee_in_The_Great_War|Tennessee in The Great War]] ===US Civil War=== *[[Project:US_Civil_War:_War_Between_the_States|US Civil War]] *[[Space:%27%27Tennessee%27%27_Resource_Page_US_Civil_War:_War_Between_the_States. | Tennessee Resource Page US Civil War: War Between the States]] ==Pictures and Images== * [[Space:Tennessee_Project_Pictures_and_Images|TN Project Pictures and Images]] ==References==
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Do you have a strong interest in a particular Tennessee County? We have many counties that would benefit from having a dedicated profile manager. We would ask that you work on adding to the page such things as historical events in the county, genealogy resources, interesting places, notable persons from the county, etc. Below is a list of Tennessee counties, which also shows whether they are available for adoption. Some counties are noted as not yet having a page created; we do have a template available to help you get started. * [[Space:Anderson_County%2C_Tennessee|Anderson County]] - available * [[Space:Bedford_County%2C_Tennessee|Bedford County]] - available * [[Space:Benton_County%2C_Tennessee|Benton County]] - available * [[Space:Bledsoe_County%2C_Tennessee|Bledsoe County]] - available * [[Space:Blount_County%2C_Tennessee|Blount County]] - available * [[Space:Bradley_County%2C_Tennessee|Bradley County]] - available * [[Space:Campbell_County%2C_Tennessee|Campbell County]] - available * [[Space:Cannon_County%2C_Tennessee|Cannon County]] - available * [[Space:Carroll_County%2C_Tennessee|Carroll County]] - available * [[Space:Carter_County%2C_Tennessee|Carter County]] - available * [[Space:Cheatham_County%2C_Tennessee|Cheatham County]] - available * [[Space:Chester_County%2C_Tennessee|Chester County]] - available * [[Space:Claiborne_County%2C_Tennessee|Claiborne County]] - available * [[Space:Clay_County%2C_Tennessee|Clay County]] - available * [[Space:Cocke_County%2C_Tennessee|Cocke County]] - available * [[Space:Coffee_County%2C_Tennessee|Coffee County]] - available * [[Space:Crockett_County%2C_Tennessee|Crockett County]] - available * [[Space:Cumberland_County%2C_Tennessee|Cumberland County]] - available * [[Space:Davidson_County%2C_Tennessee|Davidson County]] - available * [[Space:Decatur_County%2C_Tennessee|Decatur County]] - available * [[Space:DeKalb_County%2C_Tennessee|DeKalb County]] - PM: Kristina Wheeler * [[Space:Dickson_County_Tennessee|Dickson County]] - available * [[Space:Dyer_County%2C_Tennessee|Dyer County]] - available * Fayette County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Fentress_County%2C_Tennessee|Fentress County]] - PM: William Thompson * [[Space:Franklin_County%2C_Tennessee|Franklin County]] - PM: Stephanie Ward * [[Space:Gibson_County%2C_Tennessee|Gibson County]] - PM: Kathleen Heath * Giles County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Grainger_County%2C_Tennessee|Grainger County]] - available * [[Space:Greene_County%2C_Tennessee|Greene County]] - available * [[Space:Grundy_County%2C_Tennessee|Grundy County]] - PM: Liz Shifflett * [[Space:Hamblen_County%2C_Tennessee|Hamblen County]] - available * [[Space:Hamilton_County%2C_Tennessee|Hamilton County]] - available * [[Space:Hancock_County%2C_Tennessee|Hancock County]] - available * Hardeman County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Hardin_County%2C_Tennessee|Hardin County]] - available * [[Space:Hawkins_County%2C_Tennessee|Hawkins County]] - available * Haywood County - available, needs page created * Henderson County - available, needs page created * Henry County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Hickman_County%2C_Tennessee|Hickman County]] - PM: Jeannne Aloia * Houston County - available, needs page created * Humphreys County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Jackson_County%2C_Tennessee|Jackson County]] - PM: Liz Shifflett * [[Space:James_County%2C_Tennessee|James County]] - PM: Liz Shifflett * [[Space:Jefferson_County%2C_Tennessee|Jefferson County]] - available * [[Space:Johnson_County%2C_Tennessee|Johnson County]] - available * [[Space:Knox_County%2C_Tennessee|Knox County]] - PM: B. Higdon * [[Space:Lake_County%2C_Tennessee|Lake County]] - PM: Sidney Vowell * Lauderdale County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Lawrence_County%2C_Tennessee|Lawrence County]] - available * [[Space:Lewis_County%2C_Tennessee|Lewis County]] - available * [[Space:Lincoln_County%2C_Tennessee|Lincoln County]] - PM: Kat Prawl * [[Space:Loudon_County%2C_Tennessee|Loudon county]] - available * [[Space:Macon_County%2C_Tennessee|Macon County]] - available * Madison County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Marion_County%2C_Tennessee|Marion County]] - available * Marshall County - available, needs page created * Maury County - PM:Kelly Kley * [[Space:McMinn_County%2C_Tennessee|McMinn County]] - PM: Mike McMinn * [[Space:McNairy_County%2C_Tennessee-1|McNairy County]] - PM: Margaret Meredith * [[Space:Meigs_County%2C_Tennessee|Meigs County]] - available * [[Space:Monroe_County_Tennessee|Monroe County]] - available * [[Space:Montgomery_County%2C_Tennessee|Montgomery County]] - PM: Robin Coles * [[Space:Moore_County%2C_Tennessee|Moore County]] - PM: Stephanie Ward * [[Space:Morgan_County%2C_Tennessee|Morgan County]] - PM: William Thompson * Obion County -- available, needs page created * [[Space:Overton_County%2C_Tennessee|Overton County]] - available * Perry County - PM: Kelly Kley * [[Space:Pickett_County%2C_Tennessee|Pickett County]] - available * [[Space:Polk_County_Tennessee|Polk County]] - available * [[Space:Putnam_County%2C_Tennessee|Putnam County]] - PM: William Thompson * [[Space:Rhea_County%2C_Tennessee|Rhea County]] - PM: William Thompson * [[Space:Roane_County%2C_Tennessee|Roane County]] - PM: Ray Jones * Robertson County - available, needs page created * Rutherford County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Scott_County_Tennessee|Scott County]] - PM: Pam Fraley * [[Space:Sequatchie_County%2C_Tennessee|Sequatchie County]] - available * [[Space:Sevier_County%2C_Tennessee|Sevier County]] - available * [[Space:Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee|Shelby County]] - available * [[Space:Smith_County%2C_Tennessee|Smith County]] - PM: Liz Shifflett * [[Space:Stewart_County%2C_Tennessee|Stewart County]] - PM: Nan Starjak * [[Space:Sullivan_County%2C_Tennessee|Sullivan County]] - available * [[Space:Sumner_County%2C_Tennessee|Sumner County]] - PMs: Kelly Kley & Nan Starjak * Tipton County - available, needs page created * Trousdale County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Unicoi_County%2C_Tennessee|Unicoi County]] - available * [[Space:Union_County%2C_Tennessee|Union County]] - available * [[Space:Van_Buren_County%2C_Tennessee|Van Buren County]] - available * [[Space:Warren_County%2C_Tennessee|Warren County]] - available * [[Space:Washington_County%2C_Tennessee|Washington County]] - available * Wayne County - available, needs page created * [[Space:Weakley_County%2C_Tennessee|Weakley County]] - PM: Sidney Vowell * [[Space:White_County%2C_Tennessee|White County]] - PM: Kenneth Shelton * [[Space:Williamson_County%2C_Tennessee|Williamson County]] - PM: E. Gatlin * [[Space:Wilson_County%2C_Tennessee|Wilson County]] - PM: Liz Shifflett
Tennessee Floods of 2010
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{{US History|sub-project=Tennessee|Name=The flooding in 2010}} ==Introduction== This page is dedicated to showcasing the devastating [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Tennessee_floods Tennessee Floods], which began on May 1, 2010. ==Videos== *[https://youtu.be/Mob7y7BuIHo The Great Nashville Flood 2010 - An East Nashville Experience] - This video was taken in East Nashville on May 2, 2010 - the area of Cleveland Street and North 9th Avenue (at about 2:07 in the video) is approximately 1/2 mile from [[Binkley-335|my]] house at the time. This is where the water in our neighborhood stopped. At about 3:01 it shows Ellington Parkway, which was my exit off the interstate. We were very lucky! *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC0o3jHKmk8 Tennessee Flood May 2010] - This has many good shots of downtown, and lots of arial shots. *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwCGz1vSh_M The Nashville Flood. May 2, 2010]- An artistically done video! *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ZOrJ6YLug Bellevue: Nashville Flood May 2010] - one of the hardest hit areas ==Images== *[http://www.hendersonville-fd.org/Flood%20May%202010/Flood%20May%202010.htm Hendersonville Fire Department, Flood Photos] - Various photographs from Sumner County, Tennessee, particularly the Hendersonville area. ==Stories== ==Sources== *Various Photographs from the Nashville Flood of 2010, Nashville, Tennessee. Personal photographs taken by [[Binkley-335|Summer Orman]]. May 2, 2010. ยฉ 2010 Summer Orman *[http://www.hendersonville-fd.org Hendersonville Fire Department], photos.
Tennessee History Timeline
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[[Category: Tennessee History]] [[Category: Tennessee]] [[Category: Tennessee Project]] Part of the [[Project: Tennessee|Tennessee Project]]
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[[Image:Photos-172.jpg|30px]]Pre-History to Statehood[[Image:Photos-172.jpg|30px]]
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: Excavations in the flats around Sycamore Shoals have uncovered evidence of significant habitation dating back to the Woodland and Mississippian period.
[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000721.pdf Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga] โ National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Polly Rettig and Hugh Lawing (form preparation), 11 February 1976, Page 2.*
'''1540''': Hernando de Sotoโs band traveled through the area looking for gold.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto Hernando De Soto, Wikipedia]*
'''1567''': Juan Pardo explored the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee, trading with the Shawnee and Cherokee.
[http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/165/entry Juan Pardo Expeditions] By Troy L. Kickler, North Carolina History Project*
'''1682''':French explorers. led by Robert de La Salle, entered the area at Fort Prudhomme. *
'''1715''': The last Shawnee (Tuscarora) had been driven north by Chickasaw and Cherokee attacks.
[http://history-sites.com/cherokee/1700thro.html Cherokee History 1700 to the Revolution], by Ken Martin*
'''1730''': The first time the name "Tenassee" recorded was the name of a Cherokee village where Chief Moytoy was from. Moytoy went to England with Sir Alexander Cummings to give King George allegiance and sign a treaty.
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'''1748''': Long Hunter [[Walker-14183 | Thomas Walker]] crossed the mountains into the Holston River valley with Capt. Charles Campbell. They told others about the Cumberland Gap which allowed an easier access to the western lands.
[http://archive.org/stream/annalstennessee00ramsgoog#page/n85/mode/1up The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century], J.G.M. Ramsey, Published 1853 by J. Russell in Charleston.*
'''1756-1760''': South Carolina built Fort Loudoun as a trading post for the Overhill Cherokee. Trade with England brought the Cherokee to their side during the French and Indian War. Relations at the fort broke down in 1760 and a siege occurred. The English agreed to abandon the fort and return to South Carolina; the Cherokee attacked the fort and killed most of the people present.
[http://fortloudoun.com/history/ Fort Loudoun State Historic Area]*
'''1760''': Long Hunters Julius Dugger and Andrew Greer were operating hunting stations in the Watauga Valley in the vicinity of Sycamore Shoals
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Shoals Sycamore Shoals, Wikipedia]*
'''1761''': Elisha Walden (Wallin) set up camp in Virginia; explored the Clinch and Powell river valleys.
[http://archive.org/stream/annalstennessee00ramsgoog#page/n88/mode/1up The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century], by J.G.M. Ramsey.*
'''Oct 7, 1763''': King George III made the proclamation that only the King could buy land from the Indians; all lands west of the mountains or streams that flow to the Atlantic coukd not be bought by a private party or group; Captain John Stuart is named Superintendent of Indian Affairs by the King.
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'''1764''': Daniel Boone and Richard Callaway explore the Holston valley for land speculator Richard Henderson. *
'''1768''': Sir William Johnson, The Superintendent of Northern Indian Affairs, led a meeting at Fort Stanwix in Utica, NY; a treaty was made for a land grant to King George; the treaty included the land north and east of the Tennessee River. John Stuart, the Superintendent of Southern Indian Affairs, negotiated with the Cherokee for new borders for Virginia and the Carolinas.
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'''1769''': Captain William Bean is considered the first person to permanently live year round on a tributary of the Wataugah River about 15 miles downstream from the Sycamore Shoals with a family. His son Russell was the first white child born in Tennessee. This location was called the Wataugah Settlement.
The Wataugah Land Purchases, by Troy R Keesee, 1997, Knoxville, Tennessee*
'''1770''': The Treaty of Lochaber: the Cherokee relinquished all claims to property from the North Carolina and Virginia border from present-day Kingsport, TN to the mouth of the Kanawha River at present-day Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lochaber Wikipedia, Treaty of Lochaber]*
'''1770-1772''': Four different communities were established in northeastern Tennessee; [[Robertson-84|James Robertson]] built a settlement at the old fields, which became the Watauga Settlement; John Honeycut helped establish the North Holston Settlement (about 20 miles upstream from the Shoals); Jacob Brown and others settled on the bank of the Nolichucky River; John Carter builds a settlement in Carter's Valley.
[http://www.greenecountytngov.com/greene_county_history.php Greene County History][http://www.cartercountytn.gov/about/history.html Carter County History]*
'''1772-1777''': The Watauga Settlement Association: The settlers of Watauga sent [[Robertson-84|James Robertson]] and James Bean to negotiate a 10-year lease for the lands in the Watauga Valley. The Articles of the Watauga Association were created to help give structure to the settlement. Previously, the settlers lacked any official means of dealing with criminals and carrying out basic government functions such as registering land deeds.
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'''1779-1780''': During the winter and spring months, more than three-hundred pioneers, led by James Robertson, set out on a difficult journey to French Lick, the place that eventually became Nashville, Tennessee.
There they discovered [[Boucher-960|Jacquรฉs Timothรฉ Boucher, Sieur de Montbrun]], a French-Canadian fur trader, living in a cave on the Cumberland river. He later anglicized his name to Timothy Demonbreun, and is now recognized as the first citizen of Nashville. *
'''1780''': The battle at Kings Mountain was a key victory for the patriots during the Revolutionary War. The Tennessee militia played an important part in this victory.
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'''1784''':East Tennesseans, unhappy with the way the area was governed by North Carolina, formed the short-lived State of Franklin.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Franklin Wikipedia, State of Franklin]*
'''1789''': North Carolina ceded its western land, the Tennessee county, to the Federal Government. Congress now designated the area as the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tennessee Wikipedia, Tennessee History]*
'''June 1, 1796''': Congress approved the admission of Tennessee as the sixteenth state of the Union. Tennessee is the 36th most extensive and the 17th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Its capital and second largest city is Nashville, and Memphis is the state's largest city.
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New Madrid Earthquakes. The worst earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains, they primarily affected Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, but were felt as far away as Canada. Reelfoot Lake was created, and the Mississippi River flowed backward.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811%E2%80%931812_New_Madrid_earthquakes Wikipedia - New Madrid Earthquake]*
'''1817'''The beginning of the [[Space:The_Bell_Witch-1|Bell Witch]] haunting. *
'''June 8, 1861'''Secession. By referendum, Tennessee approved seceding from the Union. East Tennessee was against, West Tennessee in favor, and Middle Tennessee in favor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_in_the_American_Civil_War*
'''April 6-7, 1862'''Battle of Shiloh (aka the Battle of Pittburg Landing) fought in Hardin County. Battle won by Union forces. Estimated casualties: 13,047 Union, 10,669 Confederate. *
'''July 4, 1866'''Tennessee readmitted to the Union.
[https://www.historycentral.com/rec/TennUnion.html History Central]*
'''December, 1887'''The [[Space:Greene-Jones_War|The Greene-Jones War]], Tennessee's largest family feud, claims lives in Hancock, Hawkins, and surrounding counties. *
'''May 19, 1902'''The Fraterville Mine Explosion in Anderson County, the worst mine disaster in Tennessee history. The number of miners killed ranges from 184 - 216.
[https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/disasters/fraterville.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives]] *
'''July 9, 1918'''The Great Train Wreck of 1918, in which 121 were killed and 171 injured a few miles outside of Nashville.
[https://worldhistoryproject.org/1918/7/9/great-train-wreck-of-1918 The Great Train Wreck of 1918]==Sources==
Tennessee Holidays and Special Observances
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{| border="1" align="center" class="wikitable " style="font-style:; font-size:100%; border: 3px Solid Darkblue;" |- |'''State Holiday/Legal Day''' |'''Observed''' |- |New Year's Day |January 1 |- |Martin Luther King Day |Third Monday in January |- |Presidents' Day |Third Monday in February |- |Good Friday |Friday Before Easter |- |Memorial or Decoration Day |Last Monday in May |- |Independence Day |July 4 |- |Labor Day |First Monday in September |- |Columbus Day |Second Monday in October |- |Veterans' Day |November 11 |- |Thanksgiving |Fourth Thursday in November |- |Christmas |December 25 |- |'''Special Observation Day'''* |'''Observed''' |- |Robert E. Lee Day |January 19 |- |Abraham Lincoln Day |February 12 |- |Andrew Jackson Day |March 15 |- |Memorial or Confederate Decoration Day |June 3 |- |Nathan Bedford Forrest Day |July 13 |- |Mother's Day |Second Sunday in May |- | | |} *Special Observations Days - May be proclaimed by sitting governor each year, in accordance with provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated ยง15-2-101
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120114000007/http://state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf State of TN Blue Book]==Resources==
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[[Project: United States|United States Project]] | [[Project: Tennessee|Tennessee Project]] === Project Members === Please add yourself here, with a comment about what you are working on. Project Coordinator: *[[Lambert-1995|Nan Lambert Starjak]] -- several of my father's lines came from Tennessee. These include Lambert, Bandy, Brown, and Cartwright, primarily from Wilson County. My Lambert ancestry was one of my earliest genealogy interests. Also working on Stewart County, the birthplace of gg/grandmother [[Burns-2272|Margaret Burns Lambert]]; and Sumner County, home of some of my Bandy family. Team members: (in alphabetical order) * [[Bath-1013|Karen Bath]] - My momโs familySykes/Sikes/Thomas Buckingham lived all over in Tennessee. My research has shown Thomas Buckingham sign the TN state constitution and was sheriff for Serville, TN. Does anyone else have these lines in their tree? * [[Bingham-3812|Scott Bingham]] - I was born in Tennessee, lived here all my life (so far), and all my immediate family and my most of my ancestors were born, lived, and/or died in TN. * [[Bowers-6958|Cordell Bowers]] - My Father's side of the family is from Tennessee. (Surname Bowers) Many cousins still reside in Blount County. * [[Young-50031|Jacqueline Braddy]] - My Young/Morgan family and my Gardner/Forney family all hail from Tennessee. My GG Grandfather (Benjamin Young) was born in Yancey County, NC but settled in Erwin, Unicoi County, TN. My GG Grandmother (Susan A. Morgan) was born in Camp Creek, Greene County, TN before they moved to Erwin, Unicoi County, TN. Something you may find interesting is my GG Grandparents were part of the Expulsion of Erwin in 1918!!! when they relocated to Elizabethton for a while, then West Virginia! By the way, my GG Grandfather (Ben) was black and my GG Grandmother (Susan) was white. It was the early 1880's when the got together! Not sure how they made it work back then but they stayed together, she bore him 3 children!! My Gardner (Johnson Gardner) and Forney (Lena Forney) families are all from Elizabethton, Carter County, TN. *[[Burkett-164|Vicki Burkett]] - I have several ancestor lines in Tennessee that I am stuck on. Hopper, Robertson, Smith, Allen and Burkett. Oh and Compton also * [[Cabbage-24|Jen Cabbage]] - My Cabbage family ancestors fetched up in Tennessee around 1790-1800, from PA via VA. Some of my distant cousins still live there. *[[Carlton-1183|William Carlton]] - Deep roots in Tennessee. *[[Carter-33303|Clifford Carter]] - My grandparents were from TN. My grandmother was very proud of her family and told me things about her family, plus I have discovered some things on my own. *[[Johnson-107359|Mary Jo Dailey]] -- I am a 6th generation Tennessean. I descend from: A. One of the First Families of Tennessee: Mary Polly Monroe (b. 1785 in Grainger Co. TN - 11 years before statehood.) B. Valentine Sevier I:I (Member of the original Watauga Settlement, father of John Sevier - first governor of TN). 15 of my direct ancestors came to Tennessee in the early 1800s. *[[David-2121|Deborah David]] -- I have many Tennessean ancestors. I am directly related to Sgt York by 11 degrees. *[[Davis-83279|Judith Davis]] - Almost everyone on my father's side of the family is from Roane County, Tennessee, including many with the last name of Williams and Davis. * [[Doerr-305|Karen Doerr]] - My 3x great grandfather (John Crum) lived in Greene County, Tennessee, and his son, my 2x great grandfather (Robert Sevier Crum), was born in Greene County. I would like to find out more about them, especially about John. * [[Donaldson-2964|Kathy Donaldson]] - I have many ancestors pre-statehood as well as revolutionary war patriots that settled in Tennessee. I am a life-long resident of beautiful East Tennessee. * [[Clement-265|Mary Douglass]] - My TN ancestors: Clement in Lauderdale Gibson Weakley Madison co.; Applewhite and Harris and Cabiness and Lanier and McCulloch in Dyer; Hamilton in Dickson, Bledsoe Davidson, Williamson; Thomas and Mitts and Card, Bledsoe; Sequatchie Valley; Nail in Cumberland; McCulloch, Dyer Madison Davidson; Thomas in Sevier Co; Davie in Madison; Applewhite and Harris in Obion; Lenoir in Davidson; Brasfield in Gibson; Mickle in Montgomery. * [[Ensor-507|Kay Ensor]] - Most of my ancestors have lived in Tennessee for two hundred years and more. Some of those lines were in Tennessee before there was a Tennessee. I have lived in Tennessee most of my life. I currently reside in Tennessee. My speciality interest is in Putnam County. * [[Foster-20714|Ronda Foster]] - GGGrandfather, William J Davis, Said to have been born in 1806 in Tennessee. No clue on Parentage, Has been listed by Some as Aaron Davis but no proof. Had a Sister or other family member by the name of Elizabeth. William J. Davis is my brick wall. * [[Fowler-12811|Kathleen Fowler]] - I have Hoss ancestors who settled in Washington County, TN. And I have a friend here in Georgia who asked me to look up some information about his great-great-grandfather in Tennessee. In testament to the effectiveness of the FAN approach, his great-great-grandfather is shown next to my Hoss cousin on the 1850 census, and the two families intermarried a decade or so later. * [[Brewer-566|Paula Franklin]] - I work as much as I can in Sevier and Blount counties, my Dad and several of my grandparents were born and raised in Sevier and then I have grandparents born and raised in Blount county plus a brother and sister that were born there so I am very interested in those Counties. * [[Freeman-15361|John Freeman]] - My brick wall is William P Freeman born in North or South Carolina, who migrated to Tennessee around 1825. His father may have been Gideon Freeman and he may have had a close relative Samuel Freeman who migrated to Texas via Blount County Tennessee and Missouri. My family lived in Hardin County for five generations. * [[Fry-8548|Judith Fry]] -- My dad's birth mother and family were from Tennessee. * [[McCowan-260|Yvonne McCowan Gammell]] - My grandmother's family has lived in Warren County/McMinnville since about 1800. She and her sister moved away during WWII, but just about everyone else still lives there. I have a bunch of Shellsford Baptist and Smyrna Cemetaries headstones since that is where most of my ancestors in this line are buried. Last names common to this line are Curtis, McGee, McGregor, Hennessee, Higginbotham, Dodson, and Stiles. * [[Gatlin-344|E. Gatlin]] -- My paternal grandfather's parents were both from Nashville. My Tennessee ancestors were from Davidson, Williamson, Robertson, and Cheatham counties. My Gower and Lucas ancestors were among the first settlers of Nashville. In addition to adding my relatives (including numerous lines of distant cousins), I'm working on a one-place study of Vaughns Gap, Davidson County, Tennessee. * [[General-6|Marie George]] -- I am very interested in McNairy County and surrounding area as well as the Shiloh Battlefield area....names of family are the Georges, Coles and Carrolls and maybe Horton and Michy. My husband's father was born near Shiloh at Childers Hill, TN. Some family are buried at Michy, TN. * [[Cassetty-9|Connie Gerregano]] - I have always lived in Tennessee and have ancestors who came to Tennessee soon after the Revolutionary War. * [[G-297|D. Gilliard]] - I have deep roots in Tennessee, namely Williamson County, Maury County with some ancestors who settled in Rutherford county. I have family born in Tennessee but don't know where. * [[Walling-681|Elaine Goodner]] - My paternal 3x and 4x great grandfathers Walling are buried near Doyle, White County. The Walling, Roberts, Denton and Dykes families are very intertwined. I may be of some help to folks researching those families. My brickwall is my 3x great grandfather John Luna Bishop b. 1835 in Tennessee. I have not been able to go any further back. I have his life documented but not his ancestors. * [[Grant-8586|William Grant III]] - I have ancestors from Tennessee and do not know those that did not move to Illinois in the early 1800s. Some names come up from time to time that I may want to check there. * [[Green-20086|Alex Green]] - The last 36 years, I've been researching backwards and forward from my g-grandparents homestead in Cocke County. It will be an honor to be part of this project. * [[Guinn-694|Mary Lou Guinn]] - I would like to find more information about my Tennessee relatives. I, also, enjoy helping those searching for their Tennessee ancestors, especially in my area. I have already helped a couple of people. The road I live on was previously named Shiflet Road. There is a family history by that name in South Meigs County, Tennessee. There were several families that moved together around in the 1850s - 1860s to this area from Greene County, Tennessee. I have two books on "Union County, Tennessee Heritage Volumes 1 and II", a "Union County, Tennessee, Marriages 1864-1900, and "The Underwoods from Roaring Gap (NC) to Dumplin Valley (TN) and Forward". I ,also, have some family records on the Caldwell family of Union County, Tennessee. These were published in the mid 1900s so they are not current. I have some photos as well. *[[Junge-183|Juli Hardin]] - I just spent the last two weeks traveling through Tennessee looking for my ancestors! I found cemeteries for my family Sparkman, for Willis, Abel Crow, and several others. I spent a day in the Knox County Library researching. I have spent years online researching. Know what I have found? Hundreds of references to my Adams line but no absolute proof of which Adams is the right Adams. Being a born Yankee, coming South was great fun and gave me an appreciation for my GGGGGGrandfathers. Almost all of my Tennessee lines went on into Missouri, where I have good documentation. It's the Tennessee part that needs solid answers. So yes, I would love to help in any way you want on the Tennessee project. Regards to my Tennessee kin, Juli Junge Hardin. (Tennessee kin=Adams, Forgerson, Cruise, Ray, Crow, Sparkman, Chandler, Young, and Bower(s).) * [[Daugherty-3662|Alisa Hardman]] - I have a lot of ancestors with a Tennessee connection. I am always looking for a more complete picture of my family and I'm willing to share what I know. Daugherty (my maiden name), John, born in TN in 1787 but in Alabama by 1811. Family of John W. Copeland and Sarah Massey, Lincoln County, 1820s-1860s. McClures of Lincoln County, 1820s-1850s. Samuel H. Davis, b. 1800 in NC and d. in AR 1882 but I would like to find out more about his decades in Hardeman County, 1840s-1850s. Family of Larkin Elkins and Catherine Odell, Sullivan County, 1800-1850 (also family of Barbara Booher and John Poe). Descendants of Benjamin Huddleston. Family of Thomas Carl of Coffee County, 1820s-30s. Family of James M. Sheid and wife Sibyl Robertson of Coffee County, 1800's-1860's. Nowlin in Bedford and Williamson Counties, 1800-1840. Coopwood, Smith County 1800-1810. Ledbetters of Perry County (and surrounding counties), 1830-1860. Campbell in Overton and Fentress Counties, 1810-1850. Isaac Taylor (m. Agnes Copeland), son of George and Catherine Taylor, father of Didama Taylor Campbell, Fentress County. John Levi Thornton m. Catherine Kirk (d. of John Kirk), 1808 Williamson County. Parish Sims of Hawkins County (then to Limestone County, AL). * [[Stephens-10192|Donna Harris]] - I've been researching my ancestors from Tennessee for many years and they include, BAYLESS, BIDDLE, BOWMAN, KLEPPER, MIDDLETON, WILLIAMS and other related families. Counties include: Washington, Greene, Sullivan, and others. My paternal grandfather, James Bowman Williams, was born in Limestone, Washington Co., met and married my grandmother there and their two eldest daughters were born in Tennessee as well. * [[Harris-28276|Glen Harris]] - born and raised in beautiful east Tennessee. * [[Hatfield-804|Michael Hatfield]] -- Multiple families. My mother was born in Lenoir City & raised in Knoxville. My father, a Navy brat, was born in California but raised by paternal relatives in Harriman in Roane County. HATFIELDโone of the 1st families to settle in that part of Roane County that became Morgan. Theyโve since spilled over into Putnam, White, Cumberland, & into what remains of Roane. Associated Families:Snow & Alley of Morgan & Roane; Carroll of White & DeKalb; Grimsley of Putnam, Roane & Smith. Also Summer(s) of Morgan. Matheny of Putnam & Smith. McGuffey & Powell of Morgan & Roane. Hedgecoth & Rose of Cumberland. TUTTEROW/TUTTERROWโArrived in Knox County, settling in Concord. Spread out into Roane, Loudon & McMinn. Associated Families: Cormany & Dutton of Roane & Loudon; Arthur of Loudon; Coley of Jefferson & Roane. Also McCrary of Sullivan & Jefferson. Cox & Noe of Hamblen & Grainger. *[[Herod-269|Molly Herod]] - I'm always trying to find out more about Tennessee. I have two ancestors who signed the Cumberland Compact (John Donelson and James Harrod). I'm also part of the Boone family and would like to learn more about any time that Israel Boone spent in Tennessee. *[[Boy-41|Emily Holmberg]] -- I have deep roots in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington Counties. Current ties mainly to Sullivan County. *[[Houston-7306|Sue Houston]] - I have ancestors from Lincoln County, Tennessee. Surnames include Kennedy, McDill, Hill, West, Wyatt. Most of them migrated to Tennessee from South Carolina in the early 1800's. * [[Hunter-14490|Kin Hunter]] - Iโm trying to connect the dots to my ancestors who resided in Tennessee. Iโve hit several brick wallls trying to find more information about my maternal side. I want to teach my children so th why can teach their children and so on about our family history. * [[Brown-42238|Dusti Ide]] - I have several lines in east and middle TN from 1800s to present. Main counties are Morgan, Cumberland, Roane, Blount, Fentress and early Overton with some in surrounding counties. *[[Inman-2821|Joe Inman]] - My ancestors settled for some time in East Tennessee, Abednego and Shadrach Inman. They were also members of the Overmountain militia that fought at Kings Mountain. I recently signed up for the East Tennessee Genealogical Society and I intend to become a Tennessee First Family member through my direct descendent of Abednego Inman. *[[Popp-547|Kelly Kley]] - have a ton of family in Tennessee. Northwest of Nashvillie, South and Southwest of Nashville area, then Western Tennessee. This was on both sides of my maternal grandparents. I would love to help with this project. *[[Lane-9186|Rick Lane]] - I was born and raised in Tennessee. All four of my grandparents were, as well. At least one line goes back to a land grant from the governor to my fifth great grandfather. I am still working on other lines, but most seem to have moved west from North Carolina with the frontier. *[[Lawson-10040|Bryan Lawson]] -- documenting the Greene-Jones family feud in Hancock County. *[[Cole-8886|Emily Ledford]] -- I have family all near East Tennessee. * [[Lenori-2|Ursula Lenori]] - I would like to join the Tennessee Project I have family out of Tennessee and I would try to help improve profiles of Tennessee Residents. * [[Locke-2058|Chrissy Locke]] - I would like to join the Tennesse project as my husband's Gibson family is from Paris Tennessee. I would like to update and improve the profiles. *[[Ward-9858|Steff Mandarino]]- I manage the Franklin County page because my paternal grandmother was from Winchester, with deep roots in Lincoln and Moore counties. My dad's folks were Busbees, Pettys, Walkers, Leslies, Burnetts, and more. *[[Mankin-102|Michael Mankin]] - Carter, Washington, Greene & Sullivan Counties for Pickering, Scott, Helton/Hilton, Ellis, Sadler. * [[McAdoo-199|RL McAdoo]] - I am researching ancestors who signed the Cumberland Compact. * [[McClain-2456|Christy McClain]] - Iโd love to join since the majority of my family is from East Tennessee and I have a ton of information to help others. *[[Solomon-2474|Terry McGhee]] - am trying to add all of my family from both of my parents and grandparents who were born in Tennessee. Grandparents were Vena Mae Huffman from Lynchburg, husband John Henry Solomon. Famous Grandparents Earl Altaman Weaver( AKA Pless), and wife Wilma Davilla Snell from Winchester.They both were inducted into The Gospel Music Hall of Fame. *[[Smith-240480|Brittney Mckenzie-Smith]] - I'm very interested in Tennessee. I seem to have quite a few ancestors from Tennessee. Especially, the Giles, Lincoln, Maury, McMinn, Sullivan, and Warren Counties. I'm actually stuck on one of my branches and he died in Lincoln Co., TN, so I would love to work this branch. The family I am researching in TN is Smith, McNeely, McClure, Haymaker, Skinner, and Merrell. *[[McNamara-2917|Billie McNamara]] -- State Coordinator of the TNGenWeb project. *[[McPeak-509|C McPeak]] -- I am interested in finding out more about the Warren family in Humphreys County and the Knott family of Bedford County. *[[Tull-5|Margaret Meredith]] - My ancestors are from the Mountains in East Tennessee to the Mississippi River in West Tennessee. I have found ancestors, kith, and kin in all 96 counties of the great state of Tennessee. The counties I work in the most are McNairy, Chester, and Hardeman in West Tennessee as my paternal ancestors migrated as soon as the Chickasaw seceded the land in 1818. As West Tennessee celebrates its Bicentennial in 2023, this is a great time to work on a Tennessee project. *[[Moody-4306|Greta Moody]] - Most of my ancestors were born in, lived in, moved to, or moved from Tennessee. The majority being from East Tennessee. A lot of them served in various Wars. I plan on adding more Tennessee Cemeteries and creating free space profiles for counties, and other Tennessee things. * [[Allyn-193|Emily Moore]] -- Hi, I have ancestors who lived in the area of Fentress and Overton Counties as well as in other areas of Tennessee. I would like to contribute the information I find to the Tennessee project. * [[Morrison-18922|Robyn Morrison]] - My great grandmother's family came left Tennessee in the early 1880s, and it has been very hard to find any information about them in records. They lived in Dekalb and Smith counties. I have another line of relatives that came from Obion County around the early 1920s. One day make it back to research in person, but until then these online connections are so helpful! * [[Rose-9770|Cynthia Nelson]] - I am ready to start my thorough research in Tennessee for my Rose family. My 3rd great grandfather, Richard Rose, signed up for the War of 1812 through Robertson County in 1814. He was born in NC but I do not know exactly where. Then there is my McBee family, Rev. Samuel McBee. I have more. *[[Evers-1230|Edie O'Brien]] - I am interested in learning more about my Barton, Chandler, and unknown ancestors who resided in TN. The Barton family lived in Rutherford County. *[[Ellis-5567|Dena Oneal]] - I live near the Nashville area. I am a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Iโm just trying to build my tree. I am DNA related to 3 different Appalachian communities. *[[Overcast-7|De Anna Overcast]] - I would like to join the Tennessee Project because I was born and raised in Blountville, Sullivan County. Tennessee. I still have many family members there, I would like to add my family to the project. I have noticed that the project is missing some cemeteries that I have family members buried in. I would like to see the cemeteries added. *[[Owens-15623|Stephen Owens]] - Have Owens and Owen relatives in Tennessee. Looking for those early relatives in Eastern Tennessee that were part of North Carolina. Also searching for more information on my TN family that migrated and emigrated to/from Illiniois in early to mid 1800s. Particular interest in Lincoln and Moore counties. *[[Oxford-768|M Oxford]] - I am working on the Hobbs family which I believed moved out of Virginia through Tennessee and on to Illinois. I am hitting a brick wall in Tennessee and hope further work will provide some clues. * [[Pafford-525|Carol Pafford]] -- As a direct descendant of John Donelson, I would be very interested in joining this Project. *[[Trublood-1|Vicky Parrott]] - Both of my maternial Grandparents were from Fentress County, Tn. Would be very interesting to find out more about their families. * [[Paschal-419|Glen Paschall]] - I am a many generations TN! My research is focused in Middle TN-Murfreesboro and Cannon. I recently identified all of Murfreesboro, TN Mayors!! https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Murfreesboro%2C_Tennessee%2C_Mayors * [[Moyers-501|Sonja (Moyers) Penrod]] - My surname family is one of the first families of Tennessee. My 5GG Christopher Moyers Jr, the first generation born on the continent, made his way from Orange County, Virginia to, what would become, White Pine, Tennessee. My main stumbling block is my 4GG Elizabeth Emily Witt, who married my 4GG Joshua Moyers. Elizabeth was born circa 1780 in/near White Pine, married circa 26 Mar 1797 and died apparently a few days after giving birth to my 3GG Hiram Moyers. Hiram was born circa 23 Feb 1811 and his father Joshua married Mary Williams about 4 days later. There is unsubstaniated info that she had a son Jacob circa 1806. I don't know any more about Elizabeth, any leads or suggestions? Hello to any Tennessee family connections. Looking forward to connecting and discussing. * [[Peters-1136|John Peters]] - Although I now live in Vermont, I grew up in middle Tennessee and still have strong family ties to the state. My paternal ancestors moved to the area around Oak Ridge Tennessee about 1800. My maternal ancestors are from Scott and Washington Counties in VA and Sullivan and Hancock Counties in Tennessee. I have been trying to find out as much as I can about my ancestors although there are some things I have not been able to resolve. * [[Pinkerton-1573|Larry Pinkerton]] - I have spent so many years {on the internet}, I feel Tennessee is my second home! I have been searching the PINKERTON surname, In Bedford, and Hickman counties.. If anyone needs any help? I will be available to help. I am a 77-year-old grandpa who lives in Tuson. Grew up in Butler County, Missouri, Happy Hunting. * [[Pope-3646|Stephen Pope]] - I have ROARK, ROBINSON, BELL, DURHAM, BRIGGANS, HENRY, BUTLER and allied families in Shelby and Fayette Counties Tennessee. I'm interested in their migrations to and from. * [[Waller-5664|Vicki Posey]] - Most of the paternal side of my family comes from West Tennessee. Mostly the Fayette, Haywood and Tipton counties. I am working on adding them to wikitree anyway, so hopefully it helps. *[[Potter-11717|Tony Potter]] - I'm trying to untangle a knot of Potters around Hawkins County, TN around the formation of the state. * [[Mayo-5050|Wanda Powers]] -- I was born and raised in Tennessee. I have a lot of relatives that still live here. * [[Prince-3397|Tim Prince]] - I went recently to visit the burial of my 5th gt grand uncle [[Meigs-36|Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823)]] for whom the county is embarrassingly named. Sent snapshots to the people responsible for his web page 6th Connecticut Regiment I haven't identified any TN cousins other than his descendants. Those who were prominent were forced out in the purges of 1839 and 1861, including the same named TN Atty genl, His spouse descends from [[McSpadden-63|Samuel McSpadden (1756-1844)]] whose descendants have a contracting company on the way into town. Photo: Samuel McSpadden Marker (hmdb.org) So there were cousins already evicted from TN who fought in battles in present OK as well as nearer by. My late wife has ancestors who lived somewhere around the present Lowes. The way there passes the Crockett marker David Crockett and Polly Finley Historical Marker (hmdb.org) My mother had a photo of my 2nd ggf on horseback following the battle at Lookout Mtn, too far off in the distance to recognize. Our church led off the 200th anniversary celebration with a presentation on the pulpit bible given by the fellow who survived walking around a year with a bullet fired into him by one of Longstreet's troops. There were separate Northern and Southern Methodist churches in town until the Southern property was condemned for what turned out to be the bomb project, so then they had to unite. The long abandoned school still stands behind the post office. It was part of the New Deal project which condemned AME church property and segregated the place. * [[Redd-809|Frank Redd]] - My mother was born in McNairy County. I have a lot of family born and lived in Tennessee. * [[Reed-33353|Robb Reed]] - Hello, I am interested in joining the Tennessee Project. My family stems from Pickett and Overton Counties in Tennessee, and I used to live in Davidson and Rutherford counties. * [[Rogers-30400|Dustin Rogers]] - My mom and dadโs respective lines resided in Hickman and Sumner counties. Iโve traced my dadโs side from VA, to NC, to TN by way of land grant bounty from the Revolutionary War. * [[Schmillen-8|Beth Schmillen]] - I have family in TN and am interested in Houser, LaCroix, Lawrence Co and how the houser's came thru Virginia. I don't know where the Lacroix's were before TN.... I guess I'd be joining to learn how to find more information about researching in the USA. * [[Shaw-26444|Doug Shaw]] - My maternal line passes through Tennessee (on the way to Texas). Particularly interested right now in determining the parents of my GGM Mary Ann AMMONS (1857-1949). Also wondering why there are 2 marriage licenses for her and Thomas Jefferson BISHOP in adjacent Hardeman and McNairy Counties a couple of days apart. Marriage seems to have been in McNairy Co. * [[Shelton-1487|Kenneth Shelton]]-The reason I am the manager of White County: My parents and grandparents were born in White County and my grandparents, as well as aunts and uncles and cousins, are buried there. This is where all of our family vacations were taken when I was growing up. We would visit grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I still have many cousins living in White Co. and neighboring counties in Tennessee. I am trying to add them all to WikiTree because they're all special, they're family. * [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]] - Neals and Briens, ancestors of my mother, lived in Tennessee (Wilson County & Smith County). I am also active with the [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia Project]]'s [[Space:South Central Appalachia Team|South Central Appalachia Team]], which includes 38 of Tennessee's 52 counties in Appalachia. (See the team page & [[Space: Counties of Appalachia]].) * [[Shumway-634|Lance Shumway]] - I have no family tree ties to TN, but I am interested in working to expand family trees where I currently reside. I plan to focus on Johnson County initially, especially the greater Mountain City area. I would certainly be interested in connecting with anyone currently working on trees or projects in the area; reach out to me and we can collaborate. * [[Gaylor-44|Mary Ann Simmons]] - Many of my paternal ancestors are from Campbell and Anderson County TN (Gaylor, Disney, White, Reed, etc.) * [[Lewis-43552|Zona Simonson]] - My paternal ancestors migrated from Virginia to Tennessee and lived in Stewart Cty (Dover, Indian Mound, Bumpus Mills), Henry Cty, Knox Cty. Surnames include: Lewis, Selby, Ellis, Smith, Mathis, Swor, Judkins, Warren. I'd like to learn more about my ancestors and Tenneesse history. * [[Spencer-26370|Melinda Spencer]] -- My ancestors helped found Trenton, Gibson, TN and my family lived there for generations. * [[Stewart-31548|Steve Stewart]] - I have Stewart ancestors who moved to TN. from N.C. in late 1700's. They settled in Lawrence County, TN. From here, they moved into Lake and Dyer Counties. * [[Strong-7084|Heather Strong]] - Trying to find Willson and Ellen (Evans) Gibbs prior to 1850. Many family members in Tennessee. Also interested in the Cherokee project. *[[Walker-55829|Lea Walker Sullivan]] - I am very interested in finding out as much as I can about the Watauga Settlement in Tennessee. My ancestor John Oldham Hightower who was the petitioner for establishment of county governement in the Watauga area of Tennessee in 1776. * [[Lamb-6875|Beverly Swann]] - Hi, I'm the recipient of a collection of photos from my maternal great-grandmother, Dorcas Williams Pointer. She lived in the Algood/Cookeville area her whole life. Other family names are Bilbrey, Bryant, Stockton, Peek, and Quarles/Qualls. I'm always looking for puzzle pieces to the many different families, but the one that I've been working on lately is Bilbrey. *[[Weigt-5| Phillip Thompson]] - adopted by [[Thompson-34052|J. M. Thompson]] and [[Sexton-2429|Reba (Sexton) Thompson]] - I think everyone in Scott County and surrounding counties (including near-by Kentucky counties) are relatives of one form or another. As I have said the people of E. Tennessee and Kentucky often wander back and forth across the border, except in football/basketball season. I am busy putting as many on my tree as fast as I can. *[[Thompson-30838|William Thompson]] - I am a fifth-generation Cumberland Countian from Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee. The county was formed in 1855. I can trace my ancestry through much of the Upper Cumberland area in Campbell, Fentress, Morgan, Overton, Putnam, Roane, Scott, and White counties. ''Profiles I'm proud of'': My 2nd great-grandfather [[Thompson-31171|James Thompson]] of Roane, Tennessee fought in the Mexican-American War and as a Union Captain in the American Civil War. My 2nd great-grandparents [[Wightman-515|Amos Wightman]] and [[Graham-11922|Helen Graham]] were instrumental in founding Pleasant Hill Academy in Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee which led to the present day elementary school, Pleasant Hill Community Church, and a doctor and eventual hospital for the remote area. A 4th great-grandfather Capt. [[Trammell-67|Dennis Trammell]] also fought for the Union in the Civil War. His grandfather, Capt. [[Trammell-88|Dennis Trammell]] fought in the American Revolutionary War before settling in what is now Scott, Tennessee. My 5th great grandfather was Col. [[Copeland-1314|Stephen Copeland]] who served in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and was the first white settler in Overton, Tennessee. His son [[Copeland-1313|Joseph Copeland]] also known as Big Joe married the daughter of local Cherokee Indian chief. I am excitedly digging into my past for my children. * [[Stephens-3929|Alice Thomsen]] * [[Tucker-21096|Janet Tucker]] - I was born and raised in Knoxville (Knox), but also lived in Nashville. My brother currently lives in Kingston (Roane). My father was born in Rogersville (Hawkins Co.) and lived most of his life in Kingsport (Sullivan); my mother was born just across the state line in Gate City, VA. My entire family history is East Tennessee, and while I know most of it, I'm hoping to fill in some blanks and connect with others. * [[Vanniere-1|Gary Vanniere]] - Adopted. My maternal grandfather and his ancestors settled in Bristol, TN! *[[Taylor-81845|Evelyn Vigdahl]] - I have a branch of my Quesenbury family that migrated to Wilson Co, TN in 1799 before continuing on to AR in 1833. I would love to learn more about this family and their early settlement of the state. * [[Wheeler-13722|Kristina Wheeler]] - I'm currently working on four one place studies in DeKalb, As part of this I'm writing a monthly story for the Smithville review, and have started a DNA project for people related to DeKalb on FTDNA. In addition to the specific one place studies, I'm working on creating profiles for the many tombstone photos I took on my first trip of what will be many. In connection with some of the local researchers, I've been given permission to post their transcriptions of Diaries from 1903-1920. I also took many courthouse images from the Supreme court records, and have been indexing those. Also having many roots around Tennessee, work on my ancestors, and others from the Fan of myself, and those I'm researching in DeKalb. I'd be happy to take on that county. It would help if I could be given permission to create the remaining census categories for 1920 and earlier. There is an incredible amount of endogamy and same names with similar ages. Unfortunately just putting them at the county level will make it more difficult to track who lived where, and if people haven't been added yet to the space page for the enumeration district. * [[Whitaker-8313|Anne Whitaker]] - My great-great-grandfather was a stone mason in Brownsville, TN. I think he did many of the old headstones in the cemetery. * [[Barrett-8725|Judy Woods]] - I have several family ancestors from Tennessee. Surnames are Barrett, Looney/Luna, Ward. I have been trying to find the father of Martha Ward. The Looney/Luna family immigrated to the United States. Robert Looney built and ran the Looney ferry for many years. I have been reading a book about him. Peter Grancer Looney is my ancestor I used to join the DAR. He was in the American Revolution and also was a founder of Nashville; also signed the Cumberland Pact. My grandfather Jeremiah Mordecai "Jerry" Barrett and some of his brothers fought in the Civil War; he had 3 wives and 17 children. He is buried in a Barrett Cemetery (in a field) about 15 miles from Murfeesboro, TN, along with his last wife Callie. He was one of 8 children. He is my 2nd great grandfather. * [[Wright-68733|Elijah Wright]] - Our family has roots primarily in the Smith and Warren county areas. I'm in the Cookeville area if anyone needs me to go look at a gravesite or similar... * [[Yarber-68|Susanna Yarber]] - I live in Tennessee and have a lot of Ancestors from Tennessee and still have not been able to connect all of the dots. '''Note''' -- Summer Orman was the original coordinator for the Tennessee project. She did a great deal of work getting it set up. She is greatly missed. *[[Binkley-335|Summer Orman]] - Native of Nashville, Tennessee - all of my immediate family (through my 2nd great grandparents) were either born in or settled in Tennessee. ''Profiles I'm proud of'': [[Boucher-960|Jacquรฉs Timothรฉ Boucher, Sieur de Montbrun]], a French-Canadian fur trader, was the first citizen of Nashville, and my 6th great grandfather. [[Locke-2428|Samuel Claybrook Locke]], my 2x great uncle, a constable for Williamson County; was gunned down in the line of duty. [[Hudson-5779|John Crockett Hudson]], my 3rd great-grandfather, a Civil War Confederate veteran, my favorite ancestor! === County Coordinators === * DeKalb County, [[Wheeler-13722|Kristina Wheeler]] * Fentress County, [[Thompson-30838|William Thompson]] * Franklin County, [[Ward-9858|Stephanie Ward]] * Gibson County, [[Heath-3392|Kathleen Heath]] * Grundy County, [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]] * Hickman County, [[Lunn-170|Jeanne Aloia]] * Jackson County, [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]] * James County, [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]] (historic county) * Knox County, [[Higdon-428|B Higdon]] * Lake County, [[Oliver-6712|Sidney Vowell]] * Lincoln County, [[Watson-11781|Kat Prawl]] * Maury County, [[Popp-547|Kelly Kley]] * McMinn County, [[McMinn-132|Mike McMinn]] * McNairy County, [[Tull-5|Margaret Meredith]] * Montgomery County, [[Coles-1048|Robin Coles]] * Moore County, [[Ward-9858|Stephanie Ward]] * Morgan County, [[Thompson-30838|William Thompson]] * Perry County, [[Popp-547|Kelly Kley]] * Putnam County, [[Thompson-30838|William Thompson]] * Rhea County, [[Thompson-30838|William Thompson]] * Roane County, [[Jones-7503|Ray Jones]] * Scott County, [[Dale-2823|Pam Fraley]] * Smith County, [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]] * Stewart County, [[Lambert-1995|Nan Lambert Starjak]] * Sumner County, [[Lambert-1995|Nan Lambert Starjak]] and [[Popp-547|Kelly Kley]] * Weakley County, [[Oliver-6712|Sidney Vowell]] * White County, [[Shelton-1487|Kenneth Shelton]] * Williamson County, [[Gatlin-344|E. Gatlin]] * Wilson County, [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]]
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[[Category:Tennessee, Mysteries, Legends, and Folklore]] [[Category: The Bell Witch Haunting]] ---- Managed by the [[Project: Tennessee|'''Tennessee Project''']]. Please see [http://www.bellwitch.org Bell Family website by Pat Fitzhugh] for extensive information on the Bell Witch Haunting, as well as his book [https://books.google.com/books?id=tgH7CGgFdzgC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=lucy+mourning+williams+bell&source=bl&ots=88AoUZ9tun&sig=td958h_AxdsO-tuelPhCyFVyJus&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfj4O76aPSAhXDTCYKHZdJASwQ6AEITjAP#v=onepage&q=lucy%20mourning%20williams%20bell&f=false ''The Bell Witch: The Full Account'']. This tells the story of the Bell family of Robertson County, Tennessee. "In 1817, after moving to present day Robertson County, Tennessee, John encountered a strange-looking animal sitting in the middle of his corn field and attempted to shoot it. Soon after, his family began to hear noises in and around their home, such as knocking, scratching, and sounds of animals fighting.
[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/exhibits/myth/bellwitch.htm Bell Witch, Tennessee State Library & Archives]This started what would become one of Americaโs most famous ghost stories, and best-known poltergeist case. The entity was named The Bell Witch, often referred to as "Kate."
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch Bell Witch, Wikipedia]It haunted the Bell family from 1817 - 1821 and was so well known, it attracted the attention of future U.S President General Andrew Jackson in nearby Nashville, who decided to visit the Bell family to investigate. General Jackson and his party left after only one night, after which he famously said "I'd rather fight the entire British Army than to face the Bell Witch."
[http://paranormal.about.com/od/trueghoststories/a/aa041706.htm The Bell Witch], by Stephen Wagner. About Entertainment, 21 Oct 2015.Some still claim the witch still haunts the area today, mainly in a local cave on the property. {{Image|file=The_Bell_Witch-1-5.jpg |align=c |size=l |caption=Entrance to the Cave }} The Bell Family: Parents: *[[Bell-1597|John William Bell, Sr]], 1750 - 1820 *[[Williams-3533|Lucy Mourning (Williams) Bell]], 1772 - 1837 Children: *[[Bell-1590|Benjamin Bell]]: dates of birth/death unknown but before 1792 *[[Bell-1614|Jesse Egbert Bell]]: (1790 - 1843) married Martha Gunn (Martha was nicknamed "Potts" by the witch *[[Bell-21336|Drewry Bell]]: (1792 - 1865) never married or had children *[[Bell-1602|John William Bell Jr.]]: (1792 - 1862) married Elizabeth Gunn *[[Bell-1657|Esther (Bell) Porter]]: (1800 - 1859) married Alexander Porter *[[Bell-1609|Elizabeth "Betsy" (Bell) Powell]]: (1806 - 1888) married Richard Powell *[[Bell-1619|Richard Williams Bell]]: (1811 - 1857) married Sally Martha Gunn *[[Bell-1631|Joel Egbert Bell]]: (1813 - 1890) married Wilmouth Edwards and Rebecca Williams ==References==
==See Also== *[http://www.prairieghosts.com/b-cave.html Prairie Ghosts: The Bell Witch Cave] *[https://books.google.com/books?id=TPksKEjg7f8C&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q&f=false A Witch As Was a Witch], by Irvin S. Cobb. Google Book. Original Source: McClure's Magazine, Volume 54, March, 1922. *[http://www.bellwitchfallfestival.com/ Bell Witch Fall Festival], Adams, TN *[http://www.bellwitchcave.com/ Bell Witch Cave], Official Website
Unicoi County, Tennessee
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Union County, Tennessee
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Van Buren County, Tennessee
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Warren County, Tennessee
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Washington County, Tennessee
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Weakley County, Tennessee
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Welcome to the Weakley County, Tennessee Project!
==Geography== Weakly County is part of West Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. ===Maps=== *[https://www.countyoffice.org/tn-weakley-county-gis-maps/ Weakley County GIS Map] ===Adjacent counties=== *[https://www.obioncountytn.gov/ Obion County, TN]
*[https://henrycountytn.org/ Henry County, TN]
*[https://carrollcountytn.gov/ Carroll County, TN] *[https://gibsoncounty-tn.com/ Gibson County, TN] *[https://gravescounty.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx Graves County, KY] ==Government Offices== *[https://www.weakleycountytn.gov/ Official Weakley County Website]
==Resources and Records== === On WikiTree=== *[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501959 WikiData] *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden,_Tennessee Weakley County Wikipedia] ==Communities== ===Cities=== *[https://www.cityofmartin.net/ City of Martin ]
*[https://www.mckenzietn.org/ McKenzie]
*[http://www.greenfieldtn.org/ Greenfield] *
===Towns=== *[http://www.cityofdresden.net/ Dresden ]
*[https://www.countyoffice.org/sharon-city-hall-sharon-tn-e0c/ Sharon]
*[https://www.cityofgleasontn.com/city-hall/ Gleason]
=== Unincorporated Communities === *[https://tngenweb.org/weakley/austin-springs/ Austin Springs] *[https://tngenweb.org/weakley/dukedom/ Dukedom]
*[https://tngenweb.org/weakley/gardner-tennessee/ Gardner]
*Latham
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmersville,_Tennessee Palmersville ]
*[https://tngenweb.org/weakley/ore-springstn/ Ore Springs]
*Eagle Hill
==Census== *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57228967 1940 Census - Tennessee - Weakley County] ==See also== ==Sources== *[https://tngenweb.org/weakley/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dresden_1825_1975.pdf Dresden, Tennessee Sesquicentennial 1825 - 1875]
White County, Tennessee
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gives you the template above (2 flags) ==List of Things to Do== #Contributing to the main project page as needed #Church records of christenings, marriages, and burials #Voter or citizenship rolls #Records of wills and deceased estates #Land tenure records #Tax lists - #Muster lists for militia service #Census records, indexed and uploaded ---- ----{{Image|file=M_Silva_WikiTree_Space-35.png |align=c |size=400 |caption=''White County, Tennessee!'' }} ==White County History== {{Image|file=White_County_Tennessee.jpg |caption=White County Courthouse in Sparta, Tennessee, USA. }} :''' Created out of Smith and Jackson counties''' On September 11, 1806, an act of the Tennessee General Assembly created White County out of Smith and Jackson counties, responding to a petition signed by 155 residents of the area. The county's original geographic area included all of what is now White and Warren counties, as well as parts of modern Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Grundy, Putnam, and Van Buren counties.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/White_County,_Tennessee:'''Named for [[White-15415|John White]] (1751โ1846)''' The origin of the county's name is disputed. The county is officially held to be named for John White (1751โ1846), a Revolutionary War soldier, surveyor, and frontiersman who was the first known white settler of the area. White had moved his family to the Cumberland Mountains from Virginia in 1789.[4] However, some historians suggest the county was named for Revolutionary War soldier [[White-3528|James White]], the founder of Knoxville
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/White_County,_Tennessee:'''Permanent county seat''' A temporary county seat was established near Rock Island, now in Warren County. Three years later a permanent county seat was established on the banks of the Calfkiller River
http://spartatn.com/nature-draws-first-settlersand named Sparta.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/White_County,_Tennessee:'''Champ Ferguson''' Grave of Confederate bushwhacker [[Ferguson-1|Champ Ferguson]] near Sparta In 1840, White County became a destination for people from all over the country when Christopher Haufmann erected a large hotel on Bon Air Mountain, part of the Cumberland Plateau. The hotel was near some mineral springs as well as being at a high altitude; both were thought to promote health, and people came from far and wide for the "cures" advertised by the resort.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/White_County,_Tennessee:'''Saltpeter mining operation during the Civil War''' White County was the site of a very large saltpeter mining operation during the Civil War. The Cave Hill Saltpeter Pits (No. 1 and No. 2), located on Cave Hill near the mouth of England Cove, were intensively mined. Relics remain from that operation. Saltpeter is the main ingredient of gunpowder and was obtained by leaching the earth from these caves.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/White_County,_Tennessee:'''The Civil War''' The Civil War deeply affected White County, although no major battles were fought in the area. As it was on the border between the largely pro-Union East Tennessee and pro-Confederate Middle Tennessee, the county was the scene of bloodshed from partisans (called "bushwhackers") of both sides.[1] One famous Confederate guerrilla operating in the area was Champ Ferguson, who caused much mayhem and destruction before he was arrested after the war on May 28, 1865. Ferguson was tried by a military court, convicted, and executed by hanging, one of only two Confederates executed for war crimes. He is buried in France Cemetery near Sparta.
Sparta.https://www.wikiwand.com/en/White_County,_Tennessee:'''White County slowly rebuilt from the ashes of war''' White County slowly rebuilt from the ashes of war booming coal mining industries being started on Bon Air Mountain. The mountain was rich in bituminous coal, and enterprising local businessmen were quick to realize it. Over the subsequent decades, White County slowly rebuilt from the ashes of war. The county was connected to the outside world by railroad, mainly because of the profit potential that represented. Several mining towns sprang up on the plateau part of the county, including Bon Air, Eastland, and Ravenscroft. :'''Search For Soldiers''' The service records of men, North and South, are contained in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. Soldiers and Sailors Database
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htmNational Park Service
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm---- :'''War Stalls Population Growth''' Growth continued in Sparta, and in 1840 the U.S. Census Bureau listed White County's population at 10,747. Infrastructure was developing, commerce and industry were flourishing -- a trend that continued into the 1850s when population records listed 11,444 county residents. [
http://spartatn.com/war-stalls-population-growth] :'''Spartans Rebuild War-Torn City''' By 1870, the census indicated less than 10,000 people remained in White County. However, throughout the 1870s and 1880s, the residents began to rebuild their lives and the economy began to rebound as mining and manufacturing began to thrive. [
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{{Image|file=Tennessee_Project_Pictures_and_Images-13.jpg |align=C |size=m |caption=Tennessee State line in Memphis }} ==Geography== White County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. White County is also part of the South Central Region of [[Project:Appalachia|Appalachia]]. {{Image|file=White_County_Tennessee-3.jpg |caption=Map of White and Adjacent Counties }} :::::::::[https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki-elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/0/00/Tnwhite.png ] ===Adjacent counties=== :[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bledsoe_County,_Tennessee Bledsoe County] :[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Cumberland_County,_Tennessee Cumberland County] :[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/DeKalb_County,_Tennessee DeKalb County] :[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Putnam_County,_Tennessee Putnam County] :[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Van_Buren_County,_Tennessee Van Buren County ] :[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Warren_County,_Tennessee Warren County] ---- ===Protected Areas=== #[https://www.tn.gov/agriculture/article/ag-forests-sf-bledsoe Bledsoe State Forest (part)] #[http://www.tnwatchablewildlife.org/watchareadetails.cfm?uid=09072216143715780®ion=Bridgestone-Firestone_Centennial_Wilderness&statearea=East_Tennessee Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area (part)] #[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Burgess_Falls_State_Park Burgess Falls State Park and Natural Area (part)] #[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Rock_Island_State_Park_(Tennessee) Rock Island State Park (part)] #[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Sparta_Rock_House Sparta Rock House State Historic Site] #[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Scott%27s_Gulf Virgin Falls State Natural Area]
{{Image|file=White_County_Tennessee-2.jpg |caption= Virgin Falls, Tennessee }} ---- ==Government Offices== #[http://whitecountytn.gov/government/county-offices/assessor-property Assessor of Property] #[http://whitecountytn.gov/government/county-offices/circuit-court-clerk Circuit Court Clerk] #[http://whitecountytn.gov/government/county-offices/county-clerk County Clerk] #[http://whitecountytn.gov/government/county-offices/county-trustee County Trustee] #[http://whitecountytn.gov/government/county-offices/highway-superintendent Highway Superintendent] #[http://whitecountytn.gov/government/county-offices/register-deeds Register of Deeds] #[http://whitecountytn.gov/government/county-offices/sheriffs-office Sheriff's Office] ---- ==Demographics== #General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc ---- ==Communities== ===Cities=== #[http://spartatn.com/ Sparta, Tennessee] ===Towns=== #[http://tennessee.hometownlocator.com/tn/white/doyle.cfm Doyle, Tennessee] ===Unincorporated communities=== :#Bon Air [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bon_Air,_White_County,_Tennessee] :#Cassville [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/White_County,_Tennessee] :#DeRossett [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/DeRossett,_Tennessee] :#Quebeck [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Quebeck,_Tennessee] :#Ravenscroft [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ravenscroft,_Tennessee] :#Walling [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Walling,_Tennessee] :#Yankeetown [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Yankeetown,_Tennessee] ===See Also=== Populated Places[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/White_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy#Populated_Places] ---- ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category: White County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |White County Cemeteries]] #[[:Category: White County, Tennessee, Schools |White County Schools]] ---- {{Image|file=US_State_Flag_Images-46.png |caption=Tennessee State Flag }} ---- ==Things to do/see== '''Natural Beauty''' #Bridgestone Firestone Centennial Wilderness WMA #Sunset Rock #Burgess Falls State Park and Natural Area #Rock Island State Park #[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Scott%27s_Gulf Virgin Falls State Natural Area]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZVmKpW4KDg'''Museums and More''' #Coal Miner Railroad Section House Museum #The Rock House Famous Stage Stop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7YQpdwDi6Q#Historic Downtown Sparta Liberty Square #Walking Tour of Historic District #White County Heritage Museum #Military Museum #Civil War Trail #Upper Cumberland Quilt Trail - Sparta-White County #Sparta Drive-In Movie Theater ::'''Find It All At''' ::[http://whitecountytn.gov/visitors/attractions White Co. Tennessee Goverment] ::[http://spartatn.com/nature Natural And Man-Made Beauty] ---- ==Sparta, White County, Obituaries== :[http://spartalive.com/category/obituaries/ Live.Com Current Obituaries] ---- ==County Resources== ::'''White County Tennessee Archives''' #[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/white/military.html Revolutionary War Pensions Civil War Pensions] #[http://web.blomand.net/~wcolley/wcghs.html WhiteCountyGenealogicalHistoricalSociety] #[http://www.tngenweb.org/white/ White County, Tennessee Genealogy] #[http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/white/ White County Genealogy and History] ==Tennessee Resources== : Tennessee State Resources : [http://www.copies1918.com/covertn.html Tennessee Document Index for a list of documents, by county.] : [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sources-Tennessee Sources-Tennessee] ---- ::'''Cemetery Index''' White Co. TN Cemetery Records : '''This page lists cemeteries in White Co. TN with a count of the number of burials recorded in the Tennessee Cemetery Records'''. #[https://www.tngenweb.org/cemeteries/#!co=white Cemetery Listing for White Co.] #[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/white/cemetery.html Cemetery Index A-H] #[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/white/cemeteryiw.html Cemetery Index I-Z] ---- ::'''Cemetery Index''' '''Find A Grave: Alphabetically For White County''' #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=1&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 1-20] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=21&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 21-40] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=41&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 41-60] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=61&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 61-80] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=81&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 81-100] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=101&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 101-120] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=121&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 121-140] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=141&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 141-160] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=161&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 161-180] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=181&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 181-200] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=201&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 201-220] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=221&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 221-240] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=241&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 241-260] #[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2517&CSsr=261&Cemetery Index Find A Grave 261-260] ---- ===County Records=== :'''White County's civil records start the following years on Family Search:''' #[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/White_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy#Birth Birth1908 ] #[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/White_County,_Tennessee_GenealogyMarriage Marriage1806] #[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/White_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy#Death Death1881] #[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/White_County,_Tennessee_GenealogyCensus Census1820] #[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/White_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy#Land Land1801] #[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/White_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy#Probate Probate1806] ----- ===Tennessee Cirtificates=== {{Image|file=White_County_Tennessee-4.jpg |caption=White County, Tennessee Image 5 }} #[http://www.statearchives.us/public/tennessee.htm Tennessee Birth Certificates] #[http://www.statearchives.us/public/tennessee.htm Tennessee Death Certificates] #[https://www.tngenes.net/index.php/deaths/death-certificates?start=50 Death Certificates White County, Tennessee] #[http://www.tngenes.net/index.php/deaths/death-certificates/910-white-county-tn-1930-death-certificate-abstracts White County Death Cerificates] #[http://www.statearchives.us/public/tennessee.htm Tennessee Marriage Certificates] #[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/white/wills.html Death Certificates] ===Other County Records=== #[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/white/wills.html Wills] #[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/white/deeds.html Deeds and Land Records] #[http://www.statearchives.us/public/tennessee.htm Tennessee Divorce Records] #[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619127 Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950] #[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1936414 Tennessee State Marriage Index 1780-2002] ===Church records=== ==Bible Records== #[http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/white/whibible.html White County Tennessee Archives] #[https://tnsos.net/TSLA/Bibleproject/Tennessee Bible Records Tennessee Family Bible Records] ---- ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== ===Estate/Probate Records=== ===Land/Homestead Records=== #[http://usgwarchives.net/tn/white/deeds.html Deeds and Land Records] ===Tax Lists=== ===Military Service Records=== ===Links To Census Records=== [http://www.census-online.com/links/TN/ TN Census Records] [http://www.census-online.com/links/TN/White/ White Co., Tennessee] ==See also== ==Sources==
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Williamson County, Tennessee
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[[Category:Williamson County, Tennessee]] Welcome to Williamson County, Tennessee!
"European-American settlers migrated into the area by 1798, preceded by traders. Most were from Virginia and North Carolina, part of a western movement after the Revolutionary War. In 1800, Abram Maury laid out Franklin, the county seat, which was carved out of part of a land grant he had purchased from Major Anthony Sharp. The county was named in honor of Dr. Hugh Williamson of North Carolina, a colonel in the North Carolina militia and served three terms in the Continental Congress."
[Williamson County, Tennessee. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 3 July 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamson_County,_Tennessee]"Many of the early inhabitants of the county were veterans who had been paid in land grants after the Revolutionary War. Those veterans who chose not to settle in the area often sold large sections of their land grants to speculators, who in turn subdivided the land and sold off smaller lots. Prior to the Civil War, the county was the second wealthiest in the state, and part of the Middle Tennessee region. This area's resources of timber and rich soil (farmed for a diversity of crops including rye, corn, oats, tobacco, hemp, potatoes, wheat, peas, barley, and hay) provided a stable economy, as opposed to reliance on one cash crop."
[Williamson County, Tennessee. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 3 July 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamson_County,_Tennessee]===Historic Sites=== #[http://boft.org/carnton.htm Carnton Plantation], part of the Franklin Battlefield #[http://boft.org/carter-house.htm Carter House], part of the Franklin Battlefield #[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats-Hines_Site Coats-Hines site], one of the only archaeological sites in eastern North America that contains evidence of Paleoindian hunting of mastodons during the late Pleistocene #[http://homesteadmanor.com/ Homestead Manor] #[http://www.lotzhouse.com/ Lotz House] #[http://www.mclemorehouse.org/ McLemore House] #Toussaint L'Overture County Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee, historic African-American cemetery ===Historical Events=== #[https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tn013.htm Battle of Thompson's Station] #[https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tn015.htm Battle of Brentwood] #[https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tn016.htm Battle of Franklin I] #[https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tn036.htm Battle of Franklin II] ==Geography== "According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 584 square miles (1,510 km2), of which 583 square miles (1,510 km2) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) (0.2%) is water. The Harpeth River and its tributary, the Little Harpeth River, are the county's primary streams."
[Williamson County, Tennessee. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 3 July 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamson_County,_Tennessee]===Adjacent counties=== #[[:Category:Davidson_County,_Tennessee|Davidson County]] (N) #[[:Category:Rutherford_County,_Tennessee|Rutherford County]] (E) #[[:Category:Marshall_County,_Tennessee|Marshall County]] (SE) #[[:Category:Maury_County,_Tennessee|Maury County]] (S) #[[:Category:Hickman_County,_Tennessee|Hickman County]] (SW) #[[:Category:Dickson_County,_Tennessee|Dickson County]] (NW) #[[:Category:Cheatham_County,_Tennessee|Cheatham County]] (NW) ===Protected areas=== #[https://www.tn.gov/twra/article/region-2-wmas Haley-Jaqueth Wildlife Management Area] #[https://www.nps.gov/natr/index.htm Natchez Trace Parkway] ==Government Offices== #[http://williamsoncounty-tn.gov/index.aspx?nid=55 Williamson County Mayor] #[http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/index.aspx?nid=28 Williamson County Board of Commissioners] #[http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/index.aspx?nid=29 Williamson County Boards and Commissions] #[http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/index.aspx?NID=161 Williamson County Clerk] #[http://williamsoncounty-tn.gov/index.aspx?nid=40 Williamson County Election Commission] #[http://williamsoncounty-tn.gov/index.aspx?nid=64 Williamson County Property Assessor] #[http://williamsoncounty-tn.gov/index.aspx?nid=61 Williamson County Register of Deeds] #[http://williamsoncounty-tn.gov/index.aspx?nid=20 Williamson County Sheriff] #[http://www.williamsonpropertytax.com/ Williamson County Trustee] #[http://www.brentwood-tn.org/index.aspx?page=36 City of Brentwood Government Officials] #[http://www.fairview-tn.org/city/ Fairview Office of the City Manager] #[http://www.franklin-gov.com/government City of Franklin Government] #[http://www.springhilltn.org/index.aspx?NID=118 Spring Hill Government] #[http://www.nolensvilletn.gov/content/govenment-portal.html Nolensville Government] #[http://www.thompsons-station.com/2144/Government Thompson's Station Government] ==Demographics== #[http://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/TN/Williamson-County-Demographics.html Williamson County Demographics] ==Communities== ===Cities=== #[http://www.brentwood-tn.org/ Brentwood] #[http://www.fairview-tn.org/ Fairview] #[http://www.franklin-gov.com/ Franklin], County Seat #[http://www.springhilltn.org/ Spring Hill] ===Towns=== #[http://www.nolensvilletn.gov/content/ Nolensville] #[http://www.thompsons-station.com/ Thompson's Station] ==County Common Areas== #[[:Category:Williamson County, Tennessee, Cemeteries |Williamson County Cemeteries]] #[[:Category:Williamson County, Tennessee, Schools |Williamson County Schools]] ==Things to do/see== #[http://visitfranklin.com/tour-travel Tour of Franklin, Tennessee] #[http://www.arringtonvineyards.com/ Arrington Vineyards], owned by country music artist Kix Brooks #[http://www.franklin-gov.com/government/parks/facilities-and-parks/park-locations-maps/park-locations/the-park-at-harlinsdale-farm Park at Harlinsdale Farm] #[http://pilgrimagefestival.com/ Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival] ==County Records== ===Church records=== #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-400-mf-499#mf429 Belleview Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. Williamson County, 1852-1908]. 2 vols. TSLA. 1 reel. 35 mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-1900-mf-1999#mf1900 Bethesda United Methodist Church Records, 1823-2007.] TSLA. 1 reel. 35mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-900-mf-999#mf937 Big Harpeth Primitive Baptist Church Records. Williamson County, 1886-1909.] 1 vol. 4 items. TSLA. 1 reel. 35 mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-001-mf-099#mf43 Church of Christ Records. Boston, Tennessee, 1855-1888.] TSLA. 1 vol. 1 reel. 35 mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-100-mf-199#mf131 Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church Records, 1829-1934.] Peytonsville, Williamson County. 4 vols. TSLA. 1 reel. 35 mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-600-mf-699#mf689 Edwards Grove Methodist Church Records. Williamson County, 1873-1977.] 1 vol. TSLA. 1 reel. 35 mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-1400-mf-1499#mf1455 First United Methodist Church Records. Franklin, 1812-1943.] 7 vols. TSLA. 1 reel. 35 mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-900-mf-999#mf915 Flat Creek Baptist Church of Christ Records (Williamson County) 1830-1848.] TSLA. 1 reel. 35mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-900-mf-999#mf957 Owen Chapel Church of Christ Records. Williamson County, 1859-1912.] 1 vol. TSLA. 1 reel. 35 mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-1700-mf-1799#mf1765 Owen Chapel Church of Christ Record Books, Addition, Williamson County, 1949-1996.] TSLA. 1 reel. 35mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-001-mf-099#mf22 St. Paul's Episcopal Church Records. Franklin, 1827-1954.] 4 vols. TSLA. 1 reel. 35 mm. Microfilm Only Collection. #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/guide-manuscript-materials-microfilm-mf-001-mf-099#mf90 Wilson Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records. Williamson County, 1804-1945.] 3 vols. 1 reel. 35 mm. Microfilm Only Collection. ===Voter/Citizenship Records=== #[http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/voters/1867voterslist.html 1867 Voters List] # [http://archives.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/indexes/dataset/naturalizations Naturalization Records, 1824, 1835 - 1861, 1867 - 1869, 1885] ===Estate/Probate Records=== # [http://archives.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/indexes/dataset/wills County Court Clerk, Will Books, 1800 - 1987] # [http://archives.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/indexes/dataset/probates Probate Records, 1843, 1854, 1866 - 1877, 1894 - 1900, 1907 - 1913, 1920 - 2015] #[http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/courts/wills.html Wills & Other Personal Papers of Williamson County, TN] #[http://www.genealogytrails.com/tenn/williamson/will.html Williamson County, Tennessee Genealogy and History: Will Records] #[http://www.copies1918.com/williamson1.html Williamson County, Tennessee: Vol. 1: Wills.] Reference: Roll #87: County Clerk Records: Wills: Volume: 1-3 Date: Jul 1800-Jan 1825. #[http://www.copies1918.com/williamson2.html Williamson County Probate Records: Vol. 2.] Reference: Roll #87: County Clerk Records: Wills: Volume: 1-3 Date: 1800-1825 Tennessee State Archives. #[http://www.copies1918.com/williamson3.html Williamson County, Tennessee: Capital: Probate Records: Vol. 3.] Reference: Williamson: Roll #87: County Clerk Wills Volume: 1-3: Date: Jul 1800-Jan 1825. Tennessee State Library & Archives: Nashville, TN. ===Land/Homestead Records=== #[http://archives.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/indexes/dataset/deeds Register of Deeds, Deed Books, 1786, 1792 - 1950] #[http://www.genealogytrails.com/tenn/williamson/land.html Williamson County, Tennessee Genealogy and History: Land Records] ===Tax Lists=== #[http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/tn/williamson/1810/taxlist/index/aaa-pul.txt 1810 Williamson County, Tennessee Tax List] (Index: File 1 of 2) #[http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/tn/williamson/1810/taxlist/index/qui-you.txt 1810 Williamson County, Tennessee Tax List] (Index: File 2 of 2) #[http://archives.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/indexes/dataset/taxes Trustee, Tax Books, 1814 - 1834, 1866] ===Military Service Records=== #[http://tnahgp.genealogyvillage.com/williamson/north_carolina_revolutionary_soldiers_living_in_tennessee_1862.html North Carolina Revolutionary Soldiers Living in Williamson County, Tennessee, 1832] #[http://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/counties/williamson.htm Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War: Williamson County, Tennessee] #[http://share.tn.gov/tsla/history/military/pension195.htm Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications : Williamson County] ===Census Records=== #[http://www.genealogytrails.com/tenn/williamson/1820-p105-107.html 1820 Federal Census Schedule, Williamson County, Tennessee, Pages 105 - 107, Town of Franklin] ===Marriage Records=== #[http://archives.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/indexes/dataset/marriages County Clerk, Marriage Records, 1800 - 1987] (includes marriage bonds, licenses, certificates) #[http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/vitals/marriage/wcmarry.htm Williamson County, TN Early Marriage Records, 1800, 1804-1825] #[http://www.genealogytrails.com/tenn/williamson/marriage.html Williamson County, Tennessee Genealogy and History: Marriages] ===Obituaries/Death Notices=== #[http://archives.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/indexes/dataset/obituaries Obituary Records, 1847, 1888, 1896 - 1904, 1911 - 2015] #[http://wcpli.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/genealogy/search Williamson County Obituaries], compiled by Williamson County Public Library staff and volunteers #[http://www.genealogytrails.com/tenn/williamson/obits.html Williamson County, Tennessee Obituaries] #[http://www.tngenweb.org/records/williamson/obits/wwr/wwr1-01.htm Death Notices and Other Gleanings from the ''Western Weekly Review'', Franklin, Tennessee, 1831-1840] #[http://www.tngenweb.org/records/williamson/obits/wwr/wwr2-01.htm Death Notices from the ''Western Weekly Review'', Franklin, Tennessee, 1841-1851] #[http://www.tngenweb.org/records/williamson/obits/wwr/wwr3-01.htm Death Notices from the ''Western Weekly Review'', Franklin, Tennessee, 1852-1858] ===Inquest Records=== #[http://archives.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/indexes/dataset/inquest_records Inquest Records, 1815 - 1819, 1844, 1850 - 1890, 1897] ===Court Records=== #[http://archives.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/indexes/dataset/court_cases Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions,1800 - 1836; County Court,1800 - 1899, 1926; Circuit Court, 1809 - 2004] (includes civil and criminal cases); Chancery Court,1820 - 1992 (includes loose case files and record books volumes 1 - 15) ===Bible Records=== #[http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson/courts/Bibles.html Bible Transcriptions, Williamson County, TN] #[http://www.genealogytrails.com/tenn/williamson/bible.html Williamson County, Tennessee Genealogy and History: Bible Records] ==County Resources== #[http://tngenweb.org/williamson/ Williamson County TNGenWeb] #[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Williamson_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Williamson County on FamilySearch] #[http://tnahgp.genealogyvillage.com/williamson/index.html Williamson County, Tennessee - American History and Genealogy Project] #[http://www.genealogytrails.com/tenn/williamson/ Williamson County, Tennessee Genealogy and History on GenealogyTrails] #[http://wcpli.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/genealogy/search Genealogy and Local History database], Williamson County Public Library #[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-tennessee-counties-williamson-county Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties > Williamson County] ==See also== ==Sources==
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The [[Project:Tennessee|Tennessee Project]] is a subproject of the [[Project: United States |United States Project]]. It covers from 1790 to the present. Other projects cover the area prior to 1790: see the [[Project:US Southern Colonies |US Southern Colonies Project]] (pre-USA), the [[Project: North Carolina|North Carolina Project]] (from 4 July 1776),
Note that 4 July 1776 is used for WikiTree purposes, such as categorization and database scrubs (e.g., "USA too early"). From 4 July 1776 to 1790, Tennessee was actually North Carolina. In 1790, North Carolina ceded seven counties to the Federal Government, which it named "The Territory South of the Ohio River", and the area that would become Tennessee when admitted to the Union on 1 June 1796 was actually a Territory (not part of any state). See [https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/northcarolinaformationmaps.html this interactive formation map] for North Carolina (accessed 14 April 2022). See the following WikiTree pages: * [[:Category: Southwest Territory]] * [[Space: Southwest Territory]] * [https://www.wikitree.com/photo/png/Southwest_Territory Southwest Territory.png] (map image)and the [[Project: Native Americans |Native Americans Project]]. The County pages for the Tennessee Project were initially created as being subprojects themselves, but they function more as a reference and resource for information about the county. If you would like to join the [[Project: Tennessee|Tennessee Project]], see the "How to Join" section ([[#How to Join the Tennessee Project|below]] or on the [[Project:Tennessee#How to Join|Tennessee Project page]]). If you would like to actively participate in the Tennessee Project by focusing on Wilson County, please post a comment on this page to let me know (or add your name to [[#Wilson County Team Members|Team Members]], below). To help out - as a Team Member or not - check out the "[[#Task List|Task List]]" (also below). Thanks! ~ [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]], coordinator for the Wilson County space page, 14 April 2022 ==Page Purpose== {{Tennessee Sticker|living=y|proud to have roots in Wilson County, Tennessee}} The purpose of this page is to provide a central location for information (or links to information) for all things relating to Wilson County, Tennessee. Whether you are a Tennessee Project member or not, you are welcome to add information to this page - either by editing the page directly or posting a comment with the information (or a link to the information posted by an established website, such as Wikipedia). The intent is not to duplicate Wikipedia's article on [[Wikipedia: Wilson County, Tennessee]], but to provide a similar type of comprehensive look at information useful to genealogical research in the county. Profiles managed by the project display the project box (seen above). See the Templates section ([[#Templates|below]]) for information about the project box and available stickers (such as the customized Tennessee Sticker displayed in this section). See the [[#Categories|Categories section]] for categories relevant to the Tennessee Project and Wilson County. = Wilson County = Wilson County, part of the Nashville-DavidsonโMurfreesboroโFranklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area in Middle Tennessee, was created in 1799 from a portion of Sumner County and named for Major David Wilson, a Revolutionary War veteran and statesman. Its county seat is Lebanon. ~ [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee]], citing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee Wikipedia] (accessed 16 April 2022) For Wilson County's '''demographics''' from the 2020 Census, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee#2020_census this section] of Wikipedia's Wilson County article.
Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee Wilson County, Tennessee] (accessed 14 April 2022). == Wilson County History == Tennessee was the 16th state admitted to the Union, in 1796 (see [[Space:Tennessee_History_Timeline|this WikiTree page]] for a timeline of Tennessee history). {{Image|file=Wilson_County_Tennessee.jpg |align=r|size=175|caption=Sellars Indian Mound}} On 26 October 1799, the Tennessee General Assembly created Wilson County from a portion of Sumner County. "Its prehistoric heritage is rich. The Sellars temple mound on Spring Creek, for example, yielded an outstanding piece of pre-Columbian sculpture that has been the emblem of the Tennessee Archaeological Society. Europeans explored the land long before settlement: French trappers arrived as early as 1760, and the hunting party of Henry Scraggins passed through the area in 1765. John B. Walker led the first permanent settlers to Hickory Ridge, west of the present site of Lebanon, in 1794."
~ Tennessee Encyclopedia: "Wilson County", written by Frank Burns
Wilson County was named for David Wilson, "a member of the legislatures of North Carolina and the Southwest Territory."
Family Search: [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Wilson County, Tennessee Genealogy] (accessed 15 April 2022), citing Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_county_name_etymologies List of Tennessee counties].Wilson, "a major in the American Revolution, a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, and Speaker of the House of the Territory South of the Ohio River (what became Tennessee in 1796)," built a home in Sumner County before 1800.
Flickr: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tenncrimlaw/3695280061 Major David Wilson's Home], posted by Brian (accessed 15 April 2022).DAR has records for three David Wilsons with service in North Carolina, which appear to have conflated information. * David Wilson, died in Sumner County, TN after 19 December 1803 (Patriotic & Civil Service): #[https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A127316 A127316]. * David Wilson, died in Claiborne County, TN in 1847 (flag= must prove service): #[https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A127317 A127317]. * David Wilson, died in Tennessee on 10 April 1840 (Captain): #[https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A127315 A127315]. Flag on his record includes the note that the David Wilson m Jane Carruthers (listed on his record) was the son of the "David who died 1803". : WikiTree identifies [[Wilson-8908|David Carroll Wilson (1742-1803)]] as Wilson County's namesake (dates/bio as of 7 March 2024).He died in 1804.
[https://grandinheritance.com/about-us Grand Inheritance], David Wilson's home (accessed 15 April 2022). "The county remained predominantly agrarian throughout the 19th century. The arrival of the railroad after the Civil War boosted the county's timber sector, and several large factories were constructed in the county during the early 20th century."
~ Wikipedia, citing Frank Burns' article on "Wilson County" posted by the ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'' (accessed 14 April 2022)
[https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/wilson-county/ Burns' article] contains much more history and is well worth reading.
Burns also authored the book on Wilson County for the Tennessee County History Series published in 1983 by the Memphis University Press.
Tennessee County History Series, ''[https://archive.org/details/tennesseecountyh95burn/page/n5/mode/2up Wilson County]'', by Frank Burns, Robert W. Corlew, ed., 154 pages (Memphis State University Press : 1983).Wilson County history can be found in other sections on this page, including [[#People|People]] and [[#Education|Education]]. And the geography of a place is intertwined with its history. :'''Wilson County''': Following is information about the land that became or was Wilson County (1783-1870), from [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/tennesseeformationmaps.html Tennessee Formation Maps] (accessed 14 April 2022): * 1783: Davidson County, NC, formed from Washington * 1787: Sumner County, NC, formed from Davidson * 1789 (22 December): North Carolina passes legislation ceding Western Region to the Federal Government * 1790 (26 May): North Carolina's cession of Western Region to the Federal Government executed and the United States Congress establishes a territorial government called "Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio" * 1796 (1 June): Tennessee admitted as a state * 1799: Wilson formed from Sumner * 1836: Cannon formed from Rutherford, Warren, & Wilson * 1870: Trousdale formed from Macon, Smith, & Wilson : '''Note''': Same-named North Carolina and Tennessee counties can cause confusion. * '''Davidson''': North Carolina's Davidson County, from which Sumner County was formed in 1787 and which is now Davidson County, Tennessee, should not be confused with North Carolina's current Davidson County, which was formed from Rowan County, NC in 1822. "This new Davidson County [NC] is a long way from the original, which was west of present-day North Carolina."
[https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/northcarolinaformationmaps.html North Carolina Formation Maps] (accessed 14 April 2022).* '''Washington''': Davidson County was created from "the original Washington District/Washington County that became Tennessee", which should not be confused with the Washington County, NC created from Tyrrell County in 1799, which is "way over toward the coast. The original, of course, was west of present-day North Carolina."
* '''Wilson''': Created in 1883,
and with no "original" to be confused with, North Carolina's Wilson County does not cause the problems that the sets of Davidson Counties and Washington Counties do. : See the WikiTree space page [[Space:Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District|1776 Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District]] for more information about "pre-Tennessee". == Geography == : [https://web.archive.org/web/20130412001958/https://www.tdot.state.tn.us/Maps/county/co95.pdf This map of Wilson County] is a very detailed "General Highway Map" prepared in 2006 by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. In addition to highways (and lesser roads), it shows county lines and state lines, cities, schools, churches, cemeteries, and more.
: The Cumberland River is the border between Wilson County and Sumner County, as can be seen in [https://www.mapofus.org/_maps/atlas/1836-TN.html this 1836 map], and which has a detailed view of "Environs of Nashville" that shows Lebanon (the county seat). Tennessee's waterways are easily seen in [https://www.mapofus.org/_maps/atlas/1795tennessee.html this 1795 map]. Both maps posted by [https://www.mapofus.org Map of US] (accessed 14 April 2022). See also these Map of US pages: * [https://www.mapofus.org/tennessee/ Maps of Tennessee] * [https://www.mapofus.org/northcarolina/ Maps of North Carolina], [https://www.mapofus.org/_maps/atlas/1776-NC.html 1776 map] * [https://www.mapofus.org/kentucky/ Maps of Kentucky] :See also [https://www.mapofus.org/atlas/ Historical Atlases], which has links to historic maps, such as [https://www.mapofus.org/_maps/atlas/1804-TN.html this 1804 map of Tennessee]. WikiTree has [https://www.wikitree.com/photo/png/Southwest_Territory Southwest Territory.png] (map image) attached to its [[Space: Southwest Territory|Southwest Territory]] space page. : The TNGenWeb Project's [https://www.tngenweb.org/counties.php Counties page] has links to maps also, and the [https://www.tngenweb.org/wilson/ Wilson County page] has a map from 1826. : The Tennessee county formation information in the previous section ([[#Wilson County History|Wilson County History]]) is from [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/tennesseeformationmaps.html Tennessee Formation Maps],
[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/tennesseeformationmaps.html Tennessee Formation Maps] (accessed 14 April 2022)which also informed the following (modifying the list posted in Wikipedia's article on Wilson County).
=== Adjacent Counties === {{Geographic Location | Reference Location = Wilson County
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Tennessee | N Location = Cumberland River
[[:Category: Sumner County, Tennessee|Sumner County]] &
[[:Category: Trousdale County, Tennessee|Trousdale County]] | NE Location= [[:Category: Trousdale County, Tennessee|Trousdale County]] &
[[:Category: Smith County, Tennessee|Smith County]] | E Location = [[:Category: Smith County, Tennessee|Smith County]] &
[[:Category:DeKalb County, Tennessee|DeKalb County]] | SE Location = [[:Category:DeKalb County, Tennessee|DeKalb County]] &
[[:Category:Cannon County, Tennessee|Cannon County]] | S Location = [[:Category:Cannon County, Tennessee|Cannon County]] &
[[:Category:Rutherford County, Tennessee|Rutherford County]] | SW Location = [[:Category:Rutherford County, Tennessee|Rutherford County]] | W Location = [[:Category:Davidson County, Tennessee|Davidson County]] | NW Location = [[:Category: Sumner County, Tennessee|Sumner County]] }} === Cities === : For a listing of cities in Wilson County, see Wikipedia's article on Wilson County.
For a list of Wilson County cities that have a WikiTree category, see [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee]].
: As of 15 April 2022, Wikipedia's list of Tennessee municipalities included three cities in Wilson County (none of which have a space page in WikiTree), with their incorporation dates:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Tennessee List of municipalities in Tennessee] (accessed 15 April 2022).* Lebanon (1801), the county seat: [[:Category: Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee]] * Mount Juliet (1972): [[:Category: Mount Juliet, Tennessee]] * Watertown (1905): [[:Category: Watertown, Tennessee]] === Protected Areas === * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellars_Indian_Mound Sellars Indian Mound] (Wikipedia link) * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Wilson_County,_Tennessee National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilson County, Tennessee] (Wikipedia link) * See more on the Wikipedia page for Wilson County, at "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee#State_protected_areas State Protected Areas]".
=== Things to Do/See === : "Touristy" things * See "Protected Areas" above. * == People == Judy White's "[https://tnwilson.genealogyvillage.com/first-settlements-of-wilson-county.html First Settlements of Wilson County]", posted by the American History & Genealogy Project, includes the names of the settlers.
"[https://tnwilson.genealogyvillage.com/first-settlements-of-wilson-county.html First Settlements of Wilson County]", by Judy White, citing ''History of Tennessee'' (Goodspeed Publishing Company : 1886), posted by the American History & Genealogy Project, accessed 15 April 2022.Hickory Ridge was the site of the "first county court, or court of pleas and quarter sessions with probate powers, [which] was organized and held at the house of Capt. John Harpole, on Hickory Ridge, about five miles west of the site of Lebanon, on Monday, December 23, 1799. The house stood near the large spring on the John B. Walker farm, more recently known as the Dr. Thomas Norman place, and now the property of Col. James Hamilton. The following named gentlemen were commissioned magistrates, to-wit: Charles Kavanaugh, John Alcorn, John Lancaster, Elmore Douglas, John Doak, Matthew Figures, Henry Ross, William Gray, Andrew Donelson and William McClain. Charles Kavanaugh was elected chairman; Robert Foster, clerk; [[Rosebrough-102|Samuel Roseborough]], Sheriff; John Alcorn, register; John W. Peyton, trustee; William Gray, ranger; Henry Ross, coroner; and William Quesenberry, surveyor. Benjamin Seawell, Esq., was elected the county solicitor.
''[https://www.tngenweb.org/wilson/sketch.htm A Historical Sketch of Wilson County, Tennessee. From Its First Settlement to the Present Time]'', by J. V. Drake (published for the author by Tavel, Eastman & Howell : 1879, Nashville).The following table lists people mentioned in the preceding paragraph. {|cellpadding="7" class="wikitable sortable" border="1" !Last Name, Given Name !! Born !! Died !! Wilson County Connection |- |[[Alcorn-705|Alcorn, John]] ||1767||1829 (about)||1799,
Assuming these actions occured in the 1st County Court held 23 December 1799.commissioned magistrate, register
|- |Doak, John ||17xx||18xx||1799,
commissioned magistrate
|- |[[Donelson-221|Donelson, Andrew]]
Not certain that Donelson-221 is the right one, but his children are born in Lebanon & he died there, so I think so. The dates need sources, as his profile is not sourced (as of 16 April 2022).||1760||1806||1799,
commissioned magistrate
|- |[[Douglass-939|Douglas, Elmore]]
Elmore Douglas, DAR Patriot Ancestor #[https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A071603 A071603], civil service (accessed 16 April 2022).||1753||1819||1799,
commissioned magistrate
|- |Figures, Matthew ||17xx||18xx||1799,
commissioned magistrate
|- |[[Foster-12686|Foster, Robert]]
[[Foster-12686]] is probably the right Robert Foster - his son's [https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000302 bio] says the family settled "near" Nashville... Lebanon is very near.||17xx||18xx||1799,
clerk
|- |Gray, William ||17xx||18xx||1799,
commissioned magistrate, named ranger
|- |[[Harpole-161|Harpole, Capt. John]] ||1759||1820||1799, his Hickory Ridge home hosted the 1st County Court
The FindAGrave memorial #191633381 is perhaps a relative, but Capt. John Harpole would have been born well before 1792. ~ {{FindAGrave|191633381}} for John Harpole (1792-1861), accessed 18 April 2022."Captain John Harpole, born New [sic] Hampshire County, Va. (now W. Va.) 1755, to Wilson Co. Tenn. in 1787 and to Arkansas, Hempstead Co. 1814-15.... Notes: The following is from "Annals of Tennessee" Ramsey reprint 1925, page 707. Also in "Early Times in Tenn." John Carr, and in "Good Pasture" p. 245. "The first court of Wilson County was held at the Capt. John Harpole, Oct. 26, 1799." The following is from the "History of Wilson Co. Tenn. Goodpasture 1880" Tenn. State Capitol Library, page 850: extending back to the Continental War of 1776 for "Wilson County has a war record among the pioneers of the county were quite a number of patriots of that War among whom were John Harpole (and four other names not copied), the first four were commissioned officers. Hence Captain John Harpole. John Harpole made a will which is on record in the Wilson County, Tenn. Clerkโs office. Book for 1819-20, page 90. Will recorded Nov. 10, 1820. Note by T. F.: Too long to insert in this family history." ~ "Bowie County, Texas, [http://genealogytrails.com/tex/pineywoods/bowie/pioneers2.html Texarkana Pioneers - Page 2]", ''Texas Genealogy Trails'', accessed 28 June 2023. * The above is following "Sarah (Sally) Harpole (middle name Rachael) had sisters: Mary โPollyโ Harpole who married Thomas Carr; Elizabeth โBetsyโ Harpole who married: 1st, Oneal who was killed by the Indians, 2nd, Moses; Nancy W. Harpole who married George Hill, parents of Mary Harpole Hill; Margaret โPeggyโ D. Harpole, who married William Crabtree. Daniel was 2nd husband of Sarah โSallyโ Rachael Harpole, who was the daughter of Captain John Harpole..." [Sarah's 2nd husband was Daniel Props (m 1802 in Wilson County); her 1st husband isn't mentioned.]|- |Hamilton, Col. James||xxxx||xxxx||1879, owner of Harpole's home
|- |Kavanaugh, Charles||17xx||18xx||1799,
commissioned magistrate & elected chairman
Maybe [[Kavanaugh-275|Charles Kavanaugh (abt.1764-abt.1821)]] - his profile says he moved toTennessee before 1804 and were living in Rutherford County by 1814 (accessed 26 October 2022).|- |[[Lancaster-911|Lancaster, John]] ||1729||1800||1799,
commissioned magistrate
|- |McClain, William ||17xx||18xx||1799,
commissioned magistrate
|- |Norman, Dr. Thomas
Information from {{FindAGrave|5771668}} for Thomas Norman (with tombstone image, accessed 18 April 2022).||1801, 7 March||1873, 15 Oct.||1800s, an owner of Harpole's home (before 1879)
|- |[[Peyton-207|Peyton, John W.]]||1755||1833||1799,
trustee
|- |Quesenberry, William ||17xx||18xx||1799,
surveyor
|- |[[Rosebrough-102|Roseborough, Samuel]]||17xx||18xx ||1799,
sheriff
|- |[[Ross-21529|Ross, Henry]] ||1744||1827||1799,
commissioned magistrate, named coroner
Biography on his FindAGrave memorial says that "Gov. John Sevier appointed Ross to act as Wilson Countyโs justice of the peace with Andrew Donelson" in 1799. ~ [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61799099/henry-ross FindAGrave memorial #61799099] for Henry Ross (accessed 14 June 2022).|- |Scraggins, Henry ||17xx||17xx||1765, passed through the area
|- |[[Seawell-76|Seawell, Benjamin]] Esq.||17xx||18xx ||1799
elected the county solicitor
|- |Walker, John B.|| 17xx||18xx||1794, settled Hickory Ridge
|- |[[Wilson-8908|Wilson, David Carroll]]
{{FindAGrave|205902215}} for David Carroll Wilson. Image of memorial plaque is for Major David Wilson (1742-1804); accessed 18 April 2022.||1730 (before)
1742
||1804
||1799, Wilson County named for him
|} === Sheriffs === : "Sheriffs of Wilson County (1799-1880)"
# Samuel Roseborough, two years, 1799-1802
# William Wilson, three months, 1802
# Nathaniel Perry, two years, 1802-1804
# George Hallum, one year, 1804-1805
# John V. Tulloch, one year, 1804-1805
# Thomas Bradley, 13 years, 1806-1819
# James Williams, two years, 1819-1821
# Thomas Bradley, four years, 1821-1825
# John Hearn, six years, 1825-1831
# Paulding Anderson, five years, 1831-1836
# Benjamin S. Mabry, three years, 1836-1839
# Wilborn R. Winter, one year, 1839-1840
# Henry D. Lester, four years, 1840-1844
# John C. Lash, three years, 1844-1847
# Robert Hallum, one year, 1847-1848
# John C. Crittenden, six years, 1848-1854
# Jonathan Etherly, five years, 1854-1859
# Nathan W. McCullough, 1859-1866
# William E. Foust, four years, 1866-1870
# Andrew McGregor, four years, 1870-1874
# David W. Granstaff, two years, 1874-1876
# William P. Bandy, four years, 1876-1880
=== Wilson County Notables === : See the [[#Task List|Task List]] below for ongoing work related to [[:Category: Notables]]. : Easy check - if a person has a Wikipedia article, then the person probably meets WikiTree's definition of a Notable. The Notables Project's "[[Project:Notables#Qualifications_for_Profiles|Qualifications for Profiles]]" is a bit more refined: "We use Wikipedia's standards for notability. Note, though, that many notable people do not yet have a page on Wikipedia. Feel free to ask Project Leaders about whether someone meets the guidelines, or read through them yourself and use your best judgment. Many, many important people are not on WikiTree yet!" : Burns' article includes notable politicians and other "[n]oteworthy citizens of Wilson County who left their mark on the state and the nation".
==== Notable People Profiles ==== : As of 15 April 2022, it seems that there were no noteworthy citizens from Wilson County categorized as such.
As of 16 April, there are two. Until we're overwhelmed by profiles representing Wilson County's notables, list them here. * [[Jones-30505|James Chamberlain Jones (1809-1859)]], [[:Category: Tennessee, Notables|Tennessee Notable]] (politician: [[:Category: US Senators from Tennessee|U.S. Sentator]] & [[:Category:Tennessee Governors|Governor]]), born on the border of Davidson County and Wilson County but grew up and raised a family in Wilson County. * [[Beard-6215|Edward Ewing Beard (1850-1924)]] [[:Category: Tennessee, Notables|Tennessee Notable]] (Mayor of Lebanon, law professor at Cumberland University & dean of its Law School), died in Lebanon. == Education == : To quote again from the Burns article on Wilson County: "The county emerged as a center of education in 1842, when the Cumberland Presbyterian Church established Cumberland University. The four-year institution now includes a school of nursing and a graduate school. Friendship Christian School is an expanding secondary school. In the early twentieth century, Lebanon became known as the โLittle Athens of the Southโ because of the location there of Cumberland University, Castle Heights Military Academy, and Lebanon College for Young Ladies. From 1873 to 1939 the city was particularly well known for the one-year law course offered by Cumberland University which attracted students of law from every state and many foreign countries."
=== Wilson County Schools === : See [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee, Schools]] * [[:Category: Cumberland University, Tennessee]], in [[:Category: Lebanon]]: https://www.cumberland.edu/
[https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=%22Cumberland+University%22+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikitree.com Google Search] for people associated with the school in WikiTree (16 April 2022) * Friendship Christian School * Castle Height Military Academy * Lebanon College for Young Ladies == Sources and Resources == '''Every fact needs a reference''' - use
to identify which source supports which fact in a profile. See [[Help: Sources]] for more information. Although Tennessee Project profiles are not "pre-1700" (so do not have the warning about Reliable Sources), every profile in WikiTree deserves to be supported by reliable sources - and primary sources when possible. This section is intended to help you find such sources. See also [[Space: United States Project Reliable Sources]]. === Government Offices === : [https://www.wilsoncountytn.gov/ County website] : See also Family Search's [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Wilson County page], which lists addresses and phone numbers for the County Courthouse, County Clerk, and County Archives.
Family Search: [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Wilson County, Tennessee Genealogy] (accessed 15 April 2022).: "The county has had five courthouses; the building of 1848-81 was designed by the noted architect William Strickland", which burned in 1881.
Tennessee Encyclopedia [https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/william-f-strickland/ William F. Strickland], by James A Hoobler (accessed 15 April 2022).===County Records=== : Note: Wilson County lost records in the 1881 Courthouse fire (this does not mean that all records were lost).
: Tennessee State Library and Archives (lots of information but few links to the sources): * [https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/history/county/factwilson.htm Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties] * [https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/history/bibliographies/bibwilson.htm Bibliography]
===Census Records=== : See [[:Category: Tennessee, Census Records]]. Existing Wilson County census categories, as of 14 April 2022, were * [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee, Census Records]] * [[:Category: 1860 US Census, Wilson County, Tennessee]] ** [[:Category: 1860 US Census, Wilson County, Tennessee, Civil District 11]] : [[:Category: 1860 US Census, Wilson County, Tennessee, Civil District 11]] had 8 people profiles and one space page: [[Space:1860 US Census, Wilson County, Tennessee, Civil District 11|1860 US Census, Wilson County, Tennessee, Civil District 11]]. === Cemeteries === : See [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee, Cemeteries]] (check in subcategories listed there too). : See also * [https://peoplelegacy.com/cemeteries/TN/Wilson_County/ this list of Wilson County cemeteries] (accessed 15 April 2022). * [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?cemetery-name=&cemetery-loc=Wilson+County%2C+Tennessee%2C+United+States+of+America&only-with-cemeteries=cemOnly&locationId=county_2519 FindAGrave] (as of 16 April 2022, it lists 551 cemeteries in Wilson County). === Wilson County Research Aids === : See [[Space:US_Southern_Colonies_Sources_and_Resources_Directory|this US Southern Colonies Project page]] (includes links for resources related to the Carolinas and North Carolina, which preceded Tennessee). One of the links there is for [[Space: US Southern Colonies Project Resources|this page]], which includes a section of resources for "multiple colonies" as well as one on North Carolina resources, where you may find useful references (such as ''A Key to Southern Pedigrees,'' which includes Tennessee, and is listed below). ==== (Source List) ==== : List other genealogical resources and sources here. See the preceding sections and also "[[#Footnotes|Footnotes]]" (below). Note that guidelines for pre-1700 reliable sources do not consider Wikipedia articles to be reliable - cite the source given in the article instead. See the Help page for [[Pre-1700 Profiles]] and [[:Category: Reliable Sources for Pre-1700 Profiles]] for details. See also the Reliable Sources page posted by the Tennessee Project's parent project:
'''[[Space: United States Project Reliable Sources|United States Project Reliable Sources]]''' : '''TNGenWeb Project''': [https://www.tngenweb.org/wilson/ Wilson County] : '''USGenWeb Archives''': [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/wilson/wilson.html Wilson County] : '''Family Search''': [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Wilson_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy Wilson County, Tennessee Genealogy] : '''WikiTree links''' * [[:Category: Tennessee, Sources]] * [[Space: Sources-Tennessee]] * [[:Category:Colonial_America, Sources]] * [[Space:US_Southern_Colonies_Province_of_Carolina_History |US Southern Colonies Province of Carolina History]] * [[Space:Province_of_Carolina_Reliable_Sources|Province of Carolina Reliable Sources]] * [[Space:Province_of_North_Carolina_(1712-1776)_Reliable_Sources|Province of North Carolina Reliable Sources]] * WikiTree, [[Space:Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District|1776 Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District]], lists the following sources (accessed date added): ** [https://www.tngenweb.org/pre1796/17760822.html TNGenProject, East Tennessee, Pre-statehood] (accessed 15 April 2022). ** ''[https://archive.org/details/annalstennessee00ramsgoog/page/137/mode/1up?view=theater The Annals of Tennessee to the End of The Eighteenth Century],'' J.G.M. Ramsey, A.M., M.D., Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia, 1853 (accessed 15 April 2022). ** ''[https://archive.org/stream/tennesseevolunte01moor#page/71/mode/1up Tennessee the Volunteer State, 1769-1923],'' John Trotwood Moore, editor and Austin P. Foster, Published 1923 by The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. in Nashville,TN. *[https://archive.org/details/keytosouthernped1953croz ''A Key to Southern Pedigrees'', being a comprehensive guide to the colonial ancestry of families in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Alabama] - Crozier, William Armstrong, 1864-1913. On label on t.p.: Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, distributors. *''[https://www.tngenweb.org/wilson/sketch.htm A Historical Sketch of Wilson County, Tennessee. From Its First Settlement to the Present Time]'', by J. V. Drake (published for the author by Tavel, Eastman & Howell 1879, Nashville). * Tennessee Encyclopedia: "[https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/wilson-county/ Wilson County]", written by Frank Burns (accessed 14 April 2022). * Tennessee County History Series, ''[https://archive.org/details/tennesseecountyh95burn/page/n5/mode/2up Wilson County]'', by Frank Burns, Robert W. Corlew, ed., 154 pages (Memphis State University Press : 1983). * [https://www.tngenweb.org/pre1796/index.html TNGenProject, East Tennessee Pre-1796 Home] (accessed 15 April 2022). : Tennessee State Library and Archives (lots of information but few links to the sources): * [https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/history/county/factwilson.htm Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties] * [https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/history/bibliographies/bibwilson.htm Bibliography] = Templates = Both the United States Project and the Tennessee Project have a project box. The United States project box is customizable to a specific state, but the [[Project:Tennessee |Tennessee Project]] does not need to use it, as it has its own project box: [[Template: Tennessee]]. It also has a customizable sticker: [[Template: Tennessee Sticker]]. The project box displayed at the top of this page should be included on profiles that are managed by the Tennessee Project. Profiles managed by the Tennessee Project should have the Project Account, [[WikiTree-42]], as a manager and the following coding for the project box added to the profile (below categories but above
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The coding for the "proud" sticker [[#Page Purpose|above]]: :
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[[:Category: Tennessee|Tennessee]] | [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee|Wilson County, Tennessee]] Only the project box adds a category automatically ([[:Category: Tennessee Project-Managed]]). The Tennessee Project does not currently use the project box to add "needs" categories (maintenance categories). See more about maintenance categories [[#Maintenance Categories|below]]. [[:Category: Tennessee Project-Managed]] is a quick-check for profiles managed by the [[Project:Tennessee |Tennessee Project]] (24, as of 16 April 2022).
Project categories are useful for project management of profiles and '''Location''' categories are useful in finding or following families and neighbors. Guidance on Tennessee location categories is provided on the [[:Category:Tennessee|Tennessee category page]] (accessed 14 April 2022): : To add an individual profile to Tennessee, please add them to the correct county or city category instead of the main category. Example: [[:Category:Davidson County, Tennessee]] or [[:Category:Nashville, Tennessee]]. If the county/city is unknown, please add [[:Category:Unknown Place, Tennessee]] to the profile. Here are categories that are relevant to the Tennessee Project and to Wilson County. : [[:Category: Tennessee Project]] * [[:Category: Tennessee Project Maintenance Categories]] * [https://plus.wikitree.com/function/WTWebCategoryNavigate/Category.htm?category=Tennessee%20Project Navigate] the Tennessee Project category to see other relevant categories. : [[:Category: Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee, Cemeteries]] * [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee, Schools]] * [https://plus.wikitree.com/function/WTWebCategoryNavigate/Category.htm?category=Tennessee Navigate] the Tennessee category to see other relevant categories. : [[:Category: Tennessee, Notables]]
[[:Category: Tennessee, Notables]] does not include anyone whose profile shows "Wilson" in what's displayed on the category page (same for [[:Category: Tennessee, Politicians]]). I went through the main and subcategories on 15 April 2022. ~ [[Noland-165]]: [[:Category: Tennessee, Politicians]]
: [https://plus.wikitree.com/function/WTWebCategoryNavigate/Category.htm?category=Wilson%20County,%20Tennessee Navigate] for [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee]] on 14 April 2022 revealed the following Level 1 subcategories, and the need for some categorization work (e.g., cemetery category should be in the Cemetery category hierarchy, with only [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee, Cemeteries]] under [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee]]). * [[:Category: Bass_Cemetery,_Wilson_County,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Conatser_Cemetery,_Wilson_County,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Florida_Cemetery,_Norene,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Gladeville,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Laguardo,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Leeville,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Martha,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Mount_Juliet,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Prosperity_Cemetery,_Wilson_County,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Prosperity,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Statesville,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Trigg_Cemetery,_Wilson_County,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Turner_Cemetery,_Wilson_County,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Watertown,_Tennessee]] * [[:Category: Wilson_County,_Tennessee,_Cemeteries]] * [[:Category: Wilson_County,_Tennessee,_Census_Records]] * [[:Category: Wilson_County,_Tennessee,_Schools]] * [[:Category: Wilson_County,_Tennessee,_Slavery]] == Maintenance Categories == '''[[:Category: Tennessee Project Maintenance Categories]]''': Included under that category are "Tennessee" maintenance categories that are managed by the Tennessee Project, as well as those not managed by the project, most notably, [[:Category: Tennessee, Unsourced Profiles]]. The Unsourced template with "|Tennessee" adds the profile to both that category and [[:Category: Unsourced Profiles]]. :
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to
) See [[:Category: Tennessee Project Maintenance Categories]] for more maintenance categories. Note that one of the maintenance categories - [[:Category: Unknown Place, Tennessee]] - should be used when a more specific location is not known, but the profile manager wishes to categorize the profile to Tennessee ([[:Category: Tennessee]] is a top-level category, meaning no people profiles). = How to Join the Tennessee Project = #Coordinator of this county: [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]] #See the main project page ([[Project:Tennessee|here]]) for instructions on how to join the United States Project. #Add {{Tag_Link|Tennessee}} to your G2G tag feed. : If your focus is on Wilson County, please add your name to the list of Team Members & check out the "[[#Task List |Task List]]" for things to do. Take a look also at the Edit view of this page, where unused headings have been hidden. == Wilson County Team Members == : '''Coordinator''': [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]] (questions? post a comment to this page or send me a private message) : Member: focus area * [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]]: Templates, Categorization, and [[:Category:Cedar_Grove_Cemetery%2C_Lebanon%2C_Tennessee|Cedar Grove Cemetery in Lebanon]] (descendant of the Neals buried there). * === Task List === : '''Looking for a volunteer''' (or two or three or...) * to look for existing WikiTree profiles or find other sources to fill in the xx's in the People table ([[#People|above]]). * to look for existing WikiTree profiles of the names listed on [[Space:1860 US Census, Wilson County, Tennessee, Civil District 11]] (see #1, below) * to go through [[:Category: Notables]] (see #4, below) * to develop a "Religions" section to give an overview of religious groups that settled Wilson County & work on a Resource section for "Church Records" (inherited task "b", below: "Church records of christenings, marriages and burials"). * to review/improve Resources section (see for instance #9, below) * to categorize profiles to [[:Category: Cumberland University, Tennessee]] (see [[#Wilson County Schools]], above) : '''Things Needing Done''' # The 1860 census space page has a table with people listed who are not linked to a profile. Look into finding their profiles and/or creating profiles for them. A link to the census page in FamilySearch would be good too. (See [[#Census Records|Census Records, above]].) # Check that [[:Category: Wilson_County,_Tennessee,_Slavery]] is the correct category name (the hierarchy was recently reorganized). A person to coordinate with the USBH Project would be good. # Create a category for Early Settlers and work on categorizing those listed on Judy White's "[https://tnwilson.genealogyvillage.com/first-settlements-of-wilson-county.html First Settlements of Wilson County]".
(I think just the one category, instead of breaking them out by settlement. ~ [[Noland-165]]) # Work on categorizing notables to [[:Category: Tennessee, Notables]] - search for Tennessee on [[:Category: Notables]] & check that the profile has either
or the unnamed parameter "|Tennessee, Notables" in the template (which adds the category automatically):
. ## A-D ~ [[Noland-165]] (I've gotten through the A's as of 16 April 2022) ## E-H ~ ## I-L ~ ## M-P ~ ## Q-T ~ ## U-W ~ done, 18 April 2022 ## Y ~ ## Z ~ done (and all the foreign alphabet pages after the Zs), 18 April 2022 # Look for profiles of Wilson County-connected politicians & add them the appropriate [[:Category: Tennessee, Politicians]] sub-category. ## Check for a Wikipedia article & add the Notables Sticker if they have one. # Look for Wikipedia articles for the people listed in the "people table" (in the [[#People|People section]], above). If they have one, they can be categorized as a Notable. # Develop guidelines about people on Wilson County land prior to its creation (e.g., "Early Settlements of Wilson County" are not Wilson County before it was created at the end of 1799, even though those who settled there might appropriately be categorized to [[:Category:Wilson County, Tennessee |Wilson County, Tennessee]] if they were living there on 23 December 1799 or later). # Create a Profile Improvement section (referencing US Project, PIP & other project's checklists/editing guidelines) for use with Wilson County profiles. Include advise about "Early Settlers". # Look at the Library links (under [[#County Records]] above). Maybe create a brief timeline of available records? (e.g., if someone lived in Wilson County on land that later became Trousdale County, would their records be found in Wilson County or Trousdale County?) : '''Ongoing Tasks''' * Look for profiles of people who lived or died in Wilson County & add
** Check for people profiles found in "top-level" categories (such as [[:Category: Tennessee]], which should not have any people profiles) and re-categorize as appropriate (done - 16 April 2022; [[Sullivan-12653]] & [[Walker-36503]] are not Open profiles) * Check [[:Category: Notables]] for people born in Wilson County (once initial review is completed - see #4 above) ** Add appropriate categories. ** Add to list of [[#Notable People Profiles|Notable People Profiles]]. * Profile Improvement - improve the profiles representing Wilson County. ** Check [[:Category: Tennessee Project Maintenance Categories]] ** Check [[:Category: Wilson County, Tennessee]] : '''Inherited Tasks''' (the following list came with the originally created sub-project page) ::a. Contributing to the main project page as needed
::b. Church records of christenings, marriages and burials
::c. Voter or citizenship rolls
::d. Records of wills and deceased estates
::e. Land tenure records
::f. Tax lists
::g. Muster lists for militia service
::h. Census records, indexed and uploaded
: Empty headings have been hidden on this page. They are: :* Church records :* Voter/Citizenship Records :* Estate/Probate Records :* Land/Homestead Records :* Tax Lists :* Military Service Records :: If you have sources that fit under one of those headings, we can "unhide" it. = Footnotes =
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