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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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1877 Map of Haywood County

1877 Map of Haywood County

The Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA) contains a freely viewable, digital version of the Map of Haywood County, Tennessee, from actual surveys and official records published by Beers & Co. in 1877.  The map contains many names of property owners, roads, waterways, railroad lines, and topographic features.  The right-most edge contains legend details and information about local businesses and patrons of the map. The TeVA map is complete and in its original color.  The map is freely viewable and downloadable by…

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Brownsville to Denmark Road Bridge (1871)

Brownsville to Denmark Road Bridge (1871)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000.  Note:  [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026.   Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. J FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 527: Monday 3rd July 1871: Ordered by the Court that A. Rose; C. C. Moody; S. Yelverton; J. M. Shaw; and W. J. Rose be appointed Commissioners, to…

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Bridge over Cypress Creek (1870)

Bridge over Cypress Creek (1870)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000.  Note:  [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026.i Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. J FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 355: 10th November 1870: Ordered by the Court that Robt. S. McLemore; Miltin B. Permenter and Monroe Todd, be appointed Commissioners, to let out and superintend the building of…

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Payment to E. R. Midyett for Building Bridge (1870)

Payment to E. R. Midyett for Building Bridge (1870)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000.  Note:  [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026.i Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. J FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 286: July Term 1870 (also same listing on page 287): Ordered by the Court that the following appropriations to be made to wit: included, To E. R. Midyett, for…

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Change to Cageville and Bells Station Road (1868)

Change to Cageville and Bells Station Road (1868)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000.  Note:  [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026.i Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. I FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 550: April Term 1868: Ordered by the Court that Francis Clark, S. H. Permenter, S. H. Midyett, G. W. Bond and A. Hughes be appointed a jury of view,…

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Petition for New Road on Line of Boyd, Currie, and Moody (1872)

Petition for New Road on Line of Boyd, Currie, and Moody (1872)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000.  Note:  [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026. Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. K FamilySearch Film # 008659167 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 173: ———–1872: S. S. Boyd et al vs petition to change road An application to open up a new road on the line of Mrs. Sarah S. Boyd, James…

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Estanaula and Brownsville Road Bridge (1869, 1874)

Estanaula and Brownsville Road Bridge (1869, 1874)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000.  Note:  [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026.   Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. J FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login) Page 82: October Term 1869: Ordered by the Court that H. M. Clark, Andrew Rose, Samuel Yelvertine, J. W. Batchelor and C. Russ, be appointed Commissioners to let out…

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Altering Dyersburg and Jackson Road (1865)

Altering Dyersburg and Jackson Road (1865)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000.  Note:  [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026. Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. I FamilySearch Film # 008659166 — click here to view images (requires free login)   Page 37: August Term 1865: Ordered by the Court that Frank Wortham; Henry Sherron; William Johnson; Henry Moody and Milton Midyett be and they are hereby appointed a jury…

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