Hawn Family Home Place

HAWN FAMILY HOME PLACE Located in the Deer Lodge-Lancing area of Morgan County — — The roof is not painted red, it is rusty.  The Chimney Old Fireplace at Hawn Home Place ——————————- Families are like quilts . . .Lives pieced together Stitched with smiles and tears, Colored with memories, And bound with love and… Continue reading Hawn Family Home Place

Stonecipher/Kelly Home Place

**Scroll to bottom of page for links to Cemeteries and Family Photos March 2013 Update from the Knoxville News Sentinal Historic gem: Effort afoot to save 1814 Morgan County house By John Shearer Located off state Highway 62 about 10 miles east of Wartburg in Morgan County is the nearly 200-year-old Stonecipher-Kelly home. Despite its… Continue reading Stonecipher/Kelly Home Place

Topography of Morgan County

Morgan County is located on the Cumberland Plateau at an average elevation of 1500 feet. The average annual temperature is 57 degrees. The average rainfall is around is about 50 inches.

Documents, Deeds & Tax Lists

HOWARD, POTTER, HAWN, DODSON, HAUN, JONES, STONECIPHER,  and many other names “Morgan county, TN court minutes 1824-27” p182-recorded 17 JUL 1826…ordered by the court that the following persons be summoned at the court house in Montgomery on the first Mon in Sept next as jurors to the circuit court towit….Samuel Howard… “Morgan Co, TN marriages 1862-1901”… Continue reading Documents, Deeds & Tax Lists

Words Found in Old Deeds

APPURTENANCES That which appertains or belongs to something else; an appendage CHAIN (surveying) a measuring instrument generally consisting of 100 links, and have a total length of 66 feet ENFEOFF to invest with the fee of an estate; to give any corporeal hereditament to in fee HEREDITAMENT Any species of property that may be inherited… Continue reading Words Found in Old Deeds