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Franklin County Research Social Media Links

Franklin County Research Social Media Links

Facebook Franklin Co TN Genealogy Chat Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society Tennessee Genealogical Society TNGenWeb Project Tennessee History Page Tennessee Historic Structures Tennessee Society Sons of the Revolution Tennessee Society of the War of 1812 Tennessee Society N.S.U.S. Daughters of 1812 Tennessee State Library & Archives   Instagram TNGenWeb Project Tennessee State Library & Archives Tennessee State Museum Tennessee Historical Society Historic Downtown Winchester   Pinterest TNGenWeb Project Tennessee State Museum Pins About Winchester Pins About Decherd Pins About Estill Springs…

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History of Wilder’s Chapel Community

History of Wilder’s Chapel Community

Authors Donald Hill, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Willie Sue Partin Hill, of Decherd, Tennessee, compiled a history of the Wilder’s Chapel community in 2009 and deposited the text at the USGenWeb Archives. Click here to read the text.

Microfilmed Franklin County Records at TN State Library & Archives

Microfilmed Franklin County Records at TN State Library & Archives

This is a crucial document for anyone researching Franklin County, because it contains a descriptive inventory of microfilm created by the Tennessee State Library & Archives or the Genealogical Society of Utah (LDS/FamilySearch). Become familiar with this document to determine what records are available for the time period in which your ancestors lived in Franklin County. Records from the County include the various courts, the Register of Deeds, the School Board, the Trustee.  Municipal records cover the cities of Cowan,…

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Goodspeed’s History of Franklin County

Goodspeed’s History of Franklin County

The information below is no longer available at the link formerly found on the Franklin County TNGenWeb site. Because it’s been offline for more than five years, we have copied  the text from the Internet Archive below for the benefit of researchers. The Internet Archive link is found at the end of the text. FRANKLIN COUNTY is bounded on the north by Coffee County, northeast by Grundy, east by Marion, south by the State of Alabama, west by Lincoln, northwest…

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Some Franklin County Geographic Names

Some Franklin County Geographic Names

The following locations and place names could be found within the boundaries of Franklin County, Tennessee in the early days. Some of these features may now be within the borders of Coffee, Grundy and Moore Counties. TOWNS: Winchester, Cowan, Decherd, Sewanee, Estill Springs and Huntland. COMMUNITIES: Alto, Anderson, Awalt, Beans Creek, Belvidere, Broadview, Buncombe, Capitol Hill, Center Grove, Dripping Springs, Farris Chapel, Goshen, Greenhaw, Harmony, Hockersville (now Alto/Decherd area), Keith’s Spring, Liberty, Marble Hill (now Moore Co.), Maple Grove, Marble…

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1900 Census of Hawkerville (Alto)

1900 Census of Hawkerville (Alto)

Transcribed by Charles Sherrill, 1999 Introduction: Hawkerville or Alto: This is a verbatim transcription of information given in the 1900 census of Hawkerville (now called Alto). This area was also known as Civil District 9 of Franklin County, and was identified on the census as Enumeration District 27. Spelling Variations: The census enumerator was Philip M. Collins, a 45-year old farmer who lived in the district. Collins was a phonetic speller and his pronunciation was typical of the people of his…

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