1875 Excerpts

MORGAN COUNTY COURT 1875 – EXCERPTS January Term P. 43 WILLIAM MARTIN, WILLIAM HOWARD, JAMES MELTON are released from the county tax for the year 1874. T. A. SIENKNICHT, ELI FAIRCHILD presented their settlement of the estate of GEORGE CLAYTON, dec’d, which is satisfactory and they are released of futher libilities oas adminastrators. JOHN J.… Continue reading 1875 Excerpts

Lyles, Morgan, Laughter, Family

LYLES FAMILY ALBUM  clic on photo for larger image ~ Home Place of ALFRED LYLES & IDA SOLOMON LYLES ~ The entire family is standing by the porch steps. ~ ~ ~ Clic to see close-up of family Taken at Eugene & Addie Lyles home, Mossy Grove Older lady is Etta Petterson, next to her is Kathy Marie Morgan Miller… Continue reading Lyles, Morgan, Laughter, Family

Morgan, Benson Myers

Benson Myers Morgan Family  BENSON MYERS  MORGAN  ~ SARAH ANN DELAWARE WALLS ~ This is a photo of my great grand parents taken at their home in Coalfield, Morgan, TN about 1905 BENSON MYERS MORGANThis is a photo of my great grandfather Benson Myers MORGAN who lived in Coalfield, Morgan, TN in the early 1900… Continue reading Morgan, Benson Myers

Barnes Family

BARNES FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM * ROSE WALKER BARNES * BARNES, MRS. ROSE WALKER age 93, of Oakdale, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2007 Left to right–   Betty Jo Langley, Alyene Barnes, Jane Walker, Lorene Monday, and Roger Boshears.  E-mail  if you can identify the boys in the background.This was taken about 1940 Floyd J. Barnes Melton J. Walker… Continue reading Barnes Family

Wilson Family – 3 Generations

Abanatha Williams Wilson wife of Charles W. Wilson born December 6, 1831, in TN., died June 1, 1902, in Morgan Co., TN. Buried in Beech Creek Cemetery, Union/Joyner TN. Her name reads as follows per headstone: ABBA N. WILSON Lydia Jones daughter of William Alexander Jones and Henrietta (Herrington) Harrington 1st wife of William Worth… Continue reading Wilson Family – 3 Generations

News – 1919

 News Clips – 1919 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL The press will be thankful for items for this department, either by telephone, mail or in person.  Telephone No. 24. Mr. T. WEIDEMAN expects to leave for Hot Springs, Ark., after the fair to take the baths there. Edison MELTON has been discharged from the Army and has returned home.… Continue reading News – 1919

NEWS CLIPPINGS – 1916

NEWS CLIPPINGS – 1916>  Central High School Honor Roll First Grade:         Iva Levan, Henry Heidel Second Grade:    Jessie Cooper Third Grade:        Ella Crenshaw, Labon Summer, Mary Summer Iva Redmon Fourth Grade:      Elsia Moates Fifth Grade:         Lorene Davis, Nellie Hall, Parlia Henry Seventh Grade:    Merida Byrd, Dixie Davis, Charley Newberry, Madge… Continue reading NEWS CLIPPINGS – 1916

Marriage Records from Civil War Pension Files

MORGAN COUNTY MARRIAGES FROM CIVIL WAR PENSION RECORDS Morgan County’s  Marriage records were destroyed by Confederate troops during the Civil War. However, in many Civil War Pension applications, marriage dates are also included.The marriage dates that appear here are from those pension records on file in the Genealogy Room located in the Archive Building in Wartburg, Tennessee, and… Continue reading Marriage Records from Civil War Pension Files

Goodspeed’s History of Morgan County (1887)

MORGAN COUNTY is situated on the Cumberland Plateau, which has an elevation of about 1,500 feet above the sea.  It is surrounded by the counties of Scott, Anderson, Roane, Cumberland and Fentress.  The greater portion of the surface is very broken, especially in the southern part.  The principal mountains are the Crab Orchard, Lone and Brushy,… Continue reading Goodspeed’s History of Morgan County (1887)