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John Henry Hill Appointed Postmaster at Hillville, 1898

John Henry Hill Appointed Postmaster at Hillville, 1898

Transcribed by Lynda Clarke in 2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archives. 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. Transcriber’s note:  John Henry Hill was appointed Postmaster at Hillville, TN on January 17th, 1898. Other sources have indicated that the first post office was in the home of…

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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 District Herald Newspaper (December 11, 1838)

Abstracts from the Brownsville District Herald Newspaper (December 11, 1838)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2001 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 Roll #101  — The District Herald — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 1 No. 2 — December 11, 1838 — Published every Tuesday by Ephraim C. LAMBERT…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 25, 1903)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 25, 1903)

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 37 No. 2 — Friday, December 25, 1903 CHESTER CONNER’S FUNERAL. RIPLEY, TENN. DEC. 20 (SPECIAL) —…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 18, 1903)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 18, 1903)

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 37 No. 1 — Friday, December 18, 1903 INFORMATION — was received here Monday of the sudden…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 11, 1903)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 11, 1903)

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 36 No. 52 — Friday, December 11, 1903 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL — Ripley Enterprise-A marriage of much…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 4, 1903)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 4, 1903)

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 36 No. 51 — Friday, December 4, 1903 CLARISSA COLLIER — a well-known colored woman of this…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (November 27, 1903)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (November 27, 1903)

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 36 No. 50 — Friday, November 27, 1903 CAROLINA — MR. & MRS. SWINDLER, of Newbern, Tenn.,…

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