Research Repositories & Contacts – Haywood County TNGenWeb

1877 Map of Haywood County

January 13, 2026 TNGenWeb

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…

Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner

January 11, 2026 TNGenWeb

Arguably, Haywood County’s most famous native was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush on November 26, 1939. Anna Mae’s parents separated when she was 11, leaving Anna Mae and her sister to be raised by their grandmother. At the age of 16, Anna Mae moved to St. Louis to live with her mother. There, Anna Mae Bullock met Ike Turner. As Tina Turner, she became a force in the global music industry before her death in 2025. Click here to…

Brownsville Historic District Established

January 11, 2026 TNGenWeb

The Brownsville, Tennessee, Historic Zoning Commission published a full-color, PDF-format report with a significant amount of local history and recommendations for preservation. Click here to view the latest iteration, dated 2024. A Multiple Property Application for Historic Register Designation, Historic Resources of Brownsville, Tennessee (1823-1964), was filed in February, 2014. The National Register designation was approved in January, 2015. Click here to view the full application (59 pages; PDF-format) from the U.S. National Park Service.

Dunbar-Carver Museum in Brownsville

January 11, 2026 TNGenWeb

The Dunbar-Carver Museum opened in 2007 as an archive of Haywood County’s deep, rich African American culture and heritage. The building formerly housed a series of schools: Brownsville Colored Normal School (1883 – 1887) Dunbar School (1890 – 1920) Haywood County Training School (1921 – 1950) Carver High School (1950-1970) Click here to visit the Museum’s Web site. Click here to view a local news video dated December, 2015.

Elma Ross Public Library, Brownsville

January 6, 2026 TNGenWeb

The Reese J. Moses-Scallions Genealogy Room is located in the Elma Ross Library in Brownsville. Reese Moses was a phenomenal Haywood County local and family historian, and she actively supported the Haywood County TNGenWeb through volunteering to do record look-ups for researchers. Click here to learn more about the library. Scott Williams featured the library’s genealogy collection in a 2011 post at his Haywood County Line blog. Click here to read the post.

Index to Selected Obituaries from Haywood County

January 5, 2026 TNGenWeb

This table contains a combination of two separate archived pages from the Haywood County TNGenWeb site, with a total of 3,341 entries. One page, identified as obituaries from the 1980’s to about 2010, said it was an index of obituaries from mainly The (Brownsville) States-Graphic newspaper. The other page was identified as a partial listing of obituaries published 1996-1997. To obtain a copy of an obituary, contact the Elma Ross Public Library in Brownsville and provide the information from this…