FamilySearch.org has millions of pages of digitized microfilm records available for researchers to view for free. Chancery Court records (Hawkins County, Tennessee), 1795-1950 Circuit Court minutes (Hawkins County, Tennessee),1810-1900 Circuit Court records (Hawkins County, Tennessee), 1795-1930 County Court records (Hawkins … Continue reading →
In 1998, Jackie Robinson created an on-line index to the microfilm records available at the H. B. Stamps Library’s Genealogy Room in Rogersville, TN.
Continue reading →Submitted by Joe E. Wallen. This is a North Carolina Land Grant, #401, issued in 1787 and proven in 1789 to my 4th great grandfather, Joseph Wallen (1734-1792) for 640 acres. The land lay on the north side of Clinch … Continue reading →
Transcribed from the Knoxville Gazette, vol. I, no. 18, 30 June 1792, page 3, by Jackie Robinson. Introduction: This list refers to the last step in establishing legal ownership of stray livestock under Chapter IX, Laws of North Carolina (1777), … Continue reading →
Petition 16-2-1801 to the Tennessee General Assembly A committee, meeting in Rogersville 17 Sep 1801, resolved to recommend to their legislative representatives the following ammendments [sic] to certain laws: Attendance of cavalry in their regimental reviews not be required “and … Continue reading →
Chancery Court in Tennessee is a court of equity, meaning the chancellor (judge) can rule outside the law if the strict application of law would be unfair to one or more parties in a lawsuit. Real property decisions are always … Continue reading →
FamilySearch has placed a substantial number of images of records from Hawkins County probate matters on its Web site for visitors to view free-of-charge. All you need is a user account, which is also free-of-charge. Records include Bonds, Letters, 1879-1896 … Continue reading →
Plat of the Town as Laid Out in 1792, redrawn by Warren Amyx A copy of this map was found at the Stamps Library in 1996 by Billie McNamara. No copyright infringement is intended by posting it here. This map … Continue reading →
Some Private Acts for Hawkins County by the Tennessee Legislature Published for the Quarterly County Court by the County Technical Assistance Service, University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service, Nashville, TN, 1976. Transcribed by Billie McNamara in 1996. A current, … Continue reading →
Sketch of First Community Leaders to the Period of 1887 as related in Old Volume. Transcribed from an undated clipping from the Rogersville Review newspaper. A significant portion of this text was published in Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee in 1887. … Continue reading →
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