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Harmony Baptist Church

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This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jane Norton Powell in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Cemetery & Burial Records, Civil War History, Communities, Families & Individuals, Religious Group Records

Beech Grove Church of Christ

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This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jane Norton Powell in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In … Continue reading →

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The Curlin Family and Brown’s Creek Baptist Church, 1836-1879

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This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jim Curlin in 1998.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the … Continue reading →

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Tent Cities of Fayette & Haywood Counties (1960-1962)

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Historian Samuel Momodu wrote about the Tent Cities that existed in Haywood and Fayette Counties during the period December, 1959, through April, 1963.  He introduced the story: The Tent Cities of Fayette and Haywood Counties in Tennessee were the result … Continue reading →

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 16, 1904)

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Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Communities, Families & Individuals, Migration & Settlement, Newspapers & Periodicals, Professions & Professionals, Vital Records
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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (December 9, 1904)

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Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  … Continue reading →

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (September 30, 1904)

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Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  … Continue reading →

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (August 5, 1904)

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Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  … Continue reading →

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Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner

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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 … Continue reading →

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Dunbar-Carver Museum in Brownsville

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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 … Continue reading →

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