Notes from various issues of the Dickson County Press: 16 February 1882-Administrator’s sale of F. R. SLATER, deceased, advertised. Emma L. HARRISON versus W. T. HARRISON, petition for divorce. John P. MCFARLAND married Ella CHAPPELL on Thursday, Feb. 9. … Continue reading →
Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church On Yellow Creek During the thirties three more buildings were erected by the same denomination, they being Bethel Church on Yellow Creek, Bethlehem Church on Jones’ Creek and Mount Liberty Church, situated on a ridge about … Continue reading →
copied from Microfilm Number 704, ROll 520 PAGE 193, District 1 Armstrong Baker, Green Tatom, Jackson Brazil, Samuel Bugg, William Creech, John K. Goodrich, Henry Goodrich, Edward Hunt, James Cox, Franklin F. Bruce, Alvin Dunnigan, Washington T. Wimms, James … Continue reading →
James Worley, African American In John Livingston’s biographical sketch of Montgomery Bell, he wrote of James Worley: He [Worley] had worked with his master at the hatting trade, and was his most efficient and useful assistant in bringing order out … Continue reading →
Misc. Information on Hall and Wilson 1830 Humphreys Co. John Milton, C.J. Wheatly, Henry Hall, Calvin Parker Dickson Co. 15 1820 Census: Henry Hall 300020 – 00010 Nancy Hall 010101 – 00121 John Hall (9) 110001 – 2001 John Hall … Continue reading →
Napier Family Dickson County Herald, 16 Oct. 1931: “Miss Florence Napier of Ashwood, Tennessee, (Maury County) was here Tuesday in an effort to gain family data that would prove her eligibility as a member of the D. A. R. Miss … Continue reading →
Descendants of William Wolfe GREEN Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM WOLFE1 GREEN was born December 25, 1828 in Prussia, Germany, and died April 1929 in Dickson Co, Tennessee. He married NANCY ANN WALKER. She was born Abt. 1846 in Tennessee. Notes for WILLIAM WOLFE GREEN: 1880 census listed … Continue reading →
MATTHEW GILMORE: Born circa 1760 possably in North Carolina. Migrated to Tenn. with his brother-in-law and sister, George and Elizabeth Gilmore Davidson. Matthew also had some other siblings that migrated through Middle Tn. also. His brother-in-law and sister James and … Continue reading →
Descendants of G.M. Gibbs Generation No. 1 1. G. M.1 GIBBS was born Abt. 1826 in Kentucky. He married E. A.. She was born Abt. 1830 in Tennessee. Children of G. GIBBS and E. A. are: i. W. B.2 GIBBS, b. Abt. 1850, Tennessee. ii. A. J. GIBBS, b. Abt. 1852, Tennessee. 2. … Continue reading →
Allston Myatt, a prominent merchant of Dickson, was born January 24, 1824, in Dickson County, Tenn., being the sixth of ten children born to the union of Kendrick and Elizabeth (Harmon) Myatt, both natives of North Carolina. In 1818 the father came to … Continue reading →