School was held at Burritt College.
Top to bottom: Hugh Brady, Claude Lewis, Jesse Beck, Joe T. Webb, Polk Graves, Jere Russell, Irene Smoot and Bouldin Brady.
This photograph is graciously contributed by Tom Miller 6 February 2003.
School was held at Burritt College.
Top to bottom: Hugh Brady, Claude Lewis, Jesse Beck, Joe T. Webb, Polk Graves, Jere Russell, Irene Smoot and Bouldin Brady.
This photograph is graciously contributed by Tom Miller 6 February 2003.
Spencer, Tennessee City Officials 1940-1946:
L to R, Osma LEWIS, Mrs. D.L. BOULDIN, Mrs. J.M. GORDON, Mayor, Laura COOK, Police Chief, Mrs. Lonnie GRAHAM, Mrs. Edgar RASCOE and Mrs. Titus PAGE.
This photograph is graciously contributed by Tom Miller 6 February 2003.
Left to right: Top, Troy Bonner, Coach
Next row: Heady, sub center; Brady, forward; Shockley, guard
Bottom row: Bouldin, forward; Graves forward; McGinnis, guard; and Claude Lewis, center.
This photograph is graciously contributed by Tom Miller 6 February 2003.
Left to right top: Olus Graham, teacher in primary department; Gladys Graves, teacher of Ancient Languages and Mathematics; Margaret Ehresman, Teacher of Expression; Bess Gillentine, Principal in Department of Music. Bottom row seated: H.E. Scott, President, Teacher of Higher English and Mathematics, Principal in Commercial Department; Troy M. Bonner, Teacher of English and Science, Librarian, boys basketball coach; C.M. Clark, Jr. Principal in Intermediate and Preparatory Departments; James E. Chessor, Dean of Faculty, Teacher of Bible and History; not pictured is John S. Templeton, Teacher of Bible.
This photograph is graciously contributed by Tom Miller 6 February 2003.
John S. Templeton’s Bible Class at Burritt College 1920-21. Bro. Templeton is seated in front with students.
Recognize anyone? If you can identify anyone in this picture, please contact us. We will add any identifications below the picture. Thank you.
This photograph is graciously contributed by Tom Miller 6 February 2003.
On May 19, 1904 at the unveiling of the monument, a group of four from the “Battle of Perryville” in Kentucky, October 8, 1862, posed for this photograph. Hoyte Cook is owner of this photograph. It is a large picture and takes time to load, but is worth the time.
If you can identify any of these men, please get in touch with Hoyte Cook.
In this 1920 reunion photograph, we have a picture of Carroll Henderson Clark, author of Diary of the Civil War. His biography is in the Diary section. Hoyte Cook, the owner of this photograph, tells us this photo was taken in Sparta, White Co., TN, but many of the men are from Van Buren Co. Click on the picture for a larger view.
If you can identify any of these men, please get in touch with Hoyte Cook.
Color Symbolism
Significance of the Stars on the Van Buren flag
As civil war approached, the men of the county began forming home guards in all 10 districts of the county. Several of the men in the county served in the 16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment and in the 4th Tennessee Calvary. At least 81 of the men died in the service of the Confederacy. There were also a few who served in the Union Army.
Guerrilla bands were active in the area and were pursued by the Union troops as reported by a Pvt. Allison in the letters to his mother. “Capt. Kramer left for the purpose of surprising and killing or capturing the guerrilla Carter and his band numbering between two and three hundred men. Their headquarters are at Spencer which is the home of Carter”.
Other war time activity included mining salt-peter for gun powder at Bone Cave and Cane Creek Cave. The occupation of Spencer by union troops and the passing through and camp of Gen. Bragg’s troops on their way to Kentucky.
REGIMENTS
Campaigns and Battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the War Between the States, with incidental Sketches of The Part Preformed by Other Tennessee Troops in the Same War. 1861-1865. Thomas Anthony Head. Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1885. — [He is the son of Anthony Head and Frances/Fanny Payne. He was born 1838 and died 1921. Burial site unknow at this time. There is a picture of him in the book. Thanks to Mamie <mamie [at] sigecom [dot] net>] No link to the book, but check your local library. If it is not available in your library ask about an Inter-Library Loan. It is not in the Spencer Library at this time. It is in the Magness Memorial Library in McMinnville, Warren Co., TN.
OTHER RESOURCES
This list below tells you which pages the various surnames can be found in the images of the actual census pages. Census images can be viewed
A
Able [Ahls] 15b
Acuff 22b, 26b
Anderson 25a
B
Baker 27a, 27b
Ballard 22b
Bauerfeind 29a
Billingsley 03a, 05b
Blevins 04a
Bouldin 13a, 23a, 23b, 29a
Bowman 17a
Boyd 24b
Bradley 29a
Bright 22b, 26a
Brock 02a, 05b, 15b, 20b
Bryant 06b, 22a
Bu____ with Romans 22a
C
Camp 16a
Carter 04b, 18a
Chanler 25b
Clark 10a, 13a, 13b, 19b, 20a, 22b, 26b, 28b, 28b
Clenny 29a
Couts 10a
Crain 06a, 06b, 23b
Creeley 01a, 15b
Cummings 01a, 04b
Curtis 12b, 13a
D
Davis 01b, 04a, 08a, 21b, 23a
Deaton 19a
Denney 17b, 18b
Dillion 20b, 21b
Dingler 06b
Dodson 04b, 11a
Dotson 04b, 05a, 11a, 11b, 12b, 16a, 16b
Doyle 17b
Drake 05a, 22b, 25b, 26a
Dulaney 28b
Dunnigan 21a
Dyre 27a
E
Earles 04b, 13b
Elis 25b
Estis 14a
Evans 02b, 11a, 15b, 16a
F
Fleming 13b, 14b, 29a
Flouing [Fleming] 01b
Ford 07b
Forsyth 11b
Foster 01b, 04b
G
Gadis 07a
Gallaway 16a
Gamble 05a, 06b
George 03b
Gilbert 06b
Gillentine 07b, 14b, 17b
Goforth 21b
Grayham 15a
Griffin 04b, 08a
Griffith 04a
Grissom 01b, 09a, 09b, 13b, 14a, 20b, 22a, 25a, 26a, 26b
Groves 22a, 22b, 27b
Gunter 16a
H
Hale 08a, 11b, 17a, 17b, 20b, 29a
Haley 18b
Hamilton 10a, 10b
Hamrick 14b, 23a
Hankins [Hawkins] 18b
Hardin 22a
Harney 05b
Harps 03a
Harris 09a
Haston 05a, 07a, 07b, 08a, 09a, 09b, 10a, 29a
Head 18b, 29a
Hendricks ?? 12b
Hicks 21b
Higbie 16a
Higgins 22a
Hill 09b, 21a
Hillis 12a, 12b, 13a, 24b, 25a, 25b, 27a
Hodges 02a, 02b, 07b,
Holder 21a
Hollinsworth 04a, 06a, 08b
Hooten 06a
Hopkins 10b, 23a
Howard 04b, 07b, 20b, 27a
Huddleston 22a
Hunter 19a
J
Jarvis [Jones] 17b
Johnson 01b, 15a, 21a, 22b, 23a, 24b, 25a, 26b, 27a
Jones 03b, 07a, 07b
K
Keathley 07b
Kerby 19a, 19b
Kirkland 30a
Knibbs 16a
L
Langdon 29b
Lapp [????] 19b
Larrains 02b
Larrence 19a
Laudermilk 05b
Lawson 02a, 08b
Lett 18b
Little 17b
Livingston 29b
Love 15b
M
Madewell 01a, 02a, 07a, 08b, 14a
Maloy 23b
Martin 13a, 13b, 14a, 22a, 26a, 26b, 27b, 28a
Mashorn 29b
Mayfield 25b
Maynes [Majasca, Myres] 08b
Mays 10b
Mayse 25b
McBride 02a, 02b, 07b, 10a, 10b, 20a
McClure 24b
McCormac 27b, 29a, 29b
McCormic 05a, 09b
McElroy 18a, 21a
McGuire 02a, 10b, 26b
McMains 04b
Measels 08b
Medley 18b
Miller 16a, 23b
Milligan 26a
Mitchel 05b, 08a, 24a, 24b, 28b
Mitchell 01b, 11a
Mooneyham 11a, 11b, 12a, 16a, 16b, 17a, 23b, 29a
Moore 03b, 04a, 06b, 12a, 17b, 18a, 18b, 24a, 28a
Morgan 01a, 02b, 04a, 30a
Moss 04a, 29b
Myres 09a, 14b, 20b, 30a
N
Nall [ ] 25b
Neal 19a, 24b
Nelson 15a
O
Odell 03b
O’Neal 12a
Orane (Crane) 03b
Overton 01a, 12a
Owens 13b
P
Pai_____ 27a
Pain 26b
Paine 24a, 27a
Panter 12b
Parker 22b, 29a
Passons 13b, 23b
Pe_____ 02a, 02b
Perry 11a, 19a, 24b
Philips 01a, 15b, 16a
Phillips 05b, 14a
Plemons 01b
Plumlee 03a
Porter 11a, 21a, 21b
Powel 29b
Prater 16b
Priest 22a, 28a
Q
Qualls 08b
R
Randals 04a, 04b, 29b
Randolph 01b
Rascoe 18a
Rawlings 27a
Rhodes 01a, 01b
Richards 10b
Riddles 05a, 17a
Robbs [Roble, Rolls] 25b
Roberts 13a, 13b
Robins 20b
Rogers 12a, 19a, 19b, 28a
Romans 22a
Russell 13a, 28a
Rutlege 19b
S
Saufley 24a
Scarborough 29a
Scott 24a
Seals 04a, 16a
Seamans 03b, 07b, 11b, 18b, 19a, 19b, 28b
Seitz 15a, 15b, 17a
Shadrick 17a
Shockley 01b, 03a, 07a, 09b, 10a, 11b, 15a, 15b, 27b
Simmons 08b, 11a,
Simmons [Pimmons] 08a, 08b
Simson 27a
Slatton 18a, 28a
Smallman 10b, 14b
Smith 02b, 04b, 18b, 20a, 30a
Spakes 06a
Sparkman 03b, 06a, 06b, 07b, 08b, 09a, 10a, 10b,
11a, 18a, 19a, 21a, 21b, 27a, 27b
Steakley 01b, 14a, 15b, 17b, 21b
Stewart 30a
Stipe 05a, 19a
Stipes 01a, 02a, 02b, 07a, 11b, 18b
Stone 29a
Stroud 01b
T
Talley 23a, 26b
Templeton 17b, 27a
Thomas 26a
Thomasson 19a, 26a
Thompson 29b, 30a
Tosh 26a
Trogden 05a, 05b, 09b, 10a
Trogdon 14b
V
Van Benthuysen 29b
Vance 02b, 03b
W
Wade 13a
Walker 08a, 08b, 14b, 29a
Wallace [Willard] 07a
Walling 01a, 01b, 22b, 23a
Walls 14a
Ward 02a, 17b
Wardsworth 20a
Warren 29b
Wells 22a
Wheeler 09a
White 07b
Whittiker 19b
Willard 07a
Williams 16a
Wilson 07b
Wilson 11a
Witt 18a, 19b, 20a, 22b
Womac 29b
Wood 01b, 02a, 14b, 23b, 29b
Worthington 24a
Wright 14b, 21b
Y
Yates [Yeates] 03a, 03b
York 05b, 22b, 27b