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Haywood Countians in Wars, 1812 to 1865

June 25, 2016 Bettye Liberty Comments 0 Comment

Source: Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee, Haywood County (1887), pages 823-825 Many of the early settlers of Haywood County, among whom we may mention Col. Richard Nixon, Maj. Farrington, Jonathan T. Jacocks, John Sangster, Nelson Hargrove and Silas M. Morton, were survivors of the war of 1812. The county was not represented in the war with Mexico by any organized body of troops, but a number of her citizens joined the company that was organized at Jackson, and served with it…

Bradford-Wilson Family

June 22, 2016 Bettye Liberty Comments 0 Comment

Abstracted by Barbra Jean Hathcock about December, 2001. Source: Haywood County, Tennessee Miscellaneous Records – W. P. A. Records Transcribed by Sallie Hayes This information was obtained from a letter to Mrs. (Kathleen W.) Caradine from Inez (Mrs. Mides) Bradford, dated 18 Feb, 1940. It reads as follows (copied verbatim): “Dear Mrs. Caradine-; We are delighted with the book, its arrangement and everything, and thank you so much for sending it. I have looked it over carefully and note…

Brownsville African American Population in the 1872-1873 Directory

June 19, 2016 Bettye Liberty Comments 3 comments

Transcribed by Barbra Jean Hathcock about 2001. Source: City Directory of Brownsville, Haywood Co., TN, 1872-1873 Haywood County, Tennessee Miscellaneous Records, W. P. A. Records Transcribed by Sallie Hayes Barbra Hathcock’s Note: “Care has been taken to copy each page exactly as original, some things will be capitalized one time and then the next it will not, this is the way the original reads.” Important caveat: The original volume uses an antiquated term, “col’d” in the text to indicate persons of…