Roll No. 3, TSLA Transcribed by Judy Henley Phillips. All rights reserved. The tax lists on this roll of microfilm are paged consecutively. The Franklin Co., TN list begins with page 77 and is also numbered beginning with page 1. I have enclosed the microfilm page number in parenthesis for convenience in finding a page of interest. Each page has a double row of names with their number of polls. The polls are tallied at the end of each row…
Transcribed by Judy Henley Phillips The following deeds are abstracted from the Franklin County Deed Books for the year 1840. Deed Book O (1834-40) p427 (Bill of Sale) – John G. BRAZELTON (constable) to Hayden MARCH for MARY and MOSES, two negroes sold as the property of Dyer MOORE … Whereas Bershir CRISMAN surviving partner of R.P. HARRIS & Co. recovered Judgment against one Dyer MOORE before James ROBINSON Esqr. on 14 Nov. 1839 … a negro boy named MOSES…
By Judy Henley Phillips The marriage book at the courthouse (1838-1875) was created by James J. Martin, clerk as ordered by the county court at its July term 1883 court. Martin’s transcription was taken from the original documents.During the course of many years of research, I have discovered the discrepancies given below. I’m sure there are more. Many of the brides have had a previous marriage. I have not included those in this list. I encourage you to submit any…
Compiled by Judy Henley PhillipsOur first marriage book for Franklin County begins January, 1838. There is no known marriage book prior to that date. For many years I have been compiling a reconstructed first marriage book for Franklin County – a spinoff from another project. As the cc for Franklin County, I decided to make my research available to those who visit my page. Some of these couples lived in the part of Franklin that became Coffee County in 1836….
Submitted by Stacy Hardin <stacy [dot] hardin [at] par-research [dot] com> Book M, page 79 – Indenture 22 August 1829 between William Ayers of Franklin Co. and William Pyland of same … $60 … land on Fall Lick branch and the east side a branch of Big Hurricane Creek, beginning on a dogwood branded thus MA … 20a … /S/ Wm. M. AYERS. Test: David Osborn; Alijah A. Simpson(?) Reg’d. Feb. 1830. No. 1597. Billy Pyland enters 1000a in Franklin…
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…