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Haywood County History (1889)

Haywood County History (1889)

Transcribed by Jane Norton Powell in 2005 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Haywood County was created by an act of the General Assemble of the State of Tennessee, passed 3 November 1823 from portions of the Chickasaw Indian Cession. It was to be called…

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Early Schools of Haywood County, from Goodspeed’s History (1887)

Early Schools of Haywood County, from Goodspeed’s History (1887)

Transcribed by Jane Norton Powell in 2005 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Goodspeed, History of Tennessee, 1887, page 828. The first school-house in Haywood County was built in the Taylor neighborhood by the Taylors and others. It was also used for the holding…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (February 14, 1908)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (February 14, 1908)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 40 No. 10 — Friday, February 14, 1908 LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN REIN — The community is mourning…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (February 7, 1908)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (February 7, 1908)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 40 No. 9 — Friday, February 7, 1908 DIES FROM PNEUMONIA-HUMBOLDT — W. B. RIVERS, 60 years…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (January 17, 1908)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (January 17, 1908)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 40 No. 6 — Friday, January 17, 1908 DEATH — J. E. MOORE, Died at his home…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (August 14, 1908)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (August 14, 1908)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 40 No. 36 — Friday, August 14, 1908 NEWS OF THE WEEK — NEGROES AND UNITED STATES…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (May 1, 1908)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (May 1, 1908)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 40 No. 21 — Friday, May 1, 1908 CARD OF THANKS — Though words fail us, we…

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