Benton County, Tennessee Genealogy


Newspaper Columns

Benton
 County Tennessee Genealogy

Nell Morisette writes a history column for the local paper in Benton County, Tennessee "The Tribune". Her column comes from surnames, old locations, old schools, etc. that she has researched. She has very graciously allowed her articles to be reproduced here to share with those that don't have access to the newspaper. The articles are full of Benton County History, pictures and list many past residents of Benton County, Tennessee. A special thanks to Doris M. Hightower for the great idea and for getting the information scanned. A thank you to Nell Morisette for sharing your wonderful columns.



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A Brief History Of Belle Stagner
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A Brief History Of Lots 23 And 24
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A History of Benton County Masons
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A History of Eva Buildings and Community
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A History Of Pafford's Store
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A History of Sulphur Springs And Sulphur Creek
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A History Of The Old County Farm On Eva Road, 1913 - 1975, And Its Staff
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A History of Way, Tennessee
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A Look At Chestnut Hill School
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An Afternoon's Historical Journey
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Att Warrick and Warrick's Grocery
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Building The Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial
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Chalk Hill Baptist Church
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Charles Nelson And Cordellia Mae Myers Nelson
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Cherry Grove and Chestnut Hill Community History
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Cherry Grove School
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Colorado Lowrys Meet Benton County Lowrys
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Early Burial Customs In Tennessee
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Early Land Owners of Nathan Bedford Forrest Park
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Eva School
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Eva Tennessee History
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Facts About Danville, Tennessee, Part 1
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Facts About Danville, Tennessee, Part 2
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Farrar School Pictures
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From Beginning To End Of Cooley's Grocery
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Genealogical Society Continues Cemetery Cleanup
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General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Will
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Halls Valley School
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Harmon's Creek School
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Hawley School
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History of Chalk Hill Community
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History Of Court Square's North Side
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History Of The Court Square's South Side, Part 1
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History Of The Court Square's South Side, Part 2
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History Of The Northeast Corner Of The Court Square
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History Of The Luterton Church
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History of Pilot Knob, Part One
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History Of The Farrars School
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History Of The Sulphur Creek School
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How The Benton County Electric System Began
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John Kelly and Eva's Fish Cannery
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John Milton Holladay And Son George Blanton
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L.J. Holland And Sons Or Eva Drug Store
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Lowry Family Holds 14th Annual Reunion
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Moonshine in Benton County
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More About the Campground
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More On The Court Square
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Mr. Edward W. "Willis" Thomas
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Nathan Bedford Forrest Park In The 1930s
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Noah C. Melton And Melton's Barbecue Pit
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Northwest Side Of Court Square Lots 37, 38, 63, & 64
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Pembroke School
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Prohibition In Benton County
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Remembering Naval Hero John Kelly
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Remembrances Of The March 13 Cyclone That Hit Benton County
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Remembering The Pafford School
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Teachers at Pembroke School
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The Beginnings Of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park, Part 3
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The Beginnings Of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park, Part 4
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The Cherry and Nobles Families
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The Civil War Reunion At Beaverdam Creek
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The Community of Bethlehem
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The Cowell's Chapel School
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The History Of The Hollow Rock Of Tennessee
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The History Of The Hollow Rock Of Tennessee, Part 2
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The History of Our County's Schools
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The History of Voidton
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The Liberty School
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The Old Ebenezer School
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The Old Ebenezer School 1910 Picture
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The Old Eva School
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The Start Of The Lowry Cemetery
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The West Side Of Court Square
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Two Nobles Children
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Water's Role In Our County's Life
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West Main Street In The New Millennium
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WPA-NYA-TVA Projects Helped Build Benton County



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